We need your help! The PHW Education Committee is seeking your ideas for the PHW Lunch and Learn programs. Program topics should be preservation-related and most importantly, we are seeking expert speakers to deliver exciting and informative presentations. Please send your suggestions to phwi@verizon.net.
Mark your calendars! PHW and the Friends of the Handley Regional Library will present two free programs in May to celebrate National Preservation Month. In keeping with our recent collaboration with the Winchester Little Theatre for the restoration of their building, the programs will focus on railroads and supporting industries around Winchester.
Both events will be held at the Auditorium at Handley Regional Library, 100 W. Piccadilly Street, Winchester, VA. Contact (540) 662-9041 ext. 31 or friends@handleyregional.org for more information or directions.
May 13, 6:30 p.m.: “Slow Train to Yesterday: Memories of the Railroad in the Blue Ridge Mountains” Documentary
With an introduction by Mason Cooper of the Winchester Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society
May 16, 2 p.m.: “Progress and Preservation: Images and History of Architecture and Industry Along Winchester’s Railroads”
Lecture by Sandra Bosley, Executive Assistant for Preservation of Historic Winchester
Includes concurrent children’s programing suitable for grades 2-5.
We hope you enjoy your long Columbus Day weekend, but before you forget, if you would like to reserve a lunch for the Tuesday, Oct. 14 lecture on Shenandoah University and PHW: Partners in Preservation, please do so by Monday at 5 PM (the PHW office will be open on Monday).
[Lunch reservations are now closed. Thank you!]
If you plan to attend but do not wish to reserve a lunch, RSVPs are very much appreciated to plan for the room setup. Let us know at phwi@verizon.net or (540) 667-3577.
The PHW Lunch and Learn Lecture on Sept. 23, 2014 concerning the Winchester Little Theatre restoration project is ready for viewing on Youtube. The lecture includes a three part program by Shirley Echelman, Tim Machado, and David Logan, going over the history of the theatre and the proposed plan of action to restore it. At the end of the lecture are selected excerpts from the walk around the outside of the building.
Please learn more about the Winchester Little Theatre Restoration Campaign or pick up a pledge form at www.wltonline.org
PHW kicks off the fall lecture series with a “field trip” to the Winchester Little Theatre, 315 W. Boscawen St. starting at noon on Tuesday, September 23.
Learn about the history of the Winchester Little Theatre and the ongoing restoration project with a three part presentation by Shirley Echelman, Winchester Little Theatre; David Logan, Vintage, Inc.; & Tim Machado, Architect, DESIGN CONCEPTS.
For those who are able to stay past the lunch hour lecture time, a question and answer session as well as a walkabout of the building to see the work up close (including an example of lime mortar repointing) will be offered.
Date: September 23, 2014
Time: Lecture from noon-1 p.m.; questions and walkabout afterward
Place: Winchester Little Theatre, 315 West Boscawen Street, Winchester, VA
RSVP: Appreciated but not required
Cost: Free, unless you reserve a boxed lunch through PHW
Lunch: Bring your own lunch or pre-order a Panera boxed lunch by 5 p.m. on Sept. 22 through PHW ($10)
Lunch reservations are now closed. Thank you!
Questions? Contact PHW at phwi@verizon.net or 540-667-3577.
Better late than never! The May 29th Lunch and Learn Lecture by David Logan of Vintage, Inc. is live on YouTube for viewing. David talks about lime mortar and its importance in maintaining historic buildings, particularly in relation to moisture migration. Audience questions address the phenomenon of “rising damp” and whether that may be a misattribution of condensation in some cases, how to deal with painted brick surfaces and previous Portland cement repointing, and a discussion of various types of lime mortar, where to obtain it, and how to color match it to your project. A number of buildings around Winchester are featured.
As David mentions in the beginning of this lecture, this is not an exercise in shaming or criticizing buildings which have not been repointed in lime mortar. Many buildings in Winchester have been sandblasted to remove paint, coated with impermeable paints prone to failure, or repointed with a Portland-based mortar. Especially at a time when preservation was a new field, it was not known how badly the wrong treatment could impact a building in the long term. Please take these examples as cautionary tales. It is often much more expensive and difficult to correct a bad treatment than to let the building suffer some benign neglect until the issue can be properly addressed.
Finish National Preservation Month with this informative seminar. Preservation of Historic Winchester invites you to a the next “Lunch and Learn” Lecture on Lime Mortar and Moisture Migration in Historic Structures, presented by David Logan of Vintage, Inc. As always, this lecture is free and open to the general public.
If you are unable to attend the lecture in person, a video of the event will be posted to PHW’s YouTube account at www.youtube.com/user/PHWInc.
Please note this lecture will be held in the cellar of the Lewis-Jones Knitting Mill, 126 N. Kent St., not in the Educational Center.
Date: May 29, 2014
Time: Noon-1 p.m.
Location: The Cellar of the Lewis-Jones Knitting Mill, 126 N. Kent Street, Winchester, VA
RSVP: Appreciated but not required
Cost: Free, unless you reserve a boxed lunch through PHW
Lunch: Bring your own lunch or pre-order a Panera boxed lunch by 5 p.m. on May 28 through PHW ($10) at www.phwi.org/lectures.php
Questions? Contact PHW at phwi@verizon.net or 540-667-3577.
