National Historic Landmark - Virginia State (Confederate) Capitol

Designed by Thomas Jefferson and noted French architect Louis Clerisseau, this Greek Revival building served as the State Capitol for 70 years until Virginia seceded from the Union. From July 1861 to April 1865, the Confederate Congress met here. With ...

National Historic Landmark - Cedar Creek Battlefield & Belle Grove Plantation

General Philip Sheridan defeated Confederate General Jubal Early at Cedar Creek on October 19, 1864, climaxing the struggle for the Shenandoah Valley. Belle Grove, built by James Madison's brother-in-law Isaac Hite, Jr. between 1794-1797 as the center of his 7.500 ...

National Historic Landmark - Cape Henry Lighthouse

Completed in 1792, this is the first lighthouse to be erected by the Federal Government. The 90-foot-high stone tower was in constant use until 1881. It is currently administered as part of Colonial National Historical Park.

National Historic Landmark - Camp Hoover

Secluded among the hemlocks at the base of Fork Mountain is what remains of the retreat developed between 1929 and 1932 as a "Summer White House" for President Herbert Hoover. Three of the 13 original buildings are still extant, as ...

National Historic Landmark - Bruton Parish Church

Completed in 1715 (tower added in 1769), this is the earliest church in the British American colonies to reflect the infusion of English Renaissance style. It is cruciform in style, with a steep gable roof and circular windows in the ...

National Historic Landmark - Yakima Park Stockade Group

Constructed between 1930 and 1943, this complex is a classic example of an exaggerated rustic style. The complex, consisting of three buildings and a vertical log "stockade" fence enclosing a utility yard, was built from a design with roots in ...

National Historic Landmark - W. T. PRESTON (Snagboat)

W. T. PRESTON (1939) is one of two surviving U.S. Army Corps of Engineers snagboats and bucket dredges. Snagboats were part of a nationwide, decades-long commitment by the Army Corps to river and harbor improvement in the United States. W. ...

Nat. Historic Landmrk-Seattle Electric Co.Georgetown Steam Plnt

Erected in 1906-08, this reinforced concrete building houses the last operational examples of the Curtis Vertical Steam Turbogenerator, the first type of large-scale steam turbine developed. This new technology established General Electric as a leader in the manufacture of steam ...

National Historic Landmark - Puget Sound Naval Shipyard

Puget Sound Naval Shipyard was the principal repair establishment for the U.S. Navy's battle-damaged battleships and aircraft carriers, as well as smaller warships, of the Pacific Fleet during World War II. Five of the eight battleships bombed at Pearl Harbor ...

National Historic Landmark - Port Townsend

Once a customs station on Puget Sound, the town flourished in the 1880s, but collapsed in the 1889 land speculation debacle. The district contains many fine late 19th-century commercial and residential structures.

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