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Twenty years ago American Landmarks was established with one purpose only-to bring sensitive intelligent brokerage and consulting services.

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American Landmarks Lowers Minimum Listing Age
Reflecting the National Register's own criterion of 50 years as the minimum age for qualification, American Landmarks recently adopted a new, less restrictive age criterion for our own listings.

Revisiting Favorite Places
No place on earth stands still in the face of time.

Old House Q & A
Basic DOs and DON'Ts of old house ownership.

Home Inspections: the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Buying an old house is akin to getting married.

My Corner: Hudson River House Museums
Reflections on a visit to the Hudson River Valley, by Frederick Lyman

A Tale of Two Listings
Period houses come in all shapes and sizes.

Museums for Everyone
Southern New England is blessed with an abundance of house museums in almost every historic style. Have an up-close look at some of our favorites.

Pre-Sale Home positioning
Aunt Millie knew that an ounce of prevention was worth a pound of cure. It still is when the time comes to sell your old house.

Home Mortgage Refinancing
IRS rules make this attractive option a little complicated.

Researching Your Old House
The owner of an old house who is curious about its history can, with a few inquiries, gather much interesting information and have fun in the process.

Architecture Styles

The Arts and Crafts Style
The style traces its origins to the Aesthetic Movement of the 1870s promoted by the artist Whistler, the writer and lecturer Oscar Wilde, designer William Morris, and architects H.H. Richardson and McKim, Mead and White among many others.

The French Second Empire Style
One of the most popular house styles in America during the third quarter of the 19th-century was the Second Empire or Mansard style.

The Federal Style
American architecture took a dramatic turn in the years following the Revolution.

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