I would say that 99 percent of the house numbers I observed were what I would describe as “normal house number size”: three or four inches tall, visible from the sidewalk but not particularly ...

The sole purpose of house numbers used to be to convey whether you were in the right place. These days, they’re doing much heavier lifting. In some neighborhoods, a particular typography signals ...

PALMER TWP., Pa. – Palmer Township's fire and police officials say house numbers on mailbox posts could make a difference when they need to get to the right place in an emergency. Fire ...

Box numbers and rural routes are rapidly being replaced with street names and house numbers, thanks to the efforts of emergency management offices across the state. Precise addresses make a vital ...

It may not solve all the problems, but it may solve some of them if people realize how easy a driver can see house numbers from the street and read them accurately. I recently drove past our old ...

Think of your address numbers as your house’s earrings. Your house projects a certain aesthetic to your neighbors, intentionally or unintentionally, a set of visual cues that can be read along ...

Spray-painted house numbers would be out. So would those taped on. And numbers need to be at least 4 inches high. But beyond those areas of agreement, a council member remarked, defining proper ...

Montgomery County has code requirements to make sure a house number is easy to read from the street. Existing homes are required to have home numbering that’s at least 3.5 inches high ...