The Preservation Advocate News is published by the National Trust's Department of Public Policy and distributed to its advocacy network. Here you can send form letters in support of historic preservation legislation. To sign up for e-mail delivery, visit the National Trust home page and click on Visit Legislative Action Center on line and follow links to "Action E-List" or call (202)588-6254.
www.nthp.org
The Old House Journal
The Old House Journal is a magazine which has a web
site. There is no other magazine that can compare to
the wealth of information provided. The best part of
their web site is the "TALK" page where you can post
questions about anything that has to do with old
houses.
www.oldhousejou
rnal.com
Victorian Homes Magazine
Victorian Homes Magazine is highly recommended - 2nd to Old House Journal. The is an excellent section each month about House Colors that I only wish more people would pay attention to.
www.victorianhomesmag.com
Old House Advise from Experts
Preservation Directory, The name is just what it says. You can find a link for anything you need to know at this site. Highly Recommended!
www.PreservationDirectory.com
This link is for an on-line community center for Historic Preservation:
www.epreservation.net
Here is a new site - a community discussion forum for home improvement and repairs. Although not geared to historic homes, it is a resource for general house repair questions.
www.houserepairtalk.com
one I do NOT recommend is www.oldhomes.lovemyoldhome.com
there is some old house discussion, but mostly a group of lonely people discussing their aches and pains.
John Leeke - Preservation Consultant
A great resource. Helping owners, tradespeople, contractors and professionals understand and maintain their historic and older buildings.
visit his site at www.HistoricHomeWorks.com
The Arts and Crafts Society
SEARS & ROEBUCK KIT houses are are pictured in this web-site. Each house is pictured with floor plans and some interior views from 1908 through 1940. This is an excellent resource. Go to the Archives section and choose Kit Houses. There are also many other excellent resources in this site.
www.arts-crafts.com or www.arts-crafts.com/archive/sears.html
Through this link to The Old House Journal, you will
be brought to a section listing Preservation
publications. Writers working under contract with
the federal government have assembled booklets
designed to help resolve common preservation and
repair problems.
www.oldhousejournal.com/notebook/npsbri
efs/index.shtml
The following address is for the Library of Congress. I recommend the HABS - Historic American Building Surveys which were done as a government project in the 1930's. Architectual drawings from historic buildings are available in hard copy which can provide a wealth of knowledge. For example: what kind of door knobs were used in New England in 1842. This site takes some playing around with.
click
for HABS - Historic American Buildings Survey (Library of Congress)
From New Jersey? Drew University Historic Preservation
Drew University is offering courses in their Historic Preservation Certificate Program. This is where I go and I think it's great! For more info. check out their website.
click
for www.depts.drew.edu/cue/certificates.htm
This Old House - TV show &
Magazine
Do NOT go to their web site, read their magazine, or
watch their TV show. This Old House is very well
known and has great media exposure. Therefore it has
a great influence on the public and this is
dangerous. Their media can be considered educational
or a learning tool to those eager to do projects on
their home.
UNFORTUNATELY, their message does NOT teach or
promote the preservation of the historical character
of ones home. Instead they create a desire to be
creative, make changes and destroy. If your
lifestyle doesn’t fit your house, you should find one
that does or build a new home based on historic
plans. Knocking out walls, turning grand staircases
around and gutting kitchens is not what old house
lovers do. Your house represents history and you
should respect that for future generations. With the
influence This Old House has on the public, I fear
for the future of old homes. Once it’s destroyed,
it’s too late and it won’t be long before the only
place you will see an authentic kitchen etc. is in a
book.
