Historic Sites in Pocono Mountains 3
Battlefields, historic houses, forts, mining towns, railroad landmarks and lighthouses.
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Asa Packer Mansion
The 1861 Italianate mansion of railroad magnate Asa Packer, founder of Lehigh University, on a hillside above town, with much of its original furniture in place.
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Grey Towers National Historic Site
The château-style summer home of Gifford Pinchot, first chief of the U.S. Forest Service and two-term governor, with terraced gardens and views over the Delaware Valley.
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Roebling's Delaware Aqueduct
The oldest existing wire-cable suspension bridge in the country, built by John A. Roebling in the 1840s to carry a canal over the Delaware and now open to cars.
