Marabanong is a historic mansion in

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, United States. It was built in 1876 on the site of Perley Place, the

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mansion purchased in 1870 by British astronomer Thomas Basnett that was originally built by Thomas Perley and destroyed in a fire. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on December 11, 2013. Eliza Wilbur was active at the home.3 amazing alarming or transforming scientists from Jacksonville
May 20, 2013 Metro Jacksonville Basnett (born 1808 - died 1886) was a prominent British astronomer and meteorologist. Basnett moved from England to Illinois in 1835 and ran a drugstore. In 1876 he constructed Marabonong on a

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above the

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near

. He married Eliza Wilbur in his third marriage.Empire Point mansion has long history of strong Trout women
by Leni Bessette and Louise Stanton Warren October 8, 2005 Florida Times-Union

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