The kids and I have been studying the American Revolution all year for our history studies, and last week we took a field trip down to Independence National Historical Park (INHP). It was a gorgeous day and I took a ton of pictures just so I could share them with you. So let’s take a walking tour …
A "Walking" tour of historic Philadelphia and Independence Park Read More »
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 …
A surprising answer to the question, "What do preservationists do?" Read More »
Take a 30-second field trip to the Liberty Bell Center at Independence National Historical Park and learn the (maybe surprising) way our bell came to be called the Liberty Bell. It may have tolled for independence on that fateful day in 1776, but we didn’t call it the Liberty Bell back then.
Last weekend, Danielle and Jonathan spent the day at the Bowmansville Roller Mill’s open house – a Lancaster County hidden gem of preservation that sits just a stone’s throw (okay, a hearty stone’s throw) from the Berk’s County line. Put together by The Historic Preservation Trust of Lancaster County, the open house occurs four times …
HIDDEN GEM: Ever wonder how those old mills along the streams actually worked? Read More »
You hire Reserections. If you want to have any hope of actually moving the castle a thousand miles (without the post office, the moving company, and the airlines losing a few packages and offering you a complimentary Starbucks to say “Sorry!”). Based in Ohio, Reserections specializes in documenting, marketing, and disassembling architecturally unique historical homes. …
How do you move an 1800's stone castle from Ohio to Texas? Read More »
Yesterday, Preservation in Pink posted one of her “Preservation Pop Quiz” posts that featured some very decorative 3D brickwork. (If you know anything about 3D brickwork, you might want to pop over there and help us all out – we’re having a hard time identifying the term used to describe making 3D cornice work with …
If you are like me, you’ve probably often extended your musings over historic architecture to the gardens that were designed, planted, and cultivated to compliment that architecture and found yourself wondering just what the gardens of 100 years ago looked like. If we’ve abandoned brick and stone in favor of vinyl facades, turned away from …
Beyond the Garden Gate: A peek at the gardens of a 100 years ago Read More »
Is there anything more iconic to early American life than wagons? Perhaps. And it just might be the Gruber Wagon Works in Bern Township, Berks County. Most of us are aware of just how important wagons and wheels were to early American life. Wagons carried travelers and cargo up and down the East Coast on …
What do the Department of Energy’s superconductivity and hydrogen programs have in common with a postcard collection at Landis Valley Museum? Russ Eaton. Named Volunteer of the Year in 2011 by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission (PHMC) for his work on the postcard collection at Landis Valley Museum (administered by the PHMC), Russ …
Our first “hidden gem” in our backyard for May’s National Historic Preservation Month is Olde Mill Lighting – and we were lucky enough to score an inside peek at their handcrafted smithery process. Located on an 18th century miller’s plantation on Strasburg Pike, Olde Mill Lighting is part of a family of home enhancement …
HIDDEN GEM: Olde Mill Lighting: An inside look at the handcrafted tinsmith process Read More »
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