Tuesday 06/30/2009
The Amstel House was built in the 1730s by Dr. John Finney, one of New Castle's wealthiest landowners. [New Castle County, DE]

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Monday 06/29/2009
The New Castle Historic District is significant for its architecture, for its early settlement, for its importance as a seat of government, for its position as an early trading and shipping center and for its role as a critical link in the regional transportation network. The many well-preserved buildings document almost three hundred years of architectural development. From its inception as an outpost of the Dutch West India Company, the town of New Castle developed as a major port and market on the Delaware River; as the Colonial and briefly, first state capital of Delaware; and as the seat of county government and the center of a trans-peninsular transportation system linking Atlantic seacoast settlements with those on the Chesapeake Bay. [City of New Castle, New Castle County, Delaware]

Sunday 06/28/2009
The Ashton Historic District reflects the earliest period of settlement in Delaware, and some of the changes in housing, settlement pattern, and economic orientation which occurred during the second quarter of the eighteenth century. It includes part of a nine-hundred acre tract granted to Robert Ashton and others in 1686, and to which he had obtained sole possession by 1691. [St Georges Hundred, New Castle County]

Saturday 06/27/2009
Sharon Springs Historic District — the village rose to national prominence as a health spa by the middle of the 19th century, attracting an elite Eastern clientele as spa resorts grew in popularity. By the late 19th century, the regional hops industry also attracted wealthy urban brewing families to the resort community, where they established seasonal estates in and around the village. [Sharon Springs Village, Schoharie County, NY]

Friday 06/26/2009
City of Orem [Utah County, UT] — In 1914 the Provo Bench Commercial Club was organized to promote better business conditions. The business leaders decided to change the area's name from Provo Bench to Orem, after Walter C. Orem the owner of the interurban railroad. The community was incorporated under the name of Orem in May 1919.

Thursday 06/25/2009
North Blenheim Historic District — the village of North Blenheim was settled by Palatine Germans pressing southwards and the site was probably chosen because of the proximity to both the water power on the west creek and the large expanse of flatlands just south of the village. [Town of Blenheim, Schoharie County, NY]

Wednesday 06/24/2009
The Village of Cobleskill has an unmistakable identity which is especially noticeable in the center of the Cobleskill Historic District at the junction of Main and Grand Streets. [Schoharie County, NY]

Tuesday 06/23/2009
Breakabeen Historic District — a map of 1760 shows a cluster of fourteen structures in the vicinity of present day Breakabeen. The initial settlement probably occurred between 1738 and 1745 as a result of the southwards expansion of Palatine Germans living between Middleburgh and Schoharie. No doubt the site was favored because the Keyser's Kill offered potential mill sites. A map of 1779 shows a sawmill and a grist mill at this location. [Town of Fulton, Schoharie County, NY]

The Schoharie County Courthouse is significant as a distinguished example of late nineteenth century, monumental civic architecture in Schoharie County. Erected in 1870 to the design of Albany builder/architect John Cornelius, the 3-story court building constructed of dressed local limestone reflects the eclecticism of the late Victorian period in its design and decorative elements.

Rexford — Historic postal village. [Town of Clifton Park, Saratoga County, NY]

Monday 06/22/2009
Brookside was constructed in the wilderness to serve the needs of visitors to the first mineral spring to be used by the white man. It continued to play a role in the history of Ballston Spa throughout subsequent uses as private school, military academy, home and apartment house. [Ballston Spa Village, Saratoga County, NY]

Saturday 06/20/2009
The Montcalm Park Historic District is historically and architecturally significant as a residential enclave, illustrating Oswego's residential development between circa 1840 and circa 1940. Defined in large measure by a triangular green space and a series of single family houses built around its perimeter, the Montcalm Park Historic District reflects the physical growth and development of Oswego during the period of commercial and industrial expansion. [Oswego County, NY]

Friday 06/19/2009
The Heritage Rail Trail Corridor [ York County, PA] traverses 21 miles from the Old County Courthouse in York City to the Maryland State line.

Thursday 06/18/2009
Cross Roads Borough — perhaps the most aptly-named of the more than 70 municipalities that make up York County Pennsylvania.

Wednesday 06/17/2009
During the first half of the 20th century, a large number of Doctor's homes and offices were located in the 400 and 500 blocks of West Market Street, York, PA. The area became known as Doctor's Row.

Tuesday 06/16/2009
Passing through East Berlin Borough significance one can observe the architectural expression of an 18th century Pennsylvania German community. A large portion of 18th century structures survive with recognizable original features.

Abbottstown Borough, situated where the Hanover and Berlin turnpike crosses the York and Gettysburg turnpike, is the oldest town in the county. It was laid out in 1753, by John Abbott.
[Adams County, Pennsylvania]

Monday 06/15/2009
The Cherry Valley Village Historic District is historically and architecturally significant as an intact concentration of historic buildings, sites and streetscapes which together chronicle the development of a regionally important center of transportation, commerce, industry and agriculture in central New York State between 1778 and 1928. [Cherry Valley Village, Otsego County, NY]

Saturday 06/13/2009
Updated: Kimberton Village — Innovative educator though he may have been, Emmor Kimber was more than simply a Quaker schoolmaster. He was an energetic entrepreneur and the founding father of the village that would assume his name. In addition to the boarding school, Kimber initially owned the former Chrisman Mill, the inn, a shoemaker's shop, a tailor's shop, and a blacksmith shop. [East Pikeland Township, [Chester County, PA]

Friday 06/12/2009
The Unadilla Village Historic District is an outstanding concentration of nineteenth and early twentieth century architecture. It encompasses the core of this historic village and represents a continuum of architectural development in the region between 1804 and 1940. [Village of Unadilla, Otsego County, NY]

Belmont Village (seat of government for Allegany County, NY) was incorporated in 1853 under the name of Philipsburg in honor of Philip Church, a judge and proprietor of the Church Tract, which included the village in its boundaries.

Thursday 06/11/2009
The Worcester Historic District is a well-preserved window into a late nineteenth century, small-town commercial center. [Town of Worcester, Otsego County, NY]

Wednesday 06/10/2009
The Church Street Historic District is a middle-class residential area developed between c.1822 and c.1940 and primarily characterized by two-story frame houses in a variety of popular nineteenth and early twentieth century styles.

