House Tours

Tours of old houses, historic homes, and new old houses built in period styles, including Arts & Crafts, Greek Revival, Mid-Century Modern, and Queen Anne style; including Frank Lloyd Wright homes.

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Tudor Arts & Crafts Houses

The melding of two styles with similar roots, 1890–1920.

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Modern Stone & Glass House

Deft updates to this 1951 Seattle house brought out its best original features: walls of glass, burnished woodwork and built-ins, curving glass block, and Modern elegance.

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Bell Roof Home in Lanaudière

Two generations have contributed their talents to this picturesque house, built in 1920 and filled with old-fashioned charm: heavy beams, tin ceilings, and a fieldstone fireplace.

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Inside Outside Beach House

A captivating inside outside beach house, by T.S. Adams Studio, celebrates the outdoors—and vernacular Creole style.

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A New Old Rustic Log House

Peter Zimmerman Architects designs a rustic log home in Jackson, Wyoming.

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Beaux-Arts Mansion in St. Louis

Built in 1908 by a founder of the American Stove Co., this grand Beaux-Arts house became an irresistible project of the heart.

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Beaux-Arts Style

Architecture and opulence of the American Renaissance, 1885-1930.

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Kentucky Historic Federal Home

A historic homestead has original paint decoration and a story to tell.

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A 1901 House Makeover in Minneapolis

A bump-up in rear roof height, a new kitchen, and upgraded interior trim turned our charm-deficient house into a livable home.

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A Grand Greek Revival Restoration

COMING HOME: Old family stories and letters guided this couple as they took on the refurbishment of a grand Greek Revival house built in 1856—by her three-times great-grandfather.

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Universal Design and Older Homes

Commonsense Universal Design tweaks for entry, kitchen, bath, and additions.

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A Texas Bungalow

A jewel of the Fairmount Historic District in Fort Worth, Texas, this chalet–bungalow has the quintessential Arts & Crafts interiors with period lighting, pottery, and Stickley furniture.

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A Royal Barry Wills Vermont Cape

Nothing captures American tradition like the respectfully modest, perfectly proportioned houses of Royal Barry Wills, the mid-century New England firm that specialized in Colonial Revival homes and reintroduced Cape Cod style.

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American Foursquare in Portland

Converted to commercial use and finally left vacant, this 1900 American Foursquare is once again an asset to the streetscape, its restored façade painted a jaunty mallard green.

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A Bungalow With Its Original Integrity

The bungalow retained its original integrity, so our upgrades had to follow suit, and last.

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A Shingle Style Manse in the Mountains

Architect John Ike looks to the repertoire of the Arts and Crafts movement during the restoration of a Shingle Style house in upstate New York.

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