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Looking for older and historic homes in the State of Delaware or in Southern Chester County, Pennsylvania? Carolyn Roland is a trained Architectural Historian and a Board Member of the Chester County Historic Preservation Network and Friends of the Furness Railroad District as well as the National Trust for Historic Preservation, Delaware and Chester County Historical Societies.,..

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2015 

 The American Revolution Round Table of Northern Delaware invites you to a program, “Black Loyalists in the American Revolution,” a talk by John J. McLaughlin, PhD at the Hale-Byrnes House, 606 Stanton-Christiana Road, Newark, Delaware (near Christiana Mall) on Saturday, August 1, 2015 from 7:30-...
07/29/2015
A recent visit to Frederick, Maryland found that this historic little town is a popular place for weekend getaways. Early Native Americans followed the Moncacy river here, and settled at the foothills of the Catoctin Mountains. Daniel Dulany—a land speculator from Ireland—laid out "Frederick Town...
07/24/2015
 Water pouring out of a light fixture in a house I am getting ready to market?  No Problem!  Much of the wiring done in knob and tube? No Problem!  Well, not much of a problem with the proper contractors.  I was going through the house this morning with an electrician, explaining what the rooms w...
07/21/2015
Funky, funny little Bellefonte!  With a population of 1193 and a land area of .18 square miles, it’s hard to imagine it as an arts, antiques, and “eclectica” hot spot, but it is. Situated a stone’s throw from the Delaware River between the northern edge of Wilmington, Delaware and the Pennsylvani...
07/09/2015
Photo courtesy Media BoroughBastille Day in Downtown Media will be held Saturday, July 11, 2015 from 6:00 PM to 10:30 PM.  And if you are looking for a town that loves to party, you have found it!!Experience the ART of Independence. Join the party in Media as they shut down State Street and storm...
07/07/2015
OK, now it’s really summer, and so far, either it’s been hot, or it’s been raining. But it brought to mind why the Wilmington area was settled over 350 years ago--the creeks and rivers provided rushing water at the southern end of the Piedmont, otherwise known as the “Fall Line.”  If you built a ...
07/02/2015
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