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Field House Museum

Eugene Field House & St. Louis Toy Museum

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  • 314-421-4689
  • 634 S Broadway, St. Louis, MO, USA

This house was Eugene's boyhood home, and during their residence here his father Roswell M. Field served as the Attorney who took Dred Scott's freedom suit into the Federal Courts, leading to the infamous Supreme Court decision in Scott v. Sandford. Read More

Eugene Debs Museum

Eugene V. Debs Home

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  • 812-232-2163
  • 451 N 8th St, Terre Haute, IN, USA

The Eugene V. Debs Museum is the former house of Eugene V. Debs and Katherine Metzel Debs. After changing hands for many years, it was purchased in 1962 by a small group of Terre Hautians who had a strong admiration for Debs. It is now owned and operated by the Debs Foundation as a free museum. Read More

Evah Cray Museum

Evah C. Cray Historical Home Museum

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  • 913-367-3046
  • 805 N 5th St, Atchison, KS, USA

Built in 1882, this 25 room mansion is distinguished by a three-story castle-like tower. The carriage house features a gift shop and a small theater showing a film on the architecture of Atchison. Read More

Dawes House

Evanston History Center

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  • 847-475-3410
  • 225 Greenwood Street, Evanston, IL, USA

The Dawes House was built in 1894-5 on a two-acre lakeshore site. Designed in the style of French chateaux by Henry Edwards-Ficken of New York, the massive three-and-a- half story structure has twenty-five rooms, six bedrooms, seven bathrooms and eleven fireplaces. The Evanston History Center, located in the historic Charles Gates Dawes House, strives to capture and teach Evanston’s… Read More

Fairlawn

Fairlawn Mansion

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  • 715-394-5712
  • 906 East 2nd Street, Superior, WI, USA

Fairlawn Mansion is Superior's Victorian home that was a private residence from 1890 to 1920 and a children's Home for 42 years. Read More

Falcon Rest Mansion

Falcon Rest Mansion & Gardens

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  • 931-668-4444
  • 2645 Faulkner Springs Rd, McMinnville, TN, USA

This 10,000 square-foot Victorian mansion was built by Gorilla Pants manufacturer Clay Faulkner in 1896. Called "Tennessee's Biltmore" by PBS, it had all the modern conveniences, including indoor plumbing, electric lights, central heat and air, and even a telephone. Read More

Farnsworth House

Farnsworth Art Museum

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  • 207-596-6457
  • 19 Elm St, Rockland, ME, USA

Museum admission includes the Farnsworth Homestead which is next door and is an example of Greek Revival architecture. Built in 1850, it contains many of the original family furnishings. The museum also owns the Olson House. Painter Andrew Wyeth created many of his best-loved works at the Olson House, the home of Christina Olson and her brother Alvaro. Christina's… Read More

Fern Cottage

Fern Cottage

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

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

Flavel House

Flavel House Museum

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  • 503-325-2203
  • 441 8th Street, Astoria, OR, USA

As one of the best preserved examples of Queen Anne architecture in the Northwest, the Flavel House survives today as a landmark of local and national significance. The house was built in 1884-85, for Captain George Flavel and his family. The Captain, who made his fortune through his occupation as a river bar pilot and through real estate investments,… Read More

Folsom House

Folsom House

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

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

Fonthill

Fonthill Castle

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

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

Ford House

Ford House Museum

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  • 707-937-5397
  • 735 Main Street, Mendocino, CA, USA

The Ford House, located in historic Mendocino Village, offers both historic and current information about the area, with a broad selection of brochures, books, cards and other visitor center items. The Mendocino Coast Chamber of Commerce designated Ford House as the official Visitor Information Center of Mendocino Village. Read More

Former Governor's House

Former Governors’ Mansion State Historic Site

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  • 701-328-3015
  • 320 East Avenue B, Bismarck, ND, USA

This house was the North Dakota governors' residence from 1893 to 1960. It was built in 1884 as a private residence by Asa Fisher. At various times he was a wholesale liquor dealer, register of the Bismarck Land Office, and president of the First National Bank. He sold this house to the state for $5,000 in 1893. Read More

