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This is a list of the 100+ largest extant and historic houses in the United States, ordered by area of the main house. The list includes houses that have been demolished, houses that are currently under construction, and buildings that are not currently, but were previously used as private homes. [1]
Hampton Mansion: the former largest home in America was the home to 7 generations of the Ridgely family in Towson, Maryland; Homewood: the historical 1800 Federal-style house of Charles Carroll Jr. in Baltimore, Maryland; Edgar Allan Poe House and Museum, Baltimore, Maryland
Longwood, also known as Nutt's Folly, is a historic antebellum octagonal mansion located at 140 Lower Woodville Road in Natchez, Mississippi, United States.Built in part by enslaved people, [4] [5] the mansion is on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places, and is a National Historic Landmark.
The home is now part of Salem Maritime National Historic Site. The site has 12 historic structures, including the Customs House, and a replica of the sailing ship Friendship of Salem. Elihu Akin House: Dartmouth: MA 1762 Residential Home of the Akin family, a colonial family instrumental in the American Revolutionary War in Southeastern ...
Built by Major Thomas Snowden and his wife Anne, the house is now a National Historic Landmark operated as a house museum. The home and 70 acres (28 ha) remain of what was once a slave plantation of about 9,000 acres (3,600 ha). [5] It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1970, primarily for its architecture. [1] [4]
The theatre continues to produce live plays and has a museum of artifacts related to Lincoln, and the Petersen House, the first historic home purchased by the U.S. government, is furnished as it was the night Lincoln died. [39] Fort Bowie: Arizona: 999.45 acres (4.0446 km 2) A United States Army outpost established in 1862 by the California ...
Childhood home of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis; Gardens designed by landscape architect Beatrix Farrand [154] [155] more images: Selma (Leesburg, Virginia) 1902: Colonial Revival: Noland and Baskerville: Leesburg: Built by Elijah B. White a wealthy Virginia banker who at the time was the largest exporter of grain in the United States. [156] Lewis ...
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