• 718-816-4506
• 2 Hylan Blvd, Staten Island, NY, USA

The Alice Austen House Museum on Staten Island recalls the world of an exceptional woman, photographer Alice Austen. Austen's quaint, Victorian cottage-style home, with a magnificent view of New York Harbor, displays prints from the large glass negative collection of her work that depict turn-of-the-century American life. 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

• 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

• 541-245-3650
• 452 East California Street, Jacksonville, OR, USA

Cornelius C. Beekman built this 1 1/2 story Gothic Revival style home for his wife and two children between 1870 and 1876. When the family moved in, Beekman was already well established in his downtown bank where he bought, sold, and shipped gold; served as a Wells Fargo Express agent; sold school supplies; and dealt in real estate. 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

• 507-454-2723
• 160 Johnson Street, Winona, MN, USA

An outstanding example of Rural (or Steamboat) Gothic Architecture, the home is built of northern white pine and furnished with items appropriate to the mid-to-late 1800's. Knowledgeable guides walk visitors through three floors of pioneers life, encompassing the historical period during which Native American canoes gave way to steamboats and game-trails became roads and highways for Euro-Americans. Read More

• 402-825-6001
• 5th Street & Main St, Brownville, NE, USA

The house is a seven-gabled Victorian residence that was home to a Civil War veteran. It was originally built nearer the Missouri River, then taken apart brick by brick and reassembled on the present site in 1877. There is a famous ghost story associated with the Bailey House that entertains all guests to the Museum. Displayed are period furniture,… 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

• 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

• 213-477-2962
• 10 Chester Place, Los Angeles, CA, USA

Home to the Doheny family for nearly 60 years, the Doheny Mansion was built in 1899 for the Oliver P. Posey family by architects Theodore Eisen and Sumner Hunt. Its eclectic Romantic Revival exterior unites elements of Gothic, Chateauesque, Moorish and even California Mission styles. The opulent interior reflects the wealth and status of pioneering oil baron Edward L.… Read More

• 215-438-1861
• 200 West Tulpehocken Street, Philadelphia, PA, USA

This house is Phialdelphia's only authentically restored Victorian house museum and garden. The interior is interpreted to reflect the house's history during the 1860's and 1870's. Members have access to a library about Victorian topics. Victorian theater productions take place at the mansion annually. Read More

• 903-465-8908
• 609 S Lamar Ave, Denison, TX, USA

The President's birthplace has been restored to its 1890s appearance. Read More

• 707-786-4835
• 2121 Centerville Road, Ferndale, CA, USA

Gold Rush pioneers Joseph and Zipporah built Fern Cottage as their family home in 1866. Family members lived in it continuously for over a century. Today, it is on the National Register of Historic Places and is one of the few homes in California containing the original family furniture and furnishings. Visit Fern Cottage and step back in time… Read More

• 215-348-9461
• 525 East Court Street, Doylestown, PA, USA

Built between 1908-1912, Fonthill was the home of Henry Chapman Mercer (1856-1930). Archaeologist, anthropologist, ceramist, scholar and antiquarian, Mercer built Fonthill both as his home and as a showplace for his collection of tiles and prints. The first of three Mercer buildings in Doylestown, Fonthill served as a showplace for Mercer’s famed Moravian tiles that were produced during the… 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

• 847-328-7500
• 1730 Chicago Avenue, Evanston, IL, USA

Built in 1865, and patterned after a design by Andrew J. Downing, this Evanston house was home to Frances Willard (1839-1898). Both author and activist, Frances Willard lived and worked in this house during the years of her presidency of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU). For many of those years, the house also served as an informal national… Read More

• 202-426-5961
• 1411 West Street Southeast, Washington, DC, USA

Frederick Douglass spent his life fighting for justice and equality. Born into slavery in 1818, he escaped as a young man and became a leading voice in the abolitionist movement. People everywhere still find inspiration today in his tireless struggle, brilliant words, and inclusive vision of humanity. Douglass's legacy is preserved here at Cedar Hill, where he lived his… 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

