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Spencer Quoted by Residents of College Heights Area at City Council Meeting

Professor of Historic Preservation Michael Spencer was quoted by residents at an October Fredericksburg City Council meeting regarding the suburban College Heights area and its uniqueness for lessons in historic preservation. The article, titled “College Heights residents lobby for creation of conservation district,” which ran in the Fredericksburg Free Press, highlights Spencer’s remarks regarding the […]

Spencer Speaks on the Preservation Work of J.J. Ballentine

J.J. Ballentine was the first president of the Historic Fredericksburg Foundation, Inc. and according to a 2016 article about him by Michael Spencer, an associate professor of Historic Preservation at the University of Mary Washington, he worked to preserve the City’s historic buildings by “implementing a revolving fund program that purchased properties beginning with the […]