The Ashland mansion is the centerpiece of the Henry Clay estate today just as it was during Clay’s lifetime. The present structure was completed by Clay’s son James in 1857 and stands on the site of the original Ashland mansion. The interior was remodeled by Clay’s granddaughter Anne Clay McDowell in the 1880s. Read More
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Belmont Blvd & Acklen Avenue, Nashville, TN, USA
An ornate Italianate Villa built in the 1850s for Adelica Acklen, one of the country's wealthiest women. The home contains an arch ceilinged ballroom, a grand staircase, heavy marble mantels, period furnishings and artwork collected by the original owners. Read More
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1008 Park Avenue, Galena, IL, USA
Built in 1857 by J. Russell Jones, a steamboat owner and ambassador to Belgium. The 22 room Italianate mansion contains decorative arts and period furnishings. Read More
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1230 North Delaware Street, Indianapolis, IN, USA
As a successful attorney, Benjamin Harrison purchased a double lot on the west side of North Delaware Street at auction in 1867. In 1874 be began construction of his 16 room Italianate style house, a carriage house, brick drive and landscaping. The cost was $24,818.67. Except for the periods 1881 to 1887, when Harrison was in the US Senate… Read More
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917 Park Avenue, Oconto, WI, USA
This historic house was built in 1868 by Cyrus and Kitty Hart; it is believed to be one of the first brick homes in the county with the bricks being shipped to Oconto from DePere. The building passed through several owners before becoming the home of George and Fanny Beyer in 1881. Though the original structure was an Italianate-style,… Read More
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525 Esplanade, Chico, CA, USA
Bidwell Mansion State Historic Park is a beautiful, three-story, 26 room Victorian House Museum that stands as a memorial to John and Annie Bidwell. John Bidwell was known throughout California and across the nation as an important pioneer, farmer, soldier, statesman, politician and philanthropist. Annie Ellicott Kennedy Bidwell, the daughter of a socially prominent, high ranking Washington official, was… Read More
Constructed by Charles Bland on the crest of a hill on his wooded farm, the earliest portions of the Blandwood were completed in 1795. The simple two-story farmhouse was later purchased by Governor Morehead, and subsequently expanded according to plans drawn by nationally renowned architect Alexander Jackson Davis of New York. Davis designed additions in the Italianate style villa… Read More
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4005 Bowers Mansion Road, New Washoe City, NV 89704, USA
Tour back in time to Nevada's heyday and see how Comstock millionaires Eilley and Sandy Bowers lived the posh life in Washoe Valley. Picnic, swim and play on the grounds as every generation of visitors has done since the Victorian era. Read More
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600 Mission St SE, Salem, OR, USA
Located in Bush’s Pasture Park, the Bush House Museum offers tours to the public and preserves and interprets the heritage of the Bush House and Bush’s Pasture Park to illuminate Oregon history and culture associated with the lives and legacy of Salem’s Bush Family. Featuring many iconic 19th century furnishings, this technologically advanced home also contains the original light… Read More
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327 North 2nd Street, Hamilton, OH, USA
Located in the Benninghofen House, the museum displays Victorian furnishings. Read More
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219 East Woodlawn Street, Clinton, IL, USA
Construction was started on the C. H. Moore Homestead by John and Minerva Moore Bishop. Mr. Bishop was a prosperous grain and lumber dealer in Clinton. Work on the C. H. Moore Homestead was completed in 1867 after the Civil War had ended and life took on a more normal pattern. Soon after this, the Bishops lost their only… Read More
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1418 Lakeside Drive, Oakland, CA, USA
The Camron-Stanford House was built in 1876, the first of many stately homes that once encircled the Lake. During 27 years as a private residence, it was the home of some of Oakland's most notable families. Read More
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1128 5th Ave, Leavenworth, KS, USA
John McCullough Foster came to Leavenworth, Kansas Territory in 1857, less than three years after the establishment of the town. Twenty-four year old Foster and his wife, Letitia, purchased Lots 8, 9, and 10 on the northwest corner of Fifth Avenue and Middle Street from William and Abby Marshall for $900.00. A carpenter by trade, Foster built the original… Read More
