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The Banks House gets its name from the four generations of the Banks family who called it their home from the 1890’s until

Oh, the many days I have spent scraping off loose paint and repainting.  When you’re in the middle of restoration you

There is a lot of excitement going on in Garner right now.  Actually, the excitement started months ago when many of us

Oftentimes when a house gets its name, all of the credit goes to the family  who lived there the longest or most recently.

People who have never stayed at a bed and breakfast may ask themselves why they should consider it.  Sure, there are motels

I know aging is part of the process for all living things.  But, it is also a process that happens to  non-living things.

Trains are so much a part of small towns across America. Even if the train doesn’t stop in town any longer when it rolls

    The town of Garner was still called St. Mary’s district when the railroad arrived in 1851 and even when the

I am a firm believer that old houses need to be valued. Old houses are structures that held families who lived their lives

Everyone has a route to how they’ve gotten from there to here and we are no exception. While I was growing up as an Army