The West Main Street/West James Street Historic District is significant for its association with the social and economic development of the village of Richfield Springs, and for its significance as a distinguished collection of nineteenth and early twentieth century commercial, residential, educational and religious architecture. Representing a ca.1830-1940 period of significance, buildings within the West Main Street/West James Street Historic District reflect all major phases in the evolution of the village, including the turnpike and early spa period (ca.1800-1920), and the early automobile era, (ca.1920-1940).
[Richfield Springs Village, Otsego County, NY]

Tuesday 06/09/2009
The Walnut Street Historic District contains a variety of historic buildings which remain in a remarkable state of preservation. Built mostly between 1850 and 1915, these buildings illustrate the growth of Oneonta from a rural village to a large and prosperous city and marketing center. [City of Oneonta, Otsego County, NY]

Monday 06/08/2009
The Main Street Historic District represents Geneso Village's early nineteenth century prosperity as a marketplace for the valley's farming communities through its later prominence as the county seat of Livingston County NY.

Set at the foot of Geneseo's Main Street, The Homestead has a paternal relationship with the village, matched only by another later Wadsworth house, "Hartford House," at the north end.

Sunday 06/07/2009
Top 5 Neighborhoods for May 2009 — the neighborhoods most-visited on Living Places last month were (in order of frequency): 1) Makefield Glen, 2) Flowers Mill, 3) Heritage Creek, 4) East Park, 5) Legacy Oaks.

Friday 06/05/2009
The Englehart Melchinger House is one of the best, and one of the few remaining examples of mid-nineteenth century architecture. Constructed at a time when many in the borough were building in a traditional fashion, Melchinger introduced a high style of architecture that had not yet been seen in the rural community. [Borough of Dover, York County, PA]

Samuel Sloan, Philadelphia architect, 1815-1884.

Thursday 06/04/2009
The William Willis House built in 1762 is significant for its associations with the early brick industry and the English Quaker Willis family who was influential in 18th and 19th century York. The house shows the English Georgian style of architecture as interpreted by an American-born builder in the mid eighteenth century.

The Forry House (ca. 1809) is a two and one-half story, limestone house with a gable roof and two gable end brick chimneys. It is one of very few stone townhouses built in York County.
[City of York. York County, PA]

Wednesday 06/03/2009
Reverend Anderson B. Quay House is an important northern York County example of 19th century domestic architecture. Built in 1831 for the pastor of Monaghan Presbyterian Church, the residence is an excellent illustration of a mid-19th century townhouse and displays a number of high-style features.


The Dill Tavern — from c.1755 until c.1835, the property was a tavern, which served travelers, tradesmen and local residents of the area.
[Dillsburg Borough, York County, PA]

Tuesday 06/02/2009
Billmeyer House — this impressive Victorian "Italian Villa" style house was built in 1860 by industrialist Charles Billmeyer, one of the most prominent and affluent individuals living in York at the time.

The York Meetinghouse, originally constructed in 1766, is the oldest religious building in the City of York.

Monday 06/01/2009
River Towns of Pennsylvania
Updated:
Delaware River, Susquehanna River, Ohio River, Schuylkill River

Sunday 05/31/2009
The Golden Plough Tavern is probably the most important surviving building of York's architectural history. It is at this time the only remaining sample of a medieval half-timber type of construction commonly used in the York, Reading and Lancaster area by the early German settlers who arrived from the Palatinate region of Central Europe.

The Cookes House (ca. 1761) is the third oldest surviving structure in the City of York. It predates the time when York (Yorktowne) was briefly the seat of government of the United States (1777-1778).

The Barnett Bobb Log House (Old Log House) was built in 1811-1812. This two-story, restored dwelling is typical of the style of construction used in the early homes of York and surrounding areas.

Saturday 05/30/2009
Sistersville Historic District — The Sistersville of today remains much the same as the town which existed by 1910. Signs of wealth appear in the turn-of-the-century commercial and residence buildings, and, interestingly enough, some of the old frame houses on the edges of the historic district still stand as a tribute to the role of the "little man" in the boom.

E. A. Durham Home (also known as the Durham-Peters Residence) — Of the private residences constructed in Sistersville, West Virginia, as a result of the rich oil strikes of the 1890's, this the most elaborate and elegant.

The Wells-Schaff House, also called "Welkin," is the grandest example of Federal architecture in Sistersville. It was built in 1832 as the home of the pioneer Wells family.

Friday 05/29/2009
The Middlebourne Historic District is located within the eastern section of the county seat of Tyler County along several of the town's oldest and most important streets. The quiet neighborhood retains a sense of place and character within a community of about 1,000 inhabitants that has served since the early 19th century as the site of the Tyler County Courthouse with its commissioners, judges, and lawyers.

Thursday 05/28/2009
Streetcar Suburbs — by 1890, streetcar lines began to foster a tremendous expansion of suburban growth in cities of all sizes. In older cities, electric streetcars quickly replaced horse-drawn cars, making it possible to extend transportation lines outward and greatly expanding the availability of land for residential development.

Asheville's Proximity Park Historic District is located approximately two miles north of downtown Asheville, at the base of Sunset Mountain. Prior to its development as a residential streetcar suburb, it had been a rural dairy and open farmland. It was then laid out as a nine-hole golf course ca.1900 before being platted into home sites in 1907. [City of Asheville, Buncombe County, NC]

Tuesday 05/26/2009
The Norwood Park Historic District is a twenty-six acre residential district contains concentrations of houses, from greatest to least occurrence, in the Craftsman Bungalow, Colonial Revival, Minimal Traditional, Dutch Colonial Revival, and Tudor Revival styles, dating from ca.1900 through the early 1950s, all of which were built within the historically platted Norwood Park subdivision.

Monday 05/25/2009
The Cold Spring Park Historic District forms an intact configuration representative of Hendersonville's residential development from the boom times of the first two decades of the twentieth century, along with significant growth which occurred in the 1940s and early 1950s. [Henderson County, NC]

Sunday 05/24/2009
The Mexico Village Historic District (encompassing a large portion of the central core of the Village of Mexico) is a concentration of residences, commercial buildings, and churches that collectively retain a high degree of integrity and sense of historic association with the development of the village. [Oswego County, NY]

The Lancaster County Courthouse is an important example of Roman Revival style architecture. It was built between 1852 and 1855 from designs drawn by the nationally noted Philadelphia architect, Samuel Sloan. [Lancaster City, Lancaster County, PA]

Friday 05/22/2009
Franklin Square Historic District — most major architectural styles of the 19th century are represented by houses located around the square, including Federal, Greek Revival, Gothic Revival, Italianate, Second Empire, and Queen Anne. The variety of styles is a result of the subdivision of original estates and the erection of later houses. In some cases a house occupies a site in which one or two others have stood. [City of Oswego, Oswego County, NY]

Updated: The Fairmount Historic District is an intact neighborhood of primarily Victorian-era homes located on the northwestern bank of the Codorus Creek, which bisects York City in York County, Pennsylvania.

