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What is stated in section 68 is that the term "maintenance" includes several
items, including repairing and constructing fences. It does not 'require'
any fences, but only states that the maintenance of a cemetery may include
repairing or constructing fences. I know of no provision that requires fences
around cemeteries in the state of Indiana.
Kyle D. Conrad
In a message dated 10/15/2006 12:27:18 A.M. Central Standard Time,
VinceKoers(a)aol.com writes:
Question on fencing...
As quoted, Section 68 seems to require fencing on those cemeteries covered
by
Section 68 - which is not all cemeteries... If one reads Section 69, it
seems to say that cemeteries originally created as township cemeteries are
not
included in Seciton 68, and would appear to be exempt from the care
requirements
set out in Section 68. Section 69 only requires control of vegitation...
To
confuse matters more, Section 74, titled "Cemetery Fences and Upkeep,"
doesn't even further mention fences, and talks only of upkeep... As we are
not
attorneys, and reading laws in the books is dangerous, does anyone know what
is
really being enforced? It would appear that fencing is required everywhere
BUT
in original township cemeteries.
I have seen something similar on a tombstone in a Presbyterian cemetery--
It reads:
Our brother's left this world of woe
For regions of eternal love
Twas God who called him from below
To join in praising Him above.
It is possible the first line of your specific epitaph was changed a wee bit
to accommodate the particular nature of the deceased.
Judy Neu
Springwater, NY
Question on fencing...
As quoted, Section 68 seems to require fencing on those cemeteries covered by
Section 68 - which is not all cemeteries... If one reads Section 69, it
seems to say that cemeteries originally created as township cemeteries are not
included in Seciton 68, and would appear to be exempt from the care requirements
set out in Section 68. Section 69 only requires control of vegitation... To
confuse matters more, Section 74, titled "Cemetery Fences and Upkeep,"
doesn't even further mention fences, and talks only of upkeep... As we are not
attorneys, and reading laws in the books is dangerous, does anyone know what is
really being enforced? It would appear that fencing is required everywhere BUT
in original township cemeteries.
"I did not die"
Do not stand at my grave and forever weep
I am not there; I do not sleep
I am a thousand winds that blow
I am the diamond glints on snow
I am the sunlight on ripened grain
I am the gentle autumn's rain
When you awaken in the morning's hush
I am the swift uplifting rush
Of quiet birds in circled flight
I am the soft stars that shine at night
Do not stand at my grave and forever cry
I am not there. I did not die.
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Angela~~~please share the found poem with all of us
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I'm trying to decipher a poem on the base of lady's marker circa 1875
You might of seen a similar poem on a pioneer cemetery in your county.
Please help if you can.
Here goes:
She's gone to _________ (above?)
Far (regions?) ___ _____ ____
Thus God is ____ ____ ____
To join in pr______ him above
Thanks,
Mark Kreps
Muncie
IC 23-14-68-3
Sec. 3 "For the purposes of this chapter, the maintenance of a cemetery
includes the following:
(1) Resetting and straightening all monuments.
(2) Levelling and seeding the ground.
(3) Constructing fences where there are none and repairing existing fences.
(4) Destroying and cleaning updetrimental plants (as defined in EC-
15-3-4-1), noxious weeds, and rank vegetation.
On 10/14/06, pagharris(a)sbcglobal.net <pagharris(a)sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>
> "Johnson pointed out that state law requires the cemeteries to be
> surrounded
> by fencing. "
>
> The statement above is quoted in the article below. Can anybody give the
> exact quote and reference to the mentioned state law:?
> Pat Harris
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bob Alloway" <ralloway(a)earthlink.net>
> To: <INPCRP-L(a)rootsweb.com>
> Sent: Saturday, October 14, 2006 10:35 AM
> Subject: [INPCRP] cem restoration article
>
>
> >
> > Article published Oct 9, 2006
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Graveyard gets new life
> >
> >
> > By STACEY SHANNON
> >
> > For The Star Press
> >
> > Eight headstones and footstones sit atop a hill just off Ind. 3, near
> > Delaware County Road 700-S in Monroe Township
> >
> > These days, the wrought-iron fence around them is clean and erect. The
> area
> > is covered with plastic and topped with gravel. The headstones are all
> in
> > one piece, with the first one having been placed in 1833 and the last in
> > 1891.
> >
> > But that hasn't always been the case. The restoration of Ball Mansfield
> > Cemetery has taken place over the past summer. According to township
> trustee
> > Niki Johnson, 28 trees have been removed from the small cemetery.
