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Discover one of the most important American furniture makers Irving and Casson – A. H. Davenport Co. was one of the most significant American furniture makers of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Long recognized for its fine craftsmanship of furniture and interior woodwork, the company also provided...
Sponsored Post There’s nothing quite like the beauty of an old New England home built into the landscape rather than on it. Older homes speak of proportion, scale, and form. More than almost any other kind of project, Catchlight Painting, a Historic New England Preservation Partner, loves working to...
Have you visited the Eustis Estate yet? Located in Milton, Mass., this 1878 mansion is is a historic site unlike any other in the Greater Boston area. If you haven’t had a chance to explore this rare piece of architecture – and the stunning eighty acres of land on which it...
Everyone loves vacation, but Annabella Gualdoni loves the part that many of us dread: the planning. She and husband Vito Cavallo take several trips a year and explore New England almost every weekend. Their travel goal is “Fifty by Fifty”—visit fifty countries and all fifty states before Gualdoni’s fiftieth...
On Saturday, June 3, all thirty-eight historic sites are open free to the public. Join us and bring a friend! Love architecture, history, fantastic stories, great landscapes, fine art and folk art, and interior design? Then join Historic New England on June 3, 2023 and explore distinctly different historic...
During Women’s History Month we celebrate some of the women leaders on our staff who champion community preservation, lead efforts to recover stories from the past, engage the public at historic sites across the region, and educate students. Essentially, their work will be celebrated years from now during Women’s History Month....
From historic house tours and snowy landscapes to special programs and events, celebrate the season with us. Take a tour Visit the Eustis Estate, Gropius House, and the Lyman Estate to discover three centuries of New England stories and style. Just sixty years separates the 1878 Eustis Estate and...
by Ellie Paliga, preservation services manager, northern New England In ways both structural and aesthetic, historic houses evolve with the people who inhabit them. While documentation—written records, building permits, historic maps, photographs, drawings—provide insight into the known history of a building, we can also find evidence of change in...
UPDATE – January 2022: After decades of preservation advocacy work by Historic New England and others, Brookline Town Meeting voted to establish the Richardson/Olmsted Thematic Local Historic District, recognizing and protecting the legacy of renowned architect H.H. Richardson, and landscape architects Frederick Law Olmsted and John Charles Olmsted. The...
This is one in a series of messages from staff about their “favorite things” at Historic New England. Say hello to Jane Hennedy Jane Hennedy has been the Southern Rhode Island Site Manager at Historic New England since 2016. Jane will tell us why the stone walls at Casey...
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