Thursday 05/21/2009
Luzerne County Courthouse — designed by F. J. Osterling in the neo-Classical style, the present cruciform shaped building is the fourth courthouse for the County of Luzerne. Its styling and detailed decorations place this structure among the most ornate of Pennsylvania's county courthouses. [Wilkes-Barre, PA]

Lackawanna County Courthouse — construction resulted from the formation of Lackawanna County from Luzerne County on 13 August 1878. [Scranton, PA]

Wednesday 05/20/2009
Spotlight on Mercer County Pennsylvania
The Frank H. Buhl Mansion, a rambling and imposing late 19th century residence, is an interpretive example of a distinct style of American architecture influenced by the works of Henry Hobson Richardson. The building incorporates a number of the Richardsonian Romanesque elements and conveys its impressiveness through a unifying series of arches, columns, finials, and turrets. [City of Sharon]

The Mercer County Courthouse is a red brick and light gray sandstone three-story building, rectangular in form, with a tall bell and clock tower. The carefully symmetrical Classical/Beaux Arts-styled building is located in the center of Mercer Borough, in the middle of the community's "Diamond" or square, on top of a small hill.

The Greenville Commercial Historic District is a significant local example of the variety of architectural styles popular in the mid to late 19th century with later examples of important 20th century commercial design trends. More than half of buildings date from the period 1871-1890. Many of these buildings were erected within a relatively brief period following major fires in the 1870s. [Borough of Greenville]

Tuesday 05/19/2009
Updated: Index – 125 Toll Brothers Subdivisions

Sunday 05/17/2009
Historic Courthouses — index of courthouses and courthouse districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Saturday 05/16/2009
Spotlight on SALT LAKE CITY
The McCune Mansion was designed by architect S.C. Dallas for Alfred W. McCune and wife Elizabeth. The McCunes financed a two year tour of the United States and Europe for the architect to study architectural styles and techniques before plans were drawn for the home.

The Centennial Home, a brick one-and-one-half story Post World War II Modern house with a low pitched gable roof, was constructed in 1947 in the Virginia Heights Additions of Salt Lake City, on the edge of the Avenues and Federal Heights neighborhoods. It is significant as a pristine example of upper-middle-class, post World War II housing and as an early example of the use of model homes to sell construction and design services and products.

Highland Park Historic District — At the turn of the 20th-century America experienced a huge speculative real estate boom outside the core urban areas as cities became more industrial. The neighborhood is significant for its place in this movement as a local forerunner of subdivisions providing complete real estate services.

Friday 05/15/2009
Three New York Courthouses designed by Horatio Nelson White

1. Chemung County Courthouse, ca. 1861-1862, Elmira, Chemung County.
2. Jefferson County Courthouse ca. 1862, Watertown, Jefferson County.
3. Oswego County Courthouse, ca. 1859-1860, Oswego City, Oswego County.

Thursday 05/14/2009
The Maplewood Historic District retains original street plans, landscape features, and physical attributes representative of a distinctive type of residential development characterized by detached single-family dwellings, oversized lots, deep setback of houses, landscaped streets, and integration of open space. [Rochester, Monroe County, NY]

The Sandy Creek Historic District provides a rare, surviving example of a typical main street of a small rural village of the period (1835-1928). It remains the commercial center of the village and most of the buildings continue in use and retain a high degree of integrity. [Village of Sandy Creek, Oswego County, NY]

The early settlement of the Town of Sandy Creek, beginning in 1802, was inhibited by the War of 1812. Sandy Creek's strategic location halfway between the forts at Oswego and Sackets Harbor was cause for fear of invasion, driving off established settlers and discouraging new ones.

The Fry's Spring Service Station was built in 1931 and is important as its construction signified the decline of Charlottesville Virginia's streetcar system and simultaneously the rise of automobile ownership among the white middle class.

Wednesday 05/13/2009
The Jefferson County Courthouse is historically significant both because it played an important role in the development of the county's government during and after the Civil War and because it was the site of the treason trial of John Brown. [Charles Town City, Jefferson County, WV]

Tuesday 05/12/2009
The Hand-Hale Historic District is an important historic and architectural resource which depicts the cultured, sophisticated lifestyle of two prominent families of New York State jurists in the Adirondack wilderness during the nineteenth century. [Elizabethtown, Essex County NY]

The McPherson County Courthouse was constructed from limestone quarried near Strong City in Chase County in the Richardsonian Romanesque style. It was designed by John G. Haskell of Topeka, one of the most prominent early Kansas architects, and constructed in 1893-1894. [McPherson City, McPherson County, KS]

Monday 05/11/2009
Living Places' most-visited neighborhood
Of the more than 3,000 neighborhood pages on Living Places, Makefield Glen (Lower Makefield Township, Bucks County, PA) was the most-view over the past 30 days. The median resale price† over the past year was approximately $255,000. The current median asking price† is also approximately $255,000.

Vacation Rental — brand new, 2-story penthouse condo available now in Bavaro (Punta Cana), Dominican Republic; Details Here.

Saturday 05/09/2009
The Whitney Mansion, built of Medina limestone with a monumental Ionic porch, looms large on a riverside site in the city of Niagara Falls. This "grandest house in the village" was built by the son of General Parkhurst Whitney, a village founder and the owner of the Cataract House and The Eagle Tavern, the village's oldest and most prominent hotels. [Niagara County NY]

Old Warren County Courthouse — located in the center of Lake George Village on a lot that extends down to the lake, the courthouse complex is a series of five attached structures built in four stages during the 19th century. The nucleus is an 1845 red brick courtroom, which in the course of the 19th century was sandwiched between notable additions built for added grandeur as well as space to house Judges' Chambers, County Offices and the Jail. [Warren County NY]

The Hamlet of Warrensburg is located in the Town of Warrensburg, in the central southeastern section of Warren County, five miles northwest of Lake George.

Friday 05/08/2009
The Hall Street Historic District is known for the mansions which line Hall Street. There is one other mansion in the area located on 8th Street. [St Joseph City, Buchanan County, MO]

Henry Hobson Richardson, Architect, 1815-1852.

Thursday 05/07/2009
The Cole County Courthouse, Jefferson City, Missouri, is significant as an example of the Romanesque Revival style of architecture, a style that dominated courthouse construction in Missouri between 1888 and 1908. This style incorporated many elements borrowed from the architecture of Henry Hobson Richardson who had revived Romanesque architecture in the early 1870's to 1880's.

