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Famous People
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OH-PA,
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Colorado
Denver
Molly Brown House Museum
1340 Pennsylvania Street
Denver CO
Phone 303 832-4092
Web Site www.mollybrown.com
Description home of Maggie "Molly" Brown, colorful character made famous by Broadway & Hollywood
Type of Resource House Museum
Primary Focus: Famous People
Collection A-F Clothing
Era 1890
Owner/Operator: Historic Denver Inc |
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Colorado
Golden
Astor House Hotel Museum
822 12th Street
Golden CO 80401
Phone 303 278-3557
Web Site www.astorhousemuseum.org
E-mail
mailto:info@astorhousemuseum.org
Description built to house legislators when Golden was territorial capitol, served as a boarding house for 100 years
Type of Resource House Museum
Building Type Hotel/Inn
New or Updated: 04/26/2003
Colorado
Golden
Buffalo Bill Memorial Museum
987 Lookout Mountain Road
Golden CO 80401
Phone 303 526-0747
Web Site http://www.buffalobill.org/
Description Buffalo Bill Cody grave, memorabilia from life and Wild West shows, collection begun by his son
Type of Resource Specialty Museum
Primary Focus Famous People
Field of Study/Science Facility Old West
Collection A-F Arms
Research /Reading Library
New or Updated: 04/28/2003 |
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Colorado
Las Animas
Museum Kit Carson
9th Street
Las Animas CO 81054
Phone 719 456-2005
Web Site
Description Kit Carson
Type of Resource Museum
Primary Focus: Famous People
Field of Study Science Facility Old West |
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Connecticut
Bridgeport
Barnum Museum
820 Main Street
Bridgeport CT 06604
Phone 203 331-1104
Fax 860 339-4341
Web Site www.barnum-museum.org/
Description life and legacy of the great showman P T Barnum in 1893 structure, model 5-ring circus
Type of Resource Museum
Primary Focus: Famous People
Industry Profession Circus
Collection G-M Models
Connecticut
Coventry
Nathan Hale Homestead
2299 South Street
Coventry CT
Phone 860 742-6917
Web Site http://www.ctssar.org/sites/coventry_hale_homestead.htm
Description home of the Patriot Nathan Hale, who said "I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country"
Type of Resource House Museum
Primary Focus: Famous People |
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Connecticut
Hartford
Harriet
Beecher Stowe Center
77
Forest Street
Hartford
CT
06105
Phone
860 522-9258
Web Site
www.hartnet.org/stowe/
Description
home of famous author of Uncle Toms Cabin with
manuscript library of
Connecticut
authors
Type of
Resource
House
Museum
Primary
Focus
Famous People
Research
/Reading
Library
New or
Updated:
8/1/2005
Hartford
Mark Twain House
351 Farmington Avenue
Hartford CT 06105
Phone 860 247-0998
Web Site http://www.marktwainhouse.org/
E-mail twain@hartnet.org
Description home built by author of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn after he became famous
Type of Resource House Museum
Primary Focus: Famous People
Era 1874 |
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CT
Kent
Sloane-Stanley Museum & Kent Furnace
Route 7
PO Box 917
Kent CT
06757
Phone
860 927-3849
Web Site
http://www.chc.state.ct.us/sloanestanleymuseum.htm
Description
recreated studio of Eric-Sloane, artist & writer
who chronicled the way things used to
be, also collection
of Early American tools, open in summer
Type
of Resource
Museum
Primary
Focus
Famous People
Industry
/Profession
Iron & Steel
Collection
N-Z
Tools
New or Updated: 5/22/2005
CT
Meriden
Rosa
Ponselle Museum
39 West Main Street
Meriden
CT
06451
Phone
203 639-9778
Web Site
http://www.lookaroundconnecticut.com/lcmeridn/lcdqnmsm.htm
Description
dedicated to operatic soprano
Type
of Resource
Specialty Museum
Primary
Focus
Famous People
Industry
/Profession
Music
Owner/Operator:
Dequaine Museums & Cultural Center
New
or Updated:
6/7/2004 |
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Connecticut
West Hartford
Noah Webster Foundation and Historical Society
227 South Main Street
West Hartford CT 06107
Phone 860 521-5362
Web Site http://www.ctstateu.edu/noahweb/
Alt Web http://www.west-hartford.com/Profile/historicinfo/NoahWebsterHouse.htm
Description childhood home of author of the first American Dictionary, costumed guides and hands on activities
Type of Resource House Museum
Primary Focus: Famous People
Connecticut
West Hartford
Noah Webster House
227 South Main Street
West Hartford CT 06107
Phone 860 521-5362
Web Site www.ctstateu.edu/~noahweb/
Description
Type of Resource House Museum
Primary Focus: Famous People |
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DC
Washington
Decatur House
748 Jackson Place
Washington DC 20006
Phone 202 842-0920
Alt Phone fax 202 842-0030
Web Site www.nthp.org
Alt Web www.decaturhouse.org
Description Built by financier Benjamin Latrobe, house Stephen Decatur, Henry Clay, Martin van Buren among others
Type of Resource House Museum
Primary Focus: Famous People
Owner/Operator: National Trust
DC
Washington
Frederick Douglass NHS
1411 West Street SE
Washington DC 20020
Phone 202 426-5960
Alt Phone 202 426-5961
Web Site www.nps.gov/frdo/fria/home.html
Description Douglass's home Cedar Hill, filled with personal items, film
Type of Resource House Museum
Primary Focus: Famous People
Group Identity African American
DC
Washington
Mary McLeod Bethune Council House NHS
1318 Vermont Avenue NW
Washington DC 20005
Phone 202 673-2402
Web Site www.nps.gov/mamc/
Description museum of influential black women and
separate National Archives for Black Women's History
Type of Resource House Museum
Primary Focus: Famous People
Group Identity African American |
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