• 765-233-6057
• 122 East Washington Street, Muncie, IN, USA

The Moore-Youse Home Museum contains numerous artifacts of Historic Muncie, including furnishings, paintings, documents, and photos. Read More

• 405-321-156
• 508 North Peters Avenue, Norman, OK, USA

William Moore was a wealthy Norman businessman and his home is now a living reminder of the lifestyle at the turn of the century. The house is an unaltered example of the late Victorian Queen Anne style characterized by its turret, gables, fluted chimneys, patterned stained glass and spindle work porch. The interior is furnished with period pieces. Read More

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

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

• 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

• 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

• 317-636-5409
• 1204 North Park Avenue, Indianapolis, IN, USA

The restored Second Empire style home was completed in 1865. The museum represents local Victorian family lifestyles using period furniture, rich floral carpets and draperies, elegant chandeliers, intricate mantelpieces and other woodwork. Read More

• 212-923-8008
• 65 Jumel Terrace, New York, NY, USA

Manhattan's oldest surviving house, the Morris-Jumel Mansion atop Harlem Heights, is a monument to colonial grandeur. Built about 1765 as a summer retreat for British colonel Roger Morris and his wife, Mary Philipse, its distinctive style was very advanced for its time. Morris, the son of a successful English architect, may have influenced the Palladian design, which includes a… Read More

• 908-766-8215
• 30 Washington Place, Morristown, NJ, USA

The national park consists of four non-contiguous units: Washington's Headquarters with the Ford Mansion and Headquarters Museum, the Fort Nonsense Unit, the Jockey Hollow Unit, and the New Jersey Brigade Area. The Jockey Hollow Unit includes the Wick house (headquarters of General Arthur St. Clair), five reconstructed soldier huts, and approximately 27 miles of walking trails. Read More

• 703-777-2414
• 17263 Southern Planter Lane, Leesburg, VA, USA

A National Register Historic Property, Morven Park was for 40 years the home of Virginia Gov. Westmoreland Davis. More than 100,000 people visit Morven Park each year, enjoying entertaining and educational programming at its three museums and multifaceted equestrian center, and experiencing its beautiful scenery, historic gardens, sports fields, and hiking trails, all within its 1,200-plus acres. 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

• 406-256-5100

Built in 1903 out of red sandstone, the mansion displays original draperies, fixtures, furniture and artifacts from the family of Preston Boyd Moss. Read More

• 313-875-2264
• 2648 West Grand Boulevard, Detroit, MI, USA

This old brick home is where Berry Gordy, Jr. Developed the "Motown" sound with artists such as Marvin Gaye, Smokey Robinson and Diana Ross. Read More

• 410-837-3262
• 1500 Washington Blvd, Baltimore, MD, USA

Mount Clare is a 1760 colonial Georgian home built by one of Maryland’s leading patriots and one of our first state senators, Charles Carroll, Barrister. Mount Clare was the center of Georgia Plantation, a self-sufficient plantation with a diverse community. Because of its exceptional value in interpreting our rich national heritage, Mount Clare was designated a National Historic Landmark… Read More

• 410-275-8819
• 600 Mount Harmon Road, Earleville, MD, USA

Plantation House is a three-story, five bay, brick double pile structure dated to 1730. The interior is furnished with American, English, Irish and Scottish antiques of the period. The 200 acre property includes an out plantation kitchen and tobacco prize house. 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

• 212-838-6878
• 421 East 61st Street

Constructed in 1799 as a carriage house for a 23-acre estate, and converted into the Mount Vernon Hotel in 1826, this stone building sits on land originally owned by Colonel William Stephens Smith, and his wife Abigail Adams Smith, daughter of John Adams. Read More

• 913-367-4278
• Muchnic Art Gallery, North 4th Street, Atchison, KS, USA

The Muchnic house, one of the most elegant of Atchison's stately Victorian mansions, was built in 1885. The 14-room, three story, brick residence was built by a lumber merchant, George W. Howell. Read More

• 520-234-3876
• 207 Youngblood Hill Avenue, Bisbee, AZ, USA

This lovely heritage home museum was built by Joseph and Carmelita Muheim. A National Historic site with Queen Anne architectural influences, the home was enlarged from 1898 through 1915 as the family grew. Docents provide guided tours through the restored interior with its period furnishings. From the gardens you can enjoy an impressive panoramic view of the surrounding mountains… Read More

