• 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

• 800-590-9755
• 22611 State Route 2, Archbold, OH, USA

Restored buildings house a potter, blacksmith, spinner, weaver, cooper, broommaker, glassblower, and tinsmith, all at work dressed in period costumes. An 1860 homestead with a furnished farmhouse, a barn full of animals and a summer kitchen are on the grounds. Read More

• 781-233-50
• 244 Central Street, Saugus, MA, USA

The Iron Works House dates from the 17th century and contains early American furnishings and exhibits. Read More

• 330-452-876
• 331 Market Avenue South, Canton, Ohio, USA

The Saxton-McKinley house is a two and three story brick building of irregular massing. It was constructed in two segments, in 1841, and ca. 1865. The earliest portion is at the rear of the structure and was a two-story gable roofed building. This is significant as the only residence with direct historical ties to President William McKinley remaining in… Read More

• 207-384-2454
• 9 Barrell Lane Extension, York, ME, USA

The Sayward-Wheeler House overlooks the York River, which was ideal for shipping merchant Jonathan Sayward, who purchased the house in 1720. In addition to being a successful businessman, Sayward was a judge and leading citizen in York. He enjoyed great community respect, although his Loyalist views were in the minority during the years leading up to the American Revolution. Read More

• 541-479-7827
• 508 Southwest 5th Street, Grants Pass, OR, USA

Very few changes have been made to the Schmidt House since 1910, and it was home to Anna and Flora until they graciously donated the house to the Josephine County Historical Society in 1978. Today, the rooms contain many original furnishings spanning the lifetimes of Anna and Flora. Guided tours are given to visitors during which the guide relates… Read More

• 330-663-6610
• 1984 East High Avenue, New Philadelphia, OH, USA

The Moravian church founded Schoenbrunn ("beautiful spring") in 1772 as a mission to the Delaware Indians. The settlement grew to include sixty dwellings and more than 300 inhabitants who drew up Ohio's first civil code and built its first Christian church and schoolhouse. Read More

• 518-434-834
• 32 Catherine Street, Albany, NY, USA

The Georgian structure, reflecting Schuyler's English tastes - was built on a bluff overlooking the Hudson River. Originally situated on an 80-acre tract of land, the grounds once included an orchard, a formal garden, and a working farm. Throughout the Schuyler family occupancy from 1763-1804, the mansion was the site of military strategizing, political hobnobbing, elegant social affairs, and… Read More

• 760-786-3200
• Scotty's Castle, Scotty's Castle Road, California, USA

Hidden in the green oasis of Grapevine Canyon in far northern Death Valley, the Death Valley Ranch, or Scotty's Castle as it is more commonly known, is a window into the life and times of the Roaring 20's and Depression 30's. It was and is an engineer's dream home, a wealthy matron's vacation home and a man-of-mystery's hideout and… Read More

• 812-949-1776
• Scribner House, East Main Street, New Albany, IN, USA

Built in 1814 by Joel and Mary Scribner, this simple wood-frame, Federal-style structure is the oldest building in New Albany. The two-and-one-half story house has a basement, two parlors, and a hall on the first floor, three bedrooms and a hall on the second floor. A two-level rear porch provides a spectacular view of the Ohio River. Today the… Read More

• 785-263-1084
• 1105 North Buckeye Avenue, Abilene, KS, USA

Fully furnished Georgian style built by A.B. (Doc)Seelye who made his fortune in patent medicines. 25 rooms, including a third floor ballroom and basement bowling alley. Furnishings purchased at the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair. Excellent condition. Visitors are allowed to enter every room, play the Steinway piano, go bowling. Continuous tours. Read More

• 765-452-4314
• 1200 West Sycamore Street, Kokomo, IN, USA

Construction on the Seiberling Mansion began in October 1889 and was completed in the fall of 1891. The house was built for Monroe Seiberling of Akron, Ohio at a cost of $50,000. The architecture of the house is a mixture of Neo-Jacobean (Queen Anne) and Romanesque Revival styles. It was designed by Arthur LaBelle of Marion, Indiana. The mansion… Read More

