National Historic Landmark - J. Pierpont Morgan Librar

National Historic Landmark - J. Pierpont Morgan Library

Morgan, an important financier, organized U.S. Steel and was influential in the railroad industry.

This Renaissance-style library (1902-1907) contains literary and artistic collections.

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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.

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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 ...

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 -Jean Hasbrouck House

National Historic Landmark -Jean Hasbrouck House

Built in two stages -- a one-room house in 1694 that was enlarged in 1712 to become both home and store -- this stone structure survives as the best example of a 17th-century Flemish Colonial ...

National Historic Landmark - John A. Hartford House

National Historic Landmark - John A. Hartford House

Home (1930-51) of the merchandising genius of the Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company (A&P), the first nationwide chain-store company.

Under Hartford's leadership, the firm expanded to become the largest retailer in the ...

National Historic Landmark - James Hall Office

National Historic Landmark - James Hall Office

In this office, James Hall conducted the geological research which made him one of the country's best-known 19th-century geologists.

The expertise he showed in his 1830s survey of New York state led to other ...

National Historic Landmark -Jay Gould Estate (Lyndhurst)

National Historic Landmark -Jay Gould Estate (Lyndhurst)

Gould was a freewheeling financier notable even in the era of unrestrained capitalism after the Civil War.

Gould is still remembered, and still vilified, for his attempt to corner the nation's gold market.

Lyndhurst, ...

National Historic Landmark-Fort Johnson

National Historic Landmark-Fort Johnson

Example of a vernacular Georgian house built (c. 1749) on the frontier of the Middle Colonies. Home of Sir William Johnson, land agent, military leader, and Superintendent of Indian Affairs in the northern British Colonies.

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Jewish Museum Milwaukee

The Jewish Museum Milwaukee is dedicated to preserving and presenting the history of the Jewish people in southeastern Wisconsin and celebrating the continuum of Jewish heritage and culture.

The history of American Jews is rooted in thousands of years of ...