Historic Preservation

When is an old house an historic home and when is it just an old house? Learn about the rules set by the National Register of Historic Places.

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Restoring an old or historic home often takes considerable funds. Here are five sources that might be able to help make your project more affordable.

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Ever since humans decided that a hut and a veg garden were preferable to nomadic hunting and gathering, we’ve struggled with a problem we have yet to solve - where do we put the poop? The fundamental design of the toilet and the sewage infrastructure haven’t changed much since the Dukes of Dookie cleaned up the Thames. But, with 7 billion people on the planet and 2.6 billion with no access to toilets, somethings got to give.

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As a long time fan of the Prairie school of architecture, photos of old houses built using the style tend to catch my eye and I usually find myself taking

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It's been a while since I've had time to catch up on the goings on in the world of historic preservation. After spending a few hours doing just that this

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