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- Alden Kindred and Alden Museum - A 17th century house located in Duxbury, MA., has no plumbing, electricity, or modern kitchen and has always been owned by the family.
www.alden.org
- Apsley House - Home of the Dukes of Wellington since 1817, the museum exhibits fine art paintings, porcelains, silver, and military memorabilia.
www.vam.ac.uk/vastatic/microsites/apsley
- Ascott House - UK National Trust garden and property previously in the ownership of the Rothschild family. Includes contact information.
www.ascottestate.co.uk
- Ashland: The Henry Clay Estate - Museum and National Historic Landmark, reflecting the prominence of Henry Clay, a statesman who was a major political figure in the first half of the 1800s.
www.henryclay.org
- Astor House Museum - Restored as a late Victorian hotel built in 1867, Astor House Museum exhibits the way of life of legislators, miners, cowboys, and families in early Golden, Colorado.
www.astorhousemuseum.org
- Astors' Beechwood Mansion - An ocean front mansion located in Newport, Rhode Island, is the former home of Caroline Astor, the mother of John Jacob Astor IV, who died on the RMS Titanic.
www.astors-beechwood.com/Home.html
- Baker Cabin - Built in 1856 it is the only cantilevered log cabin in Oregon. Located in Oregon City it is now owned by the Baker Cabin Historical Society, which is gradually restoring the homestead.
endoftheoregontrail.org/bakercbn.html
- Bala Museum - Memories of Lucy Maud Montgomery - In Bala, Muskoka, the Bala Museum features memories of Lucy Maud Montgomery, famous for writing Anne of Green Gables.
www.bala.net/museum/index.html
- Betsy Ross House - The residence of Betsy Ross from 1773 to 1786 is preserved as the historic house where she made her first American flag.
www.fieldtrip.com/pa/56275343.htm
- Bonelli House Museum - Visit turn of the century Arizona at the restored and preserved Bonelli House Museum in Kingman, Arizona.
www.ctaz.com/~mocohist/museum/bonel.htm#MOHAVE
- Broadgreen Historic House - Historic 19th century cob house. Includes visiting hours, a brief history of the Buxton family, services offered, and photographs. Located in Nelson, New Zealand.
www.geocities.com/broadgreen_house
- Brubacher Farm House - Located in Waterloo, Ontario, Brubacher Farm House was constructed in 1850. It is furnished with Pennsylvania German Mennonite furnishings from the 1850-90 period.
grebel.uwaterloo.ca/bhouse/index.html
- Burritt Museum and Park - Burritt Mansion is part of a 167-acre park.
www.ci.huntsville.al.us/Burritt
- Bush House - Tour a Salem, Oregon landmark Victorian home built by Oregon pioneer businessman Asahel Bush II in 1877-78.
www.oregonlink.com/bush_house
- Charles Macdonald House of Centreville Society - Dedicated to the man, Charles Macdonald and the times he lived in. He was a artist, craftsman, social activist and business owner. A pioneer in concrete construction in Nova Scotia.
www3.ns.sympatico.ca/cbfour1/cmhocs
- Cliveden of the National Trust - Philadelphia historic house museum features original 18th century furnishings and decorative arts, including colonial Philadelphia craftsmanship by James Reynolds, Jonathan Gostelowe and Thomas Affleck.
cliveden.org
- Colonel Black Mansion - Maine's Woodlawn is the 300 acre estate of the Col. John Black, built in 1824 and bequeathed to the public in 1928 by George Nixon Black, Jr., grandson of Colonel Black.
ellsworthme.org/cbmm
- Cossit House - Located close to both St. Patrick's Museum and the historic St. George's Church, Cossit House is operated by the Old Sydney Society for the Nova Scotia Museum.
museum.gov.ns.ca/ch/index.htm
- Cranbrook Museum - Information on the Wealden house located in Kent, England.
www.localmuseum.freeserve.co.uk
- Croft House Museum - A Shetland croft of the 19th century, comprised of a house, steading and watermill.
