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You missed the boat completely on this - there are WHOLE NEIGHBORHOODS of houses that are pre-revolutionary war in Charleston, SC - most of the old part of the city - my family has been there since the 1670s!!!!!!!!!!!
Homes with history on their side
By Christopher Solomon of MSN Real Estate
Have you ever wondered what the world looked like in 1776, the year the U.S. of A. was born? Or 1803, the year Thomas Jefferson fooled the French into giving away the farm with the Louisiana Purchase?
With Independence Day around the corner, we've chosen a dozen important years in American history — and then found homes for sale nationwide that were built in those landmark years. We even found a house reportedly built by a guy who put aside finishing it so he could fight in the War of 1812.
NOTE: All descriptive information is courtesy of listing agents. Properties were on the market and listed as available at the time of publication in June 2012 unless otherwise noted.
Homes with history on their side
1776
Event: American Revolution
Home location: Richmond, Mass.
Price: $3.25 million
You don't find too many homes in the U.S. that are as old as our country. This house, along with its barns and cottages — known locally as Green Meads Horse Farm — were built in the Berkshires in 1776 by the Cook family. Today, it's the Inn at Richmond, a handsome bed-and-breakfast with six bedrooms, 11 bathrooms and four fireplaces in the main house. There is also a barn with nine stalls; a pony barn; a large, three-story "party" barn and four cottages, several with kitchens.
Homes with history on their side
1803
Event: Louisiana Purchase
Home location: Newburyport, Mass.
Price: $1.575 million
A landmark in Newburyport, a town about 35 miles northeast of Boston, the Clark Currier Inn was constructed by a local shipbuilder named Thomas March Clark in 1803, the same year as the Louisiana Purchase, which added more than 800,000 square miles to the U.S.
This property, to be sold furnished, is an active bed-and-breakfast. Appropriately, the nine-bedroom, 11-bathroom inn has many Federal period details, such as mantels, shutters and "piano key" crown moldings. The current owner and innkeeper built a reproduction of the old carriage house in 2007; it is now his two-bedroom living quarters.
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1812
Event: War of 1812
Home location: Lowville, N.Y.
Price: $179,900
According to local history, Paul Abbott, a tailor and the original owner of the land, set aside construction of this house and left his wife and baby daughter when word came that the British were invading Sackets Harbor at the start of the War of 1812. He returned two months later to finish building the brick home.
Today, the seven-bedroom, three-bathroom home is a handsome old showpiece with nice woodwork, a grand staircase, 10-foot ceilings and five fireplaces. It could benefit from some loving restoration.
Homes with history on their side
1836
Event: Battle of the Alamo
Home location: Rutherfordton, N.C.
Price: $389,500
While the Battle of the Alamo, a pivotal event in the Texas Revolution, occurred out West, John Boyce Miller built Holly Hill in Rutherfordton, a town in southwestern North Carolina that now has about 4,000 people. The four-bedroom, three-bathroom home has been totally restored but retains its original charm. It has five fireplaces with original mantels, original heart-of-pine floors, dining area built-ins, 10-foot ceilings and crown molding.
Homes with history on their side
1863
Event: Emancipation Proclamation
Home location: Greenville, S.C.
Price: $2.25 million
On Jan. 1, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, freeing the slaves in the rebellious states fighting the Union. That year, in the thick of war, this handsome mansion was built in the heart of the Confederacy.
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places and renovated to preserve the grandeur of yesteryear, this 6,900-square-foot Colonial reflects Italianate design. It has a grand center hall adorned with elaborate molding, detailed wainscoting, milled Virginia pine floors and 10- to 12-foot ceilings. The five-bedroom, seven-bathroom home has five working fireplaces, modern amenities such as a wet bar, and a grill and fire pit in the enormous backyard.
Homes with history on their side
1865
Event: End of the Civil War
Home location: Brookline, Mass.
