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Preserving Pennsylania: A Journey Through the Last 20 Years, Part 5

Architectural & Building Character, Historic Restoration, Maintaining Historic Buildings, Preservation in the News, Resources for Historic Restorations / 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 …

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How Complete Restorations Happen: A Case Study of the John Maddox Denn House

Colonial Architecture, Historic Preservation, Historic Restoration, Historical Architectural Styles, Maintaining Historic Buildings, Preservation and Economics, Products Materials and Methods, Projects, Resources for Historic Restorations / By Danielle Keperling

A number of years ago, we had the very fortunate luck to be given the opportunity to completely restore the Denn House in southern New Jersey. Below is the story of how that restoration happened, excerpted from Lois Groshong’s book, “2001 Restoration of a Southern New Jersey Colonial”. Be sure to check out the …

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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 Danielle Keperling

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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Preservation in Progress: Lancaster Press Building

Preservation in Progress, Preservation in the News, Projects, Resources for Historic Restorations / By Danielle Keperling

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 …

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Common Themes in Endangered Historic Buildings

Maintaining Historic Buildings, Resources, Resources for Historic Restorations / By Danielle Keperling

This great content is for members only! Sign up for a membership and you’ll get instant access to: One on one consultation call Coffee Breaks: twice-a-month web meetings where we answer questions YOU and other members submit How-to Videos, Training Videos, and Coffee Break archive videos Links to valuable resources Preservation files: topic-specific deep dives …

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Seven Ways to Ruin an Older Building

Preservation Conversations & Controversies, Preservation Education, Resources, Resources for Historic Restorations / By Danielle Keperling

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Webinar – Traditional Durable/ Sustainable Products

Historic Preservation Tax Incentives, Maintaining Historic Buildings, Materials, Preservation Education, Resources for Historic Restorations, Uncategorized / By Danielle Keperling

Tuesday afternoon I sat in on a webinar focused on what traditional products teach us about durability and sustainability (essentially green building). I am going to pass some the information from the webinar along during this post – next week I will be back to sharing information from the Traditional Building Conference. *In order to …

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Historic American Buildings Survey

Historic Restoration, Preservation and Restoration Case Studies, Resources for Historic Restorations / By Danielle Keperling

The Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) began in 1933 now contains the written record with drawings and photographs of 35,000 historic structures. This is a digital collection managed by the Library of Congress. Many buildings we have been involved in restoring have been featured within this collection. Searching the HABS for your building or buildings …

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Wood Window Repair Seminar in Bellefonte, PA

Architectural & Building Character, Help for Historic Home Owners, Historic Preservation Projects, Preservation and Economics, Preservation and Restoration Case Studies, Resources for Historic Restorations, Wood Restoration / By Danielle Keperling

Last Saturday, June 7, Chuck, Lois, and Danielle drove to Bellefonte, Pennsylvania (right above State College) to conduct a seminar for the Borough of Bellefonte as part of their wood window seminar day in the park. There were various other exhibitors (replacement windows, storm windows, and stained glass window experts with booths) as part of …

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