I think old houses, and the people who love them, are fascinating. First Period houses are the timber-framed dwellings built by the 17 th century ... communities. Ipswich, Massachusetts, a small ...

AL BOYNTON AND KATHY BRUCE OF IPSWICH ... house. They are so rare; it is extraordinary that someone could own one.” First Period houses are the timber-framed dwellings built by the 17th-century ...

an architect and professor of architectural design at Massachusetts College of Art and Design. Still, he added, "people in old houses don't want to live like they're in the 17th century." ...

DEARBORN, MICHIGAN—The site of the seventeenth-century home of John Doane, one of the first English families to settle in what is now the town of Eastham, Massachusetts, has been excavated by ...

For three years, Al Boynton walked his dog, Sobe, along Ipswich’s historic High Street district, passing an abandoned, dilapidated home built circa 1686. It had a “For Sale” sign in front ...

Polly Dole House (pictured at right), 26 East St., Ipswich (1958-1970) Historic 17th-century home near downtown Ipswich, upgraded considerably while Updike lived there. 50 Labor-in-Vain Road ...

Doktor said he hopes to have at least the bare outline of the 17th-century home in place by July 12, when the Ipswich Goes Green celebration will be held. At the end of the summer, the two homes ...