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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]
The mansion was built in 1883 for Daniel Waggoner, owner of the Waggoner Ranch. [2] [3] [5] It was designed in the Victorian architectural style. [2] It comprises sixteen rooms and six bathrooms, with two bedrooms on the ground floor and four bedrooms on the first floor. [2] The house was inherited by Daniel Waggoner's son, William Thomas ...
Woodlawn, also known as the Pease Mansion as well as Governor Shivers’ Mansion, is a pre-Civil War mansion located at 30.2871° -97.7581° in Austin, Texas. The Greek Revival style house was owned by two Texas governors. Some notable people that have visited the mansion include Sam Houston, General George Custer, Elisabet Ney, Will Rogers ...
The Biltmore Estate, America's largest mansion, was commissioned by George Vanderbilt in 1889. It required six years and the skilled hands of local craftsmen to complete this French Renaissance ...
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The Waggoner Ranch is a historic ranch located 13 miles south of Vernon, Texas, in north Texas near the Red River and Oklahoma border. Founded in 1852 by Daniel Waggoner, [2] it is the largest ranch within one fence in the United States. [3] [4] The land has been used to raise crops, beef cattle, and horses and to produce oil.
The stunning 1910 estate is known as the Baldridge House in Fort Worth. Historic mansion — with a built-in bank vault — sells for $6.1M in Texas. Check it out
The house also had an observatory in the main complex. Although part of the house, it was structurally independent from the rest of the house in order to damp out vibrations, as they ruined long-exposure space photos. Britannia Manor was designed by designer/architect, Alan Barley, of Barley & Pfeiffer Architects in Austin, Texas.