Nancy R. Hiller is a cabinetmaker and principal designer at her firm, NR Hiller Design, Inc. She is author of A Home of Her Own (IUP, 2011) and The Hoosier Cabinet in Kitchen History (IUP, 2009) and has published in numerous period design and woodworking magazines, including American Bungalow, Old House Interiors, and Fine Woodworking.

An essential book for everyone who cares about preserving the past for future generations.

Foreword by Duncan CampbellAcknowledgementsIntroduction Nancy R. Hiller1. Historic Preservation Henry Glassie2. Economics and Restoration: The Story of a Neighborhood's Rebirth Bill Sturbaum3. Ode to a Bungalow Teresa Miller4. The Old Library Debate: How Bloomington, Indiana Preserved Its Carnegie LibraryElizabeth Schlemmer5. On Loan from the Sea Scott Russell Sanders6. Industrial Muncie Cynthia Brubaker7. Preservation as Good Business Gayle Cook8. Passing Through: Historic Preservation in Pike County's Patoka Bottoms Edith Sarra9. "Where's the Porch?" and Other Intersections between Archaeology and Historic Preservation Cheryl Munson10. Preservation in Our Parks: A Natural Fit Vicki Basman and Benjamin Clark11. Bloomington Restorations: Saving Landmarks, Neighborhoods, and Bloomington's Sense of PlaceDonald Granbois and Steve Wyatt12. Guinea Hens in the Churchyard: Signposts of Maple Grove Road Lauren Coleman13. No Place Like Home: Preservation, the Past, and Personal Identity David Brent JohnsonBibliographyContributorsIndex