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Category: Historic Preservation

  • Franke presents research during scientific symposium in Australia
    December 12, 2023 by

    Alumna Jessica Franke, AIA presented a paper at the International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) annual Scientific Symposium in Sydney Australia. The presentation entitled “Responsible Preservation Elevates Women’s History” was co-authored by Ball State architecture faculty Assistant Professor J.P Hall and Associate Professor Dr. Kristin Barry. Jessi references her childhood fascination with historic homes […]

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  • Competition to document historic Black landscapes nets an honorable mention for team of professors
    February 16, 2022 by

    By Christopher Baas, Professor of Landscape Architecture Professors from Ball State University and Hanover College teamed up recently to document the landscape and remains of Eleutherian College, the first college in Indiana to admit Black students, and a hub of activity in the abolitionist movement. The project won honorable mention in the 2021 HALS Challenge […]

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  • Riverside Historic District
    August 26, 2021 by

    Historic Preservation graduate students have created a treasure trove of material for Muncie’s Riverside Normal-City neighborhoods. Two classes – both led by assistant professor of historic preservation J.P. Hall – worked in the area fall semester 2020. Students in ARCH 441/541 crafted design guidelines to aid in preservation of the neighborhoods where the oldest structure […]

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  • BSU Historic Preservation Students Win Second Place
    August 23, 2021 by

    The annual Charles E. Peterson Prize, a student competition of measured drawings intended to heighten awareness about historic buildings in the United States announced its 2021 winners. The student team at Ball State University, under the direction of Professor Jonathan Spodek, FAIA, was awarded $3,000 for Second Place for their drawings of the Canal Pump House […]

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  • Q & A with Alumna Mary Kennedy
    June 17, 2021 by

    ALUMNI PROFILE—MARY KENNEDY What year(s) did you attend Ball State University and what program did you complete? I completed the MSHP program, attending from 1998-2000. What interested you in pursuing a higher education in Historic Preservation? My parents frequently took our family to visit historic sites and buildings, museums, etc. growing up.  I also grew […]

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  • Oldfields Paint Color Study
    May 3, 2021 by

    Led by Professor Jonathan Spodek, students in the Ball State College of Architecture and Planning historic preservation lab have been working on a paint color study on the exterior of several buildings at the historic Oldfields Estate on the campus of Newfields in Indianapolis. This study, which began during the Fall 2020 semester and continued […]

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  • Historic Preservation Students Perform Feasibility Study for Hope House Building
    April 28, 2021 by

    Students in Assistant Professor J.P. Hall’s Historic Preservation studio spent spring semester working on an adaptive reuse feasibility study for the rehabilitation of the Caldwell-Dennis house, an historic residential structure in Wabash, Ind. Indiana Landmarks, a nonprofit organization that helps save and revitalize historic places, had acquired six architecturally significant homes, including the Caldwell-Denise house, at an […]

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  • Spodek Appointed to the National Park Service Advisory Board
    April 13, 2021 by

    Jonathan C. Spodek, FAIA, FAPT, NCARB, professor of architecture in the College of Architecture and Planning at Ball State University, was appointed to the 12-person National Park Service (NPS) advisory board for preservation technology by the Secretary of the Interior. The responsibility of the advisory position is to provide leadership, policy advise and professional oversight; advise […]

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  • Hope House Feasibity Study
    March 8, 2021 by

    Working with Indiana Landmarks and Hope House, Inc. as community partners, students in Historic Preservation not only gain practical experience, it gives them the opportunity to apply what they’ve learned in class to compiled an adaptive reuse feasibility study for the rehabilitation of the Caldwell-Dennis House, an historic residential structure located in Wabash, IN. The […]

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  • Assessing Small Spaces for Preservation
    July 26, 2020 by

    Students learn the value of preservation in Jonathan Spodek’s documentation and preservation technology studio courses. Students recently worked with the Greentown Historical Society in Greentown, Ind., to document the street facades of the downtown historical district and the interiors of the buildings owned by the Greentown Historical Society at the corner of Meridian and Main streets. Ball State […]

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