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.

Two of Virginia's Oldest Church Buildings Lxxiii

4 shrines in this part of Historic Shrines of America.

Two of Virginia's Oldest Church Buildings Lxxiii

ST. LUKE'S, IN SMITHFIELD, AND ST. PETER'S, IN NEW KENT COUNTY Captain Smith in 1607 wrote of his discovery of the Indian kingdom of…

Two of Virginia's Oldest Church Buildings Lxxiii: Peter

HOMES AND HAUNTS OF THE CAVALIERS 321 A building that is similar and yet in many respects quite different is in New Kent County, about as…

Two of Virginia's Oldest Church Buildings Lxxiii: Jefferson

So the negro servant replied to Thomas Jefferson who, on returning from a trip, learning that his home at Shadwell had been burned, asked…

Two of Virginia's Oldest Church Buildings Lxxiii: Monticello

Edward Bacon, who was overseer at Monticello for twenty years, described the estate in vivid words: "Monticello is quite a high mountain…

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