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 …
Painting a historical home is about more than just going to the big box home improvement store and browsing the array of color choices available, picking a few you like, trying each of them out in test spots, and then making a final decision. While seemingly harmless, painting a historical home carries with it …
Even if you decide I’m too long-winded, or that I’m preaching to the choir, to read this entire post – MAKE SURE YOU SCROLL TO THE BOTTOM to get your free copy of a report on how to make wood windows last for generations we recently wrote. Why Save Historic Wood Windows? Did you …
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 …
Preserving Pennsylania: A Journey Through the Last 20 Years, Part 5 Read More »
For 30 years folk artist Nancy Rosier of Rosier Period Art has dedicated her life to the preservation of a dying and disappearing art form from the early to mid-1800’s – theorem painting. Theorem painting is the art of making stencils and using them to make paintings on fabric (Nancy uses an egg-shelled colored …
Don’t miss the dramatic before & after pictures at the bottom of the page! The Franklin Street Train Station in Reading, PA was originally built in the 1920’s as a station along the Reading Railroad shipping and passenger “Main Line” between Pottsville/Shanokin and Philadelphia. The station served rail and bus service for decades. In 1972 …
[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 »
For this project, we fabricated 19th Century porch architectural details, installed columns, built stairs, replaced ears on window sills, replaced brackets under the eave, fabricated true divided light windows to replace modern replacement windows, and fabricated solid wood louvered shutters. Read Lois Groshong’s article “The Legacy” to learn more about George William Curtis and the …
HISTORIC PROPERTIES WE HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN RESTORING (To see more pictures of a particular project, please click on the thumbnail.) For a printable version of this list, please click here. Public Projects Petersen House Perhaps our most famous project, the Petersen House is the 19th Century house across from Ford’s Theater that President Lincoln …
HISTORIC PROPERTIES WE HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN RESTORING For a printable version of the complete list of projects we have been involved in, please click here. Public Projects (To see more pictures of a particular project, please click on the thumbnail.) Petersen House Perhaps our most famous project, the Petersen House is the 19th …
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