Hurricane Irene Brings New Meaning to Dent Place, Georgetown House Catastrophe, DC

(function(d, s, id) { var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; if (d.getElementById(id)) return; js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; js.src = "//connect.facebook.net/en_US/all.js#xfbml=1&appId=131733823518196"; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs); }(document, "script", "facebook-jssdk")); 3324 Dent Place, Washington D.C., Georgetown1905 Sanborn Map, Georgetown, Washington, D.C. In 1881, Theodore Carter, an African American laborer, lived at No. 3324 S Street... Read More

Gross Carriages Have Left The Building, Baltimore, Maryland

(function(d, s, id) { var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; if (d.getElementById(id)) return; js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; js.src = "//connect.facebook.net/en_US/all.js#xfbml=1&appId=131733823518196"; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs); }(document, "script", "facebook-jssdk")); Looking towards the rear of the August Gross, Carriage and Wagon Maker, Carriage Repository and Factory at Saratoga Street and Carrollton Avenue in Baltimore, Maryland.   Focused... Read More

Why Is The National Historic Landmark Program Renting A New Building Next To An Abandoned National Historic Landmark?

(function(d, s, id) { var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; if (d.getElementById(id)) return; js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; js.src = "//connect.facebook.net/en_US/all.js#xfbml=1&appId=131733823518196"; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs); }(document, "script", "facebook-jssdk")); We have illustrated Liz Farmer’s Washington Examiner article to make it very clear where the Historic Preservation problem lies… Perhaps the National Park Service... Read More

The Catholics Demolished St. Rose’s African American School, Bay St. Louis, Mississippi

(function(d, s, id) { var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; if (d.getElementById(id)) return; js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; js.src = "//connect.facebook.net/en_US/all.js#xfbml=1&appId=131733823518196"; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs); }(document, "script", "facebook-jssdk")); St. Rose School, African American Community, 301 Second Street, Bay St. Louis, Mississippi Formerly located in what was known as the African American community of St. Rose within... Read More

Some “Bricks and Stone” With Concrete Bones, Nashville, Tennessee

(function(d, s, id) { var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; if (d.getElementById(id)) return; js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; js.src = "//connect.facebook.net/en_US/all.js#xfbml=1&appId=131733823518196"; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs); }(document, "script", "facebook-jssdk")); APlus Bricks and Stones, No. 8 Hart Street, Nashville, Tennessee   In an effort to respect the continued use of “bricks and stone,” among other aesthetic minded materials,... Read More

Ugly Vinyl Storm Door Obscures A Gothic Revival Past…

(function(d, s, id) { var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; if (d.getElementById(id)) return; js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; js.src = "//connect.facebook.net/en_US/all.js#xfbml=1&appId=131733823518196"; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs); }(document, "script", "facebook-jssdk")); Not as bad as removing the door, the covering of a Gothic Revival multi-light wood door with a nasty vinyl storm door is definitely a no no… The curator of shit has... Read More

What’s With The Yellow Brick Buildings–Churches, Houses, Stores, & At Least One Beisert Warehouse at Giddings, Texas?

(function(d, s, id) { var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; if (d.getElementById(id)) return; js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; js.src = "//connect.facebook.net/en_US/all.js#xfbml=1&appId=131733823518196"; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs); }(document, "script", "facebook-jssdk")); Yellow brick ranch style dwelling built by Oskar and Amanda (Kasper) Beisert, Giddings, Texas. While much of the historic agricultural built environment of Lee County, Texas... Read More

Brick Retaining Walls, Fence Types, and Gates with Endless Frills & Furbelows in Fairmont Street

(function(d, s, id) { var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; if (d.getElementById(id)) return; js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; js.src = "//connect.facebook.net/en_US/all.js#xfbml=1&appId=131733823518196"; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs); }(document, "script", "facebook-jssdk")); Current View. In Fairmont Street, NW, this pair of like Colonial Revival row houses is accessed by an elaborate multi-part stair of brick pavers, an uncommon feature (probably... Read More

Another Endearing Headstone, Holt Cemetery, New Orleans, Louisiana

(function(d, s, id) { var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; if (d.getElementById(id)) return; js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; js.src = "//connect.facebook.net/en_US/all.js#xfbml=1&appId=131733823518196"; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs); }(document, "script", "facebook-jssdk")); African American Headstone, Holt Cemetery, New Orleans, Louisiana This hand carved headstone represents “Jos. Burbridge, Died June 10 1932, Age 52” and “D. Coleman, Died... Read More

If You Want Mail Everyday, Take A Walk…

(function(d, s, id) { var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; if (d.getElementById(id)) return; js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; js.src = "//connect.facebook.net/en_US/all.js#xfbml=1&appId=131733823518196"; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs); }(document, "script", "facebook-jssdk")); A family letter dated 1918 from Melissa (Eddy) Travis, then 78 y/o, to her “Aunt Lu” (my ancestor) reveals that she walked nine miles for mail from “the farm” to town—Marquette,... Read More