This series explores five notable American homes significant for architectural, literary, historic and other reasons.
Fee: $45 for series, $10 per session
Jan. 13 — House of Seven Gables
A 1668 colonial mansion in Salem, Massachusetts, made famous by American author Nathaniel Hawthorne’s novel "The House of the Seven Gables" (1851).
Jan. 20 — Winterthur
The former country home of Henry Francis du Pont (1880–1969) houses the world’s premier collection of Euro-American decorative arts of the pre-Civil War period.
Jan. 27 — Paul Revere House
The colonial home of American patriot Paul Revere during the time of the American Revolution, built c. 1680.
Feb. 3 — Falling Water
A private home designed by architect Frank Lloyd Wright in 1935 which is known as the best all-time work of American architecture.
Feb. 10 — Mount Vernon
Former Virginia plantation of George Washington and his wife, Martha Washington.