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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 this Friday and Saturday at the E-15 Homestead in 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.

Please pre-register by calling 304-864-3959 or emailing ahi@arthurdaleheritage.org

Putting new weatherstripping on the window

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 WV Division of Culture and History, WV State Historic Preservation Office.