www.shetland-museum.org.uk/crofthouse
- Daniel Gebhart Tavern Museum - Authentically furnished and restored 1811 log tavern museum in Miamisburg, Ohio.
gebharttavernmuseum.freeyellow.com/index.html
- David Davis Mansion State Historic Site - Victorian home of Judge David Davis, a friend of Abraham Lincoln, located in Bloomington, Illinois. The mansion, built in late 1800s has been restored to its original splendor.
www.lookingforlincoln.com/blooming.htm
- Eastgate House - Home of the Charles Dickens Centre and museum dedicated to the writer.
www.medwaytowns.com/eastgate.html
- Eisenhower National Historic Site - Home and farm of President Dwight D. Eisenhower, located in Gettysburg, PA.
www.nps.gov/eise/home.htm
- Fairfax House - Located in York, England, Fairfax House is home to the famous Noel Terry collection.
www.fairfaxhouse.co.uk
- Firle Place: Historic House. - Firle Place was home to the Gage family for more than 500 years.
www.firlestreet.freeserve.co.uk
- Frederick Douglass National Historic Site - Frederick Douglass purchased his final home in 1877, and named it Cedar Hill.
www.nps.gov/frdo/freddoug.html
- Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Home - Olmsted moved his home to suburban Boston in 1883 and established at ?Fairsted,? the world's first full-scale professional office for the practice of landscape design.
www.nps.gov/frla/home.htm
- Gadsby's Tavern Museum - Today a historic house museum, the tavern is one of the few remaining 18th century taverns in America. Located in Alexandria, Virginia.
oha.ci.alexandria.va.us/gadsby
- Garrett Historic Home - Built in 1867 as the commanding officers residence. For 23 years, it sheltered colonels, captains, and majors who commanded in the last years of Fort Gibson.
hometown.aol.com/AGKII98/GarrettHistoricHomeindex.html
- Glencoe Museum - Historic 1870 home built by Gen. Gabriel Colvin Wharton and located in Radford, VA. Exhibits include period rooms, decorative arts, and temporary exhibits.
home.i-plus.net/glencoemuseum
- Glessner House Museum - Located in Chicago, Illinois, Glessner House was finished in 1887, one year after the architect, Henry Hobson Richardson's death.
glessnerhouse.org
- Gomez Mill House Museum - Exhibits the history of early pioneer Sephardic Jews in America. Includes online exhibits, visitor information, and museum history.
www.gomez.org
- Gore Place - Gore Place, located in Waltham, Massachusetts offers guided tours of the 1806 mansion and a full calendar of events.
www.goreplace.org
- Governor William Larrabee - Located in Montauk, the house of the Governor of Iowa from the late 1800s.
members.aol.com/montaukiowa/montauk.htm
- Haliburton House - Haliburton's one-and-a-half story wooden villa, set on a 40-acre estate overlooking Windsor, was built in 1836.
museum.gov.ns.ca/hh/index.htm
- Harewood House - The restoration of historic buildings ranging from Home Farm to Harewood Castle, and the protection and development of wildlife habitats and the maintenance of listed parkland.
216.92.23.157/nav-shocked/index4.htm
- Hildene Museum - Historic summer home of Robert Todd Lincoln in Manchester, Vermont.
www.hildene.org
- Historic Deepwood Estate Museum - Tour Salem Oregon's ornate 1894 multi-gabled, Queen Anne style home. Povey stained glass and exceptional craftsmanship throughout.
www.oregonlink.com/deepwood
- Historic Georgetown, Inc. - Residential interpretation of the Georgetown-Silver Plume National Historic Landmark District includes Hamill House, Bowman-White House, Kneisel House, Tucker-Rutherford Cottage and the Johnson Log Cabin.
www.historicgeorgetown.org
- Historic House Museums in Ohio - The Victorian Preservation Association's guide to historic house museums in Ohio.
www.vpa.org/museumsoh.html
- Historic Latta Plantation - Historic farm museum that demonstrates the lifestyles of planters, slaves, and settlers of back country North Carolina.
www.lattaplantation.org
- Historic Rosedale Plantation - Built in 1815, Rosedale Plantation and its gardens have been lovingly restored and are open to the public for tours.
