• 978-374-4626
• 240 Water Street, Haverhill, MA, USA

The museum features the 1710 John Ward House, the 1815 Duncan House, and the 1850 Daniel Hunkin shoe shop. Read More

• 845-561-2585
• 189 Montgomery St, Newburgh, New York, USA

This majestic house, architecturally unique in the Hudson Valley, is remarkably intact, having been little changed over the years. There is a wealth of original interior and exterior architectural detail. The House is interpreted to reflect, not only the life of a wealthy 19th century family, but the rich history and traditions of Newburgh and the larger Hudson Valley. 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

• 615-791-1861
• 1140 Columbia Avenue, Franklin, TN, USA

The 1830 house is furnished with original and period furniture and commemorates the "Battle of the Generals". Read More

• 423-543-5808
• 1031 Broad Street, Elizabethton, TN, USA

The oldest framed house in Tennessee, it still retains over 90 percent of the original materials. Read More

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

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

• 573-324-6707
• 207 East Champ Clark Drive, Bowling Green, MO, USA

Honeyshuck is the lovely old restored two-story front-gable-and-wing frame home of James Beauchamp “Champ” Clark. The home displays furnishings and memorabilia and is named “Honeyshuck” for the yard’s honey locusts, whose shucks fall to the ground. The home was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1976. Read More

• 503-728-3608
• 620 SW Tichenor St, Clatskanie, OR, USA

The Flippin House National Historic Site, locally and affectionately known as the Castle, is built high on a hill above the town of Clatskanie. The original owners of the Castle were Thomas and Florence (Elliott) Flippin who filed Donation Land Claims in timber property and later established the West Oregon Lumber mill. Tom began saving the best lumber for… Read More

• 479-783-3000
• 514 North 6th Street, Fort Smith, AR, USA

The Clayton House provides a step back to 1882, the year William Henry Harrison Clayton moved his family into the antebellum home that he doubled in size and shaped into an Italianate-style masterpiece. Coal-burning fireplaces and period furnishings in each room place you in a time that featured no indoor plumbing or electricity, but that was rich with austerity. 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

• 585-589-9013
• 14389 Ridge Road, Albion, NY, USA

The Cobblestone Museum is an open-air museum that promotes the study and exploration of cobblestone construction methods from 1825 to 1860, offering visitors the opportunity to explore three period cobblestone structures set in Victorian appearance and four wood structures highlighting 19th century agricultural implements and skilled trades. Read More

• 718-984-6046
• 298 Satterlee St, Staten Island, NY, USA

Built by English immigrant Captain Christopher Billopp, in or around the year 1680, this handsome stately manor was a wheat farm throughout the first century of its existence. An invaluable relic in America's history, the Conference House was the site of a 1776 peace conference which attempted to end the Revolutionary War. Edward Rutledge, John Adams, Lord Howe and… Read More

• 406-755-2166

The Conrad Mansion was designed by Spokane architect, Kirtland Cutter, and was completed in 1895. The home's exterior is punctuated by arches, long gables, bay windows and massive native stone chimneys. Read More

• 802-672-3773
• Calvin Coolidge Historic Site, Vermont 100A, Plymouth, VT, USA

At 2:47am on August 3, 1923, Vice President Calvin Coolidge became the 30th president of the United States when he took the oath of office in the sitting room of this modest frame and clapboard farmhouse. President Harding had died only a few hours earlier. Coolidge's father, a notary public, administered the oath by the light of a kerosene… Read More

• 413-542-8161
• 280 Main Street, Amherst, MA, USA

The Emily Dickinson Museum includes The Homestead, where poet Emily Dickinson was born and lived most of her life, and The Evergreens, home of the poet’s brother and his family. The two houses share three acres of the original Dickinson property in the center of Amherst, Massachusetts. Read More

