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The Joseph Webb House is a historic Georgian-style house at 211 Main Street in Wethersfield, Connecticut.It was designated a National Historic Landmark for its significance as the location of the five-day military conference between George Washington and French commander Rochambeau in 1781 during the American Revolutionary War that preceded the Siege of Yorktown, the last major battle of the ...
The house and its grounds were the setting and subject of the children's haunted-house novel Buried Treasure: A Tale of an Old House (1919), by the best-selling children's author Henry Everett McNeil. The book is illustrated with McNeil's own photographs (made circa 1911 or 1912) of the various buildings and bridge at the Knox site.
In the 1680s, the Duke of York's influence in England grew stronger, and Gov. Dongan was encouraged to seek a speedy resolution to the border dispute after his arrival in 1683. John Pell, a Westchester justice, granted a warrant requiring the constables of Rye , Greenwich , and Stamford to appear at a NY Court of Assizes in Oct 1683.
Historic Huguenot Street is located in New Paltz, New York, approximately 90 miles (140 km) north of New York City.The seven stone houses and several accompanying structures in the 10-acre National Landmark Historic District were likely built in the early 18th century by Huguenot settlers fleeing discrimination and religious persecution in France and what's now southern Belgium.
Further along the street lies Fairfax House, another Grade I listed Georgian house, which is open to the public as a museum, run by York Civic Trust. R. K. Booth described Castlegate as "outwardly perhaps the more interesting of the two". [1] The house was commissioned by Peter Johnson, who served as Recorder of York from 1759 to 1789. [2]
North Korea’s borders have been closed since the government imposed COVID-19 border restrictions five years ago. In August 2024, North Korea said it hoped to send in the first Western tourists ...
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The Captain Benjamin Williams House, also known as deKoven House or DeKoven Community Center, is a historic house at 27 Washington Street in Middletown, Connecticut. Built in the late 18th century, it is a particularly fine example of late Georgian architecture, and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. [ 1 ]