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Historic Trades Preserve WV AmeriCorps
Every old building has a story, and the PreserveWV AmeriCorps Historic Trades Team is writing the next chapter. If you are passionate about preservation and ready for a year of impactful, hands-on service, this is your chance!
Our members don’t just study history—they repair it, rebuild it, and revive it. From foundation repair to detailed woodwork, you’ll be on the front lines of protecting West Virginia’s heritage.
Recruitment is OPEN for the Historic Trades Preserve WV AmeriCorps Team!
The Monongahela National Forest is a unit of the USDA Forest Service and includes approximately 920,000 acres throughout the Allegheny Highlands region of West Virginia – an area world renowned for its rugged landscape and spectacular views. The Heritage Program is tasked with the management of a wealth of cultural resources throughout the forest including transportation resources, homesites, recreation resources from the mid-century and CCC-era, and more.
The AmeriCorps Historic Trades Team Member will serve approximately 35-40 hours per week. The team will primarily serve as a unit conducting hands-on historic preservation repairs and maintenance on cultural resources and will be based at the Forest Service headquarters in Elkins. Regional travel will be required to complete projects. The Forest Service may provide transportation for team activities requiring regional travel. Overnight camping trips to facilitate projects are expected. Team activities will primarily focus on three programmatic areas with the goal of enhancing the stewardship and use of cultural resources, including:
(1) Hands-on Historic Trades to Address Deferred Maintenance
- Window restoration
- Vegetation and biological growth removal
- Cemetery cleaning and maintenance
- Minor log and wood treatments
- Repainting
- Wood roof replacements
- Masonry construction and repairs
(2) Identification & Documentation
- Photograph historic resources
- Write physical descriptions of properties with measurements and site drawings
- Evaluation for eligibility for listing on National Register of Historic Places
- Nominations of historic properties for listing on National Register of Historic Places
- Cultural Resource Surveys throughout the forest to assist with planning landscape-scale active management projects.
(3) Educational & Interpretation
- Research and develop digital and physical content for the public
Known projects planned for the service year include:
- Documentation, Condition Assessments, and Future-Use Planning for historic CCC camp buildings in Greenbrier County
- Cedar Shingle Roof Replacement of CCC-constructed cabin in Tucker County
- Dry Stacked Masonry Wall Repairs at Recreation Area outside of Elkins, WV
- Architectural History Program at Rohrbaugh Cabin in Grant County with partnership support
- Log repairs at various recreation properties throughout the forest
Learn more and apply at pawv.org/openslots.html
