Hammond-Harwood House Museum [MD]

Description

The Hammond-Harwood House was built in 1774 for the 25-year-old tobacco planter Matthias Hammond of Anne Arundel County, Maryland. Collecting since 1938, the museum now housed in it has long been the home of some of the finest decorative and fine arts the state of Maryland has had to offer. Today, the museum houses one of the largest collections of paintings by Charles Willson Peale and furniture by John Shaw in the area.

The house offers exhibits, tours, educational programs, occasional lectures, and occasional recreational and educational events.

Talcott Mountain State Park [CT]

Description

The Farmington River Valley landmark of Heublein Tower sits atop Talcott Mountain, a long, precipitous wooded ledge named after the Talcott family. The 165-foot structure was built as a summer home in 1914 by Gilbert Heublein. In the early '50s, two future presidents were guests of the Hartford Times, then General Dwight D. Eisenhower (who was asked to run for office there) and Ronald Reagan, then president of the Screen Actors' Guild. Following a period of ownership of the property by the Hartford Times during WWII and the early 1950s, it was slated for residential development by a private corporation when the 557 acres of Talcott Mountain came under public ownership in 1965 through the cooperative efforts of private conservationists and state and federal governments.

The park offers tours.

New Mexico Farm and Ranch Heritage Museum

Description

The Museum brings to life the 3,000-year history of farming and ranching in New Mexico. The main building contains more than 24,000-square-feet of exhibit space, along with catering space for meetings and events, a mercantile, and theater. Visitors can watch a cow being milked, stroll along corrals filled with livestock, enjoy several gardens, or watch one of a growing number of demonstrations.

The museum offers exhibits, tours, demonstrations, classes, lectures, and other educational and recreational events and programs.

Phelps Mansion Museum [NY]

Description

The Mansion was built in 1870 for Sherman D. Phelps, a successful banker, businessman, Republican Elector for Abraham Lincoln, and mayor of the newly incorporated City of Binghamton.

The museum offers tours, educational programs, and occasional recreational and educational events.

Friends of the James Farm and Museum [MO]

Description

Until 1978, the James farm was owned by the descendents of Frank and Jesse James. Today, a museum has been added to the site, displaying Jesse James and James family artifacts including three of Jesse's guns; the boots he was wearing when he was killed; and the family Bible, with inscriptions written in Zerelda's own hand. The farm and house look much as they did when Zerelda was giving the tours and is fully furnished with items that belonged to the James and Samuel families.

The museum and farm offer exhibits, tours, and research library access.

Rosson House Museum [AZ]

Description

This 2,800 square foot beautiful Eastlake architectural style Victorian home built in 1895 features 10 rooms and five fireplaces. Visitors can see what life was like for Rosson House residents of Block 14, owners and tenants both, in early Phoenix during Arizona's late territorial times all in its original location.

The museum offers exhibits, tours, and educational and recreational events.

Harriet Tubman Home [NY]

Description

The Harriet Tubman Home preserves the legacy of "the Moses of Her People" in the place where she lived and died in freedom. The site is located on 26 acres of land in Auburn, New York, and is owned and operated by the AME Zion Church. It includes four buildings, two of which were used by Harriet Tubman. Some articles of furniture, and a portrait that belonged to Harriet Tubman are now on display in the Home.

The site offers tours and occasional recreational and educational events.

Richmond History Center and Wickham House [VA]

Description

The Center seeks to engage, educate, and challenge a diverse audience by collecting, preserving, and interpreting Richmond's history. Located in the heart of historic downtown Richmond, the Center presents a comprehensive program of exhibitions, tours, special events, research opportunities, school programs, and other public programs in order to engage the broadest audience in an ongoing dialogue about the significance and relevance of the city's history. The Center also maintains the 1812 Wickham House, where guests can explore aspects of life in the early 19th century. In the public first-floor rooms, ornate decorations helped the Wickhams and their slaves present a picture of leisure and refinement. Exhibited on the second floor are artifacts from the descendants of the family that first inhabited the house.

The center offers tours, exhibits, and educational and recreational events and programs; the house offers exhibits and tours.

Drayton Hall [SC]

Description

Drayton Hall, on which construction began in 1738, is the oldest surviving example Georgian Palladian architecture in the U.S. and one of the only pre-Revolutionary houses that remain in close-to-original condition today.

The house offers exhibits, tours, and educational and recreational events and programs.

Gwinnett Historical Society and Elisha Winn House [GA]

Description

The Society operates its center and library on the second floor of the Gwinnett Historic Courthouse in downtown Lawrenceville, along with the 19.2-acre Elisha Winn Property in the Hog Mountain-Dacula area. The Winn House is open the second Saturday in the month and includes the rehabilitated 1811 Elisha Winn House (birthplace of Gwinnett County); a 12-acre wooded area; and a variety of other buildings of historic interest, including the Walnut Grove one-room schoolhouse, the old Lawrenceville Jail, and a blacksmith shop.

The society offers a research library with main emphasis on Gwinnett and surrounding counties.