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 of both governmental regulation and the absence of a personal income tax. The manor homes and city seats were designed by prominent architects of the day and decorated with antiquities, furniture, and works of art from the world over.
Many of the wealthy had undertaken grand tours of Europe, during which they admired the estates of the nobility. Seeing themselves as their American equivalent, they wished to emulate the old world dwellings on American soil, and spent extravagantly to do so, often seeking to one-up each other. Concentrations of such homes developed in the financial centers and resorts of the Northeast, the industrial heartland of the Upper Midwest, and in the rapidly expanding regions of the West Coast, with vacation homes also appearing prominently in Florida.
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Tacon Barfield House | 1901 | Queen Anne | George Franklin Barber | Mobile | Today a private residence |
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Rosson House | 1895 | Queen Anne | George Franklin Barber | Phoenix | Today a historic house museum in Heritage Square |
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Hornibrook House | 1888 | Queen Anne | Little Rock | Part of Governor's Mansion Historic District |
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Richthofen Castle | 1887 | Gothic Revival, Tudor Revival | Alexander Cazin Maurice Biscoe and Henry Hewitt (1910 renovation) Jacques Benedict (1924 renovation) |
Montclair, Denver | Built for Baron Walter von Richthofen | [13] | |
The Molkery | 1888 | Germanic Castle | Alexander Cazin | Montclair, Denver | Built for Baron Walter von Richthofen, now the Montclair Civic Center | [14] | |
Molly Brown House | 1889 | Richardsonian Romanesque, Queen Anne Revival | William A. Lang | Denver | Originally built for Isaac Large, purchased by J.J. Brown, later owned by Molly Brown | ||
Ferguson-Gano House | 1897 | Theodore Davies Boal | Denver | Built for inventor, and socialite John Albert Ferguson, purchased by businessman George Gano | |||
Grant–Humphreys Mansion | 1902 | Neoclassical | Theodore Davies Boal | Denver | Built for James Benton Grant, later owned by A.E. Humphreys | ||
Redstone Castle | 1903 | Stick style | Theodore Davies Boal | Redstone | Built for John Cleveland Oswood, today is a hotel and museum. | ||
Crawford Hill Mansion | 1906 | French Renaissance Revival | Theodore Davies Boal | Denver | Built for Crawford Hill |
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Iranistan | 1848 | Moorish | Leopold Eldlitz | Bridgeport | Was the first mansion of P.T Barnum, was destroyed by fire in 1857. | ||
Lindencroft | 1860 | Italianante | Albert G Tallmadge | Bridgeport | Was the second mansion of P.T Barnum after the fire in Iranistan, was demolished in 1924. | ||
Lockwood–Mathews Mansion | 1864 | Renaissance | Detlef Lienau | Norwalk | Today, a museum | ||
Waldemere | 1869 | Stick Victorian | Bridgeport | Was the third mansion of P.T Barnum, was demolished in 1889 for his new mansion, Marina. | |||
Samuel Clemens House (Mark Twain) | 1874 | Victorian Gothic | Edward Tuckerman Potter | Hartford | Today, a museum | ||
Marina | 1889 | Romanesque and Queen Anne | Longstaff and Hurd | Bridgeport | Was the fourth and last mansion of P.T Barnum in Bridgeport, was demolished in 1961. | ||
Hilltop | 1889 | Greenwich | Built for Henry Osborne Havemeyer, was demolished in 1930. | ||||
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Copper Beech Farm aka Lauder Greenway Estate | 1896 or 1898[15] | French Renaissance | Greenwich | Originally built by NYC native John Hamilton Gourlie, it was purchased by Andrew Carnegie's niece Harriet Lauder Greenway in 1905.
