Key to that
effort so far has been a commitment of $ 12,000 and a staff leader to head the preservation
effort by Cornell Cooperative Extension Service of Rockland County, headquartered in Thiells; and Rockland County BOCES, which has committed its vocational education home building students to the
actual work
effort, as
part of a new construction major in historic restoration and preservation instead of concentrating solely
on new construction techniques, their emphasis for the past half - century.