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  2. Herndon Historic District - Wikipedia

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    Herndon Historic District is a national historic district located at Herndon, Fairfax County, Virginia. It encompasses 173 contributing buildings, 1 contributing site, and 1 contributing structure in the central business district and surrounding residential areas of Herndon. They include 104 houses, 20 commercial buildings, 6 institutional ...

  3. National Register of Historic Places listings in Fairfax ...

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    Location of Fairfax County in Virginia. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Fairfax County, Virginia.. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States.

  4. Herndon Monument - Wikipedia

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    The Herndon Monument on the grounds of the U.S. Naval Academy is a 21-foot-tall (6.4 m) grey granite obelisk. It was erected in memory of Captain William Lewis Herndon , who died during the sinking of his ship, SS Central America , on September 12, 1857 while helping to evacuate passengers and crew.

  5. Herndon Depot Museum - Wikipedia

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    The Herndon Depot Museum, also known as the Herndon Historical Society Museum, is located in the town of Herndon in Fairfax County, Virginia. [3] Built in 1857 for the Alexandria, Loudoun & Hampshire Railroad, the depot later served the Richmond and Danville Railroad , the Southern Railway and the Washington and Old Dominion Railroad .

  6. List of National Historic Landmarks in Virginia - Wikipedia

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    December 19, 1960 (Hampton: Hampton (independent city) Fort Monroe was completed in 1834, and is named in honor of U.S. President James Monroe. Completely surrounded by a moat, the six-sided stone fort was an active Army post until 2011.

  7. List of destroyed heritage of the United States - Wikipedia

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    The simplest test of this is whether the building or structure has its own article page. Cultural heritage can be subdivided into two main types—tangible and intangible heritage . The former includes built heritage such as religious buildings, museums, monuments, and archaeological sites, as well as movable heritage such as works of art and ...

  8. Admiral David Glasgow Farragut Gravesite - Wikipedia

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    The Farragut grave site is located in Woodlawn Cemetery's northeastern Aurora Hill section. It is set in a circular plot that is part of a larger lozenge-shaped section bounded on the east by East Boundary Drive, and the west by Daisy and Ravine Drives. The plot is ringed by a paved walkway, and the main monument is set on a local high point.

  9. Pangborn-Herndon Memorial Site - Wikipedia

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    The Pangborn-Herndon Memorial Site is a monument in (present-day) East Wenatchee, Washington, dedicated to Clyde Pangborn and Hugh Herndon, Jr., the two men who made the first non-stop flight across the Pacific Ocean. They departed from Misawa, Japan, on October 4, 1931, and landed near this site 41 hours later. [2]