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34 Codman Road, Lincoln, MA, USA
In the 1790s, John Codman carried out extensive improvements to the original Georgian house and surrounding grounds. Sixty years later, his grandson updated the house in keeping with Victorian taste and filled the house with the finest New York furnishings. Today, the interiors are richly furnished with portraits, memorabilia, and art works collected in Europe, showing the decorative schemes… Read More
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505 West Grand Avenue, Chippewa Falls, WI, USA
The finest example of Victorian Italianate architecture in the Midwest. The Mansion is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. A lavish red brick house with carved bric-a-brac, a graceful veranda with extending portcochere, and iron cresting surmounting the roof and cupola. Completely restored and filled with period correct furnishings. Read More
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1350 North Milwaukee Avenue, Vernon Hills, IL, USA
Construction on the Cuneo Mansion and Gardens began in 1908 and stopped during World War I. It was completed in 1918 as the home of Samuel Insull, an original founder of the General Electric Company, and designed by Chicago architect Benjamin Marshall in the Italianate style. Its gardens and landscaping were designed by world-renowned landscape architect Jens Jensen. In… Read More
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1300 McGovern Ave, Mitchell, SD, USA
The museum complex has several restored buildings, including the 1886 Beckwith House. The museum has a good collection of Victorian artifacts, including fine examples of vintage clothing. Read More
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1000 Monroe Dr, Bloomington, IL, USA
On a flat stretch of Illinois prairie—where Yankee pioneers forged their frontier fortunes and Route 66 later carved a path across the rural landscape—stands an elegant Victorian mansion and garden, completed in 1872 for David Davis and his wife, Sarah. The beautifully restored, nineteenth-century estate tells the story of Judge David Davis, whose influence on Abraham Lincoln's legal and… Read More
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1005 East 3rd Street, Sterling, Illinois, USA
This 1857 home contains the original furnishings and accessories of P.W. Dillon. The carriage house displays local history exhibits. A vintage locomotive and caboose are displayed on the grounds. Read More
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177 West Hill Street, Wabash, IN, USA
The Dr. James Ford Historic Home is a restored 1870s doctor's home and practice. The grounds also include period gardens, grape arbors, a small orchard, and other plantings inspired by Dr. Ford's letters and horticultural newspaper columns. Read More
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500 North Washington Avenue, St Peter, MN, USA
The E. St. Julien Cox House was the home of one of the earliest settlers of St. Peter. Eugene Cox was an attorney, St. Peter's first Mayor, and a representative to the State House and Senate. The Home, built in 1871, is one of the few fully restored Italianate homes in Minnesota. Read More
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100 Mill Street, Waco, TX, USA
The house is Italianate Villa, a style popular along the Hudson River, and in that area referred to as Hudson River Architecture. The dining room, and large bedroom above it, was added about 1880. The second addition, the Entertainment Wing with its own entrance hall was added in 1884. Read More
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200 West Tulpehocken Street, Philadelphia, PA, USA
This house is Phialdelphia's only authentically restored Victorian house museum and garden. The interior is interpreted to reflect the house's history during the 1860's and 1870's. Members have access to a library about Victorian topics. Victorian theater productions take place at the mansion annually. Read More
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700 North 4th Street, Springfield, IL, USA
The oldest home in Springfield on its original foundation, Edwards Place tells the story of Benjamin and Helen Edwards and their life at the home from 1843 to 1909. The wonderfully preserved Italianate mansion was one a center for social activity in Springfield. Prominent citizens and politicians such as Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas were entertained at lavish dinner… Read More
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301 South Park Street, Franklin, PA, USA
The Egbert-Mullins-Koos House was built between 1859 and 1860 by Simon Ullman, a Franklin merchant. In the first decade, the property changed hands, but indications are that the Ullman family continued to make the resident their home. In 1869, Lydia S. Ullman sold the property to Eliza Egbert and her husband, Dr. A. G. Egbert. Dr. Egbert was an… Read More
