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.

Preservationist vs. revisionist history – is there a time and a place for both?

Architectural & Building Character, Community Preservation, Federal Preservation, Historic Preservation, Historic Restoration, Local Preservation, Preservation Musings / By

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 …

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Thaddeus Kosciuszko National Memorial

Maintaining Historic Buildings, Projects / By

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 …

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Trekking through Women's History with Heritage Trails

Community Preservation, Federal Preservation, Feminist History, Historic Preservation, Local Preservation, State Preservation, Women in Preservation, Women's History / By

One of the more intriguing interpretative strategies we read about during our research into expanding historic preservation to include women’s history was the use of heritage trails.  By now, we are all familiar with heritage trails – those walking and driving journeys around to different historic sites that historical commissions, museums, public agency, community organizations, …

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Resources for Further Study into Preserving Women's History

Women in Preservation, Women's History / By

The following is an excellent list of resources for further reading and study into the effective inclusion of women’s history into historical preservation.  It is by no means comprehensive, but we found great value in reading the following and hope you will too.  Most of them require nothing more than a click (or a few) …

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How does it become "history" so fast?

Architectural & Building Character, Federal Preservation, Historic Restoration, Wood & Millwork / By

One of the most rewarding things about historic restoration and preservation is constantly learning about new things and new places.  Last week, we learned that we have a National Postal Museum in a former Post Office building in Washington D.C. The National Postal Museum is a Smithsonian museum in Washinton, D.C. residing in the old …

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