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  2. These abandoned historic homes are on sale for as little as ...

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    The house is located in the Old West End National Historic District, where visitors can find a number of Victorian and Edwardian homes. The home is currently listed for $46,000. Talley House in ...

  3. Painted ladies - Wikipedia

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    Victorian houses in the Haight-Ashbury neighborhood of San Francisco, California. Approximately 48,000 houses in the Victorian and Edwardian styles were built in San Francisco between 1849 and 1915 (with the change from Victorian to Edwardian occurring on the death of Queen Victoria in 1901). Many were painted in bright colors.

  4. Edwardian architecture - Wikipedia

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    Belfast City Hall, an example of Edwardian Baroque architecture or "Wrenaissance", in Northern Ireland. Edwardian architecture usually refers to a Neo-Baroque architectural style that was popular for public buildings in the British Empire during the Edwardian era (1901–1910). Architecture up to 1914 is commonly included in this style. [1]

  5. List of Gilded Age mansions - Wikipedia

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    Purchased by the Republic of Poland in 1973 to house its Consulate General [85] more images: James A. Burden House: 1905: Italian Renaissance: Warren & Wetmore: New York City: Today, it houses the lower school of the Convent of the Sacred Heart [86] more images: Morton F. Plant House: 1905: Neo-Renaissance: Robert W. Gibson Thierry W. Despont ...

  6. Terraced houses in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    A row of typical British terraced houses in Manchester. Terraced houses have been popular in the United Kingdom, particularly England and Wales, since the 17th century. They were originally built as desirable properties, such as the townhouses for the nobility around Regent's Park in central London, and the Georgian architecture that defines the World Heritage Site of Bath.

  7. Destruction of country houses in 20th-century Britain - Wikipedia

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    During the 20th century, the dispersal of a country house's contents became a frequent event. The sale of Mentmore Towers' contents highlighted the issue.. Two years before the beginning of World War I, on 4 May 1912, the British magazine Country Life carried a seemingly unremarkable advertisement: the roofing balustrade and urns from the roof of Trentham Hall could be purchased for £200. [9]

  8. Edwardian era - Wikipedia

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    Edwardian Britain had large numbers of male and female domestic servants, in both urban and rural areas. [75] Middle- and upper-class women relied on servants to run their homes smoothly. Servants were provided with food, clothing, housing, and a small wage, and lived in a self-enclosed social system within their employer's house. [76]

  9. How Hill House - Wikipedia

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    How Hill House is a large Edwardian house in How Hill, an area of Ludham parish, Norfolk, England. The house overlooks the River Ant and is within the Broads National Park . The house was designed in the vernacular revival style by the English architect Edward Thomas Boardman in 1903 who intended it to be his family's country retreat.