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Wikipedia: Natl Historic Landmarks in Connecticut: A. Everett Austin, Jr., House

For Students 9th - 10th
Social hotspot and home of innovative Wadsworth Atheneum director Arthur Everett Austin, Jr..
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Connecticut: Grove Street Cemetery

For Students 9th - 10th
Final resting place of many Yale and New Haven notables including Roger Sherman, Noah Webster and Eli Whitney.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Connecticut: Noah Webster Birthplace

For Students 9th - 10th
Home of the American lexicographer Noah Webster.
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Wikipedia: Natl Historic Landmarks in Connecticut: Oliver Ellsworth Homestead

For Students 9th - 10th
Home of Oliver Ellsworth, the second Chief Justice of the United States.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Connecticut: Lafayette B. Mendel House

For Students 9th - 10th
Home of Yale biochemist Lafayette Mendel; designed by Henry Austin.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Connecticut: Nathaniel Palmer House

For Students 9th - 10th
Home of the pioneering Antarctic explorer and seal hunter Nathaniel Palmer.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Connecticut: Edward W. Morley House

For Students 9th - 10th
Home of physicist Edward W. Morley, known for the Michelson-Morley experiment and for his work on the atomic weights of hydrogen and oxygen.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Connecticut: Monte Cristo Cottage

For Students 9th - 10th
Home of the Nobel prize-winning playwright Eugene O'Neill.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Connecticut: Othniel C. Marsh House

For Students 9th - 10th
Home of Yale paleontologist Othniel Marsh; now part of the Yale School of Forestry.
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Wikipedia: Natl Historic Landmarks in Ct: Tapping Reeve House and Law School

For Students 9th - 10th
First law school in the United States separate from a college or university, its influential graduates included Aaron Burr, Jr. and John C. Calhoun.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Connecticut: Henry Whitfield House

For Students 9th - 10th
The oldest house in Connecticut, built in 1639.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Connecticut: First Church of Christ

For Students 9th - 10th
Church of the La Amistad freed slaves.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Connecticut: Old Newgate Prison

For Students 9th - 10th
Colonial prison; Loyalists were held here during the American Revolutionary War.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Connecticut: Connecticut State Capitol

For Students 9th - 10th
Designed by Richard Upjohn in Gothic and French Renaissance styles topped by gold leaf dome.
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Wikipedia: Natl Historic Landmarks in Ct: Ct Agricultural Experiment Station

For Students 9th - 10th
Home of the first state agricultural experiment station.
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Wikipedia: Natl Historic Landmarks in Connecticut: Philip Johnson Glass House

For Students 9th - 10th
Modern masterpiece of glass and steel; designed and occupied by architect Philip Johnson.
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Wikipedia: Natl Historic Landmarks in Connecticut: Coltsville Historic District

For Students 9th - 10th
Original designated solely to encompass Armsmear, the home of arms maker Samuel Colt, this historic district was expanded in 1988 to include the Colt Armory, as well as worker housing and Colt Park.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Connecticut: Ida Tarbell House

For Students 9th - 10th
Home of the muckraking journalist and author Ida Tarbell.
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Wikipedia: Natl Historic Landmarks in Ct: Florence Griswold House and Museum

For Students 9th - 10th
Boarding house frequented by American impressionist artists such as Henry Ward Ranger, Childe Hassam, and Willard Metcalf.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Connecticut: James Dwight Dana House

For Students 9th - 10th
Home of Yale geologist James Dwight Dana, designed by Henry Austin.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Connecticut: L. A. Dunton

For Students 9th - 10th
Classic fishing schooner and one of the last sail-powered fishing vessels built.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Connecticut: Silas Deane House

For Students 9th - 10th
Home of Silas Deane, member of the Continental Congress and America's first diplomat.
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Wikipedia: Natl Historic Landmarks in Ct: Russell Henry Chittenden House

For Students 9th - 10th
Home of Russell Henry Chittenden, the "father of American biochemistry".
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Wikipedia: Natl Historic Landmarks in Connecticut: Litchfield Historic District

For Students 9th - 10th
Well-preserved late 18th-early 19th century New England town that was the state's first historic district.