• 217-782-6450
• South 5th Street & East Jackson Street, Springfield, IL, USA

The Illinois Executive Mansion is the third-oldest, continuously occupied Governor's home in the nation. Seven Presidents, including Lincoln, have been received here. Three levels are open to the public including four formal parlors; a state dining room; ballroom; four bedrooms, including the Lincoln bedroom; and a library handcrafted from Native American Black Walnut. Read More

• 515-294-7426
• Farm House Museum, Farm House Lane, Ames, IA, USA

The Farm House Museum boasts a large collection consisting of 19th and early 20th century decorative arts, furnishings and material culture reflecting Iowa State and Iowa heritage. Objects include furnishings from Carrie Chapman Catt and Charles Curtiss, a wide variety of quilts, a modest collection of textiles and apparel, and various china and glassware items. Entering the Farm House… Read More

• 707-745-3385
• 137 West G Street, Benicia, CA, USA

Located next door to the Benicia Capitol State Historic Park is the Fischer-Hanlon House. This house had once been part of a fire-damaged, gold-rush-era hotel. Joseph Fischer, a prominent businessman in Benicia, purchased a salvageable portion of the hotel and moved it to its current location at 135 West G Street. The hotel was converted to a home for… 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

• 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

• 252-224-1803
• 7509 Highway 17, Pollocksville, NC, USA

Located just 10 miles south of New Bern, the Foscue Plantation stands tall as a majestic reminder of a period in time more than 200 years ago. Built in 1824 by Simon Foscue, Jr., the plantation house has been in the family for eight generations. During the War Between the States, after the Battle of New Bern, Caroline Foscue,… 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

• 765-966-1262
• 2593 Pleasant View Rd, Richmond, IN, USA

Jonas Gaar and his sons, Abram and John Milton Gaar, and Jonas' son-in-law, William G. Scott were founders of Gaar-Scott and Company, the leading manufacturer of threshing machines and steam engines from 1842 to 1911. 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

• 303-866-3681
• 400 East 8th Avenue, Denver, CO, USA

The Colorado Governor's Residence began as a landmark private home, was transformed into a display of old-world elegance and remains one of the west's true treasure houses as it approaches its second century. Part executive residence, part repository of museum-quality furnishings and objects d'art, the house is a meeting place for the past and the future. 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

• 765-648-6875
• 626 Main Street, Anderson, IN, USA

This three story Second Empire style house was built in 1860. Living history tours present the house as it was when Martin Gruenewald, a local businessman, completed it. The home is decorated with turn of the century furnishings. 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

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

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

• 912-234-2180
• 230 Barnard Street, Savannah, GA, USA

Antebellum mansion with an 1890's top floor addition, this home is filled with beautiful antiques, and tells the story of an old Savannah family, the Champions and the McAlpins, as well at the life of early preservationist Alida Harper Fowlkes. The home has a beautiful garden that is rented for events. 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

• 207-633-1102
• 419 Hendricks Hill Road, Southport, ME, USA

Built by John Cameron circa 1810, the central building remained in the Cameron family for 100 years. They were a family of fishermen. One year their vessels flew the “high line”, signifying that they had taken more fish than any other Southport family. 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

• 712-322-2406
• 605 South 3rd Street, Council Bluffs, IA, USA

In 1869, Dodge built his handsome Victorian home at the cost of $35,000, a lavish sum for that day. The fourteen-room, three-story mansion stands on a high terrace overlooking the Missouri Valley, and displays such architectural features as parquet floors, cherry, walnut and butternut woodwork, and a number of "modern"" conveniences quite unusual for the period." Read More

• 504-523-4662
• 533 Royal Street, New Orleans, LA, USA

In a complex of historic French Quarter buildings, The Collection operates a museum, which includes the Williams Gallery for changing exhibitions and the Louisiana History Galleries, (ten galleries showcasing permanent displays tracing Louisiana’s multifaceted past); the Williams Residence (a house museum); a museum shop; and administrative offices. The Williams Research Center at 410 Chartres Street, which opened in 1996,… Read More