• 937-548-5250
• 205 N Broadway St, Greenville, OH, USA

After the death of famous broadcaster Lowell Thomas, Mr. & Mrs. H.C. McClain purchased the birthplace of Lowell Thomas and presented it to the Darke County Historical Society. The two story Victorian Gothic style house was built in the 1880's. It was moved from its original site in Woodington, Ohio, which is just a few miles north of Greenville,… Read More

• 660-963-2525
• 1100 Pershing Dr, Laclede, MO, USA

The house is a shrine to the leader of America's forces in World War I and is furnished with antiques and personal belongings. Read More

• 267-502-2600
• 1001 Cathedral Road, Bryn Athyn, PA, USA

Glencairn, built between 1928 and 1939, was the home of the Raymond and Mildred Pitcairn family for forty years. Pitcairn designed Glencairn as a Romanesque-style “castle” for his outstanding collection of medieval objects, purchased as inspirational models for the artists working on Bryn Athyn Cathedral. Read More

• 860-522-9258
• 77 Forest St, Hartford, CT, USA

A visit to the Stowe Center begins with the Harriet Beecher Stowe House, a charming Victorian Gothic Revival home (1871), and includes Victorian-style gardens, the Katharine Seymour Day House (1884), a grand mansion adjacent to the Stowe House and the Stowe Visitor Center (1873), with changing exhibitions and the museum store. Read More

• 269-781-8544
• 107 N Kalamazoo Ave, Marshall, MI, USA

Built in 1860 by a chief justice of the Michigan Supreme Court who later became U.S. Consul to Hawaii. The house is thought to be a duplicate of his Hawaiian home. Read More

• 989-428-4123
• 7995 Pioneer Road, Port Austin, MI, USA

The museum complex has several restored buildings including the House of Seven Gables, the 1882 Victorian mansion of William Lyon and Annabel Hubbard Phelps. Read More

• 207-729-6606
• 226 Maine Street, Brunswick, ME, USA

The museum is the adult home of Joshua L. Chamberlain and his family. Chamberlain was the hero of Little Round Top at Gettysburg during the Civil War, Governor of Maine, and President of Bowdoin College. Guided tours explore Chamberlain’s life, family and career. Read More

• 707-937-5791
• 45007 Albion Street, Mendocino, CA, USA

This historic home and research center are located in Mendocino, California on the scenic north coast. Built in 1861 by William Kelley, the house overlooks the ocean and is surrounded by gardens filled with flowers and lawn. The museum, along with docent-led walking tours of the historic preservation district, invites visitors to step back in time and imagine life… Read More

• 336-996-7922
• 413 S Main St, Kernersville, NC, USA

Körner’s Folly is the architectural wonder and home of artist and designer Jule Gilmer Körner. Built in 1880 in Kernersville, North Carolina, the house originally served to display his interior design portfolio. Visitors can now explore the 22 room house museum and its unique original furnishings and artwork, cast-plaster details, carved woodwork, and elaborate hand laid tile. Read More

• 513-863-1717
• 319 North 3rd Street, Hamilton, OH, USA

The Lane Hooven House was built in 1863 for Clark Lane, a Hamilton Industrialist and often thought of Hamilton’s first philanthropist, by James Elrick, Hamilton builder. The house,which because of its octagonal shape is widely regarded as Hamilton’s most unique residential structure, was sometimes called Lane’s Folly. Construction began in 1863 and took 11 months from commencement to completion.… Read More

• 651-437-7055
• 1629 Vermillion Street, Hastings, MN, USA

Newly restored 1866 Gothic Revival stone house, carriage barn and ice house on 4.5 acres inspired by Andrew Jackson Downing. Built on the edge of the frontier by William and Mary LeDuc, influential early Minnesotans. Read More

• 203-838-9799

A National Historic Landmark since 1971, the Lockwood-Mathews Mansion Museum is regarded as one of the earliest and most significant Second Empire Style country houses in the United States. Built by renowned financier and railroad baron LeGrand Lockwood, during and shortly after the Civil War years, (1864 to 1868), the mansion, with its unparalleled Gilded Age interiors and furniture,… Read More

