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Historic Shrines of America
BY JOHN T. FARIS
HISTORIC SHRINES OF
AMERICA
BEING THE STORY OF ONE HUNDRED
AND TWENTY HISTORIC BUILDINGS
AND THE PIONEERS WHO MADE
THEM NOTABLE
BY
JOHN T. FARIS
Member of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania and Fellow of the
American Geographical Society
Author of "Real Stories from Our History," "Old Roads
Out of Philadelphia," etc.
ILLUSTRATED
NEW YORK
GEORGE H. DORAN COMPANY
Copyright, 1918,
By George H. Doran Company
Printed in the United States of America
FOREWORD
vCircular tours have long been popular in England.There was a time—as there will be a timeagain—when American visitors felt that to make therounds of the cathedral towns or the historic castles orthe homes and haunts of great men and women, was anecessary part of seeing the tight little island.
"What a pity it is that we in America have no suchwealth of historic places," one returning tourist washeard to remark. "Oh, of course, there are a few spotslike Independence Hall and Concord and Lexington," hewent on, "but there are not enough of them to make itworth while to plan a tour such as those in which wehave taken delight in England."
It was easy to point out to the traveler his mistake;most Americans know that the country is richin places of historic interest. Just how rich it is theymay not realize until they make a serious study of thelandmarks of their own land, as does the Europeantourist of the centers noted in his guidebook.
In fact, there are in America so many houses,churches, and other buildings having a vital connectionwith our history that volumes would be required to tellof them all. Even a brief record of the buildingswhose owners or occupants played a conspicuous partin the early history of the country would fill a largebook.
It is fascinating to learn of these houses and publicbuildings and to delve into the biogr