Historical Homes

Sold Looking for a Victorian close to downtown Morganton? Built in 1892, this classic Queen Anne style home on West Union Street is an architectural gem with a wraparound porch, ornate woodwork, balcony, bay window, beautiful moldings and much more. Known as the Dr. Riddle House, the home has been ...

Dating back to 1875, this Second Empire Victorian home features 5,765 square feet of pure drama and elegance. In a way, this home is the ultimate find for fans of antiquity: It’s the last remaining mansion of a trio of mansions built by the Jonathan Stott family, founders of the ...

The historic Studebaker Mansion, known as “Tippecanoe Place”, is located in South Bend, Indiana. The house was built (1886-1889) for Clement (Clem) Studebaker and reflects the strong influence of Chicago architect, Henry Ives Cobb. Clem served as president of the Studebaker Brothers Company for 33 years. It was at one ...

                          Long before the streets were paved and homes were built so close together that residents could easily peek through neighbor’s windows from their own, Carrollton primarily consisted of small family-operated farms and dairies. This home on Cohn ...

Frederick Mitchell Mooers was born in Ithaca, New York in 1847. In 1860, he was the oldest of four Mooers children (ages one month to twelve years) in the household of his parents, Eliza and James Mooers. James was a shoe merchant and owned real estate worth $1,200; there were ...

Would you like to step back into the 19th century? Visit the stately 11,600-square-foot Flavel House, with its two and a half stories, rear kitchen, butler’s pantry, four-story tower, attic and basement. Gracing the entry, a stained-glass window welcomes you. Step over the threshold into the magnificent main hallway, with ...

The Queen Anne style Keyhole House is a design by Knoxville, TN, architect George F. Barber, who published house designs from which people could order blueprints. In 1890, Barber published The “Cottage Souvenir No. 2,” which contained 59 house plans and plans for barns, a chapel, a church, storefronts, and ...

BY STEVE SHERLOCK Dr. Thomas Johnson, who has owned the house since 1975, has undertaken many projects to restore and enhance the remarkable craftsmanship and intricate detail throughout the home. “Each room is a piece of art,” Johnson said. The home was added to the National Register of Historic Places in ...

The home of the Suckley family for three generations, Wilderstein was built in the Italianate style for Thomas Suckley in 1852 and was later remodeled by his son, Robert, in the Queen Anne style. During remodeling, the interior was decorated with wall coverings in wood, leather, and cloth, as well as stained-glass windows. ...

For almost a century after Frank Glazier left Chelsea in 1910 to serve a term in Jackson State Prison, his huge house at 208 South Street went downhill. Despite Glazier’s notoriety in local history, Chelsea residents did nothing to save it beyond occasional complaining. Last January Todd and Janice Ortbring ...