Gregg Perry

The Historic Preservationist

Arts EN ↓ 1035 episodes

Conservation scholar Gregg Perry will lead us back into time on a journey of restoring and conserving 17th -19th century period architecture furnishings and timepieces.

Author

Gregg Perry

Category

Arts

Latest episode

May 10, 2026

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Episodes

107. Colonial Home Building 12.07.2020

This episode discusses Wainscoting, the Brave and Bit and various infills of early wall designs covered in plaster.

106. Colonial Home Building 12.07.2020

In this episode hammers , hardware and flooring are discussed.

105. Authenticating, Fakes and Frauds of Period Furniture. 11.07.2020

Gregg Perry ,The Historic Preservationist explains step by step how to authenticate period furniture and how not to fall into the pitfalls of fakes and forgeries.

104. Saint- Astier NAtural Hydraulic Lyme. 11.07.2020

Gregg Perry explains the benefits of using NHL in historic restoration work or new construction.

103. The Value of History 11.07.2020

Gregg Perry takes you through 7 identifying points of what history can aid and abet us in bettering our society.

102. Gauged Brickwork 06.07.2020

This episode expands the theme of setting the brickwork, hydraulic limes and safety procedures.

101. Cary Grant 06.07.2020

The evolution of Archibald Leach into Cary Grant.

100. Sacrifices required in historic preservation 05.07.2020

The Historic Preservationist, Gregg Perry sets forth his views on the sacrifices required when engaging on an architectural preservation.

99. Gauged Brickwork 05.07.2020

The episode explaines how bricklayers prepare their work for the next stage, the development of the essential craft skills for cutting bricks and how one sets out to prepare brickwork in a very traditional manner.

98. Cary Grant 04.07.2020

A struggling Cary Grant finds his way around New York City.

97. Cary Grant 04.07.2020

A tale of how young Archibald Leach was inspired and motivated by the local theater to eventually leave Bristol and eventually come to America.

95. Colonial Home Building 29.06.2020

This episode continues the explanation of basic molding planes. The components of a raised panel frame, colonial doorways and iron ware.

94. Colonial Home Building 29.06.2020

This episode explains Georgian architectural features and how they were produced with each type of hand plane that was required.

93. Tools at the horological bench. 29.06.2020

This episode explores the Horologists tools with regards to files and abrasives.

92. FDR 28.06.2020

Franklin Delano’s Roosevelt end.

91. FDR 28.06.2020

Relations with foreign leaders, before, during and after the war.

90. The Horological Workshop 28.06.2020

This episode walks the burgeoning Horologist through the basic tools needed to set up a safe and complete workshop.

89. English Brick Work 28.06.2020

This episode explains the earliest formations of bricks in the earliest history of dwellings in the world. It expounds on a chronological timeline, how bricks were made, their ingredients and their applications.

88. Franklin Delano Roosevelt 27.06.2020

FDR second and third term presidency.

87. Building a Summer Kitchen at The Shivers House Museum. 27.06.2020

Gregg Perry introduces the mental rendering of a replica to be built of the 1724 Summer Kitchen at the rear of The Samuel Shivers Estate, he delineates it’s construction and a gofundme page will go up shortly.

86. Franklin Delano Roosevelt 22.06.2020

This episode with FDR selves into the 1932 presidential election and his first term in the presidency.

84. Understanding the workings of a simple clock. 22.06.2020

This episode dissects a simple mantle clock movement, a mid 20th century Bentima. Parts and their relation and functionality with one another will be described.

83. Franklin Roosevelt 21.06.2020

This episode takes us into FDR early political career and his acquiring polio and governing of NY

82. Franklin Roosevelt 16.06.2020

The personal life of Franklin Roosevelt.

81. The Basic Divisions of a Mechanical Clock Movement 14.06.2020

This episode expounds upon early time keepers, the oscillator as a time keeper and the basic divisions of mechanical movement.

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