Fully restored and renovated in 2023. For a time, it was the most expensive home in United States history. || [16] [17] | ||
Indian Harbour | 1895 | Neoclassical | Carrere & Hastings | Greenwich | Built for Elias Cornelius Benedict, was demolished in 1938. | ||
Mailands | 1906 | French Renaissance and Colonial Revivial | Flagg & Chambers | Fairfield | Built for Oliver Gould Jennings, there is known as McAuliffe Hall and still standing | ||
Conyers Farms | 1905 | English Revival | Donn Barber | Greenwich | Built for Edmund C Converse, was destroyed by fire in 1985. | ||
Owenoke Farm | 1908 | Neoclassical | Greenwich | Built for Percy Avery Rockefeller, was demolished in 1935. | |||
Greyledge | 1913 | Greenwich | Built for Raynal Cawthorne Bolling, was demolished in 2006. | ||||
Marion Castle | 1914-1916 | French Chateau | Hunt & Hunt | Stamford | Built for Frank J. Marion. Today, a private residence. |
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Nemours | 1909 | French Neoclassical | Carrère and Hastings | Wilmington | Owned by the Nemours Foundation | [18] |
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Villa Zorayda | 1883 | Moorish Revival | Franklin W Smith | St. Augustine | Designed by Franklin W Smith for himself, today is a museum. | ||
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Whitehall | 1902 | Beaux Arts | Pottier & Stymus, Carrère and Hastings | Palm Beach | Built for the co-founder of Standard Oil, Henry Morrison Flagler. Today is open to the public for tours | [24] |
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The Casements | 1910 | Shingle Style | Ormond Beach | Built for the Reverend Dr. Harwood Huntington, later bought by John D Rockefeller in 1918, who died in the house in 1937. Was owned by the city of Ormond Beach and used as a cultural center and park | [25] | |
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Villa Vizcaya | 1914 | Mediterranean Revival and Baroque | F. Burrall Hoffman Paul Chalfin (designer) Diego Suarez (landscape) |
Miami | Houses the Miami Dade Art Museum | [26] |
El Mirasol | 1920 | Mediterranean Revival | Addison Cairns Mizner | Palm Beach | Built for Edward Townsend Stotesbury. Was demolished in 1958 |
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Rockefeller Cottage | 1892 | Shingle | Jekyll Island | Was the summer house of William Rockefeller Jr. Today, a museum operated by Jekyll Island Museum | |||
The Greyfield | 1905 | Colonial Revival | Cumberland Island | Was built for Margaret Carnegie Ricketson. Today, an inn and wedding venue | |||
Dungeness | 1886 | Queen Anne | Cumberland Island | Built for Thomas M Carnagie. Destroyed by fire in 1959 | |||
Plum Orchard | 1898 | Classical Revival | Peabody and Stearns | Cumberland Island | Built for George Lauder Carnagie. The estate is now part of Cumberland Island National Seashore. | ||
Rhodes Hall | 1904 | Richardson Romanesque | Willis F Denny | Atlanta | Built for Amos Giles Rhodes, today is open to the public and has been the home of The Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation since 1983. | ||
John H James Residence | 1869 | Second Empire | William H Parkins | Atlanta | Originally built for John H James, was the Georgia Governor's Mansion between 1870 and 1923, in that year was demolished. |
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Marshall Field Jr House | 1884 | Romanesque | Solon Spencer Beman | Chicago | Today, converted into condominiums | ||
John J. Glessner House | 1887 | Romanesque, Richardsonian | Henry Hobson Richardson | Chicago | Today, Glessner House Museum | ||
Marshall Field House | 1873 | Second Empire | Richard Morris Hunt | Chicago | Demolished in 1955 | ||
Thomas Dent House | 1881 | Romanesque | Burnham & Root | Chicago | Demolished in 1950s | ||
Joseph Sears House | 1882 | Romanesque | Burnham & Root | Chicago | Demolished in 1967 | ||
John W Doane Mansion | 1882 | Romanesque | Theodore V. Wadskier | Chicago | Demolished in 1929. | ||