The Buchanan County Courthouse is significant as the only cruciform, Renaissance Revival courthouse in Missouri.

Wednesday 05/06/2009
The Honeoye Falls Village Historic District is architecturally and historically significant as an intact village commercial and residential center, which retains significant streetscapes and buildings illustrating the growth and development of a small manufacturing center between 1790 and 1940. The Village of Honeoye Falls is contained within the boundaries of the Town of Mendon, Monroe County, NY.

Monday 05/04/2009
Get to Know Lawrence (Douglas County), Kansas

1. Breezedale Historic District — early 20th-century suburban development.
2. Douglas County Courthouse — built ca. 1903.
3. Hancock Historic District — early 20th century residential neighborhood.
4. North Rhode Island Street Historic District — district of architecturally-significant buildings ca. 1850s through 1940s.
5. Old West Lawrence Historic District — distinctive late 19th-century architecture.
6. Park Hill — residential neighborhood.
7. South Rhode Island and New Hampshire St Historic District — homes located within the boundaries of the original Lawrence townsite plan.
8. West Hills — residential neighborhood.

Sunday 05/03/2009
The Thomas Oliver House (constructed 1891-1892) is an intact representative example of Queen Anne residential architecture in Lockport, Niagara County, New York.

The Niagara County Courthouse was originally constructed in 1886 in the Second Empire style. Characteristic features include the horizontal division into pavilions, mansard roof and the original projecting multi-stage entrance tower.

Saturday 05/02/2009
Anderson Historic District — A back-country tavern on the General's Road from Tamassee to Abbeville was the starting point for Anderson, S.C., county seat of Anderson. Created in 1826 with the division of the Pendleton District, Anderson County had a noteworthy beginning and has grown to a high place of prominence in the state.

The Anderson Downtown Historic District retains a typical town plan with a courthouse square in its center, as well as numerous good examples of Victorian commercial architecture.

Friday 05/01/2009
The Montgomery Street-Columbus Circle Historic District retains the scale and character of a city which grew rapidly from a small settlement to a booming industrial center due to its location on the Erie Canal, its diversified industry and the opening of a railroad in 1839.

The North Salina Street Historic District contains the largest collection of architecturally distinctive nineteenth and early twentieth century commercial row buildings in Syracuse, including examples of the Italianate, Victorian Gothic, Romanesque, Queen Anne, and Neoclassical styles.
[City of Syracuse, Onondaga County, NY]

Thursday 04/30/2009
The McConnell House (ca. 1786) and the Fulton House (ca. 1793) are each individually listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Both houses are located within the boundaries of the McConnellsburg Historic District which is also listed on the register.
[McConnellsburg Borough, Fulton County PA]

Wednesday 04/29/2009
The Fishkill Village District is composed of the historical village center which contains a significant concentration of visually homogeneous structures dating from the last quarter of the 18th century through the third quarter of the 19th. The village was a significant crossroads in the overland transportation network in the Hudson Valley throughout the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, and during the Revolution functioned as part of a major Quartermaster-Commissary facility and encampment. [Fishkill Village, Dutchess County, NY]

Tuesday 04/28/2009

The Livingood House/Stryker Hospital, a substantial Reading town house which was erected in 1866-71, converted into a private hospital in 1908 and enlarged in 1921 to accommodate a medical office. Operated for about twenty-five years by Dr. H. Denton Stryker, a prominent Reading physician and surgeon, the facility exemplifies the small private hospitals which were established in the late 19th/early 20th-century period as an alternative to the large, open ward "charity" hospitals for people with the means to pay. The original house is representative of Reading's Italianate style residential architecture and a rare local example of the five-bay, center-hall-plan town house, a house type only occasionally adopted for the most substantial dwellings erected during Reading's 19th-century building boom. [Berks County, PA]

Updated: Rhinebeck Historic District [Dutchess County NY]

Sunday 04/26/2009
The Tulpehocken Station Historic District is perhaps the first suburb in the country to put into practice the theories and designs of Andrew Jackson Downing, America's first great landscape architect. [Philadelphia, PA]

Saturday 04/25/2009
The Northern Liberties Historic District is a complex creation that began as an extension to the market on Second Street, but became a separate ethnic community in its own right as it matured after the middle of the nineteenth century. That community at its height contained the city's greatest concentration of German churches, institutions and clubs interspersed with small highly skilled workshops and a variety of houses that span the nineteenth century. [Philadelphia, PA]

Friday 04/24/2009
The Old Indiana County Courthouse was designed in 1869-70 by James W. Drum, architect, in what he called "Modern Renaissance," or Second Empire style. Serving as the courthouse for 100 years (1870-1971) this building exemplifies the role of the county courthouse in the life of rural Pennsylvania. [Indiana Borough, Indiana County]

The Franklin County Courthouse built in 1855, is a two and one-half-story, Flemish bond, brick structure in Greek Revival style. [Chambersburg Borough, Franklin County]

Thursday 04/23/2009
Horseshoe Pond is a community of about 20 houseboats located off historic "Misery Bay" in Erie's bayfront peninsula, Presque Isle State Park.

Wednesday 04/22/2009
A cluster of three very different "neighborhoods in Erie, PA — each with a unique, inviting ambiance ...
 • Ferncliff Beach
 • Frontier
 • Shore Drive

Tuesday 04/21/2009
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000, the Cleveland County Courthouse, located in Norman, Oklahoma, is a striking Art Deco style building. Completed in 1940, the building was designed by Oklahoma City architect Walter T. Vahlberg.

Monday 04/20/2009
Updated: The association with two prominent Erie businessmen whose personal and professional lives converged many times between 1853 and 1887 (Oscar Cornelius Thayer and Victory Marion Thompson), the Thayer-Thompson House is a fine example of an Italianate mansion.

Friday 04/10/2009
The Crown Heights Historic District is an example of Depression-era residential development in Oklahoma City. It is architecturally significant as an outstanding cohesive example of a 1930's residential neighborhood. The district is a reflection of the City's building boom which followed the discovery of the Oklahoma City Oil Field in 1928.

The Maney Historic District, with only three houses remaining, is a highly visible legacy of Oklahoma City's transition from a "walking City" to a sprawling suburban community
[Oklahoma County, OK]

Thursday 04/09/2009
BEST PLACES TO RAISE YOUR KIDS 2009
This is the title of Business Week's "second annual roundup" which selects towns in each state. For Pennsylvania, Levittown was cited as one of two runners-up to the #1 cited Pittsburgh. (The other runner-up was Scranton).

