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Heritage Barn Conference Presented by the Washington Trust for Historic Preservation and the National Barn Alliance
The Washington Trust for Historic Preservation, in association with the National Barn Alliance, is hosting the Heritage Barn Conference to be held at the Marcus Whitman Hotel and Conference Center on May 6-7, 2010. The conference program provides details and schedules and can be downloaded from our website at www.wa-trust.org.
The goal for our conference is to gather stakeholders who have an interest in promoting the preservation of heritage barn sites in the Pacific Northwest, including Washington, Oregon, Idaho and beyond. We will be convening preservationists, planners, farm owners, historians, barn aficionados, and the community at large to focus on barn preservation and related topics. The first day will be a series of educational sessions, with an opening plenary and lunchtime keynote speaker, Jim Lindberg. Mr. Lindberg works in the Mountains/Plains Office of the National Trust for Historic Preservation as Director of Preservation Initiatives and is also the director of the Barn Again! program.
Following the opening plenary, which looks at the architectural legacy of barns in the Pacific Northwest region, the remaining sessions will be broken into two tracks and will include identification and survey of historic barns, rural heritage tourism, tools and strategies for rural preservation, adaptive re-use of barns, and policies focusing on agricultural and barn preservation.
Tracks and Sessions:
Track 1: Architecture & Building
Session 1: Historically Appropriate Barn Rehabilitation: Funding and Implementation
Session 2: Barns as Habitat: The Added Value of Owls, Bats and Other Wildlife
Session 3: Adaptive Re-use: The Re-Birth of Historic Barns
Track 2: Preservation & Planning
Session 1: Heritage Tourism & Rural Development
Session 2: Combining Barn Preservation & Ag-Land Retention: A How To Discussion
Session 3: Models for Local Barn Survey & Documentation
Day one concludes with an evening reception including hors d'oeuvres and a no-host bar at the Marcus Whitman Hotel and Conference Center. A silent auction will be held during the reception featuring work from local artist Todd Telander.
Conference registration is $125.00 for Washington Trust and National Barn Alliance members and $150.00 for the general public (includes a one-year membership in the Trust). Registration covers all Thursday sessions, lunch, and the evening reception.
Day two includes a variety of field trips designed to engage conference participants in local history, barn construction, and hands on examples of adaptive use.
Tour 1 The Kibler Barn Legacy
Experience the legacy of the Kibler Family, pioneers in the Walla Walla Valley, through the agricultural structures they built. Using similar plans, four barns were constructed for members of the extended family to be utilized in the overall farming operations. A unique collection of related outbuildings were erected to supplement agricultural production at each site. Additional buildings include a hoghouse, grist mill, granary, smokehouse, and other structures that tell the story of agricultural production in the valley. Two of the Kibler Barns remain in family ownership. A third now serves as the Abeja Winery, providing an interesting case study for adaptive reuse. A fifth Kibler Barn constructed differently from the others will also be included.
Limited to 50 people (bus capacity)
The cost is $35.00 with a box lunch included. Please note that a portion of the tour at the Abeja Winery includes stairs (tour participants uncomfortable with stairs will still be able to experience the winery tour).
Tour 2 Anatomy of a Barn
From timber-frame to stick frame, octagonal, arched bow truss, or gambrel, barns demonstrate a wonderful variety of forms, shapes and styles. The tour will focus on barn construction and participants will get to investigate hands-on how these magnificent structures remain standing, what goes wrong when they fall down, and everything in between! Site visits will be made to barns in Washington and Oregon, with the opportunity to visit a rebuilt timber-frame barn as well as a stop at the Frazier Farmstead Museum to learn how a 1918 barn helps to interpret agricultural heritage.
Limited to 50 people (bus capacity)
The cost is $35.00 with a box lunch included.
For conference registrants interested in experiencing barns on two wheels, a bicycle tour map of historic barns will be provided. Bicycle rentals are available locally through Allegro Cyclery. Please note that this is a self-guided tour there will be no access to barns and lunch will be on your own.
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LocationMarcus Whitman Hotel and Conference Center
Six West Rose Street
Walla Walla, WA 99362
United States
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