I like calendars with nice pictures on them -- kittens; puppies; barns, lighthouses; oceans; mountains; barns; birds; flowers; teapots; hot air balloons; and so forth. If I had my way, I'd have one in each room of our own home. So again this year I decided to select a Wonderful Old Home for each month. At the end of the month, I move it to this page, Monthly Wonderful Old Homes, because the main WOH page is getting so long. Enjoy!

January 2014

Briarhurst, a Victorian English Country Manor, Manitou Springs, Colorado. A delightful place for a wedding!

2010 Wonderful Old Homes

January

Victorian Cloghaun - On Michigan's Mackinac Island since 1884

February Super Bowl Special

The 1863 Home where Peyton Manning grew up
- in the Garden District of New Orleans

March

Dominion House, Guthrie, Oklahoma

April

The Hammond House in Calvert, Texas

May

Victorian Architecture in the Angelino Heights of Los Angeles

June

Kirkwood Inn, Mason, Ohio - part of the house dates back to the late 1700s

July

"B" Street House, Virginia City, Nevada - Victorian built in 1875

August

The Eisenhower Executive Building in Washington DC
Described by Mark Twain as the ugliest building in America!
Read more in Wikipedia.

September

The Susan B. Anthony House in Rochester, New York. She fought for the voting rights of women.

October

The Daly Mansion in Hamilton, Montana - The place for a lovely wedding!

{No November site chosen.}

December

Linden Tree Inn, Rockport, Maine - 1850 Victorian

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2009 Wonderful Old Homes

January

Captain’s Inn, Mount Dora, Florida

February

Hobcaw Barony, Georgetown SC - Featured by Elliot Roosevelt in a mystery
about his mother, Eleanor Roosevelt, Murder at Hobcaw Barony.
I found it at my local library.

March

Aunt Sadie’s, Branson, MO - Warm Ozark Hospitality

April

Bliss Bungalow, Arts & Craft Style, 1914; Carson City, Nevada

May

Osceola Mill House, Gordonville, Pennsylvania, Lancaster County

June

Middleton Place in Charleston, South Carolina. A carefully preserved mid-18th century plantation. Be sure to check out the lovely Edmondston-Alston House
on Charleston's High Battery.

July

The Stanley Hotel in Estes Park, Colorado - "7500 feet above the ordinary"

August

Heron Cay, Mount Dora, Florida - "Pet-friendly rooms"

September

MacArthur Place in Sonoma, California - Victorian house built in the 1850s
on the former Burris-Good estate

October

The Columbine, Louisville, Kentucky - Greek Revival built in 1896

November

Clark House Annandale, Fairfax County, Virginia

December

The Hotel Paisano - Marfa, Texas - Cast and crew of the movie "Giant" stayed here in 1955.

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2008 Wonderful Old Homes

January

Twenty B&B Cottages in Eureka Springs, Arkansas - a fascinating town, with many winding streets

February

The Lincoln Cottage - President Lincoln’s summer retreat in Washington DC.
Opened to the public 2/1/08.

March

Oak Alley Plantation - The "Grande Dame of the Great River Road."
Vacherie, Louisiana

April

Cranberry Hill - 1920s farmhouse on Long Island
Laurel, New York

May

Camden Harbour Inn - Built in 1874, has 20 rooms with Victorian decor -Camden, Maine (please click on both links)

June

Andon Reid Inn - Waynesville, North Carolina - 1902 Historic Property
"Biker-friendly"

July

Ambrosia Inn, Hazel Green, Wisconsin A true hideaway!

August

Ashbrooke Resort Egg Harbor, Wisconsin "Elegance at Heart"

September

Bonneville House in historic Belle Grove district, Fort Smith, Arkansas

October

Branson House "Eastlake Victorian" circa 1876 - Petersburg, Illinois

November

Whale Watchers B&B, Coffman Cove, Alaska

December

Gazebo Inn - Branson, Missouri

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2007 Wonderful Old Homes

January

Gryphon House, Boston, Massachusetts -
Check out that marvelous stairway in the entrance foyer!

February

Point Fermin Lighthouse 1874 Victorian structure in San Pedro CA

March

Benner House, Weston MO - "...Exceptional Queen Anne architecture built in 1898 by George Shawhan, who owned what we know today as the McCormick Distillery...."

April

Madewood Plantation House, Napoleonville, Louisiana. Built in 1846, it has been featured in Southern Living magazine.

May

The Hatchery House in Weston MO - interesting story behind the name!
Federal style, 1845

June

Nottaway Plantation overlooks the Mississippi River.
An enormous mansion completed in 1859.

July

Inn at Weston Landing, Weston, Missouri - European style in mid-America

August

Houmas House - its Greek Revival architecture has been called the "Crown Jewel of Louisiana’s River Road."

September

Cliff Cottage in delightful Eureka Springs, Arkansas

October

San Francisco Plantation, not far from New Orleans and Baton Rouge, Louisiana. "It is a galleried house of the Creole open suite style."

November

The Angel at Rose Hall in Eureka Springs, Arkansas - perfect place for a wedding

December

Destrehan Plantation, 1787. Educational historic demonstrations about the Plantation are available.

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2006 Wonderful Old Homes

January

Oakland House, Affton, Missouri – in the St. Louis area. "A completely restored mansion built in 1853."