Here on Living Places, you can drill-down to find info on each of Levittowns 40 residential neighborhoods (try the link Neighborhood Homes For Sale appearing on the individual neighborhood pages). A good place to begin is: Map of Levittown's 40 residential neighborhoods. If you already know the name of a particular section in which you have an interest, see the table of shortcuts below:

Wednesday 04/08/2009
Updated: 70 David Cutler-built Neighborhoods

Tuesday 04/07/2009
The The Erie Federal Courthouse and Post Office is a product of the federal government's effort to stimulate the building industry during the 1929 Depression. It was designed by Rudolph Stanley-Brown (1890-1944), grandson of President James A. Garfield, and a consulting architect of the U. S. Treasury Department.

Monday 04/06/2009
Updated: 40 DeLuca-built Neighborhoods

Sunday 04/05/2009
Updated: 125 Toll Brothers Neighborhoods

Saturday 04/04/2009
Active Adult (55-plus) in Winslow Township, Camden County NJ
Braddock Preserve, detached singles ca. 2006
Elmtowne, detached singles ca. 1978

Friday 04/03/2009
Two Active Adult (55-plus) Communities by Pulte Homes
Traditions at Longwood — East Marlborough Township, Chester County, PA

Traditions — Voorhees Township, Camden County, NJ

Wednesday 04/01/2009
HOMES FOR RENT/LEASE, Greater Philadelphia Area including Bucks, Burlington, Chester, Delaware, Mercer, Montgomery, and Camden Counties

Monday 03/30/2009
Village Green — Active Adult (55-plus) in Evesham Township, ca. 2000

Greenbriar Horizons — Active Adult singles in Bordentown Township ca. 2006.
[Burlington County, NJ]

Wednesday 03/25/2009
Village Grande at Bear Creek — Active Adult (55-plus) community.
See Also: 127 Active Adult Communities
Updated: Toll Brothers Neighborhoods

Thursday 03/19/2009
Quarry Ridge (times 2)
Quarry Ridge, Quarryville, detached single family residences by Cedar Knoll Builders ca. 2008. [Quarryville Borough, Lancaster County, PA]

Quarry Ridge, Coatesville, detached single family residences by Ryan Homes ca. 2002. [Sadsbury Township, Chester County, PA]

Thursday 03/12/2009
The Elbridge Village Historic District is comprised of a significant collection of buildings that, considered together, reflect the hamlet's growth and development during the 19th and early 20th centuries, recalling its growth in the years following the completion of the Genesee Turnpike and the Erie Canal.
[Village of Elbridge, Onondaga County, NY]

Wednesday 03/11/2009
Centennial Mill is an active adult (55-plus) community of detached singles and townhomes built ca. 2004-2007. [Voorhees Township, Camden County, NJ]

Updated: The City of Canandaigua was initially founded as a late eighteenth century settlement base for the western frontier. Located on the major transportation route from Utica through Geneva to Buffalo, it was designated as the county seat of the newly created Ontario County.

Tuesday 03/10/2009
The Fabius Village Historic District is architecturally and historically significant as an intact, representative example of an early-nineteenth century residential and agricultural community in central New York State. The hamlet retains a significant collection of buildings and structures, set in relatively intact streetscapes, that effectively convey a sense of the community's early growth and subsequent development between 1800 and 1930.
[Village of Fabius, Onondaga County]

Monday 03/09/2009
The Glen Historic District encompasses the core of a rural crossroads hamlet located near the geographic center of the Town of Glen, Montgomery County, NY. Glen is located atop a ridge four miles south of the Mohawk River. The district is historically and architecturally significant as a substantially intact example of a rural crossroads community as it evolved from the Federal period to the end of the nineteenth century.

Sunday 03/08/2009
More Lockport Historic Stone Houses
The Gibbs House (98 North Transit Street) is located on the east side of North Transit Street a block north of the Erie Canal. It is an intact example of Lockport 19th-century stone architecture.

The Hopkins House is representative of the modest scale and use of readily available native stone that typified much of the city's domestic architecture during the first several decades of its existence.

The Maloney House is an another example of the simple, modest stone houses constructed by the village's working and middle-class families during the third quarter of the nineteenth century. The house's simple rectangular block massing, front-gable orientation, and three bay/side entrance facade are typical characteristics of Lockport's domestic architecture during the period.
[Lockport City, Niagara County, NY]

Saturday 03/07/2009
The Dole House (74 Niagara Street, listed on the National Register of Historic Places) is significant as an important example of Lockport's 19th-century domestic stone architecture. [Niagara County, NY]

Friday 03/06/2009
HISTORIC ROCHESTER, MONROE COUNTY, NY
The Third Ward Historic District contains the architectural framework and neighborhood ambience of a well-known enclave of Victorian Rochester. This seven block area of over 100 buildings is sprinkled with outstanding individual landmarks; but even more significant as a whole, it is a graphic visual record of an important chapter in Rochester's social history.

The East Avenue Historic District which originally began as a thoroughfare to the east, became one of the most prestigious residential areas of the rapidly growing city. Here were located the homes and estates of the wealthy, prominent business leaders and professionals.

The Mt. Hope-Highland Historic District is the domain of the Ellwanger and Barry Botanic Gardens and the Mt. Hope Cemetery. The district is punctuated with notable architect-designed buildings combined with a more tightly-knit early 20th-century subdivision along the its fringes.

Thursday 03/05/2009
The Genesee Street Hill-Limestone Plaza Historic District is a significant collection of mid-nineteenth century buildings constructed as a result of the prosperity the Erie Canal brought to the Fayetteville area. Although the brick and frame homes are varied in style, there is a cohesiveness of scale and materials employed. Federal, Greek Revival, Gothic Revival and Italianate styles are represented and reflect the changing taste in design of the nineteenth century. [Onondaga County, NY]

Wednesday 03/04/2009
The Clarkson Corners Historic District encompasses the entire historic commercial and residential core of the small hamlet, which developed around the intersection of two important transportation routes. Initial early nineteenth century development around the crossroads was related to providing services for travelers. [Town of Clarkson, Monroe County, NY]

Tuesday 03/03/2009
Active Adult (55-plus) Communities — Burlington County, NJ
Renaissance Club, Mount Laurel Township
Fernbrooke, Westampton Township

