National Historic Landmark - French Quarter

The New Orleans French Quarter, also know as the Vieux Carre, is the oldest neighborhood in the city and the second oldest historic district in the country.

In 1718, the French governor of Louisiana, Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville established the ...

Fort King National Historic Landmark Historical Marker

A marker commemorates Fort King, a military outpost during the Second Seminole War named for Colonel William King and first occupied in 1827. After the Seminole War ended, Fort King became the temporary seat of newly created Marion County.

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National Historic Landmark - Montgomery Ward & Company Building

Since 1909, the Montgomery Ward and Company Complex, situated along the North Branch of the Chicago River, has served as national headquarters for the country's oldest mail order firm.

The two earliest buildings, the old Administration Building and the Mail Order ...

National Historic Landmark - Hoover Dam

Towering 726 feet above the Colorado River, the Hoover Dam is an engineering marvel. Its namesake, President Herbert Hoover, described the dam as "the greatest engineering work of its character ever attempted by the hand of man."

First conceived in the ...

National Historic Landmark - Alcatraz Island

America's most famous 20th century prison, Alcatraz Island's significance predates the opening of the Federal Penitentiary in 1963. Named by Spanish explorers in honor of the large number of Pelican's residing on the rocky island, Alcatraz has stood guard over ...

National Historic Landmark - Eudora Welty House

Eudora Welty (1909-2001), one of the most acclaimed writers of the twentieth century, lived in this house for seventy six years. This house was built by Welty's parents, Christian and Chestina Welty. In 1925, Eudora Welty wrote all of her ...

Virginia City National Historic Landmark District

The spectacular gold discovery in Alder Gulch on May 26, 1863, led to the rapid growth of this colorful and legendary gold camp town. Thousands of fortune-seekers rushed to the area, and by 1864 the Virginia City area boasted 30,000 ...

National Historic Landmark - Grove Street Cemetery

Grove Street Cemetery

Has Been Designated A

National Historic Landmark

This Site Possesses National Significance

In Commemorating the History of The

United States of America

Known as the New Haven Burial Ground, this landmark represents a milestone in the development of a cemetery as a distinct ...

National Historic Landmark - Lincoln Tomb

Has been designated a

Registered National

Historic Landmark

Under the provisions of the

Historic sites Act of August 31, 1935

This site possesses exceptional value

om commemorating and illustrating

the history of the United States

U.S.Department of the Interior

National Park Service

1964

National Historic Landmark - Boston Common

Founded 1634

Neighborhood of Revolution

“Paul Revere . . . started on a ride which, in a way has never ended.” - Esther Forbes, author of the classic study, Paul Revere and the World He Lived In

In the course of just two ...