> >
> > Thanks to numerous township volunteers and restoration help from the
> > Delaware County Historical Society's Pioneer Cemetery Preservation
> > committee, Ball Mansfield was rededicated in a ceremony on Sept. 30 when
> a
> > sign was posted marking it as a historical cemetery.
> >
> > "This is part of our heritage that is supposed to remain here," Johnson
> > said.
> >
> > The township has a budget for mowing cemeteries, but that's all,
> according
> > to Johnson. Money for all other repairs and maintenance has had to come
> > through donations -- both monetary and volunteer. B&B Sandblasting, for
> > example, did gratis work on the wrought-iron gate, while Abram Wright
> and
> > Bob Good donated use of their equipment, and Frank McGuery delivered the
> > gravel.
> >
> > Volunteers really made a difference. Cindy Welch of the Delaware County
> > Preservation Cemetery committee said that 316 volunteer hours were
> worked
> in
> > the cemetery over eight weeks. Rea Reeder, a Monroe Township resident
> who
> > helped organize volunteers, said that of those 316 hours, about 200 were
> > from Monroe Township residents.
> >
> > "The relationship we've had with Monroe Township has been by far the
> most
> > successful and the most rewarding," Welch said.
> >
> > Retired Muncie physician Philip Ball was also at the rededication
> ceremony.
> > Some of his ancestors, including Samuel and Rebecca Ball, are buried in
> the
> > cemetery. He contributed funds to help with restoration.
> >
> > "Let me go on record, speaking for all these residents of this place of
> the
> > dead, to thank Trustee Niki Johnson and Cindy Welch and all the
> volunteers
> > who have restored this place to its proper state," Ball said during the
> > ceremony. "I am grateful, but more importantly, my ancestors are
> grateful."
> >
> > Cemetery restoration work in Monroe Township will not end with the
> > restoration of Ball Mansfield Cemetery. The two other pioneer
> cemeteries,
> > Fairview and Macedonia, also need restoration. Johnson pointed out that
> > state law requires the cemeteries to be surrounded by fencing. Fairview
> does
> > not have a fence, and the township has no budget to purchase one.
> >
> > Restoring Ball Mansfield Cemetery, for example, cost $885, according to
> > Welch. Of that amount, only $50 went to headstone restoration; the rest
> was
> > spent on clearing trees and other brush from the cemetery. None of the
> money
> > came from the township.
> >
> > Work on the other two cemeteries will start next spring with the help of
> > local residents and the Delaware County Pioneer Cemetery Preservation
> > committee. The committee was started five years ago and now comprises a
> > group of volunteers who have been trained through the Indiana Historical
> > Society to preserve cemeteries.
> >
> > "The Delaware County Historical Society seeks a close working
> relationship
> > with township trustees to preserve pioneer cemeteries," said Jim Lee,
> > president of the historical society. "And projects like Ball Mansfield
> > Cemetery get completed when that relationship exists."
> >
> > Lee also pointed out that such preservation efforts often provide the
> only
> > record of pioneers. The county did not keep death records until 1882.
> >
> > "In doing their work, they are preserving historic artifacts," Lee said.
> >
> > _____
> >
> >
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Article published Oct 9, 2006
Graveyard gets new life
By STACEY SHANNON
For The Star Press
Eight headstones and footstones sit atop a hill just off Ind. 3, near
Delaware County Road 700-S in Monroe Township
These days, the wrought-iron fence around them is clean and erect. The area
is covered with plastic and topped with gravel. The headstones are all in
one piece, with the first one having been placed in 1833 and the last in
1891.
But that hasn't always been the case. The restoration of Ball Mansfield
Cemetery has taken place over the past summer. According to township trustee
Niki Johnson, 28 trees have been removed from the small cemetery.
Thanks to numerous township volunteers and restoration help from the
Delaware County Historical Society's Pioneer Cemetery Preservation
committee, Ball Mansfield was rededicated in a ceremony on Sept. 30 when a
sign was posted marking it as a historical cemetery.
"This is part of our heritage that is supposed to remain here," Johnson
said.
The township has a budget for mowing cemeteries, but that's all, according
to Johnson. Money for all other repairs and maintenance has had to come
through donations -- both monetary and volunteer. B&B Sandblasting, for
example, did gratis work on the wrought-iron gate, while Abram Wright and
Bob Good donated use of their equipment, and Frank McGuery delivered the
gravel.
