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  • No Taxation Without Representation: 1768 Petition, Memorial, and Remonstrance by Gladney, Henry M.
    Henry M. Gladney

    No Taxation Without Representation: 1768 Petition, Memorial, and Remonstrance

    The most eloquent and effective taxation protest leading to the American Revolution was sent by Virginia to the British Government. The Virginia House of Burgesses sent a copy to every other colonial assembly, stimulating similar protests from Georgia, New Hampshire, New Jersey, North Carolina,...
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  • Italian Villas and Their Gardens by Wharton, Edith
    Edith Wharton

    Italian Villas and Their Gardens

    This vintage book comprises a comprehensive guide to Italian villas and their gardens - written by Edith Wharton. This interesting and profusely illustrated guide will appeal to those with an interest in the beautiful villas of Italy, and it will be of special interest...
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  • Black Built: History and Architecture in the Black Community by Wellington, Paul A.
    Paul A. Wellington

    Black Built: History and Architecture in the Black Community

    While Black architects produce extraordinary works, they account for only two percent of the profession in the United States. Many of their works exist in the Black community and have helped preserve and restore history and culture. Though architecture is often not associated with...
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  • Design, Second Edition: The Definitive Visual Guide by DK
    DK

    Design, Second Edition: The Definitive Visual Guide

    Celebrate the history of design with this stunning visual guide What makes a truly good design? This comprehensive reference guide explores the evolution of design through the key designers, manufacturers, objects, and the movements they inspired - from the Arts and Craft movement to...
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  • City of Immortals: Père-Lachaise Cemetery, Paris by Campbell, Carolyn
    Carolyn Campbell

    City of Immortals: P鑽e-Lachaise Cemetery, Paris

    This first-person account of a legendary necropolis will delight Francophiles, tourists and armchair travelers, while enriching the experience of taphophiles (cemetery lovers) and aficionados of art and architecture, mystery and romance. Carolyn Campbell's evocative images are complemented by those of renowned landscape photographer Joe...
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  • Seven Amazing African Queens and Dynasties: Bring me the head of the Roman Emperor by Commey, Pusch Komiete
    Pusch Komiete Commey

    Seven Amazing African Queens and Dynasties: Bring me the head of the Roman Emperor

    As mothers of humanity, queen mothers of empires, and warrior queens, African women have largely shaped the history and civilization of mankind.From the story of the Kandakes of Nubia who confronted and repelled the Greek and Roman Empire ( Alexander the Great and Augustus...
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  • The Houses of Key West by Caemmerer, Alex
    Alex Caemmerer

    The Houses of Key West

    Perfect for anyone who loves to look at charming old houses and imagine their histories, this book offers a selection of what are probably the most historically interesting, aesthetically appealing, and photogenic of the nineteenth-century houses in the Key West historic district. It includes...
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  • The Architecture of Health: Hospital Design and the Construction of Dignity by Murphy, Michael P.
    Michael P. Murphy

    The Architecture of Health: Hospital Design and the Construction of Dignity

    A story about the design and life of hospitals--how they are born and evolve, the forces that shape them and the shifts that conspire to incapacitate them--from Michael Murphy of MASS DesignReading architecture through the history of hospitals offers a tool for unlocking the...
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  • The 50 Greatest Architects: The People Whose Buildings Have Shaped Our World by Ijeh, Ike
    Ike Ijeh

    The 50 Greatest Architects: The People Whose Buildings Have Shaped Our World

    "Engaging biographies alongside showstopping photos [...] A book that's both enlightening and beautiful" - LoveReading In this stunning jacketed hardback, award-winning architecture writer Ike Ijeh introduces 50 of the world's most influential architects and a selection of their most celebrated buildings, showcased with full-color...
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  • Architectural Styles: A Visual Guide by Fletcher, Margaret
    Margaret Fletcher

    Architectural Styles: A Visual Guide

    A hand-drawn guide to architectural styles throughout history Architectural Styles is an incomparable guide to architectural styles across the centuries and around the world. Modeled after an architect's plein air sketchbook, the volume features hundreds of detailed drawings by esteemed architectural illustrator Robbie Polley...
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  • Bjarne Mastenbroek. Dig It! Building Bound to the Ground by Mastenbroek, Bjarne
    Bjarne Mastenbroek

