Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Park

One of the largest memorials commemorating the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., this park contains numerous plaques and photos honoring Dr. King's life, family, speeches and the Civil Rights Movement.

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The Spady Museum

Located in the 1926 Spanish-style home of the late Solomon D. Spady, a prominent African American educator and community leader, the museum is the only one of its kind in Palm Beach County. A 1935 house used by the city's ...

The La France Hotel

Built in 1947 by Charles Patrick, the La France Hotel was one of the few establishments in South Florida that rented rooms to African Americans, including such great talents as Duke Ellington.

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B.F. James and Frances Jane Bright Mini-Park

The park contains a bronze marker commemorating five historic sites in one of the oldest sections of Delray Beach. They are: School No.4 Delray Colored, located on this site; Greater Mount Olive Missionary Baptist Church, 40 NW 4th Avenue; St. ...

National Historic Landmark-Elfreth's Alley

National Historic Landmark- Elfreth's Alley

Opened in 1702-04, this is the oldest unchanged and continuously inhabited street in Philadelphia and an example of the survival of a part of colonial America's largest city.

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National Historic Landmark-Dwight D. Eisenhower Farmstead

National Historic Landmark- Dwight D. Eisenhower Farmstead

This farm served Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890-1969), 34th President of the United States (1953-1961), as a retreat during his Presidential years and as his principal residence during retirement.

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National Historic Landmark-Eastern State Penitentiary

National Historic Landmark- Eastern State Penitentiary

Constructed between 1823-1836 from a design by noted American architect John Haviland, this massive Gothic Revival structure epitomized the Pennsylvania System of imprisonment, a system grounded in the Quaker concept of reflection through solitary confinement ...

National Historic Landmark-East Broad Top Railroad

National Historic Landmark- East Broad Top Railroad

East Broad Top Railroad is a rare surviving example of the once common small gauge railroad companies that served the mining and lumbering industries throughout the nation from the late 19th century to the ...

National Historic Landmark-Thomas Eakins House

National Historic Landmark-Thomas Eakins House

Noted American painter Thomas Eakins (1844-1916) lived in this mid-19th century 4-story townhouse almost his entire life.

His unrelentingly realistic, often uncomplimentary portraits eschew surface expression to focus on inner truth and character.

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National Historic Landmark-Drake Oil Well

National Historic Landmark- Drake Oil Well

On August 27, 1859, Edwin L. Drake (1819-1880) struck oil here, the site of the world's first successful oil well.

Its establishment resulted in an oil boom that made the region the oil center of the ...