Video Library

Video Archive: Restoration Projects, Techniques & Demonstrations Gathering and presenting video clips for the benefit of the historic and cultural preservation community.  Our aim is to present clips that demonstrate building restoration techniques; historic tours, walking tours and heritage travel; spotlight endangered historic places, structures and objects; and other video related to historic and cultural resource preservation.

Instructions: To view the videos, double click the body of the video (ie. the "play" button).  To view the video in full screen in a new window, double click on the video after it has begun playing or choose the "full screen" option from the video menu.  To stop or pause the video, click the "pause" button in the bottom left hand corner of the video.  

Please Note: These video clips, unless noted, are not produced by PreservationDirectory.com and are being collected/presented for the benefit of the historic preservation community.  For more information, click on the accompanying link for each video clip (in most cases it will take you to YouTube). 



Restoration Projects, Techniques & Demonstrations

Title: Marsh House Visit Description: Tour of the Historic John Marsh Mansion in Brentwood, CA by Gene Metz, President of the John Marsh Historic Trust. Group includes California State Park officials inspecting repairs made to the house by the Trust. Source: http://www.johnmarshhouse.com
Title: Plaster workshop with Rory Brennan (historic plaster specialist from "This Old House") Description: Recorded at Howard Hall Farm in Athens, NY.  Howard Hall Farm is both a historic restoration project and a vehicle for educating people in sustainable, environmentally conscious restoration techniques.  The site of the learning laboratory is a 1780s Stone Manor in the heart of the Hudson River Valley. Source: http://howardhallfarm.com
Title: Brick Masonry Repointing Description: Demonstration at the Traditional Building Conference in Boston, MA (3/15/07) Notes: John Leeke, with Historic HomeWorks in Portland, Maine, travels around the country working on historic preservation projects. He regularly posts new videos at Reports from the Field: http://www.historichomeworks.com/hhw/video/rftf.htm
Title: Timber Repairs Description: Timber Restoration Project by Paul Marlowe of Marlowe Restorations in Northford, CT (1/6/07) Notes: John Leeke, with Historic HomeWorks in Portland, Maine, travels around the country working on historic preservation projects. He regularly posts new videos at Reports from the Field: http://www.historichomeworks.com/hhw/video/rftf.htm
Title: Exterior Painting Description: Exerior Painting, Steam Paint Removal (8/4/06) Notes: John Leeke, with Historic HomeWorks in Portland, Maine, travels around the country working on historic preservation projects. He regularly posts new videos at Reports from the Field: http://www.historichomeworks.com/hhw/video/rftf.htm
Title: Exterior Painting Description: Exterior Painting - Ground Protection, Joint Cleaning (8/5/06) Notes: John Leeke, with Historic HomeWorks in Portland, Maine, travels around the country working on historic preservation projects. He regularly posts new videos at Reports from the Field: http://www.historichomeworks.com/hhw/video/rftf.htm
Title: Exterior Painting; Prep: Wet Abrasive Scrub Description: Surface Preparation - Wet Abrasive Scrub (9/4/06) Notes: John Leeke, with Historic HomeWorks in Portland, Maine, travels around the country working on historic preservation projects. He regularly posts new videos at Reports from the Field: http://www.historichomeworks.com/hhw/video/rftf.htm
Title: Exterior Wood 1; Split Clapboard Description: Repair a split wooden clapboard with wood-epoxy repair methods. This is part of the ongoing barn painting project. Notes: John Leeke, with Historic HomeWorks in Portland, Maine, travels around the country working on historic preservation projects. He regularly posts new videos at Reports from the Field: http://www.historichomeworks.com/hhw/video/rftf.htm

Interested in sharing your historic preservation-related video clip with our community?  Please contact us via our "contact us" form, and provide details about your clip and a link to it (ie. on YouTube or other online video sharing services) and we will be happy to review it. 

We are always looking to share clips that demonstrate building restoration techniques, display historic places and historic walking tours, provide insight into historic events, and other historic and cultural resource-related clips.