Historical Shelters

The James Batterton House: Sprawling Space with a Big Place in Kentucky History

By Deb R. Brimer / March 31, 2019 /

You can get lost in this 4,932-square-foot home and its rich Blue Grass history in Millersburg, Kentucky. Located on a quarter-acre lot at 1001 Main Street, the two-story gem is filled with 19th century wow factors and current upgrades. A gorgeous wooden staircase winding from the front room is the centerpiece of the single-family home.…

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Size Matters in this Texas-Sized Historic Landmark Home

By Deb R. Brimer / March 24, 2019 /
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The Abbott House lives up to the bragging rights of historic Texas. The distinctive three-story Victorian is not only big in size, big in style, and big in history, it’s also big in value. Located on a large corner lot in Hillsboro, Texas – the county seat of Hill County – this 4,612-square-feet landmark home…

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Chestnut Court: History, Elegance, and William Adams Delano Style

By CandysDirt.com Contributor / March 17, 2019 /
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By Deb R. Brimer Contributing Writer If the walls of this timeless 1914 treasure could talk, what name-dropping stories they could tell! Some of the world’s most notable structures are among the works of award-winning New York architect, William Adams Delano, including palatial mansions for the Rockefeller family and Otto Kahn. But Chestnut Court was…

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Amazing Views Punctuate Historical Neutra Design

By Bethany Erickson / March 10, 2019 /
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When shipbuilder John Rados purchased a large, hillside lot overlooking the Port of Los Angeles in the 50s, he turned to a fellow Austro-Hungarian to create a home that would put those views to best use — Richard Neutra. Rados fled the Austro-Hungarian Empire with his family 50 years prior to the purchase of that…

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Own the First Chicago Home of Al Capone — Escape Route Not Included

By Bethany Erickson / February 17, 2019 /
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It was his first home in Chicago, and his mother lived there until her death, and in 2019, you could own a slice of Al Capone history for practically a song. “I came to Chicago with $40 in my pocket,” Alphonse Gabriel Capone said once, and not long after that he began working for mobster…

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