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Historic Shrines of America

by John T. Faris

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  1. 1Foreword
  2. 2One: In the Land of the Pilgrims
  3. 3I — The Old State House, Boston, Massachusetts
  4. 4II — Paul Revere’s House, Boston, Massachusetts
  5. 5III — Faneuil Hall, Boston
  6. 6IV — Three Historic Churches of Boston
  7. 7V — Elmwood, Cambridge, Massachusetts
  8. 8VI — The Craigie House, Cambridge, Massachusetts
  9. 9VII — The Adams Houses, Quincy, Massachusetts
  10. 10VIII — The Quincy Mansion, Quincy, Massachusetts
  11. 11IX — Fernside Farm, Haverhill, Massachusetts
  12. 12X — The Duston Garrison House, Haverhill, Massachusetts
  13. 13XI — The Old Manse and the Wayside, Concord, Massachusetts
  14. 14XII — The Royall House, Medford, Massachusetts
  15. 15XIII — Broadhearth and the Bennet-Boardman — House, Saugus, Massach…
  16. 16XIV — The Colonel Jeremiah Lee House, Marblehead, Massachusetts
  17. 17XV — The Old South Church, Newburyport, Massachusetts
  18. 18XVI — The First Baptist Church, Providence, Rhode Island
  19. 19Two: Where Patroons and Knickerbockers Flourished
  20. 20XVII — The Morris-Jumel Mansion, New York City
  21. 21XVIII — The Philipse Manor House, Yonkers, New York
  22. 22XIX — St. Paul’s Chapel, New York City
  23. 23XX — Fraunces’ Tavern, New York City
  24. 24XXI — The Grange, New York City
  25. 25XXII — The van Cortlandt House, New York City
  26. 26XXIII — The Hasbrouck House, Newburgh, New York
  27. 27Three: Across the Jerseys With the Patriots
  28. 28XXIV — The Franklin Palace, Perth Amboy, New Jersey
  29. 29XXV — The Church at Caldwell, New Jersey
  30. 30XXVI — Old Tennent Church, Freehold, New Jersey
  31. 31XXVII — The Ford Mansion, Morristown, New Jersey
  32. 32XXVIII — Nassau Hall, Princeton, New Jersey
  33. 33XXIX — Three Historic Houses at Princeton, New Jersey
  34. 34XXX — The Springfield Meeting House, New Jersey
  35. 35Four: Rambles About the City of Brotherly Love
  36. 36XXXI — The Letitia Penn House, Philadelphia
  37. 37XXXII — Carpenters’ Hall, Philadelphia
  38. 38XXXIII — St. Peter’s Church, Philadelphia
  39. 39XXXIV — Cliveden, Germantown, Philadelphia
  40. 40XXXV — Old Pine Street Church, Philadelphia
  41. 41XXXVI — Independence Hall, Philadelphia
  42. 42XXXVII — The David Rittenhouse Home, Near Philadelphia
  43. 43XXXVIII — The Headquarters at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania
  44. 44XXXIX — Three Headquarters of Washington
  45. 45XL — Sweetbrier-on-the-Schuylkill, Philadelphia
  46. 46XLI — Mill Grove and Fatlands, Near Philadelphia
  47. 47XLII — Waynesborough, Near Paoli, Pennsylvania
  48. 48XLIII — The Moravian Church, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
  49. 49Five: Over the Mason and Dixon Line
  50. 50XLIV — Historic Landmarks at New Castle, Delaware
  51. 51XLV — The Ridgely House, Dover, Delaware
  52. 52XLVI — Rehoboth Church on the Pocomoke, Maryland
  53. 53XLVII — Doughoregan Manor, Near Ellicott City, Maryland
  54. 54XLVIII — The Upton Scott House, Annapolis, Maryland
  55. 55XLIX — The Capitol at Washington
  56. 56L — The White House, Washington
  57. 57Li — The Octagon House, Washington
  58. 58Six: Homes and Haunts of the Cavaliers
  59. 59LII — Mount Vernon, Virginia
  60. 60LIII — Arlington, Virginia
  61. 61LIV — Christ Church, Alexandria, Virginia
  62. 62LV — The Mary Washington House, Fredericksburg, Virginia
  63. 63LVI — Greenway and Sherwood Forest, Virginia
  64. 64LVII — Two Historic Courthouses of Virginia
  65. 65LVIII — St. John’s Church, Richmond
  66. 66LIX — The Nelson House and the Moore House, Yorktown, Virginia
  67. 67LX — The John Marshall House, Richmond, Virginia
  68. 68LXI — Five Old Houses of Tidewater, Virginia
  69. 69LXII — Gunston Hall, Virginia
  70. 70LXIII — The Washington College Building, Lexington, Virginia
  71. 71LXIV — Bruton Parish Church, Williamsburg, Virginia
  72. 72LXV — William and Mary College, Williamsburg, Virginia
  73. 73LXVI — The Monumental Church, Richmond, Virginia
  74. 74LXVII — Montpelier, Orange County, Virginia
  75. 75LXVIII — Oak Hill, Loudoun County, Virginia
  76. 76LXIX — Red Hill, Charlotte County, Virginia
  77. 77LXX — Pohick Church, Truro Parish, Virginia
  78. 78LXXI — Mount Airy, Richmond County, Virginia
  79. 79LXXII — Two of Virginia’s Oldest Church Buildings
  80. 80LXXIII — Monticello, Near Charlottesville, Virginia
  81. 81LXXIV — The University of Virginia at Charlottesville
  82. 82Seven: Through the Sunny South
  83. 83LXXV — Three Old Churches in Charleston, South Carolina
  84. 84LXXVI — The House of Rebecca Motte, Charleston, South Carolina
  85. 85LXXVII — The Independent Church, Savannah, Georgia
  86. 86LXXVIII — The Cabildo of New Orleans
  87. 87LXXIX — The Alamo, San Antonio, Texas
  88. 88LXXX — The Hermitage, Nashville, Tennessee
  89. 89LXXXI — Ashland, Lexington, Kentucky
  90. 90LXXXII — Sportsman’s Hall, Whitley’s Station, Kentucky
  91. 91LXXXIII — White Haven, Near St. Louis, Missouri
  92. 92Eight: All the Way Back to New England
  93. 93LXXXIV — The Abraham Lincoln House, Springfield, Illinois
  94. 94LXXXV — The Governor’s Palace at Vincennes, Indiana
  95. 95LXXXVI — The House of General Rufus Putnam, Marietta, Ohio
  96. 96LXXXVII — Monument Place, Elm Grove, West Virginia
  97. 97The Castle at Fort Niagara, New York
  98. 98LXXXIX — The Schuyler Mansion, Albany, New York
  99. 99XC — The Wentworth House, Portsmouth, New Hampshire
  100. 100XCI — The Wadsworth Longfellow House, Portland, Maine
  101. 101Bibliography

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