libweb.uncc.edu/archives/crhc/rosedale.htm
- Hotel de Paris Museum - The National Society of Colonial Dames of America in Colorado acquired the hotel in 1954 and turned it into a museum. Originally established by Frenchman Louis Dupuy in 1875.
www.hoteldeparismuseum.org
- Huntington Homestead - The Birthplace of Samuel Huntington, signer of the Declaration of Independence. Located in Scotland, CT.
huntingtonhomestead.org
- Huntington House Museum - Map, flyer, restoration updates, and images from the turn of the century home located in Windsor, CT.
members.aol.com/huntingtonmuseum
- Hutchison House Museum - Owned and operated by the Peterborough Historical Society, depicting pioneer life in Ontario 1840-1860. Tours, Scottish Teas, Bookshop.
www.nexicom.net/~history
- Indian King Tavern Museum - Features a virtual tour of the colonial tavern, a premiere example of eighteenth-century colonial tavern architecture as well as the site where New Jersey was legally created.
www.levins.com/tavern.html
- Iolani Palace - The official residence of King Kalakaua and Queen Lili`uokalani, the last monarchs of Hawai`i.
www.iolanipalace.org
- Jason Lee House - Tour 1841 home of Oregon pioneer Jason Lee, located in Salem, Oregon.
www.oregonlink.com/mission_mill/jasonleehouse
- John D. Boon House - 1847 house is believed to be the oldest single family dwelling in Salem, Oregon.
www.oregonlink.com/mission_mill/johnboonhouse
- Joseph Schneider Haus Museum and Gallery - House museum with galleries and archives dedicated to the heritage of Kitchener, Ontario.
www.region.waterloo.on.ca/web/region.nsf/c56e308f49bfeb7885256abc0071ec9a/33237bdcdca24c6f85256b0500528a5a!OpenDocument
- Jutland Manor House Museum - With a history dating to the 15th century, this museum was originally the home to two noble Jutland families, the Broks and Scheels.
www.kulturnet.dk/homes/dlmuseum/indexe.htm
- Keats - Shelley House - Find our about the architects, painters, musicians and poets who all lodged here, including John Keats, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Mary Shelley, Tobias Smollet, George Eliot, Goethe, Coleridge, Shelley, Byron, and Joyce.
heritage.virtualsite.co.uk/keats
- Keep Homestead Museum - A House Museum in Western Massachusetts with an Extensive Button Collection, Nature Trails
www.keephomesteadmuseum.org
- Kerr Place - 1799 manor house located in Onancock, Virginia on the Chesapeake Bay's lower Eastern Shore. Exhibits include period furnishings and decorative arts.
www.esva.com/kerrplace.htm
- Kykuit, The Rockefeller Estate - A grand house built by family patriarch John D. Rockefeller; it is now open to the public. A description, tour hours, on-line ticket orders, and Rockefeller biographies are found here.
www.hudsonvalley.org/web/kyku-main.html
- Laura Ingalls Wilder Historic Home and Museum - Mansfield, Missouri.
www.lauraingallswilderhome.com
- Lawrence House - Built in 1870, the museums is representative of the homes of Nova Scotia's prosperous small-town shipbuilders, owners and captains in the "Golden Age of Sail".
www.ednet.ns.ca/educ/museum/lh
- Liberty Hall Historic Site - Located in historic downtown Frankfort the site contains two houses: Liberty Hall (c. 1796) built by John Brown, Kentucky's first United States Senator and the Orlando Brown House (c. 1835), designed by Gideon Shryock, 19th century Kentucky architect, and owned by Senator Brown's youngest son.
www.libertyhall.org
- Locust Grove Historic Home - The ca. 1790 Georgian mansion and National Historic Landmark served as the last home of General George Rogers Clark, Revolutionary War hero and founder of Louisville, KY.
www.locustgrove.org
- Longyear Museum - Historic documentation and artifactual material on Mary Baker Eddy's life and achievements, and those of her early followers.
