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Practical Preservation Podcast Featuring Sam McKelvey and Alice French of the Menokin Foundation

Sam McKelvey and Alice French – executive director and director of education – of the Menokin Foundation in Warsaw, VA, joined the Practical Preservation Podcast to discuss their preservation project, and the Foundation’s many services. We covered multiple topics, including: Sam and Alice’s respective backgrounds in history, preservation, and related fields, and how working at …

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Practical Preservation Podcast Featuring Chris Vera of Columbia Historic Preservation Society

Chris Vera, president of the Columbia Historic Preservation Society in Columbia (Lancaster County), PA, joined the Practical Preservation Podcast to discuss Columbia history, legends, and lore. We covered multiple topics, including: Chris’s background as a child growing up in Columbia, whose passion for local history developed from working for elderly neighbors – people who preserved …

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Preservation and Inclusivity

Here at Keperling Preservation Services, we focus primarily on built history. But built history and places are relevant because of people. Examining architecture out of the human context lacks the same significance. People and their shared stories and history are the foundation upon which we build the house of preservation. We’re currently living through a …

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Practical Preservation Podcast featuring Jobie Hill of Saving Slave Houses

Jobie Hill, the founder of The Saving Slave Houses Project, joined the Practical Preservation podcast to discuss information about her project’s origins and ongoing projects, as well as future growth. We covered a multitude of topics including: Her background in multiple fields related to preservation and what triggered her interest in saving slave houses How …

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