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National Historic Landmark - Soho Cast-Iron Historic District

National Historic Landmark - Soho Cast-Iron Historic District

Reflecting the second half of the 19th century, this is probably the largest existing group of 19th-century cast-iron facades in the world.

Courtesy National Park Service National Historical Landmarks

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Telluride Historic District

The district's boom-period as a gold camp came after a narrow-gauge railroad was built to Telluride in 1890. Its buildings as a whole represent a 19th century mining frontier "boom town."

Information provided by the National Registry of Historic Places, a ...

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Silverton Historic District

Silverton, one of the two principal mining towns in southwestern Colorado, was an important silver-producing area. The town, established in 1874, the same year that mining began in the vicinity, was important in the economic development of the Rocky Mountain ...

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National Historic Landmark - Hurley Historic District

National Historic Landmark - Hurley Historic District

The district's ten stone houses illustrate the 17th and 18th century Dutch heritage of the town, originally called Nieuw Dorp.

Courtesy National Park Service National Historical Landmarks

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National Historic Landmark - Huguenot Street Historic District

National Historic Landmark - Huguenot Street Historic District

This historic district consists of five stone houses that reflect the 17th and 18th century Walloon and French Hugenot heritage of the settlers.

In 1677, refugees from Flanders and the Lower Rhine purchased ...

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National Historic Landmark - Hudson River Historic District

National Historic Landmark - Hudson River Historic District

This 30-square-mile cultural landscape on the eastern shore of the Hudson River is composed of several villages that are traditional rural communities.

With its singular origins as a Dutch colony, its peculiar semi-feudal system ...

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National Historic Landmark -Geneseo Historic District

National Historic Landmark -Geneseo Historic District

One of the most remarkably preserved villages in northwestern New York, Geneseo is one of the best examples of -Picturesque- architecture and town planning as expounded by American landscape architect Andrew Jackson Downing (1815-1852) in ...

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National Historic Landmark - Bethania Historic District

National Historic Landmark - Bethania Historic District

Bethania is nationally significant because it is a rare example of the agricultural patterns of a German, -open field- agricultural village.

The Bethania Town Lot also illustrates Moravian community planning and development.

Bethania is ...

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National Historic Landmark - Leadville Historic District

Leadville mines have yielded minerals of higher total value than any other mining district in the country. There were three major mining phases in the Leadville district, ranging from 1860 to 1917. A large number of early structures survive.

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National Historic Landmark-GeorgetownSilverPlumeHistoricDistrict

The Georgetown-Silver Plume area flourished because of gold and silver production. The two communities have retained much of their mid-19th-century boom-town atmosphere.

Information provided by the National Registry of Historic Places, a program of the National Park Service

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