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powered by FreeFind	Alabama Decatur Old State Bank 925 Bank Street SE PO Box 582 Decatur AL 35602 Phone 256 350-5060 Web Site www.decaturcvb.org/Pages/Press/bank.html Description original bank building with period lobby & Vault, 1830's upstairs apartment Building Type Bank Type of Resource Museum Primary Focus: Building Era 1833 Alabama Montgomery Alabama Executive Mansion 1142 South Perry Street Montgomery AL 36104 Phone 334 834-3022 Web Site http://www.governor.state.al.us/ Alt Web http://www.archives.state.al.us/mansion.html Description official residence of Governor Type of Resource Historic Place Primary Focus Building Building Type Governors Mansion New or Updated: 06/07/2003 Alabama Montgomery Alabama State Capitol 600 Dexter Avenue Montgomery AL 36116 Phone 334 242-3935 Fax 334 242-2788 Web Site http://alaweb.asc.edu/ Description working capitol with museum period rooms and exhibits Building Type Capitol Type of Resource Historic Place Primary Focus: Building Nature of Group or Site Government Alabama Selma Smitherman Historic Building 109 Union Street Selma AL 36701 Phone 334 874-2174 Web Site www.selmaalabama.com/ Description Building once school, hospital, and courthouse is now a Civil War museum Type of Resource Museum Primary Focus: Building Era 1848



Search this site	Arkansas Bentonville Gann Museum of Saline County 218 S Market Street Bentonville AR 72015 Phone 501 778-5513 Web Site *** E-mail mailto:gannmuseum@up-link.net Description only known structure to use bauxite aluminum ore as a building material, memorabilia of Dr Gann Type of Resource Historic Place Primary Focus: Building Collection N-Z Pottery Era** 1893
	AZ Phoenix Arizona Capitol Museum 1700 West Washington Phoenix AZ 85007 Phone 602 542-4675 Web Site http://www.lib.az.us/museum/index.cfm E-mail mailto:capmus@lib.az.us Description restored 1900 capitol building with museum holding exhibits on Arizona territory and early statehoood Type of Resource Historic Place Primary Focus Building Building Type Capitol Nature of Group or Site Government Era 1900 New or Updated: 10/21/2006 Arizona Phoenix Shemer Art Center and Museum 5005 East Camelback Road Phoenix AZ 85018 Phone 602 262-4727 Web Site http://www.ci.phoenix.az.us/PARKS/shemer.html Description mission style adobe house now is a cultural center with classes, concerts, and frequently changing art exhibits Type of Resource Historic Place Primary Focus Building Building Type Adobe Owner/Operator: Parks & Recreation Last changed: 02/23/2003 AZ Tombstone Bird Cage 517 East Allen Tombstone AZ 85638 Phone 520 457-3421 Web Site www.tombstoneaz.net Toll Free 800 457-3423 E-mail mailto:oldbirdcage@juno.com Description infamous saloon/gambling hall/house of ill repute Type of Resource Museum Primary Focus Building New or Updated: 8/24/2006

	California Pleasant Hill Friends of Rogers Ranch Address Pleasant Hill CA Phone Web Site http://www.ci.pleasant-hill.ca.us/organizations.html - rogers_ranch Description oldest farm house and building in town Building Type Ranch/Pueblo Type of Resource Museum Primary Focus: Building Era 17th California Sacramento Governor's Mansion 1526 H Street Sacramento CA 95814 Phone 916 323-3047 Web Site Description Building Type Governors Mansion Type of Resource Historic Place Primary Focus: Building Nature of Group or Site Government CA San Juan Capistrano Mission San Juan Capistrano 26801 Ortega Highway San Juan Capistrano CA 92675 Phone 949 234-1300 Web Site http://missionsjc.com/ Description "Birthplace of Orange County", 10 acres of gardens, chapel; Padres, Industrial, soldiers area Type of Resource Historic Place Primary Focus Building Building Type Mission New or Updated: 1/5/2007 CA Soledad Mission Nuestra Senora de la Soledad 36641 Fort Romie Road PO Box 515 Soledad CA 93960 Phone 831 678-2586 Web Site http://www.cityofsoledad.com/tourism/missionSoledad.cfm Alt Web http://www.californiamissions.com/cahistory/soledad.html Description mission founded in 1791 flooded 3 times, current church started in Type of Resource Historic Place Primary Focus Building Building Type Church New or Updated: 9/25/2007 CA West Hollywood MAK Center for Art & Architecture 835 North Kings Road West Hollywood CA 90069 Phone 323 651-1510 Web Site http://www.makcenter.org/ Description home & studio of architect Rudolf Schindler Type of Resource Specialty Museum Primary Focus Building Field of Study/Science Facility Architecture Era 1922 New or Updated: 4/7/2006	Google


