DC Preservation League conference coming this September, 9/25 and 9/26

(A first in a long time event.)

-- Conference brochure

I think these kinds of events are very important. If we don't tell people what is important about their house and why, and how to properly maintain their historic (eligible for designation or designated), then it won't happen. I don't think we can expect the home repair companies and HGTV/DIY Network etc. to do it in our stead.

I don't know how we get people who live in historic (eligible or designated) houses to subscribe to magazines like Old House Journal, Old House Interiors, American Bungalow, etc., if they aren't already interested. But they are great magazines for ideas and perspective.

In DC, the Capitol Hill Restoration Society has a series of publications on various aspects of historic/architectural preservation.

The Landmark Society of Western New York's volume Rehab Rochester is an excellent general item about historic preservation, maintenance, and the architectural history of that region.

The Philadelphia Rowhouse Manual is also useful.

As is the Old and Historic Districts of Richmond, Virginia Handbook and Design Review Guidelines and the Montgomery County Maryland historic preservation design guidelines.

(These are but a few of the examples of such publications published around the country.)

I wish I were able to travel freely and attend the:

- Historic Seattle 12th Annual Bungalow Fair (September 26th and 27th)
- Historic Chicago Bungalow and Green House Expo (October 17th)
- Pasadena, California Craftsman Weekend (October 16th-18th)