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Architectural studies
The buildings we’ve recorded
Deed traces, probate inventories, framing analysis and hundreds of photographs: each study pieces together how a building was made, how it changed and why it matters to its community.
Featured studies
Greene County Jail Complex
A room-by-room photographic record of a 1909 Ohio sandstone jail, sheriff’s residence and 1978 cell block, made before the complex was demolished.
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Houghtaling/Kleinke Farm Complex
A c.1800 threshing barn and its five additions, the Glensmere Guernsey dairy, and a creamery where you can still follow the milk from cow to bottle.
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Rotterdam Fire District No. 7
A 1948 Colonial Revival firehouse, found eligible for the National Register, assessed alongside the alternatives to its demolition.
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Sandy Creek Farm – Newell Dairy
A 1930s ground-level stable barn, its silos and its milk house, recorded under a federal Memorandum of Agreement before the land was developed.
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Earlier building & site histories
Building and site research uses deed and title traces, probate records, historic maps and site examination to create a contextual history. A few examples of that work, available as PDFs:
Isaac Titus House
Coxsackie, NY House history by Anna Blinn · PDF
Shafer Farm Dutch Barn Complex
Warnerville, NY History by Anna Blinn Cole · PDF
Ford Manufacturing Company
Waterford, NY Brief history, Phase I supplement · PDF
Peter McCutcheon Farm Site
Bethlehem, NY Archaeological investigations · PDFFacing Section 106 or SEQRA review?
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