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How to Research the History of Your Home: Recording & Resource Guide

Hawai‘i Preservation Workshop: How to Research the History of Your Home Historic Hawai‘i Foundation, in partnership with the Department of the Interior’s National Park Service: A free workshop on how to research your property and neighborhood. Date: Saturday, July 23, 2022 Time: 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. Cost: Free Virtual Workshop via ZOOM Funding support provided by Mālama Mānoa Educational Endowment Fund Images at top reflect a sampling of residential properties listed on the Hawai‘i State Register of Historic Places located in Hawai‘i, Honolulu and Maui Counties. View the recording of the panel discussion with research experts below. Learn more about individual tips, tools, and resources to help guide you through your research on your Historic Home or Property: Historic Home Research Guide Learn more about owning, buying and selling a Historic Home: Your Historic Home Home is memory, home is your history, home is where you work. Some people want to abandon it and become truly local. But the questions are all there. ~author Toni Morrison The workshop will include: a panel discussion with subject matter experts a local case study breakout rooms where participants can bring questions to a facilitated small group discussion How to Research the History of Your Home Workshop Date: Saturday, July 23, 2022 Time: 9:30 – 11:30 a.m. HST Virtual via Zoom ABOUT THE WORKSHOP Designed for people who want to do the research themselves, this two-hour virtual workshop is appropriate for homeowners and community groups, educators and students, and others interested in learning the history of their properties and neighborhoods. The workshop is appropriate for those who want to develop [...]

Video recording available – Preservation in Practice Webinar: Flood Adaptation for Historic Buildings

Hawai‘i Preservation Webinar: Flood Adaptation for Historic Buildings Historic Hawai‘i Foundation, in partnership with the Department of the Interior’s National Park Service, will offer a free webinar on Guidelines for Flood Adaptation for Rehabilitating Historic Buildings. Date: Wednesday, March 2, 2022 Time: 10:00 to 11:30 a.m. Cost: Free Virtual Webinar via ZOOM VIEW THE VIDEO REPLAY OF THE MAIN PRESENTATION BELOW Scroll down to view the replay and presenter slide decks. Image at top: Wai‘oli Hui‘ia Church, Hanalei, Kaua‘i courtesy Susan Ferrell. The historic Mission Hall at Wai‘oli Hui‘ia sustained substantial damage in the devastating flood of April 2018. The Church received a grant from the Freeman Foundation through Historic Hawai‘i Foundation for repairs to the hall’s wood floors, underlying support structure, and associated electrical, walls, trim and doors in the hall and attached kitchen. Additional Resources Click on the graphic at left to view the Flood Adaptation for Historic Buildings slide deck. Additional Resources Click on the graphic at left to view the Charlot House Case Study slide deck. Flooding risk has long been a major challenge for many historic properties. Changing weather patterns, stronger hurricanes and other extreme weather events, sea level rise, increased nuisance flooding, king tides, and continuing development in floodplains are some of the factors increasing the risk of flooding events, both in terms of their frequency and magnitude. Some historic properties that have never flooded before may now be exposed to this risk, and those that flooded infrequently in the past may experience more instances of flooding or of water reaching higher levels than ever before. [...]