A group of Ball State University students are working to document the historic preservation efforts of the Indiana Territory Capitol Building in Vincennes, Ind.

The students, from the College of Architecture and Planning, will arrive at the site at 11 a.m. April 8. They will photograph and take measurements of the original materials used to construct the building.

The capitol, which was built in 1805 and is Indiana's oldest government building, just had its siding removed and its owner, the Division of State Museum and Historic Sites, Indiana Department of Natural Resources (DNR), is working to stabilize the structure.

Together with another DNR division, Historic Preservation and Archaeology, the State Museum and Historic Sites has retained the Ball State Center for Historic Preservation to prepare a historic structures report on the capitol, as a guide for restoration decisions.

Students working on the project are Robert Bettis, Jennifer Brewer, Don Burden, Jacob Morris and Mary Wasilewski.
 
Funds for this project have been provided by the U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, as administered by the Indiana Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology, and the Indiana Department of Natural Resources, State Museum and Historic Sites.

Ball State's Center for Historic Preservation, established in 2004, is a community outreach arm of the Department of Architecture in the College of Architecture and Planning.
 
Contacts:

• Susan Lankford, project coordinator, (765) 213-3540, ext. 228
• Steve Kennedy, grants manager, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology, (317) 232-1646 
• Laura Minzes, deputy director, Division of State Museum and Historic Sites, (317) 232-0069