    Bjarne Mastenbroek. Dig It! Building Bound to the Ground

    Building is one of very few endeavours that are physically connected to the surface of the earth, fixed and enduring. Nevertheless, for centuries, especially in the West, we have considered ourselves separate and above nature, drifting away, defining our own systems and order, and...
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  • Mies Van Der Rohe: Space - Material - Detail by Stach, Edgar
    Edgar Stach

    Mies Van Der Rohe: Space - Material - Detail

    Author: Edgar StachISBN-10: 3035611564ISBN-13: 9783035611564Publisher: BirkhauserLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/10/2017Pages: 144Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.80lbsSize: 11.20h x 8.90w x 0.60d
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  • Radical Architecture of the Future by Galilee, Beatrice
    Beatrice Galilee

    Radical Architecture of the Future

    How the work of contemporary architecture practices covers far more than the design and construction of buildings - an important and thought-provoking collection of original projects by unique thinkers in the world of architecture and spatial design, such as Diller + Scofidio, David Adjaye,...
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  • 6,000 Years of Housing by Schoenauer, Norbert
    Norbert Schoenauer

    6,000 Years of Housing

    This encyclopaedic volume limns the rich story of housing around the world from the pre-urban dwellings of nomadic, semi-nomadic and sedentary societies to today. It covers housing around the world and suggests solutions for modern housing problems based on historical precedents.Author: Norbert SchoenauerISBN-10: 0393731200ISBN-13:...
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  • Building Wisconsin's Barns by Tishler, William H.
    William H. Tishler

    Building Wisconsin's Barns

    Barns are noble structures that highlight our rural landscape. They remain an enormous source of pride for the people of Wisconsin. Many realize that no other visible human achievement reflects the long relationship they have had with the land. However, little information is available...
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  • Bunker Hill Los Angeles: Essence of Sunshine and Noir by Marsak, Nathan
    Nathan Marsak

    Bunker Hill Los Angeles: Essence of Sunshine and Noir

    Bunker Hill is the highest point of downtown Los Angeles, both literally and figuratively. Its circle of life has created a continuous saga of change, each chapter rich with captivating characters, structures, and culture. In Bunker Hill Los Angeles: Essence of Sunshine and Noir,...
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  • Creative Haven Victorian Houses Architecture Coloring Book by Smith, A. G.
    A. G. Smith

    Creative Haven Victorian Houses Architecture Coloring Book

    A Gothic Revival with stained glass windows, a Queen Anne with turrets, and a Richardson Romanesque are among these 31 handsome, ready-to-color examples of Victorian-era homes. Each depiction of an authentic structure includes a fact-filled caption. Pages are perforated and printed on one side...
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  • Frank Lloyd Wright on the West Coast by Wilson, Mark
    Mark Anthony Wilson

    Frank Lloyd Wright on the West Coast

    Frank Lloyd Wright's buildings on the West Coast have not been thoroughly covered in print until now. Between 1909 and 1959, Wright designed a total of 38 structures up and down the West Coast, from Seattle to Southern California. These include well-known structures such...
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  • Supertall: How the World's Tallest Buildings Are Reshaping Our Cities and Our Lives by Al, Stefan
    Stefan Al

    Supertall: How the World's Tallest Buildings Are Reshaping Our Cities and Our Lives

    We are living in a new urban age, and its most tangible expression is the "supertall" megastructures that are dramatically bigger, higher, and more ambitious than any in history.Cities around the world are racing to build the first mile-high building, stretching the limits of...
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  • Sixteenth Street NW: Washington, DC's Avenue of Ambitions by Deferrari, John
    John Deferrari

    Sixteenth Street NW: Washington, DC's Avenue of Ambitions

    DeFerrari and Sefton have created a highly illustrated architectural "biography" of one of DC's most important boulevards. From the front door of the White House, this north-south artery runs through the middle of the DC and extends just past its border with Maryland, making...
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  • The City of Tomorrow and Its Planning by Le Corbusier
    Le Corbusier

