Preservation Conversations

Select Mondays, 2pm 
Troy Historical Society Member: FREE 
Non-Member: $7

Do you enjoy old houses, good stories, history, and great places to visit locally and nationally? Come join the conversation as we learn more about preserving and utilizing our historic assets!  To sign up, scroll down or click here.

Presented by the Phillip & Elizabeth Filmer Memorial Charitable Trust.

Preservation Conversations programs now take place inside Old Troy Church at the Village. If you have accessibility questions, please click here to visit our accessibility page or contact us at info@thvmail.org and we will be happy to help! Assisted listening devices are available, please let a staff member know if you would like to use one.

March 10: *New Topic* Beaver Island Head Lighthouse & Eastern Michigan University Field School

Previously listed as "Deconstructing the Past: From Farmhouse to Nature Preserve."

Nancy Villa Bryk, Director of Eastern Michigan University's Preservation Studies Program, will share information on our program's beloved field school (once held here at THV). She will primarily focus on the extraordinary preservation work on Beaver Island's Beaver Head Lighthouse, accomplished during two field schools with students, preservation professionals, and faculty. We tackled everything from restoration masonry to carpentry way up in the light tower! Join us for this first public talk about our work on the Beaver Head Lighthouse. Scroll down to register.

April 14: Detroit’s Eastern Market

Lisa Rush, co-author of the book Detroit's Historic Eastern Market and Preservation Detroit Eastern Market tour guide, will share the history of the largest historic public market in the United States. Added to the National Registry of Historic Places in 1978, Eastern Market is a living piece of history! Scroll down to register.

May 19: Topics in Preservation: The National Historic Preservation Act of 1966

The resources created by this monumental piece of legislation have been key to the preservation of thousands of our most beloved buildings. Find out what tools it created and how they are used! Scroll down to register.