NANTUCKET MA: The Nantucket Historical Association (NHA) will present a special Food for Thought program in celebration of preservation month, “Historic Preservation Today: It's Not Your Grandmother's Preservation Movement,” featuring Wendy Nicholas, Northeast Regional Director of the National Trust For Historic Preservation, on Thursday, May 5, in the Whaling Museum, 13 Broad Street, at noon. Free admission; bring your lunch.
Nantucket was an early leader in historic preservation and conservation, an enterprise that now engages hundreds of committed organizations throughout the United States. Scheduled as part of the island's recognition of National Historic Preservation Month in May, Nicholas will discuss current trends and approaches in today’s Preservation Movement and will focus on some of Nantucket's preservation issues.
Nicholas began her work in historic preservation as a high school freshman in Fairfax County, Virginia, and attended Duke University, where she developed a passion for historic preservation. Since 1994, she has directed the Northeast Office of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, the Boston- and Philadelphia-based staff that serves ten states from Maine to Delaware. Their work involves identifying and addressing regional issues: renovating historic neighborhood schools; monitoring teardowns; revitalizing older neighborhoods; and, currently, building bridges between owners of historic land and conservation organizations to protect whole cultural landscapes.
The Thursday talks are free to the public and are given by notable Nantucket residents, on a range of topics. Each talk begins at noon; bring your brown-bag lunch to the Whaling Museum. The programs are supported by a grant from the M. S. Worthington Foundation.
