A Message from the Department ChairThis has been an extremely busy and productive year, and I am excited to share our news with you. As you will see from the information provided below, the program is doing well and continues to grow. Our faculty has made important changes and contributions in the areas of teaching, research, and service. The Department of Historic Preservation has just graduated a class of wonderful and engaged students, and we look forward to welcoming a new group in the fall. Attracting the best and brightest is one of our top priorities, and our dedicated faculty has joined me in the recruiting efforts.

I have also been serving on the Dean’s Search Committee, which has been an interesting task. It appears that the search is going to continue on into the fall, so I will keep you posted. My goal is to help select a person who will support our strategic initiatives and help us keep Historic Preservation moving forward.

As always, we enjoy keeping in touch with our graduates. I invite all of you to send your latest news and whereabouts to me at hedcarll@uky.edu. Also feel free to send a picture. It is always fun to be able to include news from our grads in our newsletter.

I wish all of you an enjoyable summer, and we will continue to keep in touch,

Allison Carll WhiteChair, Department of Historic Preservation

HPGO Hosts Preservation South Student ConferencePreservation South is an event dedicated to showcasing the work being done by historic preservation students throughout the country, but with a particular focus on the southern United States. Previously, it has been hosted

by the preservation programs at the University of Florida and the University of Georgia. Our turn hosting the event began on Friday afternoon with a guest lecture by Jean Carroon, author of Sustainable Preservation: Greening Historic Buildings and the director of the effort to restore the H.H. Richardson-designed Trinity Church in Boston, MA. Following dinner at the Boone Center, Craig Potts, the Director of the Kentucky Heritage Council, presented the keynote address. In his presentation, Potts explored some of the opportunities facing young preservationists as they start their careers.

On Saturday, students from around the country presented on a range of topics. These included the preservation of Florida’s historic brick-paved highways, forging connections between historic cemeteries and their surrounding neighborhoods, the evolution of the Main Street program and many others. Each of the second year HPGO members presented work related to their Master’s projects.

Alex Wise discussed the revitalization techniques being used in the Over-the-Rhine neighborhood of Cincinnati; Kristin Jo Pack discussed the challenges of preserving urban Civil War battlefields; Heather Lamplough presented her work related to the development of a local historic district for the Wesleyan Grove camp meeting site in Martha’s Vineyard, MA; Mary Unterreiner discussed the relationship between historic social club buildings and the changing demographics of the urban core, using the Pendennis Club of Louisville as her main case study, and Matthew Mattone discussed his exploration of the work of Richard B. Isenhour, a pioneering mid-century Lexington

architect. Following the presentations, the students were treated to a reception and cocktail hour at the home of Prof. Clyde Carpenter.

The weekend concluded with a slightly soggy but much enjoyed walking tour of Gratz Park, provided by Dr. Patrick Lee Lucas, the director of the UK Interiors program. All in all, Kentucky’s turn hosting the Preservation South student conference was a tremendous success, and we look forward to having our students participate in next year’s conference.

Master’s Project TitlesAlex Wise - Developing New Revitalization Policies for the Over-The-Rhine Neighborhood

Mary Unterreiner - Urban Social Clubs, Societal Relevance, and the Preservation of Historic Institutional Buildings: The Pendennis Club, Louisville, Kentucky

Kristin Pack - The Urban Battlefi eld: A Case Study Analysis of the Planning and Interpretation of the Franklin Battlefi eld

Heather Lamplough - Proposal for the Establishment of the Wesleyan Grove Local Historic District

Erin House - The Residential Architecture of William J. Dodd in the Old Louisville Neighborhood.

Spindletop HallUK/CoD Historic Preservation students scored a victory for Lexington’s famed Spindletop Hall.

After two years of work, the iconic property was placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior.

“It’s an honorifi c list; it tells our story”, said Rachel Kennedy, Executive Director of Preservation Kentucky, the state’s preservation offi ce. “This property will be forever more listed in the National Register based on its signifi cance.” “This building was one of the reason the World Equestrian Games were held here in Lexington,” said Holly Weidemann. It was Ms. Weidemann and her students who spearheaded the Spindletop campaign.

To be considered eligible, a property must meet the National Register Criteria for Evaluation. This involves examining the property’s age, integrity, and signifi cance. Over the course of two years, students conducted research, site visits, and interviews as part of the nomination process.

