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Historic House Vandalized with Plastic Siding etc.

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BEFORE: Beautiful historic house before being vandalized with plastic siding. AFTER: All the charm and character of this historic house are now gone. This quaint Freehold NJ  Main Street home was built sometime before 1901. It features original two-over-two windows with heavy designed window hoods on all sides of the house, real working shutters on [...]

Old House Restoration or Remuddling?

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The newspapers said this is an old house restoration. Obviously they have no idea what they were writing about. This house received a Restoration Award by the Freehold NJ Historic Preservation Commission. A board of supposedly "qualified" people issued this award.  Let's look a bit further and see what a mess was created. What is [...]