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Article: Germantown's sacred house: famed Pennsylvania architect Joseph Huston's Oaks Cloister ballroom gets a grand restoration.
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- Walls & Ceilings
- Article date:
- October 1, 2006
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One of my former students called to ask if I wanted to look at a job that was more extensive than she could handle. The next day, the designer called with the address and some information about the job. When he said it was the former home of the Pennsylvania state capitol architect Joseph Huston, this immediately caught my attention.
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For those not familiar with Huston, he was the son of a Philadelphia carpenter. As a young man, he was determined to make his mark on the skyline of the state of Pennsylvania. At the age of 13, he left school to apprentice for a sign painter. He soon realized ...