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Looking for older and historic homes in the State of Delaware or in Southern Chester County, Pennsylvania? Carolyn Roland is a trained Architectural Historian and a Board Member of the Chester County Historic Preservation Network and Friends of the Furness Railroad District as well as the National Trust for Historic Preservation, Delaware and Chester County Historical Societies.,..

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2012 

Yesterday, I reported on the year so far in Chester County. Today we will move south to New Castle County, Delaware, just a short skip and a jump away.  There are some big similarities as far as the number of pending sales so far this year. While the Pennsylvania pending sales  were up 31%, New ...
04/06/2012
  Now that March is over and the reports are in, you can see that Southern Chester County is finally picking up steam! So far this year, new listings are up 43%, and closed sales are up almost 13%. Certainly good news for sellers, although so far the median sale price is only up 2.4%, but averag...
04/05/2012
Recently, a homeowner in Chester County, Pennsylvania told me that the original portion of her home was built in 1759, and gave me some supporting documents. After taking the papers home, I found that one set described certain neighboring historic properties in her village, and another described ...
04/03/2012
April  2012 Historic Homes E-News                             The Delaware State Historic Preservation Office awarded nearly $1.9 million in Historic Preservation Tax Credits during fiscal year 2011. These state-tax credits were granted, to property owners for eligible expenses incurred during th...
04/01/2012