Fort St. Joseph Museum

Fort St. Joseph Museum

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  • 269-845-4054
  • 508 East Main Street, Niles, MI, USA

The Fort St. Joseph Museum is located in the former carriage house of the beautiful Victorian period Chapin Mansion. The museum tells the story of Niles from its colonial start in 1691 to the present. Featured exhibits portray the history of Fort St. Joseph, built by the French in 1691, the story of the Underground Railroad in southern Michigan,… Read More

Fosterfields

Fosterfields Living Historical Farm

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

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

Four Mile House

Four Mile Historic Park

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

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

Fraces Willard House

Frances Willard House Museum

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

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

Frank House

Frank House

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  • 308-865-8284
  • 2010 University Drive, Kearney, NE, USA

The Frank's 1889 mansion is built of Colorado red sandstone in Richardsonian Romanesque style and contains one of the largest stained glass windows Tiffany designed for a residence. It features hand carved Golden English Oak, a grand staircase and seven of its original ten fireplaces. The Frank House was the first house in Nebraska to be wired during construction… Read More

FLW Home and Studio

Frank Lloyd Wright Home and Studio

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  • 708-848-1976
  • 951 Chicago Avenue, Oak Park, IL, USA

The Frank Lloyd Wright Home and Studio (1889/1898) served as Wright's private residence and workplace from 1889 to 1909—the first 20 years of his career. Wright used his home as an architectural laboratory, experimenting with design concepts that contain the seeds of his architectural philosophy. Here he raised six children with his first wife, Catherine Tobin. Read More

Cedar Hill

Frederic Douglass National Historic Site

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

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

Frederick Law Olmsted

Frederick Law Olmsted NHS

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  • 617-566-1689
  • 99 Warren Street, Brookline, MA, USA

The designer of New York City's Central Park, (as well as San Jose's downtown park, although FLO's design has been lost) worked and lived in this house from 1883 until he retired a decade later. The 2 acre estate reflects his design principle that nature and buildings can exist in harmony. Read More

Fulton Mansion

Fulton Mansion State Historic Site

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

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

Galena History Museum

Galena-Jo Daviess County Historical Society

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  • 815-777-9129
  • 211 S Bench St, Galena, IL, USA

The 1858 Daniel A Barrows house was designed for Barrows by William Dennison, the architect who designed the U.S. Grant home on Bouthillier Street. This three-story house was tailored to hold Barrows's large family, consisting of his Wife Anna, one son, five daughters, his mother, and one female servant. Construction on the house was completed in 1859. Read More

Gallier House

Gallier House

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  • 504-526-5661
  • 1132 Royal Street, New Orleans, LA, USA

In 1857, esteemed New Orleans architect, James Gallier, Jr., put his considerable talent to work designing a residence of his own. Gallier House is an outstanding example of accurate and comprehensive historic restoration of one of New Orleans’ loveliest and time-honored landmarks. Read More

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Galloway House and Historic Village

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  • 920-922-1166
  • 336 Old Pioneer Road Fond du Lac, WI 54936-1284

Impressive house mansion from an old pioneer era farmhouse, turned remodeled Italianate residence. It has been a Museum since 1954 and includes a Historic Village to tour. Read More

Garibaldi-Meucci Museum

Garibaldi-Meucci Museum

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

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

Garst Museum

Garst Museum

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

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

Perching-House

Gen. John J. Pershing Boyhood Home

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

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

Crook House

General Crook House Museum

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  • 402-455-9990
  • North 30th Street & Fort Street, Omaha, NE, USA

The house is an Italianate style, which represented the no-nonsense grandeur of the military frontier. The furnishings are from the 1880 Victorian period. From early November through the end of December, the museum celebrates Nineteenth Century Holidays. The Crook House Guild, with help from area designers and design students, transforms every room in the house into a captivating glimpse… Read More

Lew Wallace Study

General Lew Wallace Study & Museum

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  • 765-362-5769
  • 200 Wallace Avenue, Crawfordsville, IN, USA

