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🔗Architectural Conservation Intern
Website Culture & Heritage Museums of York County
The Culture & Heritage Museums (CHM) is a family of museums in York County, South Carolina, which includes Historic Brattonsville, McCelvey Center, Museum of York County, and Main Street Children's Museum in Rock Hill. CHM strives to create a community that greatly values natural, historic, and cultural resources by communicating and preserving the histories of the Carolina Piedmont through its sites. Historic Brattonsville is an open-air living history museum located on an 800-acre tract in south-central York County. The museum is comprised of over forty structures--fourteen original structures and ruins, as well as thirty-three, relocated or reconstructed structures. Since 1963, York County has worked to preserve and present the history of the Carolina Piedmont as portrayed through the structures, landscapes, and stories of the Brattonsville community.
The Culture & Heritage Museums of York County, South Carolina seeks qualified candidates for the 2025 summer field season at Historic Brattonsville, a National Register Historic District. The participant would ideally begin their six-week internship on June 9, 2025 and it will conclude on July 18, 2025.
Historic Brattonsville’s Preservation Program preserves and maintains over forty structures on the 800-acre historic site. The intern will learn about the architectural history, building technology, and preservation issues of the Carolina Piedmont through the structures at Historic Brattonsville. The intern will assist the Preservation/Restoration Specialist in performing a variety of tasks relating to the documentation and preservation of our historic buildings. We are currently restoring the interior of the Brattonsville Female Seminary (c. 1766, remodeled c. 1840). The internship would consist of hands-on work in this building, primarily woodwork restoration, carpentry, and painting. The intern would also have the opportunity to perform paint analysis to determine the original interior finishes at the Homestead House (1826, expanded c. 1840 and 1854) if this is aligned with their interests and/or projected career path. Other preservation/maintenance tasks may be assigned.
This is an excellent opportunity to get hands-on experience in the field of historic preservation. The participant should be comfortable working in the heat and from ladders and scaffolding. Current students and recent graduates in historic preservation are encouraged to apply.