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Congratulations to Easements Atlanta Board Member and Cherokee Garden Library Director, Staci L. Catron, awarded the Garden Club of America 2023 National Medal for Historic Preservation!![]()
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The Historic Preservation Medal is given for outstanding work in the field of preservation and/or restoration of historic gardens or buildings of national importance. ![]()
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Staci is the Cherokee Garden Library Director at the Atlanta History Center. Joining the Easements Atlanta Board of Directors in 2019, Staci has significantly contributed to strengthening and expanding Easements Atlanta's preservation mission. Again, congratulations, Staci!![]()
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www.atlantahistorycenter.com
Under Staci’s leadership over the past 23 years, Cherokee Garden Library has evolved into a premier institution for the study of gardening, landscape design, garden history, horticulture, cultural a...
Congratulations, Sarah Borcherding! ![]()
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Today, Easements Atlanta's graduate intern, Sarah Borcherding, graduates with a Master of Heritage Preservation from Heritage Preservation at Georgia State University.![]()
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Over the past two years, Sarah has been an integral part of Easements Atlanta serving as a graduate intern. Sarah has substantively supported Easements Atlanta's preservation mission through annual site inspections of over 40 easement properties, assisting with project reviews to NPS standards, expanding internal easement databases, meeting with easement property owners, and much, much more. ![]()
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Last week, Sarah presented her final capstone project: site based documentation of the Red Oak Creek Covered Bridge in Meriwether County. Sarah's work will be submitted to the Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) at the Library of Congress.![]()
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Easements Atlanta is excited to see the continued positive impact that Sarah will make in the historic preservation field here in Atlanta and beyond.
On Friday, Easements Atlanta attended the final student presentations of Dr. Willkens' "Race, Space, and Architecture in the U.S" at the Georgia Tech School of Architecture .![]()
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The student team of Ryan Stoddard, Josh Simmons, Emily Mosbaugh, and Elizabeth-Ann Turac researched, explored, and highlighted the c. 1881 Fulton Bag and Cotton Mill, an Easements Atlanta protected site.![]()
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Through 3D digital scanning, drone captures, GIS mapping, modeling, and more, the students created a 3D model of the historic power plant, historic timeline of the Mill site, building construction over time, and more. This work will contribute to the long-term preservation of this significant historic space.![]()
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A special thank you to the student team and to Dr. Willkens for collaborating on this project!
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