Richard Grubb and Associates

10/28/2025

You can still register for Landslide in Action: The Legacy of Two Major Campus Protests. This FREE webinar explores two remarkable uprisings, one at Fisk University in Nashville, TN in 1924-1925, and one at Gallaudet University in Washington, D.C. in 1988, that resulted in monumental changes for deaf and African American students. Robbie D. Jones, a principal senior architectural historian in our Nashville office, is one of the presenters for Fisk University.

Register now at the link in bio. Webinar to take place over Zoom on Wednesday, Oct. 29 from 12:00 pm—1:15 pm eastern.

https://www.tclf.org/legacy-two-major-campus-protests

03/13/2025

𝗥𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗚𝗿𝘂𝗯𝗯 𝗔𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝘀 𝗦𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝘁 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱

As a trusted voice in the Cultural Resources Management field for over 35 years, Rich is looking forward to sharing his expertise and experience at several prestigious events this year. Here’s a look at where you can catch him:

1️⃣ 𝘊𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘊𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘙𝘦𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘈𝘴𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯’𝘴 1𝘴𝘵 𝘈𝘯𝘯𝘶𝘢𝘭 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦
Rich will be presenting “The American Cultural Resources Association: A Model for Canada” at the conference held at the Toronto Airport Marriott on March 15th.

2️⃣ 𝘛𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘈𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘈𝘯𝘯𝘶𝘢𝘭 𝘛𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦
At Harrah’s in Atlantic City, Rich will moderate a panel discussion on “Building Bridges Early: How Student Involvement Shapes Future Engineers and Strengthens Firms.” The session takes place on April 16th.

3️⃣ 𝘚𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘵𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘈𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘈𝘳𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘦𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘺 𝘈𝘯𝘯𝘶𝘢𝘭 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦
From April 23-27th in Denver, Colorado, Rich will be a panelist in the session “United States Archaeology at Crossroads Part 2: Recognizing Failures and Addressing Obstacles” on April 26th. Society for American Archaeology

4️⃣ 𝘍𝘦𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘈𝘳𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘦𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘔𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘌𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘺𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘈𝘯𝘯𝘶𝘢𝘭 𝘔𝘦𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨
Representing the American Cultural Resources Association (ACRA), Rich will speak at the annual meeting in York, UK, on June 28th. The event will take place at the historic Merchant Taylor’s Hall, with special guest ACRA’s Executive Director, Amanda Stratton, also delivering a presentation. American Cultural Resources Association - ACRA

Stay tuned for more updates on these and other events!

03/28/2024

RGA is grateful to be working with Renee Williams and other descendants of the Moore family in documenting this important African American landmark in West Tennessee. We are undertaking archival research and a GPR survey of the Moore Chapel Church Cemetery to locate over 80 unmarked burials and the former site of a one-room chapel and school. Established by formerly enslaved persons in 1870, the 200-acre property is a rare African American Tennessee Century Farm. The project is funded with a grant from the Tennessee Historical Commission.

A grant-funded project aims to reestablish the African American presence on Tennessee's cultural landscape.

02/16/2024

RGA is thrilled to be a sponsor for the first annual Archaeological Society of New Jersey conference happening this weekend! Registration is still open, and day of/onsite registration is welcome. We are excited to see everyone!

Check out the ASNJ website to learn more about the organization and the conference including registration details, and the full conference program. https://www.asnj.org

01/26/2024

Last night, RGA’s very own Kristen Herrick presented the most recent updates to the Cranbury Township Historic Sites Survey at an open meeting hosted by the Cranbury Historic Preservation Commission. This highly attended event saw Kristen skillfully describe the entire process, from Phase I to III, and explain why the work is important for both township planning and historic preservation. The feedback was overwhelmingly positive, and everyone learned something new.

Kristen, a Senior Architectural Historian at RGA, has added a contribution that stands out among our long list of cultural resource projects in Cranbury–where our headquarters calls home! Please join us in extending our gratitude and congratulations to Kristen for her outstanding survey, presentation, and unwavering commitment to architectural history. Here’s to many more years of working with the Cranbury Township HPC!

01/15/2024

Richard Grubb & Associates wishes to commemorate Martin Luther King Jr. Day by sharing an update on the Nashville Civil Rights Movement Documentation Project. In January 2023, the Metro Nashville Historical Commission contracted RGA to prepare an NRHP Multiple Property Documentation Form for Nashville's Civil Rights Movement from 1942-1969 along with an NRHP nomination for the Clark Memorial Methodist Church Complex containing three buildings associated with the movement. The project was funded, in part, by the National Park Service through an African American Civil Rights Grant from the Historic Preservation Fund.

The project documented 205 properties, including 112 that are still standing. Of these, 67 were recommended potentially eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places - NPS, including the Clark Memorial United Methodist Church, which hosted James Lawson's legendary nonviolent, direct-action workshops where students trained for the sit-ins, such as Diane Nash, Bernard Lafayette, and John Lewis. Clark Memorial served as the "cradle" of the Nashville Student Movement, which inspired people throughout the country, including Martin Luther King Jr., seen here in 1960 speaking at Fisk University the day after the home of local civil rights leader Z. Alexander Looby was bombed.

