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 Washington College Building, Lexington, Virginia

4 shrines in this part of Historic Shrines of America.

The Washington College Building, Lexington, Virginia

HOW GEORGE WASHINGTON SOLVED A DELICATE PROBLEM Even before the treaty of peace with Great Britain was signed, George Washington was making…

The Washington College Building, Lexington, Virginia: Williamsburg

Then Williamsburg became the seat of government. Six years earlier the latter town had taken on some importance because of the founding…

The Washington College Building, Lexington, Virginia: Tobacco

A building (that it was not the first is shown by the mention in the records of the Old Church) was completed in 1683, and the first…

The Washington College Building, Lexington, Virginia: Burgesses

On October 1, 1706, the vestry decided to levy a tax of twenty thousand pounds of Tobacco as a beginning of the building fund. Four years…

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