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Restored blackhouse in a museum on Trotternish, Skye. The origin of the name blackhouse is of some debate. On the Isle of Lewis, in particular, it seems to have been used to distinguish the older blackhouses from some of the newer white-houses (Irish: teach bán [ˌtʲax ˈbˠaːnˠ], teach geal [ˌtʲax ˈɟalˠ]; Scottish Gaelic: taigh-geal [t̪ʰə ˈkʲal̪ˠ]), with their harled (rendered ...
The house was entirely re-wired and re-plumbed, the structure upgraded to withstand earthquakes, and discreet ventilation ducts were installed. Every shingle was removed and either restored or replaced, all timbers were stripped and refinished, and nearly all the tail rafters cantilevering beyond the roof line needed to be replaced.
Slave Houses, Gregg Plantation, Mars Bluff, South Carolina, NRHP-listed; ... Black Walnut (Clover, Virginia) Bel Air (Woodbridge, Virginia) Ramsay (Greenwood, Virginia)
If we could wave a wand, we'd want to restore these gorgeous abandoned houses right now. The post 50 Abandoned Houses That Are Begging to Be Restored appeared first on Reader's Digest.
One of the slave houses has been restored to appear as it did in the early 19th century; others are in various states of repair or ruin. The kitchen house features a display about slavery on the island, and the garden is also on display. Maintenance of the historical structures is the most significant work being done at Kingsley Plantation.
During the urban renewal of the 1970s most of the neighborhood surrounding the house was razed. By 2007, when the house was added to the NRHP, the Jackson House was believed to be the last free-standing residential dwelling in downtown Tampa. [2] In 2013, the Jackson House was deemed too damaged to be restored and faced likely demolition. [4]
The Safe House Black History Museum is a museum and cultural center in Greensboro, Alabama, United States. In March 1968, Martin Luther King Jr. used one of the museum's buildings as a safe house two weeks before he was assassinated on April 4 in Memphis .
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