Volunteers really made a difference. Cindy Welch of the Delaware County
Preservation Cemetery committee said that 316 volunteer hours were worked in
the cemetery over eight weeks. Rea Reeder, a Monroe Township resident who
helped organize volunteers, said that of those 316 hours, about 200 were
from Monroe Township residents.
"The relationship we've had with Monroe Township has been by far the most
successful and the most rewarding," Welch said.
Retired Muncie physician Philip Ball was also at the rededication ceremony.
Some of his ancestors, including Samuel and Rebecca Ball, are buried in the
cemetery. He contributed funds to help with restoration.
"Let me go on record, speaking for all these residents of this place of the
dead, to thank Trustee Niki Johnson and Cindy Welch and all the volunteers
who have restored this place to its proper state," Ball said during the
ceremony. "I am grateful, but more importantly, my ancestors are grateful."
Cemetery restoration work in Monroe Township will not end with the
restoration of Ball Mansfield Cemetery. The two other pioneer cemeteries,
Fairview and Macedonia, also need restoration. Johnson pointed out that
state law requires the cemeteries to be surrounded by fencing. Fairview does
not have a fence, and the township has no budget to purchase one.
Restoring Ball Mansfield Cemetery, for example, cost $885, according to
Welch. Of that amount, only $50 went to headstone restoration; the rest was
spent on clearing trees and other brush from the cemetery. None of the money
came from the township.
Work on the other two cemeteries will start next spring with the help of
local residents and the Delaware County Pioneer Cemetery Preservation
committee. The committee was started five years ago and now comprises a
group of volunteers who have been trained through the Indiana Historical
Society to preserve cemeteries.
"The Delaware County Historical Society seeks a close working relationship
with township trustees to preserve pioneer cemeteries," said Jim Lee,
president of the historical society. "And projects like Ball Mansfield
Cemetery get completed when that relationship exists."
Lee also pointed out that such preservation efforts often provide the only
record of pioneers. The county did not keep death records until 1882.
"In doing their work, they are preserving historic artifacts," Lee said.
_____
Thanks for the link. It's a really nice article and great fund raising
idea. Selling medallions beats having the largest landfill in the state of
Indiana in your back yard, but we'll take the money however we can. Who is doing
the actual restoration?
Comment:
Here is the article.
---
Story:
Graveyard restoration
group sells medallions By BILL RICHMOND City editor The Old Winchester Graveyard Restoration Committee is selling medallions to raise money to complete its fix-up of the pioneer cemetery.
The medallions on one side are engraved with a likeness of the "Our Jonnie" gravestone; with a statement in memory of the community's earliest settlers and the date of issue, 2006, on the other side. They are labeled "Old Winchester (Heaston) Graveyard, est. 1844."
For more of this story, click on or type the URL below:
http://www.winchesternewsgazette.com/articles/2006/10/14/news/features/91...
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We bumped the hour to 9 a.m. this week. The American Legion guys will be
here tomorrow.
Next week it will be 10 a.m. so it can get warmer. The union carpenters will
be here that day. This is the last scheduled day for the year.
Come at your own time and discretion. Brad, Theresa, Joan and David....what
can I say. You have taught us so much. We appreciate your help.
Regards,
Linda
Linda Gill Grove
Researching: IN: Gill, Manor, Stout, Mann
NYC: Callaghan, McAleer, McGregor, Joyce
Blessed are the Elderly, for they remember what we will never know.
In a message dated 10/13/2006 1:42:45 P.M. Mountain Standard Time,
atielking(a)insightbb.com writes:
"I am not dead. I am in the leaves that
blow, flakes of snow",etc..
Hello. I am trying to find a poem to read at my Grandpa's funeral, and I am
hoping someone on this list has a copy of it????
It is an Indian poem/prayer. It says "I am not dead. I am in the leaves that
blow, flakes of snow",etc.. I can't remember it all that well right now.
Does anyone know which poem I am talking about?
Angela Tielking
atielking(a)insightbb.com
Here's an article from Randolph County. They have formed a Cemetery
Commission there, but the restoration of this cemetery is separate from that
funding. They are raising money from grants and other sources. I guess it
helps to have a mint owner as an interested and supportive descendant
Cindy
http://www.winchesternewsgazette.com/articles/2006/09/14/news/features/913ce
meteryrestoration.txt
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Here's coverage in Muncie Star Press of the rededication ceremony for one
cemetery we finished this fall.
