• 270-338-4760
• 121, South Cherry Street, Greenville, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, 42345, United States

The historic 1912 home was built by William Graham Duncan, Owner of the Duncan Coal Company, for a mere $10,000. It is a beauty to behold, with its Spanish mission style design and red tiled roof. Read More

• 201-445-8311
• 335 Franklin Turnpike, Ho-Ho-Kus, NJ 07423

The fourteen-room Gothic Revival house was built in 1847–48 from designs by William H. Ranlett for Elijah Rosencrantz, Jr.. Members of the Rosencrantz family owned The Hermitage estate from 1807 to 1970, but the property has ties to the Revolutionary War as well. General George Washington stayed on the property with his troops, as did many other historical people… Read More

• 517-448-8125
• William G Thompson House Museum & Gardens, 101, Summit Street, Hudson, Lenawee County, Michigan, 49247, United States

The William G. Thompson House Museum was built in 1890 in the Queen Anne style in Hudson, Michigan.  It was home to three generations of the Thompson Family and features collections from each generation. Read More

• 360-344-4412
• 1, Pershing Avenue, Port Townsend, Jefferson County, Washington, 98368, United States

This three-story house museum at Fort Worden State Park is set up to show what life was like for officers, their families, and household staff between 1904 and 1953. Read More

• 630-834-3152
• 16W680 Old Grand Avenue Bensenville IL 60106

Fischer Farm is one of the oldest remaining homesteads in DuPage County.  The Fischer family settled here in 1836, establishing a dairy farm.  This historic working farm has nine buildings, including two barns and a clapboard cabin that were built before the Civil War. Read More

• 712-764-7001
• Bedstemor's House, 2105, College Street, Elk Horn, Clay Township, Shelby County, Iowa, 51531, United States

Bedstemor’s House was built in 1908 by Jens Otto Christiansen, a Danish immigrant and Elk Horn businessman. According to local stories, he built the house as an engagement gift for a young woman who turned down his marriage proposal. It is unknown if Christiansen ever lived in the home himself, but he rented the home to several families until… Read More

• 810-233-3835
• 1400, East Kearsley Street, East Village Neighborhood, Flint, Genesee County, Michigan, 48503, United States

Applewood Estate, also known as the Charles Stewart Mott House, is the former residence of Charles Stewart Mott. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. Read More

• 810-882-1681
• 720, Ann Arbor Street, Flint, Genesee County, Michigan, 48503, United States

This Italianate home was built in 1872 by Civil War Colonel Thomas Baylis Whitmarsh Stockton and overlooks a natural spring that the Stockton's nicknamed, 'Spring Grove'. Read More

• 319-234-6357
• Rensselaer Russell House Museum, 520, West 3rd Street, Waterloo, Black Hawk County, Iowa, 50701, United States

The Rensselaer Russell House Museum, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, is often cited as one of Iowa's finest examples of Italianate architecture. Read More

• 717 548 2679
• Robert Fulton Birthplace, Swift Road, Fulton Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, 17566, United States

Internationally known inventor and artist Robert Fulton was born in a stone farmhouse in southern Lancaster County, Pennsylvania on November 14, 1765. Fulton developed the first steamboat able to navigate inland rivers, as well as many other brilliant inventions. The Southern Lancaster County Historical Society owns and maintains the Robert Fulton Birthplace, which is located on Robert Fulton Highway,… Read More

• 515-462-2134
• South 2nd Avenue, Winterset, Madison County, Iowa, 50273, United States

Charles D. or “Doc” was born in Holmes County, Ohio in 1826 where he studied law and pharmacy, prior to making his fortune in the West during the Gold Rush days. In 1853, after his first wife died in the West, he came to Winterset on his return to visit others from Holmes County who had settled here. He… Read More

• 717-392-7223
• 811 Rockford Rd, Lancaster, PA, USA

Home of General Edward Hand, Adjutant General to George Washington during the American Revolution. Read More

