Historical Homes

An attention-getter since its appearance in 1853 along the Hudson River, an Italianate villa known as Nuits in the Westchester village of Irvington, once home to John Jacob Astor III, ,making it one of the highest priced properties in the Rivertowns. Also known as the Cottenet-Brown House, the three-level mansion ...

Description A 1909 Seattle Times article said of this house “It is a structure – of purely colonial architecture, the most truthful copy of the style in the city.” Frederick Sexton was both the architect and superintendant of construction. It is a massive white building, the largest residence in the ...

Betts House, also known as the John M. Davies House or Davies Mansion, is a mansion owned by Yale University in the Prospect Hill Historic District of New Haven, Connecticut. Completed in 1868 and designed by Henry Austin, it was sold to Yale in 1972 and is now home to the Yale Center for the Study of Globalization. When built, the 21,000-square-foot (2,000 m2) ...

Terrace Hill, also known as Hubbell Mansion, Benjamin F. Allen House or the Iowa Governor’s Mansion, is the official residence of the governor of Iowa, United States. Located at 2300 Grand Avenue in Des Moines, it is an example of Second Empire architecture. The home measures 18,000 square feet (1,600 m2). It sits on a hill overlooking downtown Des ...

Sold This gorgeous Queen Anne Victorian Home is truly phenomenal. Originally built as a four-square in 1846, the home was converted into a George F. Barber Queen Anne Victorian in the early 1890’s. The original family maintained the home until 1980, when it was transferred into the care of a ...

582 PARK STREET ELGIN Conrad and Millie Ackemann moved into this completed home at 582 Park Street in 1901. Conrad was born in 1864 in Germany, moving to America when he was 18 years old. Those familiar with the history of the Ackemann Brothers department store might recognize Conrad’s name from when ...

What more could a Mardi Gras-loving family want than a house on the parade route? Well, a beautifully renovated, historic house on the parade route. That’s exactly how Jennifer and Doug Walner felt when they packed up their bags in Los Angeles and headed back to Jennifer’s hometown of New ...

SOLD “Bennett-Deyrup” House. Extraordinary circa 1887 Queen Anne Victorian, loc on the Hudson River w/rocky beach & underwent a masterful $4,000,000 reno 10 yrs ago. Classic asymmetrical ext design w/an array of materials, balconies, turret, rooflines, belvedere, windows & more. Completely gutted & rebuilt. All orig materials preserved & restored. ...

The William H. Mason House (c1845) is situated on Thompson Hill, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Connecticut (11/23/87). Built by mill owner William H. Mason, at the time Thompson’s most powerful and wealthiest resident, the structure is matched by few others of its style ...

The house was built between 1888 and 1889 during a period of rapid economic growth in Findlay. The 7,500-square-foot (700 m2) house was designed by architect Henry Oswald Wurmser in the Queen Anne, Stick/Eastlake style.The owner, Charles Henry Bigelow, was a son of an early settler and community leader, who built on his ...