Historic Homes

Modern Marvel
Modern Marvel
The home Walter Gropius built for his family in Lincoln, Massachusetts, may have been modest in size, but its impact on contemporary architecture has been monumental.
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The Height of Luxury
The Height of Luxury
James Rundlet set his Portsmouth, New Hampshire, house high on a hill to impress his neighbors. His insistence on the most modern of nineteenth-century conveniences impresses visitors today.
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Face Forward
Face Forward
When Chick Austin blew into town to become director of the venerable Wadsworth Atheneum, both he and the house he built ensured that Hartford would never be quite the same.
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Versailles Revisited
Versailles Revisited
All the best people summered in Newport in the late nineteenth-century, and Marble House, inspired by a French palace, was the first of the grand “cottages” on the city’s mansion row.
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Dressed to Impress
Dressed to Impress
Few had ever seen a house so lavish as Ruggles Sylvester Morse’s Portland, Maine, estate. Today, fully restored and with most of its original furnishings, Victoria Mansion is as grand as ever.
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A Novel Interpretation
A Novel Interpretation
Edith Wharton’s Lenox, Massachusetts, home was an expression of her design philosophy. Today’s restoration of The Mount is sparking debate as designers reinterpret those ideals.
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Wright at Home
Wright at Home
Frank Lloyd Wright’s Usonian houses were models of resourcefulness and beautiful design. Today, New Hampshire’s Zimmerman house is one of just a handful of the revolutionary homes still standing.
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Twice Loved
Twice Loved
Maine’s 1785 Hamilton House has undergone two thoughtful renovations—the first in the 1890s—and now stands as one of the country’s finest examples of colonial revival architecture.
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