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Wikipedia: Natl Historic Landmarks in Washington, d.c.: Philadelphia (Gundelo)
Philadelphia, the only remaining American gunboat from the Revolutionary War, sank in a battle on Lake Champlain in 1776. It was salvaged in remarkably good condition in 1935 and now resides at the National Museum of American History.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Washington, d.c.: Library of Congress
An image of the Library Of Congress.
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Wikipedia: Natl Historic Landmarks in Washington, d.c.: Hiram W. Johnson House
An image of the Hiram W. Johnson House.
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Wikipedia: Natl Historic Landmarks in Washington, d.c.: Carter G. Woodson House
A home of Carter G. Woodson, the "Father of Black History".
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Washington, d.c.: Elliott Coues House
Elliott Coues, a leading 19th century ornithologist, led great expansions of the knowledge of North American bird life, helped found the American Ornithologists' Union in 1883, edited approximately 15 volumes of journals, memoirs, and...
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Washington, d.c.: Woodrow Wilson House
A home of Woodrow Wilson, 28th President of the United States.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Washington, d.c.: Renwick Gallery
An image of the Renwick Gallery.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Washington, d.c.: Old Patent Office
Current home of the National Portrait Gallery and the Smithsonian American Art Museum.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Washington, d.c.: Franklin School
A nineteenth-century school, site of Alexander Graham Bell's experiments with the photophone.
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Wikipedia: Natl Historic Landmarks in Washington, d.c.: Zalmon Richards House
A home of National Education Association founder Zalmon Richards.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Washington, d.c.: Samuel Gompers House
Samuel Gompers was president of the American Federation of Labor from 1886 until his death in 1924. Gompers helped found the AFL, and vigorously pursued its three goals of higher wages, shorter hours, and better working conditions for...
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Washington, d.c.: Lafayette Building
Home of Reconstruction Finance Corporation which helped finance the buildup for World War II.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Washington, d.c.: St. John's Church
An image of the St. John's Church.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Washington, d.c.: Sewall Belmont House
Headquarters of the National Women's Party and home to a museum of the Suffrage movement.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Washington, d.c.: Gallaudet College
The world's first college for the education of the deaf and hard of hearing.
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Wikipedia: Natl Historic Landmarks in Washington, d.c.: Old Naval Observatory
The original US Naval Observatory, current home of the Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery; closed to the public.
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Wikipedia: Natl Historic Landmarks in Washington, d.c.: Blanche K. Bruce House
A home of Blanche K. Bruce, who was an African American Senator from Mississippi.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Washington, d.c.: Decatur House
Federal Style house designed by Benjamin Henry Latrobe for naval hero Stephen Decatur across Lafayette Square from the White House. During 1827-1833 was home to successive Secretaries of State Henry Clay, Martin Van Buren, and Judah P....
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Washington, d.c.: Ashburton House
House on Lafayette Square that was site of 10 months of U.S.-British negotiations leading to the Webster-Ashburton Treaty of 1842. This settled U.S.-Canada border disputes and ended the Aroostook War.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Washington, d.c.: Meridian Hill Park
An image of the Meridian Hill Park.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Washington, d.c.: White House
Residence of the President of the United States.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Washington, d.c.: Cleveland Abbe House
Cleveland Abbe, a prominent meteorologist who became known as the father of the National Weather Service, lived in this house from 1877 to 1909. Previous occupants in the early decades of the 19th century included James Monroe and the...
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Wikipedia: Natl Historic Landmarks in Washington, d.c.: Andrew Mellon Building
A residence of Andrew W. Mellon.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Washington, d.c.: David White House
Geologist David White of the United States Geological Survey lived in this house from 1910 to 1925. His researches into the distribution of petroleum resources became essential to the oil industry.