RGA also documented Nashville's pivotal role in creating the music of the movement, supporting the 1961 Freedom Rides, and establishing other movement centers such as the Highlander Folk School in Monteagle, Tennessee. Nashville was also headquarters for national civil rights organizations such as the Race Relations Institute at Fisk University.

During the yearlong project, RGA led public engagement efforts, including communication with over 90 people throughout the U.S. that were associated with the movement, interviews with 13 veterans of the Nashville Student Movement, participation in local community events, and coordination of two public gatherings at Black churches that played pivotal roles in the movement.

RGA's team included Carolyn Brackett, Sydney Schoof, Natalie Bell, Drew Mahan, and project manager Robbie D. Jones, who presented results of the project at three public meetings and a conference in Oklahoma City. The MPDF and NRHP nomination are under review by the Tennessee Historical Commissionand NPS. The final documents will be published later this year.

10/13/2023

RGA Architectural Historian Drew Mahan is documenting the Edgehill neighborhood in South Nashville for his masters thesis at Goucher College. He is sharing his research through social media as part of the work. Most of the places he is researching are gone, but their fascinating stories live on through Drew's hard work. We encourage you to go "like" his page and check it out. Share with friends who may be interested.

10/03/2023

This weekend, RGA staff participated in the Tennessee Archaeology Day event organized by the Tennessee Council for Professional Archaeology. Held at Bells Bend Park in Nashville, RGA cosponsored the public event and provided a Cave Art activity for children of all ages to enjoy. Over 400 people attended Archaeology Day to learn about the rich history of Tennessee's cultural resources. RGA had a blast at this year's event and we look forward to participating again next year!

08/09/2023

RGA recently participated in the Transportation Research Board AME60 Committee on Historic and Archaeological Preservation in Transportion's conference in Oklahoma City. The conference was attended by over 80 historic preservation transportation professionals from across the U.S., including leaders from the FHWA, FRA, FTA, and ACHP.

Hosted by the Oklahoma Department of Transportation at the historic Skirvin Hotel, the three-day conference included workshops, research and policy updates, and an all-day study tour of Route 66, the 1898 Arcadia Round Barn, and the Territorial Capital of Guthrie, Oklahoma. A highlight of the tour was inspecting the rehabilitation of the historic Bridgeport Bridge, a nearly one-mile-long, 38-span Camelback Pony Truss Bridge along Route 66.

RGA's principal senior architectural historian Robbie Jones of Nashville was one of the conference speakers. His presentation on documenting Civil Rights Movement March Routes as linear transportation resources featured march routes that he has evaluated for projects in Alabama, Kentucky, and Tennessee, as well as case studies in California and New York. The presentation tied in with RGA's current project to document Nashville's Civil Rights Movement resources, including march routes.

07/27/2023

WJTV 12 News featured Ellen Turco, RGA’s North Carolina Branch Manager, and Heather Denne, Jackson State University's Director of Community Engagement, while RGA conducted conservation and restoration work in the National Register-listed Mount Olive Cemetery in Jackson, Mississippi. Mississippi State University (MSU) professors Dr. Jordan Lynton Cox and Dr. Anna Osterholz visited the cemetery with a group of undergraduate students to learn about the Mt. Olive Cemetery restoration project. Cox and Osterholtz are co-principal investigators on a documentation and preservation project at a historic Black Cemetery on the MSU campus in Starkville. Cobb Institute of Archaeology, Mississippi State University National Park Service Mississippi Department of Archives & History

https://www.wjtv.com/news/local-news/jackson-state-kicks-off-restoration-project-for-historic-cemetery/

07/12/2023

Hiding in plain sight, history is being uncovered in Jackson, Mississippi!

Jackson State University (JSU) has contracted with Richard Grubb and Associates to restore and conserve the historic gravemarkers and monuments in the National Register-listed Mt. Olive Cemetery. Mt. Olive Cemetery, located on JSU’s campus, is one of 12 resources comprising the proposed Lynch Street Historic District and illustrates this vibrant hub of African American social, commercial, and political importance in Mississippi’s capital city. Burials include distinguished community leaders, such as Ida Revels Redmond, daughter of Hiram Rhodes Revels, the first Black person elected to the U.S. Senate. Redmond was married to prominent entrepreneur Dr. Sidney D. Redmond, and mother of Sydney Revels Redmond, a lawyer for the NAACP. RGA’s conservation rock at Mt. Olive is funded by a HBCU grant from the National Park Service.

Working in the cemetery in June ahead of the sweltering afternoon sun, committed RGA cemetery technicians pause for the camera after cutting away invasive bushes from the mausoleum of Maggie Perkins (1889-1932). They are (front l. to r.) Eric Blue, Patty Patterson, (rear l. to r.) Quay Glover, and Carlos Gooden.

Jackson State University Mississippi Department of Archives & History National Park Service American Institute for Conservation