National Historic Landmark - Pioneer Bldg, Pergola, & Totem Pole

The Pioneer Building, completed in 1892 and built on the site of the home of one of the city's founding father's, is Richardsonian Romanesque in style. It is one of the best preserved buildings in Pioneer Square, the heart of ...

National Historic Landmark - Longmire Buildings

This group of structures contributed substantially to the development of rustic architecture. Built in 1927, the buildings were tied in with their awesome surroundings because the rounded glacial boulders and logs used in the construction were in proportion with the ...

National Historic Landmark - Tacoma (Fireboat No. 1)

FIREBOAT NO. 1, built (1929) and operated only on Puget Sound, is representative of most fireboats built prior to the Second World War throughout the U.S. One of ten fireboats greater than 50 years of age left in the U.S. ...

National Historic Landmark - Fireboat Duwamish

An excellent example of a typical fireboat found in any major American port city through much of the 20th century. While earlier tugboats modified for fireboat use and employed as auxiliary fireboats may exist, DUWAMISH (1909) is the second oldest ...

National Historic Landmark - B Reactor

B Reactor is the world's first production-scale nuclear reactor, built in 1943-1944, as part of the Manhattan Project, the United States' wartime program to build a nuclear weapon. It produced plutonium used in the world's first nuclear detonation, the Trinity ...

National Historic Landmark - Arthur Foss (tug boat)

Built in 1889, she is the only known wooden-hulled 19th-century tugboat left afloat and in operating condition in the United States. FOSS towed lumber and grain-laden square-rigged ships across the treacherous Columbia River, and hence, was a key participant in ...

National Historic Landmark - Wheeling Suspension Bridge

Oldest major long-span suspension bridge in the world, with a span of more than 1,000 feet. This bridge is possibly the Nation's most significant extant ante-bellum engineering structure. Its construction established American leadership in the building of suspension bridges.

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National Historic Landmark - Reber Radio Telescope

Designed and built in 1937 by Grote Reber, this is the first parabolic antenna specifically designed and built to do research in the newly emerging field of radio astronomy. An amateur astronomer and electronics expert, Reber was from 1937 until ...

National Historic Landmark - Old Main, Bethany College

Old Main has been the dominant building at this small, rural college in West Virginia's panhandle since it was erected between 1858 and 1871. The building also represents the college's pivotal historical role as the headquarters of Alexander Campbell (1788-1866), ...

National Historic Landmark - The Greenbrier

One of the country's oldest resorts, the Greenbrier (1820) was originally built to cater to wealthy Southerners. Known from its beginnings as the "Queen of the Southern Spas," the large complex of sulphur springs, luxury accommodations, formal gardens, and golf ...