Preservation Alliance of West Virginia: Gravestone Preservation Workshop
Gravestone Preservation Workshop
For Immediate Release
Contact Gena Wageman 304-657-1813
Gravestone Preservation Workshop
Woodlawn Cemetery will be hosting a one-day, hands-on workshop in gravestone preservation. On Saturday, May 2, 2009 Mr. Jonathan Appell will be showing how to repair old gravestones, slow or reverse weather-related deterioration, and stabilize stones which have begun to lose their integrity. Cost for the workshop is $50.00 which includes lunch. Please respond by April 15, 2009.
Woodlawn is located in Fairmont, West Virginia in one of the older neighborhoods. Men and women significant to the history of the state and the nation are buried here. Among them is Francis Harrison Pierpont, considered the father of West Virginia, Arteus Brooks Fleming, 8th governor, and Matthew Mansfield Neely, governor, Congressman and Senator, the first three state superintendent of schools, over 100 Civil War veterans, both Union and Confederate, as well as judges, lawyers, merchants, and just plain folks. The cemetery is 42 acres and over 15,000 graves and is an active burying ground. The cemetery is 186 years old and has examples of stones in a variety of listing, sinking and disrepair. There is also an area in which African-American gravestones are in very poor condition. Appell will use these stones to demonstrate various techniques and products to help restore and maintain these stones.
Fairmont is in north central West Virginia, about 11/2 hours south-southeast of Pittsburgh, Pa. and about 4 hours from Washington, D.C.
If you are interested in attending the workshop, or have any questions,
please contact Gena Wagaman, Superintendent, at 304-657-1813 or email gwagaman@verizon.net
Contact Gena Wageman 304-657-1813
Gravestone Preservation Workshop
Woodlawn Cemetery will be hosting a one-day, hands-on workshop in gravestone preservation. On Saturday, May 2, 2009 Mr. Jonathan Appell will be showing how to repair old gravestones, slow or reverse weather-related deterioration, and stabilize stones which have begun to lose their integrity. Cost for the workshop is $50.00 which includes lunch. Please respond by April 15, 2009.
Woodlawn is located in Fairmont, West Virginia in one of the older neighborhoods. Men and women significant to the history of the state and the nation are buried here. Among them is Francis Harrison Pierpont, considered the father of West Virginia, Arteus Brooks Fleming, 8th governor, and Matthew Mansfield Neely, governor, Congressman and Senator, the first three state superintendent of schools, over 100 Civil War veterans, both Union and Confederate, as well as judges, lawyers, merchants, and just plain folks. The cemetery is 42 acres and over 15,000 graves and is an active burying ground. The cemetery is 186 years old and has examples of stones in a variety of listing, sinking and disrepair. There is also an area in which African-American gravestones are in very poor condition. Appell will use these stones to demonstrate various techniques and products to help restore and maintain these stones.
Fairmont is in north central West Virginia, about 11/2 hours south-southeast of Pittsburgh, Pa. and about 4 hours from Washington, D.C.
If you are interested in attending the workshop, or have any questions,
please contact Gena Wagaman, Superintendent, at 304-657-1813 or email gwagaman@verizon.net