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Robie House, Chicago

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Apr 272010
 

Robie House, Chicago

Robie House


The . Robie House is a U.S. in Chicago, Illinois , 5757 S. Avenue South Side. It was designed and built between 1908 and 1910 by Lloyd Wright and is known as the greatest example of his Prairie Style, the first architectural style that was uniquely American. It was designated a November 27, 1963 and was the first national registry of historic places over October 15, 1966.
Robie House, Chicago GPS coordinates: 41° 47′ 23.4″ N, 87° 35′ 45.3″ W

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Hearst Castle, California

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Sep 292009
 

Hearst Castle, California

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is a palatial estate next to the most important plus a . It was designed near architect Julia Morgan in favor of newspaper mogul as of 1919 pending 1947. In 1957 the donated the estate near the municipal of California. Since that stage it has been maintained while grandeur historic park where the estate with its extensive gathering of drawing also antiques are wide open used for communal tours. Despite its location distant from at all urban focus, the place attracts almost solitary million visitors for each year. Hearst formally named the estate “La Cuesta Encantada” (“The Enchanted Mount”), nevertheless regularly called it “the fish farm”. The castle afterward justification are in addition every so often referred near such as “San Simeon” exclusive of distinguishing flanked by the Hearst belongings plus the unincorporated municipality of the identical fame. .
GPS coordinates: 35° 41′ 6.72″ N, 121° 9′ 59.76″ W

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Woolworth Building, New York

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Apr 122009
 

Woolworth Building, New York

Woolworth Building


The Woolworth Building, at 57 stories, is one of the oldest—and one of the most famous— in . More than 95 years after its construction, it is still one of the fifty as well as one of the twenty tallest buildings in . The building is a , having been listed in 1966. One of famous and very known in vacations.
New York help: 40° 42′ 44″ N, 74° 0′ 29″ W

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The John Deere House and Shop, Illinois

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Sep 072008
 

The John Deere House and Shop, Illinois

The House and Shop is located in the unincorporated village of Grand Detour, Illinois, near the Lee County city of Dixon. The site is known as the location where the first steel plow was invented by in 1837. The site includes ’s house, a replica of his original blacksmith shop, a gift shop and an archaeological exhibit showing the excavation site of his original blacksmith shop. The Deere House and Shop is listed on the , it joined that list in 1966, the year the Register was established. Prior to that it was designated a on July 19, 1964. packages.
GPS : 41° 50′ 20″ N, 89° 28′ 46″ W

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Playmakers Theatre, North Carolina

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Aug 172008
 

Playmakers Theatre, North Carolina
Theatre, also known as Smith Hall, is a Greek Revival temple built in 1850, that was originally designed by New York architect Alexander Jackson Davis as Smith Hall, a combined library and ballroom.[2] After also being used as a laboratory, bath house, and law school, it became a theater in 1923. The Theatre is the perpetual home of the Carolina , although as their successor, the uses Paul Green Theatre as their primary venue. It was added to the in 1971. It was further declared a in 1973. tours.
GPS : 35° 54′ 24″ N, 79° 3′ 2″ W

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Round Church, Richmond

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Aug 142008
 

Round Church, Richmond
Round Church, also known as , built in 1812-1813 in , Vermont, is a rare, well-preserved example of a sixteen-sided meetinghouse. It was declared a in 1996. guides.
destinations: 44° 23′ 56.3″ N, 72° 59′ 58″ W

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