Cambridge, Mass.
Visited: July 28, 2006
NPS Site Visited: 321 of 353
NPS Website; Local Website
WHAT IS IT?
The quintessential American poet, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, lived in this yellow Georgian mansion from 1837 to 1882. The house also served as temporary headquarters for George Washington during the Revolutionary War.
BEAUTY (2/10)
In the 1800’s painting your house a blandish yellow equated [...]
Archive for July, 2006
Longfellow National Historic Site
Posted in National Historic Site, tagged Boston, Cambridge, Georgian Architecture, House Tour, Mansion, Massachusetts, Poet, Victorian Era, Writer on July 29, 2006 | 1 Comment »
Saratoga National Historical Park
Posted in National Historical Park, tagged Battlefield, House Tour, Revolutionary War, Thaddeus Kosciuszko, Turning Point on July 23, 2006 | 1 Comment »
Stillwater, N.Y.
Visited: March 29, 2004
Second Visit: July 23, 2006
NPS Site Visited: 10 of 353
NPS Website; Local Website
WHAT IS IT?
Site of two pivotal 1777 Revolutionary War battles.
BEAUTY (5/10)
Hills mixed with forested terrain and open fields characterize the main portion of Saratoga NHP, the approximately 3000-acre battlefield site. A 10-mile self-guided auto tour route scurries the visitor [...]
Steamtown National Historic Site
Posted in Uncategorized on July 20, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
Scranton, Pa.
Visited: July 21, 2006
NPS Site Visited: 315 of 353
NPS Website; Local Website
WHAT IS IT?
Museum, large collection of steam locomotives, working turntable and roundhouse located on an old railroad yard near downtown Scranton, Pa. and The Mall at Steamtown.
BEAUTY (2/10)
Steamtown NHS’s official brochure includes no present-day pictures of the Site, only skillful pen and ink [...]
Department of Interior Museum
Posted in Uncategorized on July 19, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
Washington, D.C.
Visited: July 14, 2006
NPS Site Visited: Not an NPS Site
Local Website
WHAT IS IT?
Museum dedicated to the history of the United States Department of Interior, the Cabinet department responsible for the administration of the National Park Service.
BEAUTY (4/10)
The Museum lives on the first floor of a federal office building, not exactly a good aesthetic sign.
Once [...]
Sewall-Belmont House
Posted in National Historic Site on July 17, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
Part of National Capital Parks – East
Washington, D.C.
Visited: July 14, 2006
NPS Site Visited: Not an Official Site
NPS Affiliate Site Visited: 15 of 26
Second Visit: November 10, 2006
Local Website
WHAT IS IT?
The current home of the National Women’s Party and longtime home of its suffragist founder Alice Paul.
BEAUTY (3/10)
The House is a three-story redbrick Georgian-style concoction whose [...]
National Mall and Memorial Parks
Posted in National Parks, tagged National Mall on July 16, 2006 | 11 Comments »
Washington, D.C.
Visited: July 14, 2006
NPS Site Visited: 303 of 353
NPS Website
WHAT IS IT?
The National Mall is the 146-acre narrow rectangular swath of manicured lands that stretches for two miles from the Lincoln Memorial in the west to the U.S. Capitol in the east.
The National Mall and Memorial Parks is a NPS administrative entity that manages [...]
Lincoln Memorial
Posted in National Memorial, tagged Abraham Lincoln, African American History, Civil Rights, Martin Luther King, National Mall, Neo-Classical Architecture, Washington D.C. on July 14, 2006 | 7 Comments »
Part of National Mall and Memorial Parks
Washington, D.C.
Visited: July 14, 2006
NPS Site Visited: 308 of 353
NPS Website; Local Website
WHAT IS IT?
The instantly recognizable white Georgia marble neo-Classical monument dedicated to our 16th president, Abraham Lincoln.
BEAUTY (8/10)
At the National Mall western end, the Lincoln Memorial stands, a steadfast Greek Temple that emanates greatness and elicits reflexive, [...]
Rock Creek Park
Posted in National Parks on July 12, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
Washington, D.C.
Visited: July 14, 2006
NPS Site Visited: 314 of 353
Second Visit: November 12, 2006
NPS Website
WHAT IS IT?
1,700 acres of meadows, forests and streams that hug the Rock Creek from the northern extreme of Washington D.C.’s diamond-shaped tip all the way south to the Potomac River, nearly the city’s entire length.
BEAUTY (4/10)
The Rock Creek’s [...]
