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 Octagon House, Washington

3 shrines in this part of Historic Shrines of America.

The Octagon House, Washington

IN WHICH DOLLY MADISON LAVISHED HOSPITALITY IN 1814 John Tayloe, the wealthiest man in the Virginia of the late eighteenth century, had his…

The Octagon House, Washington: Thornton

William Thornton to make the plans for a palatial house. During the construction of the building Washington several times rode by and from…

The Octagon House, Washington: Madison

Among the public buildings destroyed was the White House. Mr. Tayloe at once offered the Octagon House to President Madison. On September…

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