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3225 4th Street, Jackson, MI, USA
Visitors are invited to tour Ella Sharp's 19th-century Hillside Farmhouse, the Dibble One-Room Schoolhouse, Eli Stilson's Log House and the Merriman-Sharp Tower Barn. Other exhibits down Farm Lane include a woodworking shop, doctor's office, general store and print shop. And the farm's original granary is now Ella's Granary Restaurant. Read More
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Fulton Beach Rd, Rockport, TX, USA
Cattle rancher George Fulton built this Second Empire style home in 1874. To combat the hurricane force winds prevalent in the area, the house features many unique construction details. Read More
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211 S Bench St, Galena, IL, USA
The 1858 Daniel A Barrows house was designed for Barrows by William Dennison, the architect who designed the U.S. Grant home on Bouthillier Street. This three-story house was tailored to hold Barrows's large family, consisting of his Wife Anna, one son, five daughters, his mother, and one female servant. Construction on the house was completed in 1859. Read More
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336 Old Pioneer Road Fond du Lac, WI 54936-1284
Impressive house mansion from an old pioneer era farmhouse, turned remodeled Italianate residence. It has been a Museum since 1954 and includes a Historic Village to tour. Read More
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North 30th Street & Fort Street, Omaha, NE, USA
The house is an Italianate style, which represented the no-nonsense grandeur of the military frontier. The furnishings are from the 1880 Victorian period. From early November through the end of December, the museum celebrates Nineteenth Century Holidays. The Crook House Guild, with help from area designers and design students, transforms every room in the house into a captivating glimpse… Read More
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200 Wallace Avenue, Crawfordsville, IN, USA
The Ben Hur Museum was built by General Lew Wallace for use as his private library and a quiet place where he could write. The Civil War General wrote the world's most famous fictional work: Ben Hur. Wallace designed and built the structure in 1896. The building is a National Historic Landmark and home to Wallace's life collections. In… Read More
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137 Beacon Street, Boston, MA, USA
Built in 1859-60, the Gibson House stands as the historic house museum of the Back Bay. In 2001, the National Park Service declared the Gibson House a National Historic Landmark. It is unique as an unspoiled single-family residence that retains its kitchen, scullery, butler’s pantry and water closets, as well as formal rooms and private family quarters, filled with… Read More
In 1997, Ruth Quayle Boone bequeathed the 16-acre Boone family farm known as Forest Home Farms to the City of San Ramon for use as a municipal historic park in memory of her husband, Travis Moore Boone. The 16-acre farm is located at the base of the East Bay Hills and Oak Creek divides it in two almost equal… Read More
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600 Unruh Drive, Radford, VA, USA
Explore the elegance of 19th century life in the grand home of General G.C. Wharton who was an avid promoter for the development of southwestern Virginia in the post-war years. The museum features historic rooms, history exhibits, an art gallery and a school house. Read More
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199 Hope Street, Providence, RI, USA
Heir to one of Rhode Island’s leading textile manufacturing families, Henry Lippitt (1818-1891) designed and supervised the construction in 1865 of a house at 199 Hope Street in Providence for his wife Mary Ann Balch (1823-1889) and their six children. Occupied by generations of the Lippitt family for 114 years, the house is a three story, thirty room Renaissance… Read More
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421 W William St, Decatur, IL, USA
Governor Oglesby had the Mansion built around 1874. The highlight of the Mansion's history is a visit by former Civil War General and United States President Ulysses S. Grant in 1880. From one of the Mansion's verandas Grant spoke to a crowd of people during an encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic, a Civil War veterans' association. Read More
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1101 North Pine Street, Seaford, DE, USA
The Seaford Historical Society has fully restored this rare brick home. The Italian-Villa style Victorian features a three-story tall entry, ornate plaster ceilings, Moroccan ventilation, beautiful furnishings and even a hidden safe. Once the home of Governor Ross, the mansion is a testament to Southern living. Read More
