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Building Collection Louisiana - Massachusetts

  LA

  New Orleans

  Louisiana State Museum

  400 Esplanade Ave

  New Orleans              LA           70116    

  Phone   504 568-8214

  Web Site  www.crt.state.la.us/crt/museum/lsmnet3.htm

  Alt Web  www.lsm.crt.state.la.us

  Description  History and culture of Louisiana, 10 properties throughout state

  Type of Resource   History Related Organization

  Primary Focus  Building Collection

  New or Updated:           10/31/2005
 

  LA

  New Orleans

  Louisiana State Museum New Orleans

  701 Chartres Street

  Jackson Square

  New Orleans              LA           70116    

  Phone   504 568-6968

  Web Site  http://lsm.crt.state.la.us

  Toll Free  800 568-6968

  Description  5 historic buildings open to the public, cover fine and decorative arts, Mardi Gras, jazz

  Type of Resource   Museum

  Primary Focus  Building Collection

  Building Type   Civic

  New or Updated:           10/31/2005

  LA

  Shreveport

  Pioneer Heritage Center

  1 University Place, LSU Shreveport

  mail: Director, Bronson Hall 106

  Shreveport                    LA           71115    

  Phone   318 797-5332

  Web Site  http://www.ce.lsus.edu/CatalogProgramView.aspx?ProgramID=6

  Description  7 plantation structures with emphasis on educational programs -- dog-trot house,  plantation house, blacksmith, doctor, commissary buildings

  Type of Resource   Museum

  Primary Focus  Building Collection

  Era  19th

  New or Updated:           11/28/2005

Massachusetts
Beverly
Trustees of Reservations
572 Essex Street
Long Hill
Beverly MA 01915
Phone 978 921-1944
Web Site http://www.thetrustees.org/
Description owns & maintains 77 properties of historic significance --
Type of Resource History Related Organization
Primary Focus Building Collection
New or Updated: 06/26/2003

  MA

  Boston

  Boston African American NHP

  46 Joy St

  Boston  MA    02114    

  Phone   617 742-5415

  Web Site http://www.nps.gov/boaf/

  Alt Web http://www.afroammuseum.org/

  Description  15 pre-Civil War structures of African American heritage on 1.6 mile

                    trail, including African Meeting House, oldest standing church in US

  Type of Resource   Museum

  Primary Focus  Building Collection

  Building Type   Church

  Group Identity   African American

  New or Updated:        8/1/2006

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  MA

  Bourne

  Aptucxet Trading Post

  24 Aptuckxet Road

  PO Box 3095

  Bourne  MA  02532    

  Phone  508 759-8167

  Web Site http://www.bournehistoricalsoc.org/

  Alt Web http://plymoutharch.tripod.com/parp/id20.html

  Description  reconstructed trading post, salt works, other buildings

  Type of Resource  Historic Place

  Primary Focus  Building Collection

  Building Type  Trading Post

  Era 1627

  Owner/Operator:  Bourne Historical Society

  New or Updated:  7/2/2007

  MA
  Edgartown
  Martha's Vineyard Preservation Trust
  PO Box 5277
  Edgartown  MA  02539    
  Phone  508 627-8017
  Web Site  http://www.mvpreservation.org/
  E-mail  mailto:info@mvpreservation.org
  Description  owns nine historic properties, several open as event venues,  also general
                         store and 1884 carousel
  Type of Resource  Museum
  Primary Focus  Building Collection
  Building Type  Carousel
  New or Updated:  09/04/2003

  MA
  Lawrence
  Immigrant City Archives, Historical Society of Lawrence
  6 Essex Street
  Lawrence  MA  01840    
  Phone  978 686-9230
  Web Site  http://krhlawrence.com/Archives_page1.html
  Alt Web  http://www.essexheritage.org/visiting/placestovisit/listofsitesbycommunity/immi                   grant_city.shtml
  Description  local history in old buildings around a courtyard
  Type of Resource  Museum
  Primary Focus  Building Collection
  Building Type  Commercial
  Field of Study/Science Facility  Labor
  Research /Reading  Archives
  Era      1883
  New or Updated:  11/04/2003

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  MA
  Scituate
  Scituate Historical Society
  43 Cudworth Road
  PO Box 276
  Scituate        MA  02066    
  Phone   781 545-1083
  Web Site  http://www.scituatehistoricalsociety.org/
  E-mail  mailto:director@scituatehistoricalsociety.org
  Description  society maintains 10 historic buildings & sites
  Type of Resource   Museum
  Primary Focus  Building Collection
  New or Updated:   1/11/2004

  MA
  Sheffield
  Sheffield Historical Society
  159 - 161 Main St
  PO Box 747
  Sheffield   MA  01257    
  Phone   413 229-2694
  Web Site  http://www.sheffieldhistory.org/
  E-mail  mailto:shs@sheffieldhistory.org
  Description  7 building  campus  holds collections
  Type of Resource   Museum
  Primary Focus  Building Collection
  Industry /Profession Textiles
  Collection A-F Furniture
  Collection N-Z  Tools
  Research /Reading  Library
  New or Updated:   1/11/2004

  MA
  South Hadley
  Skinner Museum
  Woodbridge Street
  South Hadley  MA  01075    
  Phone   413 538-2245
  Web Site  http://www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/resources/skmuseum.shtml
  E-mail  mailto:artmuseum@mtholyoke.edu
  Description  houses early American collection in a group of buildings
  Type of Resource   Museum
  Primary Focus  Building Collection
  Field of Study/Science Facility  Minerals
  Collection A-F Decorative Arts
  Collection N-Z  Shells
  New or Updated:   1/15/2004

  MI
  South Lyon
  Witch's Hat Depot Museum & Historic Village
  300 Dorothy St
  McHattie Park
  South Lyon                 MI     48178    
  Phone   248 437-9929
  Web Site  http://www.southlyonmi.org/Attractions/witch.htm
  Description  city park holds depot, caboose, church & school moved to site
  Type of Resource   Museum
  Primary Focus  Building Collection
  Building Type   Depot
  Research /Reading  Archives
  Era  1909
  Owner/Operator:  City of South Lyon Museum
  New or Updated:    1/8/2004

  MA
  Waltham
  Stonehurst - Paine Estate
  100 Robert treat Paine Drive
  Waltham    MA   02452    
  Phone   781 314-3290
  Web Site  http://www.stonehurstwaltham.org/
  E-mail  mailto:info@stonehurstwaltham.org
  Alt Web  http://www.waltham-community.org/Paine.html
  Description  H H Richardson designed house, FL Olmsted landscape  on 109 acres of
                    conservation lands
  Type of Resource   House Museum
  Primary Focus  Building
  Field of Study/Science Facility  Architecture
  Owner/Operator:  City  of Waltham
  New or Updated:   1/25/2004

  MA
  Weston
  Golden Ball Tavern Museum
  662 Boston Post Road
  PO Box 223
  Weston  MA  02493 
  Phone   718 894-1751
  Web Site  http://www.goldenballtavern.org/index.html
  E-mail  mailto:joanb5@aol.com
  Description  served as inn and tavern through revolutionary era, then single family home                     for 170 years
  Type of Resource   House Museum
  Primary Focus  Building
  Era  1768
  New or Updated:   1/26/2004