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 [...]
Posts Tagged ‘House Tour’
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 [...]
Eugene O’Neill National Historic Site
Posted in National Historic Site, tagged California, Great Rangers, House Tour, Playwright, Writers on June 17, 2005 | 4 Comments »
Danville, Calif.
Visited: June 17, 2005
NPS Site Visited: 204 of 353
NPS Website
WHAT IS IT?
Home where Eugene O’Neill, our country’s only Nobel Prize-winning playwright, wrote his last six plays which included Long Day’s Journey Into Night and The Iceman Cometh.
BEAUTY (5/10)
Eugene O’Neill and his third wife, Carlotta, designed their house in accordance to both Taoist principles and [...]
Martin Luther King Jr. National Historic Site
Posted in National Historic Site, tagged African, Atlanta, Burial Site, Church, Civil Rights, Georgia, House Tour on February 5, 2005 | 2 Comments »
Atlanta, Ga.
Visited: February 5, 2005
NPS Site Visited: 144 of 353
NPS Website; Local Website
WHAT IS IT?
Two blocks in the historic Atlanta district of “Sweet Auburn” that tell the story Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s life as framed by the greater struggle for civil rights in America.
BEAUTY (5/10)
A short promenade where visitors can match their footprints to [...]
Timucuan Ecological and Historical Preserve
Posted in National Preserves, tagged African American History, Florida, House Tour, Jacksonville, Mansion, Native American History on February 2, 2005 | 1 Comment »
near Jacksonville, Fla.
Visited: February 2, 2005
NPS Site Visited: 140 of 353
NPS Website; Local Website
WHAT IS IT?
46,000 acres existing mostly of salt marshes that border the slow urban sprawl of greater Jacksonville. The historical part of the preserve consists of a Sea Island cotton plantation and scattered Timucuan Indian ruins.
BEAUTY (3/10)
The Preserve is that garbled part [...]
Tuskegee Institute National Historic Site
Posted in National Historic Site, tagged African-American Histor, Alabama, Booker T Washington, George Washington Carver, House Tour, University, WEB DuBois on December 13, 2004 | 3 Comments »
Tuskegee, Ala.
Visited: December 13, 2004
NPS Site Visited: 124 of 353
NPS Website; University Website
WHAT IS IT?
The grounds of the University that Booker T. Washington literally built from the ground up. The Site celebrates the life and accomplishments of both Washington and George Washington Carver, who spent over 40 years of his life teaching at Tuskegee Institute. [...]
Lincoln Home National Historic Site
Posted in National Historic Site, tagged Abraham Lincoln, House Tour, Illinois on July 13, 2004 | 2 Comments »
Springfield, Ill.
Visited: July 13, 2004
NPS Site Visited: 66 of 353
NPS Website
WHAT IS IT?
The house Abraham Lincoln and his family lived in for 17 years, from 1844 to 1861; the only house Abe ever owned. The Site also includes four blocks of buildings restored to their 1860 appearance.
BEAUTY (5/10)
The tree-lined shady streets are pleasant but not [...]
James A. Garfield National Historic Site
Posted in National Historic Site, tagged First Ladies, House Tour, John Brown, Ohio, President, Presidential Site, Queen Anne Architecture on May 3, 2004 | 1 Comment »
Mentor, Ohio
Visited: May 3, 2004
NPS Site Visited: 34 of 353
NPS Website; Local Website
WHAT IS IT?
Lawnfield. The farm estate built in 1876 by then Ohio Congressman and future 20th President of the United States James A. Garfield.
BEAUTY (6/10)
Due to its two large-scale additions, Lawnfield is a mish-mash of architectural styles; let’s just say modified Queen Anne. [...]
