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Eastern and Western Conferences
1985 June 14-16
Hancock Shaker Village, Pittsfield, MA
1986 May 30-June 1
Marlboro College, Marlboro, VT
November 7-9
Timberline Lodge, Mount Hood, OR
1987 June 12-14
Green Mountain College, Poultney, VT
November 6-8
Timberline Lodge, Mount Hood, OR
1988 June 9-12
Elizabethtown College, Elizabethtown, PA
November 4-6
Timberline Lodge, Mount Hood, OR
1989 May 17-21
Millersville University, Millersville, PA
October 20-22
Fort Worden, Port Townsend, WA
1990 June 14-17
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY
October 12-14
Timberline Lodge, Mount Hood, OR
1991 June 13-16
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY
October 4-6
Big Sky Resort, Big Sky, MT
1992 June 9-13
University of Guelph, Guelph, ON
November 6-8
Inn Of The Seventh Mountain, Bend, OR
1993 June 24-27
Franklin Pierce College, Rindge, NH
November 5-7
Grouse Mountain Inn, Whitefish, MT
1994 March 17-20
Fredonia Hotel, Nacogdoches, TX
November 11-13
Skamania Lodge Stevenson, WA
1995 May 25-28
College of William and Mary: Williamsburg, VA
November 3-5
Inn at Semiahmoo, Blaine, WA
1996 September 13-15
Holiday Inn, Bethlehem, PA
November 15-17
Grouse Mountain Lodge, Whitefish, MT
1997 June 20-22
University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA
October 24-26
Timberline Lodge, Mount Hood, OR
1998 July 23-26
Westfield State College (joint conference with
NESEA), Westfield, MA
1999 April 9-11
Whistler Convention Center, Whistler, BC
October 29-31
Lake Morey, Fairlee, VT
2000 April 6-9
Salishan Lodge, Gleneden Beach, OR
October 27-29
Chateau Montebello, Quebec
2001 April 12-15
Asilomar, Pacific Grove, CA
October 11-14
Canaan Valley Conference Center, Davis, WV
2002 March 7-10
Rimrock Resort, Banff, AB
November 14-17
Burlington, VT
2003 April 10-13
Asilomar, Pacific Grove, CA
October 30-November 2
Chateau Montebello, Que.
2004 April 8-11
Stanley Hotel, Estes Park, CO
Oct 28-31
Seven Springs Resort, Champion, PA
2005 April 13-17
Resort at the Mountain, Welches, OR
October 13-16
Sheraton Hotel, Burlington, VT
2006 April 20-24
Tigh-Na-Mara Lodge, Parksville, BC
November 9-12
Hotel Roanoke, VA
TTRAG (Traditional Timber Frame
and Research Advisory Group) Conferences
1992 January 24-26
Northfield Country House, Northfield, MA
1993 February 12-14
Thornfield Conference Center, Cazenovia, NY
1994 January 21-23
Hotel Bethlehem, Bethlehem, PA
1995 February 24-26
Plimoth Plantation, Plymouth, MA
1996 February 9-11
Kirkmont Center, Zanesfield, OH
1997 March 7-9
Williams Lake Resort, Rosendale, NY
1998 March 13-15
Lantern Inn, Myerstown, PA
1999 March 12-14, Wells College, Aurora, NY
2000 April 28-30, Silver Bay, NY
2001 March 16-18
Frontier Culture Museum, Staunton, WV
2002 April 12-14
Morrisburg Conference Center, Morrisburg, ON
2003 March 14-16
National Conservation Training Center, Shepherdstown, WV
2004 March 19-21
New England Center, Durham, NH
2005 March 18-20
Salt Fork Resort & Conference Center, Cambridge, OH
2006 May 12-14
Eastover Resort, Lenox, MA


Workshops, Projects, and Rendezvous
1988 October: Design Workshop: Designing the Timber Frame House. Plimoth Plantation, Plymouth, MA
November: Design Workshop: Designing the Timber Frame House. Hancock Shaker Village, Hancock, MA
1989 February: Design Workshop: Designing the Timber Frame House, the Presbyterian Camps, Saugatuck, Ml
March: Stress Grading Workshop, Millbrook, NY
March: Stress Grading Workshop, Princeton, NY
May: Habitat for Humanity: Two-House Project, York, PA
1990 June: Stress Grading Workshop, Grand Rapids, OH
September: Timber Framing Workshop: This Old House Project. Concord, MA
1991 September: Stress Grading Workshop, Heiskell, TN
October: Timber Framing Techniques, Hancock Shaker Village, Hancock, MA
1992 February: Hip and Valley Workshop, Heiskell, TN
May: Hip and Valley Workshop, Everson, WA
June: Guelph Bridge, Guelph, ON
August: Russian Boat Building Apprenticeshop, St. Petersburg, Russia
April-October: Ameriflora Victory Garden Project, Columbus, OH
1993 October: Russian Boat Building Apprenticeshop, 2nd trip, St. Petersburg, Russia
