Don't know much about history...
Sometimes we get so caught up in renovating and restoring historic houses that we forget about the history behind these places. Who built them? Who lived there? What life changes took place inside these walls? We're currently renovating a Greek Revival house in Cambridge, Ma, that was once the home of Margeret Fuller. A contemporary of Emerson and Hawthorne (and possibly more than that. See Susan Cheever's new book on these influential writers), Fuller lived here during a stay at Harvard. I had a synchronistic moment the other day when I left the Fuller House to go to a meeting in Concord. I turned on NPR to hear a discussion with Cheever about the transcendalists, including Fuller, who are so strongly identified with Concord. It was a good reminder to stay in touch with the history behind the houses and churches that we work on. After all, one of the reasons we do this work is to keep the past alive for future generations.
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Mark Landry is the President of Landmark Services, Inc, one of the premier old house renovation contracting firms in Massachusetts. He loves old houses and would welcome the opportunity to discuss your renovation, restoration, or addition.