National Historic Landmark-Lee Chapel, Washington & Lee University

Built in 1867 under his supervision, this Victorian Gothic brick building commemorates the years Robert E. Lee (1807-1870) served as president (1865-1870) of the college, then known as Washington College. Lee is buried in a chapel vault.

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National Historic Landmark - Hampton Institute

Founded by the American Missionary Association to train selected young Black men and women to "teach and lead their people, first by example...." Hampton Normal and Industrial Institute opened in April 1868 with 2 teachers and 15 students; today, it ...

National Historic Landmark - Green Springs Historic District

This exceptionally fertile area of Piedmont Virginia survives as a viable rural neighborhood composed of flourishing historic estates. The residential and farm buildings of the District represent over two hundred years of flourishing historic estates.

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National Historic Landmark - Eight Foot High Speed Tunnel

Completed in 1936, this is a significant example of the research facilities created by the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, the parent agency of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). It was the first continuous-flow high-speed wind tunnel able ...

National Historic Landmark - Egyptian Building

Completed in 1845, this was the first building put up especially for the Medical College of Virginia, and remains the oldest medical college building in the South. An exotic edifice, it is considered by many to be the finest Egyptian ...

National Historic Landmark-Drydock Number One, Norfolk Naval Shipyard

The shipyard, established in 1767, is the oldest in the country; the drydock was constructed 1827-1834. During the Civil War, the Union frigate USS MERRIMACK was rebuilt by the Confederates in this drydock, becoming the ironclad CSS VIRGINIA.

Sewall-Belmont House (National Women's Party Headquarters)

Sewall-Belmont House (National Women's Party/Alice Paul)

Home to the National Women's Party for over 80 years, the Sewall-Belmont house has seen America change from Revolutionary times into the modern age.

Built in the heart of Washington D.C. in 1799, and ...

Old Patent Office

The Old Patent Office Building was the third building constructed in the District of Columbia after the White House and the United States Capitol. When it was completed in the late 1800s, it was the largest office building in the ...

Pittsburgh's Hill District_Malina Suity

In the 1950s, the city of Pittsburgh demolished 95 acres of the Lower Hill neighborhood to construct what would one day be the Civic Arena. The project displaced over 1,000 families, with many relocating to public housing, and cut a ...

The Apollo Theater

Located in the Harlem district of New York City, a historically African-American community, the Apollo is widely considered one of the most influential theaters in American culture. Throughout it's history, the Apollo offered opportunities for African-Americans unavailable elsewhere.

In 1914, ...