HLC Featured Property Story
HLC Featured Property Story
Don't just show the property. Tell the story people will remember.
Every place holds history — people who lived there, decisions made within those walls, moments that shaped a neighborhood or community. The HLC Featured Property Story gives that history a professional home: researched, written, filmed, and preserved by History Loves Company.
This is not a video package. It is historical research, documentary storytelling, and permanent preservation delivered as a complete professional production.
What's Included
- Historical research on the property, building, business, neighborhood, architecture, and notable people or events — wherever reliable records are available
- Professionally written property history drawn from research findings
- 3–6 minute edited historical video produced by History Loves Company
- 1 vertical short formatted for Reels, TikTok, and YouTube Shorts
- 10–20 curated historical and contemporary images when available from reliable sources
- Dedicated History Loves Company web and archive page for the completed story
- SEO-optimized written article published through HLC
- Social media distribution through appropriate History Loves Company channels
- Digital "Story of This Place" certificate and graphic
- QR code linking directly to the finished story — suitable for listing signs, brochures, displays, and print materials
- Shareable finished files and links delivered to the client
A Note on Archival Materials
Historical imagery, documents, and records are included where legally available and reliably sourced. The depth of research reflects what exists in the public record. History Loves Company does not fabricate or speculate beyond verifiable sources.
Who This Is For
Built for homeowners, Realtors, developers, businesses, churches, schools, municipalities, architecture firms, historic districts, and families who believe their place has a story worth preserving. Particularly well-suited for historic homes, active real estate listings, downtown buildings, churches, schools, community landmarks, family businesses, properties approaching significant anniversaries, and adaptive reuse projects.
How It Works
- Reserve Your Story — Purchase your production slot.
- Tell Us About the Place — Complete the intake form with the address, known history, documents, photographs, goals, and access information.
- We Research — HLC investigates available public records, newspapers, maps, directories, archives, architectural history, and community context.
- We Create — We write, film (where applicable), edit, and assemble the story.
- Your Story Becomes Part of the Archive — The completed story is published through History Loves Company and delivered to you for ongoing sharing.
After Purchase
You will receive a link to the HLC Property Story Intake Form. Please complete it promptly to reserve your place in the production queue. Unusual travel, extensive third-party research fees, licensing costs, or production requirements outside our normal scope may require an additional quote.
A Service of History Loves Company
History Loves Company is a Michigan-based storytelling and media brand documenting historic places, architecture, and moments of change across Detroit, Pontiac, Oakland County, and beyond. This program launches primarily in Michigan, with projects welcome from anywhere. Travel expenses may apply outside our normal production area.
Sold By
The Foundry
Downtown Pontiac, Michigan · Historic Riker Building
The Foundry is a curated creator marketplace, vintage mercantile, and media studio inside the historic Riker Building in downtown Pontiac. Every piece on this page was selected, documented, and listed by The Foundry team.
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Getting It Home
Local Pickup
Free local pickup available at The Foundry, 35 W Huron St, Suite 101, Downtown Pontiac. Select Local Pickup at checkout. We'll confirm your pickup window by email.
Shipping
We ship across the United States. Rates calculated at checkout based on weight and destination. Vintage and fragile items are packed with care. Tracking provided on all orders.
Returns
Vintage, artifact, and one-of-one items are final sale. New and print-on-demand items may be eligible for return or exchange within 14 days.
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Honest assessment.
Condition is noted honestly. Minor wear consistent with age is expected and part of the character of vintage and found objects. Any significant flaws are described in the product notes above.
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Specifications
The details.
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History & Provenance
Where it's been.
Provenance, previous ownership, era of origin, and any documentation or markings that help establish this piece's place in time.
History content is added per product.
The Story
Why this piece exists.
Every piece at The Foundry has a reason to be here. This is where we tell you what it is — the moment it was made, the hands that made it, and why it matters now.
Story content is added per product.