Preservation in Practice

Join Manor Mill and the Preservation Alliance of Baltimore County on the fourth Tuesday of each month for a free meeting to discuss the many avenues and practices of preservation. We will be joined by preservation experts in fields such as American architecture, timber framing, masonry, window restoration, cemetery history and headstone cleaning, and many more. If you have a passion or interest in historic build preservation, this is the event for you to get involved and learn more!

Tuesday, April 29, 6-7:30PM
*please note that april’s preservation in practice will be hosted on the 5th tuesday of the month

Topic - The Rebirth of a 19th Century Grain Barn: Start to Glorious Finish with Stable Hollow Construction

Leroy Stoltzus of Stable Hollow Construction will walk you through the amazing transformation of a distressed barn at Belleview Farm in Parkton, a Baltimore County Historic Landmark. See stone repair, historic timber frame repairs and replacements, siding, roofing and more, all done within the preservation guidelines for historic tax credit.

Stable Hollow Construction is a full-service general contractor specializing in barn restorations, adaptive reuse and new timber frame construction in southeastern Pennsylvania and northern Maryland. A family owned, value driven company, their mission is “Building the future. Preserving the past.”

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Past Preservation in Practice Topics

March 25, 2025
Topic: Historic Windows - The Eyes of the Home
with Thomas Brown

February 25, 2025
Topic: Preserve It Better: Borate Before Bandaids
with Jan Scopel

January 28, 2024
Topic: DIY (Do It Yourself): How to Research your Home’s History with Teri Rising

November 26, 2024
Topic: Conservation of wood, metal, ceramic and paintings with Kenya Browning Feeser

October 22, 2024
Topic: Histories and Mysteries with Mindie Burgoyne of Chesapeake Ghost Tours.

September 24, 2024
Topic: Historic Preservation Easements & Permits with Katherine Good

July 23, 2024
Topic: Timber Framing with Robert Jones

June 25, 2024
Topic: Restoring Manor Mill

May 28, 2024
Topic: Permaculture in Practice - Historic Landscapes

April 23, 2024
Topic: Window Restoration

March 26, 2024
Topic: The History and Restoration of Plaster

January 23, 2024
Topic: How to read a building

October 24, 2023
Topic: Cemetery history and headstone cleaning