Historical Homes

The Benton House is a historic home located in Irvington, a historic neighborhood in Indianapolis, Indiana. Built in 1873, the home housed Allen R. Benton, a former president of Butler University in Irvington. It is a two-story, Second Empire style brick dwelling with a mansard roof. It sits on a rugged stone foundation and features an entrance tower and ornate ...

The Morris–Butler House is a Second Empire-style house built about 1864 in the Old Northside Historic District of Indianapolis, Indiana. Restored as a museum home by Indiana Landmarks between 1964 and 1969, the American Civil War-era residence was the non-profit organization’s first preservation project. Restoration work retained some of its ...

The Henry W. Merriam House is located in Newton, Sussex County, New Jersey, United States. Owned by industrialist Henry Wilson Merriam (1828-1900), the owner of the Merriam Shoe Company, the house was built in 1883 and was added to the National Register of Historic Places on December 18, 1970. It ...

The Hume House is a house located at 472 West Webster Avenue in Muskegon, Michigan. It was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1972, and is now part of the Hackley and Hume Historic Sites, and is open to the public. Thomas Hume (1848-1920) arrived in Muskegon ...

Arnett-Fullen House also known as the Gingerbread House, is located on 646 Pearl Street, Boulder, Colorado and is on the list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Boulder County, Colorado since 2009. This house features a mixture of architectural styles and is a two-story, private residency, which ...

History of the Batcheller Mansion Saratoga Inn The Batcheller Mansion Inn, a stately and renowned Saratoga Inn, has a notable history. One of the outstanding landmarks of Saratoga Springs, it is an architectural pastiche of High Victorian Eclecticism combining French Renaissance Revival, Italianate and Egyptian influences. It is crowned by ...

While some homes now have lights controlled by iPhones and presents may be delivered by drone in the not so distant future, there are still places where Christmas is an old-fashioned affair. In the new book Christmas at America’s Landmark Houses (Schiffer Publishing, $45), designer Patricia Hart McMillan and architect ...

The house was constructed in 1885 by Dudley and Melinza Williams. Dudley was a lumberman at the time and the quality of the woodwork throughout the house is a testimony to his profession. The house is known locally as the Baird Mansion, named for the family that owned and lived ...

Once called the “most photographed house in the state” of Maine, the Wedding Cake House, known formally as the George W. Bourne House, is a historic house located at 104 Summer Street in Kennebunk, Maine. The home was built in 1825 by shipbuilder George W. Bourne (1801–1856), who later built ...

Before and After of the Laurietta House built in 1825 in Mississippi. When high school sweethearts Maria Teresa “Tere” and William “Mac” Thomas, married for 39 years, began searching for a getaway near their hometown of New Iberia, Louisiana, Mac, an oil executive, had a hunting camp in mind. After ...