Historic House Blog

The Strawberry Banke Museum in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, is auctioning off one of its properties on February 19.  The museum has determined that it is unable to devote the funds and effort necessary to restore, or even maintain, the property, and that money realized from the sale could be put to better use in helping [...]

We’ve posted about one dollar houses available in South Bend, Indiana, and in Norfolk, Massachusetts. Sometimes, the catch is that the houses have to be moved from their present location. You might wonder how some of these one dollar house purchases work out…  today we have a success story from White Bear Lake, Minnesota. Last year, Minnesota [...]

When I was growing up, I don’t know how many times I accidentally left the front door open on a cold fall day & heard the age-old scolding, “Close the door!  Were you born in a barn?”  Well, if you were born in this barn (left), that would probably be something to brag about. (Don’t believe me? –see more photos here).   Offered [...]

     In Norfolk, Massachusetts, as in so many other places, several older houses have been slated for demolition to make way for new construction. Bill Domineau at the Norfolk Historical Commission planned on saving four of the town’s treasures by selling them for one dollar on the condition that they be moved from their current locations. Unfortunately, the “Little Wood [...]

 
This is the Lampkin Farmhouse in a photo taken in the 1870s. The Farmhouse is one of the oldest surviving structures in Plainfield, New Jersey. It has been documented back to the mid 1700s, but the core of the house is believed to have been built between 1690 and 1720. It is for sale, and it’s quite [...]