National Historic Landmark-Equitable Building

National Historic Landmark-Equitable Building

Headquarters of one of the insurance industry's earliest leaders, and built (1914-15) on the site of Equitable's first home office.

This is a forty-story steel-and-masonry building in Second Renaissance Revival style.

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National Historic Landmark-Empire State Building

The Empire State Building is the symbol of New York, just as the Eiffel Tower is to Paris and Big Ben is to London. It is still the biggest tourist attraction in the biggest tourist city in

the world.

Beautifully finished in ...

Battery Van Swearingen

Construction of Battery Van Swearingen began during March of 1898 in response to the looming prospects of war with Spain and after the United States passed the National Defense Act.

At this time, Pensacola did not have the rapid-fire batteries ...

Battery Pensacola

Positioned in the middle of Fort Pickens, Battery Pensacola represents the transition in coastal defenses from brick and mortar to more modern reinforced concrete.

Built in 1898, the emplacement featured two 12-inch disappearing guns, each capable of firing 1,070 pound ...

Battery Trueman

Constructed in 1905 as part of the coastal defense project that started before the Spanish American War, Battery Trueman's position is of strategic importance.

Located on the northwestern edge of the island, the battery protected the minefield at the entrance ...

Battery Payne

Named in honor of Colonel Matthew M. Payne, who served the U.S. Army from 1812 to 1861, construction of Battery Payne was completed in 1904.

It was intended to cover the outer channel and the entrance to Pensacola Bay, but ...

National Historic Landmark - Phelps Dodge General Office Bldg.

From 1896 to 1961, this building served as the headquarters of this mining company and is the only important early Phelps Dodge office existing in the U.S. This structure symbolizes the company's pioneer role in western copper mining, as well ...

National Historic Landmark - Old Oraibi

Located on the westernmost of the Hopi mesas, this is probably the oldest continuously inhabited pueblo in the Southwest. Old Oraibi documents Hopi culture and history from before European contact to the present day. The village is on the present ...

National Historic Landmark - Navajo Nation Council Chamber

The Navajo Nation Council Chamber, Window Rock, Arizona stands today as a symbol of the New Deal revolution in federal Indian policy during the 1930s, advocating reconstitution of tribal organizations, restoration of tribal land base and promotion of traditional Indian ...

National Historic Landmark - Merriam C. Hart, Base Camp Site

Operating from this camp in the San Francisco Mountains, Dr. C. Hart Merriam, America's first bio-ecologist, conducted the investigations that led to his formulation of the Life Zone concept (1889). His work was seminal in the development of the modern ...