Historical Homes

What is the story behind the peach-colored mansion catercorner to the Driehaus Museum? Today’s blog is part of an occasional series dedicated to answering visitors’ questions. On the southwest corner of Erie Street and Wabash Avenue is our co-remnant of another time, the Ransom Cable mansion, an 1886 landmark designed by ...

Using a design based on plans published in the newspaper, local carpenters built the Alexander House at 304 West State Street in 1897 at a cost of $3,200. Moses Alexander, a successful merchant, was born in Bavaria in 1853 and emigrated to the United States at age fourteen. Alexander was ...

$354,900 2131 Tennessee Ave, Savannah, Georgia, 31404 Property Website ABOUT THIS 1935 BUNGALOW FOR SALE IN SAVANNAH GEORGIA This freshly renovated 2 bedroom/1 bathroom 1930s craftsmen style home has many restored features including original pine hardwood floors, glass door knobs, and exposed brick. As you walk up to the property you ...

$2,950,000 1155 N River Blvd, Wichita, Kansas, 67203 Property Website ABOUT THIS 1888 CAMPBELL CASTLE FOR SALE IN WICHITA KANSAS Here is your chance to own a piece of history, and the possibilities are endless. From a VRBO, to and Airbnb, an event center, private offices, an upscale restaurant, retail space, ...

ABOUT THIS 1868 ITALIANATE FOR SALE IN MACHIAS MAINE One-of-a-kind property brimming with potential! ”Built like a tank” by a lumber baron, the 1868 Italianate Clark Perry House is the only residence in Machias, Maine, on the National Register of Historic Places. It has lived through significant historical periods – ...

HISTORIC SIGNIFICANCE This building was originally built for Philip and Elizabeth Freiler in 1887 at a cost of $12,000. An excerpt from the Annual Review of Local Construction states, “There are very few residences which equal Philip Freiler’s, either in beauty or presentation. It was erected this year, and is ...

The Lockwood-Mathews Mansion Museum is regarded as one of the earliest and most significant Second Empire Style country houses in the United States. Built by renowned financier and railroad tycoon LeGrand Lockwood from 1864-1868, the Mansion, with its unparalleled architecture and interiors, illustrates magnificently the beauty and splendor of the Victorian Era. ...

This home was built in 1886 by the Chandler family and was one of the prominent homes in the area. The Chandlers came from the Detroit area and fought in the Civil war. It has the original abstract which has the complete history of this home. It was designed by ...

Château Zoé-Turgeon is a bourgeois residence erected in 1906 and 1907. The building has a rather compact irregular plan comprising a stone base, two floors also in stone and an additional floor formed by the high roof with multiple slopes covered with sheet metal with the Canadian. The volume of ...

1890 Trube Castle that was restored apprx 1986, sits on a corner lot & is one of the most photographed historic buildings in Texas. A 3 story structure with 2 ground level apts with their own entry. Some of the features are stained glass windows, slate roof, widow’s walk, gorgeous ...