The Ballroom The ballroom is one of the most elaborate spaces in the castle, adorned with state of the art crowned molding and designed with dramatic lighting used to illuminate what should have been many evenings of entertainment on Heart Island. The architectural design of the room was intended ...
Read More »Queen Anne in Adrian, MI
NEWER ISN’T ALWAYS BETTER….This home was new in 1900, when they built homes with care, to last a lifetime, with the main focus on architectural detailing, size, workmanship, and materials. And this 5 bedroom 2 bath, 2800 square foot Victorian Dollhouse has it all… detailed millwork, a stately staircase, gleaming ...
Read More »Morris-Israel House
Located in the Garden District of New Orleans, is the Morris-Israel House. Construction on the home began in 1860 for Joseph C Morris, a shipping rope merchant and bank president. The construction was greatly delayed for 9 years due to the Civil War. By 1869, the grand side-hall town house ...
Read More »Wise Funeral Home
Established in 1908 by Phillip Wise, Wise Funeral Home began – like most funeral homes at that time – as a furniture store that served funerary needs. Wise Funeral Home was originally located on the downtown square in Bonham; it moved to its present location at 219 West Sam Rayburn ...
Read More »The Seiberling Mansion
The Seiberling Mansion is a historic house located at Kokomo, Indiana, United States. In 1887, Monroe Seiberling of Akron, Ohio, traveled to Kokomo to open the Kokomo Strawboard Company, which would make shoeboxes out of straw and employ seventy-five people. Within six months, Seiberling, uncle of Goodyear Tire and Rubber ...
Read More »HEGELER-CARUS MANSION
Although much of William W. Boyington’s work was lost in the Great Chicago Fire of 1871 (the Old Water Tower is a notable exception), this splendid example of his residential architecture still stands 100 miles to the southwest in the Illinois River town of LaSalle. An exemplary Second Empire design, the Hegeler-Carus ...
Read More »HAMILTON-TURNER INN
As one of the most historic inns in Savannah GA, Hamilton-Turner Inn boasts a heritage as rich and vibrant as that of the city itself. Samuel Pugh Hamilton, informally known as “The Lord of Lafayette Square”, had this parkside mansion built for his family in 1873, long before they were ...
Read More »Eustis Estate Museum
The Eustis Estate is a historic family estate on Canton Avenue in Milton, Massachusetts. Its centerpiece is the mansion house of William Ellery Channing Eustis, an eclectic Late Victorian stone building designed by preeminent architect William Ralph Emerson and constructed in 1878. The estate also includes several other houses associated ...
Read More »Take A Tour of Sorg Mansion The 1887 Ohio Castle That Cost 1 Million To Build
The Sorg Mansion is located at 206 South Main Street, Middletown, Ohio. Middletown’s first millionaire, Paul John Sorg, built the $1 million mansion (Over $24,000,000 today!) in 1887 which is now part of Middletown’s South Main Street District. The Ohio Historical Society says Sorg’s “Romanesque castle,” built in 1887, includes ...
Read More »1894 John Seaman House Reduced to $1.17M in Oak Park, Illinois
One of the Midwest’s finest homes, the John Seaman House sits on a desirable corner lot in Oak Park, Illinois. The 17+ room Queen Anne Victorian features unparalleled craftsmanship and attention to detail, original woodwork, 6 fireplaces and 3.5 fresh baths. The residence hit the market for $1.4 million in ...
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