• 308-345-8484
• 706 Norris Avenue, McCook, NE, USA

At the Norris House you'll discover the fascinating story of the father of the Rural Electrification Act, the Tennessee Valley Authority Act, and Nebraska's one-house legislature. The house and all its furnishings were donated to the Historical Society by Norris's wife, Ellie in 1968. Exhibits located in the basement of the house trace the senator's life and career. Read More

• 213-485-6855
• 12 Olvera Street, Los Angeles, CA, USA

In 1887, Señora Eloisa Martinez de Sepulveda built a two-story Eastlake Victorian style business and residential block on her property between Main and Olvera Street. The Sepulveda House represents the architectural and social transformation of Los Angeles from its early Mexican traditions to a blending of Mexican and Anglo culture. Read More

• 978-546-9533
• 40 King Street, Rockport, MA, USA

The house displays a variety of historical artifacts from the Rockport area. Read More

• 315-252-1283
• 33 South Street, Auburn, NY, USA

The historic home of William Henry Seward and his family. Serving as a New York State Senator, Governor of New York, a U.S. Senator, and as Secretary of State in the Lincoln and Johnson administrations, Seward was one of the foremost politicians of nineteenth century America. Read More

• 925-935-7871
• 2660 Ygnacio Valley Road, Walnut Creek, CA, USA

Built by Walnut Creek pioneer Hiram Penniman (1824-1907), the main house on the Shadelands Ranch grounds is a 1903 Redwoood-framed Colonial Revival structure that now showcases numerous historical artifacts, many of which belonged to the Pennimans. It also houses a rich archive of Contra Costa and Walnut Creek history in its collections of old newspapers, photographs, and government records. Read More

• 337-369-6446
• 317 East Main Street, New Iberia, LA, USA

A white-columned brick building constructed between 1831 and 1834 by sugar planter David Weeks and his wife, the Shadows is both a survivor and a reminder of another time. It is a tangible link to the past, representing over 150 years of history, stories about people and events, about life. Read More

• 859-734-5411
• 3501 Lexington Road, Harrodsburg, KY, USA

Shaker Village of Pleasant Hill is America's largest restored Shaker community, with 34 carefully restored buildings and 3,000 acres of preserved farmland. The village is also home to more than 25 miles of striking rock fences, the most extensive collection remaining in Kentucky today. Read More

• 928-445-3122
• 415 West Gurley Street, Prescott, AZ, USA

Sharlot Hall Museum is named after its founder, Sharlot Mabridth Hall (1870-1943), who became well known as a poet, activist, politician, and Arizona’s first territorial historian. Sharlot Hall was one of the West’s most remarkable women. As early as 1907, Ms. Hall saw the need to save Arizona's history and planned to develop a museum. She began to collect… Read More

• 860-443-1209
• 11 Blinman Street, New London, CT, USA

The wealthy merchant, Captain Nathaniel Shaw, began building the granite mansion in the 1750s with the help of French refugees being dispersed from Nova Scotia, the Acadians, during the time of the French and Indian War. Read More

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

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

• 541-484-808
• 303 Willamette Street, Eugene, OR, USA

The history of the Shelton-McMurphey-Johnson House, or the “Castle on the Hill,” begins with Thomas Winthrop Shelton and his wife, Adah. The Sheltons made the move from Salem to Eugene with their daughter, Alberta, in 1873. After buying 320 acres in downtown Eugene, including Skinner’s Butte, from pioneer Mary Skinner, Dr. Shelton hired architect Walter Pugh to design a… Read More

• 740-687-5891
• 137 East Main Street, Lancaster, OH, USA

The Sherman House Museum in Lancaster, Ohio is the birthplace of General William Tecumseh Sherman, his younger brother U.S. Senator John Sherman and home of the remarkable Sherman family. The original frame home built in 1811 consists of a parlor/dining room, kitchen, master bedroom and children's bedroom. The Sherman family added onto the house in 1816, including a parlor… Read More