• 914-631-4481
• 635 South Broadway, Tarrytown, NY, USA

Overlooking the Hudson River in Tarrytown NY is Lyndhurst, one of America's finest Gothic Revival mansions. The architectural brilliance of the residence, designed in 1838 by Alexander Jackson Davis, is complemented by a park-like landscape and a comprehensive collection of original decorative arts. Read More

• 515-462-2134
• Madison County Historical Society, South 2nd Avenue, Winterset, IA, USA

They have a house. You'll have to go to their website because they want to make it hard to copy a snippet of their text for the description. Read More

• 601-576-6850

One of the few examples of Gothic-Revival residential architecture in Mississippi, the Manship House was inspired by a design in A.J. Downing's Architecture of Country Houses, a popular nineteenth-century pattern book in which an almost identical house is pictured. Manship adopted the plan to a southern climate by adding floor-to-ceiling windows and a central hall for ventilation. Read More

• 518-758-9689
• 1013 Old Post Road, Kinderhook, NY, USA

Martin Van Buren purchased this house and farm while he was president and grew the estate to eventually include 226 acres. Read More

• 530-743-1004
• 704 D Street, Marysville, CA, USA

The house was a creative adaptation of the Gothic Revival style, designed by one of early Marysville's principal architects and prominent inventors, Warren P. Miller. Miller remained in the house from the time of its construction in 1855-56, until 1863 when it was purchased by Edgar Woodrow, a Marysville carpenter. Read More

• 802-828-3051
• 214 Justin Morrill Memorial Hwy, Strafford, VT, USA

The Gothic Revival home was built in 1848-51 by Sen. Morrill and is furnished with family possessioins. Read More

• 765-476-8411
• 909 South Street, Lafayette, IN, USA

The Moses Fowler House is a Gothic Revival home built by Moses Fowler in 1851-1852. Fowler, one of the area's leading merchants and cattlemen, was anxious to have a home reflecting his social status. A book entitled Architecture of Country Houses, by A. J. Downing, illustrated popular floor plans of the day and may have served as a guide… Read More

• 701-775-2216
• 2405 Belmont Road, Grand Forks, ND, USA

The 1879 Campbell house is dedicated to pioneer women and contains furnishings from the 1890s. Read More

• 973-596-6550
• 49 Washington Street, Newark, NJ, USA

Built in 1885 for Jeannette and John Holme Ballantine of the celebrated Newark beer-brewing family, this brick and limestone mansion originally had 27 rooms, including eight bedrooms and three bathrooms. Part of The Newark Museum since 1937, the house was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1985. 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

• 302-422-3115
• 501 NW Front St, Milford, DE, USA

This historic building lies within a 1,750 acre Duke of York land patent called Saw Mill Range granted to Henry Bowman in 1680. The first known resident of this portion of the tract was Joseph Booth, who purchased 510 acres from the Bowman family in 1730. The center brick section of the present structure was built by John Cullen… Read More

• 302-761-4340
• 610 Shipley Road, Wilmington, DE, USA

Rockwood is a 150 year old estate that is now a public park featuring a six acre historic garden and a mansion with a museum. Joseph Shipley, a Quaker merchant banker, built Rockwood between 1851 and 1854 to reflect the beauty of an English county estate. The mansion is a wonderful example of Rural Gothic architecture. In the museum,… Read More

• 860-928-4074
• 556 Connecticut 169, Woodstock, CT, USA

Built in 1846 in the newly fashionable Gothic Revival style, Roseland Cottage depicts the summer life of Henry and Lucy Bowen and their young family. Prominently situated across from the town common, Roseland Cottage epitomizes Gothic Revival architecture, with its steep gables, decorative bargeboards, and ornamented chimney pots. The interior of Roseland Cottage is equally colorful, and features elaborate… Read More

• 409-295-7824
• 1836 Sam Houston Ave, Huntsville, TX, USA

Sam Houston's home built in 1847 and the home where he died, the 1858 Steamboat House as well as his law office are on the grounds of the park. Read More

