Here’s a look at some of the most beautiful historic homes in America

August Imgard built a house now located at 527 Beall Ave in Wooster, OH sometime between 1867 and 1873. This house was originally located on the southeast corner of Beall Ave and Bowman Ave and was moved in 1913 to its current location. It is now the parsonage of St. Mary’s Catholic Church. In his obituary found in the Dalton Gazette on 13 October 1904 on page 4, Imgard’s home was described as “one of the most elegant homes in Wooster”. The obituary continued to state, Imgard “took great pride in his home and the beautiful grounds of his homestead”.

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Nestled along the banks of the St. Clair river, The Heather House is Marine City Michigan’s only Bed & Breakfast. The home was completed in 1885 after two years of construction, a stunning example of the traditional Queen Anne Victorian style architecture dotted along the river banks and made popular at the turn of the century. It’s owner, William Sauber, was chief engineer for the Mitchell fleet of Great Lakes steamers.

Culbertson Mansion State Historic Site is located in New Albany, Indiana by the Ohio River. It was the home of William Culbertson, who was once the richest man in Indiana. Built in 1867 at a cost of $120,000, this Second Empire-style mansion has 25-rooms within 20,000 square feet (1,900 m2), and was completed in November 1869. It was designed by James T. Banes, a local architect. Features within the three-story edifice include hand-painted ceilings and walls, frescoed ceilings, carved rosewood-grained staircase, marble fireplaces, wallpaper of fabric-quality, and crystal chandeliers. The original tin roof was imported from Scotland. The displays within the mansion feature the Culbertson family and the restoration of the building. The rooms on the tour are the formal parlors, dining rooms, bedrooms, kitchen, and laundry room. Photo by @billiamruns

William Smith House built in 1890 in Elberton, GA, photo by @godzilla1950

Roseland Cottage, also known as Henry C. Bowen House or as Bowen Cottage, is a historic house located on Route 169 in Woodstock, Connecticut. The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1977, and was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1992. It is described as one of the best-preserved and best-documented Gothic summer houses in the nation, with virtually intact interior decorations. Photo by @taftalexander

Frank H. Buhl Mansion, or Buhl Mansion, is a historic home located in Sharon, Pennsylvania, United States, that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

The mansion was built in 1891 for the Buhl family, which owned the Sharon Iron Works. The ashlar sandstone residence has 2 1/2-storeys. Noted Youngstown architect Charles Owsley (1846–1935) designed it in the Richardsonian Romanesque style. The mansion features round arches, steep gable wall dormers, an inset porch with heavy arches, stone finials, and several turrets with copper capped spires. Photo by Lindsay Haller

Victorian built in 1890 in the Austin Neighborhood of Chicago, IL, photo by @doorwaysofchicago

The Harry Packer Mansion, is a historic home located at Jim Thorpe, Carbon County, Pennsylvania. The mansion was designed by architect Addison Hutton and built in 1874. It is a 2 1⁄2-story, three-bay-wide, red-brick dwelling in the Italianate style. The front facade features a verandah constructed of green Vermont sandstone and a bell tower attached to the two-story extension. It was given as a wedding gift to Harry Packer from his father Asa Packer. Photo by @defrancis_

French Second Empire style house in Logan Circle, Washington, DC, photo by @dccitygirl

The Hegeler Carus Mansion, located at 1307 Seventh Street in La Salle, Illinois is one of the Midwest’s great Second Empire structures. Completed in 1876 for Edward C. Hegeler, a partner in the nearby Matthiessen Hegeler Zinc Company, the mansion was designed in 1874 by noted Chicago architect William W. Boyington. The mansion is now owned and operated by the Hegeler Carus Foundation, and is open to the public. It was designated a National Historic Landmark in 2007.
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