• 650-321-1004
• 351 Homer Avenue, Palo Alto, CA, USA

The Museum is housed in the historic residence of Dr. Thomas Williams, a prominent Palo Alto physician. Designed by noted Bay Area architect Ernest Coxhead, this English County Style home, completed in 1907, features classic Craftsman interiors utilizing native materials and an open floor plan. A large craftsman style garage was built a few years later. One wing of… Read More

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

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

• 207-363-4974
• 3 Lindsay Road, York, ME, USA

Offering thirty-seven period room settings and several galleries housed throughout nine historic museum buildings, the Museums of Old York showcases a wealth of early New England art, architecture, and decorative arts. The exhibits focus on the stories of southern Maine's men, women, and children and the world they created and lived in from the earliest settlement in the 1600s… 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

• 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

• 740-965-1154
• 45 South Columbus Street, Sunbury, OH, USA

One of the oldest structure in Sunbury, the Myers Inn faces Sunbury Square. Enclosed in this structure is the first one room house of Lawrence Myers which may date to 1816 (when he co-founded Sunbury) and the two story stage coach inn built by Lawrence Myers in 1820. Both frame structures were enclosed into this large building by Myers… 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

• 508-228-1894
• 15 Broad Street, Nantucket, MA, USA

The association maintains 11 properties. Separate admissions are charged, but a combination pass is available. 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

• 601-446-5790

The Park is made up of three units, Fort Rosalie is the location of an 18th Century fortification built by the French and later occupied by the British, Spanish and Americans. The William Johnson House was a house owned by William Johnson, a free African American businessman, whose diary tells the story of everyday life in antebellum Natchez. Melrose… Read More

• 570-823-6244
• Nathan Denison House

In 1790, Nathan Denison built his house on the western bank of Abrams Creek in then Kingston Township (now Forty Fort). He lived here until his death in 1809. Although typical of the homes in Connecticut, it was built in a style unusual to Pennsylvania. As visitors can see, the rooms in this type of New England house are… Read More

• 860-742-6917
• 2299 South Street, Coventry, CT, USA

The Nathan Hale Homestead was the home of the family of State Hero, Nathan Hale. Constructed in 1776, the current house is the second dwelling built on the property. Nathan’s father, Richard Hale, was a prosperous livestock farmer and built the house for his large family. Ardent patriots, six of Richard's eight sons served in the patriot army. One… Read More

• 781-934-6106
• 479 Washington Street, Duxbury, MA, USA

Acquired by the Society in 1997 through a community fundraising effort, the Nathaniel Winsor, Jr. House is perhaps the most architecturally significant building in Duxbury. Its construction, on a grand scale uncommon in houses of the area, was based on designs by Bulfinch and Asher Benjamin. Read More

• 585-235-6124
• 17 Madison Street, Rochester, NY, USA

Home of the legendary American civil rights leader during the most politically active period of her life, and the site of her famous arrest for voting in 1872. 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

• 207-773-7773
• 714 Congress St, Portland, ME, USA

Neal Dow was one of the great men of the reform movement of the nineteenth century. The late Federal style mansion was built in 1829 for the occupancy of Neal Dow and his bride, Maria Cornelia Durant Maynard. The residence was a center of political and humanitarian activity. From here the zealous reformer set out on countless journeys throughout… Read More

• 512-478-2335
• 2310 San Gabriel Street, Austin, TX, USA

More than 150 years ago, master builder Abner Cook was commissioned to build this notable Greek Revival home in Austin. Over the years, the property has served as home to the state's first school for the blind, a lieutenant governor, and a hospital for Federal soldiers during Reconstruction. Read More

• 641-672-2989
• 2211 Nelson Ln, Oskaloosa, IA, USA

Founded in 1844, the Nelson homestead is one of the premier historic attractions in Mahaska County. The Nelson home, built in 1853, and the Nelson barn, built in 1856, are the focal point of the museum and are designated National Historic Sites by the U.S. Department of Interior. Read More

• 724-785-6882
• 136 Front St, Brownsville, PA, USA

Originally built in 1790, the house was expanded and remodeled several times until it reached its current Victorian style. Read More

