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Hart House: Appraisal Of Worth May 2024

Hart House: Appraisal Of Worth

Documentation

Includes Anne Baker's Appraisal and Justification and the appraisal done by William J. Carter, III, Realtor and Appraiser. Completed for Faunce Corner Road Associates, dated March 17, 1987.


Hart House: Massachusetts Historical Commission Survey - Form B May 2024

Hart House: Massachusetts Historical Commission Survey - Form B

Documentation

Massachusetts Historical Commission Survey completed by Linda DesRoches in November 1996. Includes Architectural Description and Historic Narrative and a Feb 24, 1997 letter to Pete Baker from Linda.


Hart House: Faunce Corner Road Associates Agreement With Whale May 2024

Hart House: Faunce Corner Road Associates Agreement With Whale

Documentation

Agreement between Faunce Corner Road Associates and WHALE. Faunce Corner Road Associates, wishing to develop the land at Faunce Corner, donated the William Hart House to WHALE for preservation purposes.


Hart House: William Hart House History And Description May 2024

Hart House: William Hart House History And Description

Documentation

The William Hart House, originally located at 336 Faunce Corner Road in North Dartmouth, MA was dismantled by A.W. Baker Restorations in 1987 after the property was sold to a developer. In this history and description, Baker describes the Hart House's history and offers a description of each room with floor plans. Each piece of the dismantled house was labeled, recorded, and stored for later reassembly.


Hart House: Whale Agreement With Baker And Keffer, March 1987 May 2024

Hart House: Whale Agreement With Baker And Keffer, March 1987

Documentation

Agreement made in March 1987 between WHALE and Anne Baker and Douglas Keffer, concerning the dismantling and moving of the William Hart House from Faunce Corner Road in Dartmouth to a suitable location for later reassembly.


Hart House: Cost Estimates For Re-Erection Of Hart House - Museum Use May 2024

Hart House: Cost Estimates For Re-Erection Of Hart House - Museum Use

Documentation

Cost estimates prepared by Anne Baker including the purchase of original material, site preparation, frame erected and boarded in with new sills, joists, and subflooring, exterior trim and shingles, interior, chimney stack rebuilt, and electricity.


Hart House: Bill Of Sale Agreement To Charles A. Dana, July 12, 1988 May 2024

Hart House: Bill Of Sale Agreement To Charles A. Dana, July 12, 1988

Documentation

Agreement made July 1988 with Charles A. Dana along with correspondence with Baker and WHALE. Also includes correspondence with the Children's Museum concerning the Hart House/ Project Eli.


The Juan De La Cruz Molino: Folk Architecture At El Güique-Estaca New Mexico, José A. Rivera Ph.D Feb 2024

The Juan De La Cruz Molino: Folk Architecture At El Güique-Estaca New Mexico, José A. Rivera Ph.D

Faculty Publications

El Güique and Estaca are twin communities just north of the confluence of the Río Grande and the Río Chama. Like other Spanish colonial settlements in the historic Río Arriba, acequia-based agriculture was essential for food production in this high desert region of the northern Río Grande. Along with the construction of acequias, molinos (grist mills) were built to grind wheat into flour as part of the subsistence farming economy of the times. While acequias were communal, molinos most often were constructed and operated as private enterprises by local millers like the case of Juan de la Cruz Borrego and …


Lesieur, John Bryan "Jack," B. 1986 (Sc 3713), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2024

Lesieur, John Bryan "Jack," B. 1986 (Sc 3713), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3713. Photographs, floor plans, and specifications relating to a proposed restoration of the Reservoir Hill Pump House, Bowling Green, Kentucky, as an office for the Landmark Association.


Lesieur, John Bryan "Jack," B. 1986 (Sc 3712), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2024

Lesieur, John Bryan "Jack," B. 1986 (Sc 3712), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3712. Narrative, photographs, and floor plans relating to a proposed restoration of “Potter Castle,” the former home of James Erasmus Potter at 1310 College Street, Bowling Green, Kentucky.


Samson House: East Bay Window Article: Recycling Houses Opens History, December 7-8, 1977 Jan 2024

Samson House: East Bay Window Article: Recycling Houses Opens History, December 7-8, 1977

Documentation

Article titled "Recycling Houses Opens History" that appeared in The East Bay Window on December 7-8, 1977. Talks about the architectural significance of the Tiverton house that was uncovered during dismantling for re-erection in Little Compton.


Samson House: Baker's Report On The Tiverton House Jan 2024

Samson House: Baker's Report On The Tiverton House

Documentation

Anne Baker's architectural report and typed notes on the Tiverton House dismantled and re-erected by Hugh Samson. The notes from this report were recorded before the house was moved. All reference points and compass directions are from the original location and structure.


Samson House: Specifications For The General Construction Phase 1 Jan 2024

Samson House: Specifications For The General Construction Phase 1

Documentation

Specifications for the General Construction Phase I Restoration and Reuse for Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Samson, Rockbridge Farm, Little Compton, Rhode Island. Prepared by Joseph L. Nichols, Registered Architect, Newport, Rhode Island, December 27, 1977.


Samson House: Baker's Notes On The Re-Erection Of The Barker And Brownell Houses Jan 2024

Samson House: Baker's Notes On The Re-Erection Of The Barker And Brownell Houses

Documentation

Baker's narrative about the challenges encountered in re-assembling two very different historic houses from the 17th century. She includes what was restored and restored and tell where other architectural features came from.


"Love And Reading": An Oral History Of Albion's Big Read, Akaiia Ridley Jan 2024

"Love And Reading": An Oral History Of Albion's Big Read, Akaiia Ridley

Historic Preservation Final Projects

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