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"Ask the Experts"Old House Clinic
Understanding Your Historic Wood Frame House
A seminar on maintenance and preservation issues
related to wood frame houses, 1780-1860
Download Brochure (pdf)
Saturday, March 1,
2008, 8:30 am-12 pm
St. Joseph’s Hall, 2nd floor*
160 Derby Street
Salem, Massachusetts
This seminar is presented jointly by Historic
New England and Historic Salem, Inc.
*Special thanks to the National
Park Service - Salem Maritime National Historic Site
for use of St. Joseph's Hall.
With experts:
- Dr. Kimberly Alexander, Curator at Strawbery
Banke Museum
- Colleen Chapin, Preservation Carpenter
at Historic New England
- Sally Zimmerman, Preservation Specialist
at Historic New England
Learn what you need to know to understand how your historic
18th or early 19th century wood frame house was constructed, how to
“read” and decipher its historic features, how to preserve
and maintain its distinctive character, and where to find good sources
of information and advice.
Bring photographs of your house to share with the experts
and get tips and strategies
for recognizing, repairing or maintaining its historic materials and
details from our
experts.
Advanced registration only – call Sally Zimmerman at 781-891-4882,
ext. 226 visit http://www.historicnewengland.org/things/calendar/Events.asp
to register or for more information.
$15 Historic Homeowner members of Historic New England
$25 Historic Salem, Inc. and Historic New England general
members
$45 General public
*Directions:
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From the North or South, take Route
I-93 to Route I-95N/128N (exit 37A).
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Follow 128N to exit 44 (Peabody).
Take exit 26, right, onto Lowell Street (becomes Main St. then Boston
St.) into Salem.
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Watch for brown signs with National
Park Service arrowhead.
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Turn left onto Bridge Street, right
onto Winter Street, right on Washington Square North, and follow
Hawthorne Boulevard to a left on Derby Street.
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160 Derby Street. St. Joseph’s
Hall will be on the left hand side.
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Parking is available in the South
Harbor Parking Garage.
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