observations index

OBSERVATIONS

Ob-ser-va-tion, n. The view from an observatory. An occasional series of articles from Allen Charles Hill, Preservation Consultant.

INDEX TO ARTICLES

This index lists articles from Observations alphabetically by title, subject, and, in the case of works by others, by author. Subjects are listed in bold italics, and book titles are listed in plain italics.

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Additions

Look out! (a building project as a trial by ordeal) 14

A matter of proportion 7

Where have all the good additions gone? 23

All cracked up (plaster cracks as diagnostic tools) 14

The Apple Corps guide to the well-built house 4

Architectural history

Buildings hot, buildings cool 12

Finds in a first-period house 10

Garvin -- A building history of northern New England 22

McAlester and McAlester -- A field guide to American houses 12

Ship's carpenters, huh? 22

"Well, whaddaya know!" 19

Architecture as a thoughtful discipline 7

Asbestos again 17

Assessment

Conservation assessment -- Town Historical Museum 21

Infra-red imaging 14

My barn's falling over 19

Partial services 13

Quick help 7

Summary assessments 23

What is an historic structures report? 4

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A balancing act 4

Barn conversions -- a curmudgeon's view 23

Books and printed resources

Butcher-Younghans -- Historic house museumsÉ 11

Garvin -- A building history of northern New England 22

Heritage Preservation -- Caring for your historic house 19

Home Renovation Associates -- I'm not doing it myself... 4

Isaacson -- Round buildings, square buildings, and buildings that wiggle like a fish 10

Locke -- The Apple Corps guide to the well-built house 4

McAlester and McAlester -- A field guide to American houses 12

Leeke -- Practical restoration reports 22

S.P.N.E.A .-- Preserving your old house: Stripping exterior paint 5

Utley and Cutler -- Guidelines for museums 11

Budgeting

A balancing act 4

Building and zoning codes

Building codes and historic buildings 15

The zoning trap 17

Building codes and historic buildings 15

"Burning off" old paint 5

A building history of northern New England 22

Buildings hot, buildings cool 12

Butcher-Younghans -- Historic house museums... 11

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CAP grants

Conservation assessment grants 11

Conservation assessment -- Town Historical Museum 21

Caring for your historic house 19

Churches and religious buildings

Stewardship and old churches 6

Classicism

Buildings hot, buildings cool 12

Condensation as a marker 24

Conservation

Defined

Words, words, and more words 8

Conservation assessment -- Town Historical Museum 21

Conservation assessment grants 11

Contractors

Do it yourself? 4

Cracked again (cracks in woodwork) 14

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Damp and wet basements 20

Dampness and moisture

See Water and moisture

Decision-making

Decisions, decisions! 17

Good, fast, cheap (Choose any two) 10

Good, fast, cheap (revisited) 14

What do you think you're doing? 15

Definitions

Historical who? 9

Words, words, and more words 8

Do it yourself? 4

Doing preservation

Barn conversions -- a curmudgeon's view 23

Building codes and historic buildings 15

Finds in a first-period house 10

First it gets worse 12

Good, fast, cheap (revisited) 14

Good projects 13

Look out! (a building project as a trial by ordeal) 14

My barn's falling over 19

Oh, oh! asbestos 13

Overlays 17

Partial services 13

Practical restoration reports 22

Stewardship and old churches 6

Summary assessments 23

Tell me a story 13

To replace or not to replace 23

What do you think you're doing? 15

Where have all the good additions gone? 23

Wobbly walls 18

The worst decision of all 12

Wunnaful, wunnaful! 12

Drippy business 16

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Environmental controls

Condensation as a marker 24

Damp and wet basements 20

Drippy business 16

Inconspicuous utilities for an old house 3

A museum dilemma16

A new approach to damp basements13

Established error, novel fact 19

Extensions

A matter of proportion 7

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A field guide to American houses 12

Field guides

McAlester and McAlester -- A field guide to American houses 12

Finds in a first-period house 10

Fire hazard

"Burning off" old paint 5

First it gets worse 12

Fundamental reading 11

Funding

Conservation assessment grants 11

Grants from the inside 24

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Garvin, James -- A building history of northern New England 22

Good, fast, cheap (Choose any two) 10

Good, fast, cheap (revisited) 14

Good projects 13

Grants

Conservation assessment grants 11

Grants from the inside 24

Grants from the inside 24

Guidelines for museums 11

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Hardwoods and softwoods in building frames 22

Hazards

Asbestos again 17

"Burning off" old paint 5

Oh, oh! asbestos 13

Heating and ventilating

Condensation as a marker 24

Drippy business 16

Inconspicuous utilities for an old house 3

A museum dilemma 16

A new approach to damp basements 13

Heritage Preservation

Conservation assessment grants 11

Miss this at your own risk! 19

Hewing timber 18

Historic districts

Commissions

Historical who? 9

National Register and local historic districts 9

Historic house museums 11

Historic structures reports

Conservation assessment -- Town Historical Museum 21

What is an historic structures report? 4

Historical Commissions

Historical who? 9

Historical societies

Historical who? 9

Historical who? 9

Home Renovation Associates -- I'm not doing it myself... 4

The house that never was 2

Housewatcher's guide 12

How much is enough? 10

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I'm not doing it myself... 4

Inconspicuous utilities for an old house 3

Infra-red imaging 14

Is it old or is it antique? 1

Isaacson -- Round buildings, square buildings, and buildings that wiggle like a fish 10

