The historic preservation offices of Covington and Bellevue are searching for historic homes and commercial buildings or owners and tenants who are interested in talking about their experience with their historic homes or buildings for an educational film.
The film will focus on historic preservation in Northern Kentucky and will begin filming in June. Chosen submissions will be filmed and included in the final video, which will be shared online and will be used to educate people throughout the region, says Beth Johnson, preservation and planning specialist for the City of Covington.
“This project will make people look at the buildings and appreciate them in a different way,” Johnson says. “When you live in a historic district, you see these buildings every day and take them for granted.”
Johnson has already received numerous submissions. “People are in love with their historic buildings and take pride in their community,” she says.
This is the second video that the Covington and Bellevue historic preservation offices have collaborated on. The first video,
“Historic Preservation: Saving Place,” was produced in 2011 and narrated by Nick Clooney. It won the 2012
Ida Lee Willis Memorial Foundation Preservation Award and the 2012
National Alliance for Preservation Commission Excellence in Public Outreach/Advocacy.
The second video is a continuation of the first, but it includes more education. The first was a basic introduction to historic preservation, Johnson says.
Both films were funded by the
Certifiable Local Governments grant.
All historic homes and commercial buildings in Covington, Newport and Bellevue are eligible to be included in the video.The focus of the video is on the architecture of Northern Kentucky, including Greek revival, Italianate, Queen Anne, second empire, colonial revival, four square and craftsman/bungalow style.
To submit your home or building, send interior and exterior photos of it to
[email protected] by 4:30 p.m. May 13.
By Caitlin Koenig
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