• (218) 726-8910
• 3300 London Road Duluth, MN 55804

Glensheen, the Historic Congdon Estate, is a 20,000 square foot mansion operated by the University of Minnesota Duluth as a historic house museum. Glensheen sits on 12 acres of waterfront property on Lake Superior, has 39 rooms and is built in the Jacobean architectural tradition, inspired by the Beaux-Arts styles of the era. Read More

• 412-371-0600
• 7227 Reynolds St. Pittsburgh, PA 15208

The home of the Henry Clay Frick family from 1882–1905, this meticulously restored 22-room Italianate mansion features an impressive array of fine and decorative art objects purchased by the Fricks. Read More

• 732-462-1466
• 150 West Main Street, Freehold, NJ, USA

This historic house was home to William and Elizabeth Covenhoven. They were a 5th-generation Dutch family originally from the New Amsterdam area. After raising their ten children in a one-room house on the property, William and Elizabeth received large inheritances from their parents. They were in their 50's and used the money to build a large 2-1/2 story Georgian… Read More

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• 1000 Jessup Dr W, O'Fallon, MO 63366

At about the same time that Daniel Boone arrived, Jacob Zumwalt and his extended family settled in the O’Fallon area circa 1798, building a large log home. A few years later, when the War of 1812 set off deadly guerilla raids with Native Americans ambushing and killing American settlers, local families fled to the shelter provided by the Zumwalt’s… Read More

• 732-462-1466
• 400 Sycamore Avenue, Shrewsbury, NJ, USA

The property where the house stands was first purchased around 1680 by a Quaker named Judah Allen. In 1754, Josiah Halstead bought the property and turned the existing dwelling on the site into the Blue Ball Tavern which operated for almost sixty years at that busy intersection. Over the years, several major improvements were made to the structure, including… Read More

• 732-462-1466
• 137 Kings Hwy, Middletown Township, NJ, USA

This historic property was laid out as lot number 36 in the original 1667 survey of Middletown village. Early owner James Grover Jr. erected the kitchen section of the structure in 1686, making it one of the oldest surviving structures in New Jersey. It was built in a salt-box shape with a large keeping room in front, and one… Read More

• 732-462-1466
• 127 Kings Hwy, Middletown Township, NJ, USA

Joseph Dorset Taylor and Mary Holmes Taylor, first cousins and proud descendants of the Taylors of Middletown, decided to move back to Middletown and build an imposing new house on an inherited family farm. The outcome was a restrained Italianate residence, named “Orchard Home” but now called the Taylor-Butler House. It reflected the success that Joseph Taylor had achieved… Read More

• 732-462-1466
• 62 Longstreet Road, Holmdel, NJ, USA

This original home is a combination of Georgian and Dutch vernacular architecture that borrowed cultural and architectural elements from both Dutch and English settlers. William Holmes, the youngest son of Jonathan Holmes and Teuntje Hendrickson, purchased land from his parents in 1752. During the brief time he owned the land, William built the house in 1754 in addition to… Read More

• 864-656-2475
• 520 Fort Hill Street, Clemson, SC, USA

Fort Hill, also known as the John C. Calhoun House and Library, is a National Historic Landmark on the Clemson University campus in Pickens County, South Carolina, United States, near the City of Clemson. Read More

• 215-862-5652
• 45 South Main Street New Hope, Pennsylvania 18938

The Parry Mansion was completed circa 1784. Around the same time, Benjamin Parry started several mills on the Delaware River. Read More

• 512-305-3650
• 1316 West 6th Street, Austin, Texas 78703, USA

Flower Hill is a single-family historic home in the heart of Austin; The 1.38-acre grounds include 6 historic outbuildings--a lumber-room, chicken coop, carriage garage, barn, rose arbor, and animal stables—as well as original F. Weigl ironwork, a late 19th century carriage drive, and walkways created from the paving stones of the original Congress Avenue. Read More

