Heritage Park Plaza

Heritage Park Plaza is a public park in downtown Fort Worth designed by the internationally-acclaimed landscape architect Lawrence Halprin (1916-2009).

The Heritage Plaza, designed in conjunction with the U.S. Bicentennial program and located on the founding site of the city, ...

The Egyptian Theatre

The Egyptian Revival style of architecture was favored for many years in Europe and popularized in the United States during the 1920s with the discovery of the tomb of King Tutankhamen. The style's potential for exotic, mysterious theatricality lent itself ...

Haste-Crumpacker House

The Haste-Crumpacker House is a locally outstanding example of Late Victorian Eclectic architecture. The style and methods of construction reflect an era of prosperity for the city of Valparaiso as well as the advancement in construction technologies.

Built for George ...

Plum Island Life-Saving and Light Stations

Built in 1896, the Plum Island Life-Saving and Light Stations helped ships navigate the Porte des Morte (Death's Door) passage, a treacherous passage named for the high number of shipwrecks that occurred on its rocky shoals.

The Life-Saving and Light ...

Charles River Speedway Headquarters

Consisting of an ensemble of connected buildings built in the Shingle and Colonial styles, the Charles River Speedway Headquarters recalls the late 19th-early 20th century summer estates in seaside and rural areas.

Designed by William D. Austin, a prominent Boston ...

Cedar Grove Plantation

In it's heyday as a working plantation Cedar Grove, in southern Mecklenburg County, Virginia, was home to the Lewis family and about 100 slaves. John Taylor Lewis bought the original 1600 acres of Cedar Grove in 1782 for 80,000 pounds ...

Wentz Camp

With Romanesque "medieval style" cabins and other facilities designed for campers, Wentz Camp, built between 1928 and 1953, was associated with nationally recognized oilman and philanthropist Lewis/Louis Haines Wentz, who built the camp for the children of Ponca City, Oklahoma. ...

Big Lagoon State Park

Sitting on the northern shoreline of its namesake, Big Lagoon State Park's 655 upland acres separate the mainland from Perdido Key and the Gulf of Mexico. Natural communities, ranging from saltwater marshes to pine flatwoods, attract a wide variety of ...

Captain Edmond Edgecumbe-St. Michael's Cemetery

Capt. Edmond Edgecumbe was born in the West Indies on September 13, 1855, and he immigrated to Florida via Key West. In Florida, he became a captain of a snapper boat. The late 1800s and early 1900s the fishing industry ...

Stephen Russell Mallory- St. Michael's Cemetery

Stephen Russell Mallory was born on the island of Trinidad in 1812. He moved to Key West at the age of nine but was sent to both Mobile and Pennsylvania for his formal education.

In 1838, Mallory married Angela Moreno, the ...