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	Famous People Louisiana - Massachusetts (to Glooucester)
	Famous People Pages: AK-AL, AR-CA, CO-DC, DE-HI, IA, IL-IN, IN-KY, LA-MA, MA, MA2, MD, ME, MI-MN, MO-MS, MT-NJ, NM-NY, OH-PA, PA-TN, TX, VA -ZZ
powered by FreeFind	LA Alexandria Arna Bontemps African-American Museum & Cultural 1327 Third Street Alexandria LA 71301 Phone 318 473-4692 Web Site http://www.arnabontempsmuseum.com/ E-mail mailto:arnabont@linknet.idt.net Description Restored childhood home of noted Harlem Renaissance poet & author Type of Resource House Museum Primary Focus Famous People Group Identity African American New or Updated: 6/28/2005
	LA Cloutierville Kate Chopin House & Bayou Folk Museum 243 Hwy 495 Cloutierville LA 71416 Phone 318 379-2233 Web Site http://www.natchitoches.net/melrose/chopin.htm Alt Web http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/literary_tour/37206 Description home of 19th century author from 1879-1881, includes blacksmith shop & doctor's office Type of Resource House Museum Primary Focus Famous People Era 1809 New or Updated: 9/20/2005
	Louisiana New Orleans Ann Rice Collection 1314 Napoleon Ave New Orleans LA 70115 Phone 504 899-6450 Web Site Description Type of Resource Museum Primary Focus: Famous People
	LA New Orleans Beauregard-Keyes House & Garden 1113 Chartres Street New Orleans LA 70116 Phone 504 523-7257 Web Site *** Alt Web http://www.neworleansonline.com/neworleans/architecture/beauregardkeyes.html Description occupied by Gen PGT Beauregard, later by Frances Parkinson Keyes, collections include dolls, teapots, fans, folk costumes, walled garden Type of Resource House Museum Primary Focus Famous People Collection A-F Dolls Collection N-Z Porcelain Era 1826 New or Updated: 10/10/2005 LA New Orleans Edgar Degas House 2306 Esplanade Avenue New Orleans LA 70119 Phone 504 821-5009 Web Site www.degashouse.com Description home of French Impressionist painter Edgar Degas from 1872-73, now a B&B with tours by appt Type of Resource Historic Place Primary Focus Famous People Kind of Activity B&B New or Updated:** 10/11/2005
	LA Saint Francisville Audubon State Commemorative Area 11788 Highway 965 PO Box 546 Saint Francisville LA 70775 Phone 225 635-3739 Web Site http://enlou.com/places/statecommareas.htm - audubon Toll Free 888 677-2838 E-mail http://www.lastateparks.com/audubon/audubon.htm Alt Web http://www.lastateparks.com/audubon/audubon.htm Description Oakley Plantation, where John James Audubon worked; museum, outdoor exhibits, trails, guided tours Type of Resource Nature Primary Focus Famous People Building Type Plantation New or Updated: 12/1/2005
	Massachusetts Amesbury John Greenleaf Whittier Home 86 Friend Street Amesbury MA 01913 Phone 508 388-1337 Web Site *** Alt Web http://www.essexheritage.org/visiting/placestovisit/listofsitesbycommunity/amesbury_whittier-home.shtml Description home of poet & abolitionist for almost 60 years Type of Resource House Museum Primary Focus Famous People Research /Reading Library Era 1836-892 Owner/Operator: Whittier Home Association New or Updated: 06/06/2003 Massachusetts Amesbury Mary Baker Eddy Historic House 277 Main Street Amesbury MA 01913 Phone 617 388-1361 Alt Phone 617 388-1361 Web Site ** Toll Free 800 277-8943 Description occupied by Christian Science Church founder twice, in 1868 & 1879 Type of Resource House Museum Primary Focus Famous People Group Identity Protestant New or Updated:** 06/07/2003
	Massachusetts Amherst Dickinson Homestead and the Evergreens 280 Main Street Amherst MA 01002 Phone 413 542-8161 Web Site http://www.dickinsonhomestead.org/ Description lifelong home of poet Emily Dickinson Type of Resource House Museum Primary Focus Famous People Owner/Operator: Trustees of Amherst College New or Updated: 06/09/2003			Google
	MA Boston Paul Revere House 19 North Square Boston MA 02113 Phone 617 523-2338 Web www.paulreverehouse.org Description home of famous Patriot, silversmith and rider Type of Resource House Museum Primary Focus Famous People Industry /Profession Politics Era Revolutionary War New or Updated 1/22/2006
	Massachusetts Brockton Brockton Heritage Center 216 North Pearl Street Brockton MA 02301 Phone 508 583-1039 Web Site http://www.brocktonma.com/bhs/bhs_mus.html E-mail mailto:gerryb@brocktonma.com Description historic complex includes exhibits on Thomas Edison, who chose the town for the first standardized central power system and boxer Rocky Marciano Type of Resource Museum Primary Focus: Famous People
	MA Brookline Frederick Law Olmsted NHS 99 Warren Street Brookline MA 02146 Phone 617 566-1689 Web Site www.nps.gov/frla/home.htm Description CLOSED until 2007 designer of New York's Central Park, Chicago's master plan, and many more famous landscapes lived and worked here Type of Resource House Museum Primary Focus Famous People Field of Study/Science Facility Architecture Research /Reading Archives Era 1810 New or Updated: 1/17/2006
	Massachusetts Brookline Longyear Museum 120 Seaver Street Brookline MA 02146 Phone 617 277-8943 Web Site www.longyear.org Description Mary Baker Eddy, founder of Christian Science and the Longyear family Type of Resource Museum Primary Focus: Famous People Research or Reading Archives
	MA Cambridge Longfellow NHS 105 Brattle Street Cambridge MA 02138 Phone 617 876-4491 Web http://www.nps.gov/long/ E-mail mailto:FRLA_Longfellow@nps.gov Description HOUSE CLOSES FOR WINTER SEASON poet Longfellow's home when he taught at Harvard, earlier served as George Washington's headquarters - archives, fine arts collection Type of Resource House Museum Primary Focus Famous People Research Archives New or Updated 1/29/2006 MA Chestnut Hill Longyear Museum 1125 Boylston St Chestnut Hill MA 02467 Phone 617 278-9000 Web www.longyear.org Description Mary Baker Eddy, founder of Christian Science and the Longyear family Type of Resource Museum Primary Focus Famous People Collection M-Z Portraits Research Archives New or Updated 1/18/2006 MA Concord Orchard House - Home of the Alcotts 399 Lexington Road PO Box 343 Concord MA 01742 Phone 978 369-4118 Web www.louisamayalcott.org Description Louisa May Alcott of "Little Women" fame was only one of this well known family Type of Resource House Museum Primary Focus Famous People New or Updated 2/11/2006 MA Cummington William Cullen Bryant Homestead 207 Bryant Road Cummington MA 01026 Phone 413 634-2244 Web Site http://www.thetrustees.org/bryanthomestead.cfm E-mail mailto:bryanthomestead@ttor.org Description boyhood home of 19th century poet, editor & publisher with some original furniture, on 195 acres Type of Resource House Museum Primary Focus Famous People Industry /Profession Politics Owner/Operator: Trustees of Reservations New or Updated: 7/5/2007 MA Gloucester Hammond Castle 80 Hesperus Avenue Gloucester MA 01930 Phone 978 283-2080 Web Site http://www.hammondcastle.org/ Description castle built by inventor in 1928 with tapestries, 8600 pipe organ, Type of Resource House Museum Primary Focus Famous People Collection Furniture Collection G-M Musical Instrument Era 1928 New or Updated: 3/9/2006
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