• 614-833-1880
• 1375 State Route 674, Canal Winchester, OH, USA

The gothic revival farmhouse was built in 1856 and restored by Metro Parks for authenticity. Guests can tour the living room, parlor and kitchen and watch the ladies prepare the meals and tend the house. The multi-bay barn was built by Samuel Oman, the fourth owner of Slate Run Farm, and restored by Amish carpenters. Read More

• 707-938-9560
• 363 3rd Street West, Sonoma, CA, USA

In 1850 General Vallejo, now an elected State Senator, purchased some acreage at the foot of the hills, one-half mile west and north of Sonoma’s central plaza. The land surrounded a fine, free-flowing spring that the Indians had called Chiucuyem (tears of the mountain). Vallejo retained this name for his new estate, but translated it into Latin, Lachryma Montis. Read More

• 816-232-8471
• 3406 Frederick Avenue, Saint Joseph, MO, USA

Housed in the 1879 Wyeth-Tootle mansion, the museum features exhibits on American Indian materials, vertebrate natural history, St. Joseph history, and the Civil War and Victorian periods. Read More

• 254-965-5880
• 525 East Washington Street, Stephenville, TX, USA

Nestled on 3 acres adjacent to the Bosque River, the Stephenville Historical House Museum consists of 12 nineteenth century structures and historical exhibits. Buildings include several log cabins, a ranch house owned by John Tarleton (founder of Tarleton State University), a blacksmith shop, a rock cottage, a two-story Victorian house (under renovation), a chapel, and a school house. 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

• 740-373-4180
• 418 4th Street, Marietta, OH, USA

Excellent example of Victorian Gothic Revival architecture. Built in 1847. Read More

• 973-962-2240
• Sloatsburg Road, Ringwood, NJ, USA

Martin J. Ryerson purchased the historic ironworks and began building the present Manor House in 1807 while still operating the iron mines and forges on the property. New York's Peter Cooper, a remarkable inventor and industrialist and his young son-in-law, Abram S. Hewitt, purchased Ringwood in 1854. Read More

• 303-569-2840
• 305 Argentine Street, Georgetown, CO, USA

Originally a small cottage, this property was built by Joseph Watson in 1867 and later remodeled and vastly enlarged by his British brother-in-law William Arthur Hamill in 1879. The Hamill House presents the public with the elegant, spacious lifestyle of a silver mining magnate. Owner of extensive mining properties, Hamill's management of the famous and profitable Dives-Pelican and Terrible… Read More

• 860-247-998
• 351 Farmington Avenue, Hartford, CT, USA

The Mark Twain House & Museum, a National Historic Landmark in Hartford, Connecticut, was the home of America’s greatest author, Samuel Clemens (a.k.a. Mark Twain) and his family from 1874 to 1891. It is also where Twain lived when he wrote his most important works, including Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, The Prince and The… Read More

• 208-882-1004
• 110 South Adams Street, Moscow, ID, USA

The house reflects an eclectic blend of Victorian-era architectural styles including Eastlake, Italianate, and Gothic Revival. Rather than engage an architect, McConnell likely used plans from a pattern book and worked with a carpenter to integrate elements and detailing from the three styles. The resulting cohesive design made a unique statement in the fledgling city. Read More

• 719-846-7217

Explore Trinidad's past and its place in the American West at the Trinidad History Museum. The museum features several attractions on one block in Trinidad's acclaimed historic district. Landmark homes, local treasures, and lovely gardens make the Trinidad history Museum a great place to spend the day. Read More

• 507-665-3250
• 118 N Main St, Le Sueur, MN, USA

Built in 1859, the small house was the home of the founder of the Mayo Clinic. His office is on the second floor. Read More

• 402-873-6340
• 420 Steinhart Park Rd, Nebraska City, NE, USA

Built in 1869, the ten-room Gothic style Wildwood House brings to life the Victorian era in Nebraska. The house reflects the faded elegance of the lifestyle of Jasper & Ellen Ware and their family who lived here “amidst the wild wood” in western Nebraska City. Guests to Wildwood house are offered a unique glimpse into everyday life in a… Read More