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 …
This article is a part of a series from the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission’s excellent field guide on the architectural styles found in Pennsylvania. In it, they’ve assigned key periods of development – from the Colonial period in the 18th Century to the Modern Movements of the 29th Century. This article focuses on an overview of the …
PA Architecture Early Revival Style: Roman Classical Reviva Read More »
This article is a part of a series from the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission’s excellent field guide on the architectural styles found in Pennsylvania. In it, they’ve assigned key periods of development – from the Colonial period in the 18th Century to the Modern Movements of the 29th Century. This article focuses on an overview of the …
Every May, the National Trust for Historic Preservation picks a new theme for their National Preservation Month. This year, they’ve built it around: “See! Save! Celebrate!” to encourage us to see our historic places, save the threatened ones, and celebrate the vital role they play in our communities. To support that goal, we’re going …
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This article is a part of a series from the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission’s excellent field guide on the historic architecture found in Pennsylvania. In it, they’ve assigned key periods of development – from the Colonial period in the 18th Century to the Modern Movements of the 29th Century. This article focuses on an overview of the …
Historical architectural styles range from quaint and inviting to intimidating and forbearing, delicate and refined to stately and prominent, traditional and elegant to funky and modern. Which one is your favorite? After you answer our poll, you can go take this very fun quiz that determines which architectural style reflects your personality. [polldaddy poll=6646588] …
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This post is by our Guest Blogger House Crazy Sarah. It was originally posted on her website, www.house-crazy.com. She’s writing about Shotgun Houses – an architectural style most commonly found in the Southern states, but she does reference a few examples found North of the Mason Dixon line. I searched a bit for examples …
For this project, we rebuilt a Victorian wraparound porch based on a picture taken of the Inn in the early 1900’s.
[social_share/] 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 …
John Harris-Simon Cameron Mansion, Harrisburg, PA Read More »
The majority of the time it is necessary to match what is existing in the building or pieces of the original trim work we find within the house. Our shop produced all of the woodworking in the projects featured below. Great Conewago Presbyterian Church Floor Original floor was taken to our shop, cleaned, milled …
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