We are drawing near the end of the 1970s in our weekly recaps of PHW’s history. Before making the jump to a new decade with new challenges, let’s take a moment to note some of the smaller events than those previously previously discussed. Chronologically, those events included:
1973
- The “Grand Event” at Glen Burnie, featuring entertainment, live music, dancing and an auction
- Present and proposed historic area slide presentation by Dr. Quarles, Mr. S. Bell; slides by A. Richardson
1974
- Clement E. Conger, Dept. of State, and Curator of the White House, “The White House and Its Collections”
- Mrs. Frances Edmonds, Director of Historic Charleston, “Defining Historic Districts”
- Bus Tour of Fredericksburg, presented by Ron Shibley, Historic Fredericksburg Foundation
- Walking tour “A Snoop Through History: Buildings Preserved for Adaptive Use Today as Law Offices”
1975
- Arthur Ziegler, Director of Pittsburgh Landmarks and History Foundations, conducted several days of seminars on administrative planning for Jennings Revolving Fund
- Thomas Slade, Dept. of Properties, National Trust, discussed building surveys as a tool for preservation
- Bus Tour of Alexandria, presented by Jean Keith, Historic Alexandria Foundation
- Annual Meeting, display of 17th and 18th century oil paintings at Glen Burnie
1976
- Royal Oaks Foundation & PHW workshop, Anglo-American conference on preservation
- Afternoon in Leesburg, with tour and slides, Graham Ashworth of England, speaker
- Wallace Gusler, Curator of Furniture, Colonial Williamsburg, “Shenandoah Valley Furniture”
1977
- Old House Workshop: “How to Maintain, Repair, Preserve” by Hugh C. Miller, historical architect; Dr. C.W. Ramisey, planner and specialist in the development of historic districts; James Askins, preservation carpenter
- Hugh Miller – A.I.A.: Philosophies and Practices of Historic Preservation
- Douglass Reed, lecture and slides on log houses
- Bridget Lane presented National Trust for Historic Preservation film “A Place in Time”
- Klaus Wust discussed “Buildings and Art of Valley People”
- Open House for PHW Office at 8 E. Cork St.
1978
- Paula Stoner Dickey: lecture and slides on “Building with Stone in the Valley”
- Frank Raflo, “Economic Importance of Preservation to the Business Community”
- Thomas Kamstra, A.I.A., “Contemporary Design in an Historic Area”
- Victorian Winchester workshop with Don Walters, A.A., Rockefeller Folk Art Center
- Shenandoah Valley Fraktur & Related Painted Furniture
- UVA graduate students on Victorian Winchester
- Old Homes: period, identification, restoration, planning and proper chimney care workshop, by Paula Stoner, Douglas Reed, and Michael Pratt
- “Save the Linden Tree” fundraising efforts to transplant a mature linden tree out of the path of the new addition at the Handley Library
1979
- Architectural Film Series: Weekly, four consecutive Thursday evenings, with two films and panel discussion
- Mack Headley, Jr., “The Relationship Between Architecture and Furniture in Traditional Woodworking”
- Mark Wenger, UVA graduate student: “Winchester Architecture; A Look at Past, Present, Future”
- Fall Workshop: Exchange ideas on how to keep an established preservation group running smoothly
- British Embassy Bus Tour