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Zora Neale Hurston Dust Tracks Heritage Trail & Branch Library

The Zora Neale Hurston Branch Library is named for the African American author, storyteller, folklorist and anthropologist who grew up in Eatonville, and spent the last years of her life in Fort Pierce where she is buried. The library serves ...

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National Historic Landmark-Lancaster County Courthouse

National Historic Landmark- Lancaster County Courthouse

Design of this 2-story brick building, more Palladian than Classic, has been attributed to Robert Mills.

In continuous use as a courthouse since its completion in 1828, it features fine reeded woodwork and vaulted ceilings.

Courtesy ...

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National Historic Landmark-USS Laffee Destroyer

National Historic Landmark- USS Laffey Destroyer

The only surviving ALLEN M. SUMNER class destroyer and the only surviving World War II destroyer that saw service in the Atlantic, she acted as escort to convoys to Great Britain, and on D-Day she ...

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National Historic Landmark-Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim

National Historic Landmark- Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim

The present Greek Revival-style structure (1840) houses a congregation regarded as the birthplace of Reform Judaism in America.

It is also the second-oldest synagogue in the United States in continuous use.

Courtesy National Park Service ...

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National Historic Landmark-Huguenot Church

National Historic Landmark- Huguenot Church

Completed in 1845, this was Charleston's first Gothic Revival building, and the first Gothic design by architect E. B. White. The exterior of the brick building is stuccoed, with buttresses between each bay.

The interior is ...

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National Historic Landmark-Hopsewee

National Historic Landmark- Hopsewee

Thomas Lynch, Jr. (1749-1779), a signer of the Declaration of Independence, was born here.

Dating from the 1740s, the frame building, a fine example of a Carolina low country plantation house, shows West Indian influence, with its ...

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National Historic Landmark-Hibernian Hall

National Historic Landmark- Hibernian Hall

Completed in 1840, this is the only extant building associated with the Democratic Convention of 1860, one of the most critical political assemblies in the history of the United States.

At Charleston, the fate of ...

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Gibson Tenement Houses Chain of Lakes Heritage Park at Brevard

Three shotgun style tenement houses formerly located on Palm Avenue are the remaining evidence of what used to be the vibrant black-owned business section along South Street in Titusville. Owned by the William Gibson family and built in the early ...

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National Historic Landmark-Heyward-Washington House

National Historic Landmark-Heyward-Washington House

From 1777 to 1794, this three story brick structure, a fine example of a Charleston double house, was the home of Thomas Heyward, Jr. (1746-1809), a signer of the Declaration of Independence. The house was built in ...

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Harry T. and Harriette V. Moore Cultural Center

The Moore Memorial Park, on the property of the original Moore family home site, honors the lives of Harry T. and Harriette V. Moore, educators and leading local and national civil rights activists. Opened in 2004, the 11.93-acre park features ...

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