We are really excited about this project by Molly Nebiolo, a digital humanities fellow at the American Philosophical Society. Nebiolo plans to use digital modeling software to bring historic maps into three dimensions. This includes Elfreth’s Alley…
Historic houses contain layered stories from the people who have lived there over decades and centuries. Historic house museums often also have additional layers of meaning and mystery created by the process of preservation and restoration. Recently Board Member Emily Taggart Schricker looked back over Elfreth’s Alley Association minutes and the logbook of the restoration of house #126 to learn more about the layers in our museum today.