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The destruction of country houses in 20th-century Britain was the result of a change in social conditions: many country houses of varying architectural merit were demolished by their owners. Collectively termed by several authors "the lost houses", the destruction of these now often-forgotten houses has been described as a cultural tragedy.
Gilded Age mansions were lavish houses built between 1870 and the early 20th century by some of the richest people in the United States. These estates were raised by the nation's industrial, financial and commercial elite, who amassed great fortunes in era of expansion of the tobacco, railroad, steel, and oil industries coinciding with a lack ...
Private. Belle Grove, also known as Belle Grove Plantation, was a plantation and elaborate Greek Revival and Italianate -style plantation mansion near White Castle in Iberville Parish, Louisiana. Completed in 1857, it was one of the largest mansions ever built in the Southern United States, surpassing that of the neighboring Nottoway, today ...
An abandoned 16,000-square-foot mansion in the English countryside is on sale for $500,000 - take a look inside the eerie home emcdowell@businessinsider.com (Erin McDowell) September 18, 2020 at 4 ...
List of largest houses in the United States. This is a list of the 100+ largest extant and historic houses in the United States, ordered by area of the main house. The list includes houses that have been demolished, houses that are currently under construction, and buildings that are not currently, but were previously used as private homes.
Now known as the Hudson River Museum, the Glenview Mansion is a late-Victorian era dwelling designed by Charles W. Clinton in the 1870s. The Castle, Troy, New York. Photo credit: Courtesy of Paine ...
1908 – Rhoads Opera House fire, Boyertown, Pennsylvania, killed 170. [6] 1908 – Parker Building, New York City, January 10. 1908 – Collinwood school fire, in Collinwood, Ohio (soon absorbed by Cleveland ), on March 4, killed 175. 1909 – Flores Theater fire, Acapulco, Guerrero, Mexico, on February 15, killed 250.
The largest palace in Europe, residence of English monarchs from 1530 to 1698. The entire palace except for the Banqueting House and the Holbein Gate was destroyed by fire. The Holbein Gate was then demolished in 1759. Winchester House 16th century: 1839: City of London: Great Winchester Street; built by William Paulet, 1st Marquess of Winchester.