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The Historical Travel weblog is your travel guide to historic attractions in the Mid-Atlantic states.
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 | Dec 5, 2009The Kingston Stockade District is an eight-block area in the western section of Kingston, New York. It is the site of the mid-17th century Dutch settlement of Wiltwyck, which was renamed Kingston when it passed to English control. Within the Kingston Stockade District are many buildings from the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries, including the original Ulster County courthouse and the Senate House, which is where the state of New York was established in 1777. Most of the older buildings were restored and rebuilt in the years following the 1777 burning of Kingston by the [...] |
 | Dec 2, 2009The Cold Spring Historic District includes much of the central area of the Hudson River village of Cold Spring in Putnam County, New York, giving the town its quaint character. Most of the houses and other buildings were built in the years preceding the Civil War, when the nearby West Point Foundry was at the peak of its production. The West Point Foundry was an ironworks that operated from 1817 to 1911, and became famous for its production of Parrott rifles and other munitions during the Civil War. Today's Cold Spring Historic District includes over 200 buildings, of which many contribute to the historical integrity and architectural qualities of the [...] |
 | Nov 30, 2009The mansion at Pottsgrove Manor exemplifies the restrained elegance of early Georgian architecture popular with wealthy English gentry during the colonial era. Built in 1752 for John Potts, ironmaster and founder of Pottstown, Pennsylvania, the mansion was situated on a 1,000 acre iron plantation, which by 1762 included the old village of "Pottsgrove." Only four acres of the original property remain today, but Pottsgrove Manor has lost none of its original charm and architectural beauty, reflecting the eminence that the Potts family attained before selling the property in 1783. The mansion has been restored to recreate the lifestyle and times of the Potts family, using John Potts' personal ledger as a [...] |
 | Nov 23, 2009Located near Reading, Pennsylvania, the Daniel Boone Homestead is a state historic site which preserves a number of historic structures from the Oley Valley in southeastern Berks County, Pennsylvania. Daniel Boone's parents first inhabited the site in 1730, and Daniel was born there in 1734. He spent his first 16 years in this homestead before his family migrated to North Carolina. Today's Daniel Boone Homestead tells the story of Daniel's youth and the saga of the region's 18th century settlers, contrasting their lives and cultures. In addition to the historic residence, visitors can see a smokehouse, blacksmith shop, a homestead barn and a log [...] |
 | Nov 20, 2009Located just blocks from Independence Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the Betsy Ross House is generally recognized as the place where Betsy Ross resided when she may have made the first American Flag. The front part of the house was built around 1740, with the stair hall and the rear section added 10 to 20 years later. Ross is believed to have lived here with her first husband from 1773 to about 1785. Today, the historic house is furnished in the period in which Betsy Ross' descendants said she lived there. Visitors can view seven rooms that are furnished with period antiques, 18th-century reproductions and other objects that belonged to Betsy Ross and her [...] |
 | Nov 17, 2009Carpenters' Hall is a two-story brick building in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, that was a key meeting place in the early history of the United States and is now a part of Independence National Historical Park. Completed in 1773, the meeting hall was built for and is still owned by the Carpenters’ Company of the City and County of Philadelphia. The First Continental Congress of the United Colonies of North America met there in 1774. Carpenters' Hall served as a hospital for both British and American troops during the Revolutionary War. Philadelphia institutions that held meetings in Carpenters' Hall included Franklin's Library Company of Philadelphia, the American Philosophical Society and the First and Second Banks of the United [...] |
 | Nov 15, 2009Mill Grove was the first home of John James Audubon in the United States and is the only true Audubon home that remains standing in this country. This Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, estate was owned for 17 years by Audubon's father, who was a French sea captain. While at Mill Grove, John developed his “wire armature,” a device that gave life to his freshly shot specimens and his drawings of the birds. The home, now a museum, contains the complete editions of every major work published by Audubon including the world famous Birds of America, which was printed and hand colored from copper plate engravings that were produced in London. The Mill Grove Audubon Center is maintained as both a museum and a bird sanctuary, with five miles of marked [...] |
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