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Historic Buildings of America

Historic Buildings of America

by Esther Singleton

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Editor
Singleton, Esther, 1865-1930
Title
Historic buildings of America : as seen and described by famous writers
Original Publication
New York: Dodd Mead & Company, 1906.
Credits
Karin Spence and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
Language
English
LoC Class
E151: History: America: United States
Subject
Historic buildings -- America
Category
Text
Project Gutenberg
eBook-No. 79104
Release Date
July 16, 2026
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.Untitled
  2. 2.Historic Buildings of America
  3. 3.Untitled
  4. 4.Preface
  5. 5.Contents
  6. 6.Illustrations
  7. 7.THE CAPITOL, WASHINGTON JOSEPH B. VARNUM
  8. 8.WITHIN THE CAPITOL CHARLES DICKENS
  9. 9.ARLINGTON IZA DUFFUS HARDY
  10. 10.CARPENTERS’ HALL BENSON J. LOSSING
  11. 11.THE CRADOCK HOUSE, MEDFORD [2] SAMUEL ADAMS DRAKE
  12. 12.FRAUNCES’ TAVERN WILLIAM J. DAVIS
  13. 13.WILLIAM AND MARY COLLEGE JOHN FISKE [4]
  14. 14.THE MISSION DOLORES, SAN FRANCISCO LADY HARDY
  15. 15.KING’S CHAPEL, BOSTON F. W. P. GREENWOOD
  16. 16.SOME BUILDINGS IN HAVANA RICHARD DAVEY
  17. 17.ST. MICHAEL’S CHURCH, CHARLESTON WILLIAM GILMORE SIMMS
  18. 18.THE CARLYLE HOUSE, ALEXANDRIA
  19. 19.INDEPENDENCE HALL, PHILADELPHIA D. W. BELISLE
  20. 20.THE CASTLE OF CHAPULTEPEC THOMAS UNETT BROCKLEHURST
  21. 21.PARLIAMENT BUILDINGS, OTTAWA LADY HARDY
  22. 22.MOUNT VERNON ARTHUR SHADWELL MARTIN
  23. 23.THE OLD MANSE, CONCORD NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE
  24. 24.THE JAMESTOWN TOWER CHARLES FREDERICK STANSBURY
  25. 25.NASSAU HALL, PRINCETON
  26. 26.CASTLE GARDEN, NEW YORK ESTHER SINGLETON
  27. 27.MONTICELLO [14] EDWARD C. MEAD
  28. 28.THE WILLIAM PENN HOUSE, PHILADELPHIA JOHN F. WATSON
  29. 29.THE CATHEDRAL, MEXICO THOMAS UNETT BROCKLEHURST
  30. 30.THE WHIPPLE HOUSE, IPSWICH W. H. DOWNES
  31. 31.FORT MARION, ST. AUGUSTINE IZA DUFFUS HARDY
  32. 32.ST. ANNE DE BEAUPRÉ, QUEBEC [19] ANNA T. SADLIER
  33. 33.THE WADSWORTH-LONGFELLOW HOUSE, PORTLAND NATHAN GOOLD
  34. 34.WASHINGTON’S HEADQUARTERS, NEWBURGH GULIAN C. VERPLANCK
  35. 35.THE TABERNACLE, SALT LAKE CITY LADY HARDY
  36. 36.THE NATIONAL WASHINGTON MONUMENT JOSEPH B. VARNUM
  37. 37.THE CLARKE-HANCOCK HOUSE, LEXINGTON
  38. 38.CASTLE ST. LOUIS, QUEBEC J. M. LE MOINE, F. R. S. C.
  39. 39.SUNNYSIDE, TARRYTOWN BENSON J. LOSSING
  40. 40.THE OLD WITCH HOUSE, SALEM ESTHER SINGLETON
  41. 41.SHRINE OF GUADALUPE THOMAS UNETT BROCKLEHURST
  42. 42.CHRIST CHURCH, ALEXANDRIA BISHOP MEADE
  43. 43.A GLIMPSE AT NEW ORLEANS HOUSES LADY HARDY
  44. 44.THE CHÂTEAU DE RAMEZAY, MONTREAL MAJOR A. C. YATE
  45. 45.THE CITY HALL, NEW YORK ARTHUR SHADWELL MARTIN
  46. 46.THE WHITE HOUSE
  47. 47.THE WHITE HOUSE OF THE CONFEDERACY, RICHMOND
  48. 48.THE OLD STATE HOUSE, BOSTON [23] EDWARD G. PORTER
  49. 49.THE MORRIS-JUMEL HOUSE, NEW YORK
  50. 50.FORT SUMTER IZA DUFFUS HARDY
  51. 51.OLD STONE TOWER, NEWPORT BENSON J. LOSSING
  52. 52.ST. PAUL’S CHAPEL, NEW YORK CHARLES HEMSTREET [24]
  53. 53.FANEUIL HALL, BOSTON EDWARD G. PORTER [25]
  54. 54.LIBERTY ENLIGHTENING THE WORLD ESTHER SINGLETON — FOOTNOTES:

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