The National Register of Historic Places contains more than 85,000 sites, but only some 2,500 of them have been listed as National Historic Landmarks. New England is home to hundreds of these particularly significant structures, objects and places.
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The Great Seal of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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| MASSACHUSETTS Arrowhead (Herman Melville House), Pittsfield
This 18th-century farmhouse was the home of author Herman Melville during his most productive years (1850–1863). He wrote several novels here, including Moby-Dick.
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