ALL OLD HOUSES

117 Wilson Street West – c. 1855 – Gothic Revival, two-story red brick house, verge board trim and finials on gables, corner quoins, bay windows

The grand appearance of this home belies its simple beginnings circa 1842. Within a few years of its construction, a second floor was added and the house given a Greek Revival treatment. In 1885, Judge John S. Bigby bought the home as a wedding gift for his daughter, Callie Bigby ...

Erected circa 1870, it has been ranked as a fine example of the Italian Villa style of architecture.Built with brick walls and elements of wood and stone, it was originally the home of Jacob Lloyd Wayne. Later, the house was sold to Joseph Rawson, who was the president of a local meat packing firm ...

The Krueger-Scott Mansion is located in Newark, Essex County, New Jersey, United States. The mansion was built on the corner of Court and High Street (now Martin Luther King Boulevard) in 1888 and was added to the National Register of Historic Places on November 9, 1972. The mansion is a ...

Often praised by architectural enthusiasts as the American Versailles, the charming Darlington Estate is one of the most magnificent properties in the US, without any exaggeration. Found within 25 miles of New York City, this architectural masterpiece has been built back in 1907 and meticulously renovated over the last seven years to offer nothing ...

Fairytale House in Skhodnya. Even nowadays near Moscow, you can still find lovely wooden houses which are like from a fairytale. One of them is located in Skhodnya, a town near Moscow. The original house was built in the second half of the 19th century by the Moscow industrialist Ivan ...

The Stone House is an excellent example of Queen Anne architecture and one of a dozen or so buildings which form the core of Arcata’s most important architectural district. Recognized in David Gebhard’s Guide to Architecture in San Francisco and Northern California (1973), the Stone House and its counterpart on the opposite corner of ...

The Mansion on Delaware Avenue, also known as the Charles F. Sternberg House is a French-inspired Second Empire Style Mansion built in the late 19th century. It is located at 414 Delaware Avenue in Buffalo, New York. Industrialist Charles F. Sternberg, who owned a grain elevator on Ohio Street, commissioned ...

The Guess-White-Ogle House is a 3-story frame house located at 215 South Academy Street in Cary, NC. It is the finest, most intact and best-preserved example of Queen Anne-style architecture in the Downtown Cary National Register Historic District. The house has been in Downtown Cary for nearly 200 years. It ...

The historic Pinney House is located in Sierra Madre, California. This unique 3-story, 10,000 sq ft Victorian Queen Anne-style structure was commissioned as a 30-room hotel by former Civil War surgeon Dr. Elbert Pinney to accommodate East Coasters arriving in droves to buy up property during the Los Angeles land ...