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Millersylvania State Park

Millersylvania State Park Historic District, a forested tract surrounding a small lake in the south Puget Sound region of Western Washington developed by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), reflects distinctly the contributions of Despression-era New Deal relief programs to our ...

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Casa Paoli

Casa Paoli is nationally significant as the birthplace of Antonio Emilio Paoli y Marcano (1871-1946), recognized as the greatest tenor born in Puerto Rico and one of the most outstanding opera singers of all time.

Antonio Paoli, the Tenor of ...

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Pythian Home of Missouri

The Pythian Home is associated with the statewide charitable activities of the Knights of Pythias, a fraternal order which originated in 1864.

It served as a home for the needy from 1913-1942, and during World War II was used as ...

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PASM Headquarters and Geodesic Dome

The dome and headquarters building, both constructed in 1959, represent a prominent example of Modern Architecture designed by architect, John Terence Kelly, and mathematician, R. Buckminster Fuller.

Located in Materials Park, home to ASM International (formerly known as the American ...

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Orchard Beach State Park

Orchard Beach State Park, on the shore of Lake Michigan, is one of the most intact examples of a Michigan state park developed in the 1930s and 1940s under National Park Service guidelines.

Most of the park's buildings were designed ...

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Captain Daniel S. and Fannie L. (Brooks) Lee House

The Lee house, built in 1867, is an excellent example of the Italianate Style of domestic architecture, popular in the United States from approximately 1840-1885.

Its simple cubical form, symmetrical proportions, belvedere, and extensive use of brackets are typical of ...

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Bovill Opera House

Believed to have been built in the first decade of the 20th century, the Bovill Opera House served for five decades as the entertainment and social center for the town of Bovill and its surrounding communities.

Although used primarily as ...

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USS Macon Airship Remains

When the USS Macon was christened on March 11, 1933, it was the most sophisticated of the Navy's lighter-than-air (LTA) fleet.

The Macon exhibited the highest expression of naval LTA technology during its short career. At 785 feet in length, ...

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Mt. Van Hoevenberg Olympic Bobsled Run

Carved out of wilderness and surrounded by forested land on all sides, the one and one-half mile long Olympic Bobsled Run was constructed in 1930 and built specifically for the 1932 Winter Olympic Games.

The course was designed by Stanislaus ...

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Palm Beach Hotel

For many years following its construction in 1925, this hotel was recognized as one of the more prominent luxury hotels in Palm Beach and was a distinguished social gathering place for many visitors and residents.

The Mediterranean Revival style of ...

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