Antique Homes Magazine

06/10/2026

Today's featured Shout-Out finds us in Laconia, New Hampshire. A Living Piece of 1780 — Built by Jacob Jewett Some homes are just old. This one has a soul. Built by the venerable Jacob Jewett, this spacious yet cozy 1780 treasure still whispers its history through wide plank floors, hand-hewn beams, and the warm glow of original wood fireplaces. Here, original character isn't just "preserved" — it's felt in every room. At over 3,300 square feet, with five bedrooms and four baths, there's room for heirlooms, hospitality, and even an in-law suite. Outside, nearly half an acre offers a fenced garden space, generous deck, and two street entrances — all just minutes from the hospital, shops, and New Hampshire's beloved Lakes Region. The seller never planned to part with this gem. But history has a way of changing hands. Could this one be yours? Take a peek!

A Living Piece of 1780 — Built by Jacob Jewett Some homes are just old. This one has a soul. Built by the venerable Jacob Jewett, this spacious yet cozy 1780 treasure still whispers its history through wide plank floors, hand-hewn beams, and the warm glow of original wood fireplaces. Here, origina...

06/10/2026

We hope you'll join Spinner in welcoming best-selling author Carl Hoffman as part of the next Author Talk/Meet & Greet Cocktails and Hors d'Oeurves with Carl Hoffman, Author of Savage Harvest on Wednesday, June 24 from 6-8:30 at the Wamsutta Club. Carl will present on his motivations and experiences in writing the New York Times best-selling book, Savage Harvest!

Tickets are $35 and can be purchased through Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/cocktails-and-hors-doeurves-with-carl-hoffman-author-of-savage-harvest-tickets-1985926706238 or by calling the Spinner office at 508-994-4564

All proceeds from the Spinner Celebrates - Author Talk Series support Spinner’s mission to preserve local history and culture through storytelling, documentary, and photograph preservation.

06/10/2026

06/10/2026

“Capturing New England” is a multi-year initiative to digitize 125,000 glass plate and film negatives from the nineteenth century to today.

06/10/2026

9 June 1772
The Burning of The Gaspee
The British customs schooner Gaspee was pursuing American Captain Thomas Lindsey’s packet from Newport, Rhode Island, when it ran aground in Narragansett Bay on June 9.
That evening, John Brown, an American merchant angered by the British Townshend Acts, took eight longboats with muffled oars and 67 men to seize control of the ship.
After capturing the ship and putting the crew ashore the Americans set the Gaspee on fire.

06/09/2026

Today's featured Shout-Out finds us in Hendersonville, North Carolina. Want to own a piece of History? Here is the 1873 Clough H. Rice Farmhouse that is registered with the National Register of Historic Places. Owner has lovingly updated this home while keeping the charm and character of its era. With 7 Fireplaces, beautiful high ceilings and big windows which provide lots of natural light throughout. The eat-in kitchen with coffee bar, modern conveniences, soap stone butler sink, 6 burner gas stove with griddle and double ovens make way for the chef in all of us. There is a beautiful formal dining room with large windows. The other fireplaces in parlor/foyer and family room are all wood burning, while the living room has a gas burning fireplace and access to side porch. The main level bath has a cast iron tub and is updated as well as the upper level bath (except for the tub & chandelier.) Throughout you'll find hardwood floors - some painted, wood ceilings, beadboard and warmth of an era gone by. All bedrooms are upstairs and individual in their own way from size to character. The family room off foyer could be a main level bedroom complete with closet. Outside you'll find blooming flowers, trees, porches along with a potting shed, a 500 SF garage w/single door opener and plenty of storage/workshop area. Take a peek!

Want to own a piece of History? Here is the 1873 Clough H. Rice Farmhouse that is registered with the National Register of Historic Places. Owner has lovingly updated this home while keeping the charm and character of its era. With 7 Fireplaces, beautiful high ceilings and big windows which provide....

06/09/2026

The Year Without a Summer, 1816, caused so much hardship in New England that many people moved west. It actually snowed 6 inches on June 6.

06/09/2026

Congratulations to the FENS GATEHOUSE in Boston for winning a 2026 Paul & Niki Tsongas Award! https://www.preservationmass.org/tsongas-award

THIS WEEK! Join us for the celebration:
Thurs, June 11, Fenway Park's 521 Overlook
TICKETS: https://www.preservationmass.org/awards
(don't wait! Ticket sales close Wed, June 10, 12noon)

For many decades, motorists and pedestrians alike have passed by a historic and mysterious stone structure in the Charlesgate area of Boston’s Back Bay. The Fens Gatehouse (one of two) was designed by Hiram A. Miller in 1909 in the same style as the Shepley, Rutan and Coolidge gatehouses along the river. The gatehouse housed water flow control mechanisms for the Stony Brook Conduit and Old Stony Brook Conduit. The Fens Gatehouse sits in an area key to Boston’s expansion and development as a city, on land that was created by filling in the basins where the Muddy River met the Charles River, a key element of the Frederick Law Olmsted plan to reclaim the Back Bay Fens.

The design team’s restoration of the stone, roof, windows and original doors underscores the importance of preserving Boston’s classical architectural heritage. The fabric of the city would look much different without preservation efforts that keep earlier architectural styles visible in the urban landscape.

Congratulations to the team! BC Construction Group Finegold Alexander Architects Howard Stein Hudson Kalin Associates Samiotes Consultants, Inc.

06/09/2026

06/09/2026

The stage for the Liberty Affair was set in the spring of 1768 when Britain sent a war ship to Boston - not to protect the colony, but to police it.