Pumpkinpalooza. It started with a simple idea — cover the porches and line the walkways with pumpkins. There wasn’t a name for it at first, just…
House History• Preservation
Why Historic Homes Have Ceiling Medallions – The Function Behind the Beauty
October 16, 2025When you step into an old house, the details overhead often say just as much as the ones…
If you’ve ever peeled back a floorboard or removed a piece of trim in an old house, you’ve…
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How To Tell the Age of a House Just By Looking at the Windows
August 20, 2025Windows are like the eyes of a house. And just like how you can sometimes guess a person’s…
Italianate architecture emerged in the early 19th century as part of the larger Picturesque movement, which sought to…
Greek Revival is an architectural style that emerged across Europe and the United States in the early 19th…
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Haint Blue: The History Behind the Porch Painting Tradition
August 6, 2024If you’ve noticed, typically in the south, porch ceilings of older homes will be painted a blue or…
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History of the Sunshine Cottage. Chaney House, Circa 1890 in Danville, Virginia.
January 16, 2020Why did I choose the Chaney House? I think a better question is why did the Sunshine Cottage…
Written by Bill Harris Today it’s hard to imagine that places like Warrenton, Williamsboro and Townsville were once…
Written by Bill Harris In 1860 North Carolina’s population included 30,463 free blacks out of a total population…