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Gilded Age mansions were lavish houses built between 1870 and the early 20th century by some of the richest people in the United States. These estates were raised by the nation's industrial, financial and commercial elite, who amassed great fortunes in era of expansion of the tobacco, railroad, steel, and oil industries coinciding with a lack ...
Octagon House in Watertown, Wisconsin, built 1853 David Van Gelder Octagon House in Catskill, New York, built 1860, photographed on January 13, 2008. This is a list of octagon houses. The style became popular in the United States and Canada following the publication of Orson Squire Fowler's 1848 book The Octagon House, A Home for All.
Thoreau Birth House—Built by John Wheeler circa 1730; Henry David Thoreau born in the house in 1817; house moved 300 yards to its current location in 1878. Robbins House—Built circa 1790–1800; home of Caesar Robbins, a formerly enslaved African-American and Revolutionary War veteran.
[13] [14] The Autrey House Museum, a dogtrot house built in 1849, is located in Dubach; the home is believed to be the oldest extant structure in Lincoln Parish. [15] At Louisiana State University in Shreveport, the Pioneer Heritage Center [16] hosts the Thrasher House, [17] a two-room dogtrot house built in 1850 by Thomas Zilks near Castor ...
Pages in category "Houses completed in 1800" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 236 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Aberdeen c. 1800; Adam Thoroughgood House, c. 1719; Agecroft Hall, late 15th century, Lancashire, England—English Tudor manor house transplanted to Richmond and reconstructed by Thomas C. Williams, Jr. in 1925; The Anchorage 1749, Northumberland County; Ampthill 1730, Richmond, Virginia, Built by Henry Cary, Jr. and was later owned by Colonel ...
Constructed by Thomas D. Carneal, one of Covington's founders; built 1815; Catlett House/Beechmoor (Catlettsburg) – Home of Alexander and Horatio Catlett, founders of Catlettsburg; built 1812; Colson House (Middlesboro) – Oldest remaining house in Bell County; built 1800; Conrad-Caldwell House – Richardsonian-style mansion located within ...
Pages in category "Buildings and structures completed in 1800" The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. C.