Some homebuyers gravitate to the charm and character of past lives lived within the walls of historic properties. Here’s our list of 10 fascinating and luxurious homes currently on the market, both rich in history and in exceptional condition.  


10. The Anchorage 

Easton, Md.
$3 million


The story of this 67-acre estate overlooking the Miles River begins in 1760, when a ferry keeper built a small brick house. It was occupied by a succession of persons who were in no way greatly different from their neighbors, though it was expanded in 1810. That changed radically, however, when Maryland Gov. Edward Lloyd V bought the property in 1831. Lloyd was a descendant of the prominent and wealthy Lloyd family of Wye House. (His father was a Maryland representative at the Constitutional Convention of 1788.)  Gov. Lloyd dramatically enlarged the main house at the Anchorage where one of his daughters and her husband would reside. This national landmark also includes a caretaker’s house, a log smokehouse, a windmill, a Timberpeg boathouse with a substantial pier and multiple deep-water slips.