[MassHistPres] Preserve Mass Barns Annual Conference Nov. 3rd

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PRESERVE MASS  BARNS! 
2007 ANNUAL  CONFERENCE

At The Heritage Museums & Gardens 

Boston, MA – September 10,  2007 - The Preservation Massachusetts Barn Task 
Force is holding their 4th –  Preserve Mass Barns! – Annual  Conference.  
Hosted in their replica  round stone Shaker barn at the Heritage Museums & Gardens 
in Sandwich, MA,  
anyone interested in historic preservation should attend this important  
event on 
Saturday, November 3, 2007, from 9AM  to 4:30PM. 
“We are  delighted the Cape Cod Commission and the Cape  Cod Cranberry Growers
’ Association will be joining the Preservation Massachusetts Barn Task Force 
as  
co-sponsors.”  says  Charles McColough, Chairman.  “A special thank you to 
Underwriters Beaton Cranberries, Inc., Decas Cranberry  Products, Inc., A.D. 
Makepeace Company, Williams & Alger, Inc. and R.D.  Williams Sawmill.  Their  
generous support is helping to make this year’s event possible and enabling the  
Preservation Massachusetts Barn Task Force to offer this valuable  – Back to 
Basics – program at a  reasonable fee.”  
The Preservation Massachusetts Barn Task Force has assembled a roster  of 
acclaimed professionals to share their knowledge, experiences and expertise  in 
this – Back to Basics –  program.  “Members of the building  trades, 
architects, engineers, barn owners, preservationists, and anyone in need  of 
information on barn repair and timber frame construction and / or is  interested in 
historic preservation will value topics including: The Whys and Wherefores of Barn 
Roof  Repairs:  Technical Information on  Roof Preservation and 
Rehabilitation with Robert Adam, Preservation Carpentry, North  Bennet Street School; How 
to Love and Care for Your Old Barn:  Do-it-Yourself Repairs and Maintenance  
Plans with Richard Potter, Potter  Homebuilders; Cranberry Screenhouses – “Then 
and Now” with Malcolm Phinney, “Retired  Enthusiast”; Do You Know Your  
Scribe Rule from Your Square Rule?  The History of New England Barn Construction 
with William B. Finch, Finch and Rose,  Preservation & Design Consultants; No 
Longer in the Background:  Barns and Outbuildings in Today’s  Historic 
Properties Surveys with Anne Forbes, Historic Preservation  Consultant and Christopher 
Skelly, 
Director of Local  Government Programs, Massachusetts Historical Commission, 
says  Charles McColough,  Chairman. 
McColough  also noted, “We’ve had numerous requests for a conference in the 
Southeast  Region. The program addresses these requests and reinforces the 
basic topics of  preserving barns, carriage houses, cranberry screenhouses, and  
outbuildings.”   
Don’t miss  out on what promises to be an interesting and educational 
experience.  To register and for complete details  visit the Preservation Mass Barn 
Resource Center at _www.preservemassbarns.org_ 
(http://www.preservationmass.org/)   or call Preservation Massachusetts at  617-723-3383. 




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