National Historic Landmark - Bethabara

National Historic Landmark - Bethabara

Bethabara was the first colonial townsite established in the Carolina Piedmont.

The town was intended to be a temporary town from which the central Moravian town of Salem and outlying farming communities would be developed within ...

National Historic Landmark - Bethania Historic District

National Historic Landmark - Bethania Historic District

Bethania is nationally significant because it is a rare example of the agricultural patterns of a German, -open field- agricultural village.

The Bethania Town Lot also illustrates Moravian community planning and development.

Bethania is ...

National Historic Landmark - Biltmore Estate

National Historic Landmark - Biltmore Estate

In 1888, George W. Vanderbilt (1862-1914) began the purchase of over 125,000 acres of farms, woodlands, and forested mountains.

In 1892, Vanderbilt appointed as superintendent of his forest Gifford Pinchot (1865-1946), who proved for the first ...

National Historic Landmark -W.T. Blackwell and Co Tobacco Factory

National Historic Landmark -W.T. Blackwell and Company Tobacco Factory

From 1874 to 1957, this factory was the home of Bull Durham Smoking Tobacco, the first truly national tobacco brand.

At one time this building, where tobacco was manufactured, bagged and ...

National Historic Landmark - Blandwood

National Historic Landmark - Blandwood

The original farmhouse was constructed in the 1790s; in 1844 the then-current owner had architect Alexander J. Davis design a large new addition.

The resulting structure was an influential prototype of the Italian Villa Style and ...

National Historic Landmark -Cape Hatteras Light Station

National Historic Landmark -Cape Hatteras Light Station

Cape Hatteras is a prominent projection on North Carolina's famous OuterBanks--the long, low stretches of sandy beaches that protect the state's mainland, but that have been the bane of existence for mariners for centuries.

Protection ...

National Historic Landmark-Fort Klock

National Historic Landmark-Fort Klock

Fort Klock, a one-story stone structure, a rare example of a mid-18th-century fur trading post and fortified stone house.

It was used as a place of refuge by settlers during the Revolutionary War.

Courtesy National Park Service National ...

National Historic Landmark-Fort Johnson

National Historic Landmark-Fort Johnson

Example of a vernacular Georgian house built (c. 1749) on the frontier of the Middle Colonies. Home of Sir William Johnson, land agent, military leader, and Superintendent of Indian Affairs in the northern British Colonies.

Courtesy National Park ...

National Historic Landmark-Fort Crown Point

National Historic Landmark-Fort Crown Point

Fort Crown Point is the architectural and archeological type specimen for further study of 18th-century military engineering, in a ruined but otherwise undisturbed state.

The fort played a major role in the French and Indian War/Seven Years’ ...

National Historic Landmark-Fort Crailo

National Historic Landmark-Fort Crailo

This brick farm house on the former Van Rensselaer estate is a fine example of a Hudson Valley house of the 18th century built in a Dutch style.

It also exemplifies the Dutch colonial socio-political system of ...