Tag: PHW Office

The PHW Office with be closed on Wednesday, December 9. The office will open as normal on Thursday, December 10.

From the Winchester Star article by Val Van Meter:

Sandra Bosley started working part time for Preservation of Historic Winchester (PHW) in June 2005, but she’s been aiding the organization dedicated to preserving the city’s architectural history since she was in fourth grade.

Bosley, 33, who was recently named the executive director of the agency, cites the city’s 18th-century Red Lion Tavern as her introduction to PHW.

As part of a gifted-and-talented program, Bosley and other students spent several weeks at the building on the corner of Loudoun and Cork streets, learning about its ties to Revolutionary War Gen. Daniel Morgan.

At one point, she said, the students were given costumes and declared docents and charged with telling the public what they had learned.

“That was my first experience with PHW,” she said.

Read the full article at the Winchester Star online (login required).

If you’ve grown tired of trying to read the main PHW site on your phone since we announced a responsive layout would be coming to PHW this summer, the wait is over. The new mobile-friendly layout will adjust in width for computers, tablets, and smartphones.

Most links and information have stayed the same, though several outdated and unused pages and files have been removed. Some of the new or altered pages in this version:

* A contact page has been added.
* The Shop page has been overhauled, though more work is planned for the future.
* The 50th Anniversary page has been renamed to history.php
* The front page blog feed has changed slightly to display excerpts without images to prevent side-scrolling issues for small screens.
* The Tours and Activities page has been updated to include a link to the Winchester iTour mobile tour apps, among other things.
* Most Revolving Fund properties have a pdf copy of the architectural description linked now for easy reference, to go along with the images and the deeds with covenants.
* And many other small things, like link checking, proofreading, information updating, and other such details.

Please let us know if you spot any broken links and enjoy the site!

The PHW Office will be closed July 1-3 for the July 4 celebrations. We will open as usual on Monday, July 6. Have a safe and happy Independence Day!

This week, the PHW Blog has received a minor facelift which should make the reading experience better for those of you on smartphones. If you haven’t visited for a while because of small fonts or scrolling issues, drop by the PHW Blog and see if the changes enhance your experience.

Most features are in the same place as the old blog, with the following exceptions:

• The blog search feature is now at the top right. Click on the magnifying glass icon to bring out the search field.
• The link back to the main PHW page can be accessed through the PHW logo at the bottom left.
• The navigation bar to the main PHW site is not currently available; if it returns in the future, it will likely be placed in the footer.
• Additional links to PHW’s PayPal donation link and Amazon Smile shopping support features have been added to the footer.

A similar facelift for the main site is also in the works. If all goes as planned, the main website will look much the same as it does now, but likewise be much more user friendly for mobile devices.

We also ask that you have patience with the PHW site running slower than usual recently. Communications with our host have stated another user on our shared server is experiencing higher than normal traffic spikes. If your connection times out with a 503 or 504 error, it is part of the traffic spike issue. Please try to reload the page again after a few moments.