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CULTURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT Information for Parks, Federal Agencies, Indian Tribes, States, Local Governments, and the Private Sector CRM VOLUME 20 NO. 12 1997 Preservation Trades and Crafts Working in Preservation Fostering Trades U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR National Park Service Cultural Resources PUBLISHED BY THE CRM CELEBRATING 20 YEARS OF PUBLICATION NATIONAL PARK SERVICE VOLUME 20 NO. 12 1997 To promote and maintain high standards Contents ISSN 1068-4999 for preserving and managing cultural resources DIRECTOR Preservation Trades and Crafts Robert Stanton ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR CULTURAL RESOURCE STEWARDSHIP Foreword 3 What a Ride! A-7 AND PARTNERSHIPS Robert Stanton Bill Thompson Katherine H. Stevenson Connections—An Overview 4 Give 'Til It Hurts A-7 EDITOR Thomas A. Vitanza Reed Robinson Ronald M Greenberg Qualification Standards It Was Worth the Wait A-8 PRODUCTION MANAGER for the Trades? 5 William Chapman H. Thomas McGrath, Jr. Karlota M. Koester HPTC'LT—Changing Courses A-8 GUEST EDITOR Proposed Academic Program for Craft Mike Seibert Thomas A. Vitanza Workers in Historic Preservation . .8 James M. Fitch Certification in Preservation Skills Dorothy B. Printup and Technology 28 ADVISORS Historic Site Stewardship at the Judy L. Hayward National Trust 9 David Andrews RESTORE Training for Restoration— Editor, NPS William A. Dupont The Bridge Between Theory and loan Bacharach Richard Moe Museum Registrar, NPS Practice 31 Randall J. Biallas Beyond the Trades—Working on the Jan C. K. Anderson Historical Architect, NPS Creative Side 14 A Contractor's View of Craft Susan Buggey Laurie E. Hempton Director, Historical Services Branch Training 35 Parks Canada An Idea Whose Time Has Come— Ken Follett John A. Bums Preservation Trades Network ... .15 Architect, NPS PAST Comes to Walnut Canyon Harry A. Butowsky J. Bryan Blundell Historian, NPS National Monument 37 Pratt Cassity The DRY Stone Age— Jake Barrow Executive Director, The Dry Stone Conservancy Pam Meek National Alliance of Preservation Commissions Promotes an Ancient Craft 17 Muriel Crespi Carolyn Murray-Wooley What Historical Architects Can Learn Cultural Anthropologist NPS From the Preservation Trades—and Richard Tufnell Mark R. Edwards Why They Should 40 Director, Historic Preservation Division, State Historic Preservation Officer, Georgia There's No Such Thing S. Elizabeth Sasser as a Craftsman 20 Roger E. Kelly Empowering the Craftsperson— Archeologist NPS Leland Torrence Antoinette J. Lee Mantra: Inspect/Repair/Replace . .44 Historian, NPS Traditional Timber Framing Richard L. Hayes John Poppeliers Today 23 International Uaison Officer Tools of the Trade—Cultivating Rudy R. Christian for Cultural Resources, NPS Preservation Skills for Cultural Landscape Maintenance 47 CONTRIBUTING EDITORS The Diversity of Application 25 Stephen A. Morris Robert Cagnetta Nora J. Mitchell Certified Local Governments (CLG) Coordinator, NPS Charles Pepper 1977—1997: A Retrospective of the Kay D. Weeks Technical Writer-Editor. NPS Work of the Historic Preservation Preserving the Baha'i House of Training Center A-l Worship—Unusual Mandate, CONSULTANTS H. Thomas McGrath, Jr. Material, and Method 50 Wm. H. Freeman John Richardson Design, Imaging Production-Freeman Publishing Services Learning from Each Other A-2 Janice C. McCoy Doug Hicks Editing-Editorial Notes Sheet Metal Craftsmanship— That Williamsport Experience A-6 Pass It On 51 An electronic version of this George Siekkinen Larry E. Stearns issue of Ci°JVf can be accessed Putting More Tools in My Toolbox . .A-6 Directory of Preservation Craftspeople through the CRM homepage at Bernie Weisgerber Dorothy B. Printup <http://vwvw.cr.nps.gov/crm>. The all-important tool of the craftsperson, the Hand. Photo by Leland Torrence. Statements of fact and views are the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily reflect an opinion or endorsement on the part of the editors, the CRM advisors and consultants, or the National Park Service. Send articles and correspondence to the Editor CRM (2251), U.S. Department of the Interior National Park Service, Cultural Resources, 1849 C St., NW, Washington, DC 20240; 202-343-3395, Fax 202-343-5260; email: <[email protected]>. 