"My ILs B&B is in Salisbury, MO (VERY small town). It's called the Brummall House, but my son calls it the Grandma House (not sure how he came up w/ that one, but I thought it was cute). We are up at the house all of the time since that is usually the place for all of their family gatherings now. Just love the history in these old homes!

I just found a pic of what the house looked like when it was built in the late 1890's. My ILs completely restored the house to bring it back close to its original state (you should have seen it when they first bought it).
                                                       - submitted by Amy, Oct, 2007

"This is my husband's grandfather's house. It's beautiful and I LOVE going to visit. Going through the attic is a blast - there is sooo much in there. Apparently, in the sixties, it was kind of like a little commune and they used the 3rd floor (attic) as a place to jam. There is still a "stage" up there with the name of the band painted behind it. Grandad has tons of articles on the history of the house and after he restored it, had a historical marker placed in the front yard by the state of Texas - it's in Brenham.

Here's a pic recently of Granddad with my kiddos in the turret."

                                                     - submitted by Tara, Oct, 2007

"We love your site and have stumbled into it a few different times.
We are still restoring but this is a good shot of our side elevation.
Best regards,"

                                                   - submitted by Pamela Kirby, May 2007
                                                      Oakland Italianate c. 1879
                                                       "The Holland-Canning House"

before

after

I purchased my home in June 2004. The house is located in an area of Cincinnati known as Upper Price Hill. The Price family were early industrialists, and the house was built by William Price as a wedding gift for his daughter. The Prices were in the brick business, and the house is built entirely of brick. It had been divided into two apartments, but the previous owners restored it to a single family, and did extensive
remodel work. Some of that work was primarily cosmetic, and I am still deciding the
extent to which I want to restore originality to the structure. Still, the shell is intact, and there is plenty of room for me and my basset hound Walter. Unfortunately, Walter's not a big fan of stairs, and this house has plenty."

                                          - submitted by Bobalone of Cincinnati, OH, May, 2006

"I STUMBLED ACROSS YOUR WEBSITE WHILE DOING SOME RESEARCH AND I WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR POSTING IT. IT SEEMS WE HAVE SIMILAR PHOTO ALBUMS! I, TOO, TAKE PICTURES OF OLD HOMES IN MY TRAVELS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. I'M AN INTERIOR DESIGNER THAT SPECIALIZES IN HISTORIC/VINTAGE HOMES. DO YOU EVER TRAVEL THROUGH FOREST GROVE? I'M ABOUT 75 MILES OR SO TO THE EAST OF YOU. WE HAVE MANY VICTORIANS AND OTHER REALLY NEAT STYLES OF HOMES HERE AND NEARBY THAT YOU WOULD LOVE. I'LL SEND YOU A PHOTO OF MY UNUSUAL HOUSE, EVEN THOUGH IT ISN'T A VIC, I THINK YOU'LL LIKE IT ANYWAY. "

                                              - Submitted by Robin of Forest Grove, OR, Mar 2006

"Attached is a recent picture of our Victorian home located in South Haven, Michigan. My husband and I purchased this home in 1987. It had suffered from years of disrepair. We stripped all the old layers of paint off the outside, sanded and repainted. We restored the front porch which was crumbling. We restored the home's interior. It has a grand oak staircase, oak trim and oak doors. Its beautiful!
We located decendents of the couple who had the home built in 1912. We received pictures from them of how it looked at that time both inside and out."

                                                         - submitted by Lucy & Larry Phillips, Jan 2006

"Here are some photos from our Portland trip I thought you might like!"

                                 - Submitted by Lisa from Knappa, Oregon, Nov 2005

"This is not really my house, but I lived here until I was four. It's the Boelling house, on Exchange, by the Flavel House. My mother and father restored the house in 1965. My dad is responsible for taking out the first floor bathroom. Can you believe it? No one would do that these days. Anyway, I thought you would find it interesting. If you go by the house sometime, you'll note a driveway at the back yard. It was put in in the 70's.

