National Historic Landmark- Redstone Test Stand

A steel frame structure constructed in 1953 from salvaged materials, this is the oldest static firing facility at the Marshall Space Flight Center. It was important in the development of the Jupiter C and Mercury/Redstone vehicles that launched the first ...

National Historic Landmark- Propulsion and Structural Test Facility

Built in 1957 by the Army Ballistic Missile Agency and transferred to NASA, this facility became the primary center responsible for the development of large vehicles and rocket propulsion systems.

During the 1960s, under the direction of Dr. Werner von Braun, ...

National Historic Landmark- Neutral Buoyancy Space Simulator

Essentially a large water tank 75' in diameter and 40' deep, this facility was designed to provide a simulated zero-gravity environment in which engineers, designers, and astronauts could perform, for extended periods of time, the various phases of research needed ...

National Historic Landmark- Moundville

Settled first in the 10th century, Moundville is situated on a level area overlooking the Black Warrior River and consists of 34 mounds, the largest of which is over 58' high.

The site represents a major period of Mississippian culture ...

National Historic Landmark- Montgomery Union Station

Constructed in 1898, this an excellent example of late 19th-century commercial architecture served as the focal point of transportation into the city until the advent of commercial air travel.

Montgomery Union Station is most significant for its trainshed, which illustrates ...

National Historic Landmark- MONTGOMERY (Snagboat)

The steam-propelled sternwheel snagboat MONTGOMERY (1925) is one of a handful of surviving steam-powered sternwheelers in the country and is one of only two surviving Corps of Engineers snagboats.

Snagboats cleared the western rivers of countless obstructions and allowed the ...

National Historic Landmark- Kenworthy Hall

Kenworthy Hall (built 1858-1861) ranks as among the most intact surviving examples of architect Richard Upjohn’s distinctive asymmetrical Italian Villa style.

Internationally known for his church architecture, and represented by nine existing National Historic Landmarks, Upjohn became one of the ...

National Historic Landmark- Ivy Green (Helen Keller Birthplace)

This ten acre site is associated with Helen Keller (1880-1968), author and lecturer. The property includes the cottage where Keller was born and the house where she spent her early childhood (1880-1888), and the water pump, site of the communication ...

National Historic Landmark- Government St. Presbyterian Church

Completed in 1836, Government Street Presbyterian Church is one of the oldest and least-altered Greek Revival style houses of worship remaining in the United States.

The building also illustrates one of the earliest estant religious usages in America of the ...

National Historic Landmark- Gaineswood Plantation

Begun in 1842 and modified in stages over eighteen years (1843-1861), Gaineswood is one of America's most unusual neoclassical Greek Revival-style mansions.

Amateur architect and cotton planter Nathan Bryan Whitfield refined his mansion with the help of skilled African-American craftsmen ...