The Ben Hur Museum was built by General Lew Wallace for use as his private library and a quiet place where he could write. The Civil War General wrote the world's most famous fictional work: Ben Hur. Wallace designed and built the structure in 1896. The building is a National Historic Landmark and home to Wallace's life collections. In… Read More

Gibbs Farm

Gibbs Farm

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  • 651-646-8629
  • 2097 West Larpenteur Avenue saint

The original log cabin was constructed in 1854. The cabin offered Jane a space for a stove and dry sink. A loft for storage and later used as a sleeping loft for the children. There was room for a full sized bed and some extra room for their new daughter to play. As the family grew the log cabin… Read More

Gibson House Museum

Gibson House Museum

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  • 617-267-6338
  • 137 Beacon Street, Boston, MA, USA

Built in 1859-60, the Gibson House stands as the historic house museum of the Back Bay. In 2001, the National Park Service declared the Gibson House a National Historic Landmark. It is unique as an unspoiled single-family residence that retains its kitchen, scullery, butler’s pantry and water closets, as well as formal rooms and private family quarters, filled with… Read More

Glass House

Glass House Museum

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  • 925-973-3284

In 1997, Ruth Quayle Boone bequeathed the 16-acre Boone family farm known as Forest Home Farms to the City of San Ramon for use as a municipal historic park in memory of her husband, Travis Moore Boone. The 16-acre farm is located at the base of the East Bay Hills and Oak Creek divides it in two almost equal… Read More

Glencairn

Glencairn Museum

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

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

Glencoe Mansion

Glencoe Museum & Gallery

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  • 540-731-5031
  • 600 Unruh Drive, Radford, VA, USA

Explore the elegance of 19th century life in the grand home of General G.C. Wharton who was an avid promoter for the development of southwestern Virginia in the post-war years. The museum features historic rooms, history exhibits, an art gallery and a school house. Read More

Glenn House

Glenn House

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  • 573-335-1631
  • 325 South Spanish Street, Cape Girardeau, MO, USA

Built in 1883 for Lula and her new husband, David A. Glenn, the Glenn House was originally built in a vernacular farmhouse style. It was renovated in 1900 to the Queen Anne style with Free Classic influences. Under the auspices of the Historical Association of Greater Cape Girardeau, The Glenn House has been faithfully restored and has many original… Read More

Glessner House

Glessner House Museum

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  • 312-326-1397
  • 1800 S Prairie Ave, Chicago, IL, USA

The Glessner family lived in this house for fifty years, through the rise and decline of the Prairie Avenue neighborhood. John Glessner cherished the home as a symbol of happy family life, and the interiors of Glessner House demonstrate the nearly perfect collaboration between the architect and his clients. Designed during the so-called Gilded Age, when America’s newly rich… Read More

Goodnow House

Goodnow House State Historic Site

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  • 785-565-6490
  • 2309 Claflin Road, Manhattan, KS, USA

Built in the 1860s and furnished with many family belongings, the Goodnow house reflects domestic life in the late 1800s. Read More

Gordon Roberts House

Gordon-Roberts House

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  • 301-777-8678
  • 218 Washington Street, Cumberland, MD, USA

The Gordon-Roberts House was built on lot #60 of the Town of Cumberland as laid out by Thomas Beall of Samuel, who was offered at public sale, February 1812. The highest bidder was Beal Howard who paid $16.62 for the lot, plus $1.00 per year for ground rent. Beal Howard sold this land to Daniel Carroll Brent of Stafford… Read More

Lippit House

Governor Henry Lippitt House Museum

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  • 401-272-5101
  • 199 Hope Street, Providence, RI, USA

Heir to one of Rhode Island’s leading textile manufacturing families, Henry Lippitt (1818-1891) designed and supervised the construction in 1865 of a house at 199 Hope Street in Providence for his wife Mary Ann Balch (1823-1889) and their six children. Occupied by generations of the Lippitt family for 114 years, the house is a three story, thirty room Renaissance… Read More

Oglesby Mansion

Governor Oglesby Mansion

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  • 217-429-9422
  • 421 W William St, Decatur, IL, USA

