The NPT summer 2020 newsletter is hot off the press
...and available in cool, easy-to-read PDF format HERE.

In this issue:

- "If This House Could Talk" event is in the spotlight as a socially-distanced Yankee Homecoming activity July 26 through August 2.

- In a crisis, historians & preservationists are urged to make history useful in the present. Professional associations in the history and preservation field renew the call for anti-racism initiatives. (by R.W Bacon, history/museum professional & NPT board member).

- New book tops the field in historic house restoration. A book review of Restoring Your Historic House: The Comprehensive Guide for Homeowners, by Scott T. Hanson.

- William Lloyd Garrison birthplace. After consultation, NPT hopeful for "sensitive" restoration of Georgian facade.

- Last call for "1690 House" staircase and wainscotting. The best outcome would keep this salvaged material in Newburyport.