National Historic Landmark-Trinity Church and Graveyard

National Historical Landmark- Trinity Church and Graveyard

The oldest Episcopal parish in New York City (1846). Alexander Hamilton, Robert Fulton, and William Bradford are buried in the graveyard. It is one of the early triumphs of the Gothic Revival style in ...

National Historic Landmark-Triangle Shirtwaist Factory

National Historical Landmark- Triangle Shirtwaist Factory (Brown Building)

On the afternoon of March 25, 1911, one of the worst industrial disasters in American history took place: Fire swept through the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory, resulting in the deaths of 146 workers, most ...

National Historic Landmark-Top Cottage

National Historical Landmark-Top Cottage

Constructed in 1938, during Franklin Delano Roosevelt's second term in office, this small stone cottage served as his private country retreat for the rest of his presidency.

Architect Henry Toombs designed the cottage under Roosevelt's direction, and it ...

National Historic Landmark-Samuel J.Tilden House

National Historical Landmark-Samuel J.Tilden House

Occupied today by the National Arts Club, this building was the residence (c. 1860-c. 1885) of one of the central figures in the disputed Tilden-Hayes Presidential election (1876) and resultant compromise of 1877, events which for ...

National Historic Landmark-Tiffany and Company Building

National Historical Landmark-Tiffany and Company Building

Completed in 1906, this was until 1940 the home of the prestigious jewelry store, considered for half a century the leader of the jewelry trade in America.

Designed by McKim, Mead, and White as a ...

National Historic Landmark-Third Judicial District Courthouse

National Historical Landmark- Third Judicial District Courthouse

Designed in the Ruskinian or Venetian style, and an outstanding example of civic architecture, this is Withers' best known work (1874-77).

It is exuberant by comparison with his other designs, which include a number ...

National Historic Landmark-Green-Wood Cemetery

National Historical Landmark-Green-Wood Cemetery

Green-Wood Cemetery, established in 1838, was the largest and most varied of the early American rural cemeteries. Its scale, diverse topography, and intended civic prominence made it the prototype for how a cemetery with Picturesque landscaping could ...

National Historic Landmark-Frick Collection and Reference Library

National Historical Landmark- The Frick Collection and Frick Art Reference Library

The Frick Collection and Frick Art Reference Library in New York comprise an institution that is considered one of the great legacies of the first period of major art ...

National Historic Landmark-Tenement Museum

National Historical Landmark-Tenement Building at 97 Orchard Street

This six-story brick tenement is an outstanding survivor of the vast number of humble buildings that housed immigrants to New York during the greatest wave of immigration in American history.

Erected in 1863-64, ...

National Historic Landmark-Surrogate's Court

National Historical Landmark- Surrogate's Court

An eight-story Beaux-Arts/French Renaissance style granite building with elaborate ornamentation constructed between 1899 and 1907, this edifice was symbolic of the prosperity and achievement of New York City.

This style was popular for municipal structures.

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