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Billerica, Massachusetts Home Built in 1665, Fully Restored
Billerica, Massachusetts Home Built in 1665, Fully Restored In the video below you will see that, Doug Towle considers old homes his children. The lifelong bachelor has spent much of...
Architecture
Hospitality at the Quaker Tavern Inn
The Federal style Hall’s Tavern in Falmouth, ME, now known as the Quaker Tavern Inn, was built in the first decade of the nineteenth century by Nicolas Hall. All interior structural evidence implies this Federal antique home, of gracious proportions, served as the local tavern for nearly 90 years.
Preservation
The Damon Tavern celebrates Rufus Porter Murals
“Look down the road and you see people endlessly coming and going. Stand a moment and watch them. Where are they going? Why are they traveling? What do they carry?...
Preservation
A Name for a Scrollwork Artist…
The March 2018 CPWP Plaster Bits posed a question for our readers, as to who the artist was who painted free hand decoration in the Ashford House in Ashford, CT. We thank Brian Ehrlich for his research and for sharing a possible artist’s name.The name of Noah Graves is proposed, since similar work also has been attributed to his hand. As is often the case, without a solid, signed example, scholars take clues from circumstances and visual images to arrive at an attribution.
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The Painted Wall: Freehand Scrollwork
The Governor Galusha Homestead in Shaftsbury Center, VT is an amazing survival of original freehand brushwork. Jonas Galusha (1752-1834) served as a captain in the Vermont militia in the Revolutionary...
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Q & A: Richard Irons Restoration Mason
Richard Irons, 70, of Limerick, Maine, described as one of the best restoration masons in America, has worked on historic houses and museum properties in the northeastern United States for more than 40 years.
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New Hope for Abandoned Homes: A Massachusetts Initiative
Massachusetts Abandoned Housing Initiative works with municipalities to rehabilitate blighted properties to boost neighborhoods and foster economic development.
Preservation
The Role Of Historic Properties in Sustainability
Sustainability is incorporated as one of the guiding principles of the historic preservation movement.