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

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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