	CO Dillon Dillon School House Museum 403 La Bonte St Dillon CO Phone 970 468-2207 Web Site http://www.summithistorical.org/DillonSH.html Description local memorabilia Type of Resource Museum Primary Focus Building Building Type Schoolhouse Research /Reading Archives Era 1883 Owner/Operator: Summit County Historical New or Updated: 6/18/2004 CO Georgetown Hotel De Paris 409 6th PO Box 746 Georgetown CO 80444 Phone 303 569-2311 Web Site http://www.hoteldeparismuseum.org/ E-mail mailto:maryrclark@msn.com Description The Hotel de Paris Museum in Georgetown is a marvelously preserved Victorian-era structure with several first class collections in furnishings, china, books and art prints. Louis Dupuy, a native of France and a man of prodigious talents and not a few foibles, started the hotel in 1875 with money given to him by the town's residents after he saved the life of a then fellow miner. Over the twenty- five years between 1875 and 1900 Chef Dupuy constructed a hotel and presided over a dining room of national renown text courtesy of Hotel de Paris Type of Resource Historic Place Primary Focus Building Building Type Hotel/Inn Collection A-F China Collection N-Z Prints Owner/Operator: NS Colonial Dames New or Updated: 5/31/2006 Colorado Platteville Fort Vasquez Museum 13412 US Highway 85 Platteville CO 80651 Phone 970 785-2832 Web Site http://www.coloradohistory.org/hist_sites/ft_vasquez/ft_vasquez.htm Alt Web http://www.hollyhockfarms.com/COWELD/communities/vasquezt.htm Description Depression-era reconstruction of earlier adobe fort now holds visitor center, interprets fur trading era Building Type Fort Type of Resource Museum Primary Focus: Building Industry Profession Fur Trading Era 1835 Owner/Operator: Colorado Historical Society


	Connecticut East Haddam Nathan Hale Schoolhouse 29 Main Street Route 149 East Haddam CT 06423 Phone 860 873-3399 Web Site http://www.wuzzup.com/lowctriver/ehaddam/nathan1.html Description school where famous Patriot Nathan Hale taught Building Type Schoolhouse Type of Resource Historic Place Primary Focus: Building Era 1750-1799 CT Greenwich Putnam Cottage 243 East Putnam Avenue Greenwich CT 06830 Phone 203 869-9697 Web Site http://www.putnamcottage.org/ E-mail mailto:info@putnamcottage.org Alt Web http://www.ctssar.org/sites/greenwich_putnam_cottage.htm Description one time Knapp Tavern, used by General Israel Putnam during Revolution Type of Resource Historic Place Primary Focus Building Building Type Tavern Era 1690 Owner/Operator: Connecticut Society of the Sons of the American Revolution New or Updated: 11/23/2005

	Connecticut Hartford Old State House 800 Main Street Hartford CT 06103 Phone 860 522-6766 Web Site http://www.ctosh.org/ Description oldest state house in the nation, designed by Charles Bulfinch Type of Resource Historic Place Primary Focus Building Building Type Capitol Nature of Group or Site Government Era 1796 Last changed: 03/06/2003 CT Hartford State Capitol CT Capitol Information & Tours 210 Capitol Avenue Hartford CT 06106 Phone 860 240-0222 Web Site http://www.cga.ct.gov/capitoltours/ E-mail mailto:capitol.tours@cga.ct.gov Description guided tours weekdays year round, weekends APR-OCT Type of Resource Historic Place Primary Focus Building Building Type Capitol Nature of Group or Site Government Era 1878 New or Updated: 10/28/2005

	CT Lebanon Gov Trumbull War Office 149 West Town Street Lebanon CT 06249 Phone 860 873-3399 Web Site http://www.ctssar.org/sites/lebanon_war_office.htm Description store converted to war center during Revolution, many of the most noted military leaders of the war met here Type of Resource Historic Place Primary Focus Building Building Type Store New or Updated: 5/23/2005 CT Willimantic Windham Textile and History Museum 157 Union-Main Street Willimantic CT 06226 Phone 860 456-2178 Web Site http://www.millmuseum.org/ Description former American Thread Co mill store, library 7 warehouse Type of Resource Museum Primary Focus Building Building Type Mill Industry /Profession Textiles Era 1877 New or Updated: 2/15/2006
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