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J, K, L

Leeke, John -- Practical restoration reports 22

Locke, Jim -- The Apple Corps guide to the well-built house 4

Look out! (a building project as a trial by ordeal) 14

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Make the coat first 24

Masonry

Matching and patching bricks and mortar 5

Matching and patching bricks and mortar 5

Materials

All cracked up (plaster cracks as diagnostic tools) 14

Asbestos again 17

Cracked again (cracks in woodwork) 14

Hardwoods and softwoods in building frames 22

Hewing timber 18

Make the coat first 24

Matching and patching bricks and mortar 5

More nails 22

Nails 15

Nirvana?! 17

Oh, oh! asbestos 13

Sawing and splitting 22

Scribe rule joints, square rule joints 18

Wood shingles 15

A matter of proportion 7

McAlester and McAlester -- A field guide to American houses 12

Mechanical systems

Damp and wet basements 20

Drippy business 16

Inconspicuous utilities for an old house 3

A museum dilemma 16

A new approach to damp basements 13

Miss this at your own risk! 19

Moisture and water

See Water and moisture

More nails 22

A museum dilemma 16

Museums

Conservation assessment -- Town Historical Museum 21

A museum dilemma 16

Tell me a story 13

What is your museum's competition? 16

What's all this museum stuff, anyway? 16

Resources for

Butcher-Younghans -- Historic house museums... 11

Conservation assessment grants 11

Fundamental reading 11

Grants from the inside 24

Utley and Cutler -- Guidelines for museums 11

My barn's falling over 19

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Nails 15

Nails

More nails 22

Nails 15

National Register and local historic districts 9

National Register of Historic Places

National Register and local historic districts 9

A new approach to damp basements 13

Nirvana?! 17

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Oh, oh! asbestos 13

Old versus antique objects

Is it old or is it antique? 1

Overlays 17

Over-restoration

The house that never was 2

Oversiding

Nirvana?! 17

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Paint and coatings

Removal

"Burning off" old paint 5

Partial services 13

Philosophy

Architecture as a thoughtful discipline 7

Barn conversions -- a curmudgeon's view 23

Established error, novel fact 19

Good projects 13

How much is enough? 10

Is it old or is it antique? 1

A matter of proportion 7

Overlays 17

Stewardship and old churches 6

Tell me a story 13

What do you think you're doing? 15

What good is a bad restoration? 8

What's all this museum stuff, anyway? 16

Where have all the good additions gone? 23

The worst decision of all 12

Planning

A balancing act 4

Building codes and historic buildings 15

Conservation assessment -- Town Historical Museum 21

Decisions, decisions! 17

Do it yourself? 4

First it gets worse 12

Good, fast, cheap (Choose any two) 10

Good, fast, cheap (revisited) 14

How much is enough? 10

Look out! (a building project as a trial by ordeal) 14

Partial services 13

Quick help 7

Summary assessments 23

What do you think you're doing? 15

What is an historic structures report? 4

Will using an architect save money? 7

Words, words, and more words 8

The worst decision of all 12

The zoning trap 17

Plaster

All cracked up (plaster cracks as diagnostic tools) 14

Practical restoration reports 22

Preservation

Defined

Words, words, and more words 8

Preserving your old house: Stripping exterior paint 5

Professional help

Partial services 13

Quick help 7

Summary assessments 23

Programming

A balancing act 4

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Quick help 7

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Reading for a quiet evening 4

Reconstruction

Defined

Words, words, and more words 8

References, evaluating

Wunnaful, wunnaful! 12

Rehabilitation

Defined

Words, words, and more words 8

Repair

Defined

Words, words, and more words 8

Restoration

Defined

Words, words, and more words 8

The house that never was 2

What good is a bad restoration? 8

Romanticism

Buildings hot, buildings cool 12

Roofing

Make the coat first 24

Wood shingles 15

Round buildings, square buildings, and buildings that wiggle like a fish 10

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S.P.N.E.A. -- Preserving your old house: Stripping exterior paint 5

Sawing and splitting 22

Scale

A matter of proportion 7

Scribe rule joints, square rule joints 18

Ship's carpenters, huh? 22

Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities: see S.P.N.E.A.

Stabilization

Defined

Words, words, and more words 8

Stewardship and old churches 6

Story line in preservation work

Tell me a story 13

Summary assessments 23

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Technological history

A building history of northern New England 22

Hardwoods and softwoods in building frames 22

Hewing timber 18

More nails 22

Nails 15

Sawing and splitting 22

Scribe rule joints, square rule joints 18

"Well, whaddaya know!" 19

Technology

All cracked up (plaster cracks as diagnostic tools) 14

A building history of northern New England 22

Cracked again (cracks in woodwork) 14

Inconspicuous utilities for an old house 3

Infra-red imaging 14

Make the coat first 24

Matching and patching bricks and mortar 5

A new approach to damp basements 13

Practical restoration reports 22

Ship's carpenters, huh? 22

To replace or not to replace 23

Wood shingles 15

To replace or not to replace 23

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Utilities

Inconspicuous utilities for an old house 3

Utley and Cutler -- Guidelines for museums 11

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V, W

Water and moisture

Condensation as a marker 24

Damp and wet basements 20

Drippy business 16

A museum dilemma 16

A new approach to damp basements 13

"Well, whaddaya know!" 19

What do you think you're doing? 15

What good is a bad restoration? 8

What is an historic structures report? 4

What is your museum's competition? 16

What's all this museum stuff, anyway? 16

Where have all the good additions gone? 23

Wiggly buildings 10

Will using an architect save money? 7

Windows

To replace or not to replace 23

Wobbly walls 18

Wood

Cracked again (cracks in woodwork) 14

Hardwoods and softwoods in building frames 22

Hewing timber 18

Sawing and splitting 22

Scribe rule joints, square rule joints 18

Wood shingles 15

Words, words, and more words 8

The worst decision of all 12

Wunnaful, wunnaful! 12

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X, Y, Z

Zoning and building codes (see Building and zoning codes)

The zoning trap 17

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