February

Looks like a lavish movie set, Keswick Hall, beautified by Laura Ashley’s widower,
in Virginia. Another view.

March

Rhett House Inn, Beaufort, South Carolina - 1820 Antebellum

April

You can get away from it all at the Lighthouse Keeper's House at Isle Au Haut, Maine

May

The Adams House in Quincy, Massachusetts. The main house was built in 1731; it was occupied by the Adams family from 1788 to 1927.

June

The George Kalteyer House in San Antonio’s King William Residential Area; built in 1892.

July

Longfellow House in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Originally built in 1759, it was occupied by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and his wife Frances "Fanny" Appleton Longfellow, 1837-1882

August

The White House of Wilmington - an elegant Victorian mansion in southern Vermont.

September

Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island, Michigan opened in 1887. Mackinac (pronounced "mack-in-awe") has no automobile traffic, so it's a quiet historic retreat.

October

Overlooking the Hudson River in Tarrytown NY is Lyndhurst, "one of America's finest Gothic Revival mansions," designed in 1838 by Alexander Jackson Davis.

November

Dorsey Mansion Ranch just off the Santa Fe Trail near Springer, New Mexico. It's described as "a magnificent log and masonry Victorian Mansion," circa 1886.

December

Red Fox Inn, Middleburg, Virginia - circa 1728. "Original fieldstone structure ... inviting rooms ... carefully furnished in the 18th-century manner...."

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2005 Wonderful Old Homes

January
The Inn at La Jolla in southern California. "Built in 1913 by architect Irving Gill ... and one of the finest examples of Gill's 'Cubist' style architecture." The family of John Philip Sousa lived there during the 1920s.

February
Mansion on Main, Texarkana, Arkansas. "Built in 1895. Spectacular 2-story columns salvaged from the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair accent the exterior veranda."

March
Mansion on the Hill, Kellogg, Idaho "...Sits on land originally owned by Noah Kellogg, who in 1883 discovered the silver in the mountains of Northern Idaho. He lived here on the property with his wife Dora from 1893 to 1897."

April
Early Mansion in Sac City, Iowa - "built in 1875 by Judge D. Carr Early in the 'General Grant Victorian' style." Be sure to go to the photo gallery to see the elegant Victorian furnishings!

May

Samuel Culbertson Mansion in Louisville, Kentucky. "Completed in 1897... this Georgian Revival mansion is located in the heart of the Old Louisville National Historic District, just a few blocks from downtown Louisville, the University and Churchill Downs."

June

Ann Bean Mansion, "the oldest surviving lumber baron's home in
historic Stillwater, Minnesota. An elegant Victorian in the
charming surroundings of scenic St. Croix River Valley."

July

Atwood House, Lincoln, Nebraska, "an 1894 Neoclassical Georgian Revival mansion located two blocks from the state capital."

August

Bowers Mansion near Reno, Nevada. Built in 1863, it "combined Georgian and Italianate architectural styles ... the fulfillment of Eilley Bowers' dreams of prestige and respectability." Another view of the Mansion can be seen if you click here.

September

North Dakota Former Governor’s Mansion, Bismarck. "Extensive research and restoration has been completed, restoring the house to its former appearance as it might have been in 1893," when the original owner sold it to the state for $5,000.

October

The Marland Mansion in Ponca City, Oklahoma. "This magnificent mansion reflects the elegance of the affluent days of the oilman, who lived lavishly and entertained in the same style."

November

Blennerhasset Mansion in Parkersburg, West Virginia. "A magnificent mansion, designed in the Palladian style (like Mount Vernon)."

December

The Deacon Timothy Pratt House in Old Saybrook, Connecticut – c.1746 - A "magnificent center chimney Colonial ... listed on the National Historic Register!"

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2004 "Wonderful Old Homes"

January
Grouseland, the home built for President William Henry Harrison when he served as the first governor of the Indiana Territory (1800-1812). grouselandfoundation.org/

February
Today, Theodore Roosevelt's presence still pervades his home, Sagamore Hill, in Oyster Bay, NY. www.theodoreroosevelt.org/modern/sagamore.htm

March
Missouri River Lodge, located on a 2,000 acre working ranch near Stanton, North Dakota. www.moriverlodge.com/

April
Pecan Tree Inn, Beaufort, North Carolina, A magnificent 1860s Victorian.

May
Sinclair Inn, Jericho, Vermont, "Fully restored 1890 Victorian historic inn just outside the city of Burlington, Vermont."

June
Oakland, Columbia, Maryland: "A blend of the Federal, Greek Revival
and Colonial Revival periods."

July
Paul Revere House -- Downtown Boston's oldest building.

August
Pen Ryn Mansion on the Delaware, in Pennsylvania.
The center section dates to 1744; the side sections were added in 1893.

September
The Armstrong Mansion, a Salt Lake City, Utah, Victorian.

October
The Inn at 410 in Flagstaff AZ -- Victorian decor, "located in historic downtown, just a short walk from many fine restaurants and shops." Near Grand Canyon.

November
Morton Mansion in Douglas WY. "A stately 1903 Queen Anne Victorian."

December
Christmas House, Ouray, Colorado. "1889 Victorian home,
featured in the book America's Painted Ladies"