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Wikipedia: Natl Historic Landmarks in Washington, d.c.: Carter G. Woodson House

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A home of Carter G. Woodson, the "Father of Black History".
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Washington, d.c.: Elliott Coues House

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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: Natl Historic Landmarks in Alaska: George C. Thomas Memorial Library

For Students 9th - 10th
The public library for Fairbanks from its construction in 1909 until the opening of the Noel Wien Public Library in 1977. Site of 1915 meeting between U.S. officials and native Alaskans to settle land claims.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Maine: Harpswell Meetinghouse

For Students 9th - 10th
This building is an outstanding example of a mid-18th century clapboard church. It was also used as a town meeting hall.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Pennsylvania: Joseph Priestley House

For Students 9th - 10th
Stately home of chemist Joseph Priestley, who, disenchanted with England moved here in 1794 and continued his ground-breaking research.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Arkansas: Old State House, Little Rock

For Students 9th - 10th
Oldest surviving state capitol building west of the Mississippi River.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in New York: Priscilla (Sloop)

For Students 9th - 10th
Example of a classic Long Island oyster dredging sloop.
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Wikipedia: Natl Historic Landmarks in Al: Montgomery Union Station and Trainshed

For Students 9th - 10th
Constructed in 1898, this is an example of late 19th-century commercial architecture. It served as the focal point of transportation into Montgomery. The train shed is significant in that it shows the adaptation of bridge-building...
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in New York: William Seward House

For Students 9th - 10th
Home of William Henry Seward, statesman whose long career was capped by the purchase of Alaska as Secretary of State, for most of his life.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Kentucky: Lincoln Hall, Berea College

For Students 9th - 10th
Building at Berea College, first biracial college in the United States.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in New York: Bronck House

For Students 9th - 10th
Oldest structure in upstate New York; excellent example of Dutch colonial architecture.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Minnesota: F. Scott Fitzgerald House

For Students 9th - 10th
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 Wyoming: Heart Mountain Relocation Center

For Students 9th - 10th
An internment camp for Japanese-Americans during World War II.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Massachusetts: Margaret Fuller House

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This was the birthplace and childhood home of Transcendentalist and feminist Margaret Fuller (1810-50). Her Woman in the Nineteenth Century is one of the earliest statements of feminist thought.
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Wikipedia: Natl Historic Landmarks in Ar: Rohwer Relocation Center Cemetery

For Students 9th - 10th
Site of a World War II Japanese American internment camp.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Maine: Portland Observatory

For Students 9th - 10th
This 1807 wooden tower is the oldest maritime signal tower in the United States; it was capable of sending and receiving signals to and from ships entering Portland Harbor.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Illinois: Sears, Roebuck, and Company

For Students 9th - 10th
The headquarters of Sears, Roebuck, and Company for almost seven decades.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Ohio: Sunwatch Site

For Students 9th - 10th
An image of the Sunwatch Site.
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Wikipedia: Natl Historic Landmarks in Ca: Oak Grove Butterfield Stage Station

For Students 9th - 10th
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 Oklahoma: Cherokee National Capitol

For Students 9th - 10th
Capitol of the Cherokee nation from 1869 to 1907, when Oklahoma became a state.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in New Jersey: John Ballantine House

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Home of John Ballantine, of the Ballantine brewing family. Now part of the Newark Museum.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Indiana: Levi Coffin House

For Students 9th - 10th
Levi Coffin lived in this house from 1827 to 1847, where he helped as many as 2,000 slaves escape to freedom. The house was known as the Union Depot of the Underground Railroad, and it contained secret doors that could hide fugitives.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Connecticut: Lockwood Mathews Mansion

For Students 9th - 10th
Second Empire style mansion built in 1864.

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