Historic Neighborhoods

A look at some of the country's most interesting historic neighborhoods, known for their period-style architecture and historic homes.

Historic Neighborhoods

These 8 walking tours scattered across the country will give you a glimpse into the paranormal past of some classic historic neighborhoods.

By Clare M. Alexander

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These mushroom houses will win you over.

American city planner JOHN NOLEN designed Venice for primary developers, the Brotherhood of Railway Engineers. Streets and avenues are laid out in graceful geometric patterns with regard to the natural landscape and the Gulf of Mexico.

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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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“This neighborhood is such a treasure. The pioneers came to this isolated area, yet they survived and kept on building.” –Sharon Joseph

STYLE DIVERSITY IN A ROW: Modest examples are part of a tight-knit row of distinctive yet compatible houses, illustrating the combination of picturesque massing and continuity that builder R. C. Hillen and architect W. W. Dixon championed in their collaborations.

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Turning onto Picardy Drive, East Oakland’s block-long enclave of 1920s Storybook houses, is like entering a fairytale.

Strasburg is a small Virginia town in the Shenandoah River Valley, just west of the Blue Ridge.

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The picturesque downtown is packed with artists and craftsmen, antiques shops, and restaurants, occupying spaces once claimed by millers, tanners, and blacksmiths.

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Visit colonial-era homes in the Old South of Shepherdstown, West Virginia.

Complete with a berm and nestled into its sloping site, the Brown House mirrors 18th-century Chester County homesteads that were added to over time. Mixed materials were used in constructing stone, log, and wood-framed sections.

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An authentic stone house vernacular is still strong at this community of new old houses in Pennsylvania.

Victorian buildings in Georgetown, Colorado.

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This former mining town boasts an impressive array of Victorian finery.

An intact row of Creole cottages, newly painted, on Chartres Street in The Marigny.

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Filled with old-timers and artists, The Marigny is a bohemian neighborhood against a backdrop of pastel Shotgun houses and colorful Creole cottages.

“Haddonfield is so community-centered,” says resident Angie Cheatham. “Parades, library book sales, and walking tours are things that bring people together.”

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The War Between the States turned peaceful Strasburg into a bitterly contested battleground. This memorial obelisk, erected by Confederate veterans in 1896, sits in the Presbyterian cemetery in Strasburg.

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“I feel lucky to live in such a special house and to be able to put my stamp on it," says resident Roddie Turner. "When I come home at the end of the day, the house just shimmers.”

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Exuberant metal sunbursts and sprays guard doors in Collier Heights, but they also welcome visitors and bring light and air to the interiors.

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“This romantic enclave is not only my home, it is a sanctuary in the wild metropolis that is Los Angeles," says interior designer Martyn Lawrence Bullard. "A rich, colorful tapestry of inhabitants only adds to its European flavor and historical importance.”

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Discover a little slice of Europe tucked away on a hillside in Hollywood.

Orchard House is where Louisa May Alcott wrote Little Women, and today is a museum devoted to the Alcott family.

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A pilgrimage to the historic and still-lovely Massachusetts town of Emerson, the Alcotts, Hawthorne, and Thoreau.

“Litchfield is peaceful and a great place to write," says resident Florence de Dampierre. "Yet it’s close to New York and full of interesting people...the perfect combination of calm and social interaction.”

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This idyllic town in northwest Connecticut boasts plenty of well-preserved old houses.

In Riverside, the Historic Mission Inn Hotel & Spa started as an adobe guesthouse in 1876.

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“I call Bottle Hill an ‘intentional neighborhood,’" says resident Kathy Sulo. "It’s not always easy to meet neighbors, but shared interests like the Friends of Bottle Hill bring us together, and bi-weekly meetings keep us connected.”

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“We have a multi-generational neighborhood," say residents John and Candace Volz. "Young folks who grew up here come back to raise their families near their parents’ homes.”

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The Old Louisville Historic District stretches over 45 blocks, with 1,400 structures.

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We unearth the old-house treasures of this genteel Southern city.

The richly ornamented 1873 Kemper House displays a notable High Victorian front porch with paired columns and fancy gingerbread.

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The Chase-Lloyd House, completed 1774 by William Buckland, is the only three-story high-style Georgian mansion in Annapolis.

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