Education

The Historic Preservation Commission sponsors various fun activities throughout the year to educate the public about historic preservation, from workshops on preserving antique hardware and wood frame windows, to FREE summer walking tours through Greeley's historic neighborhoods. There are also Historic Preservation Month activities in May.

The Historic Preservation Office has a resource library available to the public for in-office use, as well as several how-to videos to checkout.

Historic Preservation Resource Library available

In October 2000 the Historic Preservation Commission sponsored a workshop open to the public with several preservation and restoration experts presenting hands-on topics. The topics of the workshop, which are the subjects of individual videos, include:

"Repairing Double Hung Windows"
"Identifying Antique Hardware"
"Renovating Antique Light Fixtures"
"Historic Renovation: H.F. Currier House"

Other resources in the resource library include issues of Preservation Magazine, books about historic architecture, local history, historic preservation, National Park Service publications on documenting historic buildings and the National Register, and historic resource care and maintenance publications. These publications are available for public use in the Historic Preservation Office only and are not available to checkout. Please contact the Historic Preservation Office at (970)350-9222 if you have ideas for potential workshops or would be interested in leading a workshop.

The Historic Preservation Office also offers internships for graduate and undergraduate students.  Click here for more information about possible projects and skill requirements.  Here is information for an internship for the city wide recon survey .

The City of Greeley Historic Preservation Commission and Staff and GTV8 staff have co-produced several editions of a historic preservation documentary, Windows of Time .  They are available on DVD for check out from the Historic Preservation Office or are available for purchase from the Historic Preservation Office or the Museum store at the Greeley History Museum, 714 8th Street.  The following editions are available:

J.M.B. Petrikin and the Masonic Temple, February 2005

P.O.W. Camp 202, May 2005

No. 3 Ditch, December 2006

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