The Jordan Historic District is a distinctive concentration of 19th and early 20th century architecture. The historically and architecturally significant residential, commercial and ecclesiastical structures illustrate the village's 19th-century growth and prosperity, particularly during 1830-1840 and 1870-85, when the Erie Canal made Jordan's principal commercial, industrial and transportation center of western Onondaga County. [Jordan Village, NY]

The Skaneateles Historic District is a significant collection of intact 19th and early 20th century residential and commercial buildings surviving in central New York. [Skaneateles Village, Onondaga County]

Monday 03/02/2009
Active Adult (55-plus) Communities — Mercer County, NJ
Riviera at East Windsor, East Windsor Township
Wellington Manor, Hopewell Township

Manlius Village Historic District — Two famous early nineteenth century New York State turnpikes met in the heart of the historic district. The present day Seneca Street is the old Seneca Turnpike leading west to Canandaigua, and Academy Street is the old Cherry Valley Turnpike running from Albany through Cazenovia. [ Manlius Village, Onondaga County, NY ]

The Rochester Street Historic District is a remarkably insulated village environment which historically and architecturally records the lives, skills and prosperity of its nineteenth century inhabitants. [ Village of Scottsville, Monroe County, NY ]

Sunday 03/01/2009
Active Adult (55-plus) Communities — Mercer County, NJ
Ventana at Lawrenceville, Lawrence Township
Pennington Point, Pennington Borough,
Enchantment at Hamilton, Hamilton Township
Evergreen at Hamilton, Hamilton Township
Villages at Hamilton, Hamilton Township
Woodlands at Hamilton, Hamilton Township

The Jackson-Perkins Residence is significant for its association with the growth and development of the Jackson and Perkins Company, one of the largest and best-known horticultural firms in the United States. The company was established in 1873 by Albert E. Jackson and his son-in-law, Charles H. Perkins, fruit growers and amateur gardeners, who had purchased the property in 1864. [Village of Newark, Wayne County, NY]

Saturday 02/28/2009
The Pultneyville Historic District is an architecturally significant concentration of nineteenth-century residential architecture in the hamlet of Pultneyville, New York. [Town of Williamson, Wayne County]

Friday 02/27/2009
Northampton County Courthouse, Easton PA

Active Adult (55-plus) Communities
Locust Hill, Hamilton Township, Mercer County NJ
Traditions at Hamilton Crossing, Hamilton Township, Mercer County NJ

The Pittsford Village Historic District contains the village's best, most sophisticated examples of a broad range of popular American styles, dating from the 1810s to the 1930s, including Federal, Greek Revival, Gothic Revival, Italianate, Queen Anne, Eastlake and Colonial Revival styles. [Pittsford Village, Monroe County, NY]

The Oswego-Oneida Streets Historic District is a significant collection of nineteenth-century architectural styles found in central New York. The residential neighborhood of thirty-four buildings was the home of many of Baldwinsville's most prominent citizens. [Onondaga County, NY]

Thursday 02/26/2009
Active Adult (55-plus) Communities
Primrose Village, Ewing Township, Mercer County NJ
Westfield Leas, Cinnaminson Township, Burlington County NJ
Traditions at Federal Point, Lawrence Township, Mercer County NJ
Gatherings at Lawrenceville, Lawrence Township, Mercer County NJ
Updated: Living Places Index to 112 Active Adult Communities

The Wolcott Square Historic District is an architecturally and historically significant collection of intact religious and public architecture in the middle of downtown Wolcott, a small, quiet village in northwestern Wayne County [NY].

Within the Broad Street-Water Street Historic District in the village of Lyons, stone piers of the 1830's and 40's, cast iron storefronts and balconies, decorative window heads and cornices show few alterations since the days of the Baltzels, Nusbickels and Knowleses who left their names in inscriptions on the front facades of their commercial "blocks" overlooking the canal.

Wednesday 02/25/2009
Market Street Historic District — The Village of Palmyra, although first settled in the late 18th-century was actually "put on the map" in the mid-1820s when the Erie Canal was constructed along the north side of the village. The Market Street Historic District linking Main Street to the canal, illustrates the immediate stimulus the opening of the canal had on Palmyra's commercial development.

East Main Street Commercial Historic District — Palmyra became a thriving canal village late in the 1820's, and East Main Street contains a full gamut of 19th century commercial structures. [Wayne—County,—NY]

Tuesday 02/24/2009
Newtons Landing is an Active Adult (55-plus) subdivision of detached singles and townhomes in Delanco Township, Burlington County, NJ.
Spotlight on Binghamton, county seat of, Broom County, NY
The Court Street Historic District represents the period from c.1840 to 1939 and includes a diversity of architectural styles ranging from small, altered three-story Greek Revival style commercial buildings of the 1840's and early 1850's to the twelve-story Beaux-Arts classical Press Building of 1904 and the restrained, Art Deco-detailed Broome County Justice Building, built in 1939.

The stately Sherman Phelps Mansion is an outstanding example of an architect's imagination and a craftsman's skill.

The Broome County Courthouse, erected in 1897-98 and surrounded by a four and one-half acre parcel of land, is the focal point of the present governmental environment and forms the apex of the newer governmental complex to the south which is composed of State, County, and City offices.

Monday 02/23/2009
More Active Adult (55-plus) Homes For Sale
Four Seasons at Mapleton – (Mansfield Township) and
Village Grande – (Bordentown Township)
[Burlington County, New Jersey]

Historic Courthouse
The architectural significance of the Centre County Courthouse derives largely from the fact that its classical porch (1835) is the sole surviving example of period Greek Revival architecture in the County, on a large scale. [Borough of Bellefonte, Centre County, PA]

Sunday 02/22/2009
The Sutton-Ditz House (ca. 1847) is a two-and-one-half-story Neo-Classical Revival style brick residential building located in the Borough of Clarion It faces the Clarion County Courthouse (ca. 1883) to the northeast, across the town-center public square. [Clarion County, PA]

Elm Court, the estate of B.D. Phillips in the City of Butler, features a forty-room residence built around an enclosed central court and set into a hillside amidst a series of landscaped terraces. The house, measuring approximately 125.70 feet by 159 feet, is of limestone, marble and slate over a steel reinforced concrete frame. Construction, under the direction of Harry Wimer, construction engineer, was begun in early 1929 and completed in mid-1930 at a cost of $3,000,000.

