Conference Schedule

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Friday May 1, 2009

8:00 – 9:00 am
Buckstop Junction Visitors Center and The Shoppe at Buckstop Junction
Registration, coffee and rolls. The Shoppe will be open the duration of the conference. Look for your 20% discount on any one item coupon in your registration packet.

9:00 – 9:15 am
Bethel Church
Press Conference with Preservation North Dakota and Buckstop Junction

9:30 – 11:00 am
Lewis Hotel
"SUSTAINABLE PRESERVATION: Old Buildings are Greener than you Think."
With the push for energy efficiency and renewable forms of energy, preservation and historic designation can sometimes be at odds with design promoted for green and "sustainable" buildings. This session investigates the best practices for combining historic preservation with "green" architecture and sustainable design, including the preservation of historic materials and appropriate modern interventions, as well as the LEED rating system through a case study of the Sustainable Preservation Assessment. Gary Petri, Principal, SLATERPAULL Architects, Inc. Denver Colorado.

11:00 am – 12:00 pm
Lewis Hotel
"Moving Historic Buildings"
The fundamentals and lessons learned from moving many of Buckstop Junction's buildings. Mike Beck , Buckstop Junction Board Member since 2005 is a long time volunteer worker and supporter of Buckstop Junction. When they learn that the Barber Shop at Goodrich was available, Mr Beck visited there and made assessment of the basic structure and preparations for moving. After it was located at the Buckstop site he built the foundation of concrete and rock on which it is now situated and renovated it. The latest Buckstop Junction acquisition is the Engstrom home, which they moved in 2008 from the Wilton area. Beck went to the site, evaluated the supporting structure, what would need to be re-enforced for moving, and was the driving force in building the foundation on which it is now situated. We have a possibility for acquiring a farm elevator. He has assessed the structure and has advised our Board of what would be necessary to move it to Buckstop.

11:00 am – 12:00 pm
Bethel Church
"Why Preserve? A Primer on Preservation."
Seasoned preservation professionals, those newly introduced to historic preservation, and anyone in-between will benefit from this primer that will lay the foundation for preservation, present basic preservation tools, and illustrate how preservation has evolved over time. Jennifer Buddenborg is a Program Officer in the Mountains/Plains Office of the National Trust for Historic Preservation in Denver, Colorado. She began her work with the National Trust in 2006. Jennifer provides direct assistance in preservation advocacy, education and field services to communities and organizations in four of the eight states served by the Mountains/Plains Office: Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wyoming. A native of Michigan, Jennifer received her B.A. degree in History from Wayne State University and her M.A. degree in Historic Preservation Planning from Cornell University.

12:00 – 12:50 pm
Lewis Hotel
Lunch and Introduction to Buckstop Junction by Judy Fried, Missouri Valley Historical Society President.

1:00 – 1:50 pm
Lewis Hotel
"North Dakota's Historic Bridges"
A brief look at the history and future of bridges in North Dakota. A photo tour of North Dakota's bridges and a brief discussion of the North Dakota Department of Transportation's efforts to preserve key bridges. Bob Christensen, Archaeologist, ND DOT. Bob graduated from the University of Mississippi and the University of North Dakota.

1:00 – 1:50 pm
Buckstop grounds
Free Local Tour available with volunteer tour guides in six buildings. Although it would be an incredible feat for anyone as passionate as we are about old buildings to get through six wonderfully preserved buildings in 50 minutes, we hope you enjoy visiting some of them, and will look forward to future visits!

2:00 – 3:15 pm
Lewis Hotel
"Cartwright Church Restoration"
Learn the amazing details of the restoration of the granite block Christ Church Anglican Church in Manitoba. Dismantled and reconstructed in one season, the Cartwright Church is now ready to withstand many decades of weathering and wear. Gordon Menzies has worked overseas but mostly in Western Canada on many restoration projects preserving heritage buildings. My main areas of expertise include: site recording and survey, detailed condition assessments, price estimating for preservation work, design and specifications and grants programme management.

2:00 – 3:15 pm
Bethel Church
"Brown is as Green as it Gets: Historic Earthen-Based Building Materials"
Susan Quinnell, Architectural Historian, Review and Compliance Coordinator North Dakota State Historic Preservation Office. Learn about historic methods of using the greenest material available, the local dirt itself. In the Mountain West and Northern Plains many people with different backgrounds and needs used amended mud, local rocks, and sod depending upon their labor situation, available technology and knowledge of local materials. Historic rammed earth, puddled clay, mud mortars and plasters, variants of adobe in the North and the role of various structural support issues will be addressed. Susan has been Review and Compliance Coordinator at ND SHPO for four years, was Associate Director of the Architectural Preservation Institute at CSU in Fort Collins Colorado previously, and holds an MA in History and MS in Construction Management, Historic Preservation emphasis.

3:30 – 5:30 pm
Bismarck Cathedral
Area Historic District Motor Coach Tour – Erik and Amy Sakariassen lead an insider's tour of Bismarck's Cathedral Area Historic District, exploring the historic al and architectural significance of these eclectic-era residences. The tour includes visits inside the C.B. Little and P.E. Burn houses. Both are long-time residents, activists and promoters of the Cathedral Area historic District. Amy, with a technical background in archaeology is one of the privileged few working on the famous Dino-Mummy at the SHSND. Erik owns Saks News Inc., and serves on the North Dakota Historic Preservation Review Board.

6:00 – 7:30 pm
Bismarck Country Club
Awards Banquet – Brian McCutchen, Site Superintendent of Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site will speak on "Preservation Challenges and Opportunities into the Future".
McCutchen will share his viewpoint as one charged with the cultural resource responsibilities of individual national park units, assisting nationally significant historic resources and now, managing a national park unit with threats from both within and outside its boundaries. In his 16-plus years with the National Park Service he has served at Shiloh National Military Park, Tennessee, Arkansas Post National Memorial, Arkansas, and the National Historic Landmarks and Historic Surplus Properties/Lighthouses programs of the Midwest Region. He holds an undergraduate degree in Historic Preservation and his graduate degree in History-Historic Preservation.

Also there will be the presentation of the Most Endangered Places Awards, and Success Story Award, Merl Paaverud, Director State Historical Society of North Dakota, Suzzanne Kelley, President, Preservation North Dakota, Bobbi Hepper Olsen, PND Coordinator and Jen Wilkie, Development Director, Preservation North Dakota.