    The City of Tomorrow and Its Planning

    In this 1929 classic, the great architect Le Corbusier turned from the design of houses to the planning of cities, surveying urban problems and venturing bold new solutions. The book shocked and thrilled a world already deep in the throes of the modern age.Today...
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  • Japan Style: Architecture + Interiors + Design by Mehta, Geeta
    Geeta Mehta

    Japan Style: Architecture + Interiors + Design

    Japanese homes speak to the soul and provide a contemplative environment from which to experience the world. Japan Style offers rare glimpses into twenty exquisite traditional homes in Japan. The lavish photographs in this volume demonstrate how Japanese design achieves a timeless tranquility using...
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  • Thomas Jefferson at Monticello: Architecture, Landscape, Collections, Books, Food, Wine by Bowman, Leslie Greene
    Leslie Greene Bowman

    Thomas Jefferson at Monticello: Architecture, Landscape, Collections, Books, Food, Wine

    This visually stunning volume explores Monticello, both house and plantation, with texts that present a current assessment of Jefferson's cultural contributions to his noteworthy home and the fledgling country. Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826), third president of the United States, designed his Virginia residence with innovations...
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  • The Art of Japanese Architecture: History / Culture / Design by Young, David
    David Young

    The Art of Japanese Architecture: History / Culture / Design

    The Art of Japanese Architecture presents a complete overview of Japanese architecture in its historical and cultural context. The book begins with a discussion of early prehistoric dwellings and concludes with a description of works by important modern Japanese architects. Along the way it...
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  • The Louisiana Houses of A. Hays Town by Vetter, Cyril E.
    Cyril E. Vetter

    The Louisiana Houses of A. Hays Town

    A. Hays Town changed the face of the Louisiana house. In a career that includes designing more than five hundred homes, he led architects, builders, and homeowners to embrace the finest elements of Louisiana's architectural past. Almost every home built in Louisiana during the...
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  • Architecture: A Visual History by Glancey, Jonathan
    Jonathan Glancey

    Architecture: A Visual History

    Explore the world's most incredible buildings, from the magnificent architecture of the ancient world to green buildings of the present day. Discover the beautiful details, principal elements, and decorative features of every architectural style, from the Great Pyramid of Giza, Machu Picchu, and the...
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  • Lost Plantations of the South by Matrana, Marc R.
    Marc R. Matrana

    Lost Plantations of the South

    The great majority of the South's plantation homes have been destroyed over time, and many have long been forgotten. In Lost Plantations of the South, Marc R. Matrana weaves together photographs, diaries and letters, architectural renderings, and other rare documents to tell the story...
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  • Islamic Art and Architecture: Second Edition by Hillenbrand, Robert
    Robert Hillenbrand

    Islamic Art and Architecture

    Including over a thousand years of history and stretching from the Atlantic to the borders of India and China, Islamic Art and Architecture is an unparalleled narrative of the arts of Islamic civilization. From the death of the Prophet Muhammad to 1900, Islamic art...
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  • 100 Victorian Architectural Designs for Houses and Other Buildings by Bicknell &. Co, A. J.
    A. J. Bicknell &. Co

    100 Victorian Architectural Designs for Houses and Other Buildings

    Originally published in 1878, this now-rare collection of designs supplies views of a remarkable variety of modestly priced structures: houses, villas, cottages, many others. Handsome drawings of perspective views and elevations, some of which include floor plans, plus suggestions for interior design. 98 black-and-white...
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  • Modern Architecture: A Critical History by Frampton, Kenneth
    Kenneth Frampton

    Modern Architecture: A Critical History

    Kenneth Frampton's highly acclaimed survey of modern architecture and its origins has been a classic since it first appeared in 1980. Starting with the cultural developments since 1750 that drove the modern movement, moving through the creation of modern architecture, and exploring the effects...
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  • Fulcanelli Master Alchemist: Le Mystere Des Cathedrales, Esoteric Intrepretation of the Hermetic Symbols of the Great Work by Fulcanelli
    Fulcanelli

    Fulcanelli Master Alchemist: Le Mystere Des Cathedrales, Esoteric Intrepretation of the Hermetic Symbols of the Great Work

