The oldest home in America
There are competing claims
for the distinction of being the oldest house in the United
States. St. Augustine, Florida and Santa Fe, New
Mexico. What do you think?
The González-Alvarez
House in St. Augustine
The last
remnant of the Pueblo of Analco
Thanks, Renee!
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I saw this beautiful house on
the Oprah show, November 27, 2007:
The 1842
Inn in Macon, Georgia!
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Newport, Rhode
Island, Mansions - think Vanderbilt family, Classical
Revival, silver heiress, High Victorian architecture, Gothic Revival
style, Newport's Golden Age. Wealthy people with elaborate
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If you've heard of
"The Hamptons" here's a glimpse. Mill House Inn, the
Hamptons, Long Island NY www.millhouseinn.com
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The
Ypsilanti
HistoricalSociety, in Michigan, has an excellent web site
about their historical preservation projects. You'll want to
explore all their links, which include before and after pictures. |
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A country home in the city - Barry
Road Bed &
Breakfast. "...Furnished with a life-long
collection of antique furniture, dishes, tapestries, and
lamps. Lots of books, small appliances and toys."
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New to me, but the "style"
is actually older than me (well, a few things are, believe it or
not): Storybook-style
houses - fun to look at even if you don't go
inside! Think Hansel, Gretel, and Snow White. |
Tudor-style
homes in Kansas City, Missouri were designed by Napoleon W.
Dible. I found two links with pictures:
Rockhill Gardens and
Hickok-Dible. I hadn't heard of Dible until I read a
book by Kansas City author Aisha Ford, but I've seen many of the homes
because I enjoy driving through the neighborhoods around Ward Parkway
and Brookside. |
Gamble House,
an outstanding example of the American Arts and Craft architectural
style. Pasadena, California |
Nostalgia - My dad grew up near the now-famous little
town of Branson
in the Missouri Ozarks. A few years back, we stopped by Old
Matt's Cabin and toured it. I felt like I'd traveled back in
time and was snooping around Aunt Byrdie & Uncle Ben's house
while they weren't home!
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Visit America's
Painted Ladies
The Cross House in Emporia,
Kansas is being renovated by Robert & Deborah
Rodak. My husband Howard & I drove through Emporia
recently and, as usual, went by the house. To my delight they
had posted a THE CROSS HOUSE sign, so I Googled when we got home and
found their website. The loving efforts of Bob
& Debbi have recently been noticed by the
Topeka
ABC station. On our next trip into Kansas, we want
to stop by to meet the Rodaks and tour the house.
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Singer Castle
sits on Dark Island in the St. Lawrence River in upstate New
York.
One of my sons visited it recently and learned the main reason
for secret passageways
was to let the servants work out of view of guests.
Hosanna
Ranch in Montana -- 100-year-old house full
of love for children!
A
thatched-roof house and other sights in Merry Olde England
-- Come with me
as we tour south central England
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If
I were a rich woman . . . |
I'd live part of the year in a suite at the Royal Hawaiian Hotel
in Honolulu! |
Cream of the Crop-- the
mansions in Natchez,
Mississippi.
Another town that
itself is a museum: Ste.
Genevieve, Missouri. The French
Canadian colonial community, founded in the
mid-1700s, features several rare vertical log homes. It's
about 60 miles
south of St. Louis, and on the Mississippi River - just like Natchez.
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Oh,
to spend a
day at Cape May!
Another "Cream of the Crop!" -
this one is
in
New Jersey
Thanks, Shannon!
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The
Independence, Missouri Home of Harry
& Bess Truman.
Historic
Longview
Mansion - Classic
Elegance in Lee's Summit MO
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I
really enjoy the way Thomas Kinkade paints old houses, so I was
delighted to find a website with several of them at ThomasKincadeAsheville.com/.
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A
list of "Restore
America" links from HGTV.COM -- some were homes
A
Tour of Martin Luther King's
Birth Home
I wonder if the
Queen of England is at home today?
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Or the
Pope, who lives at the Vatican.
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Presidential
Connections |
The
White House, Washington, D.C.
Mt.
Vernon, Home of George & Martha Washington.
Abraham
Lincoln's Home in Springfield, Illinois.
FDR's
Home.
Eleanor
Roosevelt Home.
Jimmy Carter's Boyhood
Home.
Andrew
Jackson's Hermitage
in Nashville, Tennessee. |
Southwestern
Style |
Hacienda
Antigua 200-year-old adobe inn,
Albuquerque.