• 302-651-6912
• Nemours Mansion and Gardens, Rockland Road, Wilmington, DE, USA

Alfred duPont married Alicia, his second wife, in 1907 and loved showering her with gifts. By far the grandest of these was the spectacular new house that he built for her on a 3,000-acre plot of land in Wilmington. He hired Carrere and Hastings, a prestigious New York architectural firm, to design the mansion in the late-18th-century French style… Read More

• 408-918-7770
• 21350 Almaden Road, San Jose, CA, USA

Recently restored, the Casa Grande was built in 1854 as the residence for the manager of the New Almaden Mines, the mercury mine that was the first and richest of all mines in California. Located in the New Almaden National Landmark Historic district, the 3-story Casa Grande was designed by prominent San Francisco architect Gordon Parker Cummings as brick… Read More

• 203-966-1776
• 13 Oenoke Ridge, New Canaan, CT, USA

The society has 5 buildings open including the 1764 Hanford-Silliman House Museum, and the Town House which contains a costume museum. Read More

• 603-652-7840
• 1305 White Mountain Highway, Milton, NH, USA

The NH Farm Museum consists of two adjoining farmsteads situated on 50 acres located on Plummer's Ridge in Milton, New Hampshire. The historic Jones Farm and the Plummer Homestead date to the late 18th century and are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The farms were passed down in the same families for generations. 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

• 317-931-1978
• 4000 Michigan Road, Indianapolis, IN, USA

Oldfields, an estate of the American Country Place era, is a rare surviving example in the Midwest of an important period in American landscape history. Its house, gardens and grounds were laid out in the 1910s and 1920s at a time when wealthy families were leaving the city to build expansive country estates. The house, built by Hugh McKennon… Read More

• 714-962-5777
• 19820 Beach Blvd, Huntington Beach, CA, USA

The Newland House Museum is the oldest residence built in the city of Huntington Beach and is maintained by the Huntington Beach Historical Society for all to see. Read More

• 610-459-2359
• 219 Cheyney Road, Glen Mills, PA, USA

In addition to the grist mill, there is the miller’s house, dating from 1739 and furnished in period. Read More

• 401-847-1000
• 424 Bellevue Avenue, Newport, RI, USA

The Preservation Society of Newport County presents 10 of the best homes in America. The Breakers, The Elms, Marble House, Rosecliff, Green Animals, Chateau-sur-Mer, Chepstow, Isaac Bell House, Kingscote, and Hunter House Read More

• 757-247-2360
• 2803 Oak Avenue, Newport News, VA, USA

The Newsome House Museum and Cultural Center is the restored 1899 residence of prominent African-American attorney J. Thomas Newsome and his wife Mary Winfield Newsome. At the turn of the 20th century, Mr. Newsome moved his family to Newport News, Virginia, where he prospered as part of the postwar South's new urban, African-American middle class. Read More

• 617-227-6993
• 55 Mount Vernon Street, Boston, MA, USA

The Nichols House Museum occupies an impressive four-story town house, one of the earliest Beacon Hill structures, constructed in 1804. In 1885, Dr. Arthur Nichols purchased the house for his wife and daughters. Their eldest daughter Rose Standish Nichols, noted landscape architect, writer and suffragist, inherited the house. Miss Nichols owned and cared for the house from 1935 until… Read More

• 207-882-7169
• 121 Main Street, Wiscasset, ME, USA

Located on Wiscasset's Main Street, the Nickels-Sortwell House is one of the region's finest examples of high Federal-style architecture. Built by successful ship owner Captain William Nickels, the house epitomizes the brief period when shipbuilding and the maritime trade brought wealth and sophisticated tastes to this coastal Maine village. Read More

• 860-521-5362
• 227 S Main St, West Hartford, CT, USA

Webster's birthplace helps to tell the story of one man's vision and his impact on American culture. Through the promotion of education, laws, human rights, and language, Noah Webster helped to create a national identity for a fledgling nation.; Though he accomplished much more during his life, Webster is best remembered for authoring two of America’s most influential books,… Read More

• 773-631-4633
• 5624 North Newark Avenue, Chicago, IL, USA

This house is the oldest extant house in Chicago. It is home to the Norwood Park Historical Society. Norwood Park is the name of the neighborhood the home is located in. Read More

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• 122 Lower Main St, Morristown, VT, USA

