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Four page newsletter of the Historic Preservation Trust of Berks County printed in 1990. Piece contains a letter from Mary Pendleton (then Trust president ) updating readers on the restoration progress made at various properties in addition to thanking volunteers, acknowledging donations, etc. For full text of newsletter see additional images.
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Series of 35 pages that describes the location, ownership, history, architecture, etc. of the George Douglass House. This is the main application sent to the United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places as the application for National Register Status for the Douglass House. Photos included with this
View recordIn a Sept 15, 1997 manuscript note to Dr. Donald A. Shelley, then a Trust Board member, Theresa Beard--a Trust founder, former President, and long-time Board member--reported that she “spoke to a man who said he did not think there was a butcher shop in the Douglass Mansion but when he was very young…about 10 years old…he remembered the Slaughter House and s
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Two page newsletter published by the Historic Preservation Trust of Berks County in Feb. 1997 (Volume IV Number 1). Topics discussed include: recrafting of the Trust's mission statement, and an update on the restoration work on the George Douglass House. See additional image for full text.
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Eight page newsletter published by the Historic Preservation Trust of Berks County in Feb. 1997 (Volume IV, Number 3). Topics discussed include: 32nd annual Mouns Jones Country Fair, educations programs, George Douglass House update, George Douglass history, colonial Military Muster, Christmas Tea, annual membership meeting, calendar of events, and voluntee
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Photocopy of a one-page Architectural Data Form prepared by Barry K. Stover for Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS). Form was prepared in order to update existing HABS information for George Douglass House privy. This information was never filed with HABS. See GDHFN1---1002.01.016 for measured field notes drawings created by Barry Stover to accompan
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