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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Massachusetts: Parson Capen House
This circa 1683 house was home to Reverend Joseph Capen, Topsfield's minister for many years. It is one of the best preserved 17th-century houses in the United States. It is operated by the Topsfield Historical Society as a house museum.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Massachusetts: Wesleyan Grove
Wesleyan Grove is a Methodist camp meeting established in 1835. Its grounds, which are open to the public, feature a large number of Victorian era gingerbread cottages. As one of the earliest camps of this type, its features were...
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Wikipedia: Natl Historic Landmarks in Massachusetts: George D. Birkhoff House
This modest house was the home of George David Birkhoff (1884-1944), a leading mathematician of the early 20th century.
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Wikipedia: Natl Historic Landmarks in Ma: Blue Hill Meteorological Observatory
Described as "principal structure associated with the history of weather observation" in the United States, this observatory is home to the oldest continuous weather record in North America, and is where numerous meteorological...
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Massachusetts: Old Manse
This 1770 Revolutionary-era house was home for a time to both Ralph Waldo Emerson (whose grandfather had it built) and Nathaniel Hawthorne; Henry David Thoreau was a guest of Hawthorne's. The house is now owned by The Trustees of...
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Wikipedia: Natl Historic Landmarks in Ma: w.e.b. Dubois Boyhood Homesite
This site contains all that remains of the childhood home of African American intellectual and activist W.E.B. Du Bois (1868-1963). The property, which belonged to his family for over 200 years, is seasonally open to the public.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Massachusetts: Jethro Coffin House
This saltbox house, built in 1686, is the oldest surviving residential structure on Nantucket. It is now owned by the Nantucket Historical Association, which operates it as a house museum.
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Wikipedia: Natl Historic Landmarks in Massachusetts: House of the Seven Gables
Best known for its association with Nathaniel Hawthorne's novel of the same name, this 1668 house was also a key early preservation effort, successfully restored in the early 20th century by historian and preservationist Joseph Everett...
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Massachusetts: Springfield Armory
Until 1968 this site was a part of the nation's first armories and weapons production facilities, and a major military research facility. It was a focal point of the 1787 Shays' Rebellion, a local uprising against oppressive state fiscal...
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Wikipedia: Natl Historic Landmarks in Ma: United First Parish Church of Quincy
Alexander Parris designed this Greek Revival church in the 1820s for the oldest congregation in Quincy. Presidents John Adams and John Quincy Adams are buried here.
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Wikipedia: Natl Historic Landmarks in Ma: First Church of Christ, Lancaster
One of the finest churches designed by architect Charles Bulfinch, this building was constructed in 1816 and is occupied by a congregation whose history dates to 1653.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Massachusetts: Josiah Quincy House
This house, built c. 1770, was occupied by a succession of politically active Quincys, and contains architectural details unique among houses from the period. It is owned by Historic New England, who offer infrequent tours during the...
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Wikipedia: Natl Historic Landmarks in Ma: Boston Manufacturing Company
This building housed the eponymous company, founded in 1813 by businessman Francis Cabot Lowell, engineer Paul Moody, and others, for the manufacture of cotton textiles. At this site the manufacture of textiles under a single roof was...
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Wikipedia: Natl Historic Landmarks in Massachusetts: United States Customhouse
This outstanding example of a public building in the Greek Revival style has been used as a customs facility since 1834.
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Wikipedia: Natl Historic Landmarks in Ma: American Antiquarian Society
This 1910 Georgian Revival building houses the American Antiquarian Society, the third oldest (1812) historical society in the United States and the first to be national in scope.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Massachusetts: Buckman Tavern
The oldest of Lexington's inns (established c. 1690), local militiamen mustered here prior to the April 19, 1775 Battles of Lexington and Concord that began the American Revolutionary War.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Massachusetts: Mount Auburn Cemetery
In an effort spearheaded by Dr. Jacob Bigelow, Mount Auburn Cemetery was laid out by Henry A. S. Dearborn in 1831 as "America's first garden cemetery". In addition to being the burial place of many famous Bostonians, it is known for its...
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Massachusetts: Walden Pond
Now part of a state reservation, Henry David Thoreau's cabin was located here. The time Thoreau spent here was inspiration for his conservationist treatise Walden.
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Wikipedia: Natl Historic Landmarks in Massachusetts: Reginald A. Fessenden House
Reginald Fessenden (1866-1932) was an inventor who worked for a time in Thomas Edison's workshop. His most notable inventions made possible the transmission of audio sounds via radio waves, and included many other radio-related...
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Massachusetts: Reginald A. Daly House
This Queen Anne style house was the longtime home of geologist and Harvard University professor Reginald Aldworth Daly (1871-1957). Daly was a pioneer in the application of physics and chemistry to the field of geology.
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Wikipedia: Natl Historic Landmarks in Ma: The Mount (Edith Warton Estate)
Designed by writer Edith Wharton (1862-1937) and built in 1902, The Mount is where she wrote the bestselling novel The House of Mirth. It is now a house museum.
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Wikipedia: Natl Historic Landmarks in Ma: The Wayside, "Home of Authors"
This c. 1700 house, part of the Minuteman National Historical Park, was home to three writers in the 19th century: Louisa May Alcott, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and Margaret Sidney. The Park Service opens the house for tours seasonally.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Massachusetts: Kennedy Compound
This compound consists of three residences, each belonging at some point to Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr., diplomat and patriarch of the politically influential Kennedy family, or one his sons: President John F. Kennedy, Attorney General Robert...
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Wikipedia: Natl Historic Landmarks in Ma: John Greenleaf Whittier Home
This house was the longtime home of poet and abolitionist John Greenleaf Whittier (1807-92). It is now a house museum.