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The following are approximate tallies of current listings in California on the National Register of Historic Places. These counts are based on entries in the National Register Information Database as of April 24, 2008, [1] and new weekly listings posted since then on the National Register of Historic Places web site. [2]
Arden is a historic estate outside Harriman, New York, that was owned by railroad magnate Edward Henry Harriman and his wife, Mary Averell Harriman.By the early 1900s, the family owned 40,000 acres (63 sq mi; 160 km 2) in the area, half of it comprising the Arden Estate.
The John Brown Farm State Historic Site includes the home and final resting place of abolitionist John Brown (1800–1859). It is located on John Brown Road in the town of North Elba , 3 miles (5 km) southeast of Lake Placid, New York , where John Brown moved in 1849 to teach farming to African Americans.
Location of Orange County in California This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Orange County, California. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Orange County, California, United States. Latitude and longitude coordinates are provided for many National Register properties and ...
Late 19th-century farm Lincoln Log Cabin State Historic Site: Lerna: Illinois: Living: 1840s farmstead with three historic houses Lincoln's New Salem State Historic Site: New Salem: Illinois: Living: 1830s village Macktown Living History Education Center: Rockton: Illinois: Living: website, 1830 - 1846 village Naper Settlement: Naperville ...
The Queens County Farm Museum, also known as Queens Farm, is a 47-acre (190,000 m 2) farm in the Floral Park and Glen Oaks neighborhoods of Queens in New York City.The farm occupies the city's largest remaining tract of undisturbed farmland (in operation since 1697), and is still a working farm today.
The OC Fair & Event Center (OCFEC) is a 150-acre (0.61 km 2) event venue in Costa Mesa, California. The site hosts over 150 events attracting 4.3 million visitors annually, and is home to the Orange County Fair , Centennial Farm, Costa Mesa Speedway , and Pacific Amphitheatre .
The Historical Society suffered under heavy debt during its early decades. In 1809, it organized a celebration of the 200th anniversary of the arrival of Henry Hudson in New York Harbor. Inspired by the event, the Historical Society petitioned and later obtained an endowment from the New York State Legislature, to be financed by a lottery in ...