Historic New England: A Tour of the Region's Top 100 National Landmarks

by Patricia Harris, David Lyon

Overview

National Historic Landmarks are touchstones of our collective past that still resonate with our present. The six New England states have nearly 400 such places. However, important doesn't always translate into interesting and so we have Historic New England: A Tour of the Region’s Top 100 National Historic Landmarks––those with the most intriguing and rewarding history. In addition to historic houses, tall ships, and such quirky spots as one of the country's oldest weather stations, carousels, and sandy beaches. The book appeals to the historical enthusiast, the armchair traveler, and both local visitors and tourists alike.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781493024568
Publisher:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	03/15/2018
Pages:	256
Sales rank:	1,034,663
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.40(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Patricia Harris and David Lyon are authors of more than thirty books on travel, food, and art, including Boston, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Vermont & New Hampshire in the Food Lovers series published by the Globe Pequot Press. They live in Cambridge, Massachusetts, not far from the Longfellow House, and can be found online at HungryTravelers.com or on social media by the Twitter and Instagram handle of @hungrytravelers.

Table of Contents

Introduction ix

Connecticut

Bush-Holley Historic Site, Cos Cob 1

Birdcraft Sanctuary, Fairfield 3

Philip Johnson's Glass House, New Canaan 6

Yale Bowl, New Haven 8

Tapping Reeve House and Law School, Litchfield 10

Hill-Stead, Farmington 12

Harriet Beecher Stowe House, Hartford 14

Mark Twain House, Hartford 17

Florence Griswold Museum, Old Lyme 19

Monte Cristo Cottage, New London 22

USS Nautilus, Groton 25

Landmark Vessels of Mystic Seaport, Mystic 27

Prudence Crandall Museum, Canterbury 32

Roseland Cottage, Woodstock 34

Rhode Island

Flying Horse Carousel, Watch Hill 39

Block Island South East Light, New Shoreham 41

Gilbert Stuart Birthplace, Saunderstown 43

Slater Mill, Pawtucket 45

John Brown House, Providence 48

The Arcade, Providence 50

Crescent Park Looff Carousel, Riverside 53

Original US Naval War College, Newport 55

The Mansions of Newport 57

Newport Casino, Newport 70

Hunter House, Newport 73

Massachusetts

Herman Melville's Arrowhead, Pittsfield 77

Hancock Shaker Village, Pittsfield 80

The Mount Lenox 82

Chesterwood, Stockbridge 85

Jacob's Pillow Dance, Becket 87

Old Deerfield, Deerfield 89

Emily Dickinson Museum, Amherst 92

Lowell's Boar Shop, Amesbury 94

Cape Ann Light Station, Thacher Island, Rockport 96

House of the Seven Gables Historic District, Salem 100

Locks and Canals Historic District, Lowell 102

Walden Pond, Concord 107

Ralph Waldo Emerson House, Concord 109

Louisa May Alcott's Orchard House, Concord 112

Gropius House, Lincoln 115

Revere Beach Reservation, Revere 118

Longfellow House, Cambridge 120

Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge and Watertown 123

John Fitzgerald Kennedy Birthplace, Brookline 126

African Meeting House, Boston 128

Arnold Arboretum, Boston 131

Boston Public Library 133

Ether Dome, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston 136

Trinity Church, Boston 139

Union Oyster House, Boston 141

Fort Warren, Georges Island, Boston 143

Blue Hill Observatory, Milton 145

John Adams and John Quincy Adams Birthplaces, Quincy 148

Batdeship Cove, Fall River 150

New Bedford Whaling National Historic Park 153

Flying Horses Carousel, Oak Bluffs, Marrha's Vineyard 156

Martha's Vineyard Camp Meeting Association, Oak Bluffs 157

Jethro Coffin House, Nantucket 159

Vermont

Calvin Coolidge Homestead District, Plymouth Notch 163

Billings Farm & Museum, Woodstock 165

Rokeby Museum, Ferrisburgh 167

Shelburne Farms, Shelburne 169

Ticonderoga at the Shelburne Museum, Shelburne 172

St. Johnsbury Athenaeum, St. Johnsbury 174

New Hampshire

USS Albacore, Portsmouth 179

Moffatt-Ladd House & Garden, Portsmouth 181

Warner House, Portsmouth 184

Governor John Langdon House, Portsmouth 187

Robert Frost Farm, Derry 189

Harrisville Historic District 191

Franklin Pierce Homestead, Hillsborough 194

Canterbury Shaker Village, Canterbury 196

Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site, Cornish 199

The Epic of American Civilization Murals, Hanover 202

Omni Mount Washington Resort, Bretton Woods 205

Maine

Old Gaol, York 209

Sarah Orne Jewett House, South Berwick 211

Winslow Homer Studio, Scarborough 214

Victoria Mansion, Portland 216

Pordand Observatory, Portland 219

Wadsworth Longfellow House, Portland 221

Sabbath day Lake Shaker Village, New Gloucester 223

Nickels-Sortwell House, Wiscasset 226

Olson House, Cushing 228

Windjammers of Rockland and Camden 230

Camden Amphitheatre and Public Library 234

Fort Knox, Prospect 236

Thematic Index 239

Photo Credits 242

Acknowledgements 243

About the Authors 244