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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…