Join coauthors Linden “Butch” Fravel and Byron Smith at the Newtown History Center, 5408 Main St., in Stephens City from 1-5 p.m. for a book signing of the latest in Arcadia Publishing’s Images of America series, Stephens City. Copies will be available to purchase on site for $19.99 plus tax.
Join Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church in their re-dedication of the Old Church Wall. The special event will be held Saturday, September 27 at 11:00 a.m. to recognize the efforts of the community who made the restoration of this local landmark possible.
President Franklin E. Wright posts commentary on the proposed sale of the Ol’ Jake weathervane at Rouss Fire Hall in the Winchester Star’s Open Forum. See a scan of the article here.
PHW is pleased to announce that a project submitted by a PHW member and sponsored by PHW was chosen in this year’s Day of Caring, an annual event hosted by the United Way. The event organizes volunteers willing to do work for projects for nonprofits or people in need in the Shenandoah Valley.
If you are interested in learning more about this event, visit the local branch of the United Way online at http://www.unitedwaynsv.org/
The summer edition of the PHW Newsletter is now online. You may read the current issue in PDF format here.
Past issues from v. 28 to the present are available in the online archive.
PHW would like to correct the statement in the July 31 edition of the Winchester Star, which states, “One of the largest [offers to purchase the Old Jake weathervane] came from Preservation of Historic Winchester Inc., which offered $100,000, Butler said.” PHW did not attempt to purchase the weathervane for any amount. We are, however, interested in seeing this landmark in Winchester’s architectural history preserved as it is an integral part of the downtown skyline.
The rest of the article may be found online at The Winchester Star.
Handley Regional Library will be hosting several events this August in the countdown to its 100 year anniversary on August 12, 2013. On August 1, an exhibit on the architect of the Handley Library, J. Stweart Barney, will open in the Benham Room at Handley Library, and a lecture on J. Stewart Barney’s life and achievements will be held on August 15. For more information, please visit Handley Library’s Event Page.
Preservation of Historic Winchester has recognized individuals, corporations, and organizations for restoration of historic buildings and advocating for preservation of architectural heritage. For more than 25 years, PHW has recognized these accomplishments through its annual Preservation Awards.For the second year in a row, members were asked to nominate projects, individuals, corporations, and institutions that took the preservation challenge. Ten were selected to receive awards. There are six award categories, five of which are named after distinguished individuals who contributed to PHW’s growth and success. Click here to read the rest of the article in the Winchester Star.
The next meeting of the organizing group to form an APVA Branch for the Northern Shenandoah Valley is scheduled for Monday, July 21st, 5:30 at the Museum of the Shenandoah Valley, 901 Amherst Street in Winchester. Click here for the Winchester Star article covering the first meeting on June 30th.
We will be focusing on bylaws and process. APVA representatives will be present. There may be some limited discussion of Greenway Court.
Anyone interested in historic preservation in (especially Winchester, and the counties of Frederick, Clarke, and Warren) is invited to attend.
If you have any questions please contact Maral Kalbian, 955-1231; Bob Steig, 837-2790; Jennifer Lee, 955-2600; or Chuck Johnston, 540-955-5130.
In order to determine what city residents want Winchester to be in the future, four public input sessions on the Comprehensive Plan update were scheduled. Two meetings were held in June and two more are scheduled for July.
The next meeting will be held on Monday, July 14 at the John Kerr Elementary School. The fourth and final meeting will be held on Tuesday, July 22 at Frederick Douglass Elementary School. Both meetings will run from about 6:30 pm to 9:00 pm and be held in the school cafeterias.
At the Public Input Meetings, attendees will be asked to complete a word exercise using the letters spelling out W-I-N-C-H-E-S-T-E-R. The respondent is asked to write in a word or phrase beginning with the letter on each line that expresses their view about Winchester today as then another phrase (or perhaps the same one) that expresses what they envision the City being in the future. Copies of the exercise are being distributed at the Comprehensive Plan input sessions and can otherwise be requested from the City Planning Department (667-1815 or plngdept@ci.winchester.va.us). Attendees will also be broken into small groups to mark up maps identifying areas where change should occur and other areas that should be preserved as they are.
