Willey House Historic Site
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Willey House Historic Site is a historic 19th-century homestead in New Hampshire’s White Mountains, known for the tragic 1826 landslide that killed the Willey family and became a famous early American tourism and cautionary tale.
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historic site
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homestead ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
American Romanticism
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sublime landscape aesthetics ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| dateOfEvent | August 28, 1826 ⓘ |
| featuredIn |
19th-century travel literature about the White Mountains
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paintings of the White Mountains school ⓘ |
| hasAmenity |
interpretive displays
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parking area ⓘ picnic area ⓘ visitor center ⓘ |
| hasEvent | Willey family landslide disaster NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNearbyFeature |
Crawford Notch railroad line
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Mount Willey NERFINISHED ⓘ Saco River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasResident |
Polly Willey
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Samuel Willey Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ Willey children ⓘ hired workers ⓘ |
| hasStructure |
Willey House building
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barn ⓘ outbuildings ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
19th-century rural life in New Hampshire
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development of American tourism ⓘ human relationship with wilderness ⓘ natural disaster history ⓘ |
| hasView | Crawford Notch NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | listed on the National Register of Historic Places ⓘ |
| knownFor |
1826 landslide that killed the Willey family
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cautionary tale about mountain hazards ⓘ early American tourism ⓘ picturesque and sublime landscape associations ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Carroll, New Hampshire
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Coos County, New Hampshire NERFINISHED ⓘ Crawford Notch NERFINISHED ⓘ New Hampshire ⓘ White Mountains NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Willey family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| NRHPState | New Hampshire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| NRHPType | site ⓘ |
| numberOfFatalitiesInDisaster | 9 ⓘ |
| operatedBy | New Hampshire Division of Parks and Recreation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
Crawford Notch State Park
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New Hampshire state park system NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| significantYear | 1826 ⓘ |
| touristAttractionSince | 19th century ⓘ |
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