In 2008, Allen University paid $116,000 to move a historic 1903 house two blocks and promised restoration; 18 years later, the work never came and the house is being demolished
The building has suffered damage from years of neglect (Photos: AOL) A historic house in Columbia, South Carolina, that was once linked to generations of Black community and civil rights leaders is now being demolished after years of efforts to save it…
After losing their Los Angeles home in the wildfire, a California family bought a $1 historic house and moved it onto their burned property
Lauren Martinez and Morgan Sykes Jaybush, creative director of the architectural firm Omgivning, at Martinez’s relocated home. Image Credit: Gary Leonard/ Omgivning A California family has found a unique way to rebuild after losing its Altadena…
Mentmore Towers, Batman Begins’ Wayne Manor in Buckinghamshire, could be seized as owners face deadline to repair crumbling mansion and conduct bat surveys to save historic property
Mentmore Towers, the mansion that became Wayne Manor in Batman Begins, is now at risk of being seized. (Photo: SWNS) The real-life Wayne Manor from Christopher Nolan’s Batman Begins, Mentmore Towers in Buckinghamshire, is at the centre of a preservation…
New Mexico has protected nearly 11,000 acres along the Mimbres River as a new wildlife area, safeguarding historic water rights, rare river habitat and a 2-mile stretch of the desert stream
An elevated, high-definition view of the newly protected landscape surrounding the Mimbres River in southwestern New Mexico. Conservationists and state officials in New Mexico have completed a deal to buy nearly 11,000 acres of ecologically rich land…
Trump making White House ballroom ‘fait accompli,’ historic preservation group tells Supreme Court
President Donald Trump is trying to make his White House ballroom a “fait accompli” by building it so quickly the judiciary won’t be able to stop him, a historic preservation group told the US Supreme Court. President Trump’s fast-tracked construction of…
Heavy rain, dangerous surf: Why Hurricane Lala is a historic threat to Hawaii’s Big Island
Tropical Storm Lala strengthened on the Big Island of Hawaii (Picture credit: AP) Hawaii’s Big Island faced the threat of its first possible direct hurricane hit in 155 years on Saturday as Hurricane Lala strengthened into a Category 1 storm, bringing…
Michigan’s historic Ford House is replacing concrete shoreline with natural habitat; the $7 million project will restore 1 mile of shore and 17.5 acres of aquatic and wetland habitat
Excavator installing a fish lunker on Ford Cove. Credit: Ford House A major environmental restoration project is removing decades of artificial concrete shoreline defences along Michigan’s Lake St. Clair and replacing them with natural wetlands, living…