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The China Exploration and Research Society and Kham Aid Foundation provide information on their project to repair Buddhist monasteries and their mural paintings.
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Pamela Logan: CERS Monastery Project Overview Palpung main page includes information on the history and background of this important Kham gompa. 5/3/99 Several new pages have been added to the CERS site on Asian Arts, including: a report on the celebration...The owners describe the restoration of one of the oldest houses in Fishers Indiana, built in 1861.
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Flannigan House Reports of hauntings are true. The sighting of an old women and children have been reported by a reliable source (or as reliable as this kind of source can be) Flannigan House Restoration Project The...News of historic preservation efforts on Route 66, "the Main Street of America". John's Modern Cabins is an old tourist court just a few miles south of Rolla, Missouri.
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Route 66 Historic Preservation: The John's Modern Cabins News This web site was begun to spread news about an endangered tourist court called John's Modern Cabins, the ruins of which are located alongside Interstate 44 in Newburg, Missouri. I have since expanded the site...Restoration and reconstruction at Vina in California of the 12th century Spanish Cistercian chapter house of Santa Maria de Ovila. Includes a history by Margaret Burke, photographs, and reports in pdf format.
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Sacred Stones The Saga of the Stones ...This Federal style house in Illinois, built in 1847, needs to be saved. Owners Wade and Tara Scharlau present its history and solicit donations towards its preservation.
http://www.ourschoolbytes.com/ReadHouse
The major public areas of this magnificent structure have been restored to their 1917 grandeur by Historic Landmarks Foundation of Indiana and CFC Incorporated.
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West Baden Springs Hotel The major public areas of this magnificent structure have been historically restored to their 1917 grandeur. The buildling was designed by Harrison Albright and constructed in 1902 in just 277 days. Thirty months were required...Aims to save an historic landmark on Fort Huachuca, Arizona.
http://hometown.aol.com/bonnerfc
Believed to have been the Mormon Old Nauvoo University Library, this 1843 stone house in Nauvoo, Illinois was rescued from bulldozers just hours before destruction.
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Original Nauvoo 1843 House Restoration Project Some believe this building located at 1405 Young Street in Nauvoo, Illinois was intended to house the Mormon's Old Nauvoo University Library. Some say it was built in 1843, others say it was built in...A TV series which asks viewers to vote for which one of 30 historic British buildings should be restored. Information about the buildings and instructions on how to donate.
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BBC History Restoration Home K have been working hard to secure the restoration of all 51 buildings featured in the two series. Read the latest news from Victoria Baths and all the other properties, or learn how to get involved...Dedicated to informing the public of Richmond, Virginia about the corruption surrounding the plan to destroy 6th Street Marketplace which opened in 1985.
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Remember 6th St. Marketplace Developers have had their way with Richmond City Council, and Council didn't even complain. Instead Mayor Rudy McCollum, City Manager Calvin Jamison, and Richmond Renaissance's Jack Berry are brazenly proud of their value destroying schemes....Chronicles Johnathan and Beth Campbell's quest to renovate a house built around 1890 in North Dakota. History, photographs and news.
http://www.campbellmansion.com/
Project dedicated to the conservation and rebuilding of approximately 120 ancient field barns on Bonsall Moor, Derbyshire, England.
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bonsall field barn project home page Click a page below to start See Bonsall through image galleries Top 40 Bonsall barns Wildflowers meadows Virtual walk Barns landscape Swaledale Barn Project Bonsall Landscape in Summer Restoring a Bonsall Barn 03/27/2005Restoration of initial...A late Federal style brick farmhouse, built in 1836 in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, now undergoing restoration. Illustrated history with references. Photographs of the setting.
http://gravelspringsfarm.com
Project to convert the Italianate former Olympia Brewhouse in Tumwater, Thurston County, Washington, USA into a regional arts and cultural center. Includes an explanatory drawing, photographs and proposal (in pdf format).
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OldBrewhouse.org Save the Old Tumwater Brewhouse ...Kizhi state open-air museum reserve contains a detailed schedule of the restoration of the main church on the island of Kizhi - the Church of the Transfiguration.
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The restoration of the Church of the Transfiguration in island KIZHI (1999 2014) Museum presents the opportunity to take part in the restoration works of the Church of the Transfiguration and in the creation of the Virtual carpenters-restaurateurs School. Forum News The press Our partners The authors Web-camera...Aims to save the historic Bowen building of the Bartonville State Hospital, Illinois. Includes plans and photographs.
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Save the Bowen We need your help to save the Historic Bowen Building Copyright 2005 Please, Help us save the BOWEN Building All Rights Reserved. GoDaddy.com is the world's #1 ICANN-accredited domain name registrar!...A US program to preserve historic farm buildings sponsored by the National Trust for Historic Preservation and Successful Farming magazine. Articles, awards, photo tour, bibliography.
http://www.agriculture.com/barnagain/
A joint initiative by the Alexandra Palace Charitable Trust and the BBC to redevelop Alexandra Palace in North London, UK as a media campus for the knowledge age.
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The People's Palace A joint initiative of Alexandra Palace Charitable Trust and the BBC Creating a media campus for the knowledge age The People's Palace A joint initiative of Alexandra Palace Charitable Trust and the BBC alexandra palace bbc, ally pally project, the peoples palace, Alexandra Palace Charitable Trust,...Destroyed during the final months of World War II, Dresden's Baroque Church of Our Lady has been rebuilt to its former glory during the past decade, serving as a symbol of reconciliation in reunited Germany.
http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,2144,1754012,00.html
The Lawrence Barn in Hollis, New Hampshire, is a double English-style timber-framed barn with yet a third addition, one of perhaps a half-dozen still remaining in New England. It is to be reconstructed as community center.
http://lawrencebarn.tripod.com/
The Tri-County Heritage Society is in partnership with the Amish to save the house in Pennsylvania built in the 18th century by German immigrant Nicholas Stoltzfus.
http://stoltzfus.org