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National Historic Landmark-LETTIE G. HOWARD (Schooner)

National Historic Landmark- LETTIE G. HOWARD (Schooner)

A wooden fishing vessel constructed in 1893, she is the last remaining example of a Fredonia schooner, once the standard fishing boat type in North American offshore fisheries.

Courtesy National Historic Landmarks

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National Historic Landmark-Langmuir

National Historic Landmark- Irving House Langmuir

From 1919 to 1957, the home of the distinguished General Electric chemist and inventor, and winner of the 1934 Nobel Prize in chemistry for his work in surface kinetics.

Courtesy National Historic Landmarks

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National Historic Landmark-Lake Mohonk Mountain House

National Historic Landmark- Lake Mohonk Mountain House

Begun in the 1870s as a small resort for family and friends by the Smiley brothers, it became so popular that it was enlarged many times. Because of the Smiley's love of the ...

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National Historic Landmark-Knox Headquarters

National Historic Landmark-Knox Headquarters

Built by an early settler on the Hudson River, this structure was in an area of key importance during the Revolution.

It was occupied on four occasions by Maj. Gen. Henry Knox.

Courtesy National Historic Landmarks

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National Historic Landmark - Kleinhans Music Hall

National Historic Landmark - Kleinhans Music Hall

One of the three commissions given to the new architectural firm of Eliel and Eero Saarinen after the Great Depression, this music hall ranks among the firm's finest work and indicates the growing influence ...

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National Historic Landmark - King Manor

National Historic Landmark - King Manor

Rufus King, who lived in this Colonial mansion intermittently from 1806 until his death in 1827, enjoyed a distinguished career in public service.

He sat in the Continental Congress (1784-86), signed the U.S. Constitution (1787), ...

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National Historic Landmark - James Weldon Johnson Residence

National Historic Landmark - James Weldon Johnson Residence

From 1925 to 1938 the home of the versatile African-American composer of popular songs, poet, writer, general secretary of the NAACP, and civil rights activist.

Courtesy National Park Service National Historical Landmarks

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National Historic Landmark - Johnson Hall

National Historic Landmark - Johnson Hall

Built in 1763, Johnson Hall was the home of Sir William Johnson, Superintendent of Indian Affairs in the northern British colonies and a frontier leader in pre-revolutionary New York.

In 1774, Johnson died in this Georgian-style ...

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National Historic Landmark - John Jay Homestead

National Historic Landmark - John Jay Homestead

Country seat and farm of the distinguished statesman, jurist, and diplomat. He inherited it at the peak of his political career, and personally developed it, spending his retirement years (1801-29) here.

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National Historic Landmark - INTREPID, USS (Aircraft Carrier)

National Historic Landmark - INTREPID, USS (Aircraft Carrier)

The third ESSEX class aircraft carrier built (1943) by the U.S., INTREPID is representative of the ESSEX class that formed the core of the fast carrier task forces in the Pacific war. ...

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