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historic preservation

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At Home, by Bill Bryson — Excellent holiday reading

grace jeffers

Video: The Wilson House — shrine to mid century laminate

dovecote in a storybook ranch house

Dovecotes in storybook ranch houses

ceratile sample

60s Ceratile samples

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Hodgson Houses, the first pre-fabricated homes in the U.S.

adams massachusetts victorial mansion

Victorian meets mid-century modern time capsule for sale in Adams, Mass.

julia baum photo of mid century house

Julia Baum captures the “vibrant display of personality” in cookie-cutter tract houses — 50 years later

royal barry wills cape cod house

The Royal Barry Wills Cape Home

mid-century-house-collage

Introducing: “Mid-Century Modest” and the Mid-Century Modest Manifesto

national park service preservation briefs

Preservation Briefs free from the National Park Service

WPA poster sanity unit outhouse

Your home is not complete without a Sanitary Unit

Early American design – why was it popular in the mid-20th-century?

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