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Historic Window Hardware

By Dan Cooper

Window hardware, with the latch in particular, is a prime example of this oversight: it is an apparently innocuous detail, yet consider that latches are situated at eye-level in almost every building.

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Historic Homes: Insurance Basics

By Noelle Lord

Many homeowners mistakenly insure their home for the purchase price or market value when they should be looking for guaranteed replacement costs.

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Rough Braid – A Glimpse at the History of Braided Rugs in America

By Dan Cooper

Dan Cooper speaks with Michele Stenson, owner/operator of American Folk Art & Craft Supply.

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Called on the Carpet

By Dan Cooper

Even after 30 years of the preservation movement in this country, many homeowners (and museums) accept the previous statement as gospel.

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Historic Preservation for Condo Owners

By Mark Sullivan

Site manager at Phillips House, Julie Arrison is interviewed about the ins and outs of living in an historic condo.

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The Choice is Yours: Paint for an Early Historic House

By Gladys Montgomery

Homeowners really have two choices. One is to re-create how the paint looked when it first went on 200 years ago. The other is to make it look like it’s lived there for 200 years.

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The Houses Taught Me

By Dan Cooper

“There are mullions, and then there are muntins; a mullion is a post that connects multiple window units, and muntin is the small piece that separates two or more panes of glass on a single window sash.”

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Q & A: The Triple-Decker: New England Icon

By Mark Sullivan

What people still recognize as a virtue of these now iconic Triple Decker buildings is their affordability. While they were definitely built in clusters, they were not necessarily the first choice in subdivisions.

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