John Cudahy Mansion | 1888 | Romanesque | Chicago | Demolished in 1961. | |||
Cyrus McCormick Mansion | 1879 | Second Empire | Chicago | Demolished in 1954. | |||
Edith Rockefeller McCormick Mansion | 1883 | Romanesque | Solon Spencer Beman | Chicago | Originally built for Nathaniel Jones, Demolished in 1955 for an apartment building. | ||
Ferdinand Peck Mansion | 1889 | Romanesque | William LeBaron Jenney | Chicago | Demolished in 1969. | ||
George Pullman House | 1876 | Second Empire | Henry S. Jaffray | Chicago | Demolished in 1922 | ||
William Wallace Kimball House | 1892 | Châteauesque | Solon Spencer Beman | Chicago | Today, United States Soccer Federation | ||
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Nickerson House | 1883 | Late Victorian | Burling & Whitehouse | Chicago | Home to the Richard H. Driehaus Museum | [7] |
Borden Mansion | 1886 | Châteauesque | Richard Morris Hunt | Chicago | Built for William Borden, was demolished in 1962 | ||
MacVeigh Mansion | 1893 | Richardson Romanesque | Henry Hobson Richardson | Chicago | Built for Franklin MacVeigh, it was one of only two structures designed by HH Rochardson in Chicago. Was demolished in 1922. | ||
McGill Mansion | 1891 | Châteauesque | Henry Ives Cobbs | Chicago | Built for Dr John Alexander McGill, today are 34 condominiuns. | ||
Farwell Mansion | 1882 | Châteauesque | Treat & Foltz | Chicago | Built for Charles B Farwell, was demolished in 1946 | ||
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Palmer Mansion | 1885 | Early Romanesque, Norman Gothic | Henry Ives Cobb and Charles Sumner Frost | Chicago | Demolished in 1950 | [27][28] |
IL. Hegeler Carus Mansion | 1876 | Second Empire | William W. Boyington, | LaSalle | The mansion hosts numerous public programs, and is open for public tours. It is particularly notable for its high Victorian stencils and wall and ceiling paintings, its woodwork, and its history. |
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Tippecanoe Place | 1889 | Richardsonian Romanesque | Henry Ives Cobb | South Bend | Built for Clement Studebaker, currently a restaurant | ||
Bates-McGowan Mansion | 1876 | Romanesque Revival | William Lebaron Jenney | Indianapolis | Built for Harvey Bates Jr, was demolished in 1936 |
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C.R Joy House | 1896 | Queen Anne | George Franklin Barber | Keokuk | Destroyed by fire in 2018 | ||
Fred B. Sharon House | 1891 | Second Empire | Davenport | Today a private residence | |||
J. Monroe Parker–Ficke House | 1881 | Second Empire | T. W. McClelland | Davenport | Since 1978 the building has served as a fraternity house for Delta Sigma Chi from the Palmer College of Chiropractic. | ||
J.C Hubinger Mansion | 1887 | Queen Anne | C.H Stilson | Keokuk | Was demolished in 1918 | ||
John Peirce Mansion | 1893 | Romanesque revival | Hansen Bros. | Sioux City | It is open to the public for quarterly open house events and is available for rental. |
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Conrad-Caldwell House | 1895 | Richardson Romanesque | Arthur Loomis | Louisville | Built for Theophilus Conrad, today is a house museum |
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Morse-Libby House | 1860 | Italianate | Henry Austin | Portland | Today, a museum | ||
Reverie Cove | 1895 | Colonial Revival | Frederick Lincoln Savage | Bar Harbor | Built for Dr. John Davies Jones, later owned by Abram Hewitt, today, a private residence | ||
Oak Hall | 1914 | Colonial Revival | Benjamin Marshall | Northport | Today, a private residence | ||
East of Eden | 1910 | Mediterranean Revival | Guy Lowell | Bar Harbor | Today, a private residence | ||
Highseas | 1912 | Colonial Revival | Frederick Lincoln Savage | Bar Harbor | Today, owned by Jackson Laboratories |
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Evergreen Museum & Library | 1858 | Classical Revival | Multiple | Baltimore | Now a historic house museum |
