Annual Statewide Historic Preservation Conference
Preserve Minnesota - Preserving History, Conserving Energy
The 29th Annual Statewide Historic Preservation Conference
Thursday & Friday, September 17-18, 2009
Minnesota Landscape Arboretum, Chaska, Minnesota
Come to the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum in Chaska for the 29th Annual Statewide Historic Preservation Conference. See the original Snyder Building designed by renowned Minnesota architect, Edwin Lundie, and the new visitor center which features green design elements such as abundant windows to help natural daylight illuminate the building, an automated lighting system and the use of geothermal energy for heating and cooling.
This year’s conference theme is Preserving History, Conserving Energy and features lectures and working sessions on sustainability and preservation.
Tours and field sessions will explore the historic Minnesota River towns of Chaska and Carver 
along with the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum and its environs. You’ll gain valuable tools and resources to put to work in your own community. And you can network with historians, architects, planners, public officials, property owners, preservation commission members and citizen advocates from every corner of the state.
Sponsored by the State Historic Preservation Office of the Minnesota Historical Society and the Preservation Alliance of Minnesota and hosted by the cities of Carver and Chaska, the Heritage Preservation Commissions of Carver and Chaska and the historical societies of Carver County and Chaska.
We gratefully acknowledge the generous support of the Horace F. and Esther J. Chamberlain fund for Historic Preservation to make this conference possible.
Thursday, Sept. 17
8-9 Registration and Continental Breakfast – MacMillan Auditorium
9-9:15 Welcome and Opening Remarks
9:15-10:30 Keynote Address
Maturing the ‘Greenest Building’ Paradigm: The Need to Transform Preservation Carl Elefante, FAIA, LEED AP, Quinn Evans Architects, Washington, D.C.
Carl Elefante is Quinn Evans Architects Director of Sustainable Design. For over 30 years he has built an extensive body of work and become a recognized leader in architecture, historic preservation, urban design and sustainable development. Elefante coined the phrase, “The greenest building is…one that is already built.”
10:45-12:15 Concurrent Sessions
Green Design is Good Design
Resolving Conflicts Between LEED and the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards, Audrey Tepper, National Park Service, Technical Preservation Services Branch and Making the Green Building Movement Friendly for Preservation, Chris Morris, Program Officer, Midwest Office National Trust for Historic Preservation
The Architecture of Edwin Lundie
Dale Mulfinger, FAIA, Principal, SALA Architects
Noon-1 Lunch
Appropriate Windows for Historic Building Rehabilitations
Casey Mahon, St. Cloud Window, Inc.
1:15-2:45 Concurrent Sessions
Keeping Perspective: Collaborating on a Municipal Scale
Comprehensive Approach to Sustainability and Preservation in Dubuque, Iowa, Laura Carstens, Planning Services Manager, Dubuque, Iowa and Historic Green: Volunteering, Activism, Preservation and Sustainability in New Orleans, Heather Gay, LEED AP, Historic Green Co-Chair
Minnesota Legacy Act: What Does It Mean for Historic Preservation?
David Kelliher, Minnesota Historical Society
Maintaining Energy Efficiency in Historic Windows, A Hands-On Demonstration, Part 1
Paul Schmidt, Restoration Window Systems
3:15-4:45 Concurrent Sessions
Preserving History, Conserving Energy: A Panel Discussion
Carl Elefante, Audrey Tepper, Heather Gay, Laura Carstens
Managing Change: the Center for Rural Design and the Minnesota Design Team
Dewey Thorbeck, Center for Rural Design and Heather Leide, Minnesota Design Team
Maintaining Energy Efficiency in Historic Windows, A Hands-On Demonstration, Part 2
Paul Schmidt, Restoration Window Systems
Friday, Sept. 18
8-9 Registration and Continental Breakfast – MacMillan Auditorium
9-10:15 Concurrent Sessions
Local Issues Potpourri: Challenges and Solutions from the Front Lines
Residential Window Repairs for the Homeowner: A Hands-On Demonstration, Part 1
Tom Guelcher, The Turning Point Woodworks
10:45-12 Concurrent Sessions
Mock Commission Meeting
Experienced preservationists will use role-play to present a range of issues encountered regularly by heritage preservation commission members. Through a unique combination of humor and instruction, this session will provide an overview of commission responsibilities, procedural practices, typical problems and techniques for dealing with difficult circumstances. Laugh as you learn how to be a more effective commission member!
Residential Window Repairs for the Homeowner: A Hands-On Demonstration, Part 2
Tom Guelcher, The Turning Point Woodworks
12-1 Lunch
1-4:30 Tours
- Historic Sites and Districts of Chaska and Carver (Jonathan, Walnut St Historic District, Guardian Angels Church, Simons Building & Livery Barn, Herald Block, Brinkhaus Saloon Livery Barn, Chaska Athletic Park, Hwy 41 realignment, Carver Historic District)
- Chaska Brick Farmsteads and Buildings
- Minnesota Landscape Arboretum Tour
