Ardara: Contrast to the Commonplace

by | Jun 4, 2012 | Uncategorized | 10 comments

After my talk in Raleigh (May 19th), a woman named Lydia introduced herself to me (and purchased several of my books!). She said that she had family members living in a fine Sears House in Chapel Hill. That was puzzling, because I had driven through Chapel Hill the...

Bungalows and Listerine

by | Aug 2, 2010 | Uncategorized | 0 comments

Dr. Joseph Lister – a 19th Century British physician – is largely responsible for the bungalow craze, but that’s one tidbit that I’ve never seen in my books on architectural history. The fact is, Joseph Lister and his germ theory dramatically...