• 615-459-2341
• 1399 Sam Davis Rd, Smyrna, TN, USA

The mid 19th century home of the 21 year old Confederate hero has been restored and the 168 acre grounds contain outbuildings, slave quarters, period gardens and a museum. Read More

• 503-538-6629
• 115 S River St, Newberg, OR, USA

The Hoover-Minthorn House Museum was built in 1881, by Jesse Edwards, the Quaker founder of Newberg. It is the oldest standing home in the original Newberg township. In 1885, Dr. Henry John Minthorn, uncle and foster-father of Herbert Hoover, and his family moved to the house. Dr. Minthorn became the first superintendent of Friends Pacific Academy (forerunner of today's… Read More

• 978-744-991
• 115 Derby Street, Salem, MA, USA

The House of the Seven Gables was built by a Salem sea captain and merchant named John Turner in 1668 and occupied by three generations of the Turner family before being sold to Captain Samuel Ingersoll in 1782. An active captain during the Great Age of Sail, Ingersoll died at sea leaving the property to his daughter Susanna, a… Read More

• 203-329-1183
• 713 Bedford Street, Stamford, CT, USA

The people who built this house were the children or grandchildren of the founders of Stamford. Their tastes and their sense of relation to England were beginning to change and they were becoming more independent. They adopted English architectural styles into a more American mode. Read More

• 860-456-8381
• 36 Huntington Road, Scotland, CT, USA

The house where Samuel Huntington was born and raised was built for his father about 1723. It was two stories in height with one room on each floor. In the present house, the east front room on the ground floor and the chamber above it are Nathaniel Huntington's original house. In form and construction, this house reflected a conservative… Read More

• 781-837-5753
• Winslow House, Careswell Street, Marshfield, MA, USA

The Isaac Winslow House was built circa 1699 for the Hon. Isaac Winslow (1671–1738) at the place named "Careswell" after their family home "Kerswell" in Worcestershire, England. This was the third house built on land granted to Gov. Edward Winslow (1595–1655) in the 1630s who erected the first homestead. Read More

• 217-422-9003
• 125 North Pine Street, Decatur, IL, USA

The former residence of James and Anna Millikin, founders of Millikin University, Millikin Bank, and Millikin Estate Trust. Construction of the Millikin home began in July 1875, and continued into 1876. The home cost approximately $18,000 to build, but as Mr. Millikin was fond of reminiscing, "The best of carpenters could be had for $1.25 to $1.50 a day Read More

• 401-884-1776
• 57 Peirce St, East Greenwich, RI, USA

The two-storied frame house being built just above the Kent Country Court House was the new home of a young lawyer, James Mitchell Varnum, and his bride, Martha. Built in keeping with the best architectural standards of the day, the new mansion had a hipped roof, modillioned cornices, heavily moulded caps, and a central pedimented doorway with columned porch.… Read More

• 781-648-4300
• 7 Jason St, Arlington, MA, USA

The Jason Russell House, built in 1740, still bears bullet holes as the site of bloody fighting on the first day of the American Revolution. British soldiers, in retreat from Lexington and Concord, shot and bayoneted Jason Russell on his own doorstep. Eleven other area Minute Men, who had gathered in Arlington, due to its strategic location, also lost… Read More

• 205-758-2238

The Jemison-Van de Graaff Mansion was built between 1859-1862 by Alabama State Senator Robert Jemison. The house was built in the Italianate syle and features a columned wrap-around porch and all-glass belvedere. Inside, the house features four formal parlors, a two-story conservatory, and a built-in copper bathtub with running hot and cold water. The mansion was an architectural and… Read More

• 616-527-4945
• 251 E Main St, Ionia, MI, USA

1880-81 home centered on a 1-acre lot, listed in both the National Register of Historic Places and the Michigan State Register of Historic Sites. Constructed of two-course brick, locally fired, veneered with pink variegated Ionia sandstone,structurally unchanged since it was built. Original woodwork and chandeliers throughout. Read More

