The new homes built today come with price tags close to $1 million.

"Historical homes do come on the market, but they don't sit there for very long."

But her new home came with its very own lawn.

The home came to be known as Springfield's first public charity.

Several times a week the Forsmiths stop by to see how their home is coming.

For a year, his new home came before work.

"Often, when homes come on the market, they sell the same day," she said.

Last year, 980 homes came on the market, up from 852 in 2001.

Since then the homes of several well-known authors have come into the Trust's care.

The people stood gathered together behind, where their homes came to an end, and wept.