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A two-block stretch in Windsor Terrace went up all at once in 1901, sold by its builder to Irish immigrant families who held the houses for the better part of a century — and in 1921, the Trump Realty Company sold one of them. The story of a single block, and of what a Plot archive contains.
May 29, 2026 · 4 min read
Australia's Trove and New Zealand's Papers Past are among the best free digitised newspaper archives in the world — and they're a house historian's secret weapon. How to use them, and an honest word on whose history the record begins with.
May 23, 2026 · 4 min read
Drawn to help insurers price risk, the Sanborn maps accidentally recorded American cities building by building — material, height, use, footprint — across decades. Here's what they are, how to read the colors, and where to find them free.
May 22, 2026 · 3 min read