Doors and architecture of historic homes and properties as seen locally or on my travels.
First time visitors to the National Historic Landmark Hill-Stead Museum in Farmington, CT are in for a delightful treat. You realize you are headed someplace special as soon as you turn down the long and winding driveway on to the 152-acre property. Stone walls and rows of trees border the drive, and as you come around the bend at the…
We all have a mental image of fall in a quintessential New England village. It’s there because of places we have been, movies we have watched and photographs we have seen over the years. As I strolled through the Farmington, CT Historic District on a perfect fall day, the signs were everywhere. White Church with…
One street and two cities, you say? No doubt it’s unusual but in this case it’s true. I recently took a fascinating walking tour of Prospect Avenue with Mary Falvey from Hartford Preservation Alliance and Mary Donohue of Connecticut Explored where I learned a bit of old home and architectural history. The middle of Prospect Avenue…
This imposing door is on the west facade of Sever Hall at Harvard University. I was in Cambridge, MA recently and took the opportunity to stroll through the Harvard campus as it boasts many architecturally interesting buildings. Sever Hall was built from 1878-1880 with a gift from Anne Sever in honor of her deceased husband…
Whenever I have a few hours to myself (or whenever I steal a few hours!) I grab my camera, a snack and a bottle of water and hop in the car. Typically I’ll pick a destination in advance, usually selecting a historic district I haven’t seen before. Such was the case recently when I went…
As a fairly new blogger, I can tell you that it is a very solitary existence at first. You sit at your desk trying to figure out how the heck to use WordPress, what photos to choose, what topic to write about. Then you throw it all out there into that world we call the Internet…