Located in the historic village of Morrisville, the Noyes House Museum presents within its seventeen rooms and barn exhibits focusing on nineteenth-century life in Morristown, Vermont. The museum’s collection includes furniture, textiles, military objects, clothing, photographs, pottery, folk and fine art, and many of the tools and objects of daily life. Read More

• 402-698-2288
• 109 U.S. 77, Homer, NE 68030, USA

Captain Cornelius O'Connor was born in 1821 in County Cork, Ireland and came to the United States in 1829. He lived in Boston, Mass. and New York City before coming west with his wife Katherine (Duggan) and family in 1857. They took a steamer from St. Louis and landed on May 18 at the already-established St. John's Colony near… Read More

• 225-265-2151
• 3645 Louisiana 18, Vacherie, LA, USA

The quarter-mile canopy of giant live oak trees, believed to be nearly 300 years old, forms an impressive avenue leading to the classic Greek-revival style antebellum home. 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

• 615-893-22
• 901 N Maney Ave, Murfreesboro, TN, USA

Started in the 1820s, the house went through several additions. In the 1860s is was added on again and restyled into the Italianate mansion you see today. Read More

• 251-432-1281
• 350 Oakleigh Place, Mobile, AL, USA

Oakleigh is a T-shaped Greek revival mansion featuring unique architectural features including a distinct cantilevered front staircase, grand double parlors and classic six-over-six windows and galleries accessed through jib windows. Roper was his own architect and builder. Using slave and free labor, the house is composed of bricks made from clay dug on the grounds and timber harvested from… Read More

• 703-777-3174
• 20850 Oatlands Plantation Lane, Leesburg, VA, USA

It was 1804 when George Carter, great grandson of colonial Virginia’s renowned Robert "King" Carter, began building his Oatlands estate: the mansion, greenhouse, dairy, smoke house, bank barn and gardens. In the 1820s, he remodeled his federal mansion to its current Greek Revival style. Carter died in 1846, and his widow, Elizabeth Grayson Carter, remained at Oatlands with their… Read More

• 440-774-1700
• 20 West Vine Street, Oberlin, OH, USA

This award-winning museum complex includes three beautifully preserved historic sites, the Monroe House (1866), Jewett House (1884) and Schoolhouse (1836). Read More

• 415-441-7512
• 2645 Gough Street, San Francisco, CA, USA

Octagon House, with a view of the Golden Gate from its cupola, was built only a few years after the Gold Rush. The house was a family residence until the late 1920s, when it was acquired by a utility company. Its purchase by the California Society in 1952, for one dollar, and subsequent restoration in 1953, saved this charming… Read More

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

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

• 518-828-135
• Olana Visitor Center and Museum Store, Olana State Historic Site, Hudson, NY, USA

Olana State Historic Site was the home of Frederic Edwin Church (1826–1900), one of the major figures in the Hudson River School of landscape painting. The centerpiece of Olana is an eclectic villa composed of many styles, difficult to categorize, which overlooks parkland and a working farm designed by the artist. Read More

• 978-546-9533
• Castle Lane, Rockport, MA, USA

The exact year when the "Old Castle" was built is unknown at this time. It is however, believed to have been built in 1712. Its first owner was Jethro Wheeler, a cordwainer(shoemaker) from Rowley, who came here with his wife and nine children in 1713, and whose family lived in the house for six generations. Since the oldest of… Read More

• 214-421-5141
• 1717 Gano Street, Dallas, TX, USA

The park features more than 30 restored buildings, some dating back to the 1840s. Their original sites were all within a 100 mile radius of Dallas. The Millermore Mansion was completed just as the Civil War broke out. Read More

• 316-219-1871
• 1865 Museum Blvd, Wichita, KS, USA

36 buildings dating from 1865 to 1885 comprise this museum, including the city's first permanent house. Many of the buildings are furnished with period artifacts. Read More

• 724-266-4500
• 270 16th Street, Ambridge, PA, USA

Old Economy Village interprets the history of the Harmony Society, a highly successful 19th century religious communal society, and preserves and interprets the unique material culture of the Society during its period of residence in Beaver County, Pennsylvania for citizens of and visitors to the Commonwealth. Read More

