Visit At The Hampton Preston Mansion And Gardens

That is where my friends, Samuel Adams and John Hancock were staying. For some reason, I got intercepted by Mr. William Munroe, the sergeant of Lexington’s minutemen. He was standing guard over the house. He didn’t recognize me. I became very impatient (I was definitely not known for my patience level) so I asked if I could go inside to see John Hancock. He said yes, but to stay very quiet because most of the guests were resting.

In his will Sam Westing indicated that he was murdered, and the murderer was one of the heirs. Samuel W. Westing made plans before he died, for all of his heirs to come in the mansion to

Since it is one of the largest privately owned house in the U.S., it attracts a lot of tourists. About one million tourist visit this house each year. Before a railroad was built near the city in 1880, Asheville was relatively quiet . After the railroad was built, tourists began visiting the city. Of these tourist was George Washington Vanderbilt. He was visiting the city with his mother to find aid for her chronic malaria. At that time, Asheville was known to have a “healing environment” due to its altitude and climate.

Our walk continues through the fields to Lartington Hall. Built in 1635 during the reign of Charles I, Lartington Hall was the ancestral home of the Maires family. They were one of the North’s wealthiest Catholic families, whose ancestry has been traced to the twelfth-century Lords of Appleby. The hall served as a Red Cross convalescent home during the war and after extensive restoration it became a hotel. The restored gardens were originally laid out by architect Joseph Hansom, most famous for introducing the Hansom

visitors had gathered to take a to tour of this beautiful mansion; then, the guide revealed

In 1929, Llewellyn Bixby (Jotham 's nephew) bought the property, and made broad redesigns to the house, including mortar bond covering, another red-tiled rooftop, power, plumbing, chimneys, a sun patio, new floors and a significant part of the landscaping. Llewellyn Bixby passed on in 1942, and the family sold the house to the City of Long Beach in 1955. The City transformed the house into an exhibition hall devoted to teaching the general population about California 's rancho period, so that the public can get the chance of exploring this phenomenal and historical site.

The first house that caught my attention was the St. George Tucker House. It was home to St. George Tucker, who was a lawyer, Revolutionary War militia officer, and judge, a very interesting man in my opinion. This beautiful home was added onto several times to accommodate his nine children and five stepchildren. It is said that Tucker was the first in Williamsburg to construct a bathroom. Another interesting fact about the Tucker house is that they were the first in Williamsburg to put a Christmas tree in the house in 1842. Sadly, the St. George Tucker is not a Colonial Williamsburg exhibition

History does not have much information on King until 19832 when he moved to Columbus, Ga. John Godwin purchased him in 1830 (Gibbons 56). Rumor has it that King might have been related to the wife of John Godwin, which is why he bought him. However, because of King’s zeal to learn new building and architectural things, he developed a strong relationship with his master. Godwin himself was a contractor, but in the end, people recognized King’s work more than his.

The second historical landmark that I went to was the Antietam Battlefield. Located in Sharpsburg, Maryland, the battle of Antietam was a battle between the Union and Confederate armies during the Civil War. The battle was fought on September 17, 1862, being called the “Bloodiest Day of American History” with a total of roughly 23,000 men killed in battle. The Union army, led by General George McClellan, defeated the Confederate Army, led by General Robert E. Lee, which is surprising because while they passed the Potomac River, a piece of paper including the Union’s battle tactics was left behind by one of the Confederate members. The Union then passed by the same spot weeks later and found this paper, which gave them the “advantage”. 5 days

The builder of this seventeen room Greek revival mansion was Stephen S. Speakman. In the early 1840s, the elderly Speakman fell in love with a much younger woman, Sarah Bush, whose father owned a slave-holding plantation in Kentucky. Upon asking her hand in marriage, his bride-to-be refused to marry him unless he built her a southern plantation-style mansion. In 1845, with the use of his father-in-law’s slaves, Speakman erected his mansion on a five hundred acre plot next to Loughery Creek with every brick baked on site (Historical Marker Project).

A once celebrated monument of Robert E. Lee was constructed years after the civil war. This monument was paraded down the streets in Virginia before being placed on Monument Avenue. The monument, eventually accompanied by others, located on Monument Avenue stood as a beacon to southern pride and heritage. Wealthy white southerners flocked to these streets to be the first to build homes in the presence of their widely respected Confederate hero’s monument.

Built in the late 1830′s, the mansion was home to the Gordon family for many years and watched over by an old caretaker. The Gordon family is long gone now.... but the old caretaker still watches over the place.

A review of the house itself suggests that an architectural hierarchy of privacy increases level by level. At first, the house seems to foster romantic sensibilities; intrigued by its architectural connotations, the narrator embarks upon its description immediately--it is the house that she wants to "talk about" (Gilman 11). Together with its landscape, the house is a "most beautiful place" that stands "quite alone . . . well back from the road, quite three miles from the village" (Gilman 11). The estate's grounds, moreover, consist of "hedges and walls and gates that lock" (Gilman 11). As such, the house and its grounds are markedly depicted as mechanisms of confinement--ancestral places situated within a legacy of control and

This landmark is very important to Marion Ohio because this is where President Harding lived, you can stand in the exact spot where he would make his speeches. President Harding was the 29th president of the United States. When you go to the Harding home we give you information that’s very important that you would have never known. We even show you where President Harding slept, ate, and where he kept his bird that kept chirping because it knew something was going to happen. His clock also stopped the same time Harding died, which made people believe his house was haunted. The employees at the Harding home believe the house is haunted because they say they hear many things at the house while working and they think a lot of the conspiracy

To look at the mass of woodland and the Emory River is a sight that will take your breath away. Oakdale is full of so much history its unbelievable. Looking at the old building structures is just enough to show how much history Oakdale has hiding. This is one reason why giving back to my community is important to me. I want to keep my community beautiful and I want everyone to know just how marvelous Oakdale really is.