Member of a traveling preservation crew working from coast to coast on historic buildings and structures. Work included stone and brick masonry, rough carpentry, making and working with adobe building components, roofing, seismic retrofitting historic structures, identification, collection, and documentation for material sampling. After two years I was promoted from Maintenance Mechanic to Exhibits Specialist and my duties remained the same but now included on-site project and crew management and all project documentation from budget to Record of Treatment. 

These duties and accomplishments introduced me to a wide array of historic structures, resource types, parks, and personnel, and laid the foundation of my career providing me with a ground up understanding of the issues we face at parks regarding deferred maintenance and cultural resources management, and specifically historic preservation. 

Projects

Channel Islands National Park: 2003-2004

• Seismic Retrofit and Rehabilitation of Scorpion Ranch House; Santa Cruz Island

Death Valley National Park 2003-2005

• Scotty’s Castle Annex Bridge Rehabilitation
• Scotty’s Castle Terra Cotta Roof Tile Rehabilitation
• Cow Creek Maintenance Yard Adobe Wall Restoration
• Cow Creek Residential Building Documentation prior to demolition
• Archeology Phase 1 Survey- post flood event

Dry Tortugas National Park: 2003-2007

• Hot Shot Furnace Restoration
• Loggerhead Key Lighthouse Keeper’s House Window Lintel Restoration
• Moat Wall Reconstruction

Fort Davis National Historic Site: 2005 

• Roof Replacement of Historic Buildings 13,14,18,18k and 39 
• Joshua Tree National Park: 2003 Ryan Ranch Stabilization

Lassen Volcanic National Park: 2004- 2005 

• Horseshoe Lake Ranger Station Rehabilitation and Preservation
• Rehabilitation of Historic Root Cellar and Lodge Fireplace Structure at Drakesbad Lodge

Whiskeytown National Recreation Area: 2005 

• New Drainage at Historic Blacksmith Shop

Zion National Park 2006-2007

• Rehabilitation of the Nature Center
• Stabilization of HS-004 in the Birch Creek Historic District

Bureau of Land Management Projects

• Old Lady Gay Ranch, Safford, AZ
• Swansea Ghost Town, Parker, AZ