Governor Oglesby had the Mansion built around 1874. The highlight of the Mansion's history is a visit by former Civil War General and United States President Ulysses S. Grant in 1880. From one of the Mansion's verandas Grant spoke to a crowd of people during an encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic, a Civil War veterans' association. Read More

Gov. Ross House

Governor Ross Mansion and Plantation

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  • 302-628-9500
  • 1101 North Pine Street, Seaford, DE, USA

The Seaford Historical Society has fully restored this rare brick home. The Italian-Villa style Victorian features a three-story tall entry, ornate plaster ceilings, Moroccan ventilation, beautiful furnishings and even a hidden safe. Once the home of Governor Ross, the mansion is a testament to Southern living. Read More

Governor's Mansion

Governor’s Mansion

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  • 512-463-5518
  • 1010 Colorado St., Austin, TX 78701

Built in 1856, the Governor’s Mansion is the oldest continuously occupied executive residence west of the Mississippi. Read More

Graham House

Graham Historic House and Museum

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  • 815-472-6601
  • 117 North Dixie Highway, Momence, IL, USA

The Graham Historic House and Museum is a special attraction to residents and visitors who appreciate the preservation of our community’s past. The Graham Historic House recreates the delightful period of history from 1870 to turn of the century. Most furnishings and accessories have been donated or loaned by the people of Momence. Read More

Green County Museum

Greene County Ohio Historical Society

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  • 937-372-4606
  • 74 West Church Street, Xenia, OH, USA

The museum is in a restored Victorian. Next to the museum is the James Galloway Log House, built in 1799. It has survived a dismantling and re-creation in 1936, and the tornado of 1974. Read More

Grier Musser Museum

Grier Musser Museum

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  • 213-413-1814
  • 403 South Bonnie Brae Street, Los Angeles, CA, USA

The Grier Musser Museum is a turn-of-the century historic Queen Anne house which displays fascinating antique collections in monthly holiday exhibits throughout the year. Read More

Grinnell Museum

Grinnell Historical Museum

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  • 641-236-7827
  • 1125 Broad Street, Grinnell, IA, USA

This authentically furnished late-Victorian 10-room residence built in 1895, exhibits artifacts and photographs from Grinnell's history, among them the Wooten desk of J.B. Grinnell, the town's founder. Read More

Grinter Place

Grinter Place

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  • 913-299-373
  • 1420 South 78th Street, Kansas City, KS, USA

Overlooking the historic Delaware Crossing on the Kansas River, Grinter Place was the home to Annie and Moses Grinter. Annie, a Lenape (Delaware), helped to farm, raise poultry and livestock, and planted an apple orchard. Moses operated a ferry and a trading post, where he traded with the Lenape Indians. Read More

Grundy Museum

Grundy Museum

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  • 215-788-9432
  • 610 Radcliffe Street, Bristol, PA, USA

When the Grundy family purchased this home in 1884, they set about turning the existing structure into a fashionable, modern house. The home was remodeled in the Queen-Anne-style that combined modern conveniences and technological innovations of the day with a nostalgic styling that recalled an earlier, less industrial time. The home's location along the banks of the scenic Delaware… Read More

Gundy House

Gundy House

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  • 608-987-2844
  • 234 Madison St, Mineral Point, WI, USA

Upon its completion in 1868, Orchard Lawn began as an impressive eleven acre working estate situated on a hill overlooking the industrious city of Mineral Point, founded 40 years before. Built by Cornish immigrants Joseph and Sarah Gundry, it boasted gardens, an orchard, tennis lawn, outbuildings (including a barn, carriage house, woodshed/icehouse and a hothouse used to nurture seedlings… Read More

Haas-Lilienthal

Haas-Lilienthal House

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  • 415-441-3000
  • 2007 Franklin Street, San Francisco, CA, USA

The exuberant Haas-Lilienthal House is a Queen Anne-style Victorian, and was completed in 1886. It is the only intact private home of the period that is open regularly as a museum, complete with authentic furniture and artifacts. The House has elaborate wooden gables, a circular corner tower and luxuriant ornamentation. Read More

