Curated OER
Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in California: Jose Castro House
Historic adobe home built by Jose Castro, Commandant General of Northern California. It is part of the San Juan Bautista Historic District.
Curated OER
Etc: Maps Etc: House Vote on the Tariff, April 18, 1816
A map of the United States showing the results of the House vote on the Dallas Tariff Bill of 1816. The map is keyed to show the areas of votes for or against the bill. The tariff was put in place after the War of 1812 with Britain in...
Curated OER
Etc: Maps Etc: House Vote on the Bank Bill, 1832
A map of the United States showing the results of the House vote on the Bank Bill of 1832 during the presidency of Andrew Jackson. The bill was a re-chartering of the Second Bank of the United States, an institution vehemently opposed by...
Curated OER
Etc: Maps Etc: House Vote on the Force Bill, 1833
A map of the United States showing the results of the House vote on the Force Bill of 1833 during the presidency of Andrew Jackson. The map is keyed to show the areas of votes for or against the bill. The bill authorized Jackson to use...
Curated OER
Etc: Maps Etc: House Vote on the Tariff Bill, April 22, 1828
A map of the United States showing the results of the House vote on the Tariff Bill of 1828 during the presidency of John Quincy Adams. The map is keyed to show the areas of votes for, against, or non-votes on the bill, and the for or...
Curated OER
Etc: Maps Etc: House Vote on the Survey Bill, Feb 10, 1824
A map of the United States showing the results of the House vote on the General Survey Bill of 1824 during the presidency of James Monroe. The map is keyed to show the areas of votes for, against, or undecided on the bill. The bill...
Curated OER
Etc: Maps Etc: House Vote on the Wilson Tariff, 1894
A map of the United States showing the results of the House vote on the Wilson Tariff Bill (also known as the Wilson-Gorman Tariff Act or the Revenue Act), August 13, 1894. The proposed tariff was a reduction of the earlier McKinley...
Curated OER
Etc: Maps Etc: House Vote on the Mc Kinley Tariff, 1890
A map of the United States showing the results of the House vote on the McKinley Tariff Bill, 1890. The proposed tariff was on imported manufactured goods, and while protecting the manufacturing industry, placed hardships on the...
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Appomattox Court House, 1865
A map of the area around Appomattox Court House, the scene of Lee's surrender, showing the routes of the Confederate retreat and Union advance.
Curated OER
Wikipedia: Natl Historic Landmarks in Massachusetts: Theodore W. Richards House
Theodore William Richards (1868-1928) was considered the foremost experimental chemist of his time. He won the Nobel prize for his role in determine the atomic weights of many elements. This house was built in 1900 with design input from...
Curated OER
Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Maryland: Paca House and Garden
An image of the Paca House and Garden.
Curated OER
Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Maine: Parker Cleaveland House
Home of Parker Cleaveland who conducted some of the earliest studies of mineralogy in the US. Known as the "Father of American Mineralogy", Cleaveland lived in this house from 1806 to 1858.
Curated OER
Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Ohio: Colonel Charles Young House
An image of the Colonel Charles Young House.
Curated OER
Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Massachusetts: Asa Gray House
This Federalist house, designed by Ithiel Town and built in 1810, most notably served as the longtime home of botanist and Harvard professor Asa Gray (1810-88). Gray was one of the most important botanists of the 19th century, publishing...
Curated OER
Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Washington, d.c.: Blair House
An image of the Blair House.
Curated OER
Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Massachusetts: Elihu Thomson House
Elihu Thomson (1853-1937) was an inventor and pioneer in the field of electrical engineering. Along with Thomas Alva Edison he founded General Electric. This 1889 Georgian Revival house was Thomson's home for many years; it now serves as...
Curated OER
Wikipedia: Natl Historic Landmarks in Nc: Guilford Court House Battlefield
Partially preserved site of American Revolutionary War's Battle of Guilford Court House.
Curated OER
Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Maryland: Peggy Stewart House
An image of the Peggy Stewart House.
Curated OER
Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Maryland: Rachel Carson House
House where Rachel Carson wrote her classic work Silent Spring in 1962.
Curated OER
Wikipedia: Natl Historic Landmarks in Rhode Island: William Watts Sherman House
This house was built for banker William Watts Sherman by H. H. Richardson in 1875, and is recognized as a prototype of the Shingle style of architecture.
Curated OER
Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Minnesota: Andrew John Volstead House
From 1894 to 1930, this was the home of Andrew J. Volstead (1860-1947), the man who "personified prohibition." Volstead served in the U.S. House of Representatives (1903-23), where he drafted the National Prohibition Enforcement Act...
Curated OER
Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in New York: Millard Fillmore House
Only surviving home of 13th U.S. President Millard Fillmore, besides the White House.
Curated OER
Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Iowa: William P. Hepburn House
An image of the William P. Hepburn House.
Curated OER
Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Massachusetts: John B. Gough House
This Italianate house, also known as "Hillside", was the home of orator John B. Gough (1817-86), a leading figure of the 19th century temperance movement. The estate, owned by the town of Boylston, is undergoing a lengthy restoration and...