Historic Shrines of America

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Author

Faris, John T. (John Thomson), 1871-1949

Title

Historic Shrines of America Being the Story of One Hundred and Twenty Historic Buildings and the Pioneers Who Made Them Notable

Credits

E-text prepared by Melissa McDaniel and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team ( www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive ( www.archive.org)

Language

English

LoC Class

E151: History: America: United States

Subject

Historic buildings -- United States

Category

Text

eBook-No.

39068

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/39068

Release Date

March 6, 2012

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.E-text prepared by Melissa McDaniel and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team ( http://www.pgdp.net ) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive ( http://www.archive.org ) — HISTORIC SHRINES OF AMERICA
2. 2.FOREWORD
3. 3.CONTENTS
4. 4.ILLUSTRATIONS
5. 5.ONE: IN THE LAND OF THE PILGRIMS — THE OLD STATE HOUSE, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS — PAUL REVERE'S HOUSE, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS — FANEUIL HALL, BOSTON — THREE HISTORIC CHURCHES OF BOSTON — ELMWOOD, CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS — THE CRAIGIE HOUSE, CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS — THE ADAMS HOUSES, QUINCY, MASSACHUSETTS — THE QUINCY MANSION, QUINCY, MASSACHUSETTS — FERNSIDE FARM, HAVERHILL, MASSACHUSETTS — THE DUSTON GARRISON HOUSE, HAVERHILL, MASSACHUSETTS — THE OLD MANSE AND THE WAYSIDE, CONCORD, MASSACHUSETTS — THE ROYALL HOUSE, MEDFORD, MASSACHUSETTS — BROADHEARTH AND THE BENNET-BOARDMAN HOUSE, SAUGUS, MASSACHUSETTS — THE COLONEL JEREMIAH LEE HOUSE, MARBLEHEAD, MASSACHUSETTS — THE OLD SOUTH CHURCH, NEWBURYPORT, MASSACHUSETTS — THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH, PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND
6. 6.TWO: WHERE PATROONS AND KNICKERBOCKERS FLOURISHED — THE MORRIS-JUMEL MANSION, NEW YORK CITY — THE PHILIPSE MANOR HOUSE, YONKERS, NEW YORK — ST. PAUL'S CHAPEL, NEW YORK CITY — FRAUNCES' TAVERN, NEW YORK CITY — THE GRANGE, NEW YORK CITY — THE VAN CORTLANDT HOUSE, NEW YORK CITY — THE HASBROUCK HOUSE, NEWBURGH, NEW YORK
7. 7.THREE: ACROSS THE JERSEYS WITH THE PATRIOTS — THE FRANKLIN PALACE, PERTH AMBOY, NEW JERSEY — THE CHURCH AT CALDWELL, NEW JERSEY — OLD TENNENT CHURCH, FREEHOLD, NEW JERSEY — THE FORD MANSION, MORRISTOWN, NEW JERSEY — NASSAU HALL, PRINCETON, NEW JERSEY — THREE HISTORIC HOUSES AT PRINCETON, NEW JERSEY — THE SPRINGFIELD MEETING HOUSE, NEW JERSEY
8. 8.FOUR: RAMBLES ABOUT THE CITY OF BROTHERLY LOVE — THE LETITIA PENN HOUSE, PHILADELPHIA — CARPENTERS' HALL, PHILADELPHIA — ST. PETER'S CHURCH, PHILADELPHIA — CLIVEDEN, GERMANTOWN, PHILADELPHIA — OLD PINE STREET CHURCH, PHILADELPHIA — INDEPENDENCE HALL, PHILADELPHIA — THE DAVID RITTENHOUSE HOME, NEAR PHILADELPHIA — THE HEADQUARTERS AT VALLEY FORGE, PENNSYLVANIA — THREE HEADQUARTERS OF WASHINGTON — SWEETBRIER-ON-THE-SCHUYLKILL, PHILADELPHIA — MILL GROVE AND FATLANDS, NEAR PHILADELPHIA — WAYNESBOROUGH, NEAR PAOLI, PENNSYLVANIA — THE MORAVIAN CHURCH, BETHLEHEM, PENNSYLVANIA
9. 9.FIVE: OVER THE MASON AND DIXON LINE — HISTORIC LANDMARKS AT NEW CASTLE, DELAWARE — THE RIDGELY HOUSE, DOVER, DELAWARE — REHOBOTH CHURCH ON THE POCOMOKE, MARYLAND — DOUGHOREGAN MANOR, NEAR ELLICOTT CITY, MARYLAND — THE UPTON SCOTT HOUSE, ANNAPOLIS, MARYLAND — THE CAPITOL AT WASHINGTON — THE WHITE HOUSE, WASHINGTON — THE OCTAGON HOUSE, WASHINGTON
10. 10.SIX: HOMES AND HAUNTS OF THE CAVALIERS — MOUNT VERNON, VIRGINIA — ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA — CHRIST CHURCH, ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA — THE MARY WASHINGTON HOUSE, FREDERICKSBURG, VIRGINIA — GREENWAY AND SHERWOOD FOREST, VIRGINIA — TWO HISTORIC COURTHOUSES OF VIRGINIA — ST. JOHN'S CHURCH, RICHMOND — THE NELSON HOUSE AND THE MOORE HOUSE, YORKTOWN, VIRGINIA — THE JOHN MARSHALL HOUSE, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA — FIVE OLD HOUSES OF TIDEWATER, VIRGINIA — GUNSTON HALL, VIRGINIA — THE WASHINGTON COLLEGE BUILDING, LEXINGTON, VIRGINIA — BRUTON PARISH CHURCH, WILLIAMSBURG, VIRGINIA — WILLIAM AND MARY COLLEGE, WILLIAMSBURG, VIRGINIA — THE MONUMENTAL CHURCH, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA — MONTPELIER, ORANGE COUNTY, VIRGINIA — OAK HILL, LOUDOUN COUNTY, VIRGINIA — RED HILL, CHARLOTTE COUNTY, VIRGINIA — POHICK CHURCH, TRURO PARISH, VIRGINIA — MOUNT AIRY, RICHMOND COUNTY, VIRGINIA — TWO OF VIRGINIA'S OLDEST CHURCH BUILDINGS — MONTICELLO, NEAR CHARLOTTESVILLE, VIRGINIA — THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA AT CHARLOTTESVILLE
11. 11.SEVEN: THROUGH THE SUNNY SOUTH — THREE OLD CHURCHES IN CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA — THE HOUSE OF REBECCA MOTTE, CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA — THE INDEPENDENT CHURCH, SAVANNAH, GEORGIA — THE CABILDO OF NEW ORLEANS — THE ALAMO, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS — THE HERMITAGE, NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE — ASHLAND, LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY — SPORTSMAN'S HALL, WHITLEY'S STATION, KENTUCKY — WHITE HAVEN, NEAR ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI
12. 12.EIGHT: ALL THE WAY BACK TO NEW ENGLAND — THE ABRAHAM LINCOLN HOUSE, SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS — THE GOVERNOR'S PALACE AT VINCENNES, INDIANA — THE HOUSE OF GENERAL RUFUS PUTNAM, MARIETTA, OHIO — MONUMENT PLACE, ELM GROVE, WEST VIRGINIA — THE CASTLE AT FORT NIAGARA, NEW YORK — THE SCHUYLER MANSION, ALBANY, NEW YORK — THE WENTWORTH HOUSE, PORTSMOUTH, NEW HAMPSHIRE — THE WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW HOUSE, PORTLAND, MAINE
13. 13.BIBLIOGRAPHY
14. 14.INDEX
15. 15.FOOTNOTES:

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