Hackley Home

Hackley and Hume Historic Site

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  • 231-722-278
  • 484 W Webster Ave, Muskegon, MI, USA

This site preserves the homes of Muskegon's most famous lumber baron, Charles H. Hackley, and his business partner, Thomas Hume. The Site envelops the visitor in a unique living space, bringing late 19th century craftsmanship to life. Read More

Hardin Museum

Hardin County Museum

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  • 419-673-7147
  • 223 N Main St, Kenton, OH, USA

The Victorian mansion features decorative glass and rich carvings in cherry and oak. Read More

Harding Home

Harding Home and Harding Memorial

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  • 800-600-6894
  • 380 Mt Vernon Ave, Marion, OH, USA

It was from this home that Warren Harding conducted his "Front Porch Campaign" in the 1920 presidential election. From wallpaper to gaslight fixtures and original furnishings, the home is authentically restored. Read More

Harn Homestead

Harn Homestead Museum

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  • 405-235-4058
  • 1721 N Lincoln Blvd, Oklahoma City, OK, USA

At first, Mr. and Mrs. Harn lived in a one-room house on the property. Mrs. Harn wanted to return to Ohio to her family but Mr. Harn said that if she would stay in Oklahoma, he would build her any house she wanted in the National Builders Supplement catalogue, a Sears & Roebuck company. She chose a Victorian, Queen… Read More

Harper House

Harper House/Hickory History Center

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  • 828-324-7294

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

Harriet Beecher Stowe Center

Harriet Beecher Stowe Center

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

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

Harris Lass House

Harris – Lass House Museum

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  • 408-249-7905
  • 1889 Market Street, Santa Clara, CA, USA

It is the last farm site in the city of Santa Clara and is named for the two families who owned and lived on the property for 125 years. The museum consists of the house, a classic California barn, summer kitchen, tank house and landscaped gardens. The house was built in 1865 in the Italianate style — balanced and… Read More

Harry S. Truman Birthplace

Harry S. Truman Birthplace

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  • 417-682-2279

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

Harry S. Truman Historic Site

Harry S. Truman NHS

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  • 816-254-9929
  • 219 N Delaware St, Independence, MO, USA

The Victorian house was the home of President and Mrs. Truman from their marriage in 1919 to their deaths. The house still contains their furnishings and other possessions. Read More

Hayes

Hayes Presidential Center

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  • 419-332-2081
  • Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Library & Museums, Spiegel Grove, Fremont, OH, USA

The Rutherford B. Hayes Home is a 31-room mansion and centerpiece of the Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center in Fremont, Ohio. Rutherford B. Hayes' uncle and guardian, Sardis Birchard, constructed the original portion of the home between 1859 and 1863 as a summer home he could share with his nephew and young family. Construction took five years because materials… Read More

Healy House

Healy House Museum and Dexter Cabin

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  • 719-486-487
  • 912 Harrison Ave, Leadville, CO, USA

August R. Meyer's 1878 Greek Revival clapboard house (now called Healy House) was built for his bride, Emma. The home features lavish Victorian furnishings collected in Leadville, including objects belonging to silver tycoon Horace and Augusta Tabor, along with other Leadville pioneers. Read More

Hearthstone

Hearthstone Historic House Museum

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  • 920-730-8204
  • 625 W Prospect Ave, Appleton, WI, USA

Hearthstone Historic House was the first private residence anywhere in the world to be illuminated using hydroelectricity from a central Edison system. The switch was thrown on September 30, 1882 only two weeks after the first-ever Edison central station, which was powered by steam, was operational in New York City. Read More

Carus Mansion

Hegeler Carus Mansion

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  • 815-224-6543
  • 1307 7th Street, La Salle, IL, USA

Completed in 1876, this stately Second Empire masterpiece is a National Landmark. Designed by W. W. Boyington, architect of the famous Chicago Water Tower, the structure remains virtually unaltered. Read More

Henderson Hall

Henderson Hall

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  • 304-375-2129
  • 517 River Rd, Williamstown, WV, USA

