Making History: National Landmark Home Gets Silver LEED
Posted on: March 17, 20102 comments so far (is that a lot?)
200-year-old house undergoes massive green renovation.
After playing a colorful role in America’s early years, a Salem, Mass., house has made history again, thanks to a two-year renovation that resulted in its certification as one of the first LEED-certified National Historic Landmarks.
The federal-style house was built in 1811 for Joseph Story, the youngest person ever appointed to the Supreme Court, and it later served as home to the Vaughan family, whose members made significant contributions to early aviation and to Antarctic exploration as part of Admiral Richard Byrd’s 1928 South Pole expedition. Read the full article at EcoHome
Learn more about this green remodel at www.greenremodeling.org
Learn about more historic green homes at www.OldHouseWeb.com
The Joseph Story House in Salem, Massachusetts - Credit: Wikimedia Commons CC 3.0
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March 19th, 2010 at 12:05 am
[...] enjoy Matt Grocoff’s Greenovation.TV article on how the green restoration of a historic Salem, Massachusetts home was achieved. The historic old house is one of the first LEED certified [...]
January 17th, 2011 at 4:57 pm
I’ve featured this house today on my website: Historic Buildings of Massachusetts.