[Hist_Pres] 2011 Education programs at the AHC start soon!

Wed Jan 5 18:47:23 PST 2011

A new year is upon us and the AHC will soon be starting a new season of
great education programs. Mark your calendars now for January events.

"Craftsman Style and the Big Boom: Building Portland's Classic Arts and
Crafts Neighborhoods in the Early 20th Century"
Saturday, January 22, 2011    10:00 am - 11:30 am

Tickets: $18 (AHC members $13)

Portland's population and wealth exploded in the years immediately after the
Lewis and Clark Exposition of 1905, and style-conscious citizens turned to
local architects to bring "modern" ideas to life in the new streetcar
neighborhoods sprawling out from downtown. Some, like Emil Schacht and
Joseph Jacobberger, quickly turned from their established Portland Victorian
roots to Craftsman and Arts and Crafts styles. But they were quickly joined
by newcomers familiar with eastern architectural trends, like Ellis Lawrence
from Boston, Alfred Faber from Philadelphia, and John Bennes from Chicago.
Architectural historian Jim Heuer will share results of extensive research
he and his partner Robert Mercer have developed on these and other talented
designers of the period and the influences that shaped their residential
architecture in the boom years from 1904 to 1914. The results of these
creative architects' work can be seen in the rich trove of surviving Arts
and Crafts era homes in the neighborhoods of Irvington, Piedmont, Willamette
Heights, Laurelhurst, and Ladd's Addition.

Jim Heuer is a member of the Bosco-Milligan Foundation Board of Directors
and also serves on the AHC Education Committee. He has led several past AHC
programs on architects working in Portland during the early 20th century. 

Pre-registration is strongly suggested - visit us online at www.VisitAHC.org
or call 503-231-7264.

Sponsored by: WILLCO Construction

"Aging In Place" - You & Your House are Getting Older!"

Saturday Janurary 29, 2011    10:00 am - 12:00 pm

Tickets:  $18 (AHC Members: $13)

We all love our vintage homes and their charming features such as porches,
stair step approaches, multiple stories, and staircases to the upper floors
and basements. But as our houses age, so do we. think of your house and you
as "appreciating in value." As anyone who has had a mobility-limiting
accident, such as a broken leg knows, however, we quickly find how
challenging it is to navigate into and around our houses.

As we get older and deal with mobility limitations, sometimes we think we
need to move from our wonderful vintage houses, and that's not necessarily
the case. "Aging in place" is a growing field of house modifications that
can be made to let us comfortably remain in our houses. The focus of our
program is to learn about what modifications are available, and how we might
plan them without damaging the historic features of our houses. There are
good options - including ramps, stair transport systems, bathroom and
kitchen improvements, and more. 

Two presenters, Karen Richmond and Barbara Murphy, who are Certified Aging
in Place Specialists with the Neil Kelly Company, will cover lots of options
available and highlight some case projects they have completed that maintain
architectural character. Their projects include bathroom access in a 1920s
Sellwood English Cottage, and access into and around a 1929 Colonial
Revival. Don't be afraid of your staircase - now is the time to plan ahead,
and be sure our houses move forward into the future with us.

Pre-registration is strongly suggested - visit us online at www.VisitAHC.org
or call 503-231-7264.

This program is assisted by a Partners in the Field challenge grant from the
National Trust for Historic Preservation, with support from the Oregon
Cultural Trust and Multnomah County Cultural Coalition.

--------- Current Gallery Exhibits  --------------

Re-Building South Portland

Meyer Memorial Trust Gallery

South Portland is one of Portland's "lost neighborhoods" and an important
part of the city's historical memory. The neighborhood's size and proximity
to downtown made it the most visible immigrant district in the city from the
late 19th century and well into the 1950s.

After 50 years, it is time to remember and interpret the history of South
Portland and its cultural "re-building" as a place and community. This
exhibit shares the South Portland story and its community of people, through
powerful photographs, interpretive text and artifacts from the
Bosco-Milligan Foundation's Collections.

Sponsored by: Oregon Humanities

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Barbara Pierce

Marketing and PR Manager

Regular Office Hours:  Wed 9am-6pm

Architectural Heritage Center

Resources and Inspiration for Historic Preservation

701 SE Grand Ave.

Portland, OR 97214

503.231.7264 x24

www.VisitAHC.org

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