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117 North Dixie Highway, Momence, IL, USA
The Graham Historic House and Museum is a special attraction to residents and visitors who appreciate the preservation of our community’s past. The Graham Historic House recreates the delightful period of history from 1870 to turn of the century. Most furnishings and accessories have been donated or loaned by the people of Momence. Read More
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234 Madison St, Mineral Point, WI, USA
Upon its completion in 1868, Orchard Lawn began as an impressive eleven acre working estate situated on a hill overlooking the industrious city of Mineral Point, founded 40 years before. Built by Cornish immigrants Joseph and Sarah Gundry, it boasted gardens, an orchard, tennis lawn, outbuildings (including a barn, carriage house, woodshed/icehouse and a hothouse used to nurture seedlings… Read More
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1889 Market Street, Santa Clara, CA, USA
It is the last farm site in the city of Santa Clara and is named for the two families who owned and lived on the property for 125 years. The museum consists of the house, a classic California barn, summer kitchen, tank house and landscaped gardens. The house was built in 1865 in the Italianate style — balanced and… Read More
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517 River Rd, Williamstown, WV, USA
Henderson Hall offers an unprecedented untouched view of the early American Victorian Era. This elegant 8,000 square foot pre-Civil War Italianate mansion boasts 29 rooms as a centerpiece of a 2,600 acre plantation, horse breeding farm and river port. Spanning six generations and 200 years, the Henderson family homestead features original furnishings from the frontier life of the 1700s… Read More
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Heritage House Victorian Museum
Heritage House Victorian Museum located in Central Park records the life of a middle class Midwestern family of the late 1800s. Read More
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3800 Homer Street, Los Angeles, CA, USA
The eight historic structures located at the museum, constructed during the Victorian Era, were saved from demolition and serve as a perfect background to educate the public about Southern California's early development. From the simplicity of the Octagon House to the opulence of the Perry Mansion, the Museum provides a unique look at the lifestyles of the people who… Read More
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213 5th Street, Aurora, IN, USA
Hillforest, overlooking the Ohio River, was the home of industrialist and financier Thomas Gaff and his family between 1855 and 1891. Shipping and riverboats were significant elements of the Gaff business and are reflected in the architecture of the home. Note the third floor belvedere resembling a pilot house. The style is Italian Renaissance, completely symmetrical and characterized by… Read More
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429 7th St N, La Crosse, WI, USA
Historic Hixon House was built in 1858 by pioneer Gideon Hixon, who went on to become a wealthy lumber baron in La Crosse. He and his wife Ellen raised their five sons in this home and expanded it to the size it is today. The family had for many years retained the home in close to the same state… Read More
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441 Clarke Avenue, Staten Island, NY, USA
The village area occupies 25 acres of a 100-acre site with about 15 restored buildings, including homes and commercial and civic buildings, as well as a museum. Read More
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1650 Senter Road, San Jose, CA, USA
With 27 original and reproduction homes, businesses and landmarks History Park highlights Santa Clara Valley's past. Complete with paved streets, running trolleys and a cafe, this 14-acre site has the charm and ambiance of times gone by. The VPA's project, the Hill House, can be toured. Read More
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107 N Kalamazoo Ave, Marshall, MI, USA
Built in 1860 by a chief justice of the Michigan Supreme Court who later became U.S. Consul to Hawaii. The house is thought to be a duplicate of his Hawaiian home. Read More
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1875 East Maple Street, North Canton, OH, USA
The Hoover Historical Center is the Victorian boyhood home of Hoover Company founder, William H. Hoover. The Center is located inside Walsh University's Hoover Park in North Canton (originally called New Berlin) on original Hoover family farmland. Guided tours begin in a modest 1840s building that served as home for the Hoover family in 1852 until they constructed their… Read More