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Wilhelm Böing House | 1875 | Châteauesque | Henry T Brush | Detroit | Wilhelmm Böing was the father of William E Boeing, founder of the famous aviation company. The house was demolished in 1935. | ||
Joseph Black House | 1876 | English Revival | Mortimer L Smith | Detroit | Demolished in 1920. | ||
Philo Parsons House | 1876 | Second Empire | Elijah Myers | Detroit | Demolished in 1935 | ||
Clark J Whitney House | 1865 | Italianate | Detroit | Demolished in 1914 | |||
Charles DuCharme House | 1869 | Second Empire | Mortimer L Smith | Detroit | Demolished in 1949 | ||
Henry P. Baldwin House | 1877 | Italianate | Gordon W Lloyd | Detroit | Demolished in 1930s | ||
Thomas W. Palmer Mansion | 1864 | Italianate | Henry T Brush | Detroit | Originally built in 1864 and greatly enlarged in 1874, was destroyed by fire in 1908. | ||
William H. Wells House | 1889 | Richardsonian Romanesque | William H. Miller | Detroit | Today it is still a private home | ||
A.L Stephens Mansion | 1890 | Romanesque | Mason & Rice | Detroit | Was built for Albert L Stephens and demolished in 1925. | ||
George S Frost House | 1881 | Queen Anne | Detroit | Was built for George Smith Frost in the Brush Park neighborhood, was demolished in 1998 after 30 years of abandonment. | |||
Leggett Mansion | 1883 | Romanesque | John Scott & Co | Detroit | Was built for Wells Wilner Leggett, was demolished in 1930s. | ||
Meadow Brook Hall, Matilda Dodge House | 1929 | Tudor Revival | William E. Kapp | Rochester Hills | Today it is the Meadow Brook Hall Museum | ||
Ransom Gillis House | 1876 | Venetian Gothic | Henry T. Brush & George D. Mason | Detroit | Abandoned since 1970 until its restoration in 2015 | ||
Franklin H. Walker House | 1896 | Neo-Jacobean | Mason & Rice | Detroit | Transformed into Michigan Mutual Liability Hospital and demolished in 1990 | ||
Charles Lang Freer House | 1892 | Shingle | Wilson Eyre | Detroit | Today, a Wayne State University campus building | ||
George Jerome House | 1877 | Second Empire | Henry T Brush | Detroit | Demolished in 1935 | ||
Col. Frank J. Hecker House | 1892 | French Renaissance | Louis Kamper | Detroit | Today, a Wayne State University campus building | ||
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David Whitney House | 1894 | Romanesque Revival | Gordon W. Lloyd | Detroit | Today, a restaurant | [7] |
Burt/Stephens Mansion | 1881/1891 | Châteauesque | Mason & Rice | Detroit | Was built in 1881 for John Burt, was sold to Clorinda L Stephens in 1891 and extensively altered. Finally was demolished in 1920s | ||
Bagley House | 1869 | Italianate | Detroit | Was built for John Judson Bagley and later was converted into the Detroit Conservatory of Music in 1890s and demolished in 1914 for the Statler Hotel. | |||
John Stoughton Newberry House | 1875 | Italianate | Gordon W. Lloyd | Detroit | Demolished in 1961. | ||
Mostly Hall | 1910 | French Renassaice | John Scott & Company | Detroit | Built for Willis E. Buhl. Was demolished in 1940 | ||
John B Ford Mansion | 1904 | Colonial Revival | Alpheus W. Chittenden | Detroit | The house was disassembled and reassembled on Windmill Pointe Drive in 1928. (Originally 8192 Jefferson) | ||
Dr. R. Adlington Newman Mansion | 1902 | English Tudor Revival | Henry P. Kirby | Detroit | Was demolished in 1980s | ||
Theodore D. Buhl Mansion | 1906 | Neo-Classical | John Scott & Company | Detroit | Was demolished in 1977 | ||
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Russell A. Alger Jr. House | 1910 | Italian Renaissance Revival | Charles Adam Platt | Grosse Pointe Farms, | Today, a community center for the Grosse Pointe Communities | [19] |
Clairview | 1915 | Neo-Classical | John Scott & Company | Grosse Pointe Shores | Built for Harry N Torrey, was demolished in 1959. | ||
Emory L Ford Mansion | 1916 | English Tudor Revival | Albert H. Spahr | Grosse Pointe Shores | Was demolished in 1944 | ||
Stonehurst | 1915 | English Tudor Revival | Albert H. Spahr | Grosse Pointe Shores | Was built for Joseph B. Schlotman, was demolished in 1974 | ||
