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 White House, Washington

2 shrines in this part of Historic Shrines of America.

The White House, Washington

THE HOME OF EVERY PRESIDENT SINCE WASHINGTON When, in 1792, James Hoban suggested to the commission appointed to supervise the erection of…

The White House, Washington: Monroe

The cost of rebuilding and refurnishing the Executive Mansion was about three hundred thousand dollars. The work was begun in 1814, and in…

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