Some people seem to have a morbid curiosity for abandoned houses. Don’t believe me? Search YouTube for videos filmed by intruders armed with flashlights and DSLRs walking through these houses merely to put decay on display. They aren’t there to help further the cause of restoration. They don’t bother to research the history of the…
A Selfish Desire Morphs Into a Classic Win/Win
I admit it: I get a real thrill taking pictures of historic home interiors on the other side of the velvet rope. It was an itch that I needed to scratch, and in the spring of 2016 an idea developed that I figured would grease this skid in the best possible way. If I got…
The Genesis of Historic Rescue
It’s spring 2012 and I’m standing outside the Thomas Clarke house in Princeton, New Jersey. The docent, a very patient man named John, is talking to a group of students from a local junior high school. He’s trying to explain to the very distracted group what it was like to live in a farmhouse in…
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