We all seem to have bucket lists these days, those things we want to do or accomplish before it's too late. If you haven't had an opportunity to visit......
There was no lack of German ingenuity when the earliest European settlers of Lancaster County arrived around 1710. The architectural traditions of des......
Is there anything Ben Franklin didn't invent? Bifocals, odometers, swim fins, political cartoons, batteries, Franklin stoves and, of course, the first......
Walt Disney said, "If you can dream it, you can do it." Architects embrace a similar phrase by William Arthur Ward, "If you can imagine it, you can cr......
Certain expressions stay with us for a lifetime. For instance: "Do you think we own stock in the electric company?" or "Where did you get your driver'......
A garrison, by definition, is a fortified and permanent military post. The architectural elements of the military post or fort helped defend the inhab......
When the wind is in the East
It's neither good for man nor beast.
When the wind is in the North,
The skillful fisherman goes not forth.
When the wind ......
Many of the popular architectural styles that occupied our rural- and urban-built environments through the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries were adaptati......
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