Articles on Preservation of Historic Buildings and Architectures Restoring a Piece of Aviation History A small but mighty group arrived in New Castle, Delaware, to tackle a bank of metal-framed windows at the Bellanca Air Service Hangar. Even while working, Beth Obergh and her teenage children fell in love with historic New Castle and …
Articles on Preservation of Historic Buildings and Architectures The First Congregational Church Hudson, OH A Restoration Success The church was originally built in 1865 in historic Hudson, Ohio. It was repointed several decades ago with a cement-based mortar and started to develop brick deterioration problems in both interior and exterior upwards of 10 years …
Articles on Preservation of Historic Buildings and Architectures Doors Open- Whatta ya Live in a BARN? A few years ago deGruchy Masonry Restoration helped restore a destroyed barn. Arsons destroyed several barns in the Quakertown, Pennsylvania area and these kids behind it all were finally apprehended. Only the stone walls remained standing……Continue reading Limelight …
Articles on Preservation of Historic Buildings and Architectures Granville Ohio in 1830s two views When I first saw the thumbnail for this drawing in the current catalogue at Garth’s Auctions, I knew the composition was familiar – namely, it was a subject illustrated in a lithograph by one M. French, made between 1835 and …
Articles on Preservation of Historic Buildings and Architectures Historic Humboldt Gardens Perhaps it is appropriate to say the building is known historically as Humboldt Gardens as it was so deemed in the 1930s and possibly earlier prior to Prohibition. Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company constructed the saloon in 1890 at the advent of the brewery built saloon …
Articles on Preservation of Historic Buildings and Architectures How to Revive Our House Paint Scheme Our agent had run out of things to show us when she hesitantly mentioned one more house, an estate sale that hadn’t been listed yet. At first we had only the street name, so we walked up and down …
Articles on Preservation of Historic Buildings and Architectures Architectural Highlights of Old Louisville In this city, part Old South and part Midwest; we were taken on a tour of Old Louisville, a 45-square-block residential community. We were fascinated that such a large and pristine historic area could have survived. Louisville was developed on 19th-century …
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 …
How Complete Restorations Happen: A Case Study of the Mylin House Read More »
Increasing energy efficiency in historic buildings is always a hot topic. Here are our Top Six Tips for improving the energy efficiency in historic buildings: Have a Maintenance Appraisal Performed to Increase the Energy Efficiency in Historic Buildings When not properly maintained, there are many ways energy efficiency in historic buildings suffers – …
6 TIPS to Improve the Energy Efficiency of Historic Buildings Read More »
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 …
Preserving Pennsylania: A Journey Through the Last 20 Years, Part 8 Read More »
© 2022 Practical Preservation | Privacy Policy | Terms Of Service