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Main Street Wellington, Southern Lorain County Historical Society, and the Ohio Historic
Preservation Office of the Ohio Historical Society will sponsor a Building Doctor Clinic for
old-building owners in the Wellington, Ohio, area on October 11-12, 2007.
The clinic features Building Doctors Glenn Harper and Mark Epstein of the Ohio Historic
Preservation Office.
It begins with a free seminar on Thursday, October 11, from 7-9 p.m. at the Wellington Reservation
Visitor Center, 535 Jones Rd., Wellington. Open to all old-building owners in the area, the seminar
will feature guidelines for renovation projects and ways to solve some of the most common problems
of buildings dating from 1800 to 1955.
On Friday, October 12, from 9 a.m.-2 p.m., Harper and Epstein will be available to visit pre-1955
buildings within five miles of downtown Wellington, advising owners on specific technical or design
problems by appointment. The on-site consultations are free.
The ‘doctors’ examine all kinds of older buildings. Some of the things that typically call for an
on-site examination include persistent peeling paint or flaking plaster, a wet basement,
deteriorating masonry, and plans for remodeling, additions, or demolitions.
Harper is preservation services manager for the Ohio Historic Preservation Office. He holds a
master’s degree in historic preservation and architectural history, with a minor in landscape
architectural history, from Ball State University, and a bachelor’s degree in American history
from Antioch University. He is an adjunct member of the history faculty at Wright State University,
where he teaches architectural history and historic preservation.
Epstein heads the Resource Protection and Review Department of the Ohio Historic Preservation
Office, which reviews federal undertakings for their effects on historic properties. He has a
master’s degree in city and regional planning from The Ohio State University and a bachelor’s
degree in Political Science from the American University.
Epstein has served as assistant to the German Village Commission in Columbus, assistant editor for
the Journal of Planning Literature, and editor and writer for Wilson Business Abstracts. His
preservation experience includes preparing economic development , environmental, and comprehensive
plans, reviewing certificate of appropriateness applications, and documenting buildings for the
Ohio Historic Inventory. He is active in local preservation organizations, serving on the Bexley
Historical Society and Bexley Heritage Fund committees.
The seminars and visits from the Building Doctors are free, but advance registration is required.
To register, visit www.building-doctor.org or call toll free 1-800-499-2470. For more information
contact Michael Eppley of Wellington, (440) 647-3987 or info@mainstreetwellington.com.
The Building Doctor program is made possible in part by a grant from the U.S. Department of the
Interior’s Historic Preservation Fund, administered by the Ohio Historic Preservation Office of the
Ohio Historical Society. Each clinic is made possible by support from local cosponsors, as well.
The Ohio Historic Preservation Office is Ohio’s official historic preservation agency. A part of
the Ohio Historical Society, it identifies historic places in Ohio, nominates properties to the
National Register of Historic Places, reviews federally-assisted projects for effects on historic,
architectural, and archaeological resources in Ohio, consults on the conservation of older buildings
and sites, and offers educational programs and publications.
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Contact Tom Wolf, Public Education Manager, Ohio Historic Preservation Office, (614) 298-2000, or via e-mail:
twolf@ohiohistory.org
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