Walt Disney Childhood Home Chicago Walter Elias Disney (/ˈdɪzni/;[1] December 5, 1901 – December 15, 1966) was an American entrepreneur, animator, writer, voice actor and film producer. A pioneer of the American animation industry, he introduced several developments in the production of cartoons. As a film producer, Disney holds the record for most Academy Awards earned by an individual, having won 22 Oscars Read More
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Howard Hughes’s Home in Los Angeles, and across the USA
Hughes, intent on becoming “the world’s greatest golfer,” he said, settled on a house, on Muirfield Road, in the city’s Hancock Park area, because of its proximity to the Wilshire Country Club. The 30-room residence, designed by architect Roland E. Coate, Sr., in 1926 for socialite Eva K. Fudger, was modeled after haciendas built during Read More
Cornelius Vanderbilt Home New York, New York
The townhouse, occupying the northwest corner of Fifth Avenue and 57th Street, was constructed for Cornelius Vanderbilt II, eldest grandson of the Commodore, Cornelius Vanderbilt, founder of the family fortune, in 1883. The ground level contained a drawing room, dining room (which doubled as the art gallery), and a reception room. The second floor housed a salon, a music room Read More
Andrew Carnegie Mansion, New York, New York and Scotland Birthplace
The Andrew Carnegie Mansion is a historic house located at 2 East 91st Street at Fifth Avenue in the Upper East Side of Manhattan, New York City, New York. Andrew Carnegie moved into his newly completed mansion in late 1902 and lived there until his death in 1919; his wife, Louise, continued to live there until her death in 1946. The building is now the Cooper-Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, Read More
Bela Lugosi California Homes and Romania Birthplace.
Would you dare to live in Count Dracula’s $3million haunted mansion? Bela Lugosi’s 1930s home in neighborhood under the Hollywood sign goes on the market – but some think his ghost still roams the halls Above thought to be Bela Lugosi birthplace born Romania. Béla Ferenc Dezső Blaskó (Hungarian: [ˈbeːlɒ ˈfɛrɛnt͡s ˈdɛʒøː ˈblɒʃkoː]; 20 October 1882 – Read More
Frank Sinatra Home, Palm Springs California and Birthplace Hoboken New Jersey
Frank Sinatra accomplished more than most in his 82 years on earth. His contributions to music and film are unforgettable, and the leader of the Rat Pack had some pretty impressive real estate holdings, too. In honor of what would have been Ol’ Blue Eyes’s 100th birthday, December 12, 2015, we’re taking a look back Read More
Edgar Allan Poe House and Museum Baltimore, Maryland and Edgar Allan Poe Cottage Fordham neighborhood Bronx New York
The Edgar Allan Poe House and Museum, located at 203 North Amity St. in Baltimore, Maryland, is the former home of American writer Edgar Allan Poe in the 1830s. The small unassuming structure, which was opened as a writer’s house museum in 1949, is a typical row home. It was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1972.[2] Due to a loss of funding by the Read More
Malcom X Home Site and Occupancies accross the USA
On May 19, 1925, Malcolm X (born Malcolm Little) was born in a now-demolished house on this site. As a civil rights leader he advocated racial separatism over integration and the legitimacy of violence in self-defense. He also championed the beauty and worth of blackness and black Americans’ African past. A group is trying to Read More
Neil Armstrong Childhood Home Wapakoneta Ohio
Neil Alden Armstrong (August 5, 1930 – August 25, 2012) was an American astronaut and aeronautical engineer, and the first person to walk on the Moon. He was also a naval aviator, test pilot, and university professor. A graduate of Purdue University, Armstrong studied aeronautical engineering; his college tuition was paid for by the U.S. Navy under the Holloway Plan. He became a midshipman in 1949 and a naval Read More
Jimmy Carter Boyhood Home and National Historic Site Plains Georgia
The Jimmy Carter National Historic Site, located in Plains, Georgia, preserves sites associated with James Earl “Jimmy” Carter, Jr. (born 1924), 39th President of the United States. These include his residence, boyhood farm, school, and the town railroad depot, which served as his campaign headquarters during the 1976 election. The building which used to be Plains High School (opened in 1921 Read More