Rose Terrace I | 1912 | English Tudor Revival | Albert Kahn | Grosse Pointe | Was built for Horace E Dodge and his wife Anna. When Anna became a widow, she demolished the house and built a much more luxurious house in its place. | ||
Rose Terrace II | 1934 | Neo-Classical | Horace Traumbauer | Grosse Pointe | Was built for Anna Thompson Dodge, widow of Horace E Dodge, co-founder of Dodge Brothers Company, was the most opulent residence of Michigan and was demolished in 1976. | ||
Herbert V Book Mansion | 1922 | French Renaissance | Louis Kamper | Grosse Pointe Park | Was destroyed by fire in 1978 | ||
Edgemere | 1882 | Victorian | Mason & Rice | Grosse Pointe Farms | Built for Joseph H Berry, was demolished in 1941 | ||
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Fair Lane | 1915 | Baronial and Prairie | Joseph N. French William Van Tine Marion Mahony Griffin Frank Lloyd Wright Jens Jensen. | Dearborn | Built for Henry Ford, founder of Ford Motor Company. Today, a historical landscape and house museum | [7] |
R.E Olds Residence | 1903 | Queen Anne | Darius B. Moon | Lansing | Was built for Ransom Eli Olds, founder of Oldsmobile Motor Works. Was extensively remodelled in 1952 and demolished in 1971. |
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Longwood | 1864 | Octagonal, Oriental | Samuel Sloan | Natchez | Built for Haller Nutt. Construction began in 1859 and was never completed due to the civil war and Nutt's death in 1864. | ||
Residence of R.L. Covington | 1907 | Colonial | George Franklin Barber | Hazlehurst | Today, a private residence |
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Wyeth-Tottle Mansion | 1879 | Italianante | Edmond Eckle | St Joseph | Built for John Wyeth, since 1948 is the Museum of St Joseph. | ||
Harvey M. Vaile Mansion | 1881 | Second Empire | Asa B. Cross | Independence | Today, a museum | ||
Robert A. Long House | 1910 | Beaux-Arts style | Henry Ford Hoit | Kansas City | Today, the Kansas City Museum | ||
Mack B. Nelson House | 1914 | Romanesque Revival | Henry Ford Hoit | Kansas City | Built for lumber magnate Mack Nelson, now a private residence | ||
Samuel Cupples House | 1890 | Romanesque Revival | Thomas B. Annan | St. Louis | Today, a museum |
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W. A. Clark Mansion | 1884 | Romanesque Revival Victorian | C. H. Brown | Butte | Today, a bed and breakfast | [37] |
Moss Mansion | 1903 | English Renaissance | Henry Janeway Hardenbergh | Billings | Built for Preston Moss, and his family, now, a museum |
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J. Harper Smith Mansion | 1880 | High Victorian, Queen Anne, Stick/Eastlake | Frank L. Bodine Horace Trumbauer |
Somerville | Originally built for J. Harper Smith | [38] | |
Glenmont | 1881 | Queen Anne | Henry Hudson Holly | West Orange | Originally built for Henry Pedder, Thomas Edison moved in 1885 | ||
The Towers or Aladdin Castle | 1881 | Queen Anne | Elberon | Originally built for Cornelius K. Garrison, was sold to Salomon R Guggenheim in 1900. The House was demolished in 1940. | |||
Lambert Castle | 1892 | Romanesque and medieval | Paterson | Was built for Catholina Lambert and today is a museum. | |||
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Florham | 1893 | English Baroque Revival | McKim, Mead & White Frederick Law Olmsted (landscape) |
Madison and Florham Park | Part of the Fairleigh Dickinson University | [39] |
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Georgian Court | 1899 | Georgian Revival | Bruce Price | Lakewood | Today, part of Georgian Court University | [40] |
Kenilwood | 1901 | Beaux Arts | George B. Post | Bernardsville | Built for broker George B. Post Jr. by his father, now, owned by Mike Tyson | [41] | |
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Rutherfurd Hall | 1902 | Tudor Revival | Whitney Warren Olmsted Brothers (landscape) |
Allamuchy Township | Owned and managed by the Allamuchy School District | [42] |
