National Historic Landmark- Carlsbad Irrigation Project

National Historical Landmark- Carlsbad Irrigation Project

Carlsbad was one of the most extensive private irrigation projects in the American West, where adequate water supply has always been a concern.

In the 1880s, inhabitants of the Pecos Valley constructed several stone dams to ...

National Historic Landmark- Acoma Pueblo

National Historical Landmark- Acoma Pueblo

Acoma Pueblo, built on top of a giant, craggy mesa, is one of the oldest continuously occupied settlements in the United States.

Founded as early as A.D. 1100, its location made it virtually impregnable in early times. ...

Mt. Pleasant Cemetery

The Mt. Pleasant Cemetery was established circa 1883 by the Mt. Pleasant Methodist Episcopal Church as a final resting place for its members and other African Americans in the city of Gainesville. Founded in 1867, the church purchased the 5.38-acre ...

Aline Barnsdall Complex (Hollyhock House)

The Aline Barnsdall Complex (or Hollyhock House) and associated buildings and structures are nationally significant as part of Frank Lloyd Wright’s first commission in Los Angeles, California. The project’s centerpiece was oil heiress Aline Barnsdall’s residence, largely built between 1919 ...

Balboa Park

Balboa Park includes some of the finest Spanish-Baroque Revival structures in America. The Park was constructed for the Panama-California Exposition in 1915 and enlarged for the California-Pacific International Exposition in 1935.

Information provided by the National Registry of Historic Places, ...

Aquatic Park

Aquatic Park, developed from 1936 to 1939, was one of California's largest Works Progress Administration (WPA) projects reflecting President Franklin D. Roosevelt's policy of providing employment to architects and artists during the Great Depression. The centerpiece of this group of ...

Angelus Temple

Complete in 1923, this was the base of operations for Aimee Semple McPherson (1890-1944), a pioneer in the field of radio evangelism and the first to incorporate Hollywood and vaudeville style entertainment techniques in her broadcast sermons and preaching. Her ...

National Historic Landmark - Willard Memorial Chapel

National Historic Landmark - Willard Memorial Chapel-Welch Memorial Hall

The Willard Memorial Chapel is a distinctive and highly intact representation of the work of the Tiffany Glass and Decorating Company.

Fixtures, windows and furnishings in the chapel were executed by the Tiffany ...

National Historic Landmark - Utica State Hospital, Main Building

National Historic Landmark - Utica State Hospital, Main Building

Opened in 1842, this massive building was the first --state asylum for the insane poor-- in New York, and one of the most powerful architectural statements in the Greek Revival style built ...

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 ...