Conference Program

WEDNESDAY SCHEDULE (April 24th, 2024)
6:00 PM Early Bird Dinner Popolos, 20 Commerce Street (1857) (for those arriving on Wednesday). No reservations needed; separate checks.

THURSDAY SCHEDULE (April 25th, 2024)

8:00 AM Registration/Light Continental Breakfast
9:00 AM Welcome to Conference – Wm. Jason Flatt, WAHPC President
9:05 AM Welcome to Mineral Point – Matthew Honer, Mineral Point City Administrator, HPC liaison
9:15 AM Session 1 – “Architect, Helmut Ajango, and his works” – Daina Penkiunas
9:45 AM Session 2 – “Design Guidelines for HPCs” – Joe Lawniczak
10:45 AM Break
11:00 AM Session 3 – “Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for Rehab” – Andrea Herries
12:00 PM Lunch – catered by Café 43 – WAHPC Annual Meeting and Election of Officers
1:00 PM Session 4—“SHPO Updates from Chief Officer” – Daina Penkiunas
1:30 PM Drive to Mineral Point Opera House, 139 High Street
1:45 PM Tour the beautifully restored Opera House (1915)
2:30 PM Drive to Orchard Lawn, 234 Madison Street
2:45 PM Guided Tour Orchard Lawn, the Restored Gundry House (1868), home of Mineral Point Historical Society
4:00 PM WAHPC Awards Presentation, Orchard Lawn Parlor – presentation by Awards Committee, Gene Hackbarth, Wm Jason Flatt, & Matt  Sadowski
5:30 PM Dinner—Cornish Pasty Dinner/Event, Walker House, 1 Water St., (Free for attendees) presented by Kathy Vaillancourt

FRIDAY SCHEDULE (April 26th, 2024)
8:00 AM Registration/Light Continental Breakfast
9:00 AM Welcome to Conference – Wm. Jason Flatt, WAHPC President
9:10 AM Session 1 – “Best Practices for CLGs” – Jason Tish, SHPO – Certified Local Government (CLG) and Preservation Education Coordinator
10:00 AM Session 2 – “10 Best Ways to Mess Up your Historic Buildings!” (Informative Presentation of Do’s and Don’ts) – Joe Lawniczak
11:00 AM Break
11:10 AM Session 3 – “Using Preservation to Bring Forward the History of Underrepresented Communities” – Amy Wyatt
12:00 PM Lunch – catered by Café 43 – HP Commissions – Sharing Time

1:15 PM The “Pendarvis Experience” specially planned for the WAHPC Conference starts at the Conference Education Center – 212
Spruce Street -114 Shake Rag Street, “The History of Pendarvis” – Bethany Brander, WHS- Southwest Sites Program Manager.
and “Restoration, rehabilitation, and maintenance of Pendarvis as related to construction techniques and materials and the evolving visitor experience for the historic property” – Charlie Quagliana

2:15 PM “Walk and Talk Tour” – Charlie Quagliana and Bethany Brander. For this specially designed tour, the closed houses will be opened for us to see a Windows & Doors restoration project in progress and another house that has been restored. All these stone cottages and outbuildings formed an early neighborhood fr om 1841-1845. We are fortunate to witness the work and progress of restoration with an expert explaining the process to us. The best way to learn is to experience it firsthand. What a wonderful way to end a WAHPC conference!”