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.

The Capitol at Washington

4 shrines in this part of Historic Shrines of America.

The Capitol at Washington

The Capitol at Washington: Congress

Burlington, New Jersey, also entered the lists, while in June, 1783, Virginia offered the town of Williamsburg to Congress and proposed to…

The Capitol at Washington: Hallet

The invitation to architects to present plans for the Capitol was made in March, 1792, five hundred dollars being promised for the best…

The Capitol at Washington: December

The next session of Congress was held in the Union Pacific Hotel, but by December, 1815, there was ready a three-story building, erected by…

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