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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Louisiana: Evergreen Plantation

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Composed of 39 buildings, including a main house and slave quarters, Evergreen Plantation is an example of major plantations found in the Antebellum period of the United States.
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Wikipedia: Natl Historic Landmarks in Massachusetts: Henry Cabot Lodge Residence

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Henry Cabot Lodge (1850-1924) was a lifelong resident of this house. Lodge, as United States Senator from Massachusetts, was a critical voice in foreign policy debates of the early 20th century; he supported a wider role for the United...
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Rhode Island: Kingscote

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1839 Gothic Revival house by Richard Upjohn was the first summer residence in Newport.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in California: Rangers' Club

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Stephen Tyng Mather, the wealthy first director of the National Park Service personally donated this building to house the newly hired rangers covering Yosemite National Park. Its rustic architecture inspired all National Park...
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Indiana: Benjamin Harrison Home

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Benjamin Harrison lived in this Italianate house from 1875 until his death there in 1901, except from 1889 to 1893 while he was the 23rd President. He was also a Senator from Indiana from 1881 to 1887. Harrison accepted the Republican...
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Virginia: Brandon

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Plantation tended from 1614 on, with unusual brick mansion in style of Palladio's "Roman Country House" completed in 1760s.
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Wikipedia: Natl Historic Landmarks in Ma: William Cullen Bryant Homestead

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This property was the boyhood home and later summer residence of poet and newspaper editor William Cullen Bryant (1794-1878). It is now owned by The Trustees of Reservations and operated as a house museum.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Arizona: Mary Jane Colter Buildings

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Includes: Desert View Watchtower, Hermit's Rest, Hopi House, and The Lookout.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in New York: Van Cortlandt Manor

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Colonial manor house from early 18th century.
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Wikipedia: Natl Historic Landmarks in Ma: University Hall, Harvard University

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Architect Charles Bulfinch designed, and engineer Loammi Baldwin, Jr. constructed this Harvard College facility. Originally used for classes and dining, it now houses the administrative offices.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Illinois: Ulysses S. Grant Home

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A house given to General of the Army Ulysses S. Grant following the Civil War. Grant was elected President of the United States while residing here.
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Wikipedia: Natl Historic Landmarks in South Carolina: Church of the Holy Cross

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Gothic Revival Church constructed of rammed earth in 1852. Across the road from Borough House.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Massachusetts: Liberty Farm

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This house belonged to abolitionists and suffragists Abby Kelley Foster (1811-87) and Stephen Symonds Foster (1809-81), and was used by them as a site on the Underground Railroad. The property also featured prominently in the Fosters'...
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Wikipedia: Natl Historic Landmarks in Wa (State): w.t. Preston (Snagboat)

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From 1929 to 1981, the Preston worked clearing rivers of debris, to make them passable to ship traffic. Today the boat is in permanent dry dock, and houses a museum.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Mississippi: Longwood

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Unfinished antebellum house.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Delaware: Aspendale

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House and small plantation, intact from 1771.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Maine: Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village

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Founded in 1783, organized in 1794, this is the last active Shaker community in the United States. A representative collection of Shaker implements and furniture is housed in the buildings.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Illinois: Abraham Lincoln Home

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The only house ever owned by America's 16th president.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Massachusetts: The Parsonage

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This 1824 house was home to the father of writer Horatio Alger (1832-99). Alger, a prolific and popular writer of juvenile fiction, frequently summered here.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Virginia: Saratoga

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Gray limestone Georgian house built by Brig. Gen. Daniel Morgan, best known for his victory over the British at the Battle of Cowpens in 1781.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Tennessee: The Hermitage

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This plantation was the home of Andrew Jackson from 1804 until his death. He built the Greek Revival mansion house in 1819. Jackson served as President of the United States from 1829 to 1837.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in South Carolina: Woodlands

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The primary residence of author William Gilmore Simms, whose main house was burned in 1865; the remaining wing and several outbuildings constitute a literary landmark.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Tennessee: Wynnewood

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This was the earliest settlement in Middle Tennessee, and remains today as a group of six log buildings at a sulfur spring. The 1828 main house was a stagecoach inn and residence.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Alabama: Kenworthy Hall

For Students 9th - 10th
This plantation house was completed in 1860 and is one of the best preserved examples of Richard Upjohn's distinctive asymmetrical Italian villa style. It is the only surviving residential example of Upjohn's Italian villa style that was...

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