• (909)241-7961
• 16021 Gale Avenue, City of Industry, CA, USA

The John Rowland Mansion was built in 1855 by Alta California settler John Rowland I. In 1973, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places by the National Park Service - United States Department of the Interior for its architectural and cultural significance. The mansion was built with original Mullally bricks in the Greek Revival Style on what was a 48,790 acre rancho formerly inhabited by… Read More

• 910-500-4243
• 206 Bradford Avenue, Fayetteville, NC, USA

The Poe House was built in 1897 and is an Eastlake style victorian home that belonged to E.A. Poe, a local brick maker in Fayetteville, NC. Read More

• 330-972-6909
• 60 Fir Hill, Akron, OH, USA

The Hower House was completed in 1871 and was built by John Henry Hower, a leading Akron industrialist who was active in the milling, reaping, and cereal industries. Read More

• (517) 483-4220
• 100 East North Street, Lansing, MI, USA

The house was built by Lansing pioneer James Turner and his brother Charles in 1858. James was instrumental in helping lay the groundwork for the city. James Turner helped establish transportation, schools, foundries and eventually the city government as he would serve as the first Treasurer and go on to serve as the State Deputy Treasurer Read More

• 989-928-0430
• 1805 Gratiot Ave, Saginaw, MI 48602, USA

The childhood home of Pulitzer Prize winning poet Theodore Roethke is maintained by the Friends of Theodore Roethke Foundation (FOTR). Read More

• 714-547-9645
• 702 North Bush Street, Santa Ana, CA, USA

The museum is owned and managed by the Santa Ana Historical Preservation Society and represents the life and work of Dr. Willela Howe-Waffle, one of Southern California's first woman physicians. Read More

• 410-516-0341
• 4545 North Charles Street, Baltimore, MD 21210, USA

Evergreen Museum & Library is housed in a Gilded Age mansion surrounded by 26 acres of gardens and woods. The museum is home to a renowned collection of fine and decorative arts, rare books, and manuscripts assembled by two generations of Baltimore’s civic-minded Garrett family (1878-1952). Though originally constructed in 1858, Evergreen was drastically expanded and altered by the… Read More

• (970) 221-0533
• 328 W Mountain Avenue, Fort Collins, CO 80521

The Avery House, Margareth Merrill Memorial Gazebo, fountain, and carriage house are part of the Avery House Historic District listed in the National Register of Historic Places. Read More

• 307-235-5277
• 818 East 2nd St., Casper, WY 82601

The M. L. Bishop House was placed on the National Register of Historic Places because of its association with the development of Casper and the surrounding area from a small village to a livestock center, and eventually, to an oil town. Read More

• 757-393-0241
• 221 North St. Portsmouth, VA 23704

Built as a full English basement-style home and private residence in 1820, Hill House was home to three generations of the family.  In the 1960's, the home’s last occupant, Miss Evelyn Hill, donated property, including the house and its contents to the Portsmouth Historical Association. Read More

• 630-552-0052
• 14520 River Road, Plano, IL 60545

The Edith Farnsworth House is located in Plano, Illinois just outside of Chicago. This Mies van der Rohe designed masterpiece is a pilgrimage site for architects and designers world-wide and is considered one of the most important Modern assets in the United States. The National Trust for Historic Preservation and select Chicago leaders came together in 2003 to purchase… Read More

• 920-922-1166
• 336 Old Pioneer Road Fond du Lac, WI 54936-1284

Impressive house mansion from an old pioneer era farmhouse, turned remodeled Italianate residence. It has been a Museum since 1954 and includes a Historic Village to tour. Read More

• 717-464-4438
• 1849 Hans Herr Dr., Willow Street, PA 17584

The 1719 Herr House is the oldest building in Lancaster County and the oldest Mennonite meetinghouse in the Americas. It was the home of the Christian Herr family, some of the first Mennonite immigrants to Lancaster County, PA. Read More

• 757-623-9814
• 240 W. Freemason St.