• 503-625-1236
• 22552 Southwest Park Street, Sherwood, OR, USA

The Sherwood Heritage Center is dedicated to preserving and interpreting the history of Sherwood and Oregon. They offer monthly workshops and exhibits that allow visitors to understand Oregon history in an educational format. Read More

• 804-829-5121
• 501 Shirley Plantation Rd, Charles City, VA, USA

Shirley, settled in 1613, is the oldest plantation in Virginia and the oldest family-owned business in North America, dating back to 1638. Read More

• 617-442-2275
• Shirley-Eustis House, 33 Shirley Street, Boston, MA, USA

The 1747 Palladian house was built for governor William Shirley, and at the turn of the 19th century it was remodelled in the Federal style for former governor William Eustis. Some furnishings are original. Read More

• 812-265-2967
• Shrewsbury-Windle House, West 1st Street, Madison, IN, USA

The Shrewsbury house has twelve rooms, thirteen fireplaces and a fifty-three step spiral staircase. The floor to ceiling windows are thirteen feet tall. A man on horseback could easily step through the enormous front door. Read More

• 651-452-1596
• 1357 Sibley Memorial Hwy, Mendota Heights, MN, USA

This museum is comprised of two houses. The 1838 Sibley house was the first stone house in Minnesota. Next door is the Faribault house which was built shortly after the Sibley house. The houses are furnished in period, with some original furnishings. Read More

• 575-538-5921
• 312 West Broadway Street, Silver City, NM, USA

Housed in the restored 1881 Mansard/Italianate H.B Ailman House, the museum collection resource materials include some 20,000 objects relating to the peoples and history of southwest New Mexico. Read More

• 320-352-5201
• 810 Sinclair Lewis Avenue, Sauk Centre, MN, USA

The restored childhood home of America's first winner of the Nobel prize for literature contains early 20th century furnishings and original artifacts. Read More

• 207-729-6606
• 161 Park Row, Brunswick, ME, USA

The Skolfield-Whittier House has a unique and wondrous story. Two brothers whose family made its fortune building ships and freighting goods around the world completed it between 1858 and 1862. Each brother lived on one side of this semi-detached structure. One half of the house was eventually sold off to a succession of owners, the last of which is… Read More

• 207-474-6632
• 66 Elm Street, Skowhegan, ME, USA

Built in 1839, the house contains early American antiques. 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

• 828-253-9231

Built by one of antebellum North Carolina's most influential citizens, the Smith-McDowell House was once the home of mayors, a Civil War major, and friends of the Vanderbilts. Rescued from destruction, Asheville's oldest surviving dwelling is now a National Register property and a window into how life was lived here in the 19th century. Read More

• 609-265-5858
• 803 Smithville Road, Eastampton Township, NJ, USA

Docents tell of the rise and fall of H.B. Smith, inventor and entrepreneur, his extraordinary accomplishments clouded by personal controversy. In H.B. Smith's old schoolhouse Smithville History Exhibit, 20 photo/narrative panels depict major aspects of the mill village and its colorful founder. Tourists visit Smith's "casino" annex, including card room, billiard room and bowling alley, then passes the site… Read More

• 585-394-4922
• 151 Charlotte Street, Canandaigua, NY, USA

A beautiful Victorian mansion and gardens, located at the north end of Canandaigua Lake was ormerly the summer home of Canandaigua benefactors Frederick Ferris and Mary Clark Thompson. 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

• 520-628-5774
• 151 South Granada Avenue, Tucson, AZ, USA

The historic adobe Sosa-Carrillo-Fremont House was built in the 1870s. Read More

• 301-373-2280
• 44300 Sotterley Lane, Hollywood, MD, USA

Older than Mount Vernon, older than Monticello, older than the nation itself, Sotterley Plantation stands majestically on the banks of the Patuxent River. It is the only remaining Tidewater Plantation in Maryland that is open to the public with a full range of visitor activities and educational programs. Sotterley's significant architecture features the early 18th-century Manor House, a rare… Read More

