The best way to learn about historic houses is to look at them closely, and the most fun way to look at them closely is to do a puzzle showing a wonderful historic house! So, we made a unique and interesting collection of Historic House Puzzles for you to enjoy!
This 1890s Shingle Style house in Asheville, North Carolina was designed by architect Richard Sharp Smith (1852-1924) who had been the supervising architect for George Vanderbilt’s palatial Biltmore House in Asheville. Designed by New York architect Willaim Morris Hunt, Biltmore remains America’s largest privately owned house.
This house was built for Mary Spear Walcott of Chicago, possibly as a summer home. It was subsequently occupied by Banker John H. Carter and family from 1907 to 1914. Local hardware company owner, Ottis Green purchased the house in 1915, and likely had the porte cochere added at that time. Mr. Green resided in the house until his death at 98 years old in 1973. Today, the well-preserved house is operated as the Black Walnut Bed and Breakfast Inn: blackwalnut.com.
The Shingle Style was developed in the 1880’s for resort cottages and remains primarily associated with summer resorts. The development of the style is explored in Vincent Scully’s “The Shingle Style and the Stick Style: Architectural Theory and Design from Downing to the Origins of Wright.”
Shingle Style is one of 25 styles described and illustrated with hundreds of color photos in Chapter 2 of “Restoring Your Historic House, The Comprehensive Guide for Homeowners.”
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Click on the dashed box at the top-right in the puzzle box below to open the puzzle to full screen. In the top left, you can change the number of pieces (100 pieces is the default), toggle piece rotation, and change the background color. Then hit “OK” and have fun!