Best Old House Neighborhoods 2011: City Living

Best Old Neighborhoods 2011: City Living

For the fourth year in a row, we've tracked down North America's most timeless neighborhoods—places where lovingly crafted old houses have extraordinary pasts and unarguably promising futures. With help from our friends at Portland, Oregon-based PreservationDirectory.com—who distributed our nomination forms to more than 14,000 historical societies, neighborhood groups, and preservation nonprofits—we've assembled our biggest-ever list of off-the-beaten-path places that are worth eyeing for a great old home.

Here are twenty charming neighborhoods that offer historic houses along with a healthy dose of city life—proof you don't have to give up one to have the other.

Gallery: Best Old House Neighborhoods 2011: College Towns

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