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 State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
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| RHODE ISLAND Nightingale-Brown House, Providence
The 1791 Nightingale-Brown House is one of the largest surviving wood-frame houses of the 18th century. It was the longtime seat (from 1814 to 1985) of the Brown family: leaders of the city's civic, social, and business community since the 17th century.
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