Historic Sites
Literary History Sites |
|
Displaying 83 | ||
|---|---|---|
 |
Alex Haley House And Museum Henning, Tennessee
|
The front porch was often the place where young Haley heard the oral accounts of family... |
 |
Andalusia Farm Milledgeville, Georgia
|
During her productive years as a writer, noted female writer Flannery O'Connor spent most... |
 |
Armstrong Browning Library Waco, Texas
|
It houses the world's largest collection of books, letters, manuscripts, and memorabilia... |
 |
Bok Tower And Gardens Lake Wales, Florida
|
In 1921, Edward W. Bok was spending the winter months in the residential mountain lake... |
 |
Booker T. Washington National Monument Hardy, Virginia
|
Author and orator Booker T. Washington was born in this small plantation, where he... |
 |
Cape Cod Eastham, Massachusetts
|
Lighthouses, cultural landscapes, and wild cranberry bogs offer a glimpse of Cape Cod... |
 |
Carl Sandburg Historic Site Galesburg, Illinois
|
Visitors can tour Sandburg's birthplace, followed by a trip to the visitor center next... |
 |
Carl Sandburg Home Flat Rock, North Carolina
|
The home of America's poet, Carl Sandburg, is quite a baronial estate for an old... |
 |
Casa Del Rey Dorado, Puerto Rico
|
Constructed as a parador, or inn, about 1823, Casa del Rey, the "King's House,... |
 |
Cedarmere Roslyn Harbor, New York
|
The natural surrounding provided the perfect backdrop to William Cullen Bryant's writer's... |
 |
Dunbar House Dayton, Ohio
|
The Dunbar House exhibits his literary treasures, many of his personal items and his... |
 |
Edgar Allan Poe Cottage Bronx, New York
|
Edgar Allan Poe spent his final years in the old village of Fordham, living in this tiny... |
 |
Edgar Allan Poe House And Museum West Baltimore, Maryland
|
The primary item on display is the house itself, the place in which Poe penned his... |
 |
Edgar Allan Poe Museum Richmond, Virginia
|
The museum features Poe's life and career by documenting his accomplishments with... |
 |
Edgar Allan Poe National Historic Site Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
|
“For the most wild, yet most homely narrative which I am about to pen,” so... |
 |
Elizabeth Van Tassel House Tarrytown, New York
|
There is no way around this, so we may as well be frank: the location of the Van Tassel... |
 |
Ernest Hemingway Birthplace And Museum Oak Park, Illinois
|
The Ernest Hemingway Birthplace Home is a large Victorian home built by his maternal... |
 |
Ernest Hemingway Home And Museum Key West, Florida
|
Ernest Hemingway finished the final draft of his masterpiece, "A Farewell to Arms,... |
 |
Eudora Welty House Jackson, Mississippi
|
Visitors will see Welty's house as she lived in it. The Department of Archives and... |
 |
Fruitlands Museum Harvard, Massachusetts
|
A National Landmark and Historic District, Fruitlands includes the original farmhouse... |
 |
General Lew Wallace Study And Museum Crawfordsville, Indiana
|
General Lew Wallace’s study is a separate standing building that was constructed... |
 |
Greensboro Historical Museum Greensboro, North Carolina
|
Visit the museum and view a vintage moving picture in the Crystal Theatre, listen in on a... |
 |
Grumblethorpe Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
|
Built from stone quarried on and oak cut from the Wisters' extensive property, the house... |
 |
Hemingway Pfeiffer Museum And Educational Center Piggott, Arkansas
|
The Hemingway-Pfeiffer Museum and Educational Center in Piggott, Arkansas includes a barn... |
 |
Herman Melville's Arrowhead Pittsfield, Massachusetts
|
Arrowhead, Melville's home in the Berkshires, influenced him greatly in his writing... |
 |
House Of Seven Gables Salem, Massachusetts
|
Built in 1668, the House of Seven Gables is the oldest surviving 17th century wooden... |
 |
Humanities And Social Science Library New York, New York
|
The Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle is one of the world's... |
 |
Jack London State Historic Park Glen Ellen, California
|
The park is a memorial to writer and adventurer Jack London, who made his home at the... |
 |
James Fenimore Cooper House Burlington City, New Jersey
|
Built in 1780, the James Fenimore Cooper House saw the birth of the celebrated American... |
 |
James Whitcomb Riley Museum Indianapolis, Indiana
|
The house of Hoosier Poet James Whitcomb Riley embodies the sophistication of society... |
 |
John Fox, Jr. House Big Stone Gap, Virginia
|
The house was built in 1888, and is filled with beautiful furnishings and mementos of the... |
 |
John G. Neihardt State Historic Site Bancroft, Nebraska
|
Nebraska's poet laureate John G. Neihardt called Bancroft, Nebraska home from 1900 to... |
