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Tours and Events The Charleston Festival March 14- April 14
Photo Credit: The Charleston Festival Glorious Garden Tours are walking tours arranged so guests may stroll leisurely through each private garden. Guides are stationed at each location to provide information...
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Billerica, Massachusetts Home Built in 1665, Fully Restored
Billerica, Massachusetts Home Built in 1665, Fully Restored In the video below you will see that, Doug Towle considers old homes his children. The lifelong bachelor has spent much of...
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Hospitality at the Quaker Tavern Inn
The Federal style Hall’s Tavern in Falmouth, ME, now known as the Quaker Tavern Inn, was built in the first decade of the nineteenth century by Nicolas Hall. All interior structural evidence implies this Federal antique home, of gracious proportions, served as the local tavern for nearly 90 years.
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Providence Preservation Society: Historic Windows Put Rhode Islanders to Work
Article Credit: Providence Preservation Society For the last four weeks, the Old Brick School House has been a hive of educational activity once again. Ten students have been reporting every...
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Rhode Island State Council of the Arts
Rhode Island State Council on the Arts One Capitol Hill Providence, Rhode Island 02908 Governor Gina M. Raimondo and the Rhode Island State Council on the Arts (RISCA) are grateful...
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Don’t Sweat it, Plant it: Trees Boost overall Health and Cut Cooling Costs
Don’t Sweat it, Plant it: Trees Boost overall Health and Cut Cooling Costs Jon Gorey – Boston Globe Correspondent August 19, 2020 2:07 pm Some home improvements — a sleek...
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Sleeping porches? Telephone rooms? Pandemic could renew interest in old-school home design
By Cameron Sperance Globe Correspondent,Updated September 27, 2020, 12:00 a.m. Home design, like fashion, follows trends and the ever-churning mantra of “out with the old, in with the new.” Health professionals in the...
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Spring Fling at Winterthur 2024
Start:April 2 @ 10:00 am EDTEnd:April 5 @ 2:00 pm EDT Join us each day to celebrate the things that make spring special. Each day features a themed craft, activity or demonstration,...