Cindy
http://www.thestarpress.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061009/NEWS0402/610
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Have been to two of the workshops where he and Mickie were in attendance and
demonstrated their skills. We need lots of folks like them in the
state...And thanks to a few 'good ' folks the state is now more aware of the issue
of 'broken graveyards'........Thanks to all whose passion it is to fix
them.......
Ruth Pride,, Knox Co.
Congratulations to Walt!! He deserves the recognition. He is truly a miracle
worker.
Angela Tielking
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Sent: Monday, October 02, 2006 9:31 AM
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Subject: [INPCRP] DNR presents preservation and archaeology awards
If you read the press release, you'll see that Walt received our
Outstanding Preservationist Award for his care and preservation of our
cemeteries and graveyards. Anyone who has seen his work knows why. It
was my honor to present this award to him on Saturday.
Jeannie
Jeannie Regan-Dinius
Cemetery Registry Coordinator
402 W. Washington Street, RM W274
Indianapolis, IN 46204-2739
317/234-1268
317/232-0693 (fax)
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From: dnrnews
Sent: Friday, September 29, 2006 12:10 PM
Subject: DNR presents preservation and archaeology awards
DNR NEWS
Indiana Department of Natural Resources
402 W. Washington St. W255 B
Indianapolis, IN 46204-2748
Phone: (317) 232-4200
For immediate release: Sept. 29, 2006
DNR presents preservation and archaeology awards
The DNR Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology
will present this year's preservation and archaeology awards this
evening at the O'Brien Conference on Historic Preservation/Indiana Main
Street annual meeting in Wabash.
The Indiana Historic Preservation Awards are presented to
recognize and congratulate the efforts of individuals, organizations and
agencies that educate, preserve and advocate on behalf of cultural
resources throughout Indiana.
Elkhart County Parks and Recreation Department, Bonneyville Mill
The Indiana Historic Preservation Award for Outstanding
Rehabilitation will be presented to the Elkhart County Parks and
Recreation Department for the rehabilitation of the Bonneyville Mill
Penstock and Turbines. Edward and Maria Bonney settled in Elkhart County
in 1835 and built a sawmill and gristmill on the Little Elkhart River.
The mill operated until 1966. It was donated to the Elkhart department
in 1969.
After a 1974 restoration project returned the mill to
operating condition, it opened for public tours and once again produced
flour and meal. In 1976, it was the first building in the county to be
listed in the National Register of Historic Places. It became a popular
destination for school field trips and has welcomed over 750,000
visitors since it reopened.
In 2003, mill staff presented 167 educational programs to
nearly 4,500 children and adults and produced almost 12,000 pounds of
flour through grinding demonstrations. That same year engineers
conducting an on-site inspection cautioned that the wheels should be run
only sparingly, due to age of equipment and needed repairs. The Elkhart
department applied for a $40,000 grant from the Historic Preservation
Fund program, administered by the DNR, to rehabilitate the American and
Leffel turbines and repair the penstock while the turbines were being
refurbished.
The turbines were repaired and re-installed just in time for
school-year field trips. The Bonneyville Mill is significant as a
still-functional 19th century mill, and it provides a unique experience
for visitors and children. The Elkhart department has been an
extraordinary steward of this important resource.
Cemetery Preservationist John Walters
The Indiana Historic Preservation Award for Outstanding
Preservation of Indiana's Cemetery and Graveyard Heritage will be
presented to John "Walt" Walters for his dedication to the preservation
of Indiana's cemeteries. Walters has worked the last 10 years to protect
and restore Indiana's cemeteries and graveyards. He started working for
the Fayette County Highway Department mowing grass, including some of
the county cemeteries. He felt that these "outdoor museums," as he
calls them, deserved more care than just mowing. He convinced the
county commissioners that he should learn to repair the stones. When a
county cemetery commission was established (one of only 18 in the
state), it hired Walters full time to begin restoring Fayette County's
cemeteries.
That started a decade-long passion for Walters to help
preserve cemeteries around the state. After years of experience in
Fayette County, Walters opened his own cemetery restoration firm.
However, there are 20,000 cemeteries in the state, so he also began
teaching others the skills and techniques to preserve cemeteries. He has
partnered with the DNR Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology
and the Indiana Historical Society to teach the annual cemetery
preservation workshop, which is aimed at spreading the knowledge of good
preservation, cemetery laws and basic skills.
Walters is well known and respected for cemetery restoration
not only in Indiana, but also around the region. Whether it is a stone
shot with a shotgun or a slab in 15 pieces, Walters works meticulously
to assure that the original stone is repaired, restored and standing
upright to mark the grave of someone he did not know, but whose final
resting place deserves respect.
