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Updated · NPR · May 18New Hampshire Program Teaches High Schoolers Centuries-Old Building Restoration Skills
7 articles · Updated · NPR · May 18
- New Hampshire students are learning historic building restoration techniques through a program aimed at high schoolers.
- Centuries-old U.S. buildings need specialized repair methods that many modern tradespeople have not been taught.
- The training passes on older construction and preservation skills to a younger workforce, helping fill a gap in maintaining historic structures.
Will youth apprenticeships in historic trades make preserving old buildings more affordable for the average homeowner? As legal battles protect landmarks, is America training enough young artisans to actually save its architectural treasures? Can reviving centuries-old building techniques offer sustainable solutions for the future of modern construction?