Ohio Historic Preservation Office 2008 Workshops

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If you are a member of the Ohio Historical Society, email membership@ohiohistory.org or call 1-800-686-1545 to contact the Membership Office and obtain the member discount code prior to registering online.

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Students qualify for a 40% discount. If you would like to receive this discount please contact the Ohio Historic Preservation Office at (614) 298-2000 or by email prior to registering online.

Workshop Descriptions

Historic Rehabilitation Tax Credit
Includes new information
and work sessions!
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
9 a.m.-4 p.m. / $140 Includes lunch
The federal 20 percent Historic Rehabilitation Tax Credit for income-producing properties listed on the National Register of Historic Places is a major incentive for preserving and redeveloping historic buildings in Ohio. Owners, developers, architects, consultants, real estate professionals, tax attorneys, and accountants will all benefit from this full-day workshop presented by experienced Ohio Historic Preservation Office staff who advise applicants and make recommendations on Ohio projects. Participants will receive a workbook and tax credit application materials. The morning session covers specifics of applying for and qualifying for Certification of Significance and Certification of Rehabilitation and includes a discussion of the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for Rehabilitation. A summary of the status of the Ohio Historic Preservation Tax Credit ends the morning. The afternoon session covers how the Standards for Rehabilitation apply in a variety of common situations, including additions to historic buildings, retention of interior spaces and features, and what to do about windows. Among the questions to be answered are: Where should the addition go and how big can it be? Which spaces are significant and which can safely be altered? Up-to-the-minute guidance from the National Park Service on Interpreting and Applying the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for Rehabilitation, issued early in 2008, provides a basis for the presentations. The afternoon ends with “you are the reviewer” roundtable discussions of individual projects, illustrating how the Standards for Rehabilitation apply to real Ohio rehabilitation proposals.

I-Form Advanced: Creating and Editing Digital Images for I-Form
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
9-10:30 a.m. / $25
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
9-10:30 a.m. / $25
Have the basic data entry aspect of I-Form down, but perplexed by I-Form's Digital Imagery Requirements? Sign up to learn how to format digital photographs and create basic site maps and farmstead plans that are easy to incorporate into I-Form. For instruction on basic I-Form data entry, attend the I-Form Basic Data Entry Training in July.

Online Mapping System Training Session
10:30-Noon / $25
The Ohio Historic Preservation Office GIS site, known as the Online Mapping System, can expedite research on Ohio's identified historic resources. Using the system effectively and efficiently can be a challenge, leaving its true potential undiscovered. This training session will cover basics of the Online Mapping System, focusing on helping you navigate the system. We'll discuss techniques for finding project areas; querying, identifying, and exporting data; and printing maps.

Fundamentals of Section 106 Reviews
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
1-4 p.m. / $65
Do you work for a government agency or consulting firm? Is your company working on a project that may affect historic properties? Are you looking for guidance about how the Section 106 review process can work effectively? If you can answer "yes" to any of these questions, this workshop will help you. Our review staff will discuss basic concepts of the review process and how it works under the federal regulations at 36 CFR Part 800. Topics will include area of potential effects, evaluation of historic properties, and assessing effects. Roles of various participants in the Section 106 process—agencies, consulting parties, the public, the state historic preservation office, and the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation—will be discussed.

Ohio Historic Inventory: I-Form Basic Data Entry Training
Tuesday, July 22
10:30-Noon / $25
This workshop will help you with the basics of using I-Form to record information about historic properties, upload digital photographs and maps, and save your work. You'll be introduced to I-Form's export functionality, which allows you to export and save data in a variety of forms including Rich Text Format (RTF), Portable Document Format (PDF), and Ohio Department of Transportation tables. We'll also discuss best practices for incorporating I-Form into your workflow. For instruction on creating and editing digital images, attend the I-Form Advanced workshop in May or October.

