• 616-246-4821
• 450 Madison Avenue Southeast, Grand Rapids, MI, USA

Designed by America's most famous architect Frank Lloyd Wright, the Meyer May House was commissioned in 1908 by a prominent Grand Rapids, Mich., clothier. An example of Wright's now-famous Prairie style of architecture, it was restored to its original concept by Steelcase and opened for visitor tours in 1987. The Meyer May House offers the public a rare opportunity… Read More

• 661-437-3330
• 3801 Chester Avenue, Bakersfield, CA, USA

The Kern County Museum contains over 50 historic structures and exhibits depicting the history of Kern County, California, and the West set amid 16-acres of beautiful grounds. Visitors can explore and discover the past at their own pace in this village like setting. Read More

• 925-228-8860
• 4202 Alhambra Ave, Martinez, CA, USA

The 1883 house is furnished as it was in the late 19th century when it was the home of John Muir, the founder of the Sierra Club. Read More

• 408-287-2290
• 1650 Senter Road, San Jose, CA, USA

With 27 original and reproduction homes, businesses and landmarks History Park highlights Santa Clara Valley's past. Complete with paved streets, running trolleys and a cafe, this 14-acre site has the charm and ambiance of times gone by. The VPA's project, the Hill House, can be toured. Read More

• 719-545-5290
• 419 W 14th St, Pueblo, CO, USA

Built in 1893, this 37-room mansion was home to the John A. and Margaret Thatcher family and named for Mrs. Thatcher's favorite flower. It remained a family residence for 75 years. Designed by noted New York architect Henry Hudson Holly and two years under construction, the mansion was completed in 1893. Nearly all furnishings, accessories, decorative arts, paintings custom… Read More

• 860-395-1635
• 350 Main Street, Old Saybrook, CT, USA

Built more than two centuries ago in 1767 for his bride, Esther Buckingham, the General William Hart house is one of the earliest houses in Saybrook, the first settlement on the southern shore of Connecticut. Read More

• 302-322-2794
• Dutch House Museum, East 3rd Street, New Castle, DE, USA

Facing the Green, the diminutive Dutch House traces its origins to the late 17th century when New Castle was the bustling port for Dutch, English, Swedish, and Finnish settlers and traders. Read More

• 808-935-5021
• 276 Haili Street, Hilo, HI, USA

In 1832, missionaries David and Sarah Lyman traveled by ship from New England to Hawai`i. They had been married for all of 24 days before leaving on the six-month voyage. In the late 1830s they built the Lyman House as a family home. The Hilo Boarding School, a school for young Hawaiian men founded by the Lymans, was built… Read More

• 217-678-8184
• 146 E Wilson St, Bement, IL, USA

Bryant Cottage was built in 1856 as the home of Francis E. Bryant, a local businessman and friend of Stephen A. Douglas. According to Bryant family tradition, Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas met in the parlor of Bryant Cottage to plan their famous series of 1858 debates. The cottage is maintained with original and period furnishings, providing a glimps… Read More

• 630-420-6010
• 523 South Webster Street, Naperville, IL, USA

The 13 acre museum village has 25 historic buildings and costumed docents to explain them all. Read More

• 260-356-1903
• 3010 West Park Drive, Huntington, IN, USA

The house has been restored to its appearance in 1846, the last year that Chief Lafontaine lived in the house. The Chiefs' House was built by Chief John B. Richardville about 1834, probably in preparation for the treaty negotiations which were held at the Forks in that year. Read More

• 913-367-4217
• 223 North Terrace Street, Atchison, KS, USA

The wood-frame, Gothic Revival cottage is perched high on the west bank of theMissouri River. In 1873, Amelia's grandfather Judge Alfred Otis and grandmother Amelia Harres Otis added a brick Italianate addition to the rear of the home. Read More

