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Sanborn Fire Maps – You will Fall in Love With Them

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What are Sanborn Fire Maps? Sanborn Maps are the best resource you can have for researching an old building. Once you start looking at them you will most definitely be addicted for they will provide the best information you can find about the layout of the exterior of your home. These maps are second maybe [...]

Why Old Buildings Should be Respected

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Do your guests ever question why you are so concerned with restoring your house back to the past? Do they ever laugh at what you think of as your labor of love? Why don't you like the latest trends of home improvement? John Ruskin , a Victorian era critic, wrote on many subjects including architecture. [...]

New Homeowners Undo Historic Restoration

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Historic restorations are admired by most people but old houses are not for everyone. It takes a special person to appreciate and understand the workmanship of an old house. It takes someone even more special to rescue a neglected home and restore it to its former glory. If you’re reading this, you are that special [...]

How and Why to Write a Good History of Your House

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Wouldn't you like to know who built your house, the names of all the owners throughout the years, their children, their occupation, when they planted that big tree in the backyard, why they put on that addition, what colors they painted the house, and why in God's name did they ever paint that chestnut woodwork [...]

Federal Tax Incentives for Preserving Historic Properties

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The following post is a guest post from our friends at www.Historic-Restorations.com Tax Incentives for Preserving Historic Properties The Federal Historic Preservation Tax Incentives program encourages private sector investment in the rehabilitation and re-use of historic buildings. It creates jobs and is one of the nation’s most successful and cost-effective community revitalization programs. It has leveraged […]

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