NCPTT workshop examines environmental adaptation in the built environment

Sarah Jackson and Andy Ferrell visited the Magnolia unit of Cane River Creole National Historic Park to investigate possibly using the slave/tenant farmer cabins at Magnolia Plantation for a limewash training workshop and video production.

This report is an executive summary of testing undertaken by NCPTT in partnership with the Cane River Creole National Historical Park (CARI) and Quality Finish.

NCPTT hosted a MayDay Event “Preparing You for the Next Disaster” in Natchitoches, La.

The Department of Veteran Affairs, National Cemetery Administration, has entered into a new interagency agreement with NCPTT to continue the evaluation of commercially available cleaners for use on federally-issued headstones.

As a result of NCPTT’s limewash study, Sarah Jackson has been in demand to present her research as well as hands-on demonstrations using traditional limewash.

NCPTT’s Sarah Jackson along with colleagues Mary Striegel and Tye Botting were awarded the Oliver Torrey Fuller Award for their article, “Durability of Traditional and Modified Limewash.”

Sarah Jackson of NCPTT presented “Limewash: the Other White ‘Paint’” at the 2007 International Preservation Trades Workshop in Frederick, Maryland.

NCPTT’s Sarah Jackson was featured in the Spring 2007 issue of Traditional Masonry Magazine (Volume 2, Issue 2).

Sarah Jackson represented NCPTT at the Casey Farms workshop, a Preservation Trades Network regional workshop.

NCPTT’s Sarah Jackson and Andy Ferrell attended the AIA’s annual conference in San Antonio.

A report on NCPTT’s research, entitled “Durability of Traditional and Modified Limewashes,” by Sarah M. Jackson and Mary F. Striegel, has been accepted by the APT Bulletin for publication in its Summer 2007 issue.

Sarah Jackson participated in the Greening of Historic Properties National Summit in Pittsburgh.

NCPTT’s Architecture and Engineering program took part in the recent International Preservation Trades Workshops in New Orleans.

NCPTT materials research staff Dr. Tye Botting and Sarah Jackson presented research at the annual APTI conference on Sept. 15, 2006, in Atlanta.

Results are available on the durability of traditional and modified limewashes tested by NCPTT.

NCPTT’s Sarah Jackson was featured in the November 2006 issue of Preservation in Print for a recent limewash demonstration.