1994 August: French Scribe Pavilion Workshop and Rendezvous, Penetanguishene, ON
September: Malabar Farm Barn Raising, Malabar Farm State Park, Mansfield, OH
March: Sterne Park Gazebo Workshop, Nacogdoches, TX
June: Franklin Pierce College Pavilion, Rindge, NH
1995 May: Lone Mountain Ranch Pavilion Workshop, Big Sky, MT
July-August: Driftwood Boathouse Workshop and Rendezvous, Greene's Island, ME
August-September: Ste. Marie-Among-the-Iroquois Museum Workshop, Syracuse, NY
September-October: Design Retreat, Bucksteep Manor, Washington, MA
October: Ronald McDonald House Timber Frame Workshop, Bend, OR
1996 March: Friendship Pavilion Workshop, Tyler and Nacogdoches, TX
April: Design Workshop, Bloomington Convention Center, Bloomington, IN
July: Dolly Copp Pavilion Project and Rendezvous, White Mountain National Forest, Pinkham Notch, NH
1997 April: Trebuchet Workshop, VMI Campus, Lexington, VA
June: Medieval English Cottage Workshop, Royalston, MA
September: Compound Joinery Workshop, Arboles, CO
1998 January: Compound Joinery Workshop, Floyd, VA
March: Children's Garden Pavilion Workshop, Nacogdoches, TX
April: Effinger Community Gazebo Project and Rendezvous, Lexington, VA
August: St. Peter's Steeple Workshop, Restoration and Traditional Building, Greensboro Bend, VT
September: Crawford Barn Raising, Frazeyburg, OH
September: Franklin Park Theater, Loudoun County, VA
November: Compound Joinery Workshop
The Cascade Joinery, Everson, WA
1999 March: Project Horizon, Lexington, VA
April: COLTS Woodshop Raising, Huffman, TX
October: Compound Joinery, Fairlee, VT
2000 January: Compound Joinery, Palomar College, San Marcos, CA
February: Rope Skills & Knowledge, Saugerties, NY
May: Timber Framed Trail Shelters, Scott Farm Trail Work Center, Carlisle, PA
May: Robertson Post Windmill, Kendalville, IN
July: Gould Farm Work Barn, Monterey, MA
August: Airport Terminal, Whitefield, NH
2001 March: Inland Fisheries Center, Etxas Parks & Wildlife, Athens, TX
May: Square rule timber framing, Slate Run Historic
farm, Columbus, OH
June-July: Smithsonian Folklife Festival, Masters of the
Building Arts (Cutting and raising of a frame), Washington, DC
August: Osprey Pavilion, Troy, MT
September: Kicking Horse River Covered Bridge, Golden, BC
2002 April: Traditional English Scribe Workshop with Peter McCurdy and Jack Sobon, Lenox, MA
April & July: Cuvilly Barn Survey, Dismantling, Repair & Raising, Danvers and Ipswich, MA
May: Northfield Mount Hermon School Barn Raising, Gill, MA
May-June: Bennett Field Trail Shelter with Preservation Trades Network, Brooklyn, NY
May-June: Marine Gateway Center and Torii Gate, Sechelt, BC
June: Straw-Clay Enclosure for Timber Frames, Cummington, MA
April, July: Historic Barn Surveying-dismantling-repair-raising, Ipswich, MA
September: Forest Gateway Visitors' Center, North Woodstock, NH
2003 April: Japanese Carpentry: Teahouse. Pacific Grove, CA
June: Phelps Barn Restoration and Repair, Elmwood, IL
August: The Mountain School. Vershire, VT
September: Russell Colbath Homestead Visitor Center, Woodstock, NH
September-October: Lake Vermillion Observation Tower, Danville, IL
October: Botanical Society of the Ozarks Barn, Fayetteville, AR
2004 January-April: Spring Field Exercise: Cannon Carriages Lexington, VA and Fort Sumter, SC
March-April Demonstration frame and cannon carriage, Masters of the Building Arts Festival, Charleston, SC
April-May: Timber Framing for the Texas Inland Fisheries Center, Tyler, TX
May: Stablizing, Assessing, and Dismantling Historic Structures, Blood Farm, Westmoreland, NH
July: Appropriate and Authentic Repair of Historic Structures
Pisgah State Park, Winchester, NH
August: Julia Davis Park Pavilion, Boise, ID
September: Historic Truss Workshop with Jan Lewandoski and Ed Levin, Windsor, VT
September: Gewerbe Akademie Three-Week Workshop, Rottweil, Germany
2005 January: Advanced Timber Framing, Gewerbe Akademie, Rottweil, Germany
March-April: Ferry Farm Pavilion, Fredericksburg, VA
April: Salem Rotary Centennial Pavilion, Salem OR
May: Professional Development Workshop, Knoxville, IL
June: Selman Memorial Pavilion, Angola, IN
July: Northmoor Trust office (with the Carpenters Fellowship), Abingdon, U.K.