Carnegie Center for Art and History, New Albany
The Indiana Historic Preservation Award for Outstanding
Interpretation of the Underground Railroad in Floyd County will be
presented to New Albany's Carnegie Center for Art and History.
In March 2006, the Carnegie Center for Art and History in
New Albany opened a new permanent exhibit, Ordinary People,
Extraordinary Courage: Men and Women of the Underground Railroad in the
Indiana and Kentucky Borderland. This exhibit examines the nature of the
antislavery community in Floyd County and places it in a regional and
national context. Text and graphic panels introduce the Underground
Railroad through original documents relating to actual people whose
stories and perspectives visitors follow throughout the exhibit.
Ordinary People, Extraordinary Courage combines traditional museum
exhibit displays with a multimedia, interactive DVD, which visitors will
view within the exhibit.
The staff embarked on significant community building and
partnership efforts to create the exhibit. The staff collaborated with
a multi-media company that ultimately became so passionate about the
project that the multi-media staff donated countless hours, saving the
project thousands of dollars. The Carnegie staff also partnered with a
gospel choir from Louisville to host various events at the Second
Baptist Church. The community realized how important this project was in
telling Floyd County history and "passed the hat" to raise thousands of
dollars of support.
The sources for the exhibit and DVD were drawn from the book
by Pamela Peters, The Underground Railroad in Floyd County. This
historical perspective of New Albany includes the controversial sides of
history to give a more accurate portrayal of its past. This exhibit is
so effective because it draws the viewer in and helps visitors
understand this important part of Hoosier history.
Gas City School Apartments
The Indiana Historic Preservation Award for Outstanding Tax
Credit Project will be presented to the Gas City Historical Society and
Englewood Development Corporation for the adaptive re-use of Gas City's
East Ward School. The school was previously owned by the Mississinewa
School Board, which had allocated funding to demolish the school. The
Gas City Historical Society and Englewood Development Company purchased
the school in order to convert it to affordable senior housing. The
original building dates back to 1894, with a gymnasium addition built in
1923. Over $2.3 million was invested in the rehabilitation of the school
to create 19 units of elderly housing. A Historic Preservation Fund
grant project, awarded by the DHPA, also assisted with the
rehabilitation of the windows and masonry on both the school and
gymnasium.
Once centers of the community, historic schools are a
threatened resource and are disappearing at an unprecedented rate.
Consolidation, deferred maintenance, budget cuts, pressure from suburban
sprawl development, and a belief in the superiority of new construction
have resulted in desertion of neighborhood schools in favor of new
regional mega-schools. What is left behind are stately architectural
icons of the American ideal of public education-still useful, but empty
and at risk for demolition.
Perhaps not every historic school can be retrofitted for
modern technology, conveniences, and curriculum necessities, but there
are alternatives to demolition and many other adaptive uses for these
community centerpieces. Affordable housing has been a popular option for
redesign and reuse of historic schools and offers a new life for these
neighborhood anchors. Gas City's East Ward school demonstrates the
grassroots efforts of the local historical society and its partnership
with a development corporation to literally save the school from the
wrecking ball, rehabilitate it and preserve its usefulness to the
community by providing much needed affordable housing for senior
citizens.
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If you read the press release, you'll see that Walt received our
Outstanding Preservationist Award for his care and preservation of our
cemeteries and graveyards. Anyone who has seen his work knows why. It
was my honor to present this award to him on Saturday.
Jeannie
Jeannie Regan-Dinius
Cemetery Registry Coordinator
402 W. Washington Street, RM W274
Indianapolis, IN 46204-2739
317/234-1268
317/232-0693 (fax)
-----Original Message-----
From: dnrnews
Sent: Friday, September 29, 2006 12:10 PM
Subject: DNR presents preservation and archaeology awards
DNR NEWS
Indiana Department of Natural Resources
402 W. Washington St. W255 B
Indianapolis, IN 46204-2748
Phone: (317) 232-4200
For immediate release: Sept. 29, 2006
DNR presents preservation and archaeology awards
The DNR Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology
will present this year's preservation and archaeology awards this
evening at the O'Brien Conference on Historic Preservation/Indiana Main
Street annual meeting in Wabash.
The Indiana Historic Preservation Awards are presented to
recognize and congratulate the efforts of individuals, organizations and
agencies that educate, preserve and advocate on behalf of cultural
resources throughout Indiana.