www.longyear.org
- Louis Armstrong House and Archives - Celebrating the life and work of Jazz great Louis Armstrong.
www.satchmo.net
- Luther Burbank Home and Gardens - A living history museum with house tours.
www.parks.sonoma.net/burbank.html
- Lyndhurst, A National Trust Historic Site - Gothic Revival mansion and historic Hudson Valley estate overlooking the Hudson River in Tarrytown, NY. Site includes a virtual tour of Lyndhurst and a calendar of events.
www.lyndhurst.org
- MacDonald House Museum - Dedicated to the settlers of Cape Breton, Nova Scotia and displays an 1850's gothic style home, 1930s school, and barn with wagons and implements.
www3.ns.sympatico.ca/paulinemacl/index.html
- McCulloch House - Home of Thomas McCulloch, first president of Dalhousie College, the museum contains furnishings and personal items.
museum.gov.ns.ca/mch/index.htm
- McLoughlin House National Historic Site - Built in 1845 and located in Oregon City, Oregon, the house and its furnishings have been fully restored to be authentic to the mid-Nineteenth Century, when McLoughlin occupied the home.
endoftheoregontrail.org/mchouse.html
- Methodist Parsonage - Tour 1841 Methodist Parsonage in Salem, Oregon.
www.oregonlink.com/mission_mill/parsonage
- Milton House National Historic Landmark - A stop on the Underground Railroad.
www.miltonhouse.org
- Mission Houses Museum - A historic house museum of the early 19th-century with a library and gift shop. Annual events include craft fairs, quilt exhibitions, and living history events.
www.lava.net/~mhm/main.htm
- Molly Brown House Museum - Learn about the life and times of "Unsinkable" Molly Brown in her restored Victorian home in Denver, Colorado
www.mollybrown.com
- North Hills Museum - Operated by the Historic Restoration Society of Annapolis County for the Nova Scotia Museum.
museum.gov.ns.ca/nhm/index.htm
- North House Museum - History museum and library of Greenbrier County, West Virginia. Contains the collections of the Greenbrier Historical Society, including many examples of early Virginia furnishings.
www.greenbrierhistorical.org/nhx.html
- Old Meeting House - A community meeting house built in 1765, it served as a religious meeting house and for community meetings and elections.
museum.gov.ns.ca/omh/index.htm
- Orchard House - Nineteenth century museum home of Louisa May Alcott, writer of Little Women and of the Alcott family, in Concord, Massachusetts.
www.louisamayalcott.org
- Oshawa Community Museum and Archives - Comprised of three historic homes in Lakeview Park on the shore of Lake Ontario. The Museum brings Oshawa's history to life through guided tours, historic walks, workshops and educational programming.
www.oshawamuseum.org
- Paarl Museum - This charming museum houses period furniture and exhibits of the history of Paarl and its people.
www.museums.org.za/paarlmuseum
- Perkins House - The oldest house in the Nova Scotia Museum collection was built in 1766 for Simeon Perkins, a Connecticut native who came to Nova Scotia in 1762.
museum.gov.ns.ca/peh/index.htm
- Philip Porcher House - A circa 1770 Georgian style home located in the heart of the historic district of Charleston, South Carolina.
www.bbonline.com/sc/porcher
- Pope-Leighey House - Frank Lloyd Wright's Usonian house was developed as a means of providing affordable housing for people of moderate means.
www.nationaltrust.org/national_trust_sites/pope_leighey.html
- Prescott House - Georgian-style home of local brick built from 1814-1816.
museum.gov.ns.ca/prh/index.htm
- President Benjamin Harrison Home - Former home of President Benjamin Harrison and now a museum exhibiting the different stages of Harrison's life and career: his years as a lawyer, his role in the Civil War, and his years as President. Located in Indianapolis, IN.
www.surf-ici.com/harrison
- Rancho Camulos Museum - A 40 acre National Historic Landmark, situated within an 1800 acre working ranch.
www.ranchocamulos.org
- Raynham Hall Historic House Museum - A historic home on the shores of Oyster Bay, Long Island, revealing life from the American Revolution to the beginning of the Gold Coast.