First Shadow Lawn | 1903 | Colonial Revival | West Long Branch | Built for John A McCall. Destroyed by fire in 1927 | |||
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Blairsden | 1903 | French Renaissance | Carrère and Hastings | Peapack-Gladstone | Formerly a retreat house for the Sisters of St. John the Baptist | [43] |
Darlington Manor | 1907 | Jacobean Revival | James Brite | Mahwah | Built for George Crocker. Today it is still a private home. | ||
Krueger Mansion | 1888 | Late Victorian | Henry Schultz | Newark | In late 2020, the city and the company Makerhoods broke ground on refurbishing the mansion into live/work spaces for local experienced "makers" in the food, beauty, craft and other small-scale artisan industries for $1800 a month by application only. | ||
Dr George Gil Green House | 1876 | Second Empire | Paschal Madera | Woodbury | The house was extensively renovated in the 1940s finally destroyed by fire in 1968. |
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Biltmore | 1895 | Châteauesque | Richard Morris Hunt Frederick Law Olmsted (landscape) |
Asheville | Built for George Washington Vanderbilt II, it is the largest house in the U.S. | [98] |
Alexander Martin Smith House, | 1897 | Queen Anne | George Franklin Barber | Elkin | Today, a private residence | ||
Richard Joshua Reynolds House | 1900 | Queen Anne | George Franklin Barber | Winston-Salem | Demolished in 1940s | ||
Whalehead Club, | 1925 | Art Nouveau | Edward Collings Jr. and Marie Louise Label Knight | Corolla | Today, a historic home for the public |
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Joslyn Castle | 1903 | Romanesque | John McDonald | Omaha | Was built for George Joslyn and today is a museum |
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Captain George Flavel House | 1885 | Queen Anne | Carl W. Leick | Astoria | Today a museum | ||
Richard B. Knapp House | 1882 | Queen Anne | Warren Heywood Williams[102] | Portland | Demolished in 1951 | ||
Charles Mortimer Forbes Residence | 1892 | Queen Anne | William R Stokes | Portland | Demolished in 1929 |
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Calhoun Mansion | 1876 | Italianate | George W. Williams | Charleston | Open for public tours | [140] |
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Hill Mansion | 1881 | French Renaissance | Memphis | Built by businessman and newspaper owner Napoleon Hill. Demolished in 1928 to make way for the Sterick Building. | [141] |
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John H. Hounghton House | 1887 | Queen Anne | James Wahrenberger | Austin | Demolished in 1973 | ||
George Littlefield House | 1893 | Queen Anne | James Wahrenberger | Austin | Today, part of the campus of the University of Texas at Austin | ||
John Bremond House | 1886 | Second Empire | James Wahrenberger | Austin | Part of Texas Classroom Teachers Association | ||
Bishop's Palace | 1893 | Richardson Romanesque | Nicholas J Clayton | Galveston | Built for Walter Gresham, today is open for tours. | ||
Edward Steves Jr. House | 1884 | Italianante | James Wahrenberger | San Antonio | Built for ammunition magnate and lumber heir Edward Steves Jr. as a new home for him and his new wife; remained a private home. | [142] | |
Charles F. A. Hummel House | 1884 | Italianante | James Wahrenberger & Albert Beckman | San Antonio | Built for sporting goods merchant and gunsmith Charles Hummel; remained a private home. | [143] |
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Gardo House | 1883 | Second Empire | William H Folsom and Joseph Ridges | Salt Lake City | Gardo House was the official residence of the president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) during the terms of John Taylor and Wilford Woodruff. Was demolished on November 26, 1921. |
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Wilson Castle | 1885 | Scottish baronial, Queen Anne, and Romanesque Revival | Proctor | Built for John Johnson, today is a museum. | |||
Hildene Mansion | 1905 | Georgian Revival | Shepley, Rutan & Coolidge | Manchester | |||
