May
2007 - Aug 2007 Historic Preservation NW
Forest Grove, OR
Wrote with two others a Historic Structures Report for the A.T. Smith House
(1854) in Forest Grove. HSR
Apr 2007 - Jul 2007 Historic Preservation NW
Perrydale, OR
Wrote with one other a condition assessment report for the Perrydale Depot
(c.1879), possibly the
oldest train station in Oregon. Condition
Assessment
Nov 2006 -
Aug 2007 Historic Preservation NW
Silverton, OR
Produced a draft National Register nomination to establish a residential historic district in
Silverton with two others. District Nomination
Apr 2007 - Jun 2007 Adjunct Professor
University of Oregon
Taught the spring term 2007 Historic Survey and Inventory class at the University
of Oregon as an adjunct professor.
Aug 2006 - Sep 2006 Historic Preservation NW
Forest Grove, OR
Developed a website for Forest Grove's Historic Landmarks Board. The website
includes all of the listed resources in town. City of Forest Grove
May 2006 Historic Preservation NW
Monroe, OR
Wrote with two others a condition assessment report for the Monroe Train Station (1912) in preparation
for its move and rehabilitation by Benton County. Condition
Assessment
Jul 2005 - Aug 2006 Historic Preservation NW
Benton County, OR
Surveyed 60 barns in Benton County and put all their historic resources into a
database.
Apr 2005 - Apr 2006 Historic Preservation NW
Albany, OR
Contracted with the City of Albany to recon all the areas outside of the
historic districts to look for possible boundary adjustments and to bring their
database into compliance with Oregon SHPO standards.
Apr 2005 - Jun 2005 Adjunct Professor
University of Oregon
Taught the spring term 2005 Historic Survey and Inventory class at the University
of Oregon as an adjunct professor.
Mar 2005 - Nov 2005 Historic Preservation NW
Eugene, OR
Contracted with the City of Eugene to provide reconnaissance work, a context
statement, and a multiple property nomination for the River Road area. River Road
Feb 2005 - Sep 2005 Historic Preservation NW
Forest Grove, OR
Contracted with the City of Forest Grove to provide reconnaissance survey work
and a context statement for additions on the south side of town.
Oct 2004 Historic Preservation NW
Eugene, OR
Contracted with Willamette National Forest to inventory and evaluate the
eligibility of the Eugene Workshop Compound for the National Register.
Sep 2004 Historic Preservation NW
Lowell, OR
Contracted with Willamette National Forest to inventory and evaluate the
eligibility of the Lowell Ranger Station for the National Register. Section 106
Aug
2004 Historic Preservation NW
Dayton, OR
Member of the team led by Oregon PARC producing a rehabilitation plan for
Dayton's Courthouse Square. The park site contains the 1856 Fort Yamhill
Blockhouse.
Apr 2004 - Jun 2004 Adjunct Professor
University of Oregon
Taught the spring term 2004 Historic Survey and Inventory class at the University
of Oregon as an adjunct professor.
Sep 2003 - Nov 2003 Historic Preservation NW
Oregon
Worked on bridge surveying for the large-scale bridge replacement project in
Oregon. Our purview was historic bridges on Hwy 18, 22 and 99 between Salem and
Lincoln City.
Apr 2003 - Jun 2003 Adjunct Professor
University of Oregon
Taught the spring term 2003 Historic Survey and Inventory class at the University
of Oregon as an adjunct professor.
Apr 2002 - Jun 2002 Adjunct Professor
University of Oregon
Co-taught the spring term 2002 Historic Survey and Inventory class at the University
of Oregon as an adjunct professor.
Nov
2001 - Mar 2003 Historic Preservation NW
Eugene, OR
Co-wrote a historic context statement for the City of Eugene entitled Eugene
Modernism 1935-65. Eugene
Modernism Context
Nov 2001 - Dec 2003 Historic Preservation NW
Oregon City, OR
Contracted with Oregon City to resurvey the McLoughlin Conservation District,
originally surveyed in 1982-86, and comprising 800 properties. In addition, we
are producing a brochure and slide show for the district.
Nov 2001 - Jun 2002 Historic Preservation
NW Corvallis, OR
Contracted with the City of Corvallis to nominate the North College Hill
Historic District to the National Register, and to survey ten additional
properties.
Sep 2001 - Jun 2002 Historic Preservation NW
Corvallis, OR
Expanded and enhanced the historic resources database for the City of
Corvallis, enabling it to communicate with the Oregon SHPO's new database
format, and allowing the database to be used as a property management tool.
Aug
2001 - Dec 2001 Historic Preservation
NW Willamette NF, OR
Contracted with the Willamette National Forest to do Tier I documentation for
five National Register-eligible buildings in the Middle Fork Ranger District.
Jul 2001 - Dec 2001 Historic Preservation
NW Eugene, OR
Member of the team led by WRT Planning & Design of San Francisco working on
the site design for the new Federal Courthouse in Eugene. A portion of the
former Eugene Fruit Growers Association cannery will be the location of the new
courthouse. Our role was to identify historic properties that will be impacted
by the new courthouse and to help find ways of mitigating that impact.
