List of American houses

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This is a list of American houses by state.

California[]

Colorado[]

  • Hala Ranch: an estate located just north of Aspen, Colorado, in the Rocky Mountains, originally purchased and given its name by part-time resident Prince Bandar bin Sultan of Saudi Arabia
  • Molly Brown House: home of Unsinkable Molly Brown, the famous RMS Titanic survivor in Denver, Colorado

Connecticut[]

  • Gillette Castle: the eccentric residence of actor William Gillette in East Haddam, Connecticut
  • Lockwood-Mathews Mansion: a 62-room Second Empire mansion open to the public in Norwalk, Connecticut
  • Mark Twain House: the American High Gothic style house where Samuel Langhorne Clemens (Mark Twain) and his family lived from 1874 to 1891 in Hartford, Connecticut.[1][circular reference]
  • Loomis Homestead: one the oldest timber-frame houses in America in Windsor, Connecticut.[2][circular reference]

Delaware[]

  • Hagley Museum and Library: the Brandywine Valley home of Eleuthere Irenee du Pont in Wilmington, Delaware
  • Nemours: the 300-acre French estate of Alfred I. du Pont in Wilmington, Delaware
  • Winterthur: the fifth largest residence in America was home to industrialist Henry Francis du Pont in Winterthur, Delaware

District of Columbia[]

  • Dumbarton Oaks: the mansion of Robert Woods Bliss in Washington, D.C.
  • The White House: designed by James Hoban in the Palladian style, it is the official residence and workplace of the president of the United States.
  • The Wylie Mansion: the former residence of judge Andrew Wylie in Washington, D.C.

Florida[]

  • Cà d'Zan: John Ringling mansion, Sarasota, Florida
  • Mar-a-Lago: a mansion and estate in Palm Beach, Florida; the former residence of Marjorie Merriweather Post and Edward F. Hutton; the current residence of Donald Trump; it was added as a National Historic Landmark in 1980.
  • Villa Vizcaya: James Deering mansion, Miami, Florida
  • Whitehall: the estate of Florida developer and Standard Oil partner Henry Morrison Flagler in Palm Beach, Florida.

Georgia[]

Illinois[]

  • Glessner House: Chicago, H. H. Richardson, architect
  • Hull House: Jane Addams' settlement house for immigrants and the poor in Chicago, Illinois
  • Robie House: Frank Lloyd Wright-designed residence, Chicago, a U.S. National Historical Landmark

Louisiana[]

Maine[]

  • Bush compound: the summer home of U.S. President George H. W. Bush located adjacent to the Atlantic Ocean in southern Maine, near the town of Kennebunkport; the mansion was purchased by St. Louis banker George Herbert Walker and has remained as a summer retreat for the Bush family for over a century.
  • Wedding Cake House: the Gothic revival mansion of ship captain George Bourne in Kennebunk, Maine.

Maryland[]

Massachusetts[]

Michigan[]

New Hampshire[]

New York[]

North Carolina[]

  • Biltmore Estate: the largest private home in the United States, built by George Vanderbilt; it is located outside Asheville, North Carolina

Ohio[]

Pennsylvania[]

Rhode Island[]

Tennessee[]

  • Graceland: The former residence of singer Elvis Presley in Memphis, Tennessee

Texas[]

  • Southfork Ranch: a house built by Joe Duncan located near Plano, Texas; setting for the American soap opera Dallas
  • Texas Chainsaw House: (now the "Grand Central Cafe and Club Car Bar" restaurant) is a Victorian house now located on the grounds of the Antlers Hotel and was used in the filming of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre during 1973, when it was still in its original location in La Frontera.

Utah[]

  • The Beehive House: built in 1854 by Brigham Young, the house is located in Salt Lake City, Utah. The house gets its name from the beehive sculpture atop the house.
  • The Lion House: a second residence built by Brigham Young in 1856. Located in Salt Lake City, Utah, it was built to accommodate his large family due to a polygamous lifestyle. The house's name references a lion statue above the front entrance.

Vermont[]

Virginia[]

Washington[]

  • Xanadu 2.0: the sprawling, technologically advanced Earth sheltering home of Bill and Melinda Gates located in the side of a hill overlooking Lake Washington in Medina, Washington.

Wisconsin[]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Mark Twain House
  2. ^ Loomis Homestead
  3. ^ Resmovits, Joy (August 5, 2010). "New Track for Harriman House". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved August 26, 2015.
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