National Historic Landmark - Cooper Union

National Historic Landmark - Cooper Union

This institution fulfilled philanthropist Peter Cooper's dream to -improve and elevate the working classes of the City of New York-.

It opened in 1858, offering instruction in chemistry, physics, math and music, and housing the only ...

National Historic Landmark-CHRISTEEN (Sloop)

National Historic Landmark- CHRISTEEN (Sloop)

Built in 1883 to dredge the Long Island Sound oyster beds, CHRISTEEN is the oldest surviving working example of the oyster sloop, a round-bottomed, gaff-rigged, one-masted vessel used to pull oyster dredges or to serve as ...

National Historic Landmark-Central Park

National Historic Landmark-Central Park

In the third quarter of the 19th century, development of the park gave impetus to the nation's urban park movement. Recognized as an outstanding example of the art of landscape architecture.

National Historic Landmark - Grand Canyon Park Operations Bldg.

This 1929 structure took its shape from the surrounding landscape and is subtly connected to its natural environment by natural feeling forms in its style and the native materials used to construct it. The texture of the stonework and its ...

National Historic Landmark - Grand Canyon Depot

Constructed in 1909-10, this is the only remaining structural log railroad depot in the country. Built for the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad, it helped establish the rustic sense of place of the Grand Canyon by being the first ...

National Historic Landmark - Fort Bowie and Apache Pass

Commanding the eastern entrance of Apache Pass, Fort Bowie (1862) was a focal point in Army operations against the Chiricahua Apache in the 1860s and 1870s. A much-traveled mountain crossing of strategic value due to the presence of spring water, ...

National Historic Landmark - Tampa Bay Hotel

Headquarters of the army that invaded Cuba in the Spanish-American War (1898), and the news center for journalists participating in the "Correspondents War." The hotel was a pioneer effort in the Florida resort business, and is an excellent example of ...

National Historic Landmark - St. Augustine Town Plan Historic District

St. Augustine, founded as a Spanish military base in 1565, is the oldest continuously occupied European settlement in the continental United States. Laid out around a central plaza, the present streets are all in the original town plan.

National Historic Landmark-Ponce de Leon Inlet Light Station

The nation's second-tallest brick lighthouse, this 175-foot tower was begun in 1884 to mark Mosquito Inlet on the Atlantic coast of Florida. The light station is significant for its association with Federal efforts to provide an integrated system of navigational ...

National Historic Landmark-Pensacola Naval Air Station

Established in January 1914, this was the United States' first permanent naval air station, first Navy pilot training center, and first U.S. naval installation to send pilots into combat.

Information provided by the National Register of Historic Places, a program of ...