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208 4th Ave NW, Austin, MN, USA
Built in 1871 and then purchased and remodeled by George A. Hormel, the founder of Hormel Foods, the home has been preserved beautifully. The home was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. The Hormel family history is told throughout the house with photographs and a few family artifacts. Filled with rich hardwoods, leaded glass windows,… Read More
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60 Fir Hill, Akron, OH, USA
Hower House is a Second Empire Italianate structure, built in 1871 by Akron Industrialist, John Henry Hower and his wife, Susan Youngker Hower. Read More
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1501 Woodland Ave, Des Moines, IA, USA
Nestled on the eastern edge of the historic Sherman Hill district in Des Moines, Iowa, Hoyt Sherman Place boasts one of Des Moines' most magnificent entertainment, banquet and meeting facilities. Built in 1877 by prominent pioneer businessman Hoyt Sherman, the elegant family home is graced with marble fireplaces, parquet floors and a carved mahogany entryway. Expanded over the years,… Read More
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Jane Addams Hull-House Museum, South Halsted Street, Chicago, IL, USA
Hull-House, Chicago's first social settlement was not only the private home of Jane Addams and other Hull-House residents, but also a place where immigrants of diverse communities gathered to learn, to eat, to debate, and to acquire the tools necessary to put down roots in their new country. Read More
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Humboldt County Historical Association, 1st Ave N, Dakota City, IA, USA
The museum complex contains the Mill Farm House, a barn, log cabin,schoolhouse and other small buildings. The 13 room farm house was built in 1879 and is decorated with Victorian furnishings. Read More
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312 Dawson Road, New Madrid, MO, USA
Hunter-Dawson State Historic Site preserves a now-vanished part of Missouri: The stately Bootheel mansion. Filled with original pieces and furnished in the style it was in during its heydays of the 1860s-1880s, the ornate mansion provides a history lesson in every corner. In fact, most of the original furnishing purchased by Amanda Hunter, the house's first owner (with her… Read More
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212 Main Street, Wethersfield, CT, USA
Built in 1790s in the Georgian style, the house was occupied in 1804 by Captain John Hurlbut, a successful mariner who circumnavigated the globe on the ship Neptune. In the 1860s, the house was remodeled by Levi Goodwin to reflect the Italianate style popular at that time. An ell containing kitchens, servants’ quarters and a large copper cistern to… Read More
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364 South King Street, Honolulu, HI, USA
Iolani Palace, the official residence of Hawaii’s monarchy, is a marvel of opulence, innovation, and political intrigue. Meticulously restored to its former grandeur, this National Historic Landmark in downtown Honolulu tells of a time when their Majesties, King Kalākaua, who built it in 1882, and his sister and successor, Queen Lili‘uokalani, walked its celebrated halls. Read More
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325 East Iron Avenue, Dover, OH, USA
The 17 room Victorian home, topped by a third floor ballroom, has been carefully restored by the Society to its original turn-of-the-century splendor and features the unique treasures of the original furniture and antiques that were the property of Mr. and Mrs. Jeremiah E. Reeves, arranged as they would have been 100 years ago. These beautiful family furnishings can… Read More
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528 Lockerbie Street, Indianapolis, IN, USA
This 1872 home, a National Historic Landmark, is considered by historical experts to be one of the most perfectly preserved Victorian houses in the U.S. It was here that Hoosier poet James Whitcomb Riley spent the last 23 years of his life. Lockerbie Square, where the Riley home is located, is a restored 19th-century downtown residential area. Read More
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4202 Alhambra Ave, Martinez, CA, USA
The 1883 house is furnished as it was in the late 19th century when it was the home of John Muir, the founder of the Sierra Club. Read More
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934 Georgia Ave, Macon, GA, USA
The 18,000-square-foot mansion spans four levels and is crowned by a three-story cupola. Commissioned by imaginative owners and constructed by the most skillful workers of the time, its technological amenities were unsurpassed in the mid-19th century: hot and cold running water, central heat, a speaker-tube system, in-house kitchen and an elaborate ventilation system. Read More
