Old House Tours

Armour-Stiner Octagon House Photos

While dropping off an important set of Pottier & Stymus parlor furniture, I had the privilege of touring and photographing the Armour-Stiner Octagon House in Irvington, NY.  It was built in 1859-1860 by Paul J. Armour and the dome was later added by Joseph Stiner in 1872.  More history is available over at Wikipedia. Joe [...]

Historic Key West House

During a walking tour of Key West, I snapped this photo of an Historic House on one of the main streets. Click for larger photo

Ernest Hemingway House – Key West

A few years ago I spent Christmas in Key West (which I highly recommend by the way) and toured Ernest Hemingway’s house museum.  He moved there in 1931 and his wife collected the furnishings and chandeliers that are still present today. You’ll see a few of the polydactyl cats (they have extra toes) in the [...]

St. Michaels, Maryland Walking Tour

Imagine a quaint historic town with cute little shops and big-city caliber restaurants and you've got a good feel for for downtown St. Michaels, Maryland

Musical Wonder House Museum

The Musical Wonder House is a 32-room mansion in Wiscasset, Maine that was built in 1852 by shipyard owners Henry Clark and A. Wood

Chatham, VA Victorian

Loch Aerie Basement Tour

Hopefully you've seen the rest of the house in our previous tour. Here is the bonus footage - a walk down into the basement and through the underground storage areas. This is the final footage to complete the tour of this magnificent property.

Stauffer Mansion – Lancaster, PA

Stauffer's Mansion is in Lancaster, PA and was built in 1870 by John Frederick Sener.

Loch Aerie

Loch Aerie, AKA Glen-Loch, AKA Lockwood Mansion was built in 1865 by William E. Lockwood, esq., a Philadelphia businessman, in Chester County Pennsylvania. It was designed by famed architect Addison Hutton with landscape design by Charles Miller, the Fairmount Park landscape designer. The design is described in the 1958 Historic American Buildings Survey as being of Italianate Design with Victorian Gothic details.

“Widehall”

“Widehall” in Chestertown, MD. HABS Photos are here.