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House history is a fascinating research topic regardless of whether you’re exploring the history of your own home, your ancestors’ homes or a property that you want to include in your fiction or nonfiction piece. Although this subject area poses some challenges, being able to piece together clues from different sources and discovering details you didn’t know previously can be incredibly rewarding.
Researching buildings
Generally speaking, house history research can be divided into two strands: the building and its architecture on the one hand and the past ownership and occupants on