Reading Room

Homeownership

Historic New England

By Sally Zimmerman

Recent news reports suggest first-time home buyers may be entering the real estate market in greater numbers. One banking industry newsletter noted that 2018 witnessed the largest jump in first-time home buyers since the Great Recession. While perhaps too early to be a trend, the inventory of “starter homes” in the market seems to be increasing while prices may be moderating, bringing home ownership within reach of more buyers, at least in some areas of the country.

Preservation

The Damon Tavern celebrates Rufus Porter Murals

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“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…

By Linda Lefko

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.

Events

The History and Collections of the Massachusetts Historical Society

By Antique Homes Magazine Staff

Saturdays, 10:00 AM Massachusetts Historical Society 1154 Boylston Street Boston, Massachusetts 02215-3695 The History and Collections of the Massachusetts Historical Society Tour is a 90-minute docent-led walk through our public rooms....