Clyde Carpenter receives Ambassorship AwardProfessor of Historic Preservation Clyde Carpenter received the Henry Clay Ambassadorship Award from Mayor Jim Gray in recognition for his dedication to Lexington and its architectural heritage.

The award recognizes individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the Lexington community.

left to right: Heather Lamplough, Mary Unterreiner, Kristin Jo Pack, Matt Mattone, Alex Wise

HP Graduate Certifi catesThe department is now offering graduate certifi cates in Historic Preservation. The objective of the grad certifi cate is to enable both graduate students in other disciplines and practicing professionals to obtain exposure to the principles, tools, and techniques that will allow them to apply their skills within a historic context.

Students may choose from four areas of concentration: Preservation and Design, Preservation and Economic Development, Preservation and Planning, and Rural Preservation. A certifi cate is completed with 12 credit hours of coursework. HP 601 (Intro. to Historic Preservation) and HP 602 (Dynamics of Historic Preservation) are required for all students seeking a certifi cate. The two additional courses are drawn from the applicant’s area of concentration.

If you know of anyone who might be interested in obtaining a certifi cate, please ask that person to contact the department chair.

HP Advisory BoardThis past spring, the Historic Preservation Advisory Board was reconstituted and held its fi rst meeting. Members of the Advisory Board include: Amelia Armstrong, Lexington, KY; Edie Bingham, Glenview, KY; Tim Condo, Charleston, SC; Maynard Crossland, Harrodsburg, KY; Ed Holmes, Lexington, KY; Carter Hudgins, Charleston, SC; Cynthia Johnson, Louisville, KY; Beth Johnson, Covington, KY; Ned Kaufman, New York, NY; David Morgan, Washington, DC; Craig Potts, Frankfort, KY; and a student member. David Morgan was elected as chair of the board; Amelia Armstrong will serve as vice-chair. Sub-committees were also formed to address Preservation Affairs and Development Activities. The following mission statement was approved for the program:

The mission of the Department of Historic Preservation at the University of Kentucky is to prepare graduates who can thoughtfully apply knowledge of historic resources to planning and design processes that emphasize building revitalization, rural preservation, and community engagement.

The greater goal of a dynamic and sustainable environment requires contributions from a diverse set of professionals and engaged citizens. Preservation and design professionals operate in a collaborative environment in which many ways of thinking and a diverse set of sometimes competing interests are all required to make future plans for places. Preservationists are

situated within this context through their understanding of existing historic resources, the meaning of places, and thoughtful participatory processes for change.

The curriculum will focus on analytical, theoretical and procedural aspects of preservation, and their application to design and planning. The distinguishing characteristics of the program are focused on building revitalization, rural preservation, and community engagement. The educational experience will help students develop a construct in which preservation professionals play an active role in improvement of urban and other environments in collaboration with a diverse set of professionals and citizens. This group of professionals may include planners, architects, landscape architects, interior designers, engineers, ecologists, and public participation professionals. Preservation crosses many disciplinary boundaries and involves a diverse faculty group. A stable group of core faculty within the department will focus specifi cally on issues of documentation, analysis, policy, conservation, and integration of historic preservation concepts into design and planning processes. A wider and more diverse group of adjunct and joint appointment faculty will augment this core group by contributing to specialty areas, electives, and topics within their respective disciplines related to historic preservation. The faculty and students will engage communities and communicate to the public the important role of preservation in improving the quality of life and sustainable economic development within the commonwealth.

New Undergraduate Course OfferingHP 101, “How the Past Informs the Future”, was offered for the fi rst time during the spring semester. This course is an introduction to the theory and practice of historic preservation in the Commonwealth of Kentucky and beyond. It was designed to appeal to undergraduate students from across the university, provide them with an

photo by Lauren Pool

awareness of and a breadth of preservation information, and serve as a social science general education elective. The course will be offered each spring semester.

Documentation Class Features Student Research on Historic Campus BuildingsThe historic preservation program’s documentation course sequence interprets documentation as both a process and product. That is, documentation is a process of observing and interpreting historic buildings in order to evaluate their significance and to gain the information necessary to determine the best treatment protocol. Documentation is a product when it is itself a treatment, when measured drawings and large format photographs are prepared to represent buildings being demolished.

The University of Kentucky’s plans to construct new dormitories and other up-to-date facilities called for the demolition of historic buildings on campus, many of which were designed by the architect Ernst Johnson. The Blue Grass Trust for Historic Preservation called the public’s attention to these plans in naming eleven UK buildings to its 2014 endangered list. In response, course activities and assignments for the spring semester’s HP 614 (Documentation of Historic Sites and Structures II) focused upon the University of Kentucky campus’ historic buildings.

