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National Historic Landmark-Philip Schuyler Mansion

National Historical Landmark- Philip Schuyler Mansion

Constructed in 1761-62, this was the home of Philip Schuyler, a major general in the Revolutionary War and a member of the Continental Congress.

He lived here from 1763 until his death in 1804.

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National Historic Landmark-Saratoga Spa State Park

National Historical Landmark- Saratoga Spa State Park

Saratoga Spa was established in 1909 to conserve and develop Saratoga's springs for public benefit.

A leading exponent of hydrotherapy, Dr. Simon Baruch, guided the Spa's development in its early years.

The major complex ...

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National Historic Landmark-Santanoni Preserve

National Historical Landmark- Santanoni Preserve

Santanoni Preserve is an outstanding example of a Adirondack camp.

As a property type, the Adirondack camp influenced the development of environmentally responsive resort facilities in the state and national park systems, and was transitional in ...

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National Historic Landmark-Rudolph Oyster House

National Historical Landmark- Rudolph Oyster House

The Rudolph Oyster House is a substantially unaltered marine industrial building overlooking the Great South Bay on Long Island, New York. While most successful seafood processing plants underwent a series of alterations and additions throughout ...

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National Historic Landmark-Roycroft Campus

National Historical Landmark-Roycroft Campus

An Arts and Crafts movement community founded by Elbert Hubbard in 1895 as an artistic revolt against the mass production of applied arts. The theory was that in its medieval craft guild setting, craftsmen could live and ...

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National Historic Landmark-Paul Robeson Residence

National Historical Landmark-Paul Robeson Residence

Residence (1939-41) of the famous African-American actor, singer, scholar, and athlete, who in the 1940s and 1950s suffered public condemnation for his political sympathies, but was widely acclaimed for his artistic talent.

Courtesy National Park Service National ...

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National Historic Landmark-Pupin Physics Laboratory

National Historical Landmark- Pupin Physics Laboratory, Columbia University

Initial experiments on the nuclear fission of uranium were conducted here by Enrico Fermi. The uranium atom was split here on January 25, 1939, ten days after the world's first atom-splitting in Copenhagen, ...

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National Historic Landmark-Prudential (Guaranty) Building

National Historical Landmark- Prudential (Guaranty) Building

The last collaborative effort of its architects, the Prudential (1895) is a triumph of early skyscraper design.

Courtesy National Park Service National Historical Landmarks

Image courtesy Library of Congress Historic American Buildings Survey

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National Historic Landmark-PRISCILLA (Oyster Sloop)

National Historical Landmark-PRISCILLA (Long Island Sound Oyster Sloop)

Priscilla is a classic Long Island Sound and Great South Bay oyster dredging sloop. Built in 1888 during the peak of the United States oyster industry, she is the oldest and only sailing ...

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Rocky Mountain National Park Administration Building

Park visitor centers were the central planning and design element of the National Park Service's Mission 66 program. The Rocky Mountain National Park Administration Building (1967) was one of the most important commissions (other than those initiated by Wright himself) ...

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