• 719-836-2387
• 100 4th St, Fairplay, CO, USA

This recreated mining town was built in 1957. Some of the buildings are in their original locations, others were moved from the surrounding areas to the park. Over 30 buildings are open, with 4 homes showing the pioneer lifestyle. Read More

• 631-283-2492
• 17 Meeting House Lane, Southampton, NY, USA

The Rogers Mansion was built by Captain Albert Rogers in 1843, at the peak of the whaling industry. The property had been in his family since 1648. In 1898 Samuel L. Parrish, a wealthy NYC attorney and land developer purchased the home and added many colonial-revival additions. The Museum acquired the one-acre property in 1952 and began adding historic… Read More

• 985-851-154
• 1208 Museum Drive, Houma, LA, USA

Southdown Plantation House is a 19th-century sugar manor house and home to the Terrebonne Museum of history and culture. It was built in 1859 as a one-story Greek Revival house by sugar planter William J. Minor. His son, Henry C. Minor, added the second floor and Victorian-style architectural features in 1893. Read More

• 210-224-601
• 105 Military Plaza, San Antonio, TX, USA

The palace was built in 1749, mostly using materials imported from Spain. It was restored in 1931, San Antonio's 200th birthday. Read More

• 978-462-2634
• 5 Little’s Lane, Newbury, MA, USA

Spencer-Peirce-Little Farm is a family-friendly site with activities for visitors of all ages. The 230-acre site includes a late seventeenth-century manor house that served as the country seat of wealthy Newburyport merchants and an attached farmhouse that was home to a Lithuanian farm family for most of the twentieth century. The site also fosters farm animals in partnership with… Read More

• 508-746-12
• 27 North Street, Plymouth, MA, USA

Built circa 1749 for the widow Hannah Jackson, the Spooner House is one of the oldest structures on Plymouth's picturesque North Street. It was home to one Plymouth family, the Spooners, for over two hundred years. The first Spooner to occupy the house was Deacon Ephraim Spooner, a successful local merchant and patriot during the American Revolution. Read More

• 330-833-6749
• 1401 Springhill Lane Northeast, Massillon, OH, USA

This home was built about 1821 and was a stop on the underground railroad. The grounds include herb and flower gardens, a smokehouse, springhouse, and other outbuildings. Read More

• 806-537-3118
• East 5th Street & Elsie, Panhandle, TX, USA

A square house with sides measuring 24' doesn't sound like much, but when it was built in the 1880s, it was the envied by the locals, many who were living in dugouts. Exhibits on the early plainsmen include wildlife, a vintage caboose, and a restored and furnished dugout shelter. 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

• 845-889-8851
• Old Post Road, Staatsburg, NY, USA

Staatsburgh State Historic Site is the elegant country home of Ogden Mills and his wife Ruth Livingston Mills. Sitting atop a grassy hill overlooking the Hudson River and the Catskill Mountains, their house is a fine example of a great estate built by America's financial and industrial leaders during the Gilded Age (1876 - 1917). Read More

• 330-836-5533
• 714 North Portage Path, Akron, OH, USA

Built between 1912 and 1915, Stan Hywet Hall was one of the finest examples of the American Country Estate movement, which flourished during the Industrial Age. Unlike European country houses that were created by generations of title and wealth, the American Country Estates were built by the wealth of self-made industry giants. Vanderbilt’s Biltmore, Rockefeller’s Kykuit, and Hearst’s San… Read More

• 530-895-3848
• 307 West 5th Street, Chico, CA, USA

Located at 5th and Salem in Chico CA, the Stansbury Home is considered one of the most well preserved buildings in California. Built in 1883 by Dr Oscar Stansbury, the home stands today as it did at the turn of the century. Read More

• 207-667-8460
• Stanwood Wildlife Sanctuary, High Street, Ellsworth, ME, USA

Charming and intimate, yet unassuming, a visit to Birdsacre is a unique and meaningful experience, perfect for children and adults, outdoors enthusiasts, bird lovers, and history buffs. Here you will hear the charming tales of a prominent family that bore a brilliant Pioneer Ornithologist, and be dazzled by hawks and owls set within a park-like sanctuary. Read More

