When I went inside a furniture store in Fairfield, Maine, I found myself a great deal that had nothing to do with the price of a chair or a couch. The building was built in 1900, designed by Amos Gerald (name change from Fitzgerald). It was called 'The Gerald', a hotel considered the most majestic of it's time. It has hand carved wood banisters, stain glass windows, hand painted walls and crafted ceiling supports. The Renaissance style paintings smile at me from the ceiling and walls of the dining room, showing me this building was build with love and care. The brick walls were shaped in ways most bricklayers cannot even being to contemplate on how to construct. Today, they would buy the pieces from a factory that were already shaped and multiplied a million times. The balconies that gracefully protruded toward the street were gone now, but the cold, severed steel where they once were is still there. The awnings are gone, but the poles that supported them still remain. The spires were removed sometime after 1950, the roof garden dissolved after 1937. You can't help but fall in love with this building as you walk by it and admire the carved images on the side facing the street. I could tell this was someone's dream turned into reality. The hotel made it onto the 12th Annual List of Maine's Most Endangered Historic Properties. This does not promise the building will still be standing a few years down the road. This is where I come in. I have created two videos of the hotel and have posted them on Youtube.com in hopes people would understand what happened to this building. I wanted people to understand that we did not evolve from the internet or cell phones, that we came from a culture that took pride in our work. There was a day where we could walk on the streets and tilt our hats in respect when greeting out friends and family. These videos were inspirational enough to have the local paper cover a story on it. Turns out the next morning my face was plastered on the front page of the paper. My videos have gotten over 400 hits each within hours of the paper being circulated(I had to repost one video because of an error). My plan is to make more videos of these historical properties, including the 470 train engine in Waterville, Maine. Eventually I will have videos from all over. I want people to understand where they originated from, and most of all, I fight to keep these masterpieces intact and hopefully restored. Nothing should be torn down or replaced just because it is old. Sometimes newer items are not built better. I will continue my adventure, and even though I am not a celebrity, I feel I can make a difference. Please view my videos at: http://youtube.com/watch?v=xOVrpo0qt2o http://youtube.com/watch?v=0eomQExEqlA http://morningsentinel.mainetoday.com/news/local/4368336.html