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226 Maine Street, Brunswick, ME, USA
The museum is the adult home of Joshua L. Chamberlain and his family. Chamberlain was the hero of Little Round Top at Gettysburg during the Civil War, Governor of Maine, and President of Bowdoin College. Guided tours explore Chamberlain’s life, family and career. Read More
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Kensington Mansion
Kensington Mansion was completed in 1854 and placed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1971. Located in lower Richland County, South Carolina, it is an architectural and historical treasure. The Mansion is an Italianate Revival structure, furnished with the Scarborough-Hamer Collection of decorative arts from the Victorian Period. Read More
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214 North Colville Street, Walla Walla, WA, USA
When built, the Kirkman's home was one of the grandest residences in Walla Walla reflecting tastes of the day and wealth generated by the ranching business. Now the Victorian Italianate house remains the only example of its kind locally, though vestiges of early 20th century architecture can be found throughout Walla Walla. Read More
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163 Yorktown Road, Newport News, VA, USA
Lee Hall Mansion is an Italianate residence built in 1859 by prominent planter, Richard Decatur Lee, for his family. Only three years after the house's completion, the Lees fled their home as the Peninsula became one of the first battlegrounds of the Civil War. Read More
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800 N Street, Sacramento, CA, USA
After a 14-year, $22 million restoration and rehabilitation, the Mansion is now open to the public as a museum. It also serves the citizens of California as the state’s official reception center for leaders from around the world. Read More
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413 South 8th Street, Springfield, IL, USA
The house that would become the future Lincoln Home was built in 1839 for the Reverend Charles Dresser. Dresser actually married Abraham Lincoln and Mary Todd in 1842. When the house was completed, the house stood one-and-a-half stories tall with five rooms including a sleeping loft. Read More
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440 N Jackson St, Janesville, WI, USA
The 26 room Italianate Tallman house was built in 1855 and had such conveniences as running water, a communication system, central heating, plumbing and gas lighting. The Stone House, built in 1842, is a more modest house. Both are furnished in period. Read More
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621 W St Clair St, Vandalia, IL, USA
Josephine Burtschi, local artist and historian, was born in this house. In 1956 she purchased the house and started restoring it to its original appearance. Over the years, the Little Brick House has been renovated and furnished with period pieces, antiques, and early Vandalia artifacts. Contained within the six rooms are furniture, china, engravings and books acquired from descendants… Read More
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11121 Hickman Road, Urbandale, IA, USA
The 600 acre agriculture museum includes among many structures a Victorian mansion. Read More
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2683 South Road, Poughkeepsie, NY, USA
Overlooking the Hudson River in Poughkeepsie, NY, the 150 acre estate of Samuel F.B. Morse includes an Italianate villa designed by Alexander Jackson Davis containing extensive collections of American and European decorative and fine arts. Three miles of carriage roads wind through landscaped grounds, romantic gardens and shady groves. Read More
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1947 Far Hills Avenue, Oakwood, OH, USA
This homestead was started in 1863 and added on to in 1902. The 17-room home is unique because it maintains its architecture in the original half of the home (mid-19th-century Victorian Italianate farmhouse) and represents early 20th century suburban Arts & Crafts architecture on the north side addition. Read More
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600 North 2nd Street, Richmond, VA, USA
Maggie Walker devoted her life to civil rights advancement, economic empowerment, and educational opportunities for Jim Crow-era African Americans and women. As a bank president, newspaper editor, and fraternal leader, Walker served as an inspiration of pride and progress. Today, Walker's home is preserved as a tribute to her enduring legacy of vision, courage, and determination. Read More
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2700 Washington Ave, Cairo, IL, USA