My mom and dad painted it white, with blue trim. I took this picture, among others, on my trip to Astoria last September. My dad told me that the house was moved at some point from the corner, farther back into the lot."

                                                          - submitted by Allyson, CA, 2005

"I saw this non-tower Queen Anne last august, while vacationing in the Chicago area. It's on Park Street, in the Chicago suburb of Highland Park."

                                                        - submitted by Lynda of Folsom, CA, 2005

"I was wondering if anyone could tell me if my house is an old 'folk victorian'? It was built in 1880 and has so many qualities of the folk victorian."

                                                        - submitted by Amber , 2005

"I was in the City [San Francisco] recently taking some pictures, mostly in Lower Pacific Heights, the Fillmore, and Hayes Valley. I took some pictures of a few houses that I thought you might want to look at:

"Pictures 1 and 2(big, dark Queen Annes): I stumbled upon a beautiful row of immense, dark colored Queen Annes on either Golden Gate or McAllister. The big blue one with two towers(barely on the right side of the first picture, and on left half of the second picture) had its name and year on on a gold band in its "sunburst" at the top, but I could not get that info on camera and I very stupidly forgot a pen and paper. I remember it being sometime in the 1870's, though. These four houses looked so beautiful, mysterious, and even intimidating, I thought that they would make perfect additions to your site.

"Picture 3(Queen Anne/Second Empire-looking one on the corner):The next picture I think might have been on Hayes St., one or two block east of that famous row on Alamo Square. I'm not submitting this one so much because it's especially
beautiful(which it is), but I can't tell what style it is. Is it Second Empire? Queen Anne? (Response: Wow! That IS an unusual tower on a second empire style house! I wonder if it was an addition a couple of decades after it was built?)

"Picture 4: The next photo I took in Berkeley of two nearly identical houses near Cal. Berkeley has a lot of houses that look like this, but I haven't been able to figure out what that is. Is it even Victorian? It looks like it might be Queen Anne, but many of the houses nearby that look like these 2 most likely were built after the Victorian period. (Response: These are probably 1890s, Vernacular Victorian cottages, built for more middle-class or working class people who couldn't afford too fancy of a house - think suburban tract housing of the Victorian times!)

"Picture 5: Lastly, this Queen Anne that I saw on Ward St. is the most beautiful one I've seen in Berkeley, although I'm not sure the shot I took of it really does it justice. It's an apartment building now."

                                              - submitted by Michael of Santa Cruz, CA, 2005

"I have only had this home for about 9 months and have put new windows and new paint job. The home was built in 1886 and at this time is a duplex. Someday
maybe we will take the whole house over."
                    - submitted by Stacy from Canton, PA, 2004

"Albany, Oregon."
                - submitted by a resident of Raleigh, NC, vacationing in Oregon, 2004

"Pictures of houses taken while I was visiting Denver, Colorado."

                                              - submitted by Lisa from Medford, Oregon, 2004

"This is the courthouse in Cottonwood Falls, Kansas which is still in use. I hope you enjoy it."

                                            - submitted by LaNae from Topeka, Kansas, 2004

This Victorian Gothic type house in Monmouth, Maine was sent in by its lucky owner. It was built in 1879. Underneath is a photo of it from the 1920s.

                 - submitted by Darlene from Maine, 2003

Top: "This was originally a photo of a Queen Anne in Syracuse, New York, but now looks like an impressionistic painting!"

Bottom: "The Nunning Mansion in St. Joseph, Missouri"

                 - submitted by John from Texas, 2003

"Ashland, Oregon, B & B"

                 - submitted by Lisa from Phoenix, Oregon, 2003

"Ashland Victorians"

                  - submitted by Lisa from Phoenix, Oregon, 2003

Hi -

We're the new owners of the George C and Winona Flavel House in
Astoria, Oregon, and many of the exterior (and interior) improvements
that the previous owner Tom Hannen suggested were necessary in an
earlier posting on your page have been completed. But there is still
plenty of work to be done!
                                   - submitted by Bill Griesar & Bob Duehmig, 2005