www.raynhamhallmuseum.org
- Reynolda House, Museum of American Art - Historic house museum filled with masterpieces of American art and surrounded by formal gardens, shops and restaurants. Located in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
www.reynoldahouse.org
- Richard Salter Storrs House - 1786 home of New England's Storrs family. Museum features 18th century furnishings and decorative arts. Maintained by the Longmeadow Historical Society.
www.antiquing.com/houses/storrs.htm
- Ross Thomson House - This museum is located in Shelbourne, Nova Scotia.
museum.gov.ns.ca/rth
- Sand Historic House - Historic house and garden, situated in the picturesque regency seaside resort of Sidmouth.
www.eastdevon.net/sand
- Schmidt House - Josephine County Historical Society in Oregon preserves this historical home located in Grants Pass.
www.webtrail.com/jchs/schmidt.html
- Scone Palace - The ancient Crowning Place of the Kings and Queens of Scotland was at Scone Palace, near Perth.
www.scone-palace.net
- Shand House - The Shand family built this ornate late-Victorian house in 1890-91.
museum.gov.ns.ca/sh
- St. Louis' Historic House Museums - Six house museums open to the public for individual and group tours.
stlouis.missouri.org/501c/house-museum
- Surratt House Museum - Surratt House Museum focuses on the Abraham Lincoln assassination conspiracy and illustrates life in mid 19th century America. Located in Clinton, Maryland.
www.surratt.org
- The Barnum House Museum - Early nineteenth century neo-classical house located in Grafton, Ontario, Canada. Museum includes house history, special events and exhibits.
www.barnumhouse.ca
- The Cooke House - The Eleutheros Cooke House was built by Sandusky, Ohio's first lawyer and the father of Jay Cooke, the financier of the Civil War, in 1843-1844.
www.topinteractive.com/cookehouse
- The Decatur House Museum - A National Trust Historic Site - Built for Naval hero Stephen Decatur in 1817 and designed by architect Benjamin Henry Latrobe. Visitors may tour the house and gardens, and enjoy furnishings from two decorative eras.
decaturhouse.org
- The Dickens House Museum - Dickens's 19th century home in London, now preserved as a historic house museum.
www.dickensmuseum.com
- The Earle-Harrison House and Gardens on 5th Street - An 1858 historic home located in Waco, Texas with 5 acres of gardens.
www.earleharrison.com
- The Emily Dickinson Homestead - Home of Emily Dickinson now a National Historic Landmark owned by the Trustees of Amherst College.
www.dickinsonhomestead.org
- The Eugene Field House and St. Louis Toy Museum - The Eugene Field House and St. Louis Toy Museum is the former home of the famous poet Eugene Field, the poet of childhood. It has an extensive collection of 19th century toys and furnishings.
www.eugenefieldhouse.org
- The Felt Manor Guest House - The French Second Empire mansion overlooking Galena and the surrounding countryside. Built by Lucius Felt in 1848.
www.feltmanor.com
- The Hay House - Built in the late 1850s in an elaborate Italianate style by entrepreneur William Johnston.
www.georgiatrust.org/hay.html
- The Hermitage Historic House - It was a Revolutionary War headquarters of Washington and the site of Aaron Burr's marriage to Theodosia Prevost. Furnishings reflect late Victorian lifestyle.
thehermitage.org
- The House of Merchants - Folk Museum - Located in southern Iceland, the House of Merchants, built in 1765, is one of the oldest surviving buildings in Iceland. Exhibits display local history and the role of the house through the centuries.
www.south.is/husid/english.html
- The House of the Seven Gables - Located north of Boston, Massachusetts, constitutes its own national historic district with a collection of six houses on The National Register of Historic Places.
www.7gables.org
- The John and Annie Glenn Museum and Exploration Center - John Glenns home as an historic site for the collection, preservation, and display of artifacts and memorabilia, and to create an exploration center in the Village of New Concord for 20th century history and educational programs.
www.johnglennhome.org
- The Karen Blixen Museum. - Dedicated to the life and memory of one of Denmark's great writers, Karen Blixen, also know as Isak Dinesen.
