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Liberty Hall in Kentucky

With unparalleled refinement, the brick house was built in Frankfort, Kentucky, between 1797 and 1803.

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St. Augustine, Florida

At 451 years old, Spanish-settled St. Augustine, Florida, has Old World appeal.

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The Ashokan Center

New York State’s Ashokan Center keeps the music alive.

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Hamilton House in Maine

Restored at the turn of the 20th century, this ca. 1785 Georgian became a model for Colonial Revival taste.

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Venezia Park / Venice, Florida

This is one of three National Register districts in the John Nolen Historic District of Venice—already a destination before the state’s 1920s boom, and before southwest Florida’s Gulf Coast had made it onto tourist maps.

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A Cherished 1774 Colonial Restored

The large center-hall Georgian was built as an inn. After removing 1940s accretions and reconfiguring rooms for residential use, the current owners decorated it in fine Colonial Revival tradition.

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Shakers of Pleasant Hill

Shaker Village of Pleasant Hill, Harrodsburg, KY.

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Tailoring a Foursquare

Built in 1905 in Minneapolis, a fine family home is restored and improved by its appreciative owners along with David Heide Design Studio.

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Federal With a Twist

A stoic Federal in rural Maine, built circa 1790 and remarkably preserved, has a surprise inside.

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Blue Hill’s Parson Fisher

When the Fisher family left Blue Hill, local citizens stepped up to preserve the homestead as a museum.

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Main Line Philly / Wayne, Pennsylvania

Will Price et al. in Wayne, Penn.

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The Little Brick Schoolhouse

Behind drop ceilings and cheap paneling, old wainscots and even schoolhouse lights awaited discovery.

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Historic Camps: Mount Gretna, Pennsylvania

Mount Gretna’s wooded hills are home to the Pennsylvania National Guard’s summer encampment, a church, a meeting camp, and the Pennsylvania Chautauqua.