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The Law School Burial Mound

100 yards west is an aboriginal burial mound built circa A.D. 1000 by Alachua tradition peoples, ancestors of the Potano Indians who lived in Alachua County in the 16th and 17th centuries. Initially several individuals were buried in a central ...

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Matheson House

The Matheson homestead dates from 1857, when Alexander Matheson brought his family from Camden, South Carolina to establish a home on the Sweetwater Branch at the eastern edge of the new town of Gainesville. The present one and a half ...

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The Key West Woman's Club

Historic Marker number two is located at 319 Duval Street between Eaton and Caroline Street.

This red brick home was built by Captain Martin Hellings in 1892. Captain Hellings was the manager of the International Ocean Telegraph Company. The importance of ...

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National Historic Landmark - Lucy, The Margate Elephant

National Historic Landmark - Lucy, The Margate Elephant

Constructed about 1881 on the Margate waterfront, this seventy-five foot long wood and tin pachyderm is the last survivor of what one historian calls --zoomorphic architecture--.

Built as an architectural folly to ...

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National Historic Landmark - Great Falls of the Passaic Society

National Historic Landmark - Great Falls of the Passaic Society for Useful Manufacturing HD

Developed by Alexander Hamilton and Pierre Charles L'Enfant, the Great Falls district is the site of the first attempt in the United States to harness the entire ...

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National Historic Landmark - The Speedwell Village Factory

National Historic Landmark - The Speedwell Village Factory

Samuel F. B. Morse (1791-1872) developed and successfully demonstrated the telegraph in the Vail Factory in 1838.

The Village is the site of a 19th century ironworks complex, including the Vail Homestead, Factory, and ...

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National Historic Landmark - Palace of the Governors

National Historic Landmark - Palace of the Governors

Erected (1610-12) as the fortress of the royal presidio of Santa Fe, the Palacio Real is the oldest public building built by European settlers in the continental United States.

It served as the residence ...

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National Historic Landmark -The Voorlezer's House

National Historic Landmark -The Voorlezer's House

This house was constructed by the early Dutch settlers before 1696 to serve as a church, a school, and the residence of the Voorlezer, the layman chosen to assist the Pastor in the church services ...

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National Historic Landmark - Harriet Tubman Home for the Aged

National Historic Landmark -Harriet Tubman Home for the Aged, Harriet Tubman Residence, Thompson A.M.E. Zion Church

Tubman (1821-1913),the most famous -conductor-on the Underground Railroad, personally led more than 300 slaves to freedom.

She established this home for aged and indigent African Americans ...

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National Historic Landmark - St. Paul's Cathedral (Buffalo)

National Historic Landmark - St. Paul's Cathedral (Buffalo)

Constructed between 1849 and 1851, St. Paul's Cathedral is the premier church in Western New York.

Designed by Richard Upjohn, the leading American Gothic Revival architect of the 19th century, St. Paul's is an ...

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