• 978-922-1186
• 117 Cabot St, Beverly, MA, USA

The John Cabot House is a Georgian style mansion built in 1781 during the Revolutionary War, and it was the first brick mansion built in Beverly. The wealth of the Cabot family is reflected in the architecture of the house, the beautifully carved paneling, and decorations such as the Dutch tiles surrounding the fireplace. It would have been furnished… Read More

• 203-378-630
• 967 Academy Hill, Stratford, CT, USA

Built circa 1750 by Capt. David Judson on the site of his great-grandfather's 1639 stone house, Judson House is a fine example of Georgian achitecture with its impressive broken scroll pediment entry. It is furnished with period pieces of Stratford origin. The beautiful paneled "west roome"" contains an early piano which belonged to William Samuel Johnson Read More

• 781-862-1703
• 36 Hancock Street, Lexington, MA, USA

Two taverns and the 1698 Hancock-Clarke House are open. The house is the site where Samuel Adams and John Hancock heard news of the British advance from Paul Revere. 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

• 870-836-9243
• 926 West Washington Street, Camden, AR, USA

Peter McCollum built the McCollum-Chidester House in Camden, Arkansas in 1847. It was one of the first homes in the area to be built with plastered walls, carpeting, wallpaper, and an iron cook-stove. It was also the first planned lumber home in the area. McCollum sold the house to John and Leah Chidester after living in it for twelve… 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

• 503-656-5146
• 713 Center St, Oregon City, OR, USA

The McLoughlin House stands today as a reminder of the great contribution Dr. John McLoughlin made to the settlement of the Oregon Country. In 1909, it was threatened with demolition, but a group of concerned local citizens formed the McLoughlin Memorial Association to preserve and protect the house and the legacy of Dr. McLoughlin. They moved the house from… Read More

• 413-298-3239
• 19 Main Street, Stockbridge, MA, USA

In the mid-1730s, the Mohicans living in western Massachusetts gave permission for a young minister to live among them. The Rev. John Sergeant lived in a simple cabin until he married Abigail Williams in 1739 and built the Mission House c.1742. Read More

• 413-551-5111
• 2 Plunkett Street, Lenox, MA, USA

The Mount is a turn-of-the-century home that Edith Wharton designed and built based on the precepts outlined in her 1897 book The Decoration of Houses, co-authored with architect Ogden Codman, Jr. A perfect example of the newly dawned American Renaissance, the classical revival house and its formal gardens represent the only full expression of Wharton’s architectural and landscape architectural… Read More

• 620-225-8186
• 112 E Vine St, Dodge City, KS, USA

The two and a half foot thick limestone walls make up this 1881 home. Rooms are furnished in period and displays include memorabilia of local pioneer women, antique clothes, and household items. Read More

• 830-629-6504
• 1370 Church Hill Drive, New Braunfels, TX, USA

The Breustedt-Dillen house is a registered national, state and city historic landmark. The Breustedts built this early Texas farmhouse of German fachwerk construction. Now it is the Museum of Texas Handmade Furniture, a collection of over seventy pieces of Texas Biedermeier furniture (circa 1845-1880) including prominent local German cabinetmakers Jahn, Stauzenberger, Scholl and Tietze. Also the limestone Breustedt kitchen… Read More

• 207-778-2042
• 116 Nordica Ln, Farmington, ME, USA

The birthplace of opera singer Lillian Nordica, whose pure, strong voice brought her world renown. Displays present her costumes, stage jewelry, career mementos and original 19th-century furnishings. 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

• 202-626-7439
• 1799 New York Avenue Northwest, Washington, DC, USA

The oldest museum in the United States devoted to architecture and design, the Octagon Museum enables the American Architectural Foundation to increase public awareness of the power of architecture and its influence on the quality of our lives. This building was designed by Dr. William Thornton for Col. John Tayloe III, and was constructed between 1799 and 1801. Read More