The Inn at Cascade
- 1929 Adobe-style, Cascade, CO.
The lovely Luna
Mansion in Los Lunas, NM. |
Voila! |
The
Sully
Mansion in the French
Quarter, New Orleans, Louisiana. |
Travel
to Israel
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The
Quiet Place
-
"A peaceful sunny place to stay in Tiberias, located in the upper part
of Tiberias, with a beautiful view of the Sea of Galilee."
One of our friends,
James Mercer, stayed there in March 2007. Jim commented,
"Wonderful
place, great hospitality and I recommend it to everyone! Food
is great!" |
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Shalom from Israel. I am
happy to announce my website for SIMPLY ISRAEL, at www.simplyisrael.co.il
Israel has such a
wonderful variety of foods from different cultural backgrounds, I would
like for you to be able to bring home to your own
country the foods we have here in the Land. "Simply
Israel" is 190 pages long with a wide variety of choices of breads,
soups, salads, main dishes, eggs and cheese, side dishes, cakes and
desserts. The large typestyle and straightforward instructions
help to make cooking the tastes of Israel easy and
fun. March 2009: Simply Israel is now available in
Spanish.
Blessings to you, T. Gila Levine
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No ordinary Bed and
Breakfast this! The
Chanler in Newport, Rhode Island.
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Bed
and Breakfasts are a way to preserve old homes in the USA, and
advertising them on
the Internet provides us with photographs of them.
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Pecan Place
- Beautifully restored stick-style Victorian home,
Trenton, Tennessee
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...This
one is a WOW!!!
Higher
Ground Victorian
Mansion, an elegant 1856 Italianate in Galena,
Illinois. Thanks
Marian!
Another WOW!!!
The
Southern
Mansion in Cape May, New Jersey, 1860
Some
homes are
wonderfully
large!
And thus are
museums.
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The largest private residence in the United
States, the Biltmore
Mansion.
Nemours,
the elegant Alfred duPont Mansion in Wilmington, Delaware.
Hearst
Castle isn't exactly what you'd call a cozy cottage, but
it's
no longer a
private residence.
Meadow
Brook Hall in Rochester,
Michigan, said to be the fourth largest home in the United
States. Thanks, www.funattic.com!
The Lockwood-Mathews
Mansion in Norwalk, Connecticut. A French
Renaissance Revival "summer home" with 62 rooms!
Stan Hywet Hall,
a 65-room Tudor Revival mansion in Akron, Ohio
The Winchester
Mystery House in San Jose CA.
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More
New England Gems, all B&Bs
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Marshall
Slocum House, Newport RI
A Victorian Village Inn,
Clinton, Connecticut
The Captain
Lord Mansion, Kennebunk Port, Maine
Five Gables Inn,
East Boothbay ME
Glynn
House Victorian Inn, Ashland, New Hampshire
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Reproductions
of Victorian-style homes abound, I'm sure. But here in the
Kansas City area, we have an architectural delight - a development
which features large recently-built "old" Victorian houses, all private
residences. Each is different from all the others.
They appear to be reproductions made from the old blueprints.
If you want to look at them, they are located on Caenen Lane, along
west 143rd Street in Olathe KS, (just west of
Antioch). I have no pictures for you to see, but I did find a
website where you can get an idea of what they look like. See
Dream Homes - Period Style.
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Free on-line magazine:
www.victoriana.com/
DeLano Inn, a
delightful 1863 Victorian Italianate in Allegan, Michigan
Thanks,
Scott & Karen
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Colorado
Delights
Grays Avenue Hotel,
Manitou Springs
Queen Anne, 1886.
Holden
House 1902,
Colorado Springs.
In Denver, check out The
Unsinkable Molly Brown House.
Lennox House
in Colorado Springs.
Gazebo
Country Inn, Salida, built in 1901.
Pikes Peak
Paradise in Woodland.
Eastholme,
an 1885 Victorian in Cascade.
Sunnymede,
Manitou Springs, 1885
Tarabino Inn,
Trinidad Victorian
Southern Beauties
The
Cedars by the Sea, Beaufort NC -
1768 - she holds her age well!
Serendipity
Cottage, Thomasville, Georgia - 1906 Elegance
Oakwood,
Raleigh, North Carolina.
Kendall
Manor, Eufaula, Alabama.
Claremont
House, Rome, Georgia.
