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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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Unesco: Germany: Historic Centres of Stralsund and Wismar
The medieval towns of Wismar and Stralsund, on the Baltic coast of northern Germany, were major trading centres of the Hanseatic League in the 14th and 15th centuries. In the 17th and 18th centuries they became Swedish administrative and...
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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.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Massachusetts: Winn Memorial Library
This was the first public library building designed by H. H. Richardson; it was built between 1876 and 1879. It still houses Woburn's public library.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in New York: Hyde Hall
One of the finest American houses that combines the architectural traditions of England and America; one of the few surviving works of Philip Hooker.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in South Carolina: Drayton Hall
Plantation house built in 1742 of Palladian architectural style.
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Wikipedia: Natl Historic Landmarks in Ca: Oak Grove Butterfield Stage Station
The only surviving station house on the Butterfield Overland Mail stagecoach line. The nearby location of Warner's Ranch was also part of the line.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Massachusetts: Gore Place
A remnant of an estate that was once much larger, Gore Place preserves an excellent Federalist mansion built in 1806 for Christopher Gore, a Massachusetts governor and United States senator. The mansion was saved from destruction in...
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Wikipedia: Natl Historic Landmarks in Ny: Canfield Casino and Congress Park
Former resort and casino; now houses the Saratoga Springs History Museum.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Alabama: Barton Hall
This structure, built in 1840, is described by the National Park Service as an "unusually sophisticated" Greek Revival style plantation house. The interior contains a stairway that ascends in a series of double flights and bridge-like...
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Hawaii: Honokohau Settlement
Site of an ancient Hawaiian settlement; includes fishponds, kahua (house site platforms), ki?i pohaku (petroglyphs), holua (stone slide) and heiau (religious site).
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in New York: Montgomery Place
Federal-style house, with expansion designed by architect Alexander Jackson Davis.
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Wikipedia: Natl Historic Landmarks in Illinois: Chicago Board of Trade Building
Skyscraper designed by Holabird & Root, housed the world's largest trading floor when built in 1930.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in South Carolina: Hampton Plantation
"South Carolina's finest example of a large two-and-a-half frame Georgian plantation house".
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Indiana: Lincoln Boyhood Home
The 16th US President Abraham Lincoln grew up here from 1816 to 1830. The site features the foundation of the original cabin, a replica farm house, the gravesite of Lincoln's mother Nancy Hanks Lincoln, and a memorial building.
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Wikipedia: Natl Historic Landmarks in New York: Manitoga (Russel Wright Home)
House and studio of industrial designer Russel Wright. Designed by Wright and his wife to be sustainable and blend in with surrounding environment.
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Wikipedia: Natl Historic Landmarks in Ma: Massachusetts Hall, Harvard University
This building, now housing administrative offices and a freshman dormitory, is the oldest surviving building (1718-20) on the campus of Harvard University, and the second oldest academic building in the nation.
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Wikipedia: Natl Historic Landmarks in Arizona: Casa Grande Ruins Natl Monument
Ruins of Hohokam structures. A four-story structure is the "casa grande" or "big house". Sheltered since 1932 under a large pavilion built to preserve the ruins.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in New York: W. & L. E. Gurley Building
Classical Revival structure; built in 1862; housed the W. & L. E. Gurley Company, a maker of precision measuring instruments.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Hawaii: Palm Circle
This portion of Fort Shafter housed the headquarters of the commanding general and his staff, U.S. Army forces, Pacific Ocean Areas, during World War II. By 1944 this command was responsible for the supply and administration of all U.S....
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Colorado: Trujillo Homestead
Early ranch settlement (1880s) in the San Luis Valley, with a surviving period ranch house; located on a Nature Conservancy property near Great Sand Dunes National Park.