• 908-725-1015
• 71 Somerset Street, Somerville, NJ, USA

The parsonage was built in 1751 and first occupied by Reverend John Frelinghuysen, who came from Amsterdam to serve three congregations of the Dutch Reform church in the upper Raritan Valley. The second occupant of the Parsonage, the Reverend Jacob Hardenbergh, founded Queens College in 1766 while residing in the house. Read More

• 502-564-5500
• 420 High Street, Frankfort, KY, USA

Built in 1797-8 in the Federal style, the home was first occupied by Kentuky's second governor, James Garrard and his family. From 1798 until 1914, thirty-five governors and their families lived and entertained here, with James McCreary as the last governor to reside at the mansion. The mansion served as the office of the Governor until the 1872 Annex… Read More

• 978-369-3909
• 269 Monument Street, Concord, MA, USA

Built in 1770 for patriot minister William Emerson, The Old Manse, a National Historic Landmark, became the center of Concord’s political, literary, and social revolutions over the course of the next century. In the mid-19th-century, leading Transcendentalists such as Bronson Alcott, Henry David Thoreau, and Margaret Fuller discussed the issues of the day here, with the Hawthorne and Ripley… Read More

• 315-536-7318
• 200 Main Street, Penn Yan, NY, USA

In 1852, Dr. Andrew Oliver built a large brick Italianate style house on Main Street in Penn Yan. This 18 room home was a wedding gift for his son, William, who also pursued a medical career. William had three children, Jennie, William (another doctor), and Carrie who lived their entire lives in the Oliver House. As none of these… Read More

• 617-523-2338
• 19 North Square, Boston, MA, USA

On the night of April 18, 1775, silversmith Paul Revere left his small wooden home in Boston's North End and set out on a journey that would make him into a legend. Today that home is still standing at 19 North Square and has become a national historic landmark. It is downtown Boston's oldest building and one of the… Read More

• 603-225-4555
• 14 Horseshoe Pond Lane, Concord, NH, USA

The Pierce Manse is the only home ever owned and lived in by President Franklin Pierce, a New Hampshire native and the 14th President of the United States. Read More

• 360-533-5862
• 1611 Riverside Avenue, Hoquiam, WA, USA

Situated on nearly two acres of parkland, The Polson lies along the banks of the historic Hoquiam River. Extensive gardens, landscaping, and outdoor machinery displays complement the lovely mansion. Read More

• 563-382-8465
• 401 W Broadway St, Decorah, IA, USA

This house museum illustrates the life and times of it's owners, Adelbert and Grace Porter, with their personal furnishings, collections, art work, photographs, and library. Read More

• 605-352-2528
• 376 Idaho Ave SE, Huron, SD, USA

The home of Gladys Pyle, the first elected woman U.S. senator, is a well preserved example of Queen Anne architecture. Built in 1894, the home has original oak woodwork, fixtures and leaded and stained glass windows. Read More

• 808-595-3167
• 2913 Pali Highway, Honolulu, HI, USA

Hānaiakamālama (The Southern Cross), or Queen Emma Summer Palace, served as a summer retreat for Queen Emma of Hawaii from 1857 to 1885, as well as for her husband King Kamehameha IV, and their son, Prince Albert Edward. It is a now a historic landmark, museum, and tourist site preserved by the Daughters of Hawai‘i. Read More

• 937-392-1627
• 6152 Rankin Road, Ripley, OH, USA

The Rankin House is a National Historic Landmark and Underground Railroad Station. The Rankin House, located on Liberty Hill which overlooks the Ohio River and Ripley, is one of the better known sites which assisted in the Underground Railroad efforts. Read More

