Historic Shrines of America

Paul Revere's house, Faneuil Hall, the Craigie House where Longfellow wrote, a hundred more — an American pilgrimage told building by building, when many of these places were still fighting to survive.

Elmwood, Cambridge, Massachusetts

2 shrines in this part of Historic Shrines of America.

Elmwood, Cambridge, Massachusetts

Elmwood, Cambridge, Massachusetts: Lowell

The next occupant was Rev. Charles Lowell, pastor of the West Church of Boston. He bought the property just in time to make it ready for…

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