The Latest Saves

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  SAVE this old house December 2008

  SAVE this old house

  JOHN EVANS EARNED HIMSELF a great deal of respect as a do-gooder in the early 1900s, heading up a local orphanage known as the Durham Children's Home. But he was also lauded for his prowess as a do-it-yourselfer, building this sturdy tri-gabled Gothic Revival home for his family in 1910.
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  SAVE this old house September 2008

  SAVE this old house

  IT WAS THE WANING DAYS of the Civil War. General William T. Sherman and his pyromaniac Union Army were closing in on Columbia, South Carolina, looking to torch the State House, and Governor Andrew Gordon Magrath needed to get out of town. Fast.

  By KEITH PANDOLFI

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  July | August 2008

  TRANE

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  YOU CAN SAVE this old house June 2008

  YOU CAN SAVE this old house

  NEW LONDON, CONNECTICUT, is well known for its illustrious history as a vital Northeast seaport, its once thriving whaling industry—and an abundance of New England vernacular architecture. But for This Old House reader Sandra Kersten Chalk, it’s unfortunately earning a reputation for something more nefarious to preservation-minded people like herself: teardowns.

  By KEITH PANDOLFI

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  SAVE this old house March 2008

  SAVE this old house

  THIS WHITE CLAPBOARD HOUSE located at the junction of three interstates in Weare, New Hampshire, holds a special place in Betty Straw’s heart. The same goes for a lot of people in town. While Straw was growing up there during the 1930s, the house belonged to Arthur and Hazel Eastman, who owned the adjacent general store.

  By KEITH PANDOLFI