Every home here was built to outlast the century.
We make sure the next owners deserve it.
Hearth specializes in Victorian, Craftsman, Colonial, and pre-war homes for buyers who know what a muntin is — and sellers who refuse to let their 1890 Queen Anne be marketed as a "fixer."
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Margaret Holloway
Historic Preservation Specialist · 17 years
The wrong agent markets your Queen Anne as a fixer.
I've been in the rooms. I know what original beadboard smells like after a hundred winters. I know the difference between a pocket door that was always there and one that was installed last spring to look period-appropriate. That knowledge changes everything — for pricing, for marketing, for finding the buyer who will actually love what you've loved.
For buyers: I won't waste your time with houses that have been "updated" into mediocrity. For sellers: I'll write a listing that makes the right person stop scrolling — because I speak the language of the house itself.
Architectural Fluency
Muntin bars, entablature, wainscoting — the vocabulary of your home is our native tongue.
Preservation Ethics
We'll never suggest a renovation that erases what makes a house worth buying.
Matched Stewardship
The right buyer isn't the highest bidder. It's the one who'll be a worthy caretaker.
Homes worth preserving.
Click any photo to toggle between exterior and interior views. These are homes that have already outlasted a century — they'll outlast another.
14 Elmwood Terrace
Northgate Historic District
"Original pocket doors, 11-ft ceilings, intact parlor ceiling medallion."
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203 Sycamore Lane
Riverside Craftsman Row
"Cedar-scented built-ins, original tapered columns, hand-cut porch shingles."
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7 Federal Hill Road
Federal Hill District
"Wide-plank pine floors, original six-over-six windows, fanlight entry."
Inquire About This HomeThe numbers behind historic homes.
Most agents don't know that a certified historic rehabilitation can qualify for a 20% federal tax credit. We do. That knowledge changes negotiations, pricing strategy, and which buyers we target.
20%
Avg. Preservation Tax Credit
Federal Historic Tax Credit on qualified rehabilitation
18 days
Median Days on Market
Historic homes in our territory, 2024–2025
+34%
Premium Over Assessed Value
Certified historic homes vs. non-certified comps
7
Historic Districts Active
Districts with active preservation incentives in our territory
Historic Preservation Tax Credits
The Federal Historic Tax Credit (HTC) provides a 20% credit on qualified rehabilitation expenditures for income-producing certified historic structures. Many states layer additional credits of 15–25%. We'll connect you with a preservation tax specialist before you make an offer.
The Buyer's Guide to Historic Homes
Hearth · 2026 Edition
48 pages of preservation fluency
- How to read a historic district designation
- What to inspect in pre-1940 construction
- Tax credits, easements & incentive programs
- Architectural style identification guide
- Questions your inspector won't think to ask
The right home finds the right family.
Eleanor & Thomas Whitfield
Northgate Historic District
Queen Anne Victorian, 1889
Margaret knew our house better than we did. She found the original builder's permit in the county archive and used it in the listing. We had three preservation-minded offers in four days — and the buyers who won it have already joined the local preservation society.
Tell me about the house you dream of.
Not the number of bedrooms. The light through the transom window at four in the afternoon. The sound of the pocket doors. The smell of the basement in October. Tell me that, and I'll find it.