The Edward Loranger House is a private residence located at 7211 South Stoney Creek Road in Frenchtown Charter Township in Monroe County, Michigan. The house is significant as one of the oldest authentic structures in Michigan having undergone very little modifications since it was first built.Edward Loranger was born in Trois-Rivières, Canada in 1796. He Read More
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Edison Home, West Orange, New Jersey
Edison Home, Main St, West Orange, NJ, Thomas Alva Edison (February 11, 1847 – October 18, 1931) was an American inventor and businessman, who has been described as America’s greatest inventor. He developed many devices that greatly influenced life around the world, including the phonograph, the motion picture camera, and the long-lasting, practical electric light Read More
Croul–Palms House, Detroit, Michigan
The Croul–Palms House is a private residence located at 1394 East Jefferson Avenue in Detroit, Michigan. The house is named after its first two owners, Jerome Croul and Francis Palms. In 1881, Jerome Croul commissioned William Scott to build this house at a cost of $25,000. Croul was a successful merchant of woolens and sheepskins, Read More
Col. Frank J. Hecker House, Detroit, Michigan
The Col. Frank J. Hecker House is one of the remaining handful of elegant mansions that once lined Woodward Avenue, and has stayed mostly unchanged for nearly 120 years as the city has wildly change around it. The mansion was built for one of Detroit’s most notable 19th century citizens, Col. Frank Joseph Hecker. Hecker Read More
Capone House, Miami, Florida
Al Capone purchased this Miami mansion in 1928 for just $40,000. The home boasts 100 feet of waterfront property. Born Alphonse Gabriel Capone in 1899 sometimes known by the nickname “Scarface”, was an American mobster, crime boss, and businessman who attained notoriety during the Prohibition era as the co-founder and boss of the Chicago Outfit. Read More
Biddle House, Mackinac Island, Michigan
The Biddle House is a historic house and fur trade shop space, built before 1800 on Market Street on Mackinac Island in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is part of Mackinac Island State Park. The origins of the Biddle House are unknown, but its New France architectural lines and heritage indicate that it was built about 1780, at the time of the first settlement Read More
Ben Carson Childhood Home, Detroit, Michigan
Ben Carson Childhood Home, Detroit, Michigan, (Benjamin Solomon Carson Sr. Born September 18, 1951) is an American neurosurgeon, author, and politician who is the 17th and current United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, under the Trump Administration. Prior to his cabinet position, he was a candidate for President of the United States in Read More
Arlington House, Arlington, Virginia
Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial, formerly named the Custis-Lee Mansion, is a Greek revival style mansion located in Arlington, Virginia, United States that was once the home of Confederate General Robert E. Lee. It overlooks the Potomac River and the National Mall in Washington, D.C. During the American Civil War, the grounds of Read More
Albert Kahn House, Detroit, Michigan
The Albert Kahn House is located at 208 Mack Avenue in Midtown Detroit, Michigan, within the Brush Park district. It is currently the headquarters of the Detroit Urban League. In 1906, architect Albert Kahn built the home for his personal use in Brush Park. Albert Kahn (March 21, 1869 – December 8, 1942) was the foremost American industrial architect of his day. He is sometimes called the “architect of Detroit”.[ Albert Read More