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Portland is a great place for a getaway….not so great for historic buildings.

Protect Historic Masonry Buildings from Permanent Damage Caused by Portland Mortar Historic masonry buildings are very different from modern buildings.  Historic bricks were fired at lower temperatures and are much softer and more permeable than modern bricks.  Historic buildings constructed with these softer bricks were designed to absorb moisture and then release it.  A key …

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Franklin Street Train Station

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 …

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The Mylin House

[social_share/]   Don’t forget to scroll to the bottom of the page to see all the before, during, and after pictures! 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 …

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Victorian Dry Goods Counter

This Antique, reconditioned Victorian Dry Goods Counter was repaired with moulding to match existing, manufactured shelves, and several layers of milk paint.  This item is available for sale – call for details. *Photos by Ben McMillen Photography

Petersen House

Built in 1849 by a German tailor, this plain red brick, three-story (and basement), Federal Style townhouse is unassuming and easily overlooked.  Located across the street from Ford’s Theater in Washington, D.C., the Peterson House would fatefully be propelled into iconic status when President Abraham Lincoln was rushed inside after being shot by John Wilkes-Booth …

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Historic Wood Window Replication at the Mill at Anselma

History of the Mill The Mill at Anselma has truly historic origins. In the late 1600’s, the property was owned by Pennsylvania’s founder William Penn, though there was no mill on the property just yet. That would come in the mid 1700’s when influential Quaker Samuel Lightfoot decided to build a water-powered mill along the Pickering Creek after purchasing the …

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Links

The Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for Rehabilitation: cr.nps.gov National Center for Preservation Technology & Training: ncptt.nps.gov (Report testing the performance of wood windows in cold climates) Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency: phfa.org (Renovate and Repair Loan Program) Keystone Home Energy Loan Program: keystonehelp.com (Financing for energy efficiency improvements) Preservation Green Lab: preservationnation.org/information-center/sustainable-communities/sustainability/green-lab/ Antique Homes: https://www.antiquehomesmagazine.com/ (Online real estate magazine for historic …

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Resources The past is not the property of historians; it is a public possession. It belongs to anyone who is aware of it, and it grows by being shared. It sustains the whole society, which always needs the identity that only the past can give.” William J. Murtagh You might have guessed by now, but …

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