Located on Diamond Street, across from the Butler County Courthouse (ca. 1885) is the Senator Walter Lowrie House (ca. 1825), a preserved example of early western Pennsylvania vernacular architecture. Senator Lowrie served in the U.S. Senate from 1812-1818. [Butler County, PA]

The Chester County Courthouse is one of several Thomas U. Walter buildings in West Chester. Walter was the architect for Girard College in Philadelphia and was responsible for adding two wings and a cast iron dome to the capitol of the United States in the mid-nineteenth century. [West Chester Borough, Chester County, PA]

Saturday 02/21/2009
The large Colonial Revival-styled James Scott House and carriage house at 5635 Stanton Avenue in the Highland Park neighborhood of Pittsburgh were constructed in 1900 and 1902 respectively for James Scott, an executive in Andrew Carnegie's steel empire. [Pittsburgh City, Allegheny County, PA]

The Dobbin House (Gettysburg) was built in 1776 by the Rev. Alexander Dobbin on a 300 acre tract purchased in 1774.

Historic County Courthouses
    Adams County Courthouse, ca. 1859 Gettysburg PA
    Armstrong County Courthouse, ca. 1860, Kittanning PA
    Blair County Courthouse, ca. 1875, Hollidaysburg PA
    Clearfield County Courthouse, ca. 1862, Clearfield PA

Friday 02/20/2009
Athertyn — Active Adult/55-plus condo living comes to the Philadelphia Main Line (Haverford Township); see also Living Places Index to 101 Active Adult Communities.

The Chatham Village Historic District is a planned garden community located in the Mt. Washington neighborhood less than two miles southwest of downtown Pittsburgh.

Thursday 02/19/2009
The Allegheny County Courthouse and Jail, National Historic Landmarks, are prime examples of the style now called Richardsonian Romanesque. Architect H. H. Richardson considered these the pinnacle of his own career. When he fell ill near the end of his life, he is reputed to have said "Let me have time to finish Pittsburgh and I should be content without another day."

The Schenley Farms Historic District combines a City Beautiful civic center with one of the country's first successful planned suburban housing districts. The monumental civic center is a major example of City Beautiful planning, a planning movement of international significance, and the adjacent group of houses is an architectural museum of turn-of-the-century revival styles.

The Byers-Lyons House was built as a "town house" for Pittsburgh industrialist Alexander M. Byers, his daughter, and her husband, J. Denniston Lyons.

The William Penn Snyder House was among the last mansions built along Ridge Avenue, then lined with the homes of Pittsburgh millionaires. The house served as the Snyder residence until 1921.

Wednesday 02/18/2009
Crawford County PA
Saegertown Borough:The Edward Saeger House is a beautiful example of Greek Revival architectural style.
City of Meadville: The four-story, five-bay, brick Baldwin-Reynolds House (ca. 1843) has a block plan and contains twenty-five rooms; located at Chestnut and Liberty Streets, the Judge Henry Shippen House (ca. 1838) is one of the city's best examples of a fashionable in-town residence; built in 1899 by the local Meadville builders, the Roueche brothers and Albert A. Huttelmayer, the Roueche House (762 Park Avenue) was a full-size model of their building ad.

Tuesday 02/17/2009
Stirling — Erected in 1890-1892 in what was at that time considered the far suburbs of the City of Reading, "Stirling" is the culmination of architect-client team work by Theophilus P. Chandler and James Hervey Sternbergh.

The Peter D. Wanner Mansion — "Mount Penn Home" — was built as the primary residence for the late nineteenth century industrialist. It was designed by local architect Edward K. Mull, who was responsible for several other Reading landmarks. [Berks County, PA]

Monday 02/16/2009
The Japanese Pagoda atop Mt. Penn, east of the City of Reading, was initiated in 1905 by a local politician, Mr. William Abott Witman, Sr. It was completed in 1908 and was intended to be a summer resort for Mr. Witman.

The Wilhelm Mansion is one of the outstanding landmarks in Reading — one of the few single dwellings of the Gothic Revival style architecture in Reading and a unique example of a level of craftsmanship seldom seen in contemporary times. [Berks County, PA]

Sunday 02/15/2009
Update: Agriculture in Berks County: 1700 to 1945 — Southeastern Pennsylvania's Berks County, has always been one of the leading agricultural counties in the state.

Saturday 02/14/2009
The South Street Area Historic District retains an unusually high degree of integrity and represents one of the largest and most intact residential and institutional districts of its kind in central New York. The district is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. [City of Auburn, Cayuga County, NY]

Friday 02/13/2009
The Village at Maidencreek is an Active Adult (55-plus) subdivision of approximately 100 two and three bedroom townhomes in Maidencreek Township, Berks County PA.

Thursday 02/12/2009
Strathmore by the Park was conceived and developed by Clark & Porter, Inc. as an exclusive residential area marketed to the middle- and upper-income individuals and families. They designed it to appeal to both established and young professionals seeking the best amenities and luxuries in the "most ideal and healthiest" location in Syracuse. [Onondaga County, NY]

Tuesday 02/10/2009
Hamilton County New York is home to many of the "Gilded Age Camps" (1870-1930) of the Adirondacks including Sagamore, Echo, Uncas, Whelan, and Pine Knot, all listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Thursday 02/05/2009
The Public Square Historic District is a significant collection of commercial structures, parks and statuary which together reflect the development of Watertown's downtown business district from its settlement period to the 1930's. [Jefferson County, NY]

Wednesday 02/04/2009
The North Broad Street Historic District has traditionally been the location of the finest homes in the city. North Broad Street, formerly called North Main Street, was one of the first and most important highways in Norwich and the city grew along its north-south axis.

The Chenango County Courthouse District is typical of the architecture and town planning of county seats in the nineteenth century in the northeast. Norwich became an important industrial center relatively early in this part of New York State and has consequently been able to maintain a strong economic base. The resulting prosperity is reflected in the character of this historic district. [City of Norwich, Chenango County NY]

Tuesday 02/03/2009
The Delaware County Courthouse Historic District portrays a significant chapter of county development within the rural confines of a small village. The area is a typical small town courthouse square with the Courthouse in the center and is surrounded by a combination of governmental, religious, and commercial structures that represent the center of county and village life. [Delhi Village, Delaware County, NY]

Monday 02/02/2009
Owego Central Historic District
The Village of Owego is situated at the head of navigation on the Susquehanna River. It is the county seat of rural Tioga County (NY). Owego became an important center of both government and commercial activity. The historic district reflects both those roles.

