Thursday, June 21, 2012

Historic homes

  • Weve all visited a historic home, whether it was on an elementary school field trip or with droves of other tourists on vacations. Certainly there are countless historic homes to visit the world over.
  • (Huffington Post)
  • PAWTUCKET - Some city officials are questioning whether local tax breaks for owners of historic homes might be too generous.
  • (Valley Breeze)
  • CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Tours of historic houses of worship in downtown Charleston will be part of FestivALL for the third consecutive year. The free tours are sponsored by the Religious Archivists of the Greater Kanawha Valley.
  • (Charleston Daily Mail)
  • Lady Ann escapes her marriage in post-World War II England to start a life of her own, but when her husband ends up murdered, questions about her past arise in "The Skein" (published by Trafford Publishing), the new historical novel by Elizabeth Schaeffer.
  • (YAHOO!)
  • An important step in the mansions restoration was highlighted Wednesday when Perrys staff allowed news photographers to come in as workers hung drapes in the home.
  • (MySanAntonio)
  • Residents of West Village in Detroit sprang into action this week when two men appeared to be scrapping the architectural features off one of the historic neighborhoods most famous mansions.
  • (Detroit Free Press)
  • Myanmar democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi will on Thursday address both houses of parliament — a rare honour bestowed on only four foreign dignitaries since World War II.
  • (Raw Story)
  • Forest Avenue Historic District as a local landmark never happened conforms to the architectural integrity and historic character of the district. The homes were built between 1882 and 1942. Homeowner Julie Walsh, 803 E.
  • (Post-Crescent)
  • Back in the summer of 1979, when I was a University of Tennessee undergraduate writing for The Daily Beacon and moving into a $120-a-month apartment on Laurel Avenue, the neighborhood had mobilized around a cause.
  • (Metro Pulse)
  • There's an app for that.
  • (Boston Herald)

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