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Plan to restore first Washington White House in New York
A civic group forms a national organization to rebuild the first Presidential Mansion on Cherry Street in Manhattan. The project aims to locate the original site, raise funds, and integrate a restored White House with a forthcoming civic center near the Brooklyn Bridge under city plans.
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President Washington
New York
White House
George Washington
Lower East Side
Federal Hall
Treasury
Wall Street
Mount Vernon
Virinia
Washington
Taraff
Philadelphia
Colonel Humphreys
Legation
Paris
Miss McEvers
Bowery
Brooklyn Bridge
Third Avenue
New Nation
Daughters of the American Revolution
Cherry Street
Morris Ber
York
Bierman
Harvey Wiley Corbett
Washington Memorial
Alexandria
Civic Center
Robert F. Wagner, Jr
Franklin Square
Cherry Streets
New York City