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Preserving Pennsylania: A Journey Through the Last 20 Years, Part 6

Historic Preservation, Historic Preservation Tax Incentives, Historic Rehabilitation, Historical Architecture, Preservation Conversations & Controversies, Preservation in Progress, State Preservation, Uncategorized / By Danielle Keperling

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 …

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What to Avoid When Replacements on a Historical Building are Unavoidable

Help for Historic Home Owners, Historic Preservation Projects, Maintaining Historic Buildings, Preservation Education, Resources, Resources for Historic Restorations / By Danielle Keperling

There is even more great content here and it’s all available for members! Sign up for a membership to the Keperling Preservation Hub℠ and you’ll get instant access to: One on one consultation call Coffee Breaks: twice-a-month web meetings where we answer questions YOU and other members submit How-to Videos, Training Videos, and Coffee Break …

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Preserving Pennsylania: A Journey Through the Last 20 Years, Part 5

Architectural & Building Character, Historic Restoration, Maintaining Historic Buildings, Preservation in the News, Resources for Historic Restorations / By Danielle Keperling

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The Battle of Gettysburg Through a 13-Year-Old's Eyes

Architectural & Building Character, Feminist History, Historic Restoration / By Danielle Keperling

150 years ago, the young America was on the tail end of decades of political strife that would result in the utter turmoil of a Civil War. In honor of this Sesquicentennial (the term for a 150 year anniversary for those who would have to look it up like I did), we’ll post articles throughout …

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Resources for Restorations: Book Recommendations

Book Reviews, Historic Preservation, Historic Reconstruction, Historic Rehabilitation, Historic Restoration, Preservation Education, Resources, Uncategorized / By Danielle Keperling

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Historic Preservation in Progress at the Wilmington Library

Architectural & Building Character, Community Preservation, Historic Preservation, Historic Restoration, Historical Architecture, Local Preservation, Preservation Education, Preservation in Progress, Projects, Uncategorized, Wood Restoration / By Danielle Keperling

Historic Preservation in Progress is a series of our posts where we show you how historic preservation happens, as it’s happening. Historic Preservation in Progress The Wilmington Public Library The Wilmington Library was built in 1922 and has remained a landmark on Rodney Square for ninety years. Especially in recent years, due to heavy use by …

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Victorian House Restoration and Adaptive Reuse

Architectural & Building Character, Colonial Architecture, Philosophical Musings / By Danielle Keperling

Our friends at limeworks.us put together this video about their work on a Victorian house restoration for Alfred’s Victorian Restaurant in Middletown, PA. httpv://youtu.be/nf7F3B1QQT4 History of the House Middletown is Dauphin County’s oldest community. Located halfway between Lancaster and Carlisle. Quaker George Fisher, on the site of an earlier Native-American village, laid out the town …

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Buried, Abandoned, but Not Forgotten: Yeakel Cemetery Preservation

Community Preservation, Historic Preservation, Historic Reconstruction, Local Preservation, Preservation in Progress, State Preservation, Uncategorized / By Danielle Keperling

For more information about the Cemetery, including how to visit the cemetery and for information on tours, you can visit their website at www.yeakelcemetery.com. History of Yeakel Cemetery Preservation The Yeakel Cemetery is located in Wyndmoor, Springfield Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, about a quarter-mile from the Philadelphia line north of Chestnut Hill. It was …

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The Ruins of Eastern State Penitentiary

Federal Preservation, Historical Architecture, State Preservation, Uncategorized / By Danielle Keperling

The other week, Lois, Danielle, Katie, and Karri’s family took a field trip to see the ruins of the Eastern State Penitentiary in Philadelphia. A nearly 200-year-old prison that looks like an abandoned castle and held scores of the dangerous, morally bankrupt, and sometimes the completely innocent for about 150 years… does it get any …

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Out of the Mouths of Preservationists: Common Preservation Terms Explained

Community Preservation, Historic Preservation, Historic Restoration, Local Preservation, Resources, State Preservation, Uncategorized / By Danielle Keperling

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