From Jugend, 1928.

Parthenon and snow crystal.  From Nature's Harmonic Unity by Samuel Colman, 1912.

From Mocca, 1929.

Architectural bait is more humane than poison when catching rodents and other pests.  From Ezh, 1907.

Reblog if this sort of house is your aspiration.  From Boloto, 1905.

From Kladderadatsch, 1930.

Elephant Hotel, Margate City.

From English Illustrated, 1889.

"The Weird Street" by O. Kray.  From Der Orchideengarten, 1919.

A library built to represent a white elephant.  From Judge's Library, 1907.

From The Harvard Lampoon, 1877.

You've seen lost pet and lost child notices, but here's a lost home from Popular Mechanics, 1927.  For all we know, this home may still be lost.  If your ancestors lost a home and you think this might be your inheritance, please do get in touch.

This "home with or without a dining room" is a precursor to repurposing unused rooms in your house.  As Bob Vila said in "Why 7 Families Ditched the Dining Room," "Formal dining rooms are starting to go the way of the formal living room—out of service.  While many homes have dining rooms, the square footage devoted to them often isn't justified by the little use most families get out of them."  Our illustration is from Popular Mechanics, 1931.

INSTRUCTIONS: Click to change the season at Herbert Hoover's home at Stanford.