• 859-987-1788
• 323 High Street, Paris, KY, USA

Duncan Tavern, built in 1788, is one of the finest examples of an eighteenth century early settlement home later used as a tavern in America. Constructed of native limestone, it was built by Joseph Duncan, an officer in the Revolutionary War, and as a tavern went under the sign "The Goddess of Liberty." The oldest standing tavern in Kentucky… Read More

• 508-587-2884

Blanchard' s Tavern in Avon dates back to the Revolutionary War. It served as a tavern and general store through much of the nineteenth century . In 1937 it became the Avon Town Hall and in 1975 was restored as a colonial tavern offering drinks, snacks, and entertainment of the period . There is also he Captain Samuel Robbins… Read More

• 978-281-2432
• 49 Middle Street, Gloucester, MA, USA

Visitors to the Sargent House Museum learn about the early history of Gloucester from its beginnings as a farming and lumbering outpost to its evolution into the country's premier seaport. Visitors will also see a collection of original works by the great portrait painter John Singer Sargent (1856-1925) descendant of the Sargent family, who loved the house and its… Read More

• 508-839-3500
• 11 Willard Street, North Grafton, MA, USA

Nestled in the rolling hills of Central Massachusetts, Willard House is Grafton's oldest building, constructed in 1718 by Joseph Willard in what was then known as the Indian settlement of Hassanamisco. Four of Joseph's grandsons - Benjamin, Simon, Ephraim and Aaron Willard - would become America's preeminent 19th century clockmakers, making their first clocks in 1766 in their small… Read More

• 781-933-4976

The Benjamin Thompson House (also known as the Count Rumford Birthplace) is a historic house museum and National Historic Landmark at 90 Elm Street, in the North Woburn area of Woburn, Massachusetts. It is significant as the birthplace of scientist and inventor Benjamin Thompson (1753–1814), who became Count Rumford of the Holy Roman Empire as well as Sir Benjamin… Read More

• 207-667-8671
• 1478 Maine 172, Ellsworth, ME, USA

Woodlawn is a 180-acre historic estate located a quarter mile from downtown Ellsworth, Maine. Once home to three generations of the Black family, it is now treasured for its historic house museum, its gardens, and its public park. Visitors can explore a superb historic house, stroll through beautiful gardens, play croquet, hike on pristine trails, and much more. Read More

• 269-945-3775
• 2545 S Charlton Park Rd, Hastings, MI, USA

The complex has 16 buildings in its recreated village, some original and others reconstructions. They are furnished in period. Read More

• 651-465-3125
• 272 West Government Street, Taylors Falls, MN, USA

Completed in 1855 by lumber baron W.H.C. Folsom, this 2-story frame home sits in the Angel Hill district of Taylors Falls, a New England-style village. The home is furnished with original belongings. Read More

• 314-977-2666
• 3673 W Pine Mall, St. Louis, MO, USA

Built by Samuel Cupples in 1890 at a cost of $500,000, the 42 room Romaneque mansion is constructed out of intricately carved sandstone and granite. The interior features paneling of exotic woods, parquet floors, Tiffany stained glass, and St. Louis ironwork. The house is furnished with period pieces. The former bowling alley now serves as an art gallery. Read More

• 828-324-7294

The Harper House, built in 1887, is a Queen Anne Victorian Mansion that has been meticulously restored and furnished. The North Carolina Department of Archives states that the Harper House has the "finest Queen Anne interior styling in the entire state." The home now serves as a historic house museum and is open for tours. Also on the property… Read More

• 603-478-3165
• Franklin Pierce Homestead State Historic Site, 2nd New Hampshire Turnpike, Hillsboro, NH, USA

Franklin Pierce Homestead is operated by the Hillsborough Historical Society, is the boyhood home of America's fourteenth president and is a spacious and beautiful, federal style country home. Built by Pierce's father in 1804, it reflects the gracious and affluent living of the nineteenth century. A ballroom, which extends the entire length of the second floor, was used for… Read More

