National Historic Landmark-Plaza Hotel

National Historical Landmark-Plaza Hotel

Designed in the French Renaissance style and constructed from 1905-07, this massive 18-story white brick and marble structure is an outstanding example of American hotel architecture.

Located at the northern end of Fifth Avenue, and facing Central ...

National Historic Landmark-Playland Amusement Park

National Historical Landmark-Playland Amusement Park

Opened in 1928, this is the first totally planned amusement park in America, and was designed specifically to accommodate automobile travelers.

After more than 50 years, its Art Deco design and architecture remain essentially unaltered, and ...

National Historic Landmark-Players Club

National Historical Landmark-Players Club

This handsome brownstone residence was purchased in 1888 and donated by Edwin Booth, founder and first president of the Players Club, to be a clubhouse for his fellow thespians.

He commissioned architect Stanford White to transform it ...

National Historic Landmark-Plattsburgh Bay

National Historical Landmark-Plattsburgh Bay

An American naval victory here on September 11, 1814, in the War of 1812, resulted in the destruction of the British fleet on Lake Champlain and compelled British invading troops to withdraw to Canada.

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National Historic Landmark- Philosophy Hall

National Historical Landmark- Philosophy Hall

As a senior at Columbia University’s new Philosophy Hall in 1912, Edwin H. Armstrong worked in the second-floor Hartley Laboratories on his first of several major developments in wireless communication technologies.

After graduation the promising young ...

National Historic Landmark-Philipse Manor Hall

National Historical Landmark-Philipse Manor Hall

Erected in stages between 1682 and 1758, this is one of the most notable examples of early Georgian architecture in America.

It served as the social and administrative center of the Manor of Philipsburg, which extended ...

National Historic Landmark-Philipsburg Manor

National Historical Landmark- Philipsburg Manor

Philipsburg Manor is a late 17th and early 18th century milling and trading complex that was headquarters for a 52,000 acre estate.

It was owned by an Anglo-Dutch family of merchants and operated by a community ...

National Historic Landmark-Petrified Sea Gardens

National Historical Landmark- Petrified Sea Gardens

Petrified Sea Gardens is significant in the history of geology as the area where stromatolites were first recognized, described, and interpreted in North America, resolving questions about the origin of these organisms that puzzled geologists ...

National Historic Landmark-Thomas Paine Cottage

National Historical Landmark-Thomas Paine Cottage

Paine, propagandist for the American and French Revolutions and author of COMMON SENSE and THE AGE OF REASON, occupied this saltbox cottage from 1802 until 1806. He was buried here in 1809.

Courtesy National Park Service National ...

National Historic Landmark-Owl's Nest (Edward Eggleston Estate)

National Historical Landmark- Owl's Nest (Edward Eggleston Estate)

Eggleston, one of America's earliest realistic novelists, was among the first to tap the literary potential of the country's frontier experience.

He grew up along the Ohio River and became a Methodist circuit ...