2 CRM N2 12—1997 Foreword am very pleased to introduce this special issue of CRM, my first as Director, which focuses on the outstanding employees who work in the preservation trades and crafts. I have worked my entire federal career for the NPS, and I am deeply dedicated to its mission to pre serve Ifor all time America's cultural and historic treasures; likewise, I have gained a deep respect for the men and women working in preservation mainte nance and the crafts, and those fostering the trade work in our parks. The core mission of the National Park Service is to conserve our national heritage unimpaired for the enjoyment of future generations. This is the most fun damental trust that the American people and its leaders have bestowed upon us. As an organization, the Service cannot hope to meet this obligation without a stronger resource management and protection capability. The hands-on preserva tion of our historic structures by skilled and sensitive employees falls right in line with this objective. We are now bringing trade skills to our parks through partner ship programs. One example of this activity is the International Preservation Trades Workshop with its myriad co-sponsors, that will bring preservation techni cians together to further skills training. The Historic Preservation Training Center, now celebrating its 20th anniversary year, is assuming a leadership role in historic skills and crafts training; it is a leadership role that I welcome and encourage. I strongly support the Service's commitment to training and diversifying its preservation technicians—and to providing a safe environment for employees and visitors—and I have supported efforts to encourage ongoing historic preservation skills and crafts development initiatives. I applaud this issue of CPJVf which brings together for the first time the voices of those whose work we see at our nation's heritage sites but seldom hear from, those whose very skills constitute the frontline work in preservation. I urge you to consider the viewpoints presented in this issue of CRM; they know from where they speak, their success comes from constant practice. In my vision for the National Park Service, we will preserve and maintain the resources entrusted to our care to the highest levels of quality possible; and we will accomplish this through highly skilled, diverse, dedicated, and motivated staff. I extend my appreciation to the many dedicated maintenance and trade employees of the NPS family who demonstrate skill, devotion, and plain hard work, and I expect to hear more from you in the future. I look forward with pride and enthusi asm to working with you and all our partners to protect America's heritage resources. Robert Stanton Director, National Park Service CRM N2 12—1997 3 Thomas A.Vitanza Connections —An Overview or those readers actively engaged in industry so the preservation of historic struc dependent upon tures, this issue of CRM features it. As in any emerging points of view which are topic-oriented The author discov bringinFg vigorous new ideas to our chosen field. journal, there is the danger that articles presented ering one of his By actively engaged, I mean dealing with trades- offer a one-sided view of things. In this issue of early preservation and craftspeople on a daily basis, solving all the CRM, the reader will find many varied opinions skills training pro ritual dilemmas of in-the-field construction, and jects (Worthington coming from very different realms within the House at puzzling through the complex maze of preserva preservation world, those not usually heard from. Monocacy National tion philosophy and construction realities; trying We have asked the authors to focus on the critical Battlefield), is hold to get it to fit together and make a successful pro nature of the relationship between the head and ing up well, IS ject as well. The concepts and proposals which years later. hand, and despite different backgrounds there is a are expressed in these articles come from those commonality—they are connected. intimately involved with the preservation of her Look closely and find the connections itage structures—preservation professionals between articles, connections which are sieved (architects, conservators, preservationists, man through the various viewpoints. Program adminis agers) and specialists in the building trades and trators, contractors, material conservators, stone traditional craft skills. This community of leaders masons, woodcrafters, preservation interns, are doing their very best to create and maintain architects, and landscape architects have all spo those vital and future-oriented jobs in preserva ken eloquently of their concepts, proposals, and tion trades and crafts as viable career options calls for action. People who work with trade and lifestyle choices. unions and craft guilds, maintenance professionals The ideas brought forth in this issue of the and building managers, from within the National CRM are honest, passionate, thought provoking, Park Service and from the many supporting orga and sincerely concerned with the subject nizations, all have a connection with preservation. "Preservation Trades and Crafts—Working in Let's explore this connection together. Preservation & Fostering the Trades." We have Several of the articles have been