Survey and National Register Technical Specialist in the Inventory and Registration
Carrie Simmons has been Survey and National Register Technical Specialist in the Inventory and Registration department for the State Historic Preservation Office, Ohio History Connection since 2001. Carrie provides technical review and assistance with the Ohio Historic Inventory and National Register of Historic Places. Prior to her work at the Ohio History Connection she conducted archaeological and architectural survey field work for Gray & Pape, Inc. and ASC Group, Inc. Carrie graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Archaeology, minor in German, from The College of Wooster in 1999.
Join State Historic Preservation Office staff Petra Knapp and Carrie Simmons as they walk you through the steps to conducting a historic survey and completing an Ohio Historic Inventory form for a historic building in downtown Dayton. Identifying and evaluating historic properties through survey is an important first step to knowing the historic properties in your community or neighborhood. Topics covered will include identifying the survey area, researching historic properties, getting ready to go out in the field, using the Ohio Historic Inventory form to document historic properties, preparing a survey report. Session participants will hit the street for a hands-on activity to survey a downtown Dayton building for the Ohio Historic Inventory.