Historical Shelters
Just a few years before the colonies would declare their independence from England, a Rhode Island home was built on land granted to a family by King George III — and that one-of-a-kind piece of history is now on the market.
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By 1979 when Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis bought Red Gate Farm at the edge of Squibnocket Pond in Martha’s Vineyard, if anyone was in need of refuge from prying eyes, it was the former First Lady. And now that 340-acre sanctuary with a mile of beachfront near the Cliffs of Gay Head is up for sale. …
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One of California’s best scenic drives is Highway 1 through Big Sur — and this week’s historical shelter is not only boasting a Highway 1 address, but it was built by one of the foundational members of the Big Sur community. Back in the day, Big Sur was quite the hotbed of artistic talent, from…
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All that’s really left to remind anyone of the time Herbert “The Cat” Noble lived in North Texas is the stretch of land he bought up around 1941, before there was a Lake Grapevine, in southern Denton County. Suffice to say, Noble wouldn’t recognize the extravagant estate that sits there now, either. When he lived…
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Camp Woods Estate is surrounded by rich American history. Located in Ambler, Pennsylvania, the estate took its name from the adjacent 36-acre Camp Woods Land Preserve where General George Washington and his troops spent the fall of 1777 during the Revolutionary War. And the birthplace of America in Philadelphia’s Center City is only 16 miles…
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This magnificent historic estate has an abundance of star power all its own. Not only did famed actor, director, and producer Mel Gibson call it his Connecticut home for 15 years, its more than 75 landscaped acres is deemed to be the largest and most opulent landholding in Greenwich.
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