Danielle Keperling

Danielle Groshong-Keperling has worked full-time in the restoration industry since 2001, but her education in the traditional trades, construction industry, and historical preservation was built from an early age through her Father's work in the traditional trades and her Mother's love of historic architecture. Now, with Jonathan (an artisan craftsman in his own right), her partner in business and life, they work together to help historic building owners restore and preserve their piece of our built history.

HIDDEN GEM: Ever wonder how those old mills along the streams actually worked?

Community Preservation, Historic Preservation, Local Preservation, State Preservation / By

Last weekend, Danielle and Jonathan spent the day at the Bowmansville Roller Mill’s open house – a Lancaster County hidden gem of preservation that sits just a stone’s throw (okay, a hearty stone’s throw) from the Berk’s County line. Put together by The Historic Preservation Trust of Lancaster County, the open house occurs four times …

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How do you move an 1800's stone castle from Ohio to Texas?

Architectural & Building Character, Colonial Architecture, Uncategorized / By

You hire Reserections.  If you want to have any hope of actually moving the castle a thousand miles (without the post office, the moving company, and the airlines losing a few packages and offering you a complimentary Starbucks to say “Sorry!”). Based in Ohio, Reserections specializes in documenting, marketing, and disassembling architecturally unique historical homes. …

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Beyond the Garden Gate: A peek at the gardens of a 100 years ago

Colonial Architecture / By

If you are like me, you’ve probably often extended your musings over historic architecture to the gardens that were designed, planted, and cultivated to compliment that architecture and found yourself wondering just what the gardens of 100 years ago looked like.  If we’ve abandoned brick and stone in favor of vinyl facades, turned away from …

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HIDDEN GEM: The DOE and the postcard collection at Landis Valley museum – a surprising connection

Other Stuff / By

  What do the Department of Energy’s superconductivity and hydrogen programs have in common with a postcard collection at Landis Valley Museum? Russ Eaton.      Named Volunteer of the Year in 2011 by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission (PHMC) for his work on the postcard collection at Landis Valley Museum (administered by the PHMC), Russ …

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HIDDEN GEM: Olde Mill Lighting: An inside look at the handcrafted tinsmith process

Maintaining Historic Buildings / By

Our first “hidden gem” in our backyard for May’s National Historic Preservation Month is Olde Mill Lighting – and we were lucky enough to score an inside peek at their handcrafted smithery process.   Located on an 18th century miller’s plantation on Strasburg Pike, Olde Mill Lighting is part of a family of home enhancement …

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OFFICIAL PROCLAMATION: May is National Preservation Month!

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One of the National Trust for Historic Preservation’s programs to work towards their goal of “providing leadership, education, advocacy, and resources to save America’s diverse historic places” is the proclamation of May as National Preservation Month. As part of this program, the NTHP offers up a proclamation template that local governors and mayors can use …

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BOOK REVIEW: Architecture of Democracy

Book Reviews, Colonial Architecture, Federal Preservation, Historic Preservation, Historical Architecture / By

Architecture of Democracy  by Allan Greenberg Wrapping up our discussion on the founding of our country, we thought we recommend this book on the founding architecture of our country.  You can read more information about author Allan Greenberg at his website, a detailed article on Allan Greenberg and this book that ran in a 2007 …

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