Jun
2001 - present Historic Preservation NW
Oregon and Washington
Performing Section 106 documentation for new cell towers and co-locates in
Oregon and Washington for several providers. To date, we have performed Section
106 recordation for hundreds of sites around Oregon and
Washington. Section 106
Jun 2001 - Sep 2001 Historic Preservation NW
Eugene, OR
Completed the Historic Structures Report for the Shelton-McMurphey-Johnson House
(1888) for the City of Eugene.
May 2001 - Feb 2002 Historic Preservation NW
Corvallis, OR
Led the North College Hill Neighborhood Association through a district
nomination for their area north of the University in Corvallis.
Mar
2001 - Dec 2001 Historic Preservation
NW Reedsport, OR
Member of team organized by Boothby Architecture of Portland to provide a master
plan for the Umpqua River Lighthouse (1891-94) and Coast Guard Museum (1939).
Feb 2001 - May 2001 Historic Preservation NW
Portland, OR
Worked with the Arlington Heights Neighborhood Association to develop a detailed
response to a proposed monument in Portland's Washington Park.
Oct 2000 - Nov 2000 Historic Preservation
Consultant Eugene, OR
Subcontracted to assist with the computer aspects of a National Register
District Nomination for the South University area in Eugene.
Jun
2000 - Jul 2000 Historic Preservation Consultant
Eugene,
OR
Contracted with the architecture firm, McDonnell & Associates to provide
preservation advice concerning a 1926 sorority, Chi Omega, for a feasibility
study. This project involved generating concepts for restoring the sorority’s
public spaces and exterior, and aid in understanding incentive programs
available for historic properties.
Feb
2000 - Nov 2000 Historic Preservation Consultant Lake
Oswego, OR
Subcontracted with Don Peting to document and analyze the remains of the Lake
Oswego Iron Smelter (1865), the first iron smelter west of the Missouri River.
Jan 2000 - Jun 2000 Historic Preservation
Consultant Corvallis, OR
Partnered with Leslie Heald and Sally Wright on a contract with the City of
Corvallis to provide reconnaissance, intensive-level survey work, and web site (Corvallis
Historic Property Inventory) maintenance for a small area northwest of the
University. In addition, created boundaries and justification for a proposed
National Historic District in the area.
Sep 1999 Historic Preservation Consultant
Port
Townsend, WA
On-site field school coordinator for the University of Oregon at Fort Worden,
Washington.
Feb
1999 - Mar 1999 Preservation Service Project Leader
Midway Atoll
Oct 1998 - Dec 1998
Contracted with the Oceanic Society of San Francisco to develop and run a
preservation service project on Midway Atoll for Elderhostel participants. I
focused the work on WWII remnants: stabilizing a 3" gun, stripping and
painting a 5" gun, stripping and painting steel sash windows, and cleaning
out and stabilizing the metal in three 5" gun batteries. We also documented
four reinforced-concrete buildings from 1905. Developed and presented
comprehensive lectures on concrete, steel, and historic preservation.
Article on the work at CRM
Archive.
Feb 1998 - Sep 1998 Historic Preservation
Consultant Eugene, OR
Contracted with the City of Eugene to provide intensive-level surveys on 80
properties in the Westside Neighborhood.
July 1998 Historic Preservation Consultant Warrenton,
OR
On-site field school coordinator for the University of Oregon at Fort Stevens
near Astoria.
Jan 1998 - Jun 1998 Historic Preservation
Consultant Corvallis, OR
Contracted with the City of Corvallis to provide reconnaissance, intensive-level
survey work, and web site maintenance (Corvallis
Historic Property Inventory) for an area northwest of the University.
Dec 1997 - Aug 1998 Historic Preservation
Consultant Forest Grove, OR
Contracted with the City of Forest Grove to provide reconnaissance,
intensive-level survey work, and a context statement for the additions west of
the University.
Sep 1997 - Dec 1997 Historic Preservation
Consultant Mt. Hood, OR
Led a team in the production of the first phase of measured drawings of
Timberline Lodge (1936-38) for the US Forest Service.
June 1997 Historic Preservation Consultant
Silver
Falls, OR
On-site field school coordinator for the University of Oregon at Silver Falls
State Park near Salem.
Apr 1997 - Aug 1997 Historic Preservation
Consultant Fort Hoskins, OR
Contracted with Benton County Parks to produce measured drawings, a condition
assessment report, and a paint analysis of the Frantz-Dunn House (c.1869).
Jan 1997 - May 1997 Coordinator - Your Town
Workshop Silverton, OR
The Your Town Workshop is a National Trust event sponsored through a grant
provided by the National Endowment of the Arts. The Historic Preservation League
of Oregon and the University of Oregon teamed up to win a grant for a workshop
that teaches graphical methods of evaluation to small city managers. My role was
to create and manage the three-day event for 35 participants.
Jan 1997 - May 1997 Historic Preservation
Consultant Corvallis, OR
Converted all of the historic inventories in Corvallis to an electronic format.
The product is tied to the web site Corvallis
Historic Property Inventory allowing the public electronic access to the
history of properties in Corvallis.