Each of the first-year historic preservation students enrolled in this course chose a UK campus building to research over the course of the semester. The buildings they documented include: the former dormitory Breckinridge hall (1930); the north campus dormitories Jewell (1939) and Holmes (1958) Halls; the Wenner-Gren Aeronautics Research Laboratory (1941) and the Terrell Civil Engineering Building (both 1941); the Mineral Industries Building (1951), and the Hamilton House. With the exception of the Hamilton House, which originated as a private residence, all of these buildings were designed by the former campus architect, Ernst Johnson.

The students documented these buildings by researching their histories, taking digital photographs and black and white large format photographs of character-defining features. They also formulated arguments about each building’s significance and whether it should or should not be preserved. All members of the class measured the Wenner-Grenn building and produced a field note from which each student produced both hand and digital drawings.

Photographs will be archived at UK Special Collections.

Research FocusAfter receiving a Summer Faculty Research Fellowship, Doug Appler is exploring the holdings of the National Archives, in College Park, MD, as they relate to the activities of the federal Urban Renewal Administration (URA) in Kentucky. The goal of this research is to develop a better understanding of how Title I of the Housing Act of 1949, responsible for “slum clearance” programs throughout the country, was applied in a predominantly rural state. Doug hopes to explore the history of the neighborhoods that were destroyed through Urban Renewal using textual, photographic, and cartographic materials. He plans to develop a better understanding of the social context surrounding the development of the new facilities developed through Urban Renewal, as many of these mid-century buildings have themselves reached an age where they may be considered historic. The archival work conducted this summer will be supplemented by more site-specific research so that the activities of the URA can be examined from the federal, state, and local perspectives.

Comparison of UK tuition rates with those of other Historic Preservation programsAs you can see, enrolling in the Historic Preservation program is still a relative bargain in comparison with other schools in the region. Please encourage your friends or colleagues to consider submitting an application to our program.

University of Kentucky• AID: Scholarships and limited assistantships

available.• Tuition and Fees for full-time Master of Historic

Preservation: approx. $11,000.Peer InstitutionsClemson University & College of Charleston• AID: Merit awards, fellowships, and assistantships

available.• Tuition and Fees for Master of Science in Historic

Preservation: approx. $28,000.University of Delaware• AID: 90% tuition funding for Master’s students

as well as a graduate research assistantship stipend (of varying amounts), paid out over a 9-month period.

• Tuition and Fees for Master of Arts in Historic Preservation: approx. $17,000.

University of Florida• AID: Scholarships available.• Tuition and Fees for Master of Historic

Preservation: approx. $13,000.

University of Georgia• AID: Scholarships, fellowships, tuition waivers,

and assistantships available.• Tuition and Fees for Master of Historic

Preservation: approx. $10,000.University of Maryland• AID: Multiple endowed scholarships and fellowships

available.• Tuition and Fees for Master of Historic

Preservation: approx. $14,000

Prepared by C.J. Ryan, Director of Development, UK College of Design

Philanthropic Goals of the Department of Historic PreservationThis past May, we celebrated two incoming students and two current students at the End- of -Year Convocation, recognizing the academic achievement of the College of Design’s talented scholars. As the Chair of the Department of Historic Preservation, I have advocated over the last year for three philanthropic priorities of the program.

Our chief priority is to create more (and more meaningful) funding opportunities for our program’s graduate students. We want not only to attract the best and the brightest students to study Historic Preservation at UK, but also to support them during their studies in recognition for exemplary academic achievement.

To this end, we also seek to provide opportunities for our students to travel and visit historic landscapes and structures both throughout the United States and abroad. Please support this important goal by making a minimum gift of $25 to send students to Chicago this coming fall. It is critical that our students view preservation from a wider perspective, and we can think of no better place to begin fulfilling this priority.

Finally, we would like to grow the impact of the Helen E. Abell Endowed Chair in Historic Preservation, funds from which will be used to support faculty research and ensure the highest caliber of instruction at the Department of Historic Preservation.

We need your support to make these goals—our priorities—a reality. Please visit http://www.uky.edu/GiveNow and select the “Historic Preservation Program Fund” under the “Design Fund Selections” choices to make a gift to the HP program. We appreciate your generosity and support.