In May 2023 I again had the opportunity to attend the Michigan Historic Preservation Network‘s annual meeting, this time on Mackinac Island and based at the Mission Point Resort. It was my first trip to the island, and I was so impressed by the wonderful harmony of the natural and cultural, the balance between tourism …
In 2020, the Atlantic Salmon Federation asked me to document the Walton’s Mill Dam, in Farmington, ME, for the Maine Historic Engineering Record (MHER). Working under subcontract to my friends and colleagues at the Northeast Archaeology Research Center in Farmington and with the support of the Farmington Historical Society, the project included HABS/HAER photography and …
In early 2021 I was invited to conduct the HABS/HAER photography of the delightful and charming Rice Memorial Library. Located in the lovely community of Kittery, in southern Maine near the New Hampshire border, the library was designed by Shephard Woodcock, a noted architect based in Boston, MA, and was completed in 1888. The library …
In the spring of 2022 I had the wonderful opportunity to collaborate with my colleague Paula Sagerman on the documentation of the Elmina B. Sewall Property, in Kennebunk, ME, for HABS/HAER. The house, a magnificent mid-century Colonial Revival mansion, was acquired by the Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge for use as an administrative headquarters and …
I was beyond enthused to be asked to conduct the HABS/HAER photography of the historic United Artists Theater in downtown Detroit, MI. Opened in early 1928, the combination office tower and movie theater was the epitome of elegance and style for more than four decades. In 1957 the office building was purchased by the American …
In the spring of 2021 my colleagues at MacRostie Historic Advisors asked to join them in completing the Maine Historic Building Record documentation of Memorial Middle School in South Portland, Maine. I am always delighted to get a call from them, because it never fails to lead to an interesting project. In this case, I …
In 2020, I had the remarkable opportunity to conduct a HABS/HAER photography and historical documentation project at the Kenneth A. Kesselring Site, a component of the Naval Nuclear Laboratory. Working under contract to my colleagues at the Public Archaeology Facility at Binghamton University of the State University of New York, it was a fascinating project: …
In the spring of 2021, the Village of Fayetteville, NY Historic Preservation Commission was awarded a CLG Grant from the NY State Historic Preservation Office. The purpose of the grant was to document the historic Ledyard Canal, portions of which continue to flow through the Villages of Manlius and Fayetteville, for the Historic American Engineering …
In the fall of 2021 I was asked by my colleagues at MacRostie Historic Advisors to support their documentation of the Scarborough Downs racing facility by completing the large-format HABS/HAER photography. This was a fantastic and enjoyable project, a combination of landscape and architectural photography near Portland, Maine, and working with colleagues whom I admire. …
Back at the very beginning of the COVID pandemic in mid-March 2020, I had a short-notice call from my colleague Amy Cole Ives at Sutherland Conservation and Consulting about the HABS/HAER photography of the Machine Tool Lab at the University of Maine at Orono. This little Art Deco gem in the middle of the campus …