Books

What happens when you buy a historic house…and discover you may not be the only ones living there?

When Michele and Frank purchased the historic Riggin-Pesold House, they expected restoration projects, old-house quirks, and two centuries of history.

A companion to The House That Learned to Hold: The Biography of the Riggin-Pesold House, this book...

The Riggin-Pesold House has stood in Lebanon, Illinois, for nearly two centuries, shaped by those who built it, altered it, abandoned it, and chose to return.
In The House Learned that to Hold: a Biography of the Riggin-Pesold House, Michele King Hellstern weaves documented history with a lyrical narrative voice, tracing the home’s evolution from...