• 860-567-4501
• 82 South Street, Litchfield, CT, USA

In 1773, the newly married Tapping Reeve and Sally Burr Reeve settled in Litchfield where Reeve promptly established a legal practice. The following year, Sally's brother Aaron Burr came to live with them and Reeve began to instruct him in the law. Several prominent residents of Litchfield also sent their sons to Reeve for legal training, establishing his reputation… Read More

• 978-922-1186
• 39 Hale Street

The oldest part of the house, two rooms up and two rooms down, was built for Reverend Hale in 1694. In 1745, Colonel Robert Hale, Jr. (John Hale's grandson), added the front section of the house with the gambrel roof. He excavated a cellar (where evidence of a buttery has been found), added the present staircases, and built an… Read More

• 207-647-2828
• 67 North High Street, Bridgton, ME, USA

Artist, musician, teacher, inventor and publisher, Rufus Porter (1792-1884) thought well ahead of his time. His artistic life began as a painter of miniature portraits, then came his famous wall murals of the mountain, farm and lake landscapes around Bridgton, his childhood home, and Portland Harbor.The Museum is the only entity devoted to his work and displays his 1828… Read More

• 207-483-4637
• 146 Main Street, Columbia Falls, ME, USA

The Ruggles House, designed by housewright Aaron S. Sherman of Marshfield, Massachusetts, was built 1818-1820 for Judge Thomas Ruggles, a wealthy lumber dealer, postmaster, captain of the local militia and Justice of the Court of Sessions for Washington County. This particularly lovely example of Adamesque style Federal period architecture is remarkable for its location as well as its survival. 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

• 212-360-8282
• 440 Seguine Avenue, Staten Island, NY, USA

The impressive Greek Revival structure stands on the south shore of Staten Island; among its chief glories is a panoramic view of Prince’s Bay. The land upon which the Mansion sits was purchased by James Seguine between 1780-1786. Seguine Avenue and Seguine Point in Prince’s Bay were named after this prosperous family, whose ancestors first settled on Staten Island… Read More

• 410-837-1793
• 844 East Pratt Street, Baltimore, MD, USA

Built in 1793, the Star-Spangled Banner Flag House was the home and place of business of Mary Pickersgill, maker of the flag that inspired Francis Scott Key’s famous poem that later became our national anthem. Mary and her daughter Caroline moved into the house in 1806, along with Mary’s mother, Rebecca Young, who began the flag-making business in Philadelphia… Read More

• 978-682-3580
• 137 Andover Street, North Andover, MA, USA

The Stevens-Coolidge Place is a wonderful example of “the country place,” when rural retreats were designed as places that integrated indoor and outdoor spaces – and that were meant to be lived in as well as admired. Formerly known as Ashdale Farm, it served as the summer home of John Gardner Coolidge – a diplomat who was descended from… Read More

• 973-540-311
• The Stickley Museum at Craftsman Farms, New Jersey 10, Morris Plains, NJ, USA

This 30-acre National Historic Landmark is the centerpiece of Gustav Stickley’s early 20th century country estate. Stickley was a major figure in the American Arts and Crafts movement who combined the roles of designer, manufacturer, architect, publisher, philosopher, and social critic. His family home, the Log House, is run as a historic house museum, where visitors are welcomed for… 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

• 609-921-74
• 500 Mercer Road, Princeton, NJ, USA

The Georgian style home was built about 1770 by Thomas Clarke, a Quaker farmer. Read More

• 828-253-8304

The sprawling frame of the Queen Anne-influenced house was originally only six or seven rooms with a front and rear porch when it was constructed in 1883 by prosperous Asheville banker, Erwin E. Sluder. By 1889, massive additions had more than doubled the original structure, but the architecture changed little over the next 27 years. Read More

• 816-325-7430
• 1500 N Liberty St, Independence, MO, USA

The 30 room mansion of Harvey Merrick Vaile was described as "the most princely house and the most comfortable home in the entire west" during its construction in the early 1880s. Besides elaborate architectural details and frescos, the house boasted such novel amenities as gas, water works and a wine cellar with a capacity of nearly 48,000 gallons. The… Read More

