Sample Class Meetings

from the 2005 field school

Charleston Architecture

10am to noon Lecture and walking tour with Professor Robert Russell, Director Historic Preservation and Community Planning Program, College of Charleston

2pm-4pm The Nathaniel Russell House as a Case Study of Restoration with Jill Koverman and Fielding Freed of the Historic Charleston Foundation

4pm-5pm The Powder Magazine with The National Society of the Colonial Dames of America and Richard Marks of Richard Marks Restorations, Inc.

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African-American Heritage 

10am-noon Interpreting Slavery at the Aiken-Rhett House with Jill Koverman and Fielding Freed of the Historic Charleston Foundation

1pm-3pm Preserving African-American Heritage in Charleston with Professor Bernard Powers, Department of History, College of Charleston at the Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture

4pm-5pm Tour of the Joseph Manigault House, a property of the Charleston Museum

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Traditional Cultural Practices 

10am-noon Preserving Intangible Culture: The National Park Service Gullah-Geechee Initiative at McLeod Plantation with Michael Allen of the National Park Service and Lea Cloyd from the American College of the Building Arts

2pm-5pm Building Arts and Crafts Training demonstration at the American College of the Building Arts

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The Public and Private Sectors 

10am-noon Preservation Planning in Municipal Government with Eddie Bello, Urban Design and Preservation Architect, Department of Design, Development and Preservation, City of Charleston

1pm-3pm Private Sector in Preservation, Adaptive Use and Affordable Housing with Whitney Powers, Principal Architect, Studio A

3pm-5pm Restoration and the Private Sector with Fillmore Wilson of Meadors Construction Company

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Non-Profits

10am-noon Meeting and tour of historic Ansonborough with Katherine Saunders and Kristopher King of the Historic Charleston Foundation

1pm-3pm Preservation Society of Charleston, Current Issues: Interior Easements and Absentee Ownership, Robert Gurley, Assistant Director and Will Cook, attorney

3pm-5pm Southern Regional Office, National Trust for Historic Preservation, Current Issues: Rural Preservation, the Recent Past, and Diversity, meeting with John Hildreth, Director, Southern Regional Office

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Landscapes and Environments

10am-1pm Drayton Hall as a Case Study of Preservation, tour and meeting with Dr. George McDaniel, Director, Drayton Hall

2pm-5pm Landscape Interpretation and Historic Site Interpretation: Charles Towne Landing, State Historic Site, meeting with Al Hester, Historic Sites Coordinator, South Carolina State Park Service

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Maritime Preservation 

11am-2pm Discussion with Dr. Thomas Brown, USC Department of History, and tour of Fort Sumter

3pm-5pm Visit to The Hunley

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