• 973-326-7645
• 73 Kahdena Rd, Morristown, NJ, USA

General Joseph Warren Revere, grandson of Paul Revere, bought the property in the mid-1800s and built the impressive Gothic Revival home, The Willows. Charles Foster purchased the farm in 1881, changing its name to Fosterfields, and it was here that Caroline Foster lived 98 of her 102 years. As she wished, Fosterfields offers an incomparable opportunity to experience our… Read More

• 315-252-2081
• 180 South Street, Auburn, NY, USA

The Harriet Tubman Home preserves the legacy of "The Moses of Her People" in the place where she lived and died in freedom. Read More

• 212-425-1778
• 54 Pearl Street, New York, NY, USA

Built in 1719 as an elegant residence for the merchant Stephan Delancey and his family, in 1762 the home was purchased by tavern-keeper Samuel Fraunces, who turned it into one of the most popular taverns of the day. Though it is best known as the site where Washington gave his farewell address to the officers of the Continental Army,… Read More

• 419-483-4949
• 5001 State Route 4, Bellevue, OH, USA

Historic Lyme Village depicts life in the Firelands from the arrival of the first settlers, in the early 1800’s, to the early 1900’s. Among the buildings in the village is the John Wright Mansion. This Second Empire Victorian Home was build between 1880 and 1882 and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The John Seymour House,… Read More

• 419-524-1765
• 310 Springmill Street, Mansfield, OH, USA

Oak Hill was built by John Robinson in 1847 on a hill overlooking the town, then a few thousand population, and close by the railroad he had helped to build. This Gothic Revival house has been the focal point of the view to the north from the center of town ever since. Read More

• 918-686-6624
• 1419 West Okmulgee Avenue, Muskogee, OK, USA

1898 home of Judge John R. Thomas, historian Carolyn Thomas Foreman and historian Grant Foreman. Read More

• 412-221-348
• 1375 Washington Pike, Bridgeville, PA, USA

Woodville is the oldest house in Allegheny County that is open for tours. Built by John Neville in 1775, Woodville is interpreted to the period of 1780-1820 and preserves and interprets the Federal period of Pittburgh's history. Read More

• 401-884-9490
• 4157 Post Road, Warwick, RI, USA

The house at Clouds Hill was built as a wedding gift for Elizabeth Ives Slater on her marriage to Alfred Augustus Reed, Jr. The home passed from Elizabeth to her daughter, Helen, on to Elizabeth’s granddaughter, Anne, and finally to her great-granddaughter, Anne. Anne is the current owner and graciously invites you to visit her family home which is… Read More

• 615-824-502
• 139 Rock Castle Court, Hendersonville, TN, USA

Home of Gen. Daniel Smith, a U.S. Senator and the surveyor who drew the first map of Tennessee. Read More

• 713-739-0163
• 1314 Andrews Street, Houston, TX, USA

This graceful, single-story wood-frame house with a wraparound porch was built in 1912, for Rutherford Birchard Hayes Yates, Sr. (1878-1944). Rutherford was the son of Reverend John Henry (“Jack”) Yates, the first official pastor of the Antioch Missionary Baptist Church, organized in 1866 for emancipated Blacks. Read More

• 540-373-3381
• 1201 Washington Avenue, Fredericksburg, VA, USA

Historic Kenmore is a beautiful, Georgian-style brick mansion built by George Washington's sister, Betty Washington Lewis, and her husband, Fredericksburg merchant Fielding Lewis, reflecting their pre-Revolutionary War wealth and gentry status. Read More

• 802-877-3406
• 4334 U.S. 7, Ferrisburgh, VT, USA

The home of author, illustrator and naturalist Rowland E. Robinson looks much like it did at the end of the 19th century. Eight rooms document the Robinson family's occupancy from the 1790s to the 1960s. 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

