
Owner, Preservation Resource, Inc.
Tampa/St. Petersburg, Florida Area

Owner, Preservation Resource, Inc.
Tampa/St. Petersburg, Florida Area
Co-founder of Preservation Resource, Inc., Ms. Peck is a historic preservation professional with over 12 years experience in preservation construction, materials conservation, compatible design, and research. She is responsible for historic building condition assessments, measured drawings, rehabilitation design, construction drawings and specifications, Design Guidelines, research, historic resource surveys and National and Local Register Nominations. Her strengths lie in her considerable construction and architecture experience coupled with her preservation education.
Recently the company has expanded its offerings to include hard to find products for owners of historic Florida homes at HistoricShed.com. Items offered include custom designed outbuildings, traditional screens doors, wood window screens, foundation lattice and garden gates. All products are designed with historically authentic details in addition to meeting Florida's climate challenges.
Historic Preservation, Cultural Resource Assessment, Design consulting, Florida historic building materials
(Consumer Goods industry)
January 2008 — Present (1 year 11 months)
Historic Shed is a manufacturer of custom designed outbuildings and accessory products for historic Florida buildings. Our outbuilding product line includes garden sheds, tools sheds, storage sheds, home offices and garages. Our accessory product line includes hard to find, traditional style wood screen doors, window screens, garden gates, foundation lattice and plate racks.
(Architecture & Planning industry)
January 2000 — Present (9 years 11 months)
Preservation Resource, Inc. was founded in January of 2000 from the merger of a historic preservation design firm and a construction company specializing in historic building renovations. The result is a full-service historic preservation consulting company with unmatched expertise in the research and sympathetic planning for the rehabilitation, restoration and related new construction for historic buildings. The company prides itself on its comprehensive knowledge of typical construction types, styles and materials common to Florida, as well as accepted preservation theory and practice. The company has been fortunate to participate in a variety of project types from initial planning through construction. Clients have included the Florida Department of Transportation, South Florida Water Management District, various municipalities, engineering firms, cultural management companies and numerous private clients.
(Educational Institution; 501-1000 employees; Education Management industry)
1997 — 1999 (2 years )
(Architecture & Planning industry)
1995 — 1997 (2 years )
(Architecture & Planning industry)
1993 — 1995 (2 years )
MFA , Historic Preservation , 1991 — 1995
Masters Thesis: "Lighting Plan for Moss Cottage, Jekyll Island, GA" 1995
BS , Building Science , 1987 — 1991
Historic Preservation, renovation, historic homes, construction, architecture, residential design, children, water sports, writing
Tampa Preservation, Inc.
Hernando County Historical Commission
National Trust for Historic Preservation
Florida Trust for Historic Preservation
Association for Preservation Technology
American Cultural Resource Association
Heritage Preservation Conservation Assessment Program
Florida Trust for Historic Preservation Organizational Achievement Award 2003
Hillsborough County Environmental Award 2001/ 2002
Tampa Preservation, Inc. Restoration/Rehabilitation Awards - 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
Tampa Preservation, Inc. Organizational Awards - 2004 & 2005
Certificate of Appreciation from the National Park Service for preservation of a National Landmark - 2005
Hillsborough County Planning Commission Merit Award - 2006
American Road and Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) Globe Environmental Award - 2007
Hillsborough County Planning Commission Award of Excellence in Historic Preservation - 2009