Last week, Prof. Ward brought his students for a behind the scenes tour of the Warren Lasch Conservation Lab. The facility is home to the famous C.S.S Hunley, a Civil War submarine rediscovered and salvaged from the Charleston harbor, which is currently undergoing conservation and research work at the lab.
Warren Lasch Lab is currently looking for student interns with an interest in conservation to take part in interpretation, archaeology, CAD drawing,and 3-D surface mapping projects.

Prof. Butler’s Building Pathology class took a trip to Historic Charleston Foundation’s Salvage and Sustainability Warehouse on upper Meeting Street, where Will Hamilton gave an introduction and a tour of the facility and artifacts. The warehouse holds a collection of rare pieces reserved for research and study, including a colonial stone mile marker, Greek Revival pocket door with original hardware, and interior paneling. The rest of the collection is for sale to home owners and contractors looking for period accurate pieces to install in their projects. The collection includes mantels, paneling, wood trim, plaster, tin signs and ceiling tiles, windows, doors, and even historic hardware, or varying conditions.