Historic House Blog

A FREE workshop on historic house research is to be held at the Birmingham Public Library on Saturday, July 18th.  Sponsored by the Jefferson County Historical Commission & the Birmingham Historical Society, the event will feature 3 speakers and 2 authors who will be signing books.   The event starts at 9:30am, at the Central Library [...]

As we roll into summer, lots of great historic house & garden tours are drawing admiring crowds of old house lovers.
This coming Saturday, the historical society in Mathews County, Virginia, is holding its 4th “Mathews Historic House Tour.”  The tour is one of the most important fundraisers for the organization, and requires over 200 volunteers [...]

It is almost that time of year again, as Goodrich & Company rolls out the schedule for their 2nd annual “New England Historic Home Show” in Sturbridge, Massachusetts on April 17th, 18th, and 19th (Friday - Sunday).  We at the Historic House Blog attended the inaugural show last year, and found it to be an enjoyable & informative [...]

The St. Philip’s Episcopal Church in Joplin, Missouri has a great offer for you:   A brick, circa 1908, Craftsman bungalow for just $1.  Yes, one dollar.  Of course, the catch is that you have to move the property to another location.  This historic property, which is located at 728 S. Byers Avenue, appears to be in terrific [...]

It’s the largest national event for tradespeople and enthusiasts interested in renovating, remodeling, and restoring historic homes, and this year it will be held in Boston from March 12th to the 14th. The Traditional Building Exhibition and Conference offers a unique opportunity for more than 4,000 architects, contractors, builders, developers, planners, real estate professionals, and old-house owners to [...]

I thought that since it is Valentine’s Day, it was a good excuse to feature this unique historic house & promote the non-profits that operate this property as a museum.
Blacksmith Isaac Valentine built this four-level fieldstone farmhouse in 1758 near the Boston Post Road. His property included a blacksmith shop, outhouses, farmland, and a number of slaves. [...]

Just after the New Year, we wrote about how more & more REALTORs host tours of historic houses as a unique marketing tool, as a way to attract buyers of historic homes.  (Read that post here).  
Next week, near Chicago, five real estate agencies are collaborating to host an impressive historic house tour in the swanky North [...]

The Spanish Custom House, the oldest property on Bayou St. John, and among the oldest houses in New Orleans, will be sold at auction on February 10. There is no reserve and this may be a great opportunity for the right buyer to purchase a truly spectacular piece of history at an equally spectacular price. The [...]

Last week, we posted about a Remodeled Historic Log Home in Edgewater, Maryland being auctioned off for $50 a ticket. Just under 24,000 tickets were sold and on Friday at 5PM in the Westfields Mall in Annapolis, homeowner Tom Walters drew the balls from the hopper that would determine the winner.  Karen McHale of Idaho Springs, Colorado, a chemical [...]

Edgar Allan Poe, that master of the macabre and inventor of the detective-fiction genre, has a birthday coming up on Monday. It’s his 200th and many organizations are celebrating the Poe bicentennial. The International Edgar Allan Poe Society is building a community centered around the Edgar Allan Poe 200 site. Boston College is sponsoring ”The Raven Returns [...]