
Hill-Physick House Inspires Us to Think About "Preservation" in a New Way
The Hill-Physick house is trying something new. Upon entering the foyer of the large historical residence on South 4th street, a visual incongruity immediately captures your attention. Here, in the middle of early 19th-Century splendor, sit two bowls upon a table. The bowl on the left is of Chinese manufacture and appropriate to the period of the home - a piece of timely exotica from when the world was much less easily navigable and felt much larger than it does today. Th