where’s the best old-house neighborhood near you?
The editors of This Old House think they know. They’ve just put out a list of the coolest neighborhoods of old houses in every state and one in Canada. I’m happy to see that a neighborhood that butts right up against my old haunting grounds in Cincinnati made the cut, and intrigued to see that the coolest old neighborhood in Washington is someplace I’ve never been. The list and lots of photos will be in the issue of This Old House that hits newsstands June 29, but you can get a sneak peek here. And if you’re curious to know if your neighborhood is included? Click the link for the full list. –Mary T. Click to see the This Old House Best Old-House Neighborhood List.
This Old House’s Best Old-House Neighborhoods:
ALABAMA
Capitol Heights, Montgomery
ALASKA
Ketchikan
ARIZONA
West University, Tucson
ARKANSAS
Eureka Springs
CALIFORNIA
Temescal, Oakland
COLORADO
The North Side District, Pueblo
CONNECTICUT
Old Wethersfield
DELAWARE
Smyrna
FLORIDA
Seminole Heights, Tampa
GEORGIA
Newnan
HAWAII
Lanai
IDAHO
Weiser
ILLINOIS
Elgin
INDIANA
Woodruff Place
IOWA
Guttenberg
KANSAS
Leavenworth
KENTUCKY
Covington
LOUISIANA
Lower Garden District, New Orleans
MAINE
Douglas Park, Brunswick
MARYLAND
Lauraville, Baltimore
MASSACHUSETTS
The Highlands, Fall River
MICHIGAN
The Vine Neighborhood, Kalamazoo
MINNESOTA
Morgan Park, Duluth
MISSISSIPPI
Poplar Springs Historic District, Meridian
MISSOURI
The Southmoreland Neighborhood, Kansas City
MONTANA
Hi Bug Neighborhood, Red Lodge
NEBRASKA
The Dundee Neighborhood, Omaha
NEVADA
Virginia City
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Hopkinton
NEW JERSEY
Atlantic Highlands
NEW MEXICO
Huning Highlands, Albuquerque
NEW YORK
Richmond Hill, Queens
NORTH CAROLINA
East Durham
NORTH DAKOTA
Southside Historic District, Fargo
OHIO
College Hill, Cincinnati
OKLAHOMA
Guthrie
OREGON
Boise, Portland
PENNSYLVANIA
Beaver
RHODE ISLAND
Quality Hill, Pawtucket
SOUTH CAROLINA
Georgetown
SOUTH DAKOTA
Central Residential Historic District, Brookings
TENNESSEE
Fayetteville
TEXAS
Houston Heights, Houston
UTAH
Sugar House neighborhood, Salt Lake City
VERMONT
The Hill Section, Burlington
VIRGINIA
Church Hill, Richmond
WASHINGTON
Barge-Chestnut Neighborhood, Yakima
WEST VIRGINIA
Wheeling
WISCONSIN
Brewer’s Hill, Milwaukee
WYOMING
South Wolcott District, Casper
CANADA
St. Patrick’s Ward, Guelph, Ontario
This Old House is wrong. This best old house neighborhood in Montgomery is Old Cloverdale, and I seriously doubt it’s the best in the state. I would probably choose a neighborhood in Eufaula. Capitol Heights has some nice houses, but it is super scary in a lot of areas.
I think it’s more about where it’s most affordable to buy a great old house. College Hill in Cincinnati would have the same issues. I used to live in Northside in Cincinnati, and you could get a huge house for cheap. But yeah, certain streets weren’t so nice.
TOH needs to exand its search. Yes, Temescal is nice (and many more neighborhoods in Oakland are awesome!) but to overlook 75% of Alameda? Victorian and Craftsman Heaven, right across the Estuary!
the estimated population of canada is 33,693,120 and we have ONE neighborhood selected? hilarious.
I’m really puzzled by the fact that there are 50 states, AND Canada, but no Washington DC. Not cool.
I lived near Cincinnati and yes, College Hill, is beautiful but I have since relocated to northeast Ohio. I really think that Cleveland Heights really gives College Hill a run for it’s money. Beautiful homes – some very affordable while others are crazy expensive, but the mix makes for a great neighborhood dynamic. A little suburb in the city!
yet again… dc gets the shaft.
Kansas checking in here. Leavenworth? First of all, that’s a city, not a neighborhood. And second of all, no matter how pretty the houses are, you consider a LOT more than straight-up architecture when you select a home. Like good schools. Proximity to jobs. Accessibility of the stuff that matters to you, whether that’s the symphony or the airport or the sports team or the children’s museum or the variety of restaurants you dig or the arts scene.
When comparing great older-home neighborhoods in the Sunflower State, Leavenworth falls short on just about all those other fronts.
(Of course, I live in College Hill in Wichita, which is a magnificent old neighborhood, so I could be slightly biased.)