Preservation Round Up: Lincoln’s Cottage Blog Turns 100, Ballpark Development, Montpelier Restoration
by Matt Ringelstetter on July 28th, 2008
President Lincoln’s Cottage Blog Turned 100 This Week: 100 posts, that is. To mark their centennial, the folks at the blog are listing off One Hundred Things to Know About President Lincoln’s Cottage. [President Lincoln's Cottage Blog]
Ballpark Development: Planetizen takes a different look at the effects of stadium development upon neighborhoods and employment. [Planetizen]
Saving Wood Windows Means Saving Money and Energy: The Landmark Society of Western NY discusses the advantages of saving your old-growth wood windows. [Confessions of a Preservationist]
Montpelier Restoration Update: With their Grand Opening just around the corner, Montpelier’s restoration team has been hard at work in and around James Madison’s estate.[Montpelier Restoration Updates]
Turning Preservation into Art: Warehouses that store materials saved from historic properties can preserve key elements of architectural history. Two artists put their talent to use on items recovered from Spartanburg’s Architectural Salvage store. [Preservation Trust of Spartanburg, Inc.]
Guthriesville General Store is Saved–For Now: The 140 year old building that once housed a Chester County, Pa. general store has been given 75 days to find a buyer before convenience store chain WaWa will take over and begin demolition. [Preservation Magazine]
New Historic Site Directors Appointed: Woodlawn Plantation and Pope-Leighey House–both located in Virginia–along with Chesterwood in Stockbridge, Ma. have appointed new directors. All three are National Trust Historic Sites. [National Trust Historic Sites] [National Trust Historic Sites]
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