Preservation Education

What to Avoid When Replacements on a Historical Building are Unavoidable

Help for Historic Home Owners, Historic Preservation Projects, Maintaining Historic Buildings, Preservation Education, Resources, Resources for Historic Restorations / By

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Resources for Restorations: Book Recommendations

Book Reviews, Historic Preservation, Historic Reconstruction, Historic Rehabilitation, Historic Restoration, Preservation Education, Resources, Uncategorized / By

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Historic Preservation in Progress at the Wilmington Library

Architectural & Building Character, Community Preservation, Historic Preservation, Historic Restoration, Historical Architecture, Local Preservation, Preservation Education, Preservation in Progress, Projects, Uncategorized, Wood Restoration / By

Historic Preservation in Progress is a series of our posts where we show you how historic preservation happens, as it’s happening. Historic Preservation in Progress The Wilmington Public Library The Wilmington Library was built in 1922 and has remained a landmark on Rodney Square for ninety years.  Especially in recent years, due to heavy use by …

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Historic Architecture in PA: Log Buildings

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Historical Architectural Styles: Which one is your favorite?

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Speaking of Historic Preservation… Concepts, Terms, and Options by Cory Kegerese of the PHMC

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While doing some research for another blog post, I stumbled across this presentation by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission’s Community Preservation Coordinator for Eastern Pennsylvania Cory R. Kegerese.  It’s a great overview of what historic preservation is in Pennsylvania, who the “major players” are at a local, state, and federal level, as well as …

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A surprising answer to the question, "What do preservationists do?"

Maintaining Historic Buildings, Preservation and Economics, Preservation and Restoration Case Studies, Preservation Conversations & Controversies, Preservation Education, Preservation Musings, Preservation News, Products Materials and Methods, Resources for Historic Restorations, State Preservation / By

Rhonda Sincavage (Associate Director for Intergovernmental Affairs at the National Trust for Historic Preservation) talks about what historic preservationists do, and what they look like (we’re not the little old, blue-haired women most people think of, she points out).  And most importantly, how historic preservation encourages economic growth, incubates independent and small business growth, promotes …

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Putting it in Laypeople’s Terms

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Seven Ways to Ruin an Older Building

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