Add to ORKGThe history of older homes can be revealed through the artifacts that are left behind by their former occupants. Numerous resources are given that would enable would-be researchers to learn about their homes’ histories. Vignettes about three houses are presented: a house on Great Cranberry Island where a tradition that harks back to Europe of hiding shoes somewhere within the house is discovered; how to reassemble his house instructions are left by Loyalist transplanted Scotsman Robert Pagan who disassembled his home after the Revolution and moved to New Brunswick from Castine; and a John Calvin Stevens home in Portland where the owner says some of the best historical information he has been given has come from former occupants of his house...
This exhibit features the history of the four houses of Hogwart\u27s: Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Raven...
Historic house museums form a significant component of the built heritage and social history of a co...
Historic house museums form a significant component of the built heritage and social history of a co...
Most people have an interest in local history, usually driven by a passion for identifying themselv...
This book presents a rich and rewarding history of houses in England through the stories of nine hou...
For new homeowners who want to research the histories of their houses, a short article lists various...
Graduation date: 2006Best scan available for photos.The 134-year old Frantz-Dunn House in Hoskins. O...
Although the House of Seven Gables Historic Site is principally associated with Nathaniel Hawthorne,...
Island historical societies keep alive the rich lore of island history. Most maintain small summer m...
The Vinalhaven Historical Society is trying to re-collect relics of the island\u27s heritage, many o...
William Jordan, a retired Westbrook College history professor, lives in a house in Portland made fro...
The historic house museum exemplifies the enormous power of the museum idea to make specimens out of...
Article on the popularity of house restoration in Maine, detailing the experiences of several homeow...
From the 1960s Australian homeowners were increasingly valuing nineteenth-century houses for their o...
After the author finds a woman\u27s shoe that had been hidden in the wall of her Gotts Island house ...
This exhibit features the history of the four houses of Hogwart\u27s: Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Raven...
Historic house museums form a significant component of the built heritage and social history of a co...
Historic house museums form a significant component of the built heritage and social history of a co...
Most people have an interest in local history, usually driven by a passion for identifying themselv...
This book presents a rich and rewarding history of houses in England through the stories of nine hou...
For new homeowners who want to research the histories of their houses, a short article lists various...
Graduation date: 2006Best scan available for photos.The 134-year old Frantz-Dunn House in Hoskins. O...
Although the House of Seven Gables Historic Site is principally associated with Nathaniel Hawthorne,...
Island historical societies keep alive the rich lore of island history. Most maintain small summer m...
The Vinalhaven Historical Society is trying to re-collect relics of the island\u27s heritage, many o...
William Jordan, a retired Westbrook College history professor, lives in a house in Portland made fro...
The historic house museum exemplifies the enormous power of the museum idea to make specimens out of...
Article on the popularity of house restoration in Maine, detailing the experiences of several homeow...
From the 1960s Australian homeowners were increasingly valuing nineteenth-century houses for their o...
After the author finds a woman\u27s shoe that had been hidden in the wall of her Gotts Island house ...
This exhibit features the history of the four houses of Hogwart\u27s: Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Raven...
Historic house museums form a significant component of the built heritage and social history of a co...
Historic house museums form a significant component of the built heritage and social history of a co...