• 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

• 205-758-2238
• 1010 Greensboro Avenue, Tuscaloosa, AL, USA

This house was built in 1835 by Alfred Battle. Originally a federal style home, the second owners of the home, the Friedmans, added columns and other features of Greek revival architecture to the home. The home consists of two parlors, a dining room, and four bedrooms above. Outside the home are the oldest documented gardens in the state. They… Read More

• 661-849-3433
• Colonel Allensworth State Historic Park, Grant Drive, Earlimart, CA, USA

In August 1908 Colonel Allen Allensworth and four other settlers established a town founded, financed and governed by African Americans. Their dream of developing an abundant and thriving community stemmed directly from a strong belief in programs that allowed blacks to help themselves create better lives. By 1910 Allensworth’s success was the focus of many national newspaper articles praising… Read More

• 510-444-1876
• 1418 Lakeside Drive, Oakland, CA, USA

The Camron-Stanford House was built in 1876, the first of many stately homes that once encircled the Lake. During 27 years as a private residence, it was the home of some of Oakland's most notable families. Read More

• 530-525-7982
• California 89, South Lake Tahoe, CA, USA

In 1897, San Francisco businessman I. W. Hellman began buying property at Sugar Pine Point and by 1913 had acquired nearly 2000 acres. His grand but informal summer home, called Pine Lodge, was completed in 1903 and was considered to be one of the finest in the high Sierra. His daughter, Florence Hellman Ehrman inherited the estate and she… Read More

• 203-869-9697
• 243 East Putnam Avenue, Greenwich, CT, USA

This bright red house on the Boston Post Road has had a long and colorful history. It was originally built in the 17th century and has grown over the years into its current size and shape. During this time, a number of elements have both been added and removed from the structure. Read More

• 860-529-0612

The Webb-Deane-Stevens Museum, owned and managed by the National Society of the Colonial Dames of America in the State of Connecticut, operates four remarkable 18th century houses, three of which are National Historic Landmarks. The 1752 Joseph Webb House served as George Washington’s headquarters in May 1781, and was later owned by Wallace Nutting. The Silas Deane House, circa… Read More

• 352-483-46
• 536 North Bay Street, Eustis, FL, USA

The Clifford House, located at the corner of Bay and Bates Streets in Eustis, Florida; is in a graceful antebellum style, complete with a deep porch that extends across it's façade and around much of one side. Its low lines, broad massing, balustrade window's walk, and double-columned, pediment two-story entry speak volumes of easy living in a long-ago South.… Read More

• 319-362-7375
• 2160 Linden Drive Southeast, Cedar Rapids, IA, USA

21 room Queen Anne mansion surrounded by rolling lawns, formal gardens, pool and pond. A National Trust property. Read More

• 217-442-2922
• 116 North Gilbert Street, Danville, IL, USA

Built in 1855, the house has been restored and furnished in the Victorian style. Abraham Lincoln made a speech from the balcony while campaigning for the U.S. Senate in 1858. He also stayed in one of the bedrooms while visiting friends. Read More

• 217-523-2631
• 700 North 4th Street, Springfield, IL, USA

The oldest home in Springfield on its original foundation, Edwards Place tells the story of Benjamin and Helen Edwards and their life at the home from 1843 to 1909. The wonderfully preserved Italianate mansion was one a center for social activity in Springfield. Prominent citizens and politicians such as Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas were entertained at lavish dinner… Read More

• 812-599-8327
• The Schofield House

Built circa 1816 in the Federal style, this is believed to be the first two-storied tavern house in Madison. Read More

• 502-348-3502
• 501 E Stephen Foster Ave, Bardstown, KY, USA

The house that came to symbolize Kentucky's gracious hospitality and according to legend inspired Stephen Collins Foster to write his immortal song, "My Old Kentucky Home" is one of the most cherished historical sites in the commonwealth. Built between 1795 and 1818, Federal Hill, the home of Judge John Rowan, became a part of the Kentucky State Parks System… Read More