Lunch RSVPs are closed. Thank you!
Thanks for your patience while the March 25 video was receiving some tweaks. The map handout using the O.W. Gray map and several iterations of the Winchester Sanborn maps have been incorporated into the slideshow to help you hone in on the neighborhood of each site being discussed. Audience questions were unfortunately not picked up well in the recording and were not included. Also, Sandra would like to apologize to Bo’s Belly Barn for calling their establishment a Sheetz. The original gas station that replaced the Hollis House was, however, an Atlantic station as can be seen in the photo.
Because we are interested in history and know you are, too, the relevant texts consulted for each property are listed below so you can read more about them.
Winchester Inn: “John Handley and the Handley Bequests to Winchester, Virginia” by Garland Quarles, pp. 40-51. (The Fauntleroy property on the O.W. Gray Map is “Aspen Hill.”)
Judge Richard Parker: “Shenandoah Valley Pioneers and Their Descendants” by T.K. Cartmell, p. 299.
Angerona: “Shenandoah Valley Pioneers and Their Descendants” by T.K. Cartmell, pp. 151, 158-159.
Cannon Ball House: “What I Know About Winchester” by William Greenway Russell, p. 63 footnote 38.
Graichen Glove Factory: “Shenandoah Valley Pioneers and Their Descendants” by T.K. Cartmell, pp. 149.
Hart Hotel:”What I Know About Winchester” by William Greenway Russell, p. 94
Empire Theatre: cinematreasures.org/theaters/22758
C.B Henry Store: “What I Know About Winchester” by William Greenway Russell, p. 59 footnote 6.
Barton House: “What I Know About Winchester” by William Greenway Russell, p. 114 footnote 17.
Former Masonic Lodge: www.winchesterhiram21.org/history.htm
Kent St. Presbyterian Church: “Shenandoah Valley Pioneers and Their Descendants” by T.K. Cartmell, pp. 175-176.
Piccadilly Apartments: “What I Know About Winchester” by William Greenway Russell, p. 141 footnote 39.
Bettie Dandrige House: “Shenandoah Valley Pioneers and Their Descendants” by T.K. Cartmell, p. 81; www.firstladies.org
Hollis House: “What I Know About Winchester” by William Greenway Russell, p. 123, 137 footnote 8.
Chanticleer Inn: “What I Know About Winchester” by William Greenway Russell, p. 29 footnote 32.
Dr. Baldwin Office: “What I Know About Winchester” by William Greenway Russell, p. 49-50, 60 footnote 13. For more on the boot legend, see “Virginia Baron: The Story of Thomas 6th Lord Fairfax” by Stuart E. Brown, Jr.
Capper House: “What I Know About Winchester” by William Greenway Russell, p. 80 footnote 50.
Faulkner Block: “Shenandoah Valley Pioneers and Their Descendants” by T.K. Cartmell, p. 496
St. Stephens CME Church: www.handleyregional.org/
W.B. Baker House: “What I Know About Winchester” by William Greenway Russell, p. 96, 113 footnote 12.
17 N. Braddock and Phil O’Rear Cottage: Unpublished PHW member research.
Mary Greenhow Lee House: www.shenandoahatwar.org/The-History/The-People/Mary-Greenhow-Lee
Conrad House: A comprehensive overview of the Conrad House and PHW’s involvement can be found in this blog on Jan. 10, Jan. 17, Jan. 24, and Jan. 31
Scott Affleck House: “Shenandoah Valley Pioneers and Their Descendants” by T.K. Cartmell, p. 460. The house was built from design No. 18 by architect George F. Barber.
Keckley Mill: “Shenandoah Valley Pioneers and Their Descendants” by T.K. Cartmell, p. 69
Hardee’s: “Prototype of ’60’s May Disappear,” The Winchester Star, Sept. 10, 1988.
Sandra Bosley, Executive Assistant for Preservation of Historic Winchester, presents the next Lunch and Learn lecture on “Vanished Winchester, the Lost Architecture that Inspired the Creation of PHW and the Historic District.”
Date: March 25, 2014
Time: Noon-1 p.m.
Location: June Jeffries Educational Center at the upper parking lot of the Lewis-Jones Knitting Mill, 126 N. Kent Street, Winchester, VA
RSVP: Appreciated but not required
Cost: Free, unless you reserve a boxed lunch through PHW
Lunch: Bring your own lunch or pre-order a Panera boxed lunch by 5 p.m. on March 24
Questions? Contact PHW at phwi@verizon.net or 540-667-3577.
Lunch signups are now closed. Thank you!
The Lunch and Learn Lecture on the Winchester National Register Historic District presented by Tim Youmans on Feb. 20, 2014 is available for viewing on YouTube. The presentation covers the update of the period of significance to the existing National Register Historic District in Winchester, VA, along with areas identified for inclusion in a future expansion of the National Register Historic District. Includes a test of “contributing” versus “non-contributing” structures and the Q&A session at the end of the presentation.
Watch the lecture on Youtube.
View the PDF version of the slides to better view the maps.