Henderson Hall offers an unprecedented untouched view of the early American Victorian Era. This elegant 8,000 square foot pre-Civil War Italianate mansion boasts 29 rooms as a centerpiece of a 2,600 acre plantation, horse breeding farm and river port. Spanning six generations and 200 years, the Henderson family homestead features original furnishings from the frontier life of the 1700s… Read More

Olverhoser Mansion

Henry Overholser Mansion

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  • 405-525-5325
  • 405 Northwest 15th Street, Oklahoma City, OK, USA

Completed in 1903 for one of Oklahoma City's truly remarkable figures, the Overholser Mansion is a glimpse back in time to the life of the man most responsible for the thriving city we know today. The three-story chateauesque home showcases original furnishings, stained glass and ornate canvas painted walls. Preserved to honor the "Spirit of the 1889'ers Read More

Heritage Farmstead

Heritage Farmstead Museum

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  • 972-881-140
  • 1900 West 15th Street, Plano, TX, USA

The Heritage Farmstead Museum, located in the heart of Plano, is the premier North Texas museum interpreting farm life and agricultural history. Step back in time to the 1890s to see what life was like for the North Texas farmer. The beautifully groomed 4 acres hosts our Nationally Accredited Landmark Museum, which includes the historic Farrell-Wilson Home, the Young… Read More

Cotton House

Heritage Hill State Historical Park

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  • 920-448-5150
  • 2640 S Webster Ave, Green Bay, WI, USA

A complex of furnished historical buildings is grouped in four theme areas. Historic homes included are the 1762 fur trader's cabin, 1776 Tank Cottage, 1842 Beupre Place, and a Belgian farmhouse. Read More

Heritage House

Heritage House

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  • 951-826-5273
  • 3580 Mission Inn Avenue, Riverside, CA, USA

Owned by the Museum of Riverside, this elegant 1891 Victorian home imagines life in turn-of-the-20th-century Riverside. It's a reminder of the affluent homes that once graced Magnolia Avenue. Heritage House began as a project of the Riverside Museum Associates, a volunteer support group of the Museum of Riverside. Restored and maintained in a manner reflective of its nineteenth-century construction,… Read More

Heritage House

Heritage House

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  • 435-644-3966
  • 100 S Main St, Kanab, UT, USA

Built in 1894 by Henry Bowman using stone, lumber, and bricks from local sources. Read More

Heritage House Victorian Museum

Heritage House Victorian Museum

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  • 507-286-9208
  • Heritage House Victorian Museum

Heritage House Victorian Museum located in Central Park records the life of a middle class Midwestern family of the late 1800s. Read More

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Heritage Museum of Orange County

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  • 714-540-404
  • 3010 West Harvard Street, Santa Ana, CA, USA

The Heritage Museum of Orange County is a cultural and natural history center dedicated to providing hands-on educational programs that emphasizw history, heritage, and diversity of Orange County and California. The Museum is also committed to preserving and restoring the historic buildings and artifacts that have been entrusted to our care. Read More

Heritage Square Museum

Heritage Square Museum

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  • 323-225-2700
  • 3800 Homer Street, Los Angeles, CA, USA

The eight historic structures located at the museum, constructed during the Victorian Era, were saved from demolition and serve as a perfect background to educate the public about Southern California's early development. From the simplicity of the Octagon House to the opulence of the Perry Mansion, the Museum provides a unique look at the lifestyles of the people who… Read More

Heurich House

Heurich House Museum

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  • 202-429-1894
  • 1307 New Hampshire Avenue Northwest, Washington, DC, USA

The Heurich mansion was built in 1892-4 for German-American immigrant Christian Heurich (1842-1945), whose brewery was the largest in DC and a household name. It is the city's best-preserved example of Richardsonian Romanesque residential architecture and one of the most landmarked interiors in DC. The mansion incorporated many technological advancements, including metal speaking tubes, electric lighting, burglar alarms, and… Read More

Highfield Hall

Highfield Hall

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  • 508-495-1878
  • 56 Highfield Drive, Falmouth, MA, USA

Highfield Hall is an 1878 Cape Cod summer mansion that has undergone a multi-million restoration and is now being used as a community cultural center. Read More