• 225-654-3775
• 3522 College St, Jackson, LA, USA

A restored professor's residence is on the grounds of Centenary College. Read More

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• 56 Francis Wyman Road, Burlington, MA, USA

The Francis Wyman house is a historic house in Burlington, MA. The original part of the house was built in 1666 with a major addition around 1730. Read More

• 413-637-3206
• 104 Walker St, Lenox, MA, USA

Ventfort Hall was the summer cottage of George and Sarah Morgan, sister of J.P. Morgan. It was constructed between 1891 and 1893.It is a Jacobean Revival style mansion. Designed by the architects Rotch & Tilden, it is located in Lenox, Massachusetts. The house has 28,000 square feet of living space in it, about 50 rooms. Read More

• 617-770-1175
• 1250 Hancock Street, Quincy, MA, USA

Adams National Historical Park was the home of two American presidents and subsequent generations of their descendants from 1720 to 1927. The family's experience represented, shaped, and mirrored significant events in the social, cultural, political, and intellectual history of the nation. Read More

• 301-868-1121
• 9118 Brandywine Road, Clinton, MD, USA

Built in 1852 as a middle-class plantation home, historic Surratt House also served as a tavern and hostelry, a post office, and polling place during the crucial decade before the Civil War. During the war, it was a safehouse for the Confederate underground which flourished in Southern Maryland. It was the country home of Mary Surratt, first woman to… Read More

• 207-548-2529
• 40 E Main St, Searsport, ME, USA

Among the eight buildings are an 1816 captain's home. Read More

• 507-433-4243
• 208 4th Ave NW, Austin, MN, USA

Built in 1871 and then purchased and remodeled by George A. Hormel, the founder of Hormel Foods, the home has been preserved beautifully. The home was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. The Hormel family history is told throughout the house with photographs and a few family artifacts. Filled with rich hardwoods, leaded glass windows,… Read More

• 573-221-9010
• 120 North Main Street, Hannibal, MO, USA

The home was built by Samuel Clemen's father in 1843, and Samuel lived there between the ages of 7 and 18. The restored home is decorated with period furnishings. Read More

• 228-388-4400

Beauvoir was the last home of Jefferson Davis and it was the site of his retirement. The house was built by James Brown, a wealthy plantation owner from Madison County, Mississippi. The house was started in late 1848 and was completed in 1852. The house was built as a summer home for his wife and his (eventually 13) children.… Read More

• 402-825-6001
• North 3rd Street & Main Street, Brownville, NE, USA

Built in 1860 by Richard Brown, the founder of Brownsville, it later became the home of John Carson a prominent bank president. Since the home was occupied by Carson's descendants until being donated to the Brownville Historical Society in 1966, the home contains many of its original furnishings and has not been updated with any modern conveniences. Read More

• 603-436-3205
• 364 Middle Street, Portsmouth, NH, USA

Merchant James Rundlet and his wife Jane built their home on a terraced rise and filled it with the finest furnishings available. The complex of connected outbuildings, including carriage barn and privies, borders the elaborate gardens and orchard in what was both an urban showplace and home for the Rundlets' large family. Read More

• 973-696-1776
• 199 Totowa Road, Wayne, NJ, USA

Constructed between 1740-1750 by Dirck Dey, a Dutch-born planter, the mansion is an amalgam of Dutch and English influences, a rich and dramatic composition of country and urban elements that had few mid-18th century counterparts west of the Hudson River. Dey, in all probability, left the completion of the mansion to his son, Theunis. During the Revolution, Theunis commanded… Read More

• 585-394-1472
• 295 North Main Street, Canandaigua, NY, USA

Travel back in time as one of our knowledgeable docents leads you through the Granger Homestead and Carriage Museum. Listen to stories of the four generations of Grangers, who lived in this magnificent home from 1816-1930. Read More