 |
John Greenleaf Whittier Homestead Haverhill, Massachusetts
|
The Whittier Homestead is an outstanding example of the old New England farm, located on... |
 |
John Muir National Historic Site Martinez, California
|
Surrounded by almost 9 acres of fruit orchards and 326 acres of oak woodland, the site... |
 |
Laughing Brook Wildlife Sanctuary Hampden, Massachusetts
|
Explore Laughing Brook’s 356 acres of woodlands, meadows, and streams along its... |
 |
Library Of Virginia Richmond, Virginia
|
The State Library, which contains an excellent collection of objects, manuscripts, maps,... |
 |
Little Red Lighthouse New York, New York
|
Illustrated by Lynd Ward, this tale of the friendship between the tiny beacon and the... |
 |
Longfellow National Historic Site Cambridge, Massachusetts
|
Longfellow National Historic Site preserves the home of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, one... |
 |
Malabar Farm Lucas, Ohio
|
Inspired by his love of the land, Bromfield restored the rich fertility of the farmlands... |
 |
Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings House And Farm Yard Hawthorne, Florida
|
This site was the home of Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, the author of many major literary... |
 |
Marjory Stoneman Douglas House Miami, Florida
|
Author, activist, and Medal of Freedom honoree Marjory Stoneman Douglas lived and worked... |
 |
Mark Twain Birthplace State Historic Site Florida, Missouri
|
Details of Samuel Langhorne Clemens’ remarkable life are interpreted through... |
 |
Mark Twain Boyhood Home And Museum Hannibal, Missouri
|
Discover how young Samuel Clemens grew up in the small village of Hannibal to become one... |
 |
Mark Twain House And Museum Hartford, Connecticut
|
The Mark Twain House and Museum provides a rich treasury of Twain's triumphs and... |
 |
Monroe County Heritage Museum Monroeville, Alabama
|
The Old Courthouse Museum houses the headquarters of the Monroe County Heritage Museum, a... |
 |
Monte Cristo Cottage New London, Connecticut
|
The Monte Cristo Cottage was the only permanent home of Eugene O'Neill from his birth in... |
 |
Nashville Public Library Nashville, Tennessee
|
Nashville's library history can be traced back to 1813, but it was the late 1800s before... |
 |
National Road/zane Grey Museum Norwich, Ohio
|
This modern museum has three major exhibit areas. First is the National Road, early... |
 |
National Steinbeck Center Salinas, California
|
In the tradition of John Steinbeck, the center draws its inspiration from the diverse... |
 |
Nichols House Boston, Massachusetts
|
The museum educates visitors by providing a unique glimpse into domestic life in the... |
 |
Noah Webster House West Hartford, Connecticut
|
The Noah Webster House, probably built c. 1748, is the restored birthplace and childhood... |
 |
O. Henry Museum Austin, Texas
|
Known as "the master of the short story," O. Henry lived in this 1886... |
 |
Old Dutch Church Of Sleepy Hollow Tarrytown, New York
|
Surrounded by (and often confused with) Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, the church and its... |
 |
Old Manse Concord, Massachusetts
|
History fills the walls of the Old Manse, from the house's construction in the 18th... |
 |
Orchard House Concord, Massachusetts
|
Orchard House was the Alcott family's most permanent home (from 1858 to 1877). Louisa May... |
 |
Patriots Park and the André Captors' Monument Tarrytown, New York
|
Exactly on the border between Tarrytown and Sleepy Hollow and next door to the Warner... |
 |
Pearl S. Buck Birthplace Museum (stulting House) Hillsboro, West Virginia
|
This house was built by the Stulting family who emigrated from Holland to America in 1847... |
 |
Pearl S. Buck House Perkasie, Pennsylvania
|
The Pearl S. Buck House, home to the celebrated author and her international family for... |
 |
Philipsburg Manor Tarrytown, New York
|
Cross the bridge over the river into Philipsburg Manor and step back in time. It's 1750,... |
 |
Ralph Waldo Emerson House Concord, Massachusetts
|
From this house, Emerson wrote his well known essays, such as Self-Reliance and The... |
 |
Robert Louis Stevenson Silverado Museum St. Helena, California
|
The Museum's original 800 items have increased to over 9,000 and the collection continues... |
 |
Rosenbach Museum And Library Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
|
The Museum's treasures include manuscripts for such outstanding literary works as James... |
 |
Rowan Oak Oxford, Mississippi
|
Rowan Oak was the family home of the Faulkners for over 40 years. Faulkner had been... |
 |
Sidney Lanier Cottage Macon, Georgia
|
