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Street View

Address

205 N Delsea Dr, Cape May Court House, NJ

Function

Private house

Elements

cupola
Cupola
piazza
Piazza
west elevation
West elevation
wings
Wings

Sources

submitted by David Casius

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Published by the University of Virginia Press in 2016, First in the Homes of His Countrymen chronicles Mount Vernon’s role in historic preservation and popular American culture since George Washington’s death in 1799. Diving deep into America’s obsession with the building, Lydia Mattice Brandt explains how and why people copy Washington’s home more often than any other historic place in the United States and reveals the astonishingly wide range of interpretations of this singular mansion.

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