National Historic Landmark - Harriet Taylor Upton House

National Historic Landmark - Harriet Taylor Upton House

From 1883 to 1931, this was the home of Harriet Taylor Upton, an important figure in both the Woman Suffrage Movement and the Republican Party; in addition, the house was also the national ...

National Historic Landmark - Spring Grove Cemetery

National Historic Landmark - Spring Grove Cemetery

Spring Grove Cemetery is nationally significant as the original site and model for the landscape-lawn concept, the dominant trend in American cemetery design from the mid-nineteenth century until well into the 20th century.

Spring ...

National Historic Landmark-Spiegel Grove

National Historic Landmark - Spiegel Grove (Rutherford B. Hayes Summer Home)

Completed in 1863 and later enlarged, Spiegel Grove was built as a summer home for Rutherford Birchard Hayes (1822-1893), 19th President of the United States (1877-1881).

Both Hayes and ...

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 ...

National Historic Landmark - Sherman Birthplace

National Historic Landmark - Sherman Birthplace

This is the birthplace of Senior Republican Senator John Sherman (1823-1900), who wrote the Sherman Anti-Trust Act (1890), the first attempt by the Federal Government to regulate industry.

He also served in the U.S. House ...

National Historic Landmark - Great Serpent Mound

National Historic Landmark - Serpent Mound

This giant, earthen snake effigy, the largest and finest in America, probably dates from the Adena period (1000 BC-200 AD).

The site is one of the first in the United States to be set aside because ...

National Historic Landmark-Capt Edward V. Rickenbacker House

National Historic Landmark - Captain Edward V. Rickenbacker House

From 1895 to 1922, this simple dwelling was the residence of Edward Vernon Rickenbacher (1890-1973).

A leading race car driver prior to the First World War, Rickenbacher became a hero as ...

National Historic Landmark - Plum Street Temple

National Historic Landmark - Plum Street Temple

Built in 1865-66 for B'nai Yeshurun, this is one of the best-preserved Moorish Revival buildings of the 19th century.

The rabbi at the time of construction was Dr. Isaac Mayer Wise (1819-1900), an important ...

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 ...

National Historic Landmark - George Hunt Pendleton House

National Historic Landmark - George Hunt Pendleton House

From 1879 until his death, this was the residence of George Hunt Pendleton (1825-1889), lawyer and politician.

As a U.S. Senator (1879-1885), Pendleton spearheaded civil service reform.

He and his committee met here ...