Hillforest

Hillforest

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  • 812-926-87
  • 213 5th Street, Aurora, IN, USA

Hillforest, overlooking the Ohio River, was the home of industrialist and financier Thomas Gaff and his family between 1855 and 1891. Shipping and riverboats were significant elements of the Gaff business and are reflected in the architecture of the home. Note the third floor belvedere resembling a pilot house. The style is Italian Renaissance, completely symmetrical and characterized by… Read More

Adams House

Historic Adams House

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  • 605-578-3724
  • 22 Van Buren Street, Deadwood, SD, USA

The meticulously restored 1892 Queen Anne-style home with original contents chronicles Deadwood's transition from a raucous mining camp into a prosperous and technologically rich city. Discover the triumphs and tragedies of two of Deadwood's founding families. Read More

Deepwood Estate

Historic Deepwood Estate

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  • 503-363-1825
  • 1116 Mission Street Southeast, Salem, OR, USA

Historic Deepwood Estate is an 1894 Queen Anne Victorian Home situated on approximately 4 acres of manicured gardens and nature trails set in the heart of Salem near its downtown core. The home was placed on the National Register of Historic Homes in 1973. The museum is operated by the Friends of Deepwood, a non-profit organization created to disseminate… Read More

Fort Logan

Historic Fort Logan

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  • 303-789-3568
  • 3742 West Princeton Circle, Denver, CO, USA

The Field Officer's quarters is being restored to its original 1889 appearance. Read More

Hixon House

Historic Hixon House Museum

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  • 602-782-1980
  • 429 7th St N, La Crosse, WI, USA

Historic Hixon House was built in 1858 by pioneer Gideon Hixon, who went on to become a wealthy lumber baron in La Crosse. He and his wife Ellen raised their five sons in this home and expanded it to the size it is today. The family had for many years retained the home in close to the same state… Read More

Lyme Village

Historic Lyme Village

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

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

Barton House

Historic Richmond Town

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  • 718-351-1611
  • 441 Clarke Avenue, Staten Island, NY, USA

The village area occupies 25 acres of a 100-acre site with about 15 restored buildings, including homes and commercial and civic buildings, as well as a museum. Read More

Historic Rugby

Historic Rugby

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  • 423-628-2441
  • 1331 Rugby Pkwy, Rugby, TN, USA

An English Settlement dating back to the 1880s. Visitors can learn from interpretive exhibits that trace the town's history and tour Victorian buildings. The first weekend in August is the Prilgrimage of Homes when some of the private homes are also open. Read More

Hill House at San Jose History Park

History Park at Kelley Park

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

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

Hiwan Heritage Park

Hiwan Homestead Museum

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  • 720-497-7650
  • 4208 Timbervale Drive, Evergreen, CO, USA

Hiwan Homestead Museum is a 25-room log mansion built in the Rustic architectural style between 1893 and 1942. Known as Camp Neosho by the Douglas family from 1893 to 1939, the site was renamed the Hiwan Ranch by the second owners, the Buchanan family. Purchased by Jefferson County Open Space Department in 1974, the Museum opened in 1975 and… Read More

Honolulu House

Honolulu House

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

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

Hoover Historical Center

Hoover Historical Center

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

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

Hormell Historic Home

Hormel Historic Home

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

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

Hotchkiss

Hotchkiss-Fyler House Museum

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  • 860-482-8260
  • 192 Main St, Torrington, CT, USA

Perhaps most impressive to visitors is the quantity and quality of the millwork that can be seen throughout this residence. Built by the Hotchkiss Brothers Company (the family business), the house was obviously a showpiece for the firm. Mahogany, birds-eye maple, quarter-sawn oak and red birch are just a few of the types of wood used in the house.… Read More

Howard Steamboat Museum

Howard Steamboat Museum

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  • 812-283-3728
  • 1101 East Market Street, Jeffersonville, IN, USA