Maple
Hill Manor, Springfield, Kentucky
Maymont House, the Dooley mansion in Richmond,
Virginia
Thanks to Mary
Plageman for suggesting it!
The Calhoun
Mansion in Clemson, South Carolina.
Villa
de la Fontaine, Charleston, SC.
The Mary Scott House, Fantasia
B&B,
in Charleston SC
Boone
Hall Plantation in Charleston, South Carolina (been
there, done that!)
Cedar
Crest in Asheville, North Carolina.
Bailey
House on Amelia Island in Florida.
Bailey
House, Fernandina, FL
The
Rutledge Victorian
Guest House, Charleston SC, 1887 Painted Lady
A lot of
Victorian charm at McKibbon
House in
Montevallo, AL - 1900
St. Augustine, FL: Bayfront
Marin House with 15 Victorian rooms
Westcott
House, a southern Victorian on the St. Augustine's
bayfront
Augustin Inn
B&B in St.
Augustine, FL. Romantic and historic.
Thanks for the suggestion, Emily Smith.
Near New
Orleans, Houmas
House Plantation.
I learned about it from a beautiful photo on
Webshots.com.
The "Wish Book"! No, not the Sears Roebuck catalog....
I like to look at the
Southern
Living Magazine website and check out the house plans.
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And now, off to Hawaii's Kauai Island to see The
Victorian Cottage -- Aloha!
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The
Hotel Del Coronado
in San Diego,
California, is not a "home," but it's a
magnificent Victorian
structure, nevertheless.
I've visited it
and someday want
spend a day or two there.
I have
actually seen the charming Victorian
home
of Charles
& Anna Drain in Drain, Oregon.
It probably should be
called "The Anna Drain
Castle,"
because Mrs. Drain
lived there for many years
after Charles died.
I was fascinated to
learn that the house was
purchased
from the Sears
Roebuck Catalog, came in by train, and
was assembled on-site,
at the corner of Main and Altavista, near North
Douglas High School.
Drain Castle belongs to the school district and
houses the administrative offices.
Another Catalog house in Oregon
The Queen Anne style
Jeremiah Nunan
House, circa 1892, in Jacksonville,
was purchased by Jeremiah Nunan as a Christmas present for his
wife.
Shipped from Knoxville, Tennessee in 14 railroad boxcars,
it took six months to
assemble.
The Harry
Packer Mansion in Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania.
Bechtel
Victorian Mansion, East Berlin, PA
Seven
Gables Inn, Monterey CA, once shown in a Visa commercial;
I drove by it again
in 2002. If you're ever
there, be sure to visit the Monterey Aquarium.
Abigail's
in Eureka CA.
Gingerbread
Mansion Inn, Ferndale, CA.
The
Victorian Village of Ferndale CA.
Wilderstein
Estate, in the Hudson River Valley.
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Highlands
Mansion, Marlin.
The French
Legation Museum, Austin.
Swanson's
Southern Plantation, Palestine.
Thanks
to P. Milano for suggesting these great homes in Waxahachie
Chaska
House,
c. 1900
Rosemary
Mansion - 1916 Georgian Revival
The Harrison,
built in 1915
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On the large and beautiful island, Prince of Wales,
in southern southeast Alaska, there are a number of B&Bs,
lodges, and inns. Here are some wonderful not-so-old homes.
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Lupine
Pensión, Craig
Trophy
Inn, Klawock
Southeast
Retreat, Klawock
Changing Tides Inn, Klawock
Welcome
Inn, Thorne Bay
Inn of the Little Blue Heron, Craig
Craig Alaska
Sportfishing
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Gatsby
Mansion in Victoria, British Columbia.
Habberstad
House, Lanesboro,
Minnesota
Castle
in the Country, Allegan, Michigan
Author Betty MacDonald's
home on Washington's Vashon Island is now a Bed &
Breakfast.
Betty introduced the
world to
Ma & Pa Kettle in "The Egg and I."
The Anne
of Green Gables house.
House
on the Rock ~ I haven't seen it yet, but I want to.
This one is
near a beautiful lighthouse on
the Oregon coast.
Heceta
Head Lightkeeper's House
The Alexander
Majors house
on State Line Road in Kansas City, Missouri is a reminder of
the Santa Fe Trail.
Benner House,
Weston, Missouri -- "This fine example of Queen Anne
architecture was built in 1898 and is listed on the National Register
of Historic Places."
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Sometimes
the best man for the job may be a woman!
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