National Historic Landmark - Newtown Battlefield

National Historic Landmark - Newtown Battlefield

Site of a battle (29 August 1779) that was a result an expedition lead by Maj. Gen. John Sullivan and was the major American military effort of 1779.

General George Washington ordered the Sullivan expedition as ...

National Historic Landmark - The News Building

National Historic Landmark - The News Building

This was the first modernistic free-standing skyscraper designed by Raymond Hood.

Built in 1929-30, the vertical -soaring- quality of the exterior marks one of the high points of skyscraper design that was to change ...

National Historic Landmark - New York Yacht Club Building

National Historic Landmark - New York Yacht Club Building

The home of America's oldest and foremost yachting organization (1844).

Established as a private man's club and renowned as the long-time home of the AMERICA's Cup, the structure (1900) is a ...

National Historic Landmark - New York State Inebriate Asylum

National Historic Landmark - New York State Inebriate Asylum

The New York State Inebriate Asylum was constructed between 1858 and 1866 as the United States Inebriate Asylum, the first single-purpose hospital in the country designed and built for the treatment ...

National Historic Landmark - New York Public Library

National Historic Landmark - New York Public Library

Completed in 1911, the Library is a Beaux-Arts masterpiece designed by architects Carrere and Hastings.

On either side of a monumental stairway, two stone lions, sculpted by Edward Clark Potter, guard the ...

National Historic Landmark - New York Life Building

National Historic Landmark - New York Life Building

The New York Life Insurance Company, founded in 1841 as the Nautilus Insurance Company, has played a major role in the development of life insurance policies and practices.

One of the nation's ...

National Historic Landmark - New York Chamber of Commerce

National Historic Landmark - New York Chamber of Commerce

Founded in 1768, the New York Chamber of Commerce has served as the organizational prototype for the development of similar institutions promoting the interests of American business on the national, State, ...

National Historic Landmark - New York Botanical Garden

National Historic Landmark - New York Botanical Garden

Established in 1896, this exemplary institution soon became one of the leading botanical gardens in the world, a position it still maintains.

Within its 230 acres are one of the world's largest ...

National Historic Landmark - New York Amsterdam News Building

National Historic Landmark - New York Amsterdam News Building

From 1916 to 1938, home of one of America's best known African-American newspapers.

During those years, the paper's circulation, national coverage, and national reputation grew.

Courtesy National Park Service National Historical ...

National Historic Landmark - National City Bank Building

National Historic Landmark - National City Bank Building

Home since 1908 of one of the country's most influential financial institutions, one of several formed in 1812 to fill the banking void created the previous year by the demise of the First ...