Heritage Matters

Condition Survey: 535 Donnelly Street, Mount Dora, Florida

The Donnelly House was built in 1893 in Mount Dora, Florida, by John P. Donnelly, originally of Pittsburgh, PA. Mr. Donnelly had moved from Pittsburgh to Mount Dora in 1879 and became the town’s first mayor. This house was built years later and was designed by the architect George Franklin Barber, as a mail orderContinue reading “Condition Survey: 535 Donnelly Street, Mount Dora, Florida”

The Great Scrape vs. Antiscrape Debacle

Considering this debate has been going on strong since the 19th century, it is impossible to state which is the best avenue of preservation, Scrape or Antiscrape, as both are founded with equally convincing principles and beliefs. Viollet-Le-Duc was on one extreme and Morris and Ruskin were on the opposite side, similar to a gameContinue reading “The Great Scrape vs. Antiscrape Debacle”