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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Maryland: Rachel Carson House
House where Rachel Carson wrote her classic work Silent Spring in 1962.
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Wikipedia: Natl Historic Landmarks in Rhode Island: William Watts Sherman House
This house was built for banker William Watts Sherman by H. H. Richardson in 1875, and is recognized as a prototype of the Shingle style of architecture.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Minnesota: Andrew John Volstead House
From 1894 to 1930, this was the home of Andrew J. Volstead (1860-1947), the man who "personified prohibition." Volstead served in the U.S. House of Representatives (1903-23), where he drafted the National Prohibition Enforcement Act...
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in New York: Millard Fillmore House
Only surviving home of 13th U.S. President Millard Fillmore, besides the White House.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Iowa: William P. Hepburn House
An image of the William P. Hepburn House.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Massachusetts: John B. Gough House
This Italianate house, also known as "Hillside", was the home of orator John B. Gough (1817-86), a leading figure of the 19th century temperance movement. The estate, owned by the town of Boylston, is undergoing a lengthy restoration and...
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Louisiana: Acadian House
An image of the Acadian House.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Massachusetts: William M. Davis House
This house was home to geologist and geographer William Morris Davis (1850-1934). Davis was a leading figure in the development of the study of geology, founding the Association of American Geographers and developing the first model of...
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Wikipedia: Natl Historic Landmarks in Washington, d.c.: Hiram W. Johnson House
An image of the Hiram W. Johnson House.
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Wikipedia: Natl Historic Landmarks in New Hampshire: Mac Pheadris Warner House
Built around 1720, this home is one of the finest Georgian brick houses in New England. Its lightning rod may have been the first installed in the area.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Washington, d.c.: Elliott Coues House
Elliott Coues, a leading 19th century ornithologist, led great expansions of the knowledge of North American bird life, helped found the American Ornithologists' Union in 1883, edited approximately 15 volumes of journals, memoirs, and...
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Minnesota: F. Scott Fitzgerald House
The F. Scott Fitzgerald House was the home of Francis Scott Fitzgerald (1896-1940); as spokesman for the Jazz Age, he wrote several stories and his first published novel, This Side of Paradise in this Victorian rowhouse on Summit Avenue...
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Wikipedia: Natl Historic Landmarks in Ma: Arrowhead (Herman Melville House)
This 18th-century farmhouse was the home of author Herman Melville (1819-91) during his most productive years from 1850-1863. He wrote several novels here, including Moby-Dick, as well as short stories, magazine stories and poetry. The...
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Ohio: Dr. Robert and Anne Smith House
An image of the Dr. Robert and Anne Smith House.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Illinois: Hull House
One of the first settlement houses in the U.S., founded by Jane Addams.
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Wikipedia: Natl Historic Landmarks in California: Commander's House, Fort Ross
Only original structure at Fort Ross; also known as Rotchev House; Russian-built in 1812.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Indiana: Miller House
Associated with Cummins founder J. Irwin Miller, the Miller House is a work of Eero Saarinen representing International style. The building is integrated with the modern landscape of Dan Kiley.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Massachusetts: Percy W. Bridgman House
This house served as the longtime home of Nobel prize-winning physicist Percy W. Bridgman (1882-1961). His innovations in the field of high pressure physics made possible the development of synthetic diamonds.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in California: Juan De Anza House
One-story adobe house typical of Mexican era, later "Americanized", also in typical way.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in South Carolina: Brick House Ruins
Ruins of a plantation house that burned in 1929.
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Wikipedia: Natl Historic Landmarks in Maryland: Star Spangled Banner Flag House
House where Mary Young Pickersgill sewed the large Star-Spangled Banner flag of the United States, to fly over Fort McHenry, inspiring the U.S. national anthem.
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Wikipedia: Natl Historic Landmarks in Pennsylvania: Merion Friends Meeting House
An image of the Merion Friends Meeting House.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in California: Gonzalez House
Built about 1825 by Don Rafael Gonzales; typical of Mexican-era adobe town houses; adobe walls at least 2' thick.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Ohio: Charles F. Kettering House
An image of the Charles F. Kettering House.