Elkhart County Parks and Recreation Department, Bonneyville Mill
The Indiana Historic Preservation Award for Outstanding
Rehabilitation will be presented to the Elkhart County Parks and
Recreation Department for the rehabilitation of the Bonneyville Mill
Penstock and Turbines. Edward and Maria Bonney settled in Elkhart County
in 1835 and built a sawmill and gristmill on the Little Elkhart River.
The mill operated until 1966. It was donated to the Elkhart department
in 1969.
After a 1974 restoration project returned the mill to
operating condition, it opened for public tours and once again produced
flour and meal. In 1976, it was the first building in the county to be
listed in the National Register of Historic Places. It became a popular
destination for school field trips and has welcomed over 750,000
visitors since it reopened.
In 2003, mill staff presented 167 educational programs to
nearly 4,500 children and adults and produced almost 12,000 pounds of
flour through grinding demonstrations. That same year engineers
conducting an on-site inspection cautioned that the wheels should be run
only sparingly, due to age of equipment and needed repairs. The Elkhart
department applied for a $40,000 grant from the Historic Preservation
Fund program, administered by the DNR, to rehabilitate the American and
Leffel turbines and repair the penstock while the turbines were being
refurbished.
The turbines were repaired and re-installed just in time for
school-year field trips. The Bonneyville Mill is significant as a
still-functional 19th century mill, and it provides a unique experience
for visitors and children. The Elkhart department has been an
extraordinary steward of this important resource.
Cemetery Preservationist John Walters
The Indiana Historic Preservation Award for Outstanding
Preservation of Indiana's Cemetery and Graveyard Heritage will be
presented to John "Walt" Walters for his dedication to the preservation
of Indiana's cemeteries. Walters has worked the last 10 years to protect
and restore Indiana's cemeteries and graveyards. He started working for
the Fayette County Highway Department mowing grass, including some of
the county cemeteries. He felt that these "outdoor museums," as he
calls them, deserved more care than just mowing. He convinced the
county commissioners that he should learn to repair the stones. When a
county cemetery commission was established (one of only 18 in the
state), it hired Walters full time to begin restoring Fayette County's
cemeteries.
That started a decade-long passion for Walters to help
preserve cemeteries around the state. After years of experience in
Fayette County, Walters opened his own cemetery restoration firm.
However, there are 20,000 cemeteries in the state, so he also began
teaching others the skills and techniques to preserve cemeteries. He has
partnered with the DNR Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology
and the Indiana Historical Society to teach the annual cemetery
preservation workshop, which is aimed at spreading the knowledge of good
preservation, cemetery laws and basic skills.
Walters is well known and respected for cemetery restoration
not only in Indiana, but also around the region. Whether it is a stone
shot with a shotgun or a slab in 15 pieces, Walters works meticulously
to assure that the original stone is repaired, restored and standing
upright to mark the grave of someone he did not know, but whose final
resting place deserves respect.
Carnegie Center for Art and History, New Albany
The Indiana Historic Preservation Award for Outstanding
Interpretation of the Underground Railroad in Floyd County will be
presented to New Albany's Carnegie Center for Art and History.
In March 2006, the Carnegie Center for Art and History in
New Albany opened a new permanent exhibit, Ordinary People,
Extraordinary Courage: Men and Women of the Underground Railroad in the
Indiana and Kentucky Borderland. This exhibit examines the nature of the
antislavery community in Floyd County and places it in a regional and
national context. Text and graphic panels introduce the Underground
Railroad through original documents relating to actual people whose
stories and perspectives visitors follow throughout the exhibit.
Ordinary People, Extraordinary Courage combines traditional museum
exhibit displays with a multimedia, interactive DVD, which visitors will
view within the exhibit.
The staff embarked on significant community building and
partnership efforts to create the exhibit. The staff collaborated with
a multi-media company that ultimately became so passionate about the
project that the multi-media staff donated countless hours, saving the
project thousands of dollars. The Carnegie staff also partnered with a
gospel choir from Louisville to host various events at the Second
Baptist Church. The community realized how important this project was in
telling Floyd County history and "passed the hat" to raise thousands of
dollars of support.
The sources for the exhibit and DVD were drawn from the book
by Pamela Peters, The Underground Railroad in Floyd County. This
historical perspective of New Albany includes the controversial sides of
history to give a more accurate portrayal of its past. This exhibit is
so effective because it draws the viewer in and helps visitors
understand this important part of Hoosier history.