Feb 1996 - Mar 1996 Historic Preservation
Consultant Eugene, OR
Partnered on a application for Oregon’s Special Assessment Program for the
Baldwin Market (c.1920) in Eugene. Also partnered on a reapplication for Special
Assessment for the Red Barn (c.1914) in Eugene. Both properties were accepted by
the State Historic Preservation Office.
Nov 1995 - Aug 1996 Historic Preservation
Consultant Eugene, OR
Partnered on a reconnaissance survey of 300 structures in Eugene’s Westside
neighborhood. We provided Eugene with the first electronic database directly
transferrable to their mainframe computer.
Oct 1995 - Aug 1996 Preservation Field School
Coordinator Port Orford, OR
From inception to final accounting, the director and I created the UO Historic
Preservation program’s second summer field school, a six-week course located
at Port Orford on Oregon’s south coast. Besides hands-on wood working in the
reconstruction of a portion of an original 1898 fence, students assessed the
condition of the Cape Blanco Lighthouse (1870) for the BLM, designed a use-plan
for the Port Orford Life-Saving Station (1935), reconstructed windows for the
life-saving station, and designed a use-plan for the entire Cape Blanco
Headlands, along with sessions in historical archaeology, site interpretation,
and local architectural history. I was also the on-site coordinator during the
field school.
Oct 1995 - June 1996 Historic Preservation
Consultant Corvallis, OR
Partnered on a reconnaissance survey of 322 structures followed by an intensive
survey of 75 buildings in two Corvallis neighborhoods. We provided Corvallis
with the first all-electronic survey performed in the state.
Sep 1995 - June 1996 Graduate Teaching Fellow
University of Oregon
As GTF for the three-term Historic Preservation Issues course, I was responsible
for planning the class and procuring speakers. I also set up a panel
presentation and discussion of house museums in Oregon.
Sep 1995 - Dec 1995 Historic Preservation
Consultant Eugene, OR
Partnered with Don Peting on an assessment of the exterior condition of the
Shelton-McMurphey- Johnson House (1888) for the City of Eugene.
Jan 1995 - Aug 1995 Associate Coordinator - Your
Town Workshop Charleston, OR
Supervised the production of the Your Town manual, gathered supplies for the
workshop, set up the location before participants arrived, and aided the
coordinator at the workshop. I was involved in the workshop from the day the
grant application was prepared until the final accounting was processed.
Nov 1994 - Sep 1995 Historic Preservation
Consultant Eugene, OR
Partnered on an intensive survey of Eugene’s Whiteaker neighborhood. Field
work and research led to statements of significance for approximately 100
properties in the survey area.
Nov 1994 - Aug 1995 Preservation Field School
Coordinator Princeton, OR
From inception to final accounting, the director and I created the UO Historic
Preservation program’s first summer field school, a four-week course located
at the Malheur Field Station, 30 miles south of Burns, Oregon. Its goal was to
teach hands-on masonry and wood restoration skills to students and to provide
classroom instruction in the history of the area. The school also had a one-week
historic archaeology component. I was also the on-site coordinator during the
field school.
Sep 1994 - Jun 1995 Graduate Teaching Fellow
University of Oregon
After a competitive search, I was chosen as the three-term GTF for the Historic
Preservation program at the University. I assisted the director of the HP
program in all aspects of student selection, curriculum development, and daily
administrative tasks.
Jun 1994 - Sep 1994 Internship
National Park Service, Anchorage, AK
As a summer internship, I worked for the National Park Service out of their
regional office in Anchorage, Alaska. For five weeks, I assisted in field
reconnaissance survey in the 12 million acre, Wrangell-St. Elias National Park
and Preserve. Surveyed such diverse structures as mines, water flumes, trapper
cabins, and dog houses. For the final seven weeks, I entered the data that we
had recovered from the field and programmed several conversion programs in dBASE
III+ to allow the data to be passed to Alaska’s State Historic Preservation
Office.
Jan 1994 - June 1995 Measured Drawings
Eagle Creek, OR
Led a team of six in the production of measured, ink-on-mylar, HABS-quality
drawings and a Historic Structures Report of the Overlook Building (1937) near
Eagle Creek in the Columbia River Gorge for the US Forest Service. HABS drawings
Sep 1991 - Feb 1992 Programmer/Technical Writer
Kemron, Inc., Cincinnati, OH
Kemron Environmental Services, Inc. is a medium-sized, multi-branch company
specializing in environmental surveys and the subsequent data analysis. I
designed and coded ARCHDATA, a 6000-line dBASE IV program for recording
artifacts retrieved from archaeological sites; produced detailed proposals for
various archaeology projects; assisted in graphics, editing, and producing
several Cultural Resource Reports for the SHPOs of Pennsylvania and Ohio;
maintained the Novell network; and participated in several field excavations in
Pennsylvania.
May 1988 - Aug 1991 Client Technical Writer
FIserv, Inc., Tampa, FL
July 1987 - April 1988 Mainframe Computer Operator
GTE Federal Credit Union, Tampa, FL
July 1985 - June 1987 Editor/Technical Writer
Summit, Inc., Corvallis, OR
