Silly me sat down to relax at the computer after dinner and got carried away.

Sorry, you're going to have to cut and paste these links. Some of them some of you may already be well aquainted with. I hope you enjoy what's in some of them and find helpful info to preserve and restore your old house.

http://www.preservationdirectory.com/

Preservation directory. com

http://www.nationaltrust.org/

National trust for historic preservation

http://www.cr.nps.gov/hps/tps/index.htm

Info from the National Park service

http://www.cr.nps.gov/hps/tps/roofdown/welcome.htm

From the National Park Service, caring for your home

http://www.meux.mus.ca.us/

1888 Meux home tour

http://www.cttrust.org/

Connecticut Trust for Historic Preservation, with help for anyone

http://www.generalwilliamfloydhouse.org/

Gen Wm. Floyd house, with info about their restoration work.

http://www.buildingconservation.com/articles.htm

British site but can be very helpful to anyone with an old house. ExÂchimney problems

http://www.bricksandbrass.co.uk/design/design.htm

Another British site with lots of info about old houses and caring for them

The following are some illustrations of what you could call mingled architectural types from

http://historicfresno.org/surveys/ratko.htm

Not every house can fit comfortably within a label.

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1921 craftsman colonial revival

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1919 Craftsman Bungaloid (Japanesque influence)

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1904 Gambrel colonial revival

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1896 Queen Anne/Colonial Revival hybrid

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1888 Italianate (carpenter vernacular influence)