• 815-232-8419
• 1440 South Carrol Avenue, Freeport, IL, USA

The Stephenson County Historical Society's collection is housed in the former home of Oscar and Malvina Snow Taylor. The Taylors were one of Freeport's prominent early families. Descendents of their only son, Oscar Jr., donated the home to the Historical Society in 1944. The home is decorated as it would have been when the Taylors lived there during the… 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

• 936-560-5426
• 211 South Lanana Street, Nacogdoches, TX, USA

The Sterne-Hoya House Museum and Library is an 1830 dogtrot house built by prominent merchant and Texas Revolution leader, Adolphus Sterne. It was occupied by the Sterne family until 1869 when it was sold to the von der Hoya family. The house remained in the von der Hoya family until it was donated to the City of Nacogdoches in… Read More

• 503-655-2866
• 603 6th Street, Oregon City, OR, USA

The 1908 home features exhibits of original furnishings, dresses, dolls, and china. Read More

• 956-541-5560
• 1305 E Washington St, Brownsville, TX, USA

Surrounded by a black metal fence, the Stillman House Museum is among the oldest surviving structures in Brownsville. The house seen today is the result of additions made by the Trevino family during their time in the house. The original windows, shutters and doors are still in place and the breezy courtyards enjoyed by the Stillman and Trevino families… 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

• 707-987-3138
• 18174 Hidden Valley Road, Hidden Valley Lake, CA, USA

The Stone House is Calif. State Historical Monument #450, as the oldest building in Lake County. It is a rather small (about 30x36' outside dimensions) cut stone (luppili tuff) house of five rooms. In addition to restoration and maintenance, the Stone House Historical Society has collected donated furnishings, all period pieces unfamiliar in contemporary homes but some common as… Read More

• 203-795-3106
• 615 Orange Center Road, Orange, CT, USA

The Stone-Otis House, ca. 1830, was built by Sarah and Dennis Stone. This house represents one of the finest old homes in what was the newly formed town of Orange. Built on the east side of the Town Green, this modified Greek Revival stands as a tribute to the fine workmanship of the time. Read More

• 540-464-7704
• 8 East Washington Street, Lexington, VA, USA

The only home that the famous Confederate General Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson ever owned. Read More

• 413-205-5051
• 1305 Memorial Avenue, West Springfield, MA, USA

Storrowton Village Museum is an authentic, recreated village of nine 18th and 19th century buildings from Massachusetts and New Hampshire, assembled around a traditional town green. Read More

• 804-493-8038
• Stratford Hall, 483 Great House Road, Stratford, VA, USA

A National Historic Landmark, Stratford Hall preserves the legacy of the Lee family and its surrounding community, inspires an appreciation of America's past, and encourages commitment to the ideals of leadership, honor, independent thought, and civic responsibility. Established by Thomas Lee in the 1730s, Stratford Hall is one of the great houses of American history. Read More

• 603-433-1100
• 14 Hancock Street, Portsmouth, NH, USA

Strawbery Banke Museum, in the heart of historic downtown Portsmouth, New Hampshire, is an authentic 10-acre outdoor history museum, a National Historic Landmark, dedicated to bringing 300 years of American history to life. Read More

• 617-333-9700
• 1370 Canton Avenue, Milton, MA, USA

The Suffolk Resolves House is the headquarters of the Milton Historical Society; in its parlor a precursor to the Declaration of Independence was signed in 1774. Read More

• 914-631-8200
• 3 West Sunnyside Lane, Tarrytown, NY, USA

Sunnyside, a National Historic Landmark, is the meticulously restored and charmingly picturesque home of renowned author Washington Irving. America's first successful, internationally known author, Washington Irving's writings include numerous works of fiction, history and biography. He is best remembered for The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Rip Van Winkle, stories that are enduring hallmarks in American literature, culture, and… 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

• 605-854-3383
• 105 Olivet Avenue Southeast, De Smet, SD, USA

Laura Ingalls Wilder's Little House on the Prairie books imortalized this town. Her family lived in the Surveyor's House and her father built the Ingalls Home. Read More

