HistoriCorps: Poston Post Confinement Camp, AZ

This season, we’re honored to partner with the Poston Community Alliance to preserve a site significant to Asian-American history.

SESSION DATES: February 15–20, February 22–27, and March 1–6

CAPACITY PER SESSION: 7 Volunteers + 1 Kitchen Helper

PROJECT SUPERVISOR: Sarah Mees

ASSISTANT PROJECT SUPERVISOR: Jack Spano

SCOPE OF WORK:

HistoriCorps is committed to educating and training volunteers in preservation skills, with an overarching mission of inspiring a preservation ethic in all those involved. Learning and working alongside expert HistoriCorps field staff and other volunteers while applying the traditional skills necessary to restore the Poston Post Confinement Camp (with a focus on Buildings 6 & 8), you will assist with the following roof-related tasks:

• Reinforce the overall structure through top plate replacement. 

• Demolish non-original rooms to preserve the historic character of the building.

• Reconstruct canopies to reinforce overhead shelter structures. Items to be addressed include posts and beams, with new decking and joists being installed.

• Install new decking to enhance the building exterior and secure existing decking to preserve its pristine condition.

• Sister existing roof joints to improve structural integrity.

• Reconstruct collapsed adobe walls to stabilize and hold in place the overall structure.

• Paint building and canopies to transform the exterior experience.

Please note: Tasks vary by day and by week, depending on a variety of factors including: weather, project priorities, previous groups’ work, and more. Though it is likely you will get to learn and practice most or all of the above tasks, it is not guaranteed. The higher percentage of the scope a particular task is, the more likely you will get to practice it.

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