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Practical Preservation Podcast featuring David Trowbridge of the app Clio

David Trowbridge from the Clio app joined the Practical Preservation podcast to discuss his Wikipedia-like local history depository. The Clio app began as a classroom project and has grown to over 32,000 historical entries with 5,000 daily users! Users can add local history sites, walking tours, source documents, and an augmented reality time capsule entry …

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The Importance of Maintaining Your Historical House

Leave a Comment / Architectural & Building Character, Community Preservation, Help for Historic Home Owners, Historic Preservation, Historic Restoration, Maintaining Historic Buildings / By Danielle Keperling

Historical buildings and houses are artifacts of the past, a visible connection to our history, and require a certain level of care beyond the basic seasonal maintenance you would perform on a newer home or building – inspecting the roof, cleaning the gutters, exterior repairs to damage caused by weather and age, as well as …

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Practical Preservation Podcast featuring Gina Douty of Gina M Douty, Historic Preservation Consulting

Leave a Comment / Community Preservation, Historic Preservation, Historic Preservation Tax Incentives, Historic Rehabilitation, Practical Preservation Podcast / By Danielle Keperling

Gina Douty joined the Practical Preservation podcast to share with us her over 30 years of historic preservation experience. Having worked in both the public and private sectors she brings a variety of experiences and knowledge to the discussion (we had a great conversation after we finished the recording about her early experiences as a …

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Practical Preservation Podcast featuring Chad Martin from Partners for Sacred Places

Leave a Comment / Community Preservation, Historic Rehabilitation, Practical Preservation Podcast, Preservation and Restoration Case Studies / By Danielle Keperling

Chad Martin from Partners for Sacred Places met with me to discuss the work he does helping to preserve religious buildings from demolition through adaptive reuse and the creation of community resources. Some of the topics we discussed include: The economic impact of preservation. How the work Partners for Sacred Places allows congregations and parishes …

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Preservation in Progress: Wilmington Public Library

Community Preservation, Historic Preservation Projects, Historic Restoration, Local Preservation, Preservation in Progress, Wood Restoration / By Danielle Keperling

We recently completed a restoration project of some truly massive doors at the Wilmington Public Library in Delaware. The library was built in 1922 with the bold shapes and lavish ornaments of the Art Deco style of architecture popular at that time. We restored a pair 22’6’ tall, 10-panel White Oak and Mahogany pocket doors. …

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Preservation in Progress: Historic Porch Restoration at the Harris-Cameron Mansion in Harrisburg, PA

Colonial Architecture, Community Preservation, Historic Restoration, Historical Architecture, Maintaining Historic Buildings, Preservation in Progress / By Danielle Keperling

History of the Harris-Cameron Mansion in Harrisburg, PA In the early 1700′s, Harrisburg’s founder John Harris Sr. immigrated to the area from Yorkshire, England after receiving a land grant. When he first arrived, Harris Sr. built a homestead on the bank of the Susquehanna River and established a trading post, and then a successful ferry business …

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How Complete Restorations Happen: A Case Study of the Mylin House

Colonial Architecture, Community Preservation, Historic Preservation, Historic Preservation Projects, Historic Restoration, Historic Wood Windows, Historical Architectural Styles, Historical Architecture, Late Victorian Period, Maintaining Historic Buildings, Preservation in Progress, Products Materials and Methods, Uncategorized / By Danielle Keperling

The Mylin House project was a complete interior restoration project that we had been very much looking forward to doing. The Willow Valley Retirement Community hired Historic Restorations to restore the first floor of both the original farmhouse and the addition to use as a community center in keeping with their preservation of the original …

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Preserving Pennsylania: A Journey Through the Last 20 Years, Part 8

Colonial Architecture, Community Preservation, Historic Preservation, Historic Restoration, Historical Architectural Styles, Historical Architecture, Preservation Conversations & Controversies, Preservation Education, Preservation in Progress, Preservation in the News, State Preservation, Uncategorized / By Danielle Keperling

Preservation Pennsylvania has released their “Pennsylvania At-Risk: Twenty-Year Retrospective of Pennsylvania’s Endangered Historic Properties, Where Are They Now” edition. It’s a fascinating look at preservation in action and we’ll be posting a look at each property in a series of posts over the next several months. INTRODUCTION Preservation Pennsylvania established the annual Pennsylvania At Risk list in …

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Small Business Resources for Preservationists

Community Preservation, Other Stuff, Uncategorized / By Danielle Keperling

Preservation of our local, small businesses is critical to preservation of place. Walmart doesn’t tug at your heartstrings when you think of your hometown, the local Mom & Pop store you went to for penny-candy does. Since it’s National Small Business Week this week, we’re offering a few of our “must use” small business resources in …

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Preserving Pennsylania: A Journey Through the Last 20 Years, Part 7

Architectural & Building Character, Community Preservation, Historic Preservation, Historic Rehabilitation, Historical Architecture, Preservation Conversations & Controversies, Preservation in Progress, Uncategorized / By Danielle Keperling

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