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National Historic Landmark-Bagg Bonanza Farm

National Historic Landmark - Frederick A. and Sophia Bagg Bonanza Farm

The Bagg Bonanza Farm represents the broad patterns of Bonanza farms, which according to the -Atlantic Monthly- in 1880, were-destined to exercise a most potent influence on the production of ...

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National Historic Landmark - Zero Gravity Research Facility

National Historic Landmark - Zero Gravity Research Facility

This facility was used by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to study the physics of handling liquids in a zero-gravity environment.

Knowledge of the characteristics of liquids in a low-gravity environment ...

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National Historic Landmark - Wright Flyer III

National Historic Landmark - Wright Flyer III

The Wright Flyer III (1905) is the world's first airplane capable of sustained controlled flight and suitable for practical applications.

It was with this airplane that the Wright Brothers perfected the technique of flying ...

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National Historic Landmark -Village of Mariemont

National Historic Landmark -Village of Mariemont

Distinctive for its cohesive plan that incorporates both formal and informal elements and its overall landscape design that encompasses a network of parks and tree-lined streets and avenues, the Village of Mariemont is an outstanding ...

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National Historic Landmark - William Howard Taft Home

National Historic Landmark - William Howard Taft Home

This is the birthplace and boyhood home of William Howard Taft (1857-1930), 27th President of the United States (1909-1913), a distinguished jurist who also served as Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.

Courtesy ...

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National Historic Landmark-Spacecraft Propulsion Facility (B-2)

National Historic Landmark - Spacecraft Propulsion Research Facility (B-2)

This site is significant in the development of the Centaur Rocket, which has launched some of America's most important space probes.

This facility enabled engineers to hot-fire full-scale Centaur engines in ...

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National Historic Landmark-People's Federal Savings and Loan

National Historic Landmark - People's Federal Savings and Loan Association

Completed in 1918, this architectural gem, small in scale, exquisite in detail, makes a strong individualistic statement in a busy small town Midwestern setting.

Executed late in the career of ...

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National Historic Land Mark -School of Nursing Ganado Mission

Sage Memorial Hospital School of Nursing, situated on the Ganado Mission within the Navajo Reservation in Arizona, was the first and only accredited nursing program for Native American women in the United States. The Presbyterian founders of Ganado Mission saw ...

National Historic Landmark - Point of Pines Sites

The region of Point of Pines village, within the present San Carlos Indian Reservation, contains a considerable number of ruins representing a long period of occupation. University of Arizona excavations here contributed significantly to archeological concepts about culture in the ...

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National Historic Landmark-William H. McGuffey Boyhood Home

National Historic Landmark-William H. McGuffey Boyhood Home Site

From 1802 to about 1817, this was the home of William Holmes McGuffey (1800-1873), college professor, and author, whose elementary school texts--the ECLECTIC READERS--were used for more than 70 years in schools in ...

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