Historical Homes

Elias Jackson (“Lucky”) Baldwin’s Queen Anne Cottage was constructed in 1885-86, probably as a honeymoon gift for his fourth wife, sixteen- year-old Lillie Bennett. “For a year after she married Baldwin (May, 1884), this little girl was queen of the ranch,” wrote the Los Angeles Times. Lillie’s father, architect Albert ...

This 1900 Queen Anne Victorian, located in the tony Crescent Park neighborhood of Palo Alto, Featuring four bedrooms, three and one half bathrooms, and 4,516 square feet, 1023 Forest Avenue offers much in the way of curb appeal care of a well-maintained period facade. From the sky blue paint job ...

“Glenwood….at the west end of the village is one of the few houses which command a view of the lake. It is a large, finely built mansion, overlooking a beautifully wooded glen, through which a tiny stream trickles down to the St. Lawrence. The grounds comprise some twenty acres.” Sister ...

Sold Location, Location, Location! A magnificent home in the Heart of the Garden District. 150 years old, Newly Renovated. Historic Fence. Amenities this Home Boasts:Fine Paints of Europe on the Double Parlour Walls & Ceilings, Historic Zuber wallpaper in Dining Room, Coved Ceilings, Pocket Doors, Wolfe & Sub-Zero Appliances, oversized ...

1668 House of the Seven Gables in Salem, Massachusetts The House of the Seven Gables (also known as the Turner House or Turner-Ingersoll Mansion), made famous by American author Nathaniel Hawthorne’s novel, The House of the Seven Gables (1851), is a 1668 colonial mansion in Salem, Massachusetts, named for its ...

An outstanding example of Eastlake-Victorian architecture, started about 1891, completed in 1893, by J.E. Downes, prominent local businessman. Much of the material in the structure was imported from other states. Downes lived in the house until 1910, and sold it the next year to Armistead Albert Aldrich (1858-1945), distinguished civic ...

Located just down the block from where Frank Lloyd Wright lived & worked for 20 yrs are a row of Queen Anne-style homes that most people wouldn’t guess were done by the famous architect. In the early part of FLW’s career in the 1890s he designed a number of traditional ...

The historic Lobstein House, 1894, is a stunning example of Queen Anne Victorian style. Meticulous, beautifully restored details, rich woodwork in cherry, oak & maple frame this warm & inviting home. Large light filled rooms designed in an open style create amazing flow ideal for entertaining. The formal foyer is ...

Introduction by Garrison Keillor: The folks who built the big houses on Summit Avenue from Civil War days onward were keen to get up away from downtown St. Paul, whose clamor and stink was a byproduct of the prosperity that allowed them to move up and away from it into great ...

Sold Magnificent 6,032 sq. ft. Queen Anne Victorian located in Old North Knoxville Historic District. Double etched glass entry doors open into a foyer finished in 6 varieties of wood. Huge pocket doors access front and back parlors on the left of the entry, and the adjacent hall leads to ...