HISTORIC PRESERVATION CONSULTANTS

Kirk Huffaker Preservation Strategies is a Salt Lake City, Utah, based historic preservation consultancy. Owner and principal Kirk Huffaker specializes in historic preservation and community revitalization through survey, documentation, designation, rehabilitation, and preservation planning. His work as an architectural historian, preservation planner, and organizational leader is focused on historic and new narratives based on place with a nexus at the intersection of architecture, culture, and meaning. He enjoys working with boards, staff, and communities to bring ideas and goals into focus as well as to meet the challenges of owning, operating, and rehabilitating older and historic structures, and provides feasible preservation options and products that enhance and shape historic places for the future. Kirk has over twenty-five years of diversified experience as an architectural historian and preservation planner applying the standards and requirements set forth in the Code of Federal Regulations Procedures for State, Tribal and Local Government Preservation Programs (36 CFR 61) and the Professional Qualifications Standards in the Secretary of Interior’s Standards and Guidelines for Archaeology and Historic Preservation for Architectural History, History, and Historic Architecture (62 FR 33719).

Michael Gioulis has been active in Historic Preservation in West Virginia since 1979. He served as Assistant Director of the Historic Preservation Unit of the West Virginia Department of Culture and History. While there he was involved in a number of programs, including: Survey and Planning grants; historic resource surveys; review of construction grant projects; and tax certification applications. He is familiar with all aspects of interpreting standards for rehabilitation of existing and historic buildings. In private practice, (established 1984) he has been involved in rehabilitation projects and design assistance programs for downtown structures. This includes services to the West Virginia Main Street Office, resulting in over 800 individual design projects, as well as workshops, resource team visits and technical assistance responses. Resource teams involve intensive site visits in a charrette environment reviewing community resources and developing strategies for revitalization. He has participated in over 30 teams. In addition, Michael has written a Maintenance Manual for downtown property owners. He has completed a number of successful tax certification applications and has participated in individual rehabilitation and restoration projects including the restoration of 20 building facades in downtown Matewan, WV.

EHT Traceries, Inc. is a highly knowledgeable and reliable source of professional research and consultation services relating to the history and culture of the built environment and historic preservation. EHT Traceries, Inc. provides objective, professional analysis and expertise to a variety of clientele. The firm works with property owners and neighborhood groups as well as the architectural, development, legal, and preservation community. Services include preservation planning, technical preservation services, historic tax credit consulting, survey and documentation and more. Clients include town, city, county and state agencies as well. The firm has a long record of participation in projects with the federal government and national organizations, including the General Services Administration, the Department of the Interior, the National Park Service, the Smithsonian Institution, the Armed Forces Retirement Home, and the National Trust for Historic Preservation.

One of the great advantages to working with EverGreene Architectural Arts is our single-source capability to assist you through an entire project, from beginning to end. From restoration to conservation, from plasterwork to decorative painting, from new artwork to historic fine art, from surface preparation and quality coatings to custom decorative finishing treatments, EverGreene can help you execute all of your well-laid plans and designs. Encyclopedic knowledge of the materials and techniques of the architectural arts and three decades of hands-on experience have enabled us to develop innovative methodologies for creating and preserving art in architectural settings. Clients also benefit from our unified artistic vision and our consistently high standards of artistry and craftsmanship, all informed by a cross-disciplinary approach integrating conservation science, restoration craftsmanship, advanced technology, art history, architecture, engineering and construction.