Preservation Architecture Internship

{"version":"0.3.0","atoms":[],"cards":[],"markups":[["i"],["a",["href","https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/s\/77f0noprda0vmt8\/QACC_2_FirstSecondFloors.jpg?dl=0","target","_new"]],["a",["href","https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/s\/3xp3yv374xg2djo\/QACC_4_EastNorthElevations.jpg?dl=0","target","_new"]],["strong"],["a",["href","mailto:sworthman@aiamd.org","target","_new"]]],"sections":[[1,"p",[[0,[],0,"AIA Maryland would\nlike to celebrate our 2020 preservation intern, Bernard O\u2019Brien, who recently\ngraduated with an MS in Historic Preservation from the Clemson\nUniversity-College of Charleston. "]]],[1,"p",[[0,[],0,"Because of the\nCovid-19 pandemic restrictions, Bernard worked remotely on documenting the\nQueen Anne\u0027s County Courthouse, originally constructed from 1792-96 and\ncurrently the oldest continuously used court building in the state of Maryland.\nFunding and administration of the project was provided jointly by AIA Maryland\nand Preservation Maryland. The Courthouse remained in its original state until\nafter the Civil War when, in 1876, plans were made to rebuild the structure,\n\u0022on a scale which will change it from one of the most inconvenient to one\nof the most desirable of our county buildings.\u0022 Aside from this reconstruction,\nwhich was accomplished for $6,800 under the direction of Baltimore architect\nJames Crawford Neilson, the exterior of the Courthouse is virtually the same as\nit was when originally constructed. "]]],[1,"p",[[0,[],0,"Links to some of Bernard\u2019s\nfinal measured drawings are below, and we are pictured together above in front of the\nbuilding following a day of documentation. While a new, and much larger,\nCircuit Court building was recently constructed in downtown Centreville, thanks\nin small part to these efforts drawing attention to it, the old court building\nis now slated to be rehabilitated and repurposed for use by the Orphan\u2019s Court\nand as county offices. AIA Maryland also contacted the National Park Service\nabout donating the internship work products for posterity in the records of the\nLibrary of Congress. See recent correspondence below: "]]],[1,"p",[[0,[0],1,"I was pleasantly surprised to hear that AIA\nMaryland and Preservation Maryland were joining forces to fund a scholarship\nthat led to a Peterson Prize submission and was wondering how that came about.\nMe and my HABS colleague Lisa Davidson are just completing the manuscript for\nthe Maryland volume of the Society of Architectural Historian\u0027s Buildings of\nthe United States series. I am very pleased for all these opportunities, since\nthey will enrich the HABS collection with Maryland sites. And now I hear about\nthis. Go Maryland!"]]],[1,"p",[[0,[0],1,"Catherine Lavoie, Chief, Historic American\nBuildings Survey, National Park Service "]]],[1,"p",[[0,[1],1,"First and second floors"]]],[1,"p",[[0,[2],1,"East and north elevations"]]],[1,"p",[[0,[3],1,"More about our internship program"],[0,[],0,":"]]],[1,"p",[[0,[],0,"In 2019, AIA Maryland\njoined forces with Preservation Maryland to offer special funding to support an\nannual preservation architecture internship in the state. The scholarship\nprovides college students the opportunity to experience historic preservation\nfirst-hand and support the diverse and complex work of saving our older\nbuildings. Interns engage in a wide variety of projects, including fieldwork\n(documentation, measuring, photography, etc.) as well as producing drawings for\nsignificant historic sites around the state which are in desperate need of\nbetter documentation. "]]],[1,"p",[[0,[3],1,"Join us!"]]],[1,"p",[[0,[],0,"The Historic Resources Committee welcomes\nmembers from all corners of the state to help advance the benefits of historic\npreservation by joining the committee. Please contact "],[0,[4],1,"Sandi\nWorthman"],[0,[],0," if you are interested in helping out. "]]]]}