The Hunter House Victorian Museum serves as a rich example of Victorian decorative arts and architecture. Guests are invited to meet the Hunters as they tour two floors of the home, which feature the Hunter family’s collection of furniture, books, decorative objects, and more. Read More

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• 918 Glass Ave NE, Olympia WA 98506

In 1854, Daniel Richardson Bigelow and Ann Elizabeth White, both newcomers to Washington Territory, married and began their life together in the a two-room cabin Daniel built on his 640 acre parcel of land just east of Budd Inlet, across from downtown Olympia. Soon afterwards (sources vary on the actual year) they built their neat two-story Carpenter Gothic home… Read More

• 815-875-2184
• 109 Park Avenue West, Princeton, IL 61356

The Clark Norris Home was built in 1900 as the retirement home for Samuel and Anne Clark. It is over 11,000 square feet spread over three floors and a basement, containing four bathrooms and 5 bedrooms, plus servants quarters. Read More

• 434-376-2044
• 1250 Red Hill Rd, Brookneal, VA, USA

Patrick Henry's Red Hill, in Brookneal, Virginia, is the final home and burial place of Founding Father Patrick Henry, the fiery legislator and orator of the American Revolution. Henry bought Red Hill at his retirement in 1794 and occupied it until 1799, the year of his death. In addition to the main house, Henry used another building as his law office.… Read More

• 518-272-7232
• 59 2nd Street, Troy, NY, USA

Amid the 19th century rowhouses in the Second Street Historic District in downtown Troy sits a white marble house, completed in 1827, just as Troy was beginning its shift from a commercial to an industrial economy base. The Hart-Cluett House, as it is known today, was constructed for a businessman-banker’s family, the Harts, and sold six decades later to… Read More

• 479-783-8888

This former bordello is listed on the National Register and is now the town's Visitor Center. Read More

• 715-842-5750
• 410 Mcindoe St, Wausau, WI, USA

The first floor of the early 20th century neoclassical home is furnished in period. The second floor has changing exhibits, and the basement has a model train layout. Read More

• 608-786-1399
• 357 West Garland Street, West Salem, WI, USA

Home of the winner of the 1921 Pulizter Prize. Read More

• 304-267-4434
• 313 East John Street, Martinsburg, WV, USA

Stone home of the founder of Martinsburg, Revolutionary War General Adam Stephen, furnished in 1750-1820 period, and the town museum including artifacts and local history items such as quilts, military uniforms, railroading, etc. Read More

• 304-457-1587
• 324 Mansion Drive, Philippi, WV, USA

This stately brick mansion was built in 1870 and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The land was settled in 1807 by the Modisett family. The historic barn was built in 1850 by Uriah Modisett. Adaland is located near several Civil War sites. Read More

• 304-375-2129
• 517 River Rd, Williamstown, WV, USA

Henderson Hall offers an unprecedented untouched view of the early American Victorian Era. This elegant 8,000 square foot pre-Civil War Italianate mansion boasts 29 rooms as a centerpiece of a 2,600 acre plantation, horse breeding farm and river port. Spanning six generations and 200 years, the Henderson family homestead features original furnishings from the frontier life of the 1700s… Read More

• 307-742-4448
• 603 East Ivinson Street, Laramie, WY, USA

The Laramie Plains Museum, located in a restored 1892 mansion, contains period furniture and exhibits depicting local pioneer life. Read More

• 307-674-4589
• 400 Clarendon Avenue, Sheridan, WY, USA

Once a private home belonging to Wyoming cattle baron, Governor and U. S. Senator John B. Kendrick, the Trail End State Historic Site now contains a fully furnished historic house museum, a community theater and several acres of groomed grounds and gardens. Read More

• 859-266-8581
• 120 Sycamore Road, Lexington, KY, USA

The home of Henry Clay from 1811 until his death in 1852. The house is surrounded by gardens and woodlands, and is furnished with family possessions. Read More

• 828-693-4178
• 331 East 3rd Street, Galesburg, IL, USA

The Carl Sandburg State Historic Site is the birthplace of Carl Sandburg (1878-1967), a Pulitzer Prize-winning poet and Lincoln biographer, a children’s author and folk song collector. The small frame home, architecturally significant as a “workingman’s cottage,” contains three rooms—parlor, bedroom, and kitchen. Also on the site is a two-story Greek Revival frame house built in 1858. The house… Read More

