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Tucked in the Trees ~ Oaklawn
Tucked in the Trees ~ The appropriately named “Oaklawn” is an architecturally significant Federal style house built in 1832 in Woodville, Mississippi. Mississippi has very little Federal style architecture, located almost exclusively in the several counties along the Mississippi River above Louisiana. This house, built for Dr. Thomas Lynne and owned for generations by the…
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Restoring Your Historic House, The Comprehensive Guide for Homeowners describes and illustrates a best-practices approach for updating historic homes for modern life in ways that do not attempt to turn an old house into a new one. With interior and exterior photography by David Clough, these multi-page features show what can be achieved when a historic home is renovated with a desire to preserve as much historic character as possible.
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