Archive for preservation trades

RFQ: Preservation Trades Training Instructor

Victoria Mansion seeks a skilled preservation woodworker to plan and teach a two-week workshop in April 2025 focused on maintaining and preserving exterior woodwork on older and historic buildings. The class will run for ten eight-hour days and will be limited to five students to ensure significant personalized…

Window Preservation Trades Training

In early April 2024, Victoria Mansion hosted the first in a series of paid preservation trades training, taught by preservationist John Leeke, author of Save America’s Windows. The purpose of this training program, focused on window restoration, is to train practicing tradespeople in the special knowledge required to…

Preservation Trades Training Programs: Window Preservation

  Victoria Mansion’s Preservation Trades Training Programs Workshop Series #1: Window Preservation Training Program PURPOSE: To train practicing tradespeople in the special knowledge required to preserve older and historic wood windows. FORMAT: 5 to 10 days of daily training in an on-site workspace. LOCATION: Victoria Mansion | 109…