Someone Lived Here

May 22 2024 23 ep. 25 mins 259

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A nonfiction history podcast telling the stories of interesting and creative people by touring their old homes.

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The Hulda Klager House and Lilac Gardens

May 22 2024 26 mins

In this episode of Someone Lived Here, Kendra brings you to the Hulda Klager Lilac Gardens in Woodland, Washington. The home was built by Hulda's family, The Thiel's in 1889. Hulda Klager would purchase the home and move in in her 40s.She became interested in the work of Luther Burbank, a horticulturist and hybridized. She had been inspired by the book New Creations in Plant Life b

The Hori Bathhouse and Neely Mansion: 5 families stories of farming in Washington

Mar 13 2023 30 mins

In the sixth episode of season 3, Kendra brings you to Neely Mansion in Auburn, Washington. The property was built by the Neely's: a pioneer family, but it was home to tenant farming families from the early 1900s to the 1980s. Behind the house is a Japanese Bath House built by the Hori Family and further back a tool shed used by the Acosta family. We had the pleasure of talking wit

The Cayton-Revels House

Aug 07 2022 34 mins

In the fifth episode of season 3, Kendra brings you to The Cayton-Revels House in Seattle, Washington. Horace Cayton and Susie Revels Cayton were the home's first owners. Together the couple owned, edited, and wrote the longest-running Black-owned newspaper at the turn of the century in Seattle. Susie was the daughter of Hiram Rhodes Revels the first Black United States Senator ele

The Rebecca Nurse Homestead and The Salem Witch Trials

Oct 17 2021 23 mins

In the fourth episode of season 3, Kendra brings you to The Rebecca Nurse Homestead in Danvers, Massachusetts. The home was the final home of Rebecca Nurse, an older religious woman accused and executed on the charges of being a witch. By learning Rebecca's story, we better understand the events that led to the death of 20 people in the Salem Witch Trials, including her sister Mary

The House of the Seven Gables

Oct 03 2021 23 mins

In the third episode of season 3, Kendra Gaylord brings you to The House of the Seven Gables in Salem, Massachusetts. The home was the inspiration of Nathaniel Hawthorne's The House of the Seven Gables and was owned in the 1800s by his cousin Susannah Ingersoll. The home was originally built by Captain John Turner and was in his family for three generations.In 1908 Caroline Emmerto

Henry Davis Sleeper's Beauport

Jun 27 2021 28 mins

In the second episode of season 3, Kendra brings you to Beauport, the Sleeper-McCann House in Gloucester, Massachusetts. Henry Davis Sleeper was one of the first professional interior designers in the US. His work used salvaged material, color, and light to create spaces overflowing with personality. Beauport, built in 1907, became a portfolio of his work, with 5 dining rooms desig

Theodate Pope Riddle's Hill-Stead Museum

Apr 25 2021 37 mins

In the first episode of season 3, Kendra brings you to the Hill-Stead Museum in Farmington, Connecticut. Theodate Pope Riddle designed this home, her first architectural project, as a retirement home for her parents. Throughout the episode, we learn about her close friendship with Mary Hillard, her fixation on communicating with the dead, and her near-death experience on the sinkin

The Greenwood District: before and after the Tulsa Massacre

Jun 14 2020 27 mins

In the season finale of Someone Lived Here we learn the story of the Greenwood District in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The neighborhood was 35 blocks and became known as Black Wall Street. It was a thriving black community that was the site of The Tulsa Massacre. It would later be rebuilt even bigger than before, but today very few original buildings are still standing. We also follow the sto

Victoria Woodhull's Murray Hill Mansion

Jun 01 2020 24 mins

In this episode of Someone Lived Here, we follow the life of Victoria Woodhull starting at her mansion at 15 East 38th Street in Murray Hill, which is no longer standing. Then tracing her life back from the small Ohio town where she was born. Victoria started her life as a psychic, became a stockbroker, then a women's rights activist and the first female presidential nominee. Thi

Jack Kirby's Lower East Side Apartment

In this episode we follow the life of Jack Kirby starting in his childhood apartment on Suffolk Street in the Lower East Side. The tenement is no longer standing, but the characters he created over his decades in the comic book industry are still everywhere you look. This season, host Kendra Gaylord, is exploring homes that are no longer standing by learning their stories, all whil