8:30 Registration & Coffee
9:00 Conference Welcome:
Sumner Perlman, Chair, Preservation Mass Barn Task Force
James W. Igoe, President, Preservation Mass
Richard O’Brien, Regional Director, Trustees of Reservations
9:30 Do
You Know Your Scribe Rule from Your Square Rule? New England Barns in
Perspective
William B. Finch, Finch and Rose, Preservation & Design Consultants
10:30 Morning Break
11:00 Starting
at the Top: The Whys and Wherefores of Barn Roof Repairs
Robert Adam, Preservation Carpentry, North Bennet Street School
12:00 Lunch
1:00 Preserve
Mass Barns—Task Force Update
Bonnie Parsons, Chair, Education and Communications Team
Charles H. McColough, Chair, Membership and Administration Team
1:15 Sticks
and Stones: Barn Foundations, Sills and Flooring in Historic Barns
Richard Lazarus, Lazarus & Company
2:15 How
to Love and Care for Your Old Barn:
Maintenance as a Long Term Contract
Arron Sturgis, Preservation Timber Framing, Inc.
3:15 Barn
Talk
Arron Sturgis will lead conference presenters in a question and
answer session for the conference attendees.
4:15 Wrap-up and End of Conference
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