Price: $3.295 million
Right about the time the Civil War was ending, the first stones were laid on the Amos Lawrence home in Brookline, a Boston suburb. The landmark residence on more than a half-acre includes a main house with 23 rooms and more than 7,300 square feet, plus a 1,448-square-foot carriage house. There are 12 bedrooms and seven bathrooms on the property.
The home has many of the dramatic touches of its time, from the leaded-glass front doors to Doric columns on each side of the reception room's fireplace. There's also a double-landing staircase with a mural overhead.
Homes with history on their side
1920
Event: Women's suffrage
Home location: Lake Angelus, Mich.
Price: $2.799 million
In the summer of 1920, the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution gave women the right to vote. This house was built that year as one of seven summer homes on Lake Angelus, 25 miles north of downtown Detroit. A Detroit auto executive is believed to have been the original owner.
The 5,041-square-foot, four-bedroom, six-bathroom home with a six-car garage was taken down to the studs and redone in the early 2000s, but the original style was retained. The home is on a hill overlooking the lake and has 200 feet of lakefront. Nature preserves surround the property.
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1929
Event: Great Depression
Home location: Harlingen, Texas
Price: $2.85 million
1929 was a tough year for America. The stock market crashed, plunging the country into the Great Depression. But one family in Harlingen, in Texas' Rio Grande Valley, completed this beautiful, two-story, Spanish-style ranch home on 19 acres.
The 5,000-square-foot, four-bedroom, six-bathroom home has a porte-cochère, several balconies and covered porches. Atop it all is a tower with a nestlike loft above a third-floor bedroom. The grounds include a tennis court, an Olympic-size swimming pool, a barn, a garage and a one-bedroom house for a caretaker.
Homes with history on their side
1933
Event: End of Prohibition
Home location: Guerneville, Calif.
Price: $695,000
In December 1933, the 21st Amendment to the Constitution was ratified, repealing the 13-year Prohibition banning alcohol. That year, this elegant Tudor-style home was built in Guerneville, in the Russian River Valley of Sonoma County. No word on whether it was christened with a good bottle of bubbly when finished.
The four-bedroom, two-bathroom main home has period style -- curved archway entrances to the hall, a living room with a huge stone fireplace and French doors in the dining room -- but it also has modern amenities. A separate cottage has an additional bedroom and bath, as well as a pool room for the in-deck, heated swimming pool out back.
Homes with history on their side
1945
Event: End of World War II
Home location: Edgewater, Fla.
Price: $599,000
About the time the Allies were wrapping up in Europe and the Pacific, bringing a blessed end to World War II, this compound was built on an oak-studded knoll south of Daytona Beach, Fla. The approximately 3,000-square-foot main home has four bedrooms and 3.5 bathrooms, fireplaces in both the living room and family room, and covered porches on both levels.
A 1,248-square-foot guest house has one finished bedroom and the possibility for others.
The property also has a fully enclosed, heated pool and a workout area adjoining the three-car garage.
Homes with history on their side
1965
Event: Voting Rights Act
Home location: Fremont, Ind.
Price: $539,000
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 outlawed discriminatory practices that prevented blacks from voting and was a capstone in the civil-rights movement.
That same year, this home was built on the western shore of Lake James in Indiana's northeastern corner in the town of Fremont, which today has about 2,100 people. The recently remodeled, four-bedroom, four-bathroom home has about 2,600 square feet of finished living area. Its walkout lower level leads directly to the dock, so you can pad out to the water's edge and sip your coffee while enjoying the sunrise.
Homes with history on their side
1969
Event: First moon landing
Home location: Fort Collins, Colo.
Price: $545,000
The same year as the Apollo 11 landing, the final bricks were laid for this handsome Colonial in Fort Collins. The exterior bricks came from the first bank built in the town, while brick on the family-room fireplace came from area's first sugar factory, in nearby Loveland, Colo. This five-bedroom, three-bathroom, 4,061-square-foot home on nearly an acre has built-in cabinets in all bedrooms.
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