August-November: Visitor Center, Central Suriname Nature Preserve (Conservation International), Suriname
2006 January: Bus Shelter, Brattleboro, Vt. with Building a Better Brattleboro and Windham County Career Center (H.S.)
July-August: Farm and Wilderness Camp Dairy Barn, Plymouth, VT
July-August: Professional Development workshop, Brattleboro and Plymouth, VT
September: Carriage Hill MetroPark Farm 19th century barn reconstruction, Dayton, OH
September: Nidoto Nai Yoni ("Let it not happen again"), Japanese-American Memorial, Bainbridge Island, WA
October: Long Island Seaport and Eco-Center Bayles Boat Shed, Port Jefferson, NY


Guild Directors
1985-1986
Jim Benson
Randy Hager
Robert Laporte
Ed Levin
Chris Madigan
Dennis Marcom
John Reed
Ken Rower
Jack Sobon
1986-1987
Jim Benson
Steve Chapell
Robert Laporte
Ed Levin
Jack Sobon
Chris Madigan
Dennis Marcom
John Reed
Ken Rower
1987-1988
Jeff Arvin
Tedd Benson
Ben Brungraber
Steve Chappell
Rudy Christian
Ed Levin
John Reed
Ken Rower
Jack Sobon
1988-1989
Jeff Arvin
Tedd Benson
Ben Brungraber
Rudy Christian
Bruce Gardner
Charles Landau
Ed Levin
John Libby
John Reed
1989-1990
Jeff Arvin
Tedd Benson
Ben Brungraber
Rudy Christian
Charles Landau
Ed Levin
John Libby
Bruce Gardner
John Reed
1990-1991
Jeff Arvin
Tedd Benson
Ben Brungraber
Rudy Christian
Bruce Gardner
Ed Levin
Mack Magee
Scott Murray
Charles Landau
1991-1992
Merle Adams
Bruce Gardner
Charles Landau
Mack Magee
Joel McCarty
Scott Murray
Jonathan Orpin
Nancy Wilkins
Mark Witter
1992-1993
Merle Adams
Will Beemer
Jake Jacob
Doug Lukian
Joel McCarty
Scott Murray
Jonathan Orpin
Nancy Wilkins
Mark Witter
1993-1994
Will Beemer
Sandy Bennett
Chlistine Benson
Jake Jacob
Doug Lukian
Joel McCarty
Scott Murray
Nancy Wilkins
Mark Witter
1994-1995
Will Beemer
Sandy Bennett
Christine Benson
Tim Chauvin
Rudy Christian
Doug Lukian
Joel McCarty
John Palmer
Mark Witter
1995-1996
Will Beemer
Sandy Bennett
Tim Chauvin
Rudy Christian
Jake Jacob
Doug Lukian
Joel McCarty
John Palmer
Andrea Warchaizer
1996-1997
Will Beemer
Sandy Bennett
Tim Chauvin
Rudy Christian
Jake Jacob
Joel McCarty
John Palmer
Tom Southworth
Andrea Warchaizer
1997-1998
Will Beemer
Sandy Bennett
Tim Chauvin
Rudy Christian
Jake Jacob
Joel McCarty
John Palmer
Tom Southworth
Andrea Warchaizer
1998-1999
Will Beemer
Sandy Bennett
Tim Chauvin
Jake Jacob
John MacFarland
Joel McCarty
John Palmer
Tom Southworth
Andrea Warchaizer
1999-2000
Sandy Bennett
Rudy Christian
John MacFarland
Chris Madigan
Grigg Mullen
John Palmer
Tom Southworth
Andrea Warchaizer
Donna Williams
2000-2001
Sandy Bennett
Rudy Christian
John MacFarland
Chris Madigan
Grigg Mullen
John Palmer
Tom Southworth
Andrea Warchaizer
Donna Williams
1999-2000
Arvel Aldridge
Sandy Bennett
Rudy Christian
John MacFarland
Chris Madigan
Grigg Mullen
Tom Southworth
Andrea Warchaizer
Donna Williams
2002-2003
Sandy Bennett
Tim Chauvin
Rudy Christian
John MacFarland
Chris Madigan
Grigg Mullen
Dick Schmidt
Tom Southworth
Donna Williams
2003-2004
Sandy Bennett
Laura Brown
Leon Buckwalter
Tim Chauvin
Rudy Christian
John MacFarland
Chris Madigan
Curtis Milton
Dick Schmidt
2004-2005
Brenda Baker
Laura Brown
Leon Buckwalter
Tim Chauvin
Rudy Christian
Rick Collins
Curtis Milton
Grigg Mullen
Dick Schmidt
2005-2006
Al Anderson
Brenda Baker
Laura Brown
Leon Buckwalter
Rudy Christian
Rick Collins
Gordon Macdonald
Curtis Milton
Grigg Mullen
2006-2007
Al Anderson
Brenda Baker
Laura Brown
Leon Buckwalter
Rudy Christian
Rick Collins
Gordon Macdonald
Curtis Milton
Grigg Mullen
2007-2008
Al Anderson
Brenda Baker, Pres.
Leon Buckwalter
Rudy Christian
Rick Collins
Chris Gunn
Gordon Macdonald
Curtis Milton
Grigg Mullen
Sculpture Sculpture at a conference site.

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Effinger Effinger gazebo project.

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