June 23, 2011

Independence Historic National Park - Revisited (#26)

During my other visits to Independence National Park I've only really seen Independence Hall and the Liberty Bell. This time around I didn't want to walk back to Love Park with the rest of the group, so I stayed and looked around at some of the other buildings in the Park.

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Carpenter's Hall - Home of the first Continental Congress

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Row houses - there was a plaque (read in Neil's honor) that said that while all row homes look like exact duplicated up and down a block resident's showed their individuality by using different window and door architecture.
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Bishop White House, 1786

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Bishop White House, 1786

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William McIlvaine House, 1793

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Todd House. After Mrs. Dolley Todd was widowed she married James Madison and eventually became First Lady. Now I've visited two of her homes - I saw Montpelier last fall.

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