Pre-heat the oven and peruse these VTG houses for a little baking inspo!
Gingerbread House -1950s
Gingerbread house with nougat chimney on the cover of McCall's - 1950
Gingerbread House with coconut snow - 1970s
1970s Gingerbread Tudor style house with jelly bean brick.
Gingerbread House with candy melt roof - 1970s
Gingerbread House from the Santa Maria Times - 1988 
Chef Hans Raffert and his Christmas gingerbread house -1991
Betty Crocker's New Christmas Cookbook - 1993
White House Gingerbread House and Socks the Cat - 1993
Hilary Clinton and the White House Gingerbread House - 1995
U.S Grant Hotel Gingerbread House - 2002
Making Gingerbread Houses: Dozens of Delectable Designs & Ideas - 2004
A Western Gingerbread scene at the Omni Hotel in Houston - 2007
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