Sidney Lanier was born here at his grandparents' home on February 3, 1842, and tragically... |
 |
Sinclair Lewis Boyhood Home Sauk Centre, Minnesota
|
The Sauk Center home provided part of the inspiration for Sinclair's novel Main Street. |
 |
Sleepy Hollow Cemetery Tarrytown, New York
|
Founded in 1849 as the Tarrytown Cemetery, the town posthumously honored Washington... |
 |
Sleepy Hollow Trail Sleepy Hollow, New York
|
If you don't mind a little walking, you can easily trace Ichabod Crane's famous ride up... |
 |
Tao House Eugene O'Neill National Historic Site Danville, California
|
One of America's foremost playwrights, Eugene O'Neill, purchased the Tao House in... |
 |
Thomas Wolfe Memorial Street Asheville, North Carolina
|
Depicted as "Dixieland" in Wolfe's novel Look Homeward, Angel, this historic Old Kentucky... |
 |
Thornton W. Burgess Museum Sandwich, Massachusetts
|
The Thornton Burgess Museum is located in the Deacon Eldred house on historic Shawme Pond... |
 |
Thurber House Columbus, Ohio
|
Thurber House is a living history museum in which visitors are invited to sit on the... |
 |
Wadsworth Longfellow House Portland, Maine
|
Within its walls lived three generations of one remarkable family that made significant... |
 |
Walden Pond State Reservation Concord, Massachusetts
|
Henry David Thoreau lived at Walden Pond from July 1845 to September 1847 and his... |
 |
Walt Whitman Birthplace And Interpretive Center West Hills, New York
|
The house itself was built by Whitman's father and contains nineteenth century... |
 |
Walt Whitman House Camden, New Jersey
|
Constructed in 1848, this modest wooden-framed structure built in Greek-revival style was... |
 |
Washington Irving's Sunnyside Tarrytown, New York
|
Washington Irving, author of “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow,” lived in the... |
 |
Waterloo Village Stanhope, New Jersey
|
Waterloo Village is a completely recreated colonial town and an adjoining Indian Village... |
 |
Wayside Inn Sudbury, Massachusetts
|
What began as an extension of David Howe's family home in 1716, the Inn has thrived... |
 |
Whittier Home Amesbury, Massachusetts
|
The Whittier Home was always occupied by the Whittier Family until purchased by the... |
 |
William Allen White House Lyon County, Kansas
|
Visit the showplace home of William Allen White, nationally known newspaperman and author... |
 |
William Cullen Bryant Homestead Cummington, Massachusetts
|
Purchased in 1789 by Ebenezer Snell, Bryant's grandfather, the Homestead and its... |
 |
William Dean Howells House St. Augustine, Massachusetts
|
The famous pioneer of literary realism, William Dean, stayed at this house in the winter... |
 |
Wren's Nest St. Albans, West Virginia
|
On the front porch of this Queen Anne Victorian home, Joel Chandler Harris penned many of... |
American Heritage is proud to host the
National Portal to
Historic Collections
Recently added:
- American Revolution Center
- National Museum of Civil War Medicine
- National Museum of the U.S. Navy
- Manassas National Battlefield
- Maryland State House
In association with the
American Association for State and Local History
Why do we need a national nonprofit membership society for American history?
-
“Save America’s Treasures” has been totally eliminated—the largest Federal program supporting preservation of such treasures as the original Star Spangled Banner and George Washington’s tent.
-
65% of Americans don’t know what happened at the Constitutional Convention, according to a recent survey by Newsweek.
-
The “Teaching American History” grants—the largest Federal program supporting history education—have been completely eliminated.
-
Visits to the Top 20 Civil War battlefields have dropped in half from 1970 to 2009 according to official National Park Service statistics.
-
40% of Americans can’t identify whom we fought in World War II, according to a recent survey by Newsweek.
-
A quarter of Americans believe Congress shares power over U.S. foreign policy with the United Nations, according to a recent Annenberg survey.
-
“There is little that is more important for an American citizen to know than the history and traditions of his country,” John F. Kennedy wrote in American Heritage.
-
The “We the People Program,” which touched some 30 million students and 90,000 teachers over 25 years, has been completely eliminated.
-
Two-thirds of Americans could not correctly name Yorktown as the last major military action of the American Revolution, according to a recent national Gallup survey.
-
The National Heritage Areas and Scenic Byways program, the only major Federal program encouraging visits to historic places, has been completely eliminated in Congressional committee.
