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Image credits: Old-time Photos To learn more about the fascinating world of photography from the past, we got in touch with Ed Padmore, founder of Vintage Photo Lab.Ed was kind enough to have a ...
We live in an old (circa 1888, we think) house on East Mulberry Street in Lancaster. We like the house, the street, the city, the county, and each other. We’ve been together for 38 years and in ...
Houses are increasingly being designated as historic in the United States as a way to resuscitate neighbourhoods and increase the economic health of surrounding urban areas. [3] Designating a house as historic tends to increase the value of the house as well as others in the same neighbourhood.
Felix Vallé House State Historic Site, Ste. Genevieve, Missouri—c1818 Colonial, Federal style; Beauvais-Amoureux House, Ste. Genevieve, Missouri—c1792 French Colonial; Bequette-Ribault House, Ste. Genevieve, Missouri—c1790s French Colonial; Louis Bolduc House, Ste. Genevieve, Missouri—circa 1785 French Colonial
Many historic houses in Virginia are notable sites. The U.S. state of Virginia was home to many of America's Founding Fathers, four of the first five U.S. presidents, as well as many important figures of the Confederacy. As one of the earliest locations of European settlement in America, Virginia has some of the oldest buildings in the nation.
In some old houses, the little doors are designated storage space for a card table! These small spaces were meant to keep card tables—which almost everyone had in the 1950s—tucked away neat ...
The Grove, known officially as the Call/Collins House at The Grove, is an antebellum plantation house located in Tallahassee, Leon County, Florida. Territorial Governor Richard Keith Call constructed The Grove circa 1840. By 1851, Call deeded the property to his daughter, Ellen Call Long, who owned it until 1903. Long's granddaughter, Reinette ...
[1] [2] The rest of the examples are approximate (indicated with a "circa" or "c.") and based on architectural studies and historical records. Its estimated that only five houses in total have been documented enough to firmly establish they were built during this time period. [ 3 ]