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House histories : a guide to tracing the genealogy of your home

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo3620
Author
Light, Sally.
Edition
1st ed.
Date of Publication
1989.
Call Number
728.27 L723
Responsibility
Sally Light.
ISBN
0961487615 :
Author
Light, Sally.
Edition
1st ed.
Place of Publication
Spencertown, N.Y
Publisher
Golden Hill Press,
Date of Publication
1989.
Physical Description
ix, 300 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Notes
"Including chapters on how to operate a homebased 'house histories' business."
Includes bibliographical references (p. 293-296) and index.
Contents
Chapters: Inspecting the house and site // The paper search/written records // The paper search /graphic records // The final analysis // Your own business // Appendices: Resources // where to write // Additional information
Summary
The book explains how to establish the history of a house by examining the building style and materials and searching for clues in old documents, and offers suggestions for running a home-based house histories business.
Subjects
Historic buildings - United States
Dwellings - United States
United States - Genealogy - Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
728.27 L723
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Houses and homes : exploring their history

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo8428
Date of Publication
c1987.
Call Number
720 H842
Responsibility
Barbara J. Howe ... [et al.].
ISBN
0910050848 (pbk.)
Place of Publication
Nashville, Tenn
Publisher
American Association for State and Local History,
Date of Publication
c1987.
Physical Description
xii, 168 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
The Nearby history series ;
Notes
Includes bibliographies and index.
Subjects
Dwellings - United States
Dwellings - United States - Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Historic buildings - United States.
Local history.
United States - History, Local - Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Additional Author
Howe, Barbara J.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
720 H842
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Respectful rehabilitation : answers to your questions about old buildings

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo2801
Date of Publication
c1982.
Call Number
720 R434
Responsibility
Technical Preservation Services, National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior ; drawings by David J. Baker.
ISBN
0891331034 (pbk.) :
Place of Publication
Washington, D.C
Publisher
Preservation Press,
Date of Publication
c1982.
Physical Description
185 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Notes
Includes index.
Bibliography: p. 173-178.
Subjects
Historic buildings - United States
Historic buildings - United States.
Architecture
Additional Corporate Author
United States. National Park Service. Technical Preservation Services Division.
Preservation Press.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
720 R434
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The restoration manual : an illustrated guide to the preservation and restoration of old buildings

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo3617
Author
Bullock, Orin M.
Date of Publication
1983, c1966.
Call Number
720.28 B938
Responsibility
by Orin M. Bullock, Jr. ; with a foreword by Morris Ketchum, Jr.
ISBN
0442214332 (pbk.) :
Author
Bullock, Orin M.
Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
Van Nostrand Reinhold,
Date of Publication
1983, c1966.
Physical Description
182 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Notes
Originally published: Norwalk, Conn. : Silvermine, 1966.
"Written for the Committee on Historic Buildings of the American Institute of Architects."
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects
Architecture - United States
Monuments - United States
Historic buildings - United States
Additional Corporate Author
American Institute of Architects. Committee on Historic Buildings.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
720.28 B938
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Student historians of Pennsylvania : history pro-expo of 1985

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo381
Date of Publication
1985
Call Number
974.9 L245 v.89
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1985
Physical Description
94-96 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 89, no. 3
Subjects
Architecture - Pennsylvania
Historic buildings - United States.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Journal
Call Number
974.9 L245 v.89
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