• 413-743-7121
• 67 East Road, Adams, MA, USA

The newly restored Susan B. Anthony Birthplace Museum is the childhood home of the legendary human rights leader. This rural, Federal-style home, containing a portrait gallery, legacy room, and birthing room, depicts family and work life in the early 1800s, authentic period pieces, ephemera, and a detailed timeline. Read More

• 260-589-8007
• 1200 Swiss Way, Berne, IN, USA

The park has a number of historic buildings such as an 1816 house, a doctor's office, a barn, and a school house. Read More

• 580-623-5069
• 519 North Weigle Avenue, Watonga, OK, USA

The Ferguson Mansion was built in 1907. T.B. Ferguson was appointed to serve as Oklahoma's sixth territorial governor by President Theodore Roosevelt. Read More

• 812-988-2785
• 4220 T C Steele Rd, Nashville, IN, USA

The T.C. Steele State Historic Site includes the last home and studio of Indiana artist Theodore Clement Steele (1847-1926) and his second wife Selma Neubacher Steele (1870-1945). Steele purchased the land that now comprises the T.C. Steele State Historic Site in early 1907. That spring, he built a home and brought a wife to what became known as the… Read More

• 513-241-343
• 316 Pike Street, Cincinnati, OH, USA

The Baum-Longworth-Sinton-Taft House, a National Historic Landmark built about 1820 for Martin Baum, is the oldest domestic wooden structure in situ locally and is considered one of the finest examples of Federal architecture in the Palladian style in the country. Read More

• 314-839-3626
• 1896 S New Florissant Rd, Florissant, MO, USA

The Florissant Valley Historical Society is housed in the elegant Taille de Noyer House. Taille de Noyer is an historic antebellum home with stately pillars across the front veranda and is believed to be one of the oldest remaining homes in St. Louis County. The oldest section, a two-room log cabin used as a fur trading post, dates back… Read More

• 480-860-2700
• 12621 North Frank Lloyd Wright Boulevard, Scottsdale, AZ, USA

Frank Lloyd Wright began building this desert masterpiece in 1937 as his personal winter home, studio, and architectural campus. Located on the beautiful Sonoran desert in the foothills of the McDowell Mountains in northeast Scottsdale, the site offers a broad range of guided public tours. Visitors experience firsthand Wright’s brilliant ability to integrate indoor and outdoor spaces. Read More

• 530-543-2600
• California 89, South Lake Tahoe, CA, USA

A century ago, what is now the Tallac Historic Site held the "Grandest Resort in the World"" and the summer retreats for three of San Francisco Bay Area`s socially elite families. Read More

• 207-774-6177
• 1267 Westbrook Street, Portland, ME, USA

Tate House was built in 1755 for Captain George Tate (1700-1794) and his family, which had recently arrived in the Colonies from Britain. With its clapboards still unpainted, Tate House is one of two residences in Maine with an unusual indented gambrel roof. As the only pre-Revolutionary home in Greater Portland that is open to the public, the impressive… 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

• 410-651-2238
• 11736 Mansion St, Princess Anne, MD, USA

The 10,000 square foot American villa style house exhibits a grandiose plan that included decorative plaster finishes, an indoor bath, steam operated kitchen equipment and a wide range of furnishings. Read More

• 518-436-9826
• 9 Ten Broeck Place, Albany, NY, USA

House constructed 1797-98 for Abraham Ten Broeck and his family; remodelled c.1836 and operated as a house museum since 1948 by the Albany County Historical Association. 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

• 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

• 504-568-6968
• 523 St Ann St., New Orleans, LA, USA

The Upper and Lower Pontalba Buildings, which line the St. Ann and St. Peter Street sides of Jackson Square, were built in 1850 by the Baroness Micaela Almonester de Pontalba, the daughter of Don Andres Almonester y Roxas, the Spanish colonial landowner associated with the neighboring Cabildo, Cathedral and Presbytere. Inspired by the imposing Parisian architecture the Baroness favored,… 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