• 585-546-7029
• 2370 East Avenue, Rochester, NY, USA

Based on the family life of pioneers Orringh and Elizabeth Stone, the Stone-Tolan House Museum represents the private and the public activities of a household and rural tavern on the frontier in Brighton, NY between 1790 and 1820. Read More

• 216-721-5722
• 10825 East Boulevard, Cleveland, OH, USA

Built between 1908-1911, this Italian Renaissance Revival home sits proudly in University Circle as a part of the Western Reserve Historical Society. Tours of the interior rooms, including both family and staff areas are available as well as the garden during the warmer months. Though the home has many beautiful qualities, one of its highlights is the breathtaking hand-carved… Read More

• 330-490-7435
• 1875 East Maple Street, North Canton, OH, USA

The Hoover Historical Center is the Victorian boyhood home of Hoover Company founder, William H. Hoover. The Center is located inside Walsh University's Hoover Park in North Canton (originally called New Berlin) on original Hoover family farmland. Guided tours begin in a modest 1840s building that served as home for the Hoover family in 1852 until they constructed their… Read More

• 541-576-2251
• 64696 Fort Rock Road, Fort Rock, OR, USA

A group of eastern Oregon homestead homes, church, and school buildings assembled in a village setting, with furnishing from that era. Read More

• 814-432-8260
• 301 South Park Street, Franklin, PA, USA

The Egbert-Mullins-Koos House was built between 1859 and 1860 by Simon Ullman, a Franklin merchant. In the first decade, the property changed hands, but indications are that the Ullman family continued to make the resident their home. In 1869, Lydia S. Ullman sold the property to Eliza Egbert and her husband, Dr. A. G. Egbert. Dr. Egbert was an… Read More

• 803-353-456
• Kensington Mansion

Kensington Mansion was completed in 1854 and placed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1971. Located in lower Richland County, South Carolina, it is an architectural and historical treasure. The Mansion is an Italianate Revival structure, furnished with the Scarborough-Hamer Collection of decorative arts from the Victorian Period. Read More

• 615-460-5459
• Belmont Blvd & Acklen Avenue, Nashville, TN, USA

An ornate Italianate Villa built in the 1850s for Adelica Acklen, one of the country's wealthiest women. The home contains an arch ceilinged ballroom, a grand staircase, heavy marble mantels, period furnishings and artwork collected by the original owners. Read More

• 361-729-386
• Fulton Beach Rd, Rockport, TX, USA

Cattle rancher George Fulton built this Second Empire style home in 1874. To combat the hurricane force winds prevalent in the area, the house features many unique construction details. Read More

• 703-780-2000
• George Washington's Mount Vernon, 3200 Mount Vernon Memorial Hwy, Mt Vernon, VA 22121, USA

Mount Vernon was the beloved home of George and Martha Washington from the time of their marriage in 1759 until General Washington's death in 1799. He worked tirelessly to expand his plantation from 2,000 acres to 8,000 and the mansion house from six rooms to twenty one. 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

• 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

• (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

• 928-755-3475
• Hubbell Trading Post National Historic Site, Hwy. 191, Ganado, AZ, USA

Feel the old wooden floor give slightly and squeak beneath your feet as you enter the oldest, continuously operating trading post on the Navajo Nation. As your eyes adjust to the dim lighting of the "bullpen"" you might catch the trader negotiating a deal with a Native American artist for their art. You will experience history first hand at… Read More

• 562-570-1755
• 4600 North Virginia Road, Long Beach, CA, USA

Rancho Los Cerritos Historic Site is a public museum open for tours, programs and events. Built in 1844, the adobe home and grounds echo with the rich history of Spanish, Mexican and American California and with the families who helped transform Southern California from its ranching beginnings to a modern, urban society. The two-story Monterey-style adobe is primarily furnished… Read More

• 909-792-2111
• 1325 Prospect Drive, Redlands, CA, USA

Kimberly Crest is a picturesque French chateau style home built in 1897. The 7,000 square foot, three-story chateau sits on a six and one quarter acre estate. Read More