National Register Digital Submission Standards
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
1-3 p.m. / $25
Jpeg or .tiff? Paper or .pdf? With new and improving digital technology, the tools available for documenting historic properties are ever-changing. Whether you're a beginning or advanced user, this workshop is designed to cover the basics of digital submission standards for National Register nominations. You'll receive a detailed overview of the National Park Service's digital photography requirements and how to manipulate digital images to meet those requirements; the mechanics of the electronic nomination form and using Microsoft Word to create and edit a nomination; an overview of ink and paper combinations for digital photo printing; and submission procedures for all digital formats.

Section 106 Review Project Summary Form Training Class
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
1-3 p.m. / $25
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
10 a.m.-Noon / $25
When project submissions are accurate and complete, the Section 106 review process is faster and more productive for everyone involved. This training class provides guidance on using the Project Summary Form, an interactive checklist now required for most new project submissions. The form is designed to help agency officials and applicants organize new submissions and streamline reviews by the Ohio Historic Preservation Office. Projects submitted under pre-existing agreements with the office will be exempt from this requirement, as will wireless communications projects submitted on behalf of the FCC.

Ohio Archaeological Inventory I-Form Basic Data Entry Training
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
1-2:30 p.m. / $25
This workshop will help you with the basics of using I-Form to record information about archaeological sites, upload digital photographs and maps, and save your work. You’ll be introduced to I-Form’s export functionality, which allows you to export and save data in a variety of forms including Rich Text Format (RTF), Portable Document Format (PDF), and Ohio Department of Transportation tables. We’ll also discuss best practices for incorporating I-Form into your project workflow. For instruction on creating and editing digital images, please attend the I-Form Advanced workshop in May or October.

All-New Online Mapping Training Session
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
1-4 p.m. / $25
Upgrades to the Ohio Historic Preservation Office's Online Mapping System will further streamline your ability to access historic and archaeological data electronically. The new system will be a stand-alone web application that includes many new tools and improvements to existing ones, such as simplified query and search tools; expanded map printing and image export functionality; the ability to export and import GIS data; advanced labeling tools; data sharing between site members; and more. Even experienced users will benefit from attending this workshop to learn firsthand about using the new site and its full potential.

National Register Basics
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
9 a.m.-Noon / $55
Get an overview of the National Register nomination process from Ohio Historic Preservation Office National Register staff and Patrick Andrus, the National Park Service’s National Register reviewer for Ohio. This workshop focuses on nominating individual properties and historic districts, covering topics including the preliminary National Register Questionnaire; research sources; property descriptions; and the statement of significance. The session includes information about applying the National Register Criteria for Evaluation, the Criteria Exceptions, and Integrity. It also covers basics of completing successful historic district nominations, including mapping, and amending historic district nominations.

National Register Advanced:Levels of Significance and Historic Context
Tuesday, October 21, 2008 1-4 p.m. / $65
In this workshop, Ohio Historic Preservation Office National Register staff and National Park Service National Register reviewer Patrick Andrus go beyond basics, providing guidance, handouts, and resources on topics including evaluating a property within its historic context and establishing the appropriate level of significance; establishing a national level of significance for a nominated property; evaluating and nominating properties of the recent past within a historic context; and preparing Multiple Property Documentation cover forms, including how to use the cover document as a historic context and in preparing individual nominations.

About the Ohio Historic Preservation Office
The Ohio Historic Preservation Office is the official historic preservation agency of the State of Ohio. It has developed since 1967 when the Ohio Historical Society was designated to manage responsibilities delegated to the state by Congress in the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966. The Ohio Historic Preservation Office:

• identifies historic places and archaeological sites.
• nominates eligible properties to the National Register of Historic Places.
• reviews rehabilitation work to income-producing National Register properties for federal investment tax credits.
• monitors federally-assisted projects for effects on historic, architectural, and archaeological resources.
• consults on the conservation of buildings and sites.
• offers educational programs and publications.