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Presidential Election in the House of Representatives by States, 1825
The results of the election of 1825 in the House of Representatives. The 1825 election is unusual in that all of the candidates were from the same Democratic-Republican party, and being the only time since the passage of the Twelfth...
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Etc: Maps Etc: Religeous Houses of South Western Britain, Ad 800
A map of southwestern Britain in AD 800, showing the area around Somerset, Dorset, Dyvnaint (Devon), and Cornweals (Cornwall). The map shows the religious houses of Bradford, Frome, Glastonbury, Sherborne, and Wareham, and the towns of...
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Manitoba Historical Society: Ross House Museum
Ross House in Winnipeg has the distinction of being the first post office in Western Canada. Learn about early postal services as well as the history of this mid-1800's building.
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Manitoba Historical Society: Ross House Museum
Ross House in Winnipeg has the distinction of being the first post office in Western Canada. Learn about early postal services as well as the history of this mid-1800's building.
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Wikipedia: Natl Historic Landmarks in Ny: Women's Rights Natl Historical Park
Established in 1980 in Seneca Falls and nearby Waterloo, New York; includes the Wesleyan Chapel, site of the First Women's Rights Convention and the Elizabeth Cady Stanton House.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in New York: Hurley Historic District
Ten stone Dutch Colonial houses; served as the capitol of NY for two months during the American Revolution.
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Wikipedia: Natl Historic Landmarks in Virginia: Green Springs Historic District
Rural manor houses and related buildings.
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Wikipedia: Natl Historic Landmarks in Georgia: Warm Springs Historic District
Includes Franklin Delano Roosevelt's Little White House and the Roosevelt Warm Springs Institute for Rehabilitation.
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Wikipedia: Natl Historic Landmarks in Ny: Eleanor Roosevelt Natl Historic Site
Eleanor Roosevelt developed property; place that she could develop some of her ideas for work with winter jobs for rural workers and women; includes a large two-story stuccoed building that housed Val-Kill Industries; would become...
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Wikipedia: Natl Historic Landmarks in Ny: Boston Post Road Historic District
Three mansions and grounds, including the 1838 Peter Augustus Jay House and Jay Property, Lounsberry and Whitby Castle, a private cemetery, and a nature preserve running from Boston Post Road down to the Long Island Sound, an area...
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Wikipedia: Natl Historic Landmarks in New York: Cobblestone Historic District
Three buildings: a First Universalist Church, the Ward House, and schoolhouse exemplifying 19th-century U.S. cobblestone architecture at its highest.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in New York: Washington's Headquarters
Headquarters of Washington during the final years of the Revolutionary War; Dutch stone house; oldest building in Newburgh; first-ever property designated as a historic site by a U.S. state.
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Wikipedia: Natl Historic Landmarks in Ma: John Quincy Adams Birthplace
President John Quincy Adams was born in this house, which is adjacent to the John Adams Birthplace; it is also part of the Adams National Historical Park.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Connecticut: Hill Stead
Colonial revival house and art museum located in the Farmington Historic District.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Indiana: The Republic
Myron Goldsmith of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill designed this newspaper publishing house. It is the youngest architectural National Historic Landmark ever designated.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in California: Petaluma Adobe
The largest example of Monterey Colonial architecture in the United States, this adobe structure was the ranch house of General Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo, commandant of the Sonoma Pueblo. It is now the centerpiece of Petaluma Adobe State...
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Wikipedia: Natl Historic Landmarks in Massachusetts: John F. Kennedy Birthplace
Now a National Historic Site, this modest suburban house was the birthplace and childhood home of President John F. Kennedy (1917-63).
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Wikipedia: Natl Historic Landmarks in Ma: Nathan and Mary Johnson Properties
These buildings, now housing the New Bedford Historical Society, belonged to a free African-American couple active in the abolitionist movement and the Underground Railroad. They notably took in activist Frederick Douglass after his...
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Wikipedia: Natl Historic Landmarks in Ma: American Antiquarian Society
This 1910 Georgian Revival building houses the American Antiquarian Society, the third oldest (1812) historical society in the United States and the first to be national in scope.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Massachusetts: Nathaniel Bowditch Home
This Federalist house was the home of Nathaniel Bowditch (1773-1838), the founder of modern (19th century) navigation. It now serves as the headquarters of Historic Salem, Inc.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Massachusetts: John Adams Birthplace
This is the house in which United States President John Adams was born on October 30, 1735. It is now part of the Adams National Historical Park.
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Etc: Houses of Parliament, Westminster; Plan of Principal Floor, 1836 1868
This is the Plan of Principal Floor of the Houses of Parliament in Westminster, England.
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Unesco: Spain: Historic Walled Town of Cuenca
Built by the Moors in a defensive position at the heart of the Caliphate of Cordoba, Cuenca is an unusually well-preserved medieval fortified city. Conquered by the Castilians in the 12th century, it became a royal town and bishopric...
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Massachusetts: Red Top
William Dean Howells (1837-1920) was a major literary figure of the late 19th century, writing prolifically and editing the Atlantic Monthly. This house was designed by Howells' brother-in-law William Rutherford Mead.