• 859-734-3314
• 100 S College St, Harrodsburg, KY, USA

The reconstructed fort gives visitors a glimpse of life on the Kentucky frontier. The 22-acre park contains the fort, the Mansion Museum, a Greek Revival house built in 1813, the Lincoln Marriage Temple, a brick structure that houses the cabin where Abraham Lincoln's parents, Thomas Lincoln and Nancy Hanks, were married, the Pioneer Cemetery, the oldest burial site for… Read More

• 478-445-4545
• 120 S Clarke St, Milledgeville, GA, USA

Completed in 1839, the Old Governor's Mansion is one of the finest examples of High Greek Revival architecture in the nation. Designed by noted architect Charles Clusky, an Irish immigrant, and built by Timothy Porter of Farmington, Connecticut, the Mansion looms over Milledgeville with its stately columns and imposing facade. Read More

• 225-387-2464
• 502 North Boulevard, Baton Rouge, LA, USA

This is the second Governor's Mansion to occupy the site. The first Governor's Mansion, a large frame house built for Baton Rouge businessman Nathan King Knox, served as the official residence of Louisiana Governors from 1887 until 1929, when it was razed and the present Old Governor's Mansion was built. The building cost almost $150,000 to complete, and, at… Read More

• 610-385-4762
• 31 Old Philadelphia Pike, Douglassville, PA, USA

Four early stone houses set on the Schuylkill River, the oldest structure in Berks County (Mouns Jones, ca. 1716), the George Douglass Mansion (ca. 1763, unrestored), the modest Bridge Keeper's House and the restored White Horse Tavern, ca. 1727/1762. Read More

• 202-895-6070
• 3051 M Street Northwest, Washington, DC, USA

Built circa 1766, Old Stone House is the oldest structure on its original foundation in Washington, DC. Read More

• 802-754-2022
• 109 Old Stone House Road, Brownington, VT, USA

The museum includes the Old Stone House, and the Alexander Twilight House. Read More

• 800-733-1830
• 1 Old Sturbridge Village Road

Old Sturbridge Village is a living, breathing, vibrant village depicting life in New England from 1790-1840. Visitors can meet historians in costume and tour 40 antique buildings, including a country store, school, and water-powered mills. Read More

• 302-652-5629
• 606 Church St, Wilmington, NC, USA

Built in 1690 by Andrew Hendrickson, a Swedish farmer who had settled near Chester, Pennsylvania. The house was moved to this site in 1958 and restored. Read More

• 580-225-6266
• West State Highway 66 & Pioneer Road, Elk City, OK, U.S.

The Old Town Museum complex includes the Pioneer Museum and Beutler Brothers Rodeo Hall, the Farm and Ranch Museum, Livery Stable, Train Depot, Wagon Yard and other areas depicting Old Town Elk City as well as The National Route 66 and Transportation Museums. Read More

• 619-220-5422
• 4002 Wallace Street, San Diego, CA, USA

Old Town San Diego State Historic Park pays tribute to the cultural influences that make California special. Restored and reconstructed buildings in central San Diego are now museums, shops and restaurants that capture the energy of Old Town between 1821 and 1872. The central plaza is lined with buildings,some dating back to the 1820s, that offer a glimpse of… Read More

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

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

• 763-441-6896
• 15788 Kelley Farm Rd, Elk River, MN, USA

Step onto a working 1860s farm, home to Oliver H. Kelley, founder of the first successful national farming organization, the Order of Patrons of Husbandry, better known as the Grange. Activities follow the farming cycle and change with the season, making each visit unique. Visitors can meet the animals in the barn, help work in the fields and gardens,… Read More

• 509-925-1943
• 921 N Ferguson Rd, Ellensburg, WA, USA

Built in 1875 by Samuel Olmstead out of cottonwood logs from the Yakima River Canyon. The structure and windows are all original and of east coast design. Most of the furnishings are original. The cabin is surrounded by 100 year old historic gardens, barns, outbuildings and antique farm equipment. Read More

• 978-369-4118
• 399 Lexington Rd.

