Kate Chopin House: Taking a look at a heritage recovery operation

By Jeff Guin

A lot has happened in the three months since the National Historic Landmark Kate Chopin House was lost to fire. Much goes into a salvage effort of this scale, and you may be surprised that how much care has been taken with the remains of the building and of its surviving contents. Preservation Today recently spoke with Dustin Fuqua of the heritage research organization Cultural Lore about his experience leading the rescue operation. Here are some of his insights on the topic.

John Leeke V-log: Repairing moisture damage in wood

This time, John looks at moisture damage to a wooden door jamb. He explains how to evaluate the damage and how to effect a repair using epoxy. 25 min.

Friendfeed and Lifestreaming: Your total web experience all on one page

Voices of the Past has added a feature that makes communicating on the internet fun again. The tool is called Friendfeed, and it is just one of a growing number of “lifestreaming” tools that allow you to instantly pull all your web activities onto one page, and have conversations about them with your friends.

Latest twitter conversations about historic preservation

Conversations going on right now regarding heritage topics, 140 characters at a time.

John Leeke Preservation Trades V-log: Fort Lowell Adobe Ruins "Gringo Blocks"

In this installment of his video log, John Leeke takes us to Fort Lowell in Tuscon, Arizona where he speaks with Simon Herbert about Adobe contruction methods. Specifically, they examine “gringo blocks” as a building device. More to come …

Voices of the Past Audio Podcast: Conducting a cultural resource survey of the UT-Austin campus (with Fran Gale)

Fran Gale of the University of Texas in Austin talks about a cultural resources survey taking place at UTA. The survey is part of a $175,000 grant from the Getty Foundation.