The Courthouse Girls make their Salt Lake City debut!
The Courthouse Girls of Farmland is a story about a small town, historic preservation, and seven senior women who got up from their bridge club table to make a bold and controversial statement.
The story began in 2005 when the commissioners in Indiana's Rudolph County voted two-to-one in favor of demolishing the county's historic courthouse and replacing it with a new building. Many in the area were outraged, and soon after Eileen Herron, and six of her bridge club friends were posing as centerfolds for a Courthouse Girls 2006 calendar.
This documentary in not only about making the Farmland calendar, but also addresses the bigger issue of preserving our history in the form of buildings, culture and the lives of the citizens that live there.
Utah Heritage Foundation and the Salt Lake Film Center are having a free screening of the Courthouse Girls of Farmland at the Salt Lake City Main Library Auditorium, Monday, November 17, at 7 pm.
Garneta Amburn, Wanda Grove and Iraida Davis Leitch (three of the seven "centerfolds") are coming to town, with the film's director Norman Klein, to answer your questions and sign copies of the calendar.
Following the movie there will also be discussion from a panel of local preservationists. The schedule is as follows:
7 pm - Film Screening at the Salt Lake City Main Library Auditorium
8 pm - Short Q and A with the film's director, Norman Klein, and the "girls"
8:30-9 pm - Panel Discussion featuring:
Pete Ashdown, President, Utah Heritage Foundation
Wilson Martin, Utah State Historic Preservation Officer
Robin Zeigler, Senior Preservation Planner, Salt Lake City Planning and Zoning Enforcement Division
NaVee Vernon, Historical Director, Summit County Historical Society
Alysa Revell, Chair, Farmington City Historic Preservation Commission
Wayne Goodman, Director, Eastern Region Office, Historic Landmarks Foundation of Indiana
To learn more about their story visit their official website.
Utah Heritage Foundation's
Utah Preservation Conference
April 30 - May 2, 2009
Tell us what preservation topics you want to know more about!
Fill out an Education Session Proposal Form online!
ALSO IN THIS EDITION:
Downtown Payson gets makeover - Roger L. Hardy, Deseret News, November 4, 2008
1910 brick home - free - Paul Beebe, Salt Lake Tribune, October 30, 2008
Sugar House hole: Developer given yet another reprieve - Editorial, Salt Lake Tribune, October 23, 2008
People's Choice Awards: Which building has best design? - Tom Wharton, Salt Lake Tribune, October 20, 2008
Spot for Draper rail stop still undecided - Rebecca Palmer, Deseret News, October 26, 2008
HISTORIC BUILDINGS FOR SALE OR LEASE
ARCHITECTURE AND PRESERVATION AROUND THE GLOBE
SAVE THESE DATES FOR UHF EVENTS
NEW FROM THE NATIONAL TRUST FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION
Utah's National Register is ONLINE!
Utah's National Register of Historic Places nominations have been digitized and are now online.
National Trust for Historic Preservation is accepting nominations for endangered places.
LOCAL ARCHITECTURE AND PRESERVATION
Downtown Payson gets makeover - Roger L. Hardy, Deseret News, November 4, 2008
1910 brick home - free - Paul Beebe, Salt Lake Tribune, October 30, 2008
Sugar House hole: Developer given yet another reprieve - Editorial, Salt Lake Tribune, October 23, 2008
People's Choice Awards: Which building has best design? - Tom Wharton, Salt Lake Tribune, October 20, 2008
Spot for Draper rail stop still undecided - Rebecca Palmer, Deseret News, October 26, 2008
HISTORIC BUILDINGS FOR SALE OR LEASE
(Inquire here for more information about listing in this section)
Wrathill Home
This 5 bedroom 2 bath home is for Sale in the Grantsville area.
It features a formal living and dining room with many details that are original to the home.
For information about this home call:
Sigmund Sommerfield
801-582-5407
ARCHITECTURE AND PRESERVATION AROUND THE GLOBE
Frank Gehry, Moshe Safdie on Ike's short list - Christopher Hawthorne, Los Angeles Times, October 29, 2008
A competition to pick a designer for the National Eisenhower Memorial.
Dispute over Gettysburg building heads to court - Amy Worden, The Philadelphia Inquirer, October 30, 2008
Flamboyance Gets a Face-Lift - Ruth La Ferla, The New York Times, October 31, 2008
Built in 1954, the Fontainebleau hotel in Miami Beach has recently undergone a $500 million restoration.
In Turkey, Mosque Gets A Woman's Touch - Ivan Watson, NPR's All Things Considered, October 21, 2008
Book Cadillac keeps Detroit on path to downtown revival - John Gallagher, Detroit Free Press, October 23, 2008
SAVE THESE DATES FOR UHF EVENTS
Courthouse Girls of Farmland
November 17, 2008
Salt Lake City Library
7 pm - Film Screening at the SL City Library
8 pm - Short Q and A with the film's director, Norman Klein, and the "girls"
8:30-9 pm - Panel Discussion
April 30 - May 2
Utah Preservation Conference
Fort Douglas, Salt Lake City
Tell us what you want to hear about! Submit an Education Session Proposal Form NOW!
University of Utah
College of Architecture + Planning
Fall 2008 Lecture Series
All lectures take place at 5:30pm in AAC 127.
November 17
Christof Janzten, Principal, Behnisch Architects
December 8
By Peter Katz, Virginia Tech
Traditional Building Skills Institute Workshops - Ephraim, UT
For full calendar, visit their website.
NEW FROM THE NATIONAL TRUST FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION
2008 National Preservation Award Winners
Teardown Tools on the Web - An Online Guide for Planners, Homeowners, and Advocates.
Highlights approximately 30 tools that are being used by communities around the country in response to teardowns with direct web links to more than 300 examples in 32 states. Teardown Tools on the Web is part of the Teardowns Initiative of the National Trust for Historic Preservation and intended as an easy-to-share, user-friendly, one-stop-shop for people looking for tools to better manage teardowns.
Subscribe to National Trust newsletters.
Seeking funds for planning your preservation project or to hire a consultant to get that project off the ground? Apply for a grant from the Utah Preservation Initiatives Fund (UPIF) by contacting Amy Cole at the National Trust for Historic Preservation at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or (303) 623-1504. Grants are available in three rounds per year - February 1, June 1 and October 1 - and awarded on a competitive basis!
