National Historic Landmark -Jay Gould Estate (Lyndhurst)

National Historic Landmark -Jay Gould Estate (Lyndhurst)

Gould was a freewheeling financier notable even in the era of unrestrained capitalism after the Civil War.

Gould is still remembered, and still vilified, for his attempt to corner the nation's gold market.

Lyndhurst, ...

National Historic Landmark -Geneseo Historic District

National Historic Landmark -Geneseo Historic District

One of the most remarkably preserved villages in northwestern New York, Geneseo is one of the best examples of -Picturesque- architecture and town planning as expounded by American landscape architect Andrew Jackson Downing (1815-1852) in ...

National Historic Landmark -General Electric Research Laboratory

National Historic Landmark -General Electric Research Laboratory

Established in 1900, this is recognized as the first industrial research facility in the United States.

The General Electric Research Laboratory has made major contributions to scientific knowledge, especially in the areas of physics ...

National Historic Landmark -Founder's Hall

National Historic Landmark -Founder's Hall

Chartered in 1901, this institute was founded by John D. Rockefeller, Jr. to conduct research into the treatment and prevention of disease.

It was the first of his great philanthropic foundations.

With it, Rockefeller sought not ...

National Historic Landmark -Fort Ticonderoga

National Historic Landmark -Fort Ticonderoga

For most of the second half of the 18th century, this Landmark was the military key to the Champlain Valley, New York City, the Hudson River Valley and western New England and Montreal.

This strategic location made ...

National Historic Landmark -Fort Stanwix

National Historic Landmark -Fort Stanwix

Resistance by the Fort's American garrison in August 1777 was chiefly responsible for the repulse of the western wing of a British invasion from Canada.

Also the site of a major treaty involving the Iroquois in ...

National Historic Landmark -Fort St. Frederic

National Historic Landmark -Fort St. Frederic

Constructed between 1734 and 1737, this was the keystone of France's defense of Canada for almost 25 years.

The French abandoned during the French and Indian War.

Courtesy National Park Service National Historical Landmarks

National Historic Landmark -Fort Orange Archeological Site

National Historic Landmark -Fort Orange Archeological Site

These are the remains of Fort Orange, a small, half-acre, fortified, wooden palisades-walled, earthwork military post occupied by Dutch garrisons 1624-1664 and 1673-1674, and by British troops from 1674-1676.

Dutch West India Company employees ...

National Historic Landmark -Fort Montgomery

National Historic Landmark -Fort Montgomery

Constructed as part of a plan to prevent passage of British forces on the Hudson River.

The British attacked the fort in 1777 in an effort to relieve Burgoyne's army.

Extensive ruins remain.

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National Historic Landmark -Bentonville Battlefield

National Historic Landmark -Bentonville Battlefield

The Battle of Bentonville, where two military titans of the Civil War--Gens. William T. Sherman and Joseph E. Johnston--faced each other for the final time in a major battle, was the last occasion on which a ...