http://historichouseblog.com ...Daily Musings on the Historic Homes Market Thu, 09 Sep 2010 16:51:50 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Due to budget cuts, Nicholls State University recently bailed on plans to develop this old plantation house into its culinary center.  Returned to the donating group, the historic Rienzi Plantation in Thibodaux, Louisiana is now being offered for sale.   The Rienzi House is located directly across Bayou Lafourche from the town ... http://historichouseblog.com/2010/09/09/featured-listing-historic-rienzi-plantation-in-louisiana/ In an upscale neighborhood in Atlanta, a man named Ruben Jones recently purchased the "Henry B. Tompkins House" (asking price $2 million) and among the renovations, he painted his 1922 Georgian Revival home.  No problem, right?  Except that he painted it ORANGE . . . a far cry from the ... http://historichouseblog.com/2010/06/21/when-historical-homes-go-wild/ Sandra Bullock has joined a growing list of celebs who have purchased historic homes, as she begins her new life after Jesse James by purchasing a Gothic Victorian in the "Garden District" of New Orleans.  The mansion, known as the "Koch-Mays House," was reportedly built in the 1860s and has 6,615 square feet of ... http://historichouseblog.com/2010/05/18/sandra-bullock-buys-victorian-mansion-in-new-orleans/ The New York Times occasionally incudes a real estate feature called, "What Can You Get For . . .?", in which it profiles sample houses for sale across the nation, and explores how "much" house you can get at a certain price in several different states.  This week, they did a piece called "What Can You Get For $350,000?," and ... http://historichouseblog.com/2010/03/17/new-york-times-features-stately-historic-mansion-in-sc/ We've written before about "preserving" historic homes through subdivision (for a look at some of these cases, see our article "'Preserving' Historic Estates Through Subdivision?").  Usually, this process involves cutting up a large tract of land (usually a historic farmstead) for the purpose of building a new subdivision, with development approval hinging ... http://historichouseblog.com/2010/03/11/historic-hillsborough-home-restored-as-part-of-new-development/ When I received my latest e-newsletter from the National Trust for Historic Preservation, I was pleased to find an interesting interview with Charles Drayton, which  made me recall my own visit to historic Drayton Hall in 2007.   [Click here to read that National Trust article]. If you've never been, Drayton Hall is a stunning, circa ... http://historichouseblog.com/2010/01/18/historic-houses-we-love-drayton-hall-charleston-sc/ An Historic 2 bedroom, 2 bath House in New York City has just sold for $2.1 Million. In and of itself, that isn't all that newsworthy, but owners in the market to sell historic homes that are on the smaller side can take heart at this sale- the house is ... http://historichouseblog.com/2010/01/15/new-yorks-narrowest-sells-for-21-million/ At the height of the goldrush, in the year 1849, Daniel Ward left St. Joseph County in northern Indiana in pursuit of gold in California.  Two years later, Ward returned with a "small fortune."  By the end of the Civil War, in 1865, he had erected a grand Itaianate mansion ... http://historichouseblog.com/2009/12/18/indiana-home-of-true-forty-niner-to-be-moved/ One of the most fascinating things about historic homes is their unique story -- and sometimes even the historical artifacts -- associated with the home.  Obviously, these historical tales and antique objects are powerful in connecting old house lovers with the one-of-a-kind past of their historic home.  They also can be powerful marketing points when offering a ... http://historichouseblog.com/2009/12/07/historic-homeowners-unearth-artifacts-in-their-kent-island-md-home/ In America, the Greek Revival style was sometimes called the “National Style” because it was so dominant and widespread through all parts of the nation. Archaeological discoveries in Rome and Greece fueled renewed interest in Classical architecture initially during the Federal Period. This interest peaked because of 4 factors during the ... http://historichouseblog.com/2009/11/19/historic-style-spotlight-the-greek-revival/