If you are planning to attend the annual National Preservation Conference of the National Trust for Historic Preservation in Tulsa, Oklahoma this year, be sure to keep room in your schedule for events sponsored by the HRC! HRC members will be on hand to conduct workshops addressing three different preservation topics.

On Wednesday, October 22, HRC members Victoria Jacobson, AIA, and James Malanaphy, AIA, will lead the Conducting a Historic Building Assessment field session at historic Will Rogers High School (1939). Field session attendees will learn the historic building assessment process. This hands-on investigation of the Will Rogers High School will analyze the property's site, structure, systems, and finishes to make recommendations for its future use, treatment, and interpretation.

On Thursday, October 23, Oklahoma Historical Society Historical Tax Credit Program Manager Harry Simms, National Park Service Architectural Historian Angela Shearer, and HRC member James Malanaphy, AIA, will conduct the Certifying Federal Tax Credits Projects field session at the Southwestern Bell Main Dial Building (1924/1930). Field session attendees will learn to plan and document rehabilitation of historic buildings to meet federal historic preservation tax credit program criteria, inventory the contributing architectural features of the SW Bell Main Dial Building and document recommendations for the building's rehabilitation using the NPS Certification Application forms.

On Friday, October 24, American Society of Landscape Architects Historic Preservation Committee Chair Chad Moffett, ASLA, Clemson University Professor Cari Goetcheus, ASLA, and HRC member James Malanaphy, AIA, will lead the Conducting a Historic Landscape Assessment field session at the gardens of the Philbrook Museum. Attendees will learn about the historic landscape assessment process. This hands-on investigation of the Philbrook Museum's gardens and landscape will analyze the landscape's organizational, character-defining features and elements - circulation, vegetation, structures, lighting and site furnishings to make recommendations for use, treatment, and interpretation.