• 828-693-4178
• 81 Carl Sandburg Lane, Flat Rock, NC, USA

Carl Sandburg, nationally renowned poet, biographer, lecturer, newspaper columnist, folksinger, author of American fairytales, and winner of two Pulitzer Prizes, provided broad and enduring 20th century insight into the circumstances, worth and spirit of the American people. This farm offered the peace and solitude required for his writing. Read More

• 515-281-7205
• 2300 Grand Avenue, Des Moines, IA, USA

Benjamin Franklin Allen, Iowa's first millionaire, built Terrace Hill as his family home. Construction of this 18,000-square-foot home began in 1866 and was completed in 1869. The original cost of $250,000 included the Mansion, Carriage House, all of the furnishings, and approximately 30 acres of land. The house contained very modern features for its time, such as hot and… Read More

• 706-722-9828
• 419 7th Street, Augusta, GA, USA

The Boyhood Home of President Woodrow Wilson was built in 1859 by local stove merchant, Aaron H. Jones, a native of Eastport, Maine. Jones, however, never occupied the house, selling it when it was new for $10,000 in February, 1860 to the Trustees of the First Presbyterian Church. The Wilsons lived in the house for almost eleven years, witnessing… Read More

• 715-256-9980
• 921 S Main St, Waupaca, WI, USA

The Hutchinson House, built in 1854 in Waupaca, is a well-preserved example of New-England-style architecture. The one-and-half story farmhouse was originally built on the corner of West Fulton and Franklin Streets by Chester and Susannah Hutchinson. The home was moved to South Park in 1956. The Hutchinson House is filled with vintage furniture and artifacts from the Victorian era.… Read More

• 920-261-2796
• 919 Charles St, Watertown, WI, USA

The Octagon House Museum, located in historic Watertown, Wisconsin was built by pioneer settler John Richards and completed in 1854. The unique 8-sided design for this grand residence was inspired by New York architect Orson Fowler, who promoted the healthy living aspects of octagonal dwellings in the 1850s. Read More

• 715-394-5712
• 906 East 2nd Street, Superior, WI, USA

Fairlawn Mansion is Superior's Victorian home that was a private residence from 1890 to 1920 and a children's Home for 42 years. Read More

• 608-588-7900
• 5607 County Road C, Spring Green, WI, USA

Once FLW's Wisconsin home and studio. Read More

• 262-377-4510
• 4880 County Road I, Saukville, WI, USA

Various buildings are in the village. However their website fails to give any description. Read More

• 920-458-1103
• 3110 Erie Avenue, Sheboygan, WI, USA

The museum is housed in the 1853 Taylor Homestead. Read More

• 608-987-2844
• 234 Madison St, Mineral Point, WI, USA

Upon its completion in 1868, Orchard Lawn began as an impressive eleven acre working estate situated on a hill overlooking the industrious city of Mineral Point, founded 40 years before. Built by Cornish immigrants Joseph and Sarah Gundry, it boasted gardens, an orchard, tennis lawn, outbuildings (including a barn, carriage house, woodshed/icehouse and a hothouse used to nurture seedlings… Read More

• 414-931-808
• 2000 West Wisconsin Avenue, Milwaukee, WI, USA

When Captain Frederick and Maria Pabst began construction of their new family mansion in June 1890, they could not have anticipated that it would survive and thrive into the twenty-first century as a testament to America's Gilded Age. Designed by George Bowman Ferry and Alfred Charles Clas, construction lasted for two years and was completed in July of 1892… Read More

• 414-271-3656
• 2220 N Terrace Ave, Milwaukee, WI, USA

Built in the 16th century Italian Renaissance style, the villa was designed by David Adler. Terraced gardens make their way down from the house to a formal garden at beach level. Read More