Charles A. Galigher was a prominent citizen of Cairo and a milling merchant, who accumulated a fortune by selling flour to the government during the Civil War. Through business transactions, he became a friend of General Ulysses S. Grant, who made his headquarters in Cairo during his siege of the South. Read More
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25 Marzen Lane, Lovelock, NV, USA
The Marzen House Museum features antique mining equipment, including several large-scale pieces that can be found on the museum grounds, vintage home fixtures and other antiquities from pioneer homes, relics and artifacts dating back to the region’s earliest Native American inhabitants, and a display dedicated to the Immigrant Trail. One of the museum’s most interesting displays is a representation… Read More
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2241 Lincoln Avenue, Dubuque, IA, USA
The stately country villa stands today as a living reflection of its wealthy builder. Inside the homes elegant American and European furnishings exemplify the opulent Victorian lifestyle of a booming river town during the antebellum period. John F. Rague designed this distinctive example of the Italian Villa style of architecture. As architect for the Old State Capitols of Illinois… Read More
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812 S Church St, Paris, TX, USA
Built for Sam Bell Maxey, Confederate general and U.S. Senator, in 1868, the Italianate home remained in the Maxey family for almost a century. The house was renovated in 1911 to add 20th century conveniences. The house is surrounded by beautiful grounds. Read More
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319 McDaniel Street, Monroe, GA, USA
Originally designed by Athens architect William Winstead Thomasin the then-popular Victorian Italianate Villa style, the house was extensively remodeled in the 1930s by Nashville architect, and son-in-law of Edgar and Gipsy Tichenor, Francis Boddie Warfield. Read More
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5th Street & I Street, Downtown Modesto, Modesto, CA, USA
The McHenry Mansion, built in 1883 by Robert McHenry, prominent local rancher/banker, is a fine example of the Victorian Italianate style of architecture. In 1923, it was converted into apartments and remained as such until 1976 when the Julio R. Gallo Foundation purchased it and donated it to the City of Modesto for restoration and for community use. The… Read More
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312 Spring St, Puyallup, WA, USA
A pioneer and leading citizen of Puyallup; first mayor, one-time Hop King, author Ezra Meeker became the self-appointed Champion of the Oregon Trail in 1906, when at the age of 76, accompanied by two oxen, a wagon, a driver and a dog, he made his way from his front yard to Washington D.C., by way of New York City.… Read More
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421 5th Avenue Northwest, Watertown, SD, USA
Home of the first governor of South Dakota, the 1883 house has been restored and furnished with articles belonging to the Mellette family. Read More
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4344 Shaw Boulevard, St. Louis, MO, USA
Located on the garden property is the 1849 Tower Grove House. The restored house was the residence of Henry Shaw, who founded the garden in 1858. The house features period furnishings, utensils, and clothing. Read More
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Montauk Historic Site, Harding Road, Clermont, IA, USA
Journey into the past at the home of Iowa's 12th governor, William Larrabee and Anna Larrabee, his wife. Enjoy a guided tour to see and hear how the Larrabee family furnished and maintained this 1874 vintage brick and natural limestone mansion for more than 100 years. All of the furnishings are original to the house. the State Historical Society… Read More
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1204 North Park Avenue, Indianapolis, IN, USA
The restored Second Empire style home was completed in 1865. The museum represents local Victorian family lifestyles using period furniture, rich floral carpets and draperies, elegant chandeliers, intricate mantelpieces and other woodwork. Read More
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523 South Webster Street, Naperville, IL, USA
The 13 acre museum village has 25 historic buildings and costumed docents to explain them all. Read More
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136 Front St, Brownsville, PA, USA
Originally built in 1790, the house was expanded and remodeled several times until it reached its current Victorian style. Read More
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5624 North Newark Avenue, Chicago, IL, USA
This house is the oldest extant house in Chicago. It is home to the Norwood Park Historical Society. Norwood Park is the name of the neighborhood the home is located in. Read More
