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The Edwardian Inn
The Edwardian Inn in Helena, Arkansas, was built in 1904 as the home of local businessman William A. Short. edwardianinn.com The large Colonial Revival style mansion is located on a prominent rise overlooking the Mississippi riverfront. The wrap-around porch is particularly wonderful with the rounded entrance bay echoed in the rounded bay window above. 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.
Scott T. Hanson is a historic-building preservation professional and has 40 years’ experience rehabilitating historic houses. He has illustrated this authoritative book with hundreds of step-by-step photos, illustrations, charts, and decision-making guides. Interspersed throughout are photo essays of 13 restored historic houses representing a range of periods and architectural styles: Italianate, Victorian, Queen Anne, Federal, Colonial, Colonial Revival, Greek Revival, Ranch, Adobe, Craftsman, Shingle, and Rustic.
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