{"id":91255,"date":"2017-08-08T08:00:23","date_gmt":"2017-08-08T13:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=91255"},"modified":"2017-08-09T07:08:14","modified_gmt":"2017-08-09T12:08:14","slug":"building-doctor-clinic-can-help-owners-of-old-buildings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2017\/08\/08\/building-doctor-clinic-can-help-owners-of-old-buildings\/","title":{"rendered":"City clinic to help renovate old buildings"},"content":{"rendered":"

VW independent\/submitted information<\/em><\/p>\n

Main Street Van Wert Inc., the Van Wert County Historical Society, and the Ohio History Connection\u2019s State Historic Preservation Office will sponsor a Building Doctor Clinic for \u00a0owners of old buildings in the\u00a0Van Wert area Thursday and Friday, August 17-18.<\/p>\n

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Owners of old buildings can make them look as nice as these downtown buildings with help from the Building Doctor.<\/strong> Dave Mosier\/Van Wert independent<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The clinic features Building Doctors Nathan Bevil and Kathy Fortener of the Ohio History Connection\u2019s State Historic Preservation Office. It begins with a free seminar from 7-9 p.m. Thursday,\u00a0August 17, at\u00a0the Van Wert County Historical Society Annex Building, 602 N. Washington St. in Van Wert. Open to all old-building owners in the area, the seminar will feature guidelines for renovation projects and ways to solve some of the most common problems of buildings dating from 1800 to 1955.<\/p>\n

On Friday,\u00a0August 18, from\u00a09 a.m.-3 p.m., the Building Doctors will visit pre-1955 buildings within five miles of\u00a0downtown Van Wert, advising owners on specific technical or design problems by appointment. The \u2018doctors\u2019 examine all kinds of older buildings. Some of the things that typically call for an on-site examination include persistent peeling paint or flaking plaster, a wet basement, deteriorating masonry and plans for remodeling, additions or demolitions.<\/p>\n

Bevil holds a bachelor\u2019s degree in history and historic preservation from Mary Washington College and a master\u2019s degree in historic preservation from the University of Georgia. He administers the Certified Local Government and Building Doctor programs, guided development of the State Historic Preservation Plan, and provides technical assistance to communities on local historic preservation matters for the Ohio History Connection\u2019s State Historic Preservation Office.<\/p>\n

Fortener, grants manager for the Ohio History Connection\u2019s State Historic Preservation Office, holds a master\u2019s degree in historic preservation from Eastern Michigan University. She manages a program of historic preservation grants for local governments, administers legal agreements that govern the preservation of selected historic properties in Ohio and oversees other contracts.<\/p>\n

The seminar and on-site consultations are free with advance registration. To register, visit\u00a0building-doctor.org<\/a>\u00a0or call 800.499.2470 or 614.298.2000. For more information, contact\u00a0Adam Ries at 419.203.5732 or\u00a0adamries@live.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Building Doctor program is made possible in part by a grant from the U.S. Department of the Interior\u2019s Historic Preservation Fund, administered by the Ohio History Connection\u2019s State Historic Preservation Office. Each clinic is made possible by support from local cosponsors, as well.<\/p>\n

The Ohio History Connection\u2019s State Historic Preservation Office is Ohio\u2019s official historic preservation agency. It identifies historic places in Ohio, nominates properties to the National Register of Historic Places, reviews federally-assisted projects for effects on historic, architectural and archaeological resources in Ohio, consults on conservation of older buildings and sites and offers educational programs and publications.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

VW independent\/submitted information Main Street Van Wert Inc., the Van Wert County Historical Society, and the Ohio History Connection\u2019s State Historic Preservation Office will sponsor a Building Doctor Clinic for \u00a0owners of old buildings in the\u00a0Van Wert area Thursday and Friday, August 17-18. The clinic features Building Doctors Nathan Bevil and Kathy Fortener of the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-91255","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-26 16:11:08","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91255","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=91255"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91255\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=91255"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=91255"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=91255"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}