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 BEGINNINGS OF WASHINGTON CITY, AND THE STORY OF THE HOME OF CONGRESS The selection of parts of Virginia and Maryland as the site of the…

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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