Gas City School Apartments
The Indiana Historic Preservation Award for Outstanding Tax
Credit Project will be presented to the Gas City Historical Society and
Englewood Development Corporation for the adaptive re-use of Gas City's
East Ward School. The school was previously owned by the Mississinewa
School Board, which had allocated funding to demolish the school. The
Gas City Historical Society and Englewood Development Company purchased
the school in order to convert it to affordable senior housing. The
original building dates back to 1894, with a gymnasium addition built in
1923. Over $2.3 million was invested in the rehabilitation of the school
to create 19 units of elderly housing. A Historic Preservation Fund
grant project, awarded by the DHPA, also assisted with the
rehabilitation of the windows and masonry on both the school and
gymnasium.
Once centers of the community, historic schools are a
threatened resource and are disappearing at an unprecedented rate.
Consolidation, deferred maintenance, budget cuts, pressure from suburban
sprawl development, and a belief in the superiority of new construction
have resulted in desertion of neighborhood schools in favor of new
regional mega-schools. What is left behind are stately architectural
icons of the American ideal of public education-still useful, but empty
and at risk for demolition.
Perhaps not every historic school can be retrofitted for
modern technology, conveniences, and curriculum necessities, but there
are alternatives to demolition and many other adaptive uses for these
community centerpieces. Affordable housing has been a popular option for
redesign and reuse of historic schools and offers a new life for these
neighborhood anchors. Gas City's East Ward school demonstrates the
grassroots efforts of the local historical society and its partnership
with a development corporation to literally save the school from the
wrecking ball, rehabilitate it and preserve its usefulness to the
community by providing much needed affordable housing for senior
citizens.
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Media Contact: Marty Benson (317) 233-3853, cell (317) 696-9812
If you read the press release, you'll see that Walt received our
Outstanding Preservationist Award for his care and preservation of our
cemeteries and graveyards. Anyone who has seen his work knows why. It
was my honor to present this award to him on Saturday.
Jeannie
Jeannie Regan-Dinius
Cemetery Registry Coordinator
402 W. Washington Street, RM W274
Indianapolis, IN 46204-2739
317/234-1268
317/232-0693 (fax)
-----Original Message-----
From: dnrnews
Sent: Friday, September 29, 2006 12:10 PM
Subject: DNR presents preservation and archaeology awards
DNR NEWS
Indiana Department of Natural Resources
402 W. Washington St. W255 B
Indianapolis, IN 46204-2748
Phone: (317) 232-4200
For immediate release: Sept. 29, 2006
DNR presents preservation and archaeology awards
The DNR Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology
will present this year's preservation and archaeology awards this
evening at the O'Brien Conference on Historic Preservation/Indiana Main
Street annual meeting in Wabash.
The Indiana Historic Preservation Awards are presented to
recognize and congratulate the efforts of individuals, organizations and
agencies that educate, preserve and advocate on behalf of cultural
resources throughout Indiana.
Elkhart County Parks and Recreation Department, Bonneyville Mill
The Indiana Historic Preservation Award for Outstanding
Rehabilitation will be presented to the Elkhart County Parks and
Recreation Department for the rehabilitation of the Bonneyville Mill
Penstock and Turbines. Edward and Maria Bonney settled in Elkhart County
in 1835 and built a sawmill and gristmill on the Little Elkhart River.
The mill operated until 1966. It was donated to the Elkhart department
in 1969.
After a 1974 restoration project returned the mill to
operating condition, it opened for public tours and once again produced
flour and meal. In 1976, it was the first building in the county to be
listed in the National Register of Historic Places. It became a popular
destination for school field trips and has welcomed over 750,000
visitors since it reopened.
In 2003, mill staff presented 167 educational programs to
nearly 4,500 children and adults and produced almost 12,000 pounds of
flour through grinding demonstrations. That same year engineers
conducting an on-site inspection cautioned that the wheels should be run
only sparingly, due to age of equipment and needed repairs. The Elkhart
department applied for a $40,000 grant from the Historic Preservation
Fund program, administered by the DNR, to rehabilitate the American and
Leffel turbines and repair the penstock while the turbines were being
refurbished.
The turbines were repaired and re-installed just in time for
school-year field trips. The Bonneyville Mill is significant as a
still-functional 19th century mill, and it provides a unique experience
for visitors and children. The Elkhart department has been an
extraordinary steward of this important resource.