• 720-865-800
• 715 South Forest Street, Denver, CO, USA

Nestled on the banks of Cherry Creek, the Four Mile House was the last stop coming west to Denver along the Cherokee Trail. It was a welcome site for the weary travelers, a place to wash off the trail dust, have a drink of cool fresh water, find a home-cooked meal, or spend the night before heading in to… Read More

• 860-247-8996
• 33 Plains Rd, Moodus, CT, USA

The house is furnished largely with objects owned by members of the Day family, including toys and locally produced ceramics and silver, and still features the original floor and stair stenciling applied to mimic carpeting. Also on display are a selection of photographs from among the thousands taken by pioneering art photographer Dr. Amasa Day Chaffee between 1890 and… Read More

• 202-673-2402
• 1318 Vermont Avenue Northwest, Washington, DC, USA

The Mary McLeod Bethune Council House National Historic Site commemorates the life of Mary McLeod Bethune and the organization she founded, the National Council of Negro Women. Read More

• 478-742-8155
• 934 Georgia Ave, Macon, GA, USA

The 18,000-square-foot mansion spans four levels and is crowned by a three-story cupola. Commissioned by imaginative owners and constructed by the most skillful workers of the time, its technological amenities were unsurpassed in the mid-19th century: hot and cold running water, central heat, a speaker-tube system, in-house kitchen and an elaborate ventilation system. Read More

• 319-377-6672
• 970 10th St, Marion, IA, USA

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places and a wonderful example of Victorian Italianate architecture, The Granger House Victorian Museum is the only restored middle-class family home in the Cedar Rapids area. Occupied by a single family for nearly 100 years, the house contains many of its original furnishings and is arranged to reflect the lifestyle of a… Read More

• 815-777-3310
• 500 Bouthillier Street, Galena, IL, USA

The Italianate structure known as the U. S. Grant Home was built in 1859-60 as a residence by Alexander J. Jackson of Galena. When Ulysses S. Grant returned to the city in 1865 as a Civil War hero, he was presented the house—purchased by a group of prominent local Republicans, including Elihu B. Washburne—as part of the city’s celebration.… Read More

• 260-244-6372
• 108 West Jefferson Street, Columbia City, IN, USA

This is the home of Vice-President Thomas Riley Marshall. He lived here for over 30 years, while working as a lawyer in Columbia City. He moved in 1908, as being elected Governor of Indiana. He went on to serve one term as Governor, before being elected Vice President (1913-1921). We also interpret the history of Whitley County, including the… Read More

• 765-569-252
• 65 Billie Creek Road, Rockville, IN, USA

This re-created early 20th-century village is comprised of 38 authentic buildings moved to the site. Read More

• 859-325-9028
• 220 South Chiles Street, Harrodsburg, KY, USA

Built between 1807 and 1830 by Squire Joseph Morgan, this row house is the oldest one standing in the state and the first row house west of the Allegheny Mountains. The Harrodsburg Historical Society carefully restored the northernmost section to serve as a museum and extensive genealogy research library. Read More

• 225-635-3739
• 11788 Louisiana 965, St Francisville, LA, USA

The tall, airy house where John James Audubon stayed is a splendid example of colonial architecture adapted to its climate. Built circa 1806, Oakley predates the relatively heavy details of classic revival in Southern plantation homes and claims distinction for its beautiful simplicity. The rooms of Oakley have been restored in the style of the late Federal Period (1790-1830),… Read More

• 781-326-2147
• 511 East Street, Dedham, MA, USA

The Fairbanks House is believed to be the oldest surviving timber frame house in North America. It was built for a family of Puritan immigrants from Yorkshire in England, Jonathan and Grace Fairebanke and their six children. Dendrochonology (tree ring dating) has confirmed a construction date of the late 1630s-early 1640s. The house was passed down to succeeding generations… Read More