    In 1926 the fabled alchemist Fulcanelli left his remarkable manuscript concerning the Hermetic Study of Gothic Cathedral Construction with a student. He than disappeared. The book decodes the symbology found upon and within the Gothic Cathedrals of Europe which have openly displayed the secrets...
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  • The Very Small Home: Japanese Ideas for Living Well in Limited Space by Brown, Azby
    Azby Brown

    The Very Small Home: Japanese Ideas for Living Well in Limited Space

    The Very Small Home is an inspiring new book that surveys the creative design innovations of small houses in Japan. Eighteen recently built and unusual houses, from ultramodern to Japanese rustic, are presented in depth. Particular emphasis is given to what the author calls...
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  • California Romantica by Keaton, Diane
    Diane Keaton

    California Romantica

    California Romantica features the most important, yet rarely seen, residential exemplars of the California Mission and Spanish Colonial styles, by such noted architects as George Washington Smith, Wallace Neff, Richard Requa, Lilian Rice, and Paul R. Williams, among others. From whitewashed stucco walls and...
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  • Understanding Architecture: Its Elements, History, and Meaning by Roth, Leland M.
    Leland M. Roth

    Understanding Architecture: Its Elements, History, and Meaning

    This widely acclaimed, beautifully illustrated survey of Western architecture is now fully revised throughout, including essays on non-Western traditions. The expanded book vividly examines the structure, function, history, and meaning of architecture in ways that are both accessible and engaging.Author: Leland M. RothISBN-10: 0813349036ISBN-13:...
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  • The Short Story of Architecture: A Pocket Guide to Key Styles, Buildings, Elements & Materials (Architectural History Introduction, a Guide to Archite by Hodge, Susie
    Susie Hodge

    The Short Story of Architecture: A Pocket Guide to Key Styles, Buildings, Elements & Materials (Architectural History Introduction, a Guide to Archite

    The Short Story of Architecture is a pocket book guide to key styles, buildings, elements and materials - a new and innovative guide to the subject of architecture that explores 50 key buildings, from the Great Pyramids to high-tech, sustainable skyscrapers. Accessible and concise,...
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  • Victorian House Designs in Authentic Full Color: 75 Plates from the Scientific American -- Architects and Builders Edition, 1885-1894 by Cirker, Blanche
    Blanche Cirker

    Victorian House Designs in Authentic Full Color: 75 Plates from the Scientific American -- Architects and Builders Edition, 1885-1894

    Exquisitely detailed, exceptionally handsome designs for an enormous variety of attractive city dwellings, spacious suburban and country homes, charming "cottages" and other structures -- all accompanied by perspective views and floor plans with measurements. Invaluable to architects, home restorers, and preservationists; of immense interest...
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  • Illustrated Dictionary of Historic Architecture by Harris, Cyril M.
    Cyril M. Harris

    Illustrated Dictionary of Historic Architecture

    In this volume, noted Columbia University Professor of Architecture Cyril M. Harris offers a unique tour through the entire history of architecture: an extraordinary compendium of clear, concise definitions for over 5,000 important terms. This thoroughly accurate and comprehensive gathering of architectural knowledge is...
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  • Broadway: A History of New York City in Thirteen Miles by Leadon, Fran
    Fran Leadon

    Broadway: A History of New York City in Thirteen Miles

    From Bowling Green all the way to Marble Hill, Fran Leadon takes us on a mile-by-mile journey up America's most vibrant and complex thoroughfare, through the history at the heart of Manhattan. Broadway traces the physical and social transformation of an avenue that has...
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  • Black History Walks by Warner, Tony
    Tony Warner

    Black History Walks

    From Elephant and Castle to Southwark, from London Bridge to Westminster, Black History Walks takes you through the historic Black sites around the City of London, and with the companion guide, you'll get more in-depth history of the story of each place and how...
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  • Stories from Architecture: Behind the Lines at Drawing Matter by Lewis, Philippa
    Philippa Lewis

    Stories from Architecture: Behind the Lines at Drawing Matter

    The imagined histories of twenty-five architectural drawings and models, told through reminiscences, stories, conversations, letters, and monologues. Even when an architectural drawing does not show any human figures, we can imagine many different characters just off the page: architects, artists, onlookers, clients, builders, developers,...
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  • The Oxford Handbook of Byzantine Art and Architecture by C. Schwartz, Ellen
    Ellen C. Schwartz