This beautiful 1894 home, built by premier steamboat builders, the Howards of Jeffersonville, features original furnishings, brass chandeliers, stained glass windows, and intricate carvings throughout and even a grand staircase! Master craftsmen from the shipyard created much of the decor in the mansion. Howard built steamboats included the luxurious J.M. White, the speedy City of Louisville and the popular… Read More

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Howe-Waffle House and Carriage House

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  • 714-547-9645
  • 702 North Bush Street, Santa Ana, CA, USA

The museum is owned and managed by the Santa Ana Historical Preservation Society and represents the life and work of Dr. Willela Howe-Waffle, one of Southern California's first woman physicians. Read More

Hower House

Hower House

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  • 330-972-6909
  • 60 Fir Hill, Akron, OH, USA

Hower House is a Second Empire Italianate structure, built in 1871 by Akron Industrialist, John Henry Hower and his wife, Susan Youngker Hower. Read More

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Hower House Museum

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  • 330-972-6909
  • 60 Fir Hill, Akron, OH, USA

The Hower House was completed in 1871 and was built by John Henry Hower, a leading Akron industrialist who was active in the milling, reaping, and cereal industries. Read More

Hoyt Sherman

Hoyt Sherman Place

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  • 512-244-507
  • 1501 Woodland Ave, Des Moines, IA, USA

Nestled on the eastern edge of the historic Sherman Hill district in Des Moines, Iowa, Hoyt Sherman Place boasts one of Des Moines' most magnificent entertainment, banquet and meeting facilities. Built in 1877 by prominent pioneer businessman Hoyt Sherman, the elegant family home is graced with marble fireplaces, parquet floors and a carved mahogany entryway. Expanded over the years,… Read More

Hull-House Museum

Hull House Museum

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  • 312-413-5353
  • Jane Addams Hull-House Museum, South Halsted Street, Chicago, IL, USA

Hull-House, Chicago's first social settlement was not only the private home of Jane Addams and other Hull-House residents, but also a place where immigrants of diverse communities gathered to learn, to eat, to debate, and to acquire the tools necessary to put down roots in their new country. Read More

Humboldt County Historical Museum

Humboldt County Historical Museum

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  • 515-332-5280
  • Humboldt County Historical Association, 1st Ave N, Dakota City, IA, USA

The museum complex contains the Mill Farm House, a barn, log cabin,schoolhouse and other small buildings. The 13 room farm house was built in 1879 and is decorated with Victorian furnishings. Read More

Humphrey House

Humphrey Memorial Park & Museum

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  • 303-674-5429
  • 620 South Soda Creek Drive, Evergreen, CO, USA

The Humphrey Museum and ranch was started by J.J. Clarke in the 1870s as a cattle ranch. Mr. Clarke built a small log cabin where he lived during the summers. After Mr. Clarke's death, the family sold more than 350 acres to the Humphreys in the 1920s. For the remainder of the 20th Century, the Humphreys lived and ranched… Read More

Hunter Museum

Hunter House Museum

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  • 757-623-9814
  • 240 West Freemason Street, Norfolk, VA, USA

The Hunter House Victorian Museum was built in 1894 as the family home for Mr. James Wilson Hunter and his wife Lizzie Ayer Barnes Hunter. Their three children continued to live their adult lives in their family home. With no heirs, Eloise as the last surviving member of the family, created the Hunter Foundation. According to her will, she… Read More

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Hunter House Victorian Museum

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  • 757-623-9814
  • 240 W. Freemason St.

The Hunter House Victorian Museum serves as a rich example of Victorian decorative arts and architecture. Guests are invited to meet the Hunters as they tour two floors of the home, which feature the Hunter family’s collection of furniture, books, decorative objects, and more. Read More

Hunter-Dawson House

Hunter-Dawson State Historic Site

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  • 573-748-5340
  • 312 Dawson Road, New Madrid, MO, USA

Hunter-Dawson State Historic Site preserves a now-vanished part of Missouri: The stately Bootheel mansion. Filled with original pieces and furnished in the style it was in during its heydays of the 1860s-1880s, the ornate mansion provides a history lesson in every corner. In fact, most of the original furnishing purchased by Amanda Hunter, the house's first owner (with her… Read More

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