• 607-756-7551
• 37 Tompkins Street, Cortland, NY, USA

Explore 15,000 square feet of four floors within the Wickwire Residence in Downtown Cortland, NY. The grand limestone Chateauesque style mansion, built by industrialist and local philanthropist Chester F Wickwire and designed by architect Samuel Burrage Reed, features parquet floor, jewel-like stained glass windows, oak and cherry woodwork, and ornate decorative stenciling. Read More

• 870-224-2271
• 705 North Main Street, Monticello, AR, USA

Once a hotel and passed through several owners, the Allen House is a lovely, huge home with an intriguing history of a broken heart, suicide and documented hauntings. Read More

• 808-244-3326
• Maui Historical Society, Main Street, Wailuku, HI, USA

Built in 1833, the Bailey House is now a museum of Maui history showcasing Hawaiian culture and artifacts, as well as paintings and furnishings from nineteenth-century Maui. Located in historic Wailuku and built on the site of the Royal compound of Kahekili, last ruling chief of Maui, the house served as the Wailuku Female Seminary for Hawaiian girls until… Read More

• 410-396-7932
• 203 North Amity Street, Baltimore, MD, USA

The house was built around 1830 in what was then considered the country. The new Baltimore and Ohio train station had opened a few short blocks south of the Poe House in 1830. Read More

• 252-482-7800

The Barker House, was built in 1782 as the residence of Thomas & Penelope Barker. Penelope Barker was a principle figure in the famous Edenton Tea Party which occurred on October 25, 1774. Read More

• 305-442-6866
• The Barnacle Historic State Park, Main Highway, Miami, FL, USA

This beautiful house with a whimsical name dates to a simpler time. The Barnacle, built in 1891, offers a glimpse of frontier life during The Era of the Bay, when all travel to and from Miami was by boat. Situated on the shore of Biscayne Bay, this was the home of Ralph Middleton Munroe, one of Coconut Grove's most… Read More

• 860-628-5426
• 85 N Main St, Southington, CT, USA

Displays of historic diaries, photographs, periodicals, clothing and other items are featured in this house. Framed in solid oak, the house features finely crafted woodwork, stairways, and fireplaces. 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

• 910-251-3700
• 503 Market Street, Wilmington, NC, USA

The Bellamy Mansion is one of North Carolina's most spectacular examples of antebellum architecture built on the eve of the Civil War by free and enslaved black artisans, for John Dillard Bellamy (1817-1896) physician, planter and business leader; and his wife, Eliza McIlhenny Harriss (1821-1907) and their nine children. After the fall of Fort Fisher in 1865, Federal troops… Read More

• 706-722-9828
• The Boyhood Home of President Woodrow Wilson, 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. 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

• 207-985-4802
• 117 Main Street, Kennebunk, ME, USA

Four early 19th century commercial buildings and the 1803 Taylor-Barry House comprise this museum. Read More

• 270-765-2515
• 128 North Main Street, Elizabethtown, KY, USA

Built in 1825 by John Y. Hill as his home, this warm stately old home was for many years the Hill House, a hotel operated by "Aunt Beck" Hill. Among the guests at the Hill House were General George Armstrong Custer and his wife Elizabeth Custer. General Custer's assignment in Elizabethtown was to combat the influence of the Ku… Read More

• 607-772-9179
• 129 Main St, Binghamton, NY, USA

The house is an 1892 Queen Anne designed by Elfred Bartoo and was the first home of Harlow E. Bundy, founder of Bundy Mfg. and progenitor of IBM. Currently it showcases middle-class lifestyles in the late Victorian period and features exhibits including the timeclock collection and a modern art gallery. It frequently hosts educational and social events and programs. Read More

• 919-732-7451
• 319 N Churton St, Hillsborough, NC, USA

The Burwell School was the site of one of the first all-female academies in the south. Operated between 1837-1857 by the Rev. Robert and Margaret Anna Burwell, over 200 young women (ages 8-18) received their formal educations here. This was also the home of famous African-American enslaved woman, Elizabeth Keckly. Keckly is notable for purchasing her freedom and moving… Read More