• 414-278-8295
• 1801 N Prospect Ave, Milwaukee, WI, USA

When Charles and Sarah Allis decided to build a home that would eventually become a public museum, they turned to Alexander Eschweiler, a prominent local architect, to design it. The resulting mansion is strongly influenced by the English Tudor style. Construction began in 1909 and was completed in 1911. Read More

• 715-235-2283
• 101 Wilson Court, Menomonie, WI, USA

Home of the Wilson, Stout and LaPointe families, three generations of Menomonie founding families, the Wilson Place Mansion has a history as rich and colorful as that of Menomonie and Dunn County. Built-in 1859 by Captain William Wilson, it was originally a large colonial-style house with a pillared porch. Captain Wilson, was a principal in the Knapp, Stout &… Read More

• 920-686-3090
• 610 North 8th Street, Manitowoc, WI, USA

Housed in a Victorian mansion, the museum contains period furnishings, and displays of Indian artifacts, Chinese ivory, dolls and porcelain objects. Read More

• 262-248-1888
• W4270 Southland Rd, Lake Geneva, WI, USA

In 1888, the Seipp family completed the 20-room Queen Anne-style mansion on the site, which included 13 bedrooms. Unfortunately, Seipp was able to enjoy the house and gardens for only two seasons before his death in 1890. His family and four generations of descendants, however, never abandoned Conrad's dream. The original furnishings remained in the house while each generation… Read More

• 715-747-2415
• 226 Colonel Woods Ave, La Pointe, WI, USA

Among the exhibits are a sailor's home. Read More

• 608-987-2122
• 114 Shakerag Street, Mineral Point, WI, USA

The picturesque cluster of stone buildings that make up Pendarvis Historic Site today were originally constructed by Cornish immigrants who immigrated to the area in the early 1800s. They were preserved through the efforts of life and business partners Bob Neal and Edgar Hellum. Read More

• 608-527-2614
• 618 2nd Street, New Glarus, WI, USA

Visit the charming, Swiss Alps chalet-style home of Edwin Barlow, who brought the Wilhelm Tell play to America in 1938, and discover thousands of artifacts Barlow collected during his travels abroad in the early- to mid-20th century. Read More

• 608-326-2721
• 521 North Villa Louis Road, Prairie du Chien, WI, USA

Villa Louis is a 25 acre site with three major historic components. The largest concentration of historic structures is the Villa Louis mansion complex. Consisting of five buildings constructed on an elevated mound, this is what remains of the Dousman family's sprawling 19th century estate. Along the waterfront south of the mansion complex are three historic structures built between… Read More

• 608-742-2949
• 1824 State Highway 33, Portage, WI, USA

Fort Winnebago Surgeons Quarters is a nationally-registered historic site and museum located in Portage, Wisconsin, and owned and operated by the Wisconsin Society Daughters of the American Revolution. The site features two historic buildings: the Surgeons Quarters, where the U.S. Army Surgeons of Fort Winnebago resided from 1834 to 1854, and the Garrison School, a one-room schoolhouse that served… Read More

• 608-742-6362
• 1490 Agency House Road, Portage, WI, USA

In 1832, a house was constructed at a dynamic crossroads of geography, culture, and history. It was a time of pivotal change, uncertainty, and critical decisions as decades of accumulating tensions came to a head, the consequences of which have reverberated through nearly two centuries. The house erected at the ancient travel corridor of the Fox-Wisconsin portage was the… Read More

• 920-235-6903
• 1410 Algoma Blvd, Oshkosh, WI, USA

The museum preserves the property's historic architecture, with the mansion as the centerpiece, and many of the house's interiors as they were created by founders Nathan and Jessie Kimberly Paine. Selections from the museum's art collection, much of which was acquired by Nathan and Jessie, are featured in the many rooms and settings of the estate. Read More

