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Historic Sites
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San Fernando Cathedral San Antonio, Texas |
By the mid-1860s the population of San Antonio had outgrown the original structure. |
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San Francisco De Asis Mission Church Ranchos de Taos, New Mexico |
San Francisco de Asís Mission Church, c. |
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San Miguel Mission Santa Fe, New Mexico |
The city of Santa Fe was founded in 1610, and El San Miguel (St. |
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Socorro Mission El Paso, Texas |
The original Franciscan mission, Nuestra Señora de la Concepción del Socorro, was found |
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St. Elizabeth Catholic Church Paincourtville, Louisiana |
St. |
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St. Fidelis Catholic Church Victoria, Kansas |
With a seating capacity of 1,100, St. |
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St. Joseph's Mission Lapwai, Idaho |
This first mission for the Nez Perce Indians was built in 1874 near Mission Creek on la |
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St. Photios Greek Orthodox National Shrine St. Augustine, Florida |
The story of the first Greek migration to America, occurring in 1768, is retold in St. |
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Tennessee Civil War National Heritage Area Murfreesboro, Tennessee |
The Tennessee Civil War National Heritage Area tells the whole story of the Civil War, |
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Touro Synagogue National Historic Site Newport, Rhode Island |
The Touro Synagogue was dedicated in |
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Tumacacori National Historic Park Tumacacori, Arizona |
Tumacácori NHP protects three Spanish colonial mission ruins in southern Arizona: Tumac |
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Union Church Of Pocantico Hills Tarrytown, New York |
Visitors marvel at the colorful rose window created for the church by Henri Matisse. |
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Union Meetinghouse Gilford, New Hampshire |
Following the Civil War, the building came into possession of the Methodist-Episcopal S |
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Ysleta Mission El Paso, Texas |
The church was partially destroyed during a disastrous fire in 1907, but was reconstruc |
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