Cemetery Preservationist John Walters
The Indiana Historic Preservation Award for Outstanding
Preservation of Indiana's Cemetery and Graveyard Heritage will be
presented to John "Walt" Walters for his dedication to the preservation
of Indiana's cemeteries. Walters has worked the last 10 years to protect
and restore Indiana's cemeteries and graveyards. He started working for
the Fayette County Highway Department mowing grass, including some of
the county cemeteries. He felt that these "outdoor museums," as he
calls them, deserved more care than just mowing. He convinced the
county commissioners that he should learn to repair the stones. When a
county cemetery commission was established (one of only 18 in the
state), it hired Walters full time to begin restoring Fayette County's
cemeteries.
That started a decade-long passion for Walters to help
preserve cemeteries around the state. After years of experience in
Fayette County, Walters opened his own cemetery restoration firm.
However, there are 20,000 cemeteries in the state, so he also began
teaching others the skills and techniques to preserve cemeteries. He has
partnered with the DNR Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology
and the Indiana Historical Society to teach the annual cemetery
preservation workshop, which is aimed at spreading the knowledge of good
preservation, cemetery laws and basic skills.
Walters is well known and respected for cemetery restoration
not only in Indiana, but also around the region. Whether it is a stone
shot with a shotgun or a slab in 15 pieces, Walters works meticulously
to assure that the original stone is repaired, restored and standing
upright to mark the grave of someone he did not know, but whose final
resting place deserves respect.
Carnegie Center for Art and History, New Albany
The Indiana Historic Preservation Award for Outstanding
Interpretation of the Underground Railroad in Floyd County will be
presented to New Albany's Carnegie Center for Art and History.
In March 2006, the Carnegie Center for Art and History in
New Albany opened a new permanent exhibit, Ordinary People,
Extraordinary Courage: Men and Women of the Underground Railroad in the
Indiana and Kentucky Borderland. This exhibit examines the nature of the
antislavery community in Floyd County and places it in a regional and
national context. Text and graphic panels introduce the Underground
Railroad through original documents relating to actual people whose
stories and perspectives visitors follow throughout the exhibit.
Ordinary People, Extraordinary Courage combines traditional museum
exhibit displays with a multimedia, interactive DVD, which visitors will
view within the exhibit.
The staff embarked on significant community building and
partnership efforts to create the exhibit. The staff collaborated with
a multi-media company that ultimately became so passionate about the
project that the multi-media staff donated countless hours, saving the
project thousands of dollars. The Carnegie staff also partnered with a
gospel choir from Louisville to host various events at the Second
Baptist Church. The community realized how important this project was in
telling Floyd County history and "passed the hat" to raise thousands of
dollars of support.
The sources for the exhibit and DVD were drawn from the book
by Pamela Peters, The Underground Railroad in Floyd County. This
historical perspective of New Albany includes the controversial sides of
history to give a more accurate portrayal of its past. This exhibit is
so effective because it draws the viewer in and helps visitors
understand this important part of Hoosier history.
Gas City School Apartments
The Indiana Historic Preservation Award for Outstanding Tax
Credit Project will be presented to the Gas City Historical Society and
Englewood Development Corporation for the adaptive re-use of Gas City's
East Ward School. The school was previously owned by the Mississinewa
School Board, which had allocated funding to demolish the school. The
Gas City Historical Society and Englewood Development Company purchased
the school in order to convert it to affordable senior housing. The
original building dates back to 1894, with a gymnasium addition built in
1923. Over $2.3 million was invested in the rehabilitation of the school
to create 19 units of elderly housing. A Historic Preservation Fund
grant project, awarded by the DHPA, also assisted with the
rehabilitation of the windows and masonry on both the school and
gymnasium.
Once centers of the community, historic schools are a
threatened resource and are disappearing at an unprecedented rate.
Consolidation, deferred maintenance, budget cuts, pressure from suburban
sprawl development, and a belief in the superiority of new construction
have resulted in desertion of neighborhood schools in favor of new
regional mega-schools. What is left behind are stately architectural
icons of the American ideal of public education-still useful, but empty
and at risk for demolition.
Perhaps not every historic school can be retrofitted for
modern technology, conveniences, and curriculum necessities, but there
are alternatives to demolition and many other adaptive uses for these
community centerpieces. Affordable housing has been a popular option for
redesign and reuse of historic schools and offers a new life for these
neighborhood anchors. Gas City's East Ward school demonstrates the
grassroots efforts of the local historical society and its partnership
with a development corporation to literally save the school from the
wrecking ball, rehabilitate it and preserve its usefulness to the
community by providing much needed affordable housing for senior
citizens.
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Media Contact: Marty Benson (317) 233-3853, cell (317) 696-9812