I'm a historic preservationist, originally from central Texas, with a passion for medieval English vernacular and ecclesiastical architecture. Old buildings are sexy!
In March 2022, I dragged myself out of bed, feeling under the weather. "Lime Day" was that day on my program at Oxford Brookes. I had been looking forward to this since the coordinators announced it some weeks before, so I hopped (crawled) in the car with a
When I was in elementary school, I took the encyclopedia off the shelf and flipped through, ignoring the walls of text to gaze at the pretty pictures of buildings. I didn’t know exactly what it was I was looking at, but what I did know was keen excitement. After
Hello! My name is Sam Fahnestock, and I'm a 26-year-old historic preservationist from just north of Austin, Texas. I've spent my entire academic career studying medieval English architecture with a specialty in parish churches, timber, and timber-framed structures, including roofs. I received my degree in architecture