Sunday 02/01/2009
Tompkins Street/Main Street Historic District — The combined residential and commercial district represents the growth and economic development of the city, deriving its distinctive character from the period of post-Civil War industrial expansion. [City of Cortland, Cortland County, NY]

Friday 01/30/2009
Lowertown Historic District — "A village within a city," Lowertown with its hillside cottages, handsome stone houses, churches and warehouses is little changed since its heyday from 1830's-1860's when it was Lockport's social, commercial, and industrial center. [Lockport, Niagara County NY]

The Genesee County Courthouse District is architecturally and historically significant as a cohesive group of well-preserved government buildings which have served Batavia and the county since the 1840's. The five buildings and monument, built between 1843 and 1926, are representative local examples of popular nineteenth and early twentieth century architectural styles. [Batavia, Genesee County, NY]

Thursday 01/29/2009
The elegant mansions of the Rutger-Steuben Park Historic District reflect the prosperity of Utica between the years 1830 and 1890, when the establishment of the textile mills, together with the opening of the Erie Canal and Chenango Canal, brought a major economic growth to the area.

The Lower Genesee Street Historic District is the oldest part of the city of Utica and contains a significant collection of nineteenth and twentieth century commercial, industrial and residential buildings that illustrate the city's development as an important commercial, financial, transportation and manufacturing center. The majority of the buildings in the district were constructed between 1830-1930 and are representative examples of the Federal, Greek Revival, Italianate, Romanesque and Neoclassical styles, including work by two prominent local architects, F. H. Gouge and G. Edward Cooper. [Oneida County, NY]

Wednesday 01/28/2009
The Berkeley Park Subdivision Historic District is a distinctive example of an early-twentieth century residential subdivision. A hierarchical street system integrated the subdivision with the surrounding community while at the same time maintaining exclusive privacy for residents. The ideal residential subdivision provided complete infrastructure services, large open spaces, facilities for quiet outdoor recreation, a cohesive architectural appearance, and relief from the hustle and bustle of the city.

The homes within the Hawley-Green Street Historic District reflect a variety of economic classes, ethnic heritages, and functions in close proximity. The first settlers were Irish and German immigrants as well as native-born Americans who came to the area enmasse in the early 1850's. Typically, the first homes were of modest frame construction or, for the wealthier, brick with Greek Revival details.
[Syracuse, Onondaga County, NY]

The genesis of Hilton Village Historic District grew out of the problems encountered by the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company following American entry into World War I in 1917. To meet this crisis, the Newport News shipyard rapidly expanded its facilities and doubled its workforce from approximately 7,000 to 14,000. As a result, living conditions declined, housing costs increased sharply, shipyard morale declined, and many workers, particularly the more skilled ones with families, quit their jobs and moved elsewhere. The shipyard president made a novel proposal to the U.S. Shipping Board, which set the precedent for nearly 100 additional wartime housing development projects (not all were built) across the U.S. [Newport News, VA]

Tuesday 01/27/2009
The Walnut Park Historic District is significant as an outstanding example of a cohesive late nineteenth-early twentieth century planned residential neighborhood in Syracuse that retains a high degree of historical and architectural integrity. The district includes seventeen large, freestanding residences grouped around a three-block-long public park adjacent to the Syracuse University campus. Development was initiated by George Comstock, a prominent citizen who deeded the park to the city in 1870. [Onondaga County, NY]

Central Phoenix Historic Subdivisions 1912-1950 [Maricopa County, Phoenix, AZ]

Thursday 01/22/2009
Robertsdale Historic District
The village of Robertsdale, located in the southwest corner of Huntingdon County, lies on the east side of Broad Top Mountain in the Allegheny Mountains. The historic district encompasses most of the town laid out in 1873 by the Rockhill Iron and Coal Company. [Wood Township, Huntingdon County, PA]

The Gray-Taylor House is placed on the National Register for its outstanding architectural significance to the borough of Brookville and for its association with a family long-involved in the commercial and humanitarian interests of the town. It was built for William Henry Gray (1842-1941) who, according to family history, obtained the plans for the house from a New York architectural firm.

The Phillip Taylor House (also known as Pennsylvania Memorial Home) is a 2-story Italian Villa residence, executed in brick. It was built by Phillip Taylor (1812-1872) a York County, Pennsylvania native who came to Brookville in 1841 and very shortly thereafter erected his mansion on a knoll commanding a spectacular view of Sandy Lick Creek and Brookville itself. [Jefferson County, PA]

Wednesday 01/21/2009
The Boswell Historic District is an example of a planned coal town and extractive facility in southwestern Pennsylvania in the first four decades of the 20th century. It combines the extractive facility and mining communities property types defined in the Bituminous Coal and Coke Resources of Pennsylvania Multiple Property Documentation form. [Boswell Borough, Somerset County, PA]

Tuesday 01/20/2009
Pembroke Village Historic District is an important Pennsylvania community planned by the United States Housing Corporation (USHC). USHC was a major federal-government program designed to provide housing for defense industry workers during World War I. USHC planners devised housing to serve the needs and preferences of those workers, and to be superior to standard industrial residences. Pembroke is a well-preserved example of this design concept in Pennsylvania. Of 12 USHC projects proposed in the commonwealth, only five, including Pembroke, were begun or completed according to USHC plans. [Bethlehem City, Northampton County PA]

Monday 01/19/2009
The Eagles Mere Historic District is historically important in the areas of recreation and landscape conservation for its association with the mountain and lake resort leisure movement in the last quarter of the nineteenth and the first half of the twentieth centuries. A primary summer time destination for upper income families from such places as Philadelphia, Washington, D.C., New York City, and Williamsport, Pa., it is perhaps Pennsylvania's largest and best preserved specimen of a turn-of-the-century resort community. [Eagles Mere Borough, Sullivan County, NY]

Sunday 01/18/2009
The Bryn Mawr College Historic District is comprised of three distinct styles of architecture that combine to form a harmonious "academic village" atmosphere. From the earliest high Victorian Gothic of Addison Hutton which projects an austere yet majestic interpretation of the mission of the newly founded college. [Lower Merion Township, Montgomery County, PA]

Friday 01/16/2009
The Mill Creek Historic District is located in Lower Merion Township, on the west side of the Schuylkill River. Approximately ten miles from downtown Philadelphia. The earliest settlers along Mill Creek were Welsh Quakers who were part of a mass migration to the New World in search of religious and political freedom. In 1681 they purchased 40,000 acres from William Penn for what became known as the Welsh Tract. [Montgomery County, PA]

Thursday 01/15/2009
Update: Hollywood Neighborhood [Erie, PA]

Wednesday 01/14/2009
Banbury Crossing is a subdivision of detached, single family homes built ca. 2004. [Brentwood, Williamson County, TN]