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Language: en
Pages: 264
Pages: 264
Type: BOOK - Published: 1998-10 - Publisher: Abrams
A house is considered historic if it is typical of its period, usually more that 50 years old, and significant in either design, materials, workmanship, setting
Language: en
Pages: 282
Pages: 282
Type: BOOK - Published: 1996-02-08 - Publisher: Oxford University Press
Historic house museums can be found in nearly every city in the United States and Canada. These are the homes of the earliest settlers, statesmen, frontiersmen,
Language: en
Pages: 721
Pages: 721
Type: BOOK - Published: 2023-06-01 - Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Although there are other books about renovating old houses, this is the first that prioritizes the identification and preservation of the historic, character-de
Language: en
Pages: 248
Pages: 248
Type: BOOK - Published: 1991 - Publisher: Stewart, Tabori, & Chang
From an unrestored masterpiece such as the Aiken-Rhett House in Charleston, South Carolina, to a farmhouse in upstate New York, inhabited only by a bird nesting
Language: en
Pages: 276
Pages: 276
Type: BOOK - Published: 1998-05-29 - Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
"Historic Houses of Philadelphia" brings the region's most impressive museum homes to life with maps, touring information, and historical notes on 50 distinctiv
