Meagan Baco
Kathryn Joseph, Architectural Historian, Cultural Resources Analyst
Kate Stojsavljevic, Historic Preservation Specialist, Keast & Hood Co.
Megan Baco '09
Recent graduate, Meagan, will be presenting her original thesis research on one-way to two-way street conversions as a downtown revitalization technique at the Association of Preservation Technology (APT) annual conference in Los Angeles this November. She was selected as one of twelve Student Scholars to attend the conference to present research relevant to this year’s theme of Preservation in the City without Limits - The Public Domain: Infrastructure of Urban and Suburban Landscapes.
Meagan is also thrilled to have a version of her thesis research published in The Appraisal’s Journal, a prominent publication for those in real estate development.
Kathryn Joseph ' 07
After graduating from the MSHP program, Kate joined Cultural Resources Analysts in as an Architectural Historian. There she has most recently been involved in writing a National Register nomination for the James E. Pepper Distillery, a post-repeal bourbon distillery in Lexington, Kentucky. Not only was the nomination accepted, but it was also featured at the NPS/NCSHPO National Register Workshop as an exemplary nomination under Criterion A – Historically Significant at the Local Level.
Excerpt from the State of Significance, National Register Nomination:
The James E. Pepper Distillery complex in Lexington, Kentucky meets National Register eligibility Criterion A for its local significance as evaluated within the historic context “Bourbon Production in Lexington, Kentucky, 1865-1958.” The Pepper Distillery illustrates several aspects of this important local industry. The growth of the site toward the end of the nineteenth century was consistent with industry trends, where producers abandoned smaller locally-marketed products in favor of nationally-marketed brands, by corporations that grew increasingly larger by acquiring smaller distilleries. National Prohibition of alcohol sales (1920-1934) had a devastating effect on Lexington’s thriving distillery business; the Pepper Distillery became the only local distillery to emerge from this period intact.
James E. Pepper National Register
Kate Stojsavljevic '07
As a Historic Preservation Specialist at Keast & Hood Co., a structural engineering firm in Washington, D.C. Kate has been integral team member in several of the firm’s projects. Offering her preservation expertise, she is able to ensure retention of significant features and materials during engineering interventions.
One of Kate’s projects is the renovation of the Old House of Delegates Chamber at the Maryland Statehouse that is being restored to its c. 1870 appearances. To meet modern building code, Keast & Hood Co. completed a structural analysis of the floor framing and determined that it did not meet the live load requirement. In order to met code, Kate worked in prescribing the addition of steel beams while mitigating their affect on the historic material and over-all authentic appearance.
Out in the Chesapeake Bay near Annapolis, Maryland, Kate’s team completed resistance drilling and aesthetic façade improvements at the Thomas Point Shoal lighthouse, a cast iron screw
