1776: restaging history

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Martin's Chair of Lancaster, PA, a maker of reproduction Windsor chairs since 1962, provided the furniture for the set of the Broadway musical '1776.' Several pieces of furniture from the company founded by Pres John E. Martin, Jr, including Windsor chairs and a settee, are featured in the show.

Production management, Contracts, Furniture industry, Windsor chairs, Stage props, Martin's Chair

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The rescue of Houndstooth Farm

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Interior designers Frederick Root and Anthony Feo saved an early 19th-century New Jersey farmhouse from destruction when they bought it from a home builder. The farmhouse became their new office after they renovated the sagging floors and cracked ceilings.

New Jersey, Remodeling and renovation, Historic buildings, Historic sites, Farmhouses

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Gooseberry Patch: two entrepreneurs run a successful catalog business and still find time to build homes with classic American style

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Vickie Hutchins patterned the design of her Colonial-style home from a magazine photograph. Jo Ann Martin, on the other hand, had been influenced by the design of a house on the island of Nantucket, near the Massachusetts coast.

Design and construction, Businesswomen, Homes and haunts, Architecture, Colonial, Colonial architecture

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