National Historic Landmark - San Bernardino ranch

The center of a cattle ranching empire that straddled the U.S.-Mexico border, this ranch illustrates the continuity of Spanish and American cattle ranching in the Southwest. Until late in the 19th century, the San Bernardino Valley, a well-watered area occupying ...

National Historic Landmark-Pueblo Grande Ruins Irrigation Sites

The prehistoric platform mound and associated archeological remains at Pueblo Grande represent one of the last surviving urban architectural sites of its kind in the Southwestern United States. There is evidence that between A.D. 1100 and 1400, Pueblo Grande served ...

National Historic Landmark-Oberlin College

National Historic Landmark- Oberlin College

Founded in 1833, Oberlin Collegiate Institute developed into a socially and politically influential college during the years immediately preceding the Civil War.

Oberlin made the education of Blacks and women a matter of institutional policy. The admittance ...

National Historic Landmark-William McKinley Tomb

National Historic Landmark-William McKinley Tomb

This large circular, domed mausoleum is the resting place of William McKinley (1843-1901), the 25th President of the United States (1897-1901).

His election in 1896 began an era of Republican dominance and also of American expansion ...

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 ...

National Historic Landmark-Majestic Showboat

National Historic Landmark- Majestic Showboat

Built in 1923, Majestic is one of two showboats to survive, the other being Goldenrod.

Perhaps the most extraordinary American adaptation of barges, more than 50 showboats carried circuses and dramatic productions to large and small ...

National Historic Landmark-Benjamin Lundy House

National Historic Landmark-Benjamin Lundy House

In 1820, this was the residence of the abolitionist Benjamin Lundy (1789-1839). Here, in this brick row house, Lundy established his influential antislavery newspaper, GENIUS OF UNIVERSAL EMANCIPATION, one of the germinal chronicles of the antislavery ...

National Historic Landmark-Edward D.Libbey House

National Historic Landmark-Edward D.Libbey House

From 1895 until his death, this was the home of Edward Drummond Libbey (1854-1925), who revolutionized the glass industry.

It is the best-preserved structure associated with the early development of Libbey Glass, Owens Bottle, and Libbey-Owens ...

National Historic Landmark-First Presbyterian Church

National Historic Landmark-First Presbyterian (Old Whaler's) Church

The architectural heritage of Sag Harbor dates largely from the first half of the 19th century when it was a booming whaling town.

Old Whaler's Church (1843-1844) was built with the support of wealthy ...

National Historic Landmark-FIREFIGHTER Fire Boat

National Historic Landmark- FIREFIGHTER Fire Boat

FIREFIGHTER is one of ten surviving fireboats in the U.S. 50 years of age or older and is the second oldest, but best known, fireboat associated with the Port of New York, the most significant ...