historic houses

The oldest single-family house in Salem, this was the home of Oregon's treasurer John D. Boon. Originally built next to the first State Treasury building (Boon's Treasury), it was moved to the Willamette Heritage Center in 1972.

Abraham Lincoln lived in this Springfield home with his family for 17 years, from 1844 until he left for the White House in 1861. The house was carefully preserved and has been a popular visitor attraction since it opened in 1887.

A blue plaque marks the family home of author J. R. R. Tolkien from 1930 to 1947, at 20 Northmoor Road in Oxford. Here Tolkien wrote The Hobbit and the first two volumes of The Lord of the Rings.

Abraham Lincoln was brought inside the Petersen House after being shot at Ford's Theatre and died here on the morning of April 15, 1865.

Built in 1909 by its namesake, the S. S. Eaves House is a rare example of Steamboat Gothic influence in Tennessee. It was the first house in Meigs County to have electricity and running water.

Jane Austen lived in this townhouse at 4 Sydney Place with her family from 1801 to 1805.

Originally built in 1806 as an inn, this Georgian-style brick building was the childhood home of Mary Todd Lincoln, first lady and wife of Abraham Lincoln, from 1832 to 1839. It is now a museum open for tours.

Designed by William Paul, the Devereaux was built as a cottage for William Staines in 1857 and expanded to a mansion for William Jennings in the 1870s.

The Church of Our Lord in the Attic is a Catholic church hidden inside a canal house of the Red Light District. It is the only surviving schuilkerk (clandestine church) that dates from the Reformation, when open Catholic worship was outlawed.