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Audubon House , in Manhattan, New York City
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Audubon House may refer to: * Audubon House and Tropical Gardens, in Key West, Florida. * Audubon House, in Vero Beach, Florida *"Audubon House", the former headquarters of the National Audubon Society The National Audubon Society (Audubon; ) is an American non-profit environmental organization dedicated to conservation of birds and their habitats. Located in the United States and incorporated in 1905, Audubon is one of the oldest of such orga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Audubon House And Tropical Gardens
The Audubon House & Tropical Gardens is located at 205 Whitehead Street, Key West, Florida. Brick-pathed gardens offer a lush view of orchids, bromeliads, and other tropical foliage, an herb garden and 1840-style nursery. The house has many antique furnishings purchased from estate sales and auctions in Europe. The house contains 28 first-edition works of the famous ornithologist John James Audubon. Audubon visited the Florida Keys and Dry Tortugas in 1832 and left Key West having sighted and drawn 18 new birds for his "Birds of America" folio. It is believed that many of those drawings were conceived in the Audubon House garden. Also, Audubon's painting of the white-crowned pigeon features the Geiger tree found in the front yard of the house. The Audubon House Gallery, separate from the main house features a unique collection of 19th century original Audubon art and a comprehensive selection of John James Audubon's images. History The house was slated for demolition ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vero Beach, Florida
Vero Beach is a city in and the county seat of Indian River County, Florida, United States. According to the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the city had a population of 16,354. Nicknamed "The Hibiscus City", Vero is situated about southeast of Orlando, Florida, Orlando along the Indian River Lagoon and the Atlantic Ocean on Florida's Treasure Coast. Because it is located about north of West Palm Beach, Florida, West Palm Beach at the northern end of the South Florida region, the city has adopted two similar mottos "The Gateway to the Tropics" and "Where the Tropics Begin". Vero Beach was named the 7th Best Small Beach Town in Florida by ''Southern Living Magazine'' in 2023. The main roadways in the city are U.S. Route 1, Florida State Road A1A, and Florida State Road 60 (20th Street), which has its eastern terminus at Sexton Plaza in the city. History Pre-Columbian Parts of a human skeleton were found north of Vero in association with the remains of Pleistocene animal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
