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property details Address – 7311 Jenkins Hill Rd, Edisto Island, SC 29438Built in – 1810Beds – 5Baths – 6Living Area – 8,235sqftLot Size – 300 Acres LotProperty Type – SingleFamily Introduction Tucked along Steamboat Creek on South Carolina’s Edisto Island, Seabrook Plantation is a remarkable survivor from the early nineteenth century. The Federal-style house was built […]
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property details Address – 615 NW 20th Ave, Portland, OR 97209Built in – 1892 Introduction At the corner of NW 20th Avenue and Hoyt Street in Portland stands a house that feels almost unexpected in the Pacific Northwest. Built in 1892 for physician Kenneth A.J. Mackenzie and his wife, Cora, the Mackenzie House is a
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property details Address – 8 Lindenwold Ter, Ambler, PA 19002Built in – 1893Beds – 6Baths – 4Living Area – 7,102sqftLot Size – 0.83 Acres LotProperty Type –Single Family Residence Introduction Standing behind mature trees in Ambler, Pennsylvania, Linden Gate is the kind of Victorian home that seems to belong to another era. Built in 1893, the
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property details Address – 77 W Chestnut Street, Kingston, NY 12401Built in – 1896Beds – 3Baths – 3 Introduction High above Kingston’s Rondout Waterfront, the Coykendall House is the sort of building that makes you stop before you have even reached the front door. Rose-colored brick, pale sandstone trim and a tall round turret give the
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property details Address – 26335 Forest Ln, Twin Peaks, California 92391Built in – 1937Sold (June 2026) for $451,000Beds – 3Baths – 2Living Area – 1,110 Sq. Ft.Lot Size – 0.42 AcresProperty Type – Single-Family Residence Introduction Some homes are remembered for their size. Others are admired for luxury or extravagant architecture. This cabin is different.
History Long before it acquired its famous dome and theatrical Victorian decoration, the Armour–Stiner House began as a comparatively modest experiment in progressive domestic design. In 1858, Manhattan financier Paul J. Armour purchased two acres along West Clinton Avenue in Irvington. By about 1860, he had completed a two-story octagonal residence with a raised basement,
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Introduction Standing in Spokane’s historic Browne’s Addition neighborhood, the Patsy Clark Mansion is a striking reminder of the wealth and ambition that shaped the city during its late-nineteenth-century mining boom. The residence was designed in 1897 by celebrated Spokane architect Kirtland K. Cutter for Irish-born mining magnate Patrick “Patsy” Clark, who asked for a home
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property details Address – 442 States Prison Hollow Road, Starksboro, VT 05487Built in – 1799Price – $775,000Beds – 2Baths – 2Living Area – 1,656 sqftLot Size – 2.1 Acres LotProperty Type – Single Family Residence About this home On a rocky stretch of Lewis Creek in Starksboro, an eighteenth-century gristmill has found an unexpectedly warm second
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property details Address – 1224 3rd St S, Stillwater, MN 55082Built in – 1872Beds – 4Baths – 4Living Area – 3,770 sqftLot Size – 0.27 Acres Lot About this home Some historic homes quietly blend into their surroundings; the Castle House does exactly the opposite. Built in 1872 on a prominent double corner lot in Stillwater,
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property details Address – 809 & 819 Hall St, Saint Joseph, MO 64501Built in – 1885Price – $1,500,000Beds – 8Baths – 10Living Area – 9,850sqftLot Size – 1.83 Acres LotProperty Type – Single Family Residence Introduction High on a bluff overlooking downtown St. Joseph and the Missouri River, Shakespeare Chateau occupies one of the most distinguished
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