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Matt Barley joined the Practical Preservation podcast to discuss the work of Lancaster County Preservation Trust and his preservation philosophy.
Some of the highlights of our discussion were:
- The Andrew Ellicott House and the Lancaster connection to Lewis and Clark
- The 10 hour house on South Prince Street in Lancaster
- Trends in preservation – video Zita Cobb – small town innovations
Contact:
website: https://hptrust.org/
email: manager@HPTrust.org
https://www.facebook.com/historicpreservationtrust/
https://www.instagram.com/hptrust/
Bio:
Matt Barley grew up working on the farms of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. When he was 16, he spent three months in Kenya building a library from the foundation to the roof with local resources and hand tools. Having this experience early in life radically influenced his perspective on the world and specifically inspired him to become a designer and maker.
For his undergraduate degree Matt studied Industrial Arts, which allowed him to explore traditional means of construction and antique furniture reproduction. After undergraduate studies, he ran a small construction company making and designing bespoke residential and commercial installations and structures. As the years progressed, he was continually approached by creative customers because of his outside the box design solutions. Seeing customers delight in his creative solutions inspired him to have some formal design training.
Matt Barley was accepted to Rhode Island School of Design’s (RISD) Interior Architecture program. It was during this time that he began to leave the world of antique reproduction and began to design his own structures and furniture.
He currently works full-time as an Interior Designer at RLPS Architects in Lancaster. Matt designs and fabricates furniture and art on nights and weekends. Additionally He is a board member of The Historic Preservation Trust of Lancaster County.