• 804-649-711
• 1015 East Clay Street, Richmond, VA, USA

The Wickham House is a spectacular example of 19th century Federal architecture and displays some of the country's finest examples of interior decorative painting. Listed as a National Historic Landmark, the Wickham House, built by John Wickham, illustrates the lives of one of Richmond's most prominent families. The Wickham House was purchased by Mann Valentine Jr. and in 1898… Read More

• 319-266-5149
• 308 West 3rd Street, Cedar Falls, IA, USA

Azel D. Barnum, a contractor, built the house in 1863. Mr. Barnum designed the house in the Italianate style. Typical of this style is the square structure and the cupola. Today, the home is furnished with artifacts dating from 1880 - 1900. Read More

• 860-347-1064
• 421 Wadsworth St, Middletown, CT, USA

The New York architecture firm of Hoppin and Koen designed a domain on a par with the estates of Lenox, Massachusetts, and the "cottages"" of Newport Read More

• 207-774-1822
• 489 Congress Street, Portland, ME, USA

Within its walls lived three generations of one remarkable family that made significant contributions to the political, literary, and cultural life of New England and the United States. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807–1882), grew up in the house and went on to become one of the most famous men of his time. Read More

• 515-243-7063
• 756 16th Street, Des Moines, IA, USA

The Wallace House is the home of Uncle Henry Wallace; publisher of Wallaces' Farmer; his son, Henry C. Wallace, was US Secretary of Agriculture, 1921-1924; his grandson, Henry A. Wallace, was US Secretary of Agriculture, 1933-1940, US Vice-President, 1940-1944 and ran for President in 1948. House Museum shares the legacy of the Wallaces of public service and its impact… Read More

• 401-841-8770
• Broadway, Newport, RI, USA

Newport, Rhode Island's oldest residence, built in 1697 and home to generations of colonial governors and American patriots. Read More

• 252-305-0401

Built by Edward Collings Knight Jr. and his wife Marie Louise LeBel in the 1920s, this 5 floor 21,000sf residence has been restored and is open for tours year round. The residence is a remarkable example of Art Nouveau and Arts & Crafts architecture and decor. The residence, boathouse and arched bridge are located inside Currituck Heritage Park, in… Read More

• 803-329-1020
• 258 East White Street, Rock Hill, SC, USA

The historic White Home is one of the first homes in the area with the original portion of the home built in 1838. What started as a one-room cabin has become a large family home, serving five generations of the White family. From 1838 to 1912, the house was built upon and changed, creating a unique and lovely dwelling!… Read More

• 202-208-1631
• 1450 Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest, Washington, DC, USA

If you are the actual winner of the presidential election, you get to live here for 4 years. Read More

• 603-742-1038
• 182 Central Ave, Dover, NH, USA

Four historic homes filled with natural science, local history and art..since 1916 1818 Woodman House / 1813 Senator J.P. Hale House / 1825 Asa Tufts/Keefe House / 1675 William Damm Garrison House 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

• 212-260-1616
• 28 East 20th Street, New York, NY, USA

Roosevelt's original birthplace was demolished in 1916. After Roosevelt's death in 1919, the site was purchased by the Women's Roosevelt Memorial Association, rebuilt and decorated with many of its original furnishings by Roosevelt's sisters and wife. Read More

• 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

• 203-453-3176

Besides the 1774 Thomas Griswold House Museum and the 1803 Medad Stone Tavern, the Society maintains an early blacksmith shop, a large barn filled with farm implements, two corn cribs and a Victorian three seat privy or outhouse. Read More

• 816-931-5722
• 3616 Belleview Ave, Kansas City, MO, USA

Thomas Hart Benton was one of Missouri's most noted artists from 1937 until his death in 1975. His Victorian house and carriage house studio contain many of his belongings. Read More