Noticing the house’s declining condition, a senior historic preservation specialist...
A group of volunteers and students make new window screens for a historic Dignowity Hill home Saturday, April 30, 2022.Half a century after her husband papered their house in yellow aluminum siding against her wishes, Josie Trevino watched as dozens of volunteers with the city’s Office of Historic Preservation painted the walls the color of the sky on a sunny day.
Trevino’s daughters had reached out to the city for permission to install a wheelchair ramp for their mother. The permission was needed because the home is in the Dignowity Hill Historic District. They were put in touch with senior historic preservation specialist Edward Hall, who signed off on adding the ramp.arranged for the Office of Historic Preservation and its Rehabber Club, working with the Students Together Achieving Revitalization Project, to perform repairs and maintenance at no cost.
“We have a nonprofit that we partner with, the Power of Preservation Foundation, that helps with some of the purchasing for supplies and paint,” said Cory Edwards, a deputy historic preservation officer with the city. “But city staff, we’re the ones kind of organizing and leading and getting the volunteer registration together and making sure everyone’s safe and fed and has what they need to work today.
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