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National Historic Landmark-Bayard-Condict Building

National Historic Landmark- Bayard-Condict Building

Built in 1897-99, this is twelve-story building one of the first skyscrapers in New York City.

It is the only work by Sullivan in the East other than the Prudential Building in Buffalo. The piers and ...

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National Historic Landmark-Bartow-Pell Mansion

National Historic Landmark-Bartow-Pell Mansion

One of the best-preserved Greek Revival houses (1836-42) in the style of Minard Lafever, whose books on architecture were influential in the United States.

Exterior qualities typical of the Federal style mark it as a transitional structure.

Courtesy National ...

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National Historic Landmark - Susan B. Anthony House

National Historic Landmark - Susan B. Anthony House

Active in numerous reform movements, Susan B. Anthony entered the fight for women's rights in 1851 after meeting Elizabeth Cady Stanton.

She was especially effective in garnering legislative petitions and in accompanying them ...

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National Historic Landmark - African Burial Ground

National Historic Landmark - African Burial Ground

Excavations for new construction in lower Manhattan in the early 1990s revealed the presence of burials dating as early as 1712.

Throughout the 18th century, the city's free and enslaved Africans buried their dead ...

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National Historic Landmark-Wright Bros Visitor Center

National Historic Landmark - Wright Brothers National Memorial Visitor Center

The Wright Brothers National Memorial Visitor Center is one of four nationally significant buildings built by the National Park Service as part of its Mission 66 program.

Highly acclaimed, it became ...

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National Historic Landmark - Single Brothers' House

National Historic Landmark - Single Brothers' House

Restored example of Germanic half-timbered construction (1768-86) in the Moravian planned community of Salem.

Used as a trade school for Moravian boys and as a dormitory for master craftsmen, journeymen, and apprentices.

Courtesy National Park ...

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National Historic Landmark - British Fort

Site of a fort established by the British in 1814 in conjunction with the War of 1812. After the war, the fort became known as "Negro Fort," because of the runaway slaves who occupied it. In 1816 the U.S. Army ...

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National Historic Landmark - Bethune (Mary McLeod) Home

This, a two-story frame house which belonged to the civil rights leader, administrator, educator, adviser to presidents, and consultant to the United Nations, is on the campus of the school she established in 1904. This was her home from its ...

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National Historic Landmark-Miami Circle Brickell Point Site

The Miami Circle at Brickell Point Site is a nationally significant archeological property that is the former location of the primary village of the Tequesta People, who were one of the first Native North American groups encountered by Juan Ponce ...

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UWF Cherry Blossom Orchard

In April of 2012, the State of Florida chose Pensacola and the University of West Florida as the hosts for its annual Cherry Blossom Festival. This annual state event is held in conjunction with the National Cherry Blossom Festival which ...

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