Anyone else share my love of historical buildings?

Hi, everybody!!!
I have been actively trying to do my family tree, and have found numerous websites that directed me to historic sites right here, in Virginia. I have been to the two that I am going to paste here. I have always been a history buff...here are some sites close to me: This is Lee Hall...I just love it!


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What are some of the historical sites by ya'll?

I went to school at The College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, VA. Talk about some gorgeous historic buildings! I love love love the Wren Building right where the college campus and colonial williamsburg meet.

I live about 20 minutes from the Jefferson Davis monument. It's a scale replica of the Washington Monument (about 8 stories, I think), and it's outside a little tiny town in KY, middle of nowhere really. My dad is a huge Civil War buff, so when he was here we drove out to see it. It is an unattended site except during the height of summer.

I've been to my share of historical sites, though. Mount Vernon, Monticello, the Hermitage (3x) and various other battlefields and historical homes here in the south. Can you tell I was raised by a Southern sympathizer?

I live 10 minutes away from Abingdon VA which is a BEAUTIFUL old historic town. If you love old historic towns, you've gotta check this out:
http://www.visitabingdon.com

oh i love all kinds of history! i lived in a house for a while that was haunted and ended up researching the history of our whole town! Virginia though there's a lot more history down there...i'm in idaho, and it's rather dull, a bunch of men moved here and killed off all the indians and took over, there are a few places that are interesting though...i'm originally from missouri and that's another place just thick with great history!

oh yes, Diane, I do! We don't have the kind of history that the east coast does, as settlement in the Northwest was so much later in the 19th c. (Seattle: c. 1871) so we're so much "newer". But here are two sites, #1 being Manresa castle, built by old ship's captain who made good in the fur trade, up at Pt. Townsend seaport north of Seattle. It's said Manresa is now haunted and there are photos of the ghosts that I have(do you wanna see?) -- and #2 is the house that was used in a Stephen King thriller, the Rose, and the real name of it is Thornewood Castle.

Manresa:






Thornewood Castle

I am an old building junki...luckily my better half is the same way...right now he is thinking about moving us to a 30,000 sq foot bank in the middle of no where...since the cost is so low. lol

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I am an old building junki...luckily my better half is the same way...right now he is thinking about moving us to a 30,000 sq foot bank in the middle of no where...since the cost is so low. lol

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Like an old building to re-furbish and live in??

Since I grew up in NY city I was surrounded by old buildings most of my formative years, and I still find them amazing. My biggest complaint about living on the west coast is that everything looks so... new... (although that's nice when you want to get DSL and Cable TV. ;-)

St. Patrick's Cathedral, the NY Library, the museums, the Cloisters... all gorgeous...

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Since I grew up in NY city I was surrounded by old buildings most of my formative years, and I still find them amazing. My biggest complaint about living on the west coast is that everything looks so... new... (although that's nice when you want to get DSL and Cable TV. ;-)

St. Patrick's Cathedral, the NY Library, the museums, the Cloisters... all gorgeous...

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I agree with you 100%. We just went back to my better half's hometown in CT and spent ten days...I was drooling over the houses...and the prices the entire time. lol

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Since I grew up in NY city I was surrounded by old buildings most of my formative years, and I still find them amazing. My biggest complaint about living on the west coast is that everything looks so... new...QUOTE]

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.....Brian, I so agree and I have been here 20 years, originally from Maryland.
I miss the character that more history gives to an area, if not just the plain beauty of the more stately surroundings and timeless feel.....
We were in Utah the week before last and I loved the mix of the old, old west buildings and brownstones against the mountains and the newer places. I loved the old elms in the center of town with old streetlights and architecture from the early 1800's. You are so right - Seattle has almost nothing prior to 1880, and only 1 or 2 at best.

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elizabeth, i knew that second house looked a little familiar

i live next to Marysville, Ca... which at one time in history, was the largest city in california. not so much anymore... but i dont have any pictures of anything spectacular.. the only thing i can think of is the BOK KAI TEMPLE. But most of the buildings look pre-historic anyway they are just not that big or extravagant. If I find any good pics i will post them.

Im in love with Virginia for this reason,Its also one of the reasons i loved living in Charleston so much, The buildings and houses were amazing! When I was little my Dad used to take me around Pensylvania and show me all the historical buildings I remember how he used to tell me how the bricks were laid, how the carvings were done it was facinating! Eric and I have always talked about restoring an old victorian!

I love history. I do genealogy and I'm jealous that you are in Virginia as that is where most of my roots in the US begin. I see the name Lee. You don't happen to live near Westmoreland / Prince William Co area?

Here's the Brooklyn Museum, about a mile from me

The Sailer's and Soldiers War Memorial (Civil War)
My guess about 12 stories high.

NY Stock Exchange, wish you could see the detailing on the arch.

My favorite building in all of NYC, Trinity Church on Wall St. Like the stock exchange it's been one of my childhood haunts since I was about 7. Over 40 years and I never tire of looking at them.

http://www.photohome.com/photos/penn...earning-1.html

This one was always my favorite- The Cathedral of Learning near Pittsburgh PA. I used to make my friend drive me past it just so I could look at it.

Beautiful! All of them! Midland is home to a whole lot of historical sites, such as Saint Marie Among the Hurons, The Historical Naval Establishments (Discovery Harbour since it's been privitized), and the Mytar Shrine. I guess living in a city so rich in history was what prompted my degree in Anthropology.
Do you ever drive by old buildings (I love love love old factories) and wonder what the people were like who were there? What they wore, and what their lives were like? Sometimes I even wonder what the glass would feel like in the windows and how many rooms are in the building. It's so neat to imagine.