• 920-236-5799
• 1331 Algoma Boulevard, Oshkosh, WI, USA

Several galleries of the Oshkosh Public Museum are located in an English Tudor Revival residence built in 1908 for Edgar P. Sawyer, a lumber baron, banker, and businessman. William Waters, a prominent local architect, designed the home. With its gabled roof, fluted chimneys, Bedford stone carriage port, and elevator, the home was considered to be the finest in Oshkosh. Read More

• 920-267-8007
• 234 Church Avenue, Oshkosh, WI, USA

The society is located in the former residence of John R. Morgan, founder of the Morgan Company. The Morgan House was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989 and is a house museum consistent with 1880s furnishings and fine art. Read More

• 920-834-6206
• 917 Park Avenue, Oconto, WI, USA

This historic house was built in 1868 by Cyrus and Kitty Hart; it is believed to be one of the first brick homes in the county with the bricks being shipped to Oconto from DePere. The building passed through several owners before becoming the home of George and Fanny Beyer in 1881. Though the original structure was an Italianate-style,… Read More

• 920-948-7748

Timm House Historic Site represents a time period of from 1898 - 1905. Read More

• 920-766-6106
• 1313 Augustine St, Kaukauna, WI, USA

In 1837, Charles A. Grignon built this Greek revival style Mansion as a wedding gift for his Pennsylvanian bride, Mary Elizabeth Meade. This stately home was known as "The Mansion in the Woods" to countless travelers. Read More

• 602-782-1980
• 429 7th St N, La Crosse, WI, USA

Historic Hixon House was built in 1858 by pioneer Gideon Hixon, who went on to become a wealthy lumber baron in La Crosse. He and his wife Ellen raised their five sons in this home and expanded it to the size it is today. The family had for many years retained the home in close to the same state… Read More

• 715-478-2080
• 1866 13 1/2 - 14th Ave

The museum depicts a pioneer street setting with 24 historic buildings including a farmstead and 19th century home. Read More

• 608-356-1001
• 531 4th Ave, Baraboo, WI, USA

The Van Orden Mansion has served as the home of the Sauk County Historical Museum since 1939. Finished in 1904, the mansion contains over one hundred years of artifacts donated to the society. Original features include woodwork, wall coverings, light fixtures, carpets and some of the family's furniture. Read More

• 608-356-8387
• 215 6th St, Baraboo, WI, USA

The House of Seven Gables, dating from 1860, has been recognized as an outstanding example of Gothic Revival or Carpenter Gothic architecture. It was likely inspired by the pattern books authored by Victorian architectural tastemaker, Andrew Jackson Downing. It is a true "Gingerbread House" with board and batten siding, steeply pitched gables with ornamental bargeboards and drop pendants as… Read More

• 920-730-8204
• 625 W Prospect Ave, Appleton, WI, USA

Hearthstone Historic House was the first private residence anywhere in the world to be illuminated using hydroelectricity from a central Edison system. The switch was thrown on September 30, 1882 only two weeks after the first-ever Edison central station, which was powered by steam, was operational in New York City. Read More

• 509-529-4373
• 214 North Colville Street, Walla Walla, WA, USA

When built, the Kirkman's home was one of the grandest residences in Walla Walla reflecting tastes of the day and wealth generated by the ranching business. Now the Victorian Italianate house remains the only example of its kind locally, though vestiges of early 20th century architecture can be found throughout Walla Walla. Read More

• 360-943-5209
• 702 Deschutes Way, Tumwater, WA, USA

The Crosby House dates from c. 1860 and was built by Nathaniel Crosby III after he married Cordelia Jane Smith in August of 1860. Miss Smith was the daughter of Jacob and Priscilla Smith who lived in the Lacey area. Read More

• 509-313-4064
• 508 East Sharp Avenue, Spokane, WA, USA

Gonzaga University houses a large collection of material relating to 20th Century singer and actor Harry Lillis (Bing) Crosby, a native of Spokane and alumnus of Gonzaga. Now part of Gonzaga, Crosby's childhood home was built in 1911 and still stands at its original location. The main floor houses over 200 Crosby items including gold records, trophies, awards, and… Read More

