National Historic Landmark - Lucy, The Margate Elephant

National Historic Landmark - Lucy, The Margate Elephant

Constructed about 1881 on the Margate waterfront, this seventy-five foot long wood and tin pachyderm is the last survivor of what one historian calls --zoomorphic architecture--.

Built as an architectural folly to ...

National Historic Landmark - Lawrenceville School

National Historic Landmark - Lawrenceville School

A rare, surviving example of the successful collaboration of architects and landscape planners, this school, which pioneered progressive education, retains its historic appearance as almost no other private school in the country.

Designed by Peabody and ...

National Historic Landmark - Horn Antenna

National Historic Landmark - Horn Antenna

The Horn Antenna, at the Bell Telephone Laboratories, is associated with the research work of two radio astronomers, Dr. Arno A. Penzias and Dr. Robert A. Wilson.

In 1965, while using the Horn Antenna, Penzias and ...

National Historic Landmark - Francis Hopkinson House

National Historic Landmark - Francis Hopkinson House

From 1774 until his death, this brick house was the residence of Francis Hopkinson (1737-1791), a signer of the Declaration of Independence, lawyer, author, and composer.

National Historic Landmark - Hermitage

National Historic Landmark - Hermitage

Rebuilt and enlarged (1845) from an 18th century structure, this is the only remaining Gothic Revival house definitely attributable to William Ranlett.

It is an outstanding example of the early, romantic phase of the Gothic Revival in ...

National Historic Landmark - Joseph Henry House

National Historic Landmark - Joseph Henry House

This was the home of Joseph Henry (1797-1878), who did important research in the field of electromagnetism and served as the first Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution (1846-78) and President of the National Academy ...

National Historic Landmark- Hangar No. 1, Lakehurst Naval Air

National Historic Landmark -Hangar No. 1, Lakehurst Naval Air Station

Commissioned in 1921, Lakehurst Naval Air Station became the hub of naval lighter-than-air activity;

it was the home port for the Navy's rigid airships SHENNANDOAH, LOS ANGELES, AKRON, and MACON.

In addition, it ...

National Historic Landmark - Hadrosaurus Foulkii Leidy Site

National Historic Landmark - Hadrosaurus Foulkii Leidy Site

Discovered by William Parker Foulke in October 1858, Hadrosaurus foulkii Leidy was the first relatively complete dinosaur skeleton found in North America, and, in fact, anywhere in the world.

Realizing the spectacular nature of ...

National Historic Landmark - Great Falls of the Passaic Society

National Historic Landmark - Great Falls of the Passaic Society for Useful Manufacturing HD

Developed by Alexander Hamilton and Pierre Charles L'Enfant, the Great Falls district is the site of the first attempt in the United States to harness the entire ...

National Historic Landmark- Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co

National Historic Landmark - Great Atlantic And Pacific Tea Company Warehouse

From its beginnings in 1859 as a leather and tea importing business in New York to its position as the nation's largest retailer by the mid-20th century, A&P outstandingly ...