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 …
Beyond the Garden Gate: A peek at the gardens of a 100 years ago Read More »
Is there anything more iconic to early American life than wagons? Perhaps. And it just might be the Gruber Wagon Works in Bern Township, Berks County. Most of us are aware of just how important wagons and wheels were to early American life. Wagons carried travelers and cargo up and down the East Coast on …
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 …
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 …
HIDDEN GEM: Olde Mill Lighting: An inside look at the handcrafted tinsmith process Read More »
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 …
OFFICIAL PROCLAMATION: May is National Preservation Month! Read More »
In the summer of 2011, the tower at Independence Hall was bared to the bones for the first time since it was added in 1828. In a restoration project for the National Park Service (NPS), contractors bared the face level of the tower down to the structural framing. The NPS has a detailed write-up of …
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 …
Since I put last month’s e-newsletter to bed (obligatory you can sign up here) yesterday morning (hey, that e-newsletter is one wild party animal on the weekends), I’ve started researching this month’s snail-mail newsletter (another obligatory you can sign up for that one here). We’re delving into the history at Independence National Park in Philadelphia since it’s fresh …
Preservationist vs. revisionist history – is there a time and a place for both? Read More »
What the house looked like before theNational Park Service preserved itas a memorial to Thaddeus Kousciuszko We recently completed a restoration project at the Thaddeus Kosciuszko National Memorial at Independence National Historic Park in Philadelphia. Kosciuszko was a Polish freedom fighter who played an integral role in our Revolutionary War by engineering forts and defense …
THE WOMEN OF HISTORIC RESTORATIONS, c. 2012 From the Left: Katie, Lois, Karri, and Danielle With all our posts, articles, education, and discussion on Women’s History month, would you have expected any less of us? Of course not! And we are always happy to meet (and then exceed!) expectations. So without further ado, let’s bring …
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