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.

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Introduction

1 shrine

The Old State House, Boston, Massachusetts

2 shrines

Paul Revere's House, Boston, Massachusetts

6 shrines

Three Historic Churches of Boston

2 shrines

Elmwood, Cambridge, Massachusetts

2 shrines

The Craigie House, Cambridge, Massachusetts

1 shrine

The Adams Houses, Quincy, Massachusetts

2 shrines

The Quincy Mansion, Quincy, Massachusetts

4 shrines

Fernside Farm, Haverhill, Massachusetts

1 shrine

The Duston Garrison House, Haverhill, Massa-

3 shrines

The Old Manse and the Wayside, Concord, Massachusetts

3 shrines

The Royall House, Medford, Massachusetts

1 shrine

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Highlights

Gunston Hall, Virginia

THE HOME OF GEORGE MASON, "THE PEN OF THE REVOLUTION IN VIRGINIA" Four miles from Mt. Vernon, on the Potomac, is the…

The Ridgely House, Dover, Delaware

A BOYHOOD HAUNT OF CÆSAR RODNEY, THE SIGNER On the Green in Dover, Delaware, is one of the most striking houses of the quaint old…

Montpelier, Orange County, Virginia

THE LIFELONG HOME OF JAMES MADISON James Madison was born at the residence of his mother's parents, at Port Conway, Prince George…

The Old Manse and the Wayside, Concord, Massachusetts

TWO HOUSES MADE FAMOUS BY NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE Nathaniel Hawthorne was thirty-eight years old before he was able to begin the…

The Grange, New York City

WHERE ALEXANDER HAMILTON SPENT HIS LAST YEARS After nineteen years of moving from house to house and from city to city, Alexander…

The Octagon House, Washington

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

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Every shrine in the book, sorted by the state it stands in — from Massachusetts to Missouri.

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