HISTORICORPSWORKFORCE FOR SAVING PLACES

An Introduction to the HistoriCorps™ program

HistoriCorps Partners

What is HistoriCorps™?

Mission: HistoriCorps saves and sustains historic places for public benefit through partnerships that foster public involvement, engage volunteers and provide training and education

HistoriCorps Is . . . Saving Places

• Rehabilitation of the Alpine Guard Station• Summer 2010• Uncompahgre National Forest• Re-roofed with cedar shingles, doors & windows repaired, sill logs replaced, interior repair, and plumbing and electricity installed.

Historic

Before Rehabilitation

AFTER Rehabilitation

. . . Greening Historic Buildings

Alpine Guard Station - construction of solar energy shed replicating original shed.

. . . Preservation for Public Benefit

• Off Cow Camp Cabin• 2010 field season• Rio Grande National Forest• Partnered with Rio Grande NF, Volunteers for Outdoor Colorado, Southwest Conservation Corps, University of Colorado Denver• Available as a public rental

Before Rehabilitation

After Rehabilitation

. . . Site Protection

• Matterhorn Mill Emergency Stabilization, Telluride, CO• Completed Fall 2009 & Summer 2010• Partnered with the National Trust for Historic Preservation, San Miguel County, Rocky Mountain Office of the USFS• HistoriCorps stabilized the historic walls and columns, constructed a temporary structure over the Wilfley Table addition, and coordinated a site clean-up.

. . . Youth Involvement

• River Springs Work Center Rehabilitation• Completed June 2010 • Rio Grande National Forest• Partnered with the Conejos County Community Corps

. . . Job Creation

. . . Trades Training

Log Peeling, Saguache Ranger Station, October 2009

Cedar Shingling, Alpine Guard Station, July 2010

Applying daubing, Off Cow Camp, August 2010

Foundation repair, Chambers Residence, Grand Teton National Park, October 2010

. . . Capacity Building

“HistoriCorps is more than a clearinghouse for volunteers or a resource for funding.HistoriCorps builds the capacity to achieve preservation projects, advances sustainabilityand green technologies and enables innovators in historic preservation and stewardshipto connect with young people with a shared vision so that preservation can take on realvalue for communities and economies”

. . . Partnerships and Community Building

HistoriCorps Partners:Alaska Bureau of Land ManagementAlliance for Historic WyomingArapaho-Roosevelt National ForestBlack Hills Historic Preservation TrustBlack Hills National ForestColorado Preservation Inc.’s Endangered Places ProgramConejos County Community CorpsGMUG National ForestGrand Teton National ParkMedicine Bow-Routt National Forest & Thunder Basin National GrasslandMountain Heritage AssociatesNational Trust for Historic PreservationPike-San Isabel National ForestRio Grande National ForestRocky Mountain Regional

Office of the USFSSan Juan National ForestSan Luis Valley Public Lands CenterSan Miguel CountyShoshone National ForestSouthwest Conservation CorpsTongass National ForestTown of Lake CityTown of SaguacheUniversity of Colorado DenverVolunteers for Outdoor Colorado

Saguache Weekend Workshop, October 2009

Lake City Outbuildings, June 2010

Meeker Ranch, Black Hills NF, Aug 2010

HistoriCorps partnered with over 20 organizations & agencies in 2010

. . . FUN!

Off Cow Camp, Rio Grande NF, August 2010

Alpine Guard Station, GMUG NF, July 2010

Cobble Lookout Shelter, Tongass NF, June 2010

HistoriCorps… includes a range of volunteers, from students to retirees.

… trains future stewards and advocates for historic preservation

… engages willing & enthusiastic volunteers

2010 Accomplishments

• Volunteers and students will work with trades specialists to preserve historic resources on and near public lands.

• HistoriCorps work crews are designed to optimize teaching and learning opportunities.

Summer 2011 Projects

Cascade Cabin, Grand Teton NPClay Mine, Rio Grande NF Harris Ranch, San Juan NF

HISTORICORPS: Workforce for Saving Places

Awarded as the 2010 Recreation Partner of the Year by the Rocky Mountain Region of the USFS

Clay MineRio Grande National Forest near Creede, Colorado

June 2011

Scope of WorkIn an effort to stabilize the mine, the HistoriCorps team will: • Repair the main support posts and braces• Tighten structural framing connections & replace missing wall planks

on ore bin• Construct the framed enclosure on the open bin top, sheath and

roof the framed structure• Construct framed enclosure (roof), which is the trestle, log cross

ties, and railing that accessed the bin.

Partners & Volunteer Groups• Rio Grande National Forest• University of Colorado Denver Architecture & Planning Department • Volunteers for Outdoor Colorado• Passport in Time

Cascade CabinGrand Teton National Park

July 2011

Seventy-five years of exposure has deteriorated the decorative log-end treatments to the point of necessitating crown replacement. Additional work will include reroofing the building in cedar shingles, replacing deteriorated sill logs, and repairing historic windows.

Harris RanchSan Juan National Forest

July & August 2011

Scope of WorkThe three structures (cabin, tack-room, and corral) of the Harris Ranch all require immediate preservation treatments to maintain the site’s historical significance and integrity and to prevent the irreplaceable and unavoidable loss of historic fabric.

HistoriCorps will: • Reestablish foundation on cabin & tack house• Repair deteriorated floor joists• Repair or replace deteriorated sill logs and log crib• Replace log chinking• Repair windows and doors on cabin & tack house• Repair damaged wood decking • Install metal sheathing on tack house• Remove soil build-up• Replace of damaged posts in corral area

Partners & Volunteer GroupsSan Juan National Forest

Volunteers for Outdoor ColoradoSouthwest Conservation CorpsUniversity of Colorado Denver