with Special Acknowledgement of Robert Adam, Program Director

The Preservation Carpentry Program at North Bennet Street School was started in 1986 in response to the lack of craftsmen available who knew how to accurately make repairs to historic structures.  Since its inception, the program has produced over 200 highly skilled carpenters trained in the precise methods used to build pre- twentieth century buildings.  The program curriculum involves the students with actual preservation projects for buildings owned by public agencies and non profit institutions, including the historic Shirley Eustis House in Roxbury, the Pierce House in Dorchester, Spring House in Jamaica Plain and the Hayden Building in downtown Boston.  North Bennet Street School, established in 1885 in Boston’s North End, is a conservatory of craft with training programs in cabinet making, jewelry making, violin making, bookbinding, piano technology and locksmithing, in addition to preservation carpentry.  The full time programs range in length from one to three years, and short term workshops are offered in the evenings and on weekends for many of the crafts.

Courtesy of North Bennet Street School