After moving twenty-two times in nearly thirty years, the Alcotts finally found their most permanent home at Orchard House, where they lived from 1858 to 1877. The house is most noted for being where Louisa May Alcott wrote and set her beloved classic, Little Women, in 1868 at a "shelf desk" her father built especially for her. Read More

• 406-444-2694
• 304 North Ewing Street, Helena, MT, USA

This stately Queen Anne style mansion has enjoyed both public and private roles in the history of Montana and its capital city. The history of the mansion is as much a history of the people who resided here as it is of a building. Montana's Original Governor's Mansion, built in 1888 by Helena entrepreneur William Chessman as a symbol… Read More

• 203-734-2513
• 500 Hawthorne Avenue, Derby, CT, USA

Adjacent to the rolling hills and open meadows of Osbornedale State Park, the recently renovated Osborne Homestead Museum encompasses the house and grounds of the former Frances Osborne Kellogg Estate. Originally constructed in the mid-1800s, the house was enlarged and completely remodeled in the Colonial Revival style during the 1920s. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, its… Read More

• 907-206-2284
• 420 M Street, Anchorage, AK, USA

The Oscar Anderson House, constructed in 1915, is one of the oldest homes in Anchorage, and is the only House Museum located in Anchorage. Oscar Anderson, by his own account, was the 18th person to arrive in the “Tent City” at Ship Creek in early 1915. Anderson was an active business leader in early Anchorage having interests in meat… 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

• 503-635-6373
• 398 10th Street, Lake Oswego, OR, USA

The Murphy Company Building is a good example of the Colonial Revival style. Completed in c. 1920, the building displays many of the most defining characteristics of the style in its massing, bilateral symmetrical façade, its temple like, full story pedimented portico with columns and decorative pilasters, multi-light windows with shutters, and its paired multi-light front doors Read More

• 617-994-5920
• 141 Cambridge Street, Boston, MA, USA

Otis House is the last surviving mansion in Bowdoin Square in Boston's West End neighborhood. Charles Bulfinch designed the house for Harrison Gray Otis, a lawyer who was instrumental in developing nearby Beacon Hill, served in Congress, and was a mayor of Boston. Read More

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

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

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

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

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

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

• 401-249-633
• 7 Station St, Coventry, RI, USA

The Paine house originally was built around 1691 by Samuel Bennett. Samuel ran a saw mill at this site and it is believed that the house began as a one room shelter. Read More

• 510-444-2187
• 672 11th Street, Oakland, CA, USA

Oakland's Pardee Home is one of the greatest architectural and historical treasures of Northern California. First-time visitors might initially be attracted by the exterior beauty of the house and its gardens, but after entering the house they learn of its outstanding historical importance and of its unique interiors and artifacts from throughout the world Read More

• 203-562-2002

Built by Amos Morris around 1750, the house was burned by the British during their raid on New Haven in 1779 and rebuilt by the Morris family. It remained in that family until 1915, when it was purchased by William Pardee, a descendant of the Morris family, who hoped to make it his home. Read More

• 802-442-5441
• 1 Park Street, North Bennington, VT, USA

Park-McCullough is one of the finest, most significant, and best preserved Victorian Mansions in New England. It is an important example of a country house in the Second Empire Style and incorporates architectural features of the Romantic Revival style that were popular at the time. To a great extent, the Estate retains the integrity and impact of its original… Read More

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

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

• 978-686-4035
• 179 Osgood Street, North Andover, MA, USA

The Parson Barnard House (1715) is located at 179 Osgood Street and retains many of its original features, based on a documented history of this significant Eighteenth Century building. The first owners and inhabitants of the house were ministers of the North Parish Church of North Andover, including Rev. Thomas Barnard, Rev. John Barnard and Rev. William Symmes. Towards… Read More

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• 1 Howlett Street, Topsfield, MA, USA

The Parson Capen House is one of the finest surviving example of Elizabethan architecture in America. The house is situated on a knoll overlooking the Common, originally on a twelve acre lot of land granted Reverend Capen by the Town in 1682. Parson Capen served the Church in Topsfield for 44 years until his death. 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

• 626-577-1660
• 470 West Walnut Street, Pasadena, CA, USA

With its original furnishings and art collection, the Fenyes Mansion offers a unique glimpse into life on Pasadena’s Millionaire’s Row. Family heirlooms and a unique California plein air art collection enhance the Beaux Arts-style home of Dr. Adalbert and Eva Fenyes. Read More

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

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

• 804-227-
• 16120 Chiswell Lane, Beaverdam, VA, USA

The house, at 93 feet (28 m) by 35 feet (11 m), is one of the largest 18th-century homes to survive in the Americas. In its present configuration, it has eight substantial rooms on the first floor surrounding a central passage, with a full attic above and English basement with windows below. Read More