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109 U.S. 77, Homer, NE 68030, USA
Captain Cornelius O'Connor was born in 1821 in County Cork, Ireland and came to the United States in 1829. He lived in Boston, Mass. and New York City before coming west with his wife Katherine (Duggan) and family in 1857. They took a steamer from St. Louis and landed on May 18 at the already-established St. John's Colony near… Read More
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901 N Maney Ave, Murfreesboro, TN, USA
Started in the 1820s, the house went through several additions. In the 1860s is was added on again and restyled into the Italianate mansion you see today. Read More
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20 West Vine Street, Oberlin, OH, USA
This award-winning museum complex includes three beautifully preserved historic sites, the Monroe House (1866), Jewett House (1884) and Schoolhouse (1836). Read More
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15788 Kelley Farm Rd, Elk River, MN, USA
Step onto a working 1860s farm, home to Oliver H. Kelley, founder of the first successful national farming organization, the Order of Patrons of Husbandry, better known as the Grange. Activities follow the farming cycle and change with the season, making each visit unique. Visitors can meet the animals in the barn, help work in the fields and gardens,… Read More
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672 11th Street, Oakland, CA, USA
Oakland's Pardee Home is one of the greatest architectural and historical treasures of Northern California. First-time visitors might initially be attracted by the exterior beauty of the house and its gardens, but after entering the house they learn of its outstanding historical importance and of its unique interiors and artifacts from throughout the world Read More
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400 South Walton Boulevard, Bentonville, AR, USA
The Peel Mansion was built in 1875 by Colonel Samuel West Peel. Much care was taken in erecting this magnificent house, a wonderful example of the Italianate Villa Style. Read More
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175 West Saint John Street, San Jose, CA, USA
The Peralta Adobe is San Jose's oldest address. Built in 1797, the Peralta Adobe is the last remaining structure from El Pueblo de San Jose de Guadalupe. The exquisite Fallon House was built in 1855 by one of San Jose's earliest mayors. The Victorian mansion showcases 15 fully furnished rooms typical of the Victorian period. Read More
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521 Columbia Street, Burlington, IA, USA
The beautiful Phelps House Museum stately graces the top of Snake Alley, known as the Crookedest street in the world. Family treasures from three generations of the Garret-Phelps family fill this Victorian Mansion home. Discover the Medical Memories of Burlington in the first Protestant Hospital in Des Moines County. Read More
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191 Court Street, Binghamton, NY, USA
The Phelps Mansion Museum was built in 1870 for Sherman D. Phelps, a local Binghamton businessman, by architect, Isaac G. Perry. The "Gem" is an exceptional example of the outstanding ability of Perry to coordinate into the design, beautiful rare woods, metal, and glass in the interior of the house. A beautiful Baccarat crystal chandelier from 1890 adorns the… Read More
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906 Main Street, Milford, OH, USA
Italianate mansion built in 1865 by William McGrew. Former home of John Pattison, 43rd Governor of Ohio. Beautifully restored to the late Victorian era. Exhibits change througout the year. On-site research and reference library. Read More
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1500 Ralston Avenue, Belmont, CA, USA
Ralston Hall Mansion was the country estate of William Chapman Ralston, a prominent and powerful San Francisco financier who founded the Bank of California. Purchasing the property from an Italian nobleman in 1864, Ralston began construction of an increasingly grand mansion, ultimately comprising over 80 rooms. He called his estate "Belmont Read More
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100 W Lafayette St, Ottawa, IL, USA
Built in 1856 for William Reddick. The Architects William B. Olmsted and Peter Nicholson designed a striking combination of brick and limestone facade in the Italianate style, elaborate plaster ceilings, pure white Italian marble fireplaces, and hand grained wood work. The restored rooms return to the grandeur of life in 1875. Read More
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3070 N Shoreline Blvd, Mountain View, CA, USA
The Rengstorff House is Mountain View's oldest historic house. It is one of the finest examples of Victorian Italianate architecture on the west coast. Read More