These two photos came across my feed this morning and so perfectly illustrate what is possible in restoring historic homes that I am passing them along to followers of Restoring Your Historic House.
The Queen Anne style house was once home to Nashville composer and ethnomusicologist John W. Work III. Work moved into the house on Fisk University campus in 1937. A music teacher and one of the first academic scholars of rural African American folk music, Work made some of the earliest known field recordings of black Nashvillians. After a period of abandonment, the house was restored by Fisk University and the National Park Service.
Read more about this project here: https://archpaper.com/2012/07/blues-documentarians-historic-home-restored-in-nashville/
Restoring Your Historic House, The Comprehensive Guide for Homeowners, is filled with information to help historic house lovers restore their homes. It is a 720-page, hardcover volume containing more than 2,000 photos and drawings. It can be found in bookstores nationwide and through online retailers. Signed copies can be ordered directly from the author at yourhistorichouse.com.
Ask your local bookstore to contact their W.W. Norton rep to order copies.
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