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In celebration of Historic Preservation Month, Arthurdale Heritage, Inc. is pleased to offer a two-day historic windows weatherization demonstration project on Friday, June 1 and Saturday, June 2 at the E-15 Homestead in historic Arthurdale.

Participants will see a window restoration PowerPoint presentation on the National Park Services’ best practices describing Class I, II, and III methods of historic windows restoration followed by a windows steam chest demonstration showing the basic steps to rehab a wooden window by preservation historian, Lynn Stasick. Window preservation expert Phil Davis of Allegheny Restoration will conduct a windows weatherization demonstration, providing participants hands-on experience in weatherizing wooden windows.

The workshop will be held on June 1 and June 2 from 11:00 am to 5:00 pm.  Participants can attend one or both days.

The workshop fee is $50 for both days or $35 for one.  Lunch is included. Call 304.864.3959 or email  ahi@arthurdaleheritage.org to register.  Please pre-register by May 29.

This windows weatherization workshop is made possible through collaboration with Preservation Alliance of West Virginia. The Preservation Alliance of West Virginia is a statewide grassroots organization supporting historic preservation in the Mountain State. You can learn more at www.pawv.org.  The demonstration is financed in part through Federal funds from the National Park Service, Department of the Interior, and administered by the West Virginia Division of Culture and History, West Virginia State Historic Preservation Office.