Given the opulence still on
display in the preserved homes of fellow lumber barons Charles H. Hackley and
Thomas Hume, we are left to wonder just how sumptuous was A.V. Mann’s more
durable brick mansion.

Adjusted for inflation, the
$20,000 it cost to build Mann’s mansion would equal at least $425,000 today.
The actual cost would likely be far higher if it were even possible to find the
materials and highly skilled craftsmen which built the original.

Built in 1889, eight yea… (View original article)

Montpelier was built in F.T. Valley by the valley’s namesake, Francis Thornton, in 1746.

For the first time in nearly five years, an iconic Route 231 landmark and historic mansion’s doors will open to the community – well, to generous and education-minded members of the community, for the moment.

Sarah and Jim Wildasin are hosting a Belle Meade School fundraising supper from 5 to 8 p.m. Saturday, May 12 at Montpelier in Sperryville. The historic home… (View original article)

May 1-31, 16th Mansion in May Designer Showhouse and Gardens, Morristown. Open Mon.-Sat., 10 a.m.-3 p.m., Sun., 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Tickets $30 Regular, $25 Seniors (62 and over). No children under 12 permitted inside; showhouse not handicapped accessible.

PHOTO BY DAVID GRUOL

Glynallyn, an English Tudor castle in Morristown, will be the site of the 16th Mansion in May Designer Showhouse and Gardens running through next month. The event showcases work by 60 of the area’s t… (View original article)

Tudor Place mansion in Washington, D.C.

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BUCKS COUNTY – On Saturday, June 23, Bucks Beautiful will host a trip to Tudor Place, the magnificent Washington D.C. mansion built by Martha Custis Peter, step-granddaughter of George Washington, and her husband, Thomas Peter, with an $8,000 inheritance.

The neoclassical house with circular domed portico and expansive gardens was completed in 1816. It remained in … (View original article)

Legendary horror production house Hammer is teaming with an actual haunted house for its latest development project. Hammer has optioned the rights to the story of the San Jose, California-based Winchester Mystery House which is considered the world’s most haunted. The studio is developing and producing a feature with Imagination Design Works and Nine/8 Entertainment. Shooting will take place at the real house whose history dates back to about 1884. Lore has it that Sarah Winchester, … (View original article)

About 25 history buffs involved in historic preservation in Prince George’s Countygathered at Montpelier Mansion in Laurel on Wednesday, April 25 to discuss how best to showcase the county’s lore and landmarks — which they said have never been more relevant.

The “History in the Making” event, one of a four-part series, was hosted by the Prince George’s County Historical and Cultural Trust and the Laurel Historical Society in an effort to draw loca… (View original article)

San Jose’s Winchester Mystery House, the bizarre mansion that has creeped out locals for the past 80 years, will soon be the backdrop of countless nightmares across the globe.

Exclusive Media, a Los Angeles-based film studio, announced on Friday that it has acquired the rights to film a movie about the mysterious house. The horror flick — its script still unwritten — will be filmed on-site using the Victorian’s 160 rooms, 47 stairways and 2,000 doors.
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New homes in London’s historic mansions

Some of London’s grandest buildings are being converted into homes, says David Spittles

New homes are being carved out at 18th-century Bentley Priory, which has spectacular views over London

London leads the way when it comes to the imaginative re-use of historic buildings. Over the past three decades architects have honed their skills as thousands of new homes have been created in period properties, ranging from Ge… (View original article)

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Jim Weiker

The Columbus Dispatch

Sunday April 22, 2012 5:35 AM

It stands like a castle on the Scioto River, a home so large that experts canno… (View original article)

Crash pad: $7m Beverly Hills mansion that Howard Hughes flew into goes up for sale

By
Lyle Brennan

PUBLISHED:
17:34 EST, 21 April 2012
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UPDATED:
18:29 EST, 21 April 2012

Boasting three balconies, a pool and four bedrooms across 6,246 square feet, this Beverly Hills mansion has almost everything a homeowner could wish for – but where is the garage?

The missing element could well be down to the fact that this dream property was o… (View original article)