Massachusetts
Adams National Historical Park
Submitted by siteadmin on Wed, 02/04/2009 - 22:50Adams National Historical Park
135 Adams Street
Quincy, MA 02169
Phone: 617-773-1177
The park includes the home of Presidents John Adams and John Quincy Adams, of U.S. Minister to Great Britain Charles Francis Adams, and of the writers and historians Henry Adams and Brooks Adams; and the birthplaces of both presidents and United First Parish Church, location of the Adams Crypt.
Boston African American National Historic Site
Submitted by siteadmin on Wed, 02/04/2009 - 22:50Boston African American National Historic Site
46 Joy Street
Boston, MA 02114-4025
Phone: 617-742-5415
The site contains 15 pre-Civil War African American history structures, linked by the 1.6-mile Black Heritage Trail. The meeting house is the oldest standing African American church in the U.S. Augustus Saint-Gaudens' memorial to Robert Gould Shaw, the white officer who first led African American troops during the Civil War, stands on the trail.
Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area
Submitted by siteadmin on Wed, 02/04/2009 - 22:51Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area
c/o Boston Support Office
BHI Project Manager
15 State Street
Boston MA 02109
Phone: 617-223-5060
Thirty islands in Boston Harbor make up this treasure of natural and cultural resources and recreational amenities at the doorstep of a major Northeast urban area. The facility is to be managed by a partnership of current managers and owners along with the National Park Service.
Boston National Historical Park
Submitted by siteadmin on Wed, 02/04/2009 - 22:51Boston National Historical Park
Charlestown Navy Yard
Visitor Center
Boston, MA 02129-4543
Phone: 617-242-5601
The events and ideas associated with the American Revolution and the founding and growth of the United States provide the common thread linking the sites that compose this park, among them Bunker Hill, Old North Church, Paul Revere House, Faneuil Hall, Old State House, and a portion of the Charlestown Navy Yard, including USS Constitution.
Cape Cod National Seashore
Submitted by siteadmin on Wed, 02/04/2009 - 22:51Cape Cod National Seashore
99 Marconi Site Road
Wellfleet, MA 02667-0250
Phone: 508-349-3785
Ocean beaches, dunes, woodlands, freshwater ponds, and marshes make up this park on outer Cape Cod. It stretches 40 miles from Chatham to Provincetown. Its many cultural remnants include Marconi's Wireless Station site.
Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site
Submitted by siteadmin on Wed, 02/04/2009 - 22:52Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site
99 Warren Street
Brookline, MA 02445-5930
Phone: 617-566-1689
This was the first large scale landscape architecture office in the United States, founded by Frederick Law Olmsted Sr. and continued by his sons. The site includes the Olmsted Archives and the Olmsted Center for Landscape Preservation.
John Fitzgerald Kennedy National Historic Site
Submitted by siteadmin on Wed, 02/04/2009 - 22:52John Fitzgerald Kennedy National Historic Site
83 Beals Street
Brookline, MA 02446-6010
Phone: 617-566-7937
This is the birthplace and early boyhood home of the 35th President. It represents the social and political beginnings of one of the world's most prominent families and contains furnishings and memorabilia from the president's childhood.
Longfellow National Historic Site
Submitted by siteadmin on Wed, 02/04/2009 - 22:53Longfellow National Historic Site
105 Brattle Street
Cambridge, MA 02138-3407
Phone: 617-876-4491
The Vassall-Craigie-Longfellow House, George Washington's headquarters during the siege of Boston (1775-1776) was later home to poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and family (1837-1950). Here Longfellow hosted writers, artists, and statesmen who helped kindle the "American Renaissance." There are decorative and fine arts, a library, and a research archive.
Lowell National Historical Park
Submitted by siteadmin on Wed, 02/04/2009 - 22:53Lowell National Historical Park
67 Kirk Street
Lowell, MA 01852-1029
Phone: 978-970-5000
The history of America's Industrial Revolution is commemorated in downtown Lowell. The Boott Cotton Mills Museum with its weave room of 88 operating looms, "mill girl" boarding houses, the Suffolk Mill turbine, and guided tours tell the story of the transition from farm to factory, chronicle immigrant and labor history, and trace industrial technology.
Minute Man National Historical Park
Submitted by siteadmin on Wed, 02/04/2009 - 22:54Minute Man National Historical Park
174 Liberty Street
Concord, MA 01742
Phone: 978-369-6993
Scene of the "shot heard round the world" that began the Revolutionary War on April 19, 1775, the park includes restored sections of Battle Road between Lexington and Concord; North Bridge; Minute Man Statue; historic monuments and structures; and the Wayside, home of American authors.
