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Cemetery Landscape Preservation Workshop

Cemetery Landscape Preservation Workshop

Improper cemetery maintenance can jeopardize the landscape’s historic character and irreversibly damage historic features. Join us for a 2-day workshop in Brookline, Massachusetts to learn the basics of cemetery landscape preservation.


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Replacing Trees in Historic Landscapes

Replacing Trees in Historic Landscapes

NCPTT, in cooperation with the Olmsted Center for Landscape Preservation and the Cane River Creole National Historical Park has finished production of the instructional video “Replacing Trees in Historic Landscapes.”


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Basics for Iron Fencing Care TelNPS

Basics for Iron Fencing Care TelNPS

This course emphasizes sound maintenance technqiues for historic iron fences. These resources could be located around cemetery markers, commemorative monuments, or architectural features.


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Congressman John Fleming visits NCPTT

Congressman John Fleming visits NCPTT

John Fleming, representative for the fourth congressional district of Louisiana, visited NCPTT’s headquarters in Natchitoches, La., on Feb. 16.


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Preservation Today

Preservation Today

NCPTT recently partnered with Northwestern State University of Louisiana (NSU) to develop a media outlet dedicated to advancing heritage preservation using the World Wide Web.


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Sadiee Watson Newell to be honored at US/ICOMOS

Sadiee Watson Newell to be honored at US/ICOMOS

The United States Committee of the International Council of Monuments and Sites (US/ICOMOS) will honor the memory of its former Board Member and distinguished Fellow Saidee Watson Newell by naming the first public lecture of the “US/ICOMOS International Preservation Lecture Series” in her honor.


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Eddy Current Metal Testing in Conservation Workshop

Eddy Current Metal Testing in Conservation Workshop

The topic is the use of eddy currents for identification of metals (ferrous and non-ferrous), measuring the thickness of corrosion, and the recovery of serial numbers and/or images beneath corrosion.


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The Preservation Technology Podcast: Episode 2 - Entry Level Landscape Management and Preservation Training

The Preservation Technology Podcast: Episode 2 - Entry Level Landscape Management and Preservation Training

In the second episode of The Preservation Technology Podcast, Kevin Ammons interviews Charlie Pepper who directs the Historic Landscape Preservation and Maintenance program at the Olmsted Center for Landscape Preservation.


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Remembering Nelson Hall

Nelson Hall Exterior

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As home to the National Center for Preservation Technology and Training, Lee H. Nelson Hall is now the nation’s center for preservation technology research. But, for almost 40 years, the structure served as a classroom building and activity center for female physical education students on the campus of what is now Northwestern [...]


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Legislation

National Historic Preservation Act of 1966
As amended through 2000
[With annotations]
[This Act became law on October 15, 1966 (Public Law 89-665; 16 U.S.C. 470 et seq.). Subsequent amendments to the Act include Public Law 91-243, Public Law 93-54, Public Law 94-422, Public Law 94- 458, Public Law 96-199, Public Law 96-244, Public Law [...]


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Research

NCPTT strives to develop and distribute skills and technologies that enhance the preservation, conservation, and interpretation of prehistoric and historic resources throughout the United States.
NCPTT conducts in-depth research about current preservation issues at its laboratories in the historic Lee H. Nelson Hall in Natchitoches, Louisiana. The Center’s research including research developed across the country through [...]


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Introducing Preservation Trades to High School Students (2008-08)

Introducing Preservation Trades to High School Students (2008-08)

A fast, easy and low-cost approach for high school instructors, preservation trade practitioners and preservation organizations to introduce preservation trades in technical high schools.


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Andrew Ferrell completes detail with FEMA

Andrew Ferrell completes detail with FEMA

NCPTT’s Andrew Ferrell recently completed a detail in Texas to assist FEMA with recovery efforts related to Hurricane Ike.


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Partnership studies environmentally friendly cleaner on historic monument

Partnership studies environmentally friendly cleaner on historic monument

NCPTT and the NPS Historic Preservation Training Center (HPTC) are partnering with the Veterans Administration’s National Cemetery Administration to complete cleaning treatment studies on the U.S. Arsenal Monument in Historic Congressional Cemetery. Based on research and training by NCPTT’s Jason Church, HPTC staff will undertake intermittent misting cleaning of the Arsenal Monument during November. This [...]


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NCPTT to hold workshop on how buildings styles adapt to the Gulf Coast environment

The National Center for Preservation Technology and Training (NCPTT) is planning a workshop on design and construction of historic structures along the Gulf Coast. Vermilionville will be the site for the workshop on Nov. 20, 2008 in Lafayette, Louisiana. On Nov. 21 the group will be visiting structures around Lafayette that are representative of the principles learned during the first day.


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New England workshop offers hands-on training in conservation of cemetery monuments

New England workshop offers hands-on training in conservation of cemetery monuments

The National Center for Preservation Technology and Training (NCPTT) will continue its highly successful training on the conservation of monuments commonly found in cemeteries with a new workshop focused on the conservation challenges of the New England region. The workshop will be held Oct. 7-9 in New London, Conn.


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2008 Preservation in Your Community

The eighth annual Preservation in Your Community event was held July 31 at Lee H. Nelson Hall, Natchitoches, La.


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Historic Congressional Cemetery’s Arsenal and Macombe Monuments

Historic Congressional Cemetery’s Arsenal and Macombe Monuments have been the focus of NCPTT’s recent research into cleaning technologies for grave markers.


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The Preservation Technology Podcast

NCPTT recently recorded its first podcast. In it, conservator Jason Church talks about NCPTT’s cemetery monument conservation initiative and about his experiences growing up that led him to the field of cemetery conservation.


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Disaster Recovery

In response to the recent flooding in the Midwest and fires in California, NCPTT’s Sean Clifford and Mary Striegel continue to update the NCPTT web pages on disaster preparedness, response, and recovery.


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