22 August 2015

What I Knew on Day 1

The scope for a house history can go in any of a number of directions.  There are various types of documents from which information can be drawn. We will visit those specific directions and documents in other posts. For me, for my house, I essentially want to know anything there is to know, and in this sense my research may never be considered "complete". Although I did not begin to heavily research the house until many months after I moved in, we always wanted a house with some architectural and historical character,...
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20 August 2015

Let the House Blog Begin!

Hi everybody, welcome to my first blog post! Houses are inherently personal to those that occupy them. The bay window with the perfect view... the height marks charting the progress of children's growth through the years... the backyard where those kids made their own memories. A home becomes all that and more-- "If These Walls Could Talk" indeed. My name is Nick Brown. I'm a registered architect working in Philadelphia at a prominent architecture firm, and it was a recent happy hour event at work that got me truly...
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