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Historic Estates
 

• Gamble House - Pasadena, Ca. The Gamble House in Pasadena, California, is an outstanding example of American Arts and Crafts style architecture.
   
• Monticello - Charlottesville, Va. Tour the house that Jefferson designed and built for himself and his family and enjoy the grounds of the Monticello Plantation.
   
• Vizcaya - Miami, Fl. Built by agricultural industrialist James Deering in 1916, Vizcaya Museum & Gardens features a main house, ten acres of formal gardens, a hardwood hammock, and soon-to-be-restored historic village.
   
• The Hermitage - Nashville, Tn. Andrew Jackson always welcomed visitors to his home. Since The Hermitage opened as a museum in 1889 over 15 million people have crossed its threshold.
   
• The Biltmore - Asheville, N.C. Building Biltmore was, at the time, one of the largest undertakings in the history of American residential architecture and the results were astounding. Over a six-year period, an entire community of craftsmen worked to build the country's premier home.
   
• Mount Vernon - Alexander, Va.  Mount Vernon was the beloved home of George and Martha Washington from the time of their marriage in 1759 until General Washington's death in 1799. He worked tirelessly to expand his plantation from 2,000 acres to 8,000 and the mansion house from six rooms to twenty one.
   
• Truman Home - Independence Home, Mo. The major issues and events of Harry Truman's Presidency are highlighted in this new 10,500-square-foot core exhibition.
   
• Winterthur - Washington, Del.  Winterthur, an American country estate, is the former home of Henry Francis du Pont (1880-1969), an avid antiques collector and horticulturist. In the early 20th century, H. F. du Pont and his father.
   
• Fallingwater - Mill Run, Pa. Fallingwater is the name of a very special house that is built over a waterfall.  Frank Lloyd Wright, America’s most famous architect, designed the house for his clients, the Kaufmann family.
   

• Boscobel - Garrison, N.Y. The house was completed in 1808 for the States Dyckman family and is widely regarded as one of the finest examples of Federal architecture in the country. It contains one of the nation’s leading collections of furniture and decorative arts from the Federal period, much of it made by premier New York cabinetmakers such as Duncan Phyfe and Michael Allison.
   

Source: USA Today

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