www.karen-blixen.dk
- The Martha Berry Museum - Museum featuring the life of Martha Berry and her life's work, Berry College, in Mount Berry, Georgia.
www.berry.edu/oakhill
- The Mary McLeod Bethune Council House - Her last official Washington, DC residence and the first headquarters of the National Council of Negro Women.
www.nps.gov/mamc
- The McFaddin-Ward House Museum - Built in 1906 in Beaumont, Texas, the museum is one of the few remaining Beaux Arts Colonial-style houses in the United States.
www.mcfaddin-ward.org
- The Ruggles House - Located in Columbia Falls, Maine the house is a Federal style small mansion furnished with period antiques and features a "flying" staircase and intricate carving in drawing room.
home.midmaine.com/~ruggles
- The Sherlock Holmes Museum - Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson lived at 221b Baker Street between 1881-1904, according to the stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
www.sherlock-holmes.co.uk/historic_houses.html
- The Susan B. Anthony House - Home and artifacts of Susan B. Anthony in Rochester, NY. Museum and National Historic Landmark of the champion of suffrage, abolition, temperance and equal rights.
www.susanbanthonyhouse.org
- The Vermont Legislature State House - After 140 years, the house still commands the landscape of Montpelier, the smallest capital city in America. The House and Senate chambers are the oldest legislative chambers in their original condition anywhere in the country.
www.leg.state.vt.us/sthouse/sthouse.htm
- The Williams Residence - An 1889 New Orleans townhouse restored by General L. Kemper and Leila Williams in the 1940s.
www.hnoc.org/willres.htm
- Thomas Edison House - This museum explores Kentucky's connection to American inventor, Thomas Alva Edison, who worked in Louisville as a telegrapher from 1866-67.
www.edisonhouse.org
- Tudor Place - Located in Georgetown Washington, D.C., as a house of architectural distinction lived in by six generations of the same family from 1805 to 1984. Set in over five acres of garden.
www.tudorplace.org
- Uniacke Museum Estate Museum Park - This was the property of Attorney-General, Richard John Uniacke. It was built between 1813 and 1815.
museum.gov.ns.ca/uemp/index.htm
- Vizcaya Museum and Gardens - Vizcaya Museum and Gardens is an Italian Renaissance-style villa and formal gardens built in 1916 as the winter residence of industrialist James Deering.
www.co.miami-dade.fl.us/parks/mpattra2.htm
- Voigt House Victorian Museum - Built in 1895, the house bespoke the prosperity and social status of the Carl G.A. Voigt family.
www.grmuseum.org/voigt/index.htm
- Wayne County Historical Society and Museum - Located in Wooster, Ohio, the Wayne County Historical Society's campus is based around the General Reasin Beall homestead.
www.waynehistorical.org
- Wenham Museum - A museum of family life exhibiting how Americans have lived, dressed, worked and played from the 17th century to today. Located in Wenham, Massachusetts.
www.wenhammuseum.org
- Wilton House Museum - Wilton House, located in Richmond, Virginia was completed in 1753. The Randolphs resided here for over one hundred years.
www.wiltonhousemuseum.org
- Woodrow Wilson House - Presidential museum and National Trust Historic site. Woodrow Wilson history, calendar of events and exhibitions, educational programs, tour preview, staff directory, directions and rental information.
www.woodrowwilsonhouse.org
- Wyck: Historic House and Gardens - Historic home to nine generations of the same Quaker family. Located in the Germantown section of Philadelphia, Wyck houses over 10,000 pieces of original furnishings.
www.wyck.org
- Wyckoff House and Association, Inc. - Association created to promote interest in Pieter Claesen Wyckoff, his descendants, and in the Wyckoff House Museum located in the Flatlands section of Brooklyn, New York.
www.wyckoffassociation.org
- Wylie House Museum - Built in 1835 and the home of Indiana University's first president, Andrew Wylie, and his family, the museum recreates the Wylie home of the 1840s.
www.indiana.edu/~libwylie
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