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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The Historic Preservation Trust of Lancaster County is currently working to complete a comprehensive historic resource survey in Lancaster County. They are currently working on West Hempfield Township, but have plans to survey the historic resources in all sixty municipalities. If you are available during the day, have a valid driver’s license and a willingness …
For more information about the Cemetery, including how to visit the cemetery and for information on tours, you can visit their website at www.yeakelcemetery.com. History of Yeakel Cemetery Preservation The Yeakel Cemetery is located in Wyndmoor, Springfield Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, about a quarter-mile from the Philadelphia line north of Chestnut Hill. It was …
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Lancaster County is not normally the place one thinks of when considering social experimentation. Yet that is exactly what The Drogaris Group and Garden Spot Village are doing with the Lancaster Press Building that sits on the corner of Prince and Lemon Streets. The 100-year-old, massive brick building was originally built as a cigar factory …
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Working on the restoration of a historic building is always awe-inspiring, but working to restore a historic building that once housed the laboratories and research of brilliant medical scientists who advanced our medical knowledge by leaps and bounds over the last 75 years inspires a particular awe. Cornice restoration work by Historic Restorations in progress …
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