Famous homes I have visited/toured

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ohioboy

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1. Benjamin Harrison-- Indianapolis, IN (grave in Crown Hill cemetery).
2. Rutherford B. Hayes---Freemont, Ohio (grave on grounds)
3. James A. Garfield-- Mentor, Ohio (grave in Cleveland: Lakeview cemetery)
4. Warren Harding--- Marion, Ohio (grave in Marion/few miles from home)
5. F.D.R.--- Hyde Park, NY (grave on grounds)
6. Martin Van Buren-- Kinderhook, NY (grave several miles away)
7. John Adams/John Q. Adams (known as Piecefield: Quincy, MA.) Graves across town in First Parish Church basement. Only place in the U.S. where 2 President's and their wives are buried side by side. James Monroe and John Tyler buried in Hollywood cemetery, Richmond, VA, not side by side though.
8. George Washington-- Mt. Vernon, VA (buried on grounds)
9. Thomas Jefferson/James Monroe--- Charlottesville, VA (TJ on Monticello grounds: JM in Hollywood cemetery.
10. James Madison-- Orange, VA (buried on grounds)
11. Edgar Allan Poe-- Philadelphia, PA (buried in Baltimore, MD)
12. Emily Dickinson-- Amherst, MA (buried in West cemetery, Amherst)
13. White House-- Washington, DC.
14. Birth homes of both Adams' Presidents (known as Saltbox houses, Quincy,MA)
15. U.S Grant birth home-- Point Pleasant, Ohio.
16. U.S. Grant boyhood home until age 16 (Georgetown, Ohio.)

I have also visited the Graves of 11 signers of the Declaration of Independence, 5 are buried in Christ Church burial ground in Philadelphia, including Benjamin Franklin.
 

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Mount Vernon and Laura Ingalls Wilder's Missouri home are my only two, I think. I love to visit old homes that are now museums, but those are the only homes of famous people I've visited. I have ancestors buried in Copp's Hill Burying Ground in Boston so would like to visit there. I'd also love to visit Hope Lodge in Whitemarsh PA for a reenactment of the 1777 Whitemarsh Encampment. My gggggrandsomethingsoranother, William and Mary West lived there during the encampment and a floor of their home served as the Continental Army's surgery before the army moved on to Valley Forge.
 

Perhaps not as famous as some but just as interesting - Robert Lincoln's family home, Hildene, in Vermont. Aside from being Abraham Lincoln's son, Robert was also president and CEO of Pullman, which was one of the country's most successful and lucrative companies. His home can be seen at coordinates 43.14101, -73.081003. The place has a nice back yard.

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The view from the terrace back there is something to see, especiallly in the fall.

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Pics were taken in Oct. 2014 with a crap camera that had suffered falls off the motorcycle.
 
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The Winchester Mystery House. Quite a history. It's been a long time but I hung back from the tour group and got seriously spooked. :rolleyes:
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They had so many signs along the highways that we decided to go. For us it was a waste of money.

Wall Drugs in South Dakota had so many signs that we finally decided we had to go. Not a house, worth the side trip.

We liked Hearst Castle.
 
If you ever find yourself in London, go into Westminster Abbey, it's right next door to The Houses of Parliament, buried in the Abbey are over 3,000 illustrious names from the past. A sample of them include;
George Handel, the composer (who is now decomposing.) Isaac Newton, who invented gravity. Geoffrey Chaucer, the 14th century poet, famous for The Canterbury Tales. Stephen Hawking, eminent physicist, he's buried next to Charles Darwin. Queen Elizabeth the first. Laurence Olivier, actor. William Wilberforce, the politician who spent twenty years getting slavery banned. The tomb of The Unknown Warrior that represents all the fallen in war.
Many think that William Shakespeare is buried in The Abbey, in fact his tomb is in Holy Trinity Church, Stratford-upon-Avon.
You might think that legendary figures like Lady Godiva and King Arthur of the round table are myths. But Arthur's grave is in Glastonbury Abbey and Lady Godiva is buried St. Mary's Priory, Coventry.
 
Only a few places in the USA...
The Breakers, Vanderbilt's summer residence
Eisenhower's summer retreat
The church where JFK got married
All on Rhode Island.
Also visited Gettysburg and Arlington National cemetery.

Been to plenty of places in the UK where we have buildings dating back over 1000 years. One of the most memorable 'modern' houses is 'Cragside', the home of Lord Armstrong who founded an engineering empire. His house was the first in the world to be lit by hydro-electricity. The view from the house is very similar to JonDouglas' photo from 'Hildene' .
 
My hubby is from Virginia, so naturally the first famous home I visited was Monticello. Loved it. Biltmore Estate in North Carolina and Hearst Castle gave me a chill for some reason.

However, in the UK, I have probably visited every stately home and because I have been a member of the National Trust UK...I get free entry and a few perks!
 
Shelburne Farms is another great place to visit and if you are very fortunate to enjoy a meal and an overnight stay.

https://shelburnefarms.org/staydine

From 1886 to 1902, William Seward and Lila Vanderbilt Webb consolidated 32 farms into a 3,800-acre agricultural estate. Its landscape design was inspired by Central Park landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted.

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