College of the Redwoods
and
The Presidio Trust
A National Historic Landmark
present

TAKING CARE OF HISTORY

A Hands-On Preservation Training Workshop

We invite you to attend Taking Care of History,a two-day, hands-on training workshop where participants will learn how to care for and maintain historic buildings and cultural landscapes.

This program is designed to address the needs of tradespeople working on an historic site, managers of historic buildings, and educators in the field of Historic Preservation and Restoration Technology.

Four great reasons to attend...

Taking Care of History will utilize a comprehensive and innovative training approach.

The workshop will offer attendees an unequalled opportunity to both learn and practice historic preservation techniques.

The first day will begin with two concurrent conference-style sessions. One session will address concerns specific to historic property owners, managers of historic sites, and trades professionals. The other session will be aimed towards assisting educators in developing historic preservation programs and
curricula.

The afternoon of the first day will be focused on building vocabulary regarding issues unique to historic properties. Workshop attendees will go into the field and learn how to read historic buildings and identify key indicators of buildings as historic resources.

Participants will spend day two of the workshop getting their hands dirty. The day will be entirely devoted to learning and practicing restoration and preservation techniques in historic Presidio buildings. Topics include masonry, historic materials, cultural landscaping, historic research, windows, doors, water infiltration, and plaster repairs and solutions.

The Presidio of San Francisco, a working historic national landmark, is a unique venue for a hands-on training workshop.

The Presidio is a living laboratory for historic preservation with almost 450 historic registered residential and non-residential structures located on its 1,491 acres. Workshop participants will learn from studying the Presidio’s unparalleled historic infrastructure.

Taking Care of History will facilitate an interface between educators, trades professionals and caretakers in the field of historic preservation.

This workshop will afford educators, trades professionals, and caretakers the opportunity to exchange ideas and build relationships.

Initiating dialogue between the diverse interests in the Historic Preservation and Restoration Technology field will help communities develop a highly trained workforce infrastructure for the care and maintenance of historic buildings. Educators will be able to structure their curriculum to address the specific needs of caretakers and trades professionals. In addition, caretakers and trades professionals will have access to a highly trained hiring pooi.

College of the Redwoods, the only community college west of the Mississippi to offer an AS degree in Historic Preservation, in partnership with the Presidio Trust will bring innovative ideas and creative solutions to help preservation professionals and educators achieve their historic preservation goals.