2006 US/ICOMOS Interns at Jekyll Island

Lenard  Wilson (Jamaica)
and
Calvin Hall (Jamaica)
Jekyll Island Museum
Jekyll Island, Georgia

Right:  Don Jones (US/ICOMOS Director of Programs, back row left) with the US/ICOMOS Interns and Falmouth Heritage Renewal team.  Lenard Wilson (middle left, seated) and Calvin Hall right front, standing) worked at Jekyll Island in Spring 2006.

Through a grant from the Dorothy-Ann Foundation, US/ICOMOS initiated a new internship exchange in the Caribbean.  In Fall 2005, two U.S. interns spent 8 weeks working with Falmouth Heritage Renewal.  In Spring 2006, two Jamaica interns from Falmouth spent 8 weeks working with the Jekyll Island Museum in Georgia. Click here to read about the US interns in Jamaica.

Jekyll Island Club, the centerpiece of the Jekyll Island Club National Historic Landmark District

This exchange was funded through a grant from the Dorothy-Ann Foundation with additional support from private donors.
Jekyll Island Museum, Jekyll Island, Georgia

The Jekyll Island Museum served as the host organization for Lenard Wilson's and Calvin Hall's internship in the United States.  Located on the Atlantic Coast of the southeastern U.S., Jekyll Island has been home to or visited by numerous groups, including Native Americans, English colonists, and French privateers.  In the late 19th century, the island became the exclusive retreat of members of the Jekyll Island Club, some of the wealthiest and most prominent families in the U.S.  Today, the Jekyll Island Club National Historic Landmark District is a 240-acre, riverfront compound and one of the largest on-going restoration projects in the Southeastern United States.

Lenard and Calvin spent most of the internship restoring the servant's porch on the Hollybourne Cottage (c. 1890), removing old paint, repairing the lattic work, and rebuilding the stairs with new stringers.  Amy Hollis, Jekyll Island's Historic Resources Manager, served as the intern supervisor, remarking "They are extremely skilled craftsmen.  I do not often see such professional behavior at their age."

Lattice work on the Hollybourne Cottage

 

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U.S. Internships in Jamaica

 

The US/ICOMOS International Intern Exchange Program is funded by a variety sources.  Each of the host organizations in the U.S. contributed funds that cover a substantial portion of the costs for interns from overseas.  Grants from private foundations and individual donors supported the internships for U.S. preservationists traveling overseas, with additional support from some of the overseas host organizations.  The 2005 overseas internships were supported by the Dorothy-Ann Foundation, Marpat Foundation, Keepers Fund for Historic Preservation, Samuel H. Kress Foundation, Trust for Mutual Understanding, and contributions from numerous individuals.