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Jenkins Plantation Museum Lesage, West Virginia |
Jenkins Plantation has survived wars, floods, wind and weather. |
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John Dickinson Plantation Dover, Delaware |
It was January 18, 1740 when Samuel Dickinson, a wealthy Quaker tobacco planter and mer |
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Kingsley Plantation Jacksonville, Florida |
The Kingsley Plantation, administered by the National Park Service, is located on Fort |
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Lake Jackson Historical Museum Lake Jackson, Texas |
Visitors to the Lake Jackson Historical Museum can experience life in the Lake Jackson |
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Laura Plantation Vacherie, Louisiana |
Named by Lonely Planet Travel as the "Best History Tour in the U.S.," the one-hour guid |
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Mary Point Great House And Factory St. John, Virgin Islands (U.S.) |
The Mary Point Great House and Factory, where cotton was cultivated and cattle grazed i |
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Mordecai Historic Park Raleigh, North Carolina |
While at Mordecai, visitors can tour other historic structures which have been moved to |
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Morven Museum & Garden Princeton, New Jersey |
For more than 200 years Morven has played a role in the history of New Jersey and the n |
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Mount Clare House Museum Baltimore, Maryland |
Mount |
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Mount Harmon Plantation Earleville, Maryland |
The main building itself at this 290-acre site is a three-story, five-bay manor house d |
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Museum Of Appalachia Clinton, Tennessee |
With more than 30 historic log buildings gathered onto 63 acres, which date from the 19 |
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Northampton Slave Quarters Lake Arbor, Maryland |
Of the large tobacco plantations of the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries, Northampton was |
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Oak Alley Plantation Vacherie, Louisiana |
The plantation is located on the Mississippi River between the historic Louisiana citie |
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Oatlands Plantation Leesburg, Virginia |
Construction of the estate began in 1803 in the Federal style and surprisingly finished |
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Oxon Cove Park & Oxon Hill Farm Oxon Hill, Maryland |
The area has been inhabited since Native Americans lived here until the 17th century. |
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Pebble Hill Plantation Thomasville, Georgia |
The Main House was built in the 1930s in a Georgian and Greek Revival Architectural str |
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Poche Plantation Convent, Louisiana |
The Judge Poche Plantation House is significant in the areas of architecture and local |
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Poplar Grove Plantation Wilmington, North Carolina |
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Prestwould Plantation Clarksville, Virginia |
A two-family slave house still stands on the property east of South Boston, and the "pe |
Queen Anne's County Historical Society Centreville, Maryland |
Wright's Chance, c. 1744 |
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Riversdale House Museum Riverdale Park, Maryland |
This beautifully restored 19th century estate, which offers tours to the public, was ho |
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Rock Ford Plantation Lancaster, Pennsylvania |
Hand's Georgian brick mansion stands on the banks of the Conestoga River and is surroun |
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Sam Davis Home Smyrna, Tennessee |
Located in Smyrna, Tennessee, The Sam Davis Home was built along the banks of Stewarts |
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Scotchtown Beaverdam, Virginia |
Charles Chiswell obtained 9,976 acres on what was then the western part of New Kent Cou |
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Shirley Plantation Charles City, Virginia |
Shirley Plantation is Virginia's first plantation and one of the first economic engines |
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Smith's Fort Plantation Surry, Virginia |
Nestled on the south side of the James River, Smith's Fort Plantation offers a quiet re |
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Somerset Place Creswell, North Carolina |
Somerset Place is a representative state historic site offering a comprehensive and rea |
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Stratford Hall Plantation Stratford, Virginia |
Stratford Hall is one of the great houses of American history. |
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Tipton Haynes State Historic Site Johnson City, Tennessee |
The Tipton-Haynes site represents various periods of Tennessee history, from pre-coloni |
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Torreya State Park Bristol, Florida |
This expansive and verdant state park features an opulent plantation including Civil Wa |
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