• 413-267-4137
• 35 Ely Rd, Monson, MA, USA

The Keep Homestead Museum is a beautifully preserved and restored 19th century farm house. The homestead, consisting of the land, a barn and the house with sixteen rooms, three attics and three cellars was donated to the Town of Monson when Myra Keep Moulton died in 1988. The farm had been in her family since 1854. With a superb… Read More

• 413-298-3239
• 5 Prospect Hill Road, Stockbridge, MA, USA

This architectural masterpiece is, at its heart, a family home. Joseph Choate, a leading 19th-century attorney, hired the architectural firm of McKim, Mead, & White to design the 44-room “cottage,” Naumkeag, which would serve as a summer retreat for three generations of Choates. Read More

• 410-867-4486
• 1418 E West Shady Side Rd, Shady Side, MD, USA

The Captain Salem Avery House was built c. 1860 on the Banks of the West River in Shady Side, Maryland. Captain Avery, a Long Island fisherman, came to the area to make his living from the abundant waters of the Chesapeake Bay. He married Lucretia Weedon of Mayo, Maryland, and they lived in the house for thirty years raising… Read More

• 313-982-6001
• 20900 Oakwood Blvd, Dearborn, MI, USA

Spread over 81 acres are some 80 historic homes, workplaces, and community buildings moved to the site from all over the U.S. Read More

• 218-291-4211
• 506 8th Street South, Moorhead, MN, USA

The Comstock House was built in 1883 by Solomon G. Comstock, a politician, businessman and civic leader. Comstock was a U.S. Representative, established the First National Bank of Moorhead and Moorhead State University, and helped James J. Hill build a railroad system in the Red River Valley. His daughter, Ada Comstock, became the first dean of women at the… Read More

• 417-682-2279

Visitors can view the small frame house where the future president was born, and see furnishings that reflect what a house in western Missouri would have looked like during the time Truman lived in the house. Read More

• 828-225-1333

A working estate that would sustain itself and benefit the community. America's largest home. Acres of gardens, parklands, and managed forests. A country retreat for friends and family. This was George Vanderbilt's vision for Biltmore Estate more than 100 years ago, and it lives to this day. Read More

• 308-534-5640
• 2403 North Buffalo Bill Avenue, North Platte, NE, USA

This museum complex contains several furnished homes from the mid to late 1800s. Read More

• 908-782-1091
• 114 Main Street, Flemington, NJ, USA

The Doric House Museum houses the Research Library and offices of the Hunterdon County Historical Society. It was built in the Greek Revival style in 1845 by Mahlon Fisher, a country carpenter of ability and taste, as his private residence. He also erected several other Flemington residences in the same style. Read More

• 775-832-8750
• 969 Tahoe Blvd, Incline Village, NV, USA

Using a California Gold Rush inheritance, enigmatic San Francisco bon vivant George Whittell Jr. constructed his Castle-in-the-Sky, Thunderbird Lodge, in the midst of a vast land holding spanning almost the entire length of Lake Tahoe's Nevada shoreline. Visitors tour the main house, the servants' quarters, the kitchen, a stone Card House perched above a crystal-clear lagoon, and a 600'… Read More

• 845-229-7770
• 119 Vanderbilt Park Road, Hyde Park, NY, USA

Historically known as Hyde Park, Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site is one of the region's oldest Hudson River estates. For nearly two centuries, this place has been home to socially prominent New Yorkers. A superb example of its type, Hyde Park represents the domestic ideal of the elite class in the late nineteenth-century America. It provides a glimpse of… Read More

• 718-442-1608
• 420 Tompkins Avenue, Staten Island, NY, USA

This historic house is preserved as a memorial to the lives of Antonio Meucci and Giuseppe Garibaldi. Antonio Meucci, a native of Florence, Italy, lived here until his death in 1889. In 1849, while experimenting with the new phenomenon of electricity, he discovered that sound could be transmitted by electric wires. Alexander Graham Bell was then two years old. Read More