• 509-456-3931
• 2316 West First Avenue, Spokane, WA 99201

The Campbell House was designed by Kirtland Cutter and Karl Malmgren and was built in 1898 for Amasa B. Campbell, his wife Grace, and their daughter Helen. Campbell made a fortune in mining exploration and operations in the Coeur d’Alene mining region northeast of Spokane. He partnered with John Finch, his neighbor living two houses to the west. Helen… Read More

• 715-723-7181
• 505 West Grand Avenue, Chippewa Falls, WI, USA

The finest example of Victorian Italianate architecture in the Midwest. The Mansion is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. A lavish red brick house with carved bric-a-brac, a graceful veranda with extending portcochere, and iron cresting surmounting the roof and cupola. Completely restored and filled with period correct furnishings. Read More

• 262-594-6301
• W372 S9727 Wisconsin 67, Eagle, WI, USA

This 576 acre museum has over 50 preserved and furnished buildings from the 1800s. Read More

• 608-756-4509
• 440 N Jackson St, Janesville, WI, USA

The 26 room Italianate Tallman house was built in 1855 and had such conveniences as running water, a communication system, central heating, plumbing and gas lighting. The Stone House, built in 1842, is a more modest house. Both are furnished in period. Read More

• 715-386-2654
• 1004 3rd St, Hudson, WI, USA

Built in the 1850s when this style of architecture was the rage, the museum houses a collection of dolls and period furnishings. Read More

• 920-526-3271
• W7965 State Hwy 23, Greenbush, WI, USA

This museum includes a stagecoach inn, a residence and a collection of over 100 carriages. Read More

• 920-448-5150
• 2640 S Webster Ave, Green Bay, WI, USA

A complex of furnished historical buildings is grouped in four theme areas. Historic homes included are the 1762 fur trader's cabin, 1776 Tank Cottage, 1842 Beupre Place, and a Belgian farmhouse. Read More

• 920-437-1840
• 1008 S Monroe Ave, Green Bay, WI, USA

Hazelwood was originally the home of the Morgan and Elizabeth Martin family who were a political and cultural force in the Green Bay and Wisconsin for almost one hundred years. It is filled with many original furnishings, family photographs, paintings and artifacts. It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1964. Read More

• 262-968-4161
• S43 W31575 Depot Road, Waukesha, WI, USA

Unique among historic sites, Ten Chimneys offers guests a virtually barrier-free tour of an estate replete with original furnishings and overflowing with the romance of the Golden Age of Theatre. Tour guests are placed in small groups and are led through the estate by highly-trained docents who share stories that interpret not only the objects and decor of the… Read More

• 920-922-1166
• 336 Old Pioneer Road, Fond du Lac, WI, USA

Gardens with a gazebo, a carriagehouse and a log cabin surround the restored 30-room Victorian Mansion. The village contains a school, a church, and many shops. Read More

• 262-723-7848
• 9 East Rockwell Street, Elkhorn, WI, USA

Nestled on a quiet street in the city of Elkhorn, Wisconsin, the Webster House Museum is a well maintained white clapboard house, containing Civil War and Victorian period items. The composer Joseph Philbrick Webster once owned the home. Both the structure and its famous owner played an important part of the history of Elkhorn. Read More

• 360-385-1003
• Franklin Street & Taylor Street, Port Townsend, WA, USA

Step through the kitchen door of the Rothschild House and step back to the 1800s. Located at the corner of Jefferson and Taylor Streets in uptown Port Townsend, the Rothschild House is virtually unchanged from a hundred years ago. Read More

• 253-697-9468
• Meeker Mansion, 312, Spring Street, Puyallup, Pierce County, Washington, 98372, United States

A pioneer and leading citizen of Puyallup; first mayor, one-time Hop King, author Ezra Meeker became the self-appointed Champion of the Oregon Trail in 1906, when at the age of 76, accompanied by two oxen, a wagon, a driver and a dog, he made his way from his front yard to Washington D.C., by way of New York City.… Read More