    Oxford Handbook of Byzantine Art and Architecture

    Byzantine art has been an underappreciated field, often treated as an adjunct to the arts of the medieval West, if considered at all. In illustrating the richness and diversity of art in the Byzantine world, this handbook will help establish the subject as a...
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  • American Homes: The Landmark Illustrated Encyclopedia of Domestic Architecture by Walker, Lester
    Lester Walker

    American Homes: The Landmark Illustrated Encyclopedia of Domestic Architecture

    American Homes is the classic work of American house architecture. From the Dutch colonial, to the New England Salt Box, to the 1950s prefab, this unrivaled reference and useful guide to 103 building styles pays homage to our country's housing heritage. American Homes opens...
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  • New Orleans Houses: A House-Watcher's Guide by Vogt, Lloyd
    Lloyd Vogt

    New Orleans Houses: A House-Watcher's Guide

    One of the greatest outdoor museums in the world, New Orleans is acclaimed for its unique architecture. Glimpses of its evolving character from the colonial period to the present can be found in the open porches, balconies, arches, and stained-glass windows of its homes,...
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  • A Global History of Architecture by Ching, Francis D. K.
    Francis D. K. Ching

    A Global History of Architecture

    A GLOBAL HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE NOW FEATURING ADDITIONAL COVERAGE OF CONTEMPORARY GLOBAL ARCHITECTURE AND MORE SUPERB DRAWINGS BY FRANCIS D.K. CHING! The book that forever changed the way architectural history is viewed, taught, and studied, A Global History of Architecture examines 5,000 years of...
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  • The Art Museum from Boullee to Bilbao by McClellan, Andrew
    Andrew McClellan

    The Art Museum from Boullee to Bilbao

    Art museums have emerged in recent decades as the most vibrant and popular of all cultural institutions. Though art museums have never been more popular, their direction and values are now being contested as never before--both in the media and in the art world...
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  • The Chicago World's Fair of 1893: A Photographic Record by Appelbaum, Stanley
    Stanley Appelbaum

    The Chicago World's Fair of 1893: A Photographic Record

    Originally conceived to commemorate the 400th anniversary of Columbus's discovery of America, the World's Columbian Exposition of 1893 was one of the largest (633 acres) and most influential aggregations of human talent, energy, and industry ever assembled. More than 27 million visitors entered the...
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  • Cathedrals: Masterpieces of Architecture, Feats of Engineering, Icons of Faith by Jenkins, Simon
    Simon Jenkins

    Cathedrals: Masterpieces of Architecture, Feats of Engineering, Icons of Faith

    The acclaimed best-selling author and popular historian explores the history of Europe via its cathedrals. Beautifully illustrated with color photographs throughout, this joyous exploration of the history of Western civilization showcases the cathedral's central role in the European imagination. A masterful writer, Jenkins tells...
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  • Building Sharjah by Al Qassemi, Sultan Sooud
    Sultan Sooud Al Qassemi

    Building Sharjah

    Author: Sultan Sooud Al QassemiISBN-10: 3035622760ISBN-13: 9783035622768Publisher: BirkhauserLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/13/2021Pages: 432Format: HardcoverWeight: 3.25lbs
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  • House of Fiction: From Pemberley to Brideshead, Great British Houses in Literature and Life by Richardson, Phyllis
    Phyllis Richardson

    House of Fiction: From Pemberley to Brideshead, Great British Houses in Literature and Life

    From the gothic fantasies of Walpole's Otranto to post-modern takes on the country house by Kazuo Ishiguro and Ian McEwan, Phyllis Richardson guides us on a tour through buildings real and imagined to examine how authors' personal experiences helped to shape the homes that...
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  • Sandwich A Cape Cod Town by Lovell, R. a.
    R. a. Lovell

    Sandwich A Cape Cod Town

    Settled in 1637 by families from the Saugus Plantation near Boston, Sandwich has acquired a unique character all its own. From its people, to its natural shoreline and wooded landscape, to its history with the early Indian neighbors and visiting Quakers, the Town of...
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