Shelburne Farms | 1899 | Queen Anne | R. H. Robertson and Frederick Law Olmsted | Shelburne | Today is a nonprofit education center for sustainability |
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Ellerslie | 1856 (extensively remodeled in 1910) | Italian Villa | Robert Young (1857) Carneal and Johnston (1910) |
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Roseland Manor (also known as the Strawberry Banks Manor House) |
1887 | Châteauesque Queen Anne | Arthur Crooks | Hampton | Destroyed by fire in 1985[144] | [144] |
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Maymont | 1893 | Victorian | Edgerton S. Rogers | Richmond | Today, a historic house museum and arboretum[145] | [68] |
Poplar Hill (also known as the Dunnington Mansion) |
1897 | Victorian | Farmville | 8,500 sq. ft. Manor home of tobacco baron Walter Grey Dunnington that has fallen into disrepair[146] | |||
more images | Berryman Mansion | 1900 | Colonial Revival | Smithfield | Built by P.D. Gwaltney as a wedding gift for his daughter who married F.R. Berryman.[147] | [147] | |
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P. D. Gwaltney Jr. House | 1901 | Queen Anne | George Franklin Barber | Smithfield | Remained in the Gwaltney family until 2016.[148] | [26] |
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Queen Anne | Vance & Allen[149] | Hampton | Demolished in 1976.[149] | [150][151] |
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Swannanoa | 1912 | Italian Renaissance Revival | Noland & Baskerville | Nelson County | [26] | |
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Branch House | 1916 | Tudor Revival, Jacobean Revival | John Russell Pope with Otto R. Eggers |
Richmond | Offices of the Virginia Society of the American Institute of Architects (VSAIA) and the Branch Museum of Architecture and Design.[152] | [19] |
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Westbourne | 1919 | Georgian Revival | W. Duncan Lee | Richmond | Gardens designed by landscape architect Charles F. Gillette | [153] |
more images | Merrywood | 1919 | Georgian Revival | McLean | 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 Ginter House | 1892 | Romanesque | Harvey L Page and William W Kent | Richmond | Today part of Virginia Commonwealth University |
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Ezra Meeker Mansion | 1887 | Italianate | Farrell & Darmer | Puyallup | Today a museum | ||
L. M. Wood House | 1901 | Italianate | Seattle | Built for merchant Lovett Mortimer Wood, demolished by Wood's widow in the 1920s |
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Pabst Mansion | 1892 | Flemish Renaissance Revival | George Ferry | Milwaukee | Today a historic house museum | [26] | |
Elizabeth Plankinton House | 1888 | Richardson Romanesque | Edward Townsend Mix | Milwaukee | Demolished in 1980 | ||
William Plankinton House | 1876 | Second Empire and Victorian | Edward Townsend Mix | Milwaukee | Demolished in 1969 | ||
John Plankinton House | 1856 | Italianate | Milwaukee | Originally built for James H Rogers and later buy and remodeled by John Plankinton in 1864. Demolished in 1975. | |||
Holway Mansion | 1892 | Romanesque and Queen Anne | Hugo Schick and Gustav Stolze | La Crosse | Originally built for N.B. Holway in 1892. Mr. Holway was a Lumber Baron and Local Businessman. The Diocese of La Crosse purchased the residence in 1921 for the Bishop of La Crosse. It later served as a Seminary and finally was being used as a Convent by the late 1950s. The Diocese sold the property in 1974. It currently is run as Castle La Crosse Bed and Breakfast. | [157] | |
Valentin Blatz House | 1884–1886 | Italianate | Milwaukee | Demolished for make way for a planned strip mall in 1964. | [158] |
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Wyoming Historic Governors' Mansion | 1904 | Georgian Colonial Revival | Cheyenne | Built for Governor of Wyoming Fenimore Chatterton |
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