Famous Houses

The Gothic Revival Adare Manor has towers, turrets, woodwork, stonework, 52 chimneys, and 365 leaded glass windows. At first glance, the manor looks like a French chateau, but includes a series of visual allusions to famous Irish and English homes.

Look closely at Ireland's Leinster House and you'll see the early inspiration for the White House in Washington DC.

The Ball-Eastaway house by Glenn Murcutt is an artist's retreat nestled in an arid forest.

Architect Frank Lloyd Wright designed the Curtis Meyer house for a housing subdivision in Galesburn, Michigan. Learn about the Usonian style Curtis Meyer House by Frank Lloyd Wright

Nearly two decades before the A-frame style became popular, Rudolf Schindler designed a rustic A-frame shaped house in California. Learn more and see photo.

The home that Charles and Ray Eames designed for the Case Study series pioneered modern ideas in prefab construction. Learn about Case Study House #8, also known as the Eames House, and find resources and photos.

Textured concrete blocks and stepped walls suggest pre-Columbian architecture in the Charles Ennis House, built in 1923.

This famous Pennsylvania home has concrete slabs bolted into the hillside. Built in 1935.

The glass house designed by Mies van der Rohe was a bitter disappointment to a woman who was hoping for something more. More than fifty years later, the Farnsworth House still stirs controversy.

Wright's private home went through many transformations as his design philosophies changed over the years.

Several years after he completed his home, Wright added this studio building, where he experimented with light and form.

The rise of wealth in the United States brought enormous mansions, manor homes, summer homes, and family compounds constructed by the country's most successful business people. In this photo gallery, you'll find pictures and information for some of America's most famous mansions.

Explore the magnificent houses built by the very rich during the Gilded Age in the USA.

The Hagan House on Kentuck Knob in western Pennsylvania is an excellent example of residential design from the final decade of Wright's career. History and photos.

Also known as the Aline Barnsdall House. Frank Lloyd Wright captures the aura of ancient Myan temples in this home, built in 1917-1921.

The Isadore and Lucille Zimmerman residence in Manchester, New Hampshire is a classic Usonian by Frank Lloyd Wright. Join us for a photo tour.

Stretching across a barren, wind-swept site overlooking the ocean, the Magney House by Glenn Murcutt is designed to capture the northern light.

As in all Glenn Murcutt designs, the Marie Short House is constructed of simple, readily available materials. Timber from a nearby sawmill form the framing and the walls.

Designed by Glenn Murcutt, the Marika-Alderton House ingeniously adapts to the hot, tropical climate of Australia's Northern Territory.

With brilliantly colored bricks, bold patterns, and elaborate brackets and trusses, the 19-room Mark Twain house became a hallmark of the Stick Style of architecture.

The Modern and Postmodern houses in these pictures illustrate bold new ideas in home design. Browse the photos to see innovative houses by Philip Johnson, Mies van der Rohe, Robert Venturi, and other 20th century architects.

Thomas Jefferson was inspired by a famous Renaissance architect when he designed his domed home in Virginia.

Needing money, Frank Lloyd Wright agreed to design this Tudor style home in the Oak Park neighborhood of Chicago.

Michael Jackson turned a 2,676 acre property into a Disneyesque fantasyland at Neverland Ranch in Santa Barbara County, California

This farmhouse dating to the 1700s was featured in many paintings by Andrew Wyeth, including the famous Christina's World.

The home of Dr. Toufic Kalil in Manchester, New Hampshire illustrates Frank Lloyd Wright's creative use of concrete buildings blocks. Join us for a photo tour of this classic Usonian Automatic house.

In 1936, when the United States was in the depths of an economic depression, Frank Lloyd Wright developed a series of homes he called "Usonian." Definition and description of Wright's Usonian architecture, with photo and links.

America's most famous house, the White House in Washington DC, is often open for tours.

Built in 1871, this writer's home is a nice example of a 19th-century cottage.

Located in Alexandria, Louisiana, this authentic French Creole Plantation House was built in about 1796.

The exotic Moorish style home of Hudson River Valley painter Frederic Church. History and photos from the Hudson Valley Network.