National Historic Landmark- Acoma Pueblo

National Historical Landmark- Acoma Pueblo

Acoma Pueblo, built on top of a giant, craggy mesa, is one of the oldest continuously occupied settlements in the United States.

Founded as early as A.D. 1100, its location made it virtually impregnable in early times. ...

National Historic Landmark- Abo

National Historical Landmark-Abo

Abo is the site of a large, unexcavated Pueblo occupied from late prehistoric times into the historic era.

Abo typifies the period in which acculturation began in the American Southwest. A large mission church of red sandstone ...

Mt. Pleasant Cemetery

The Mt. Pleasant Cemetery was established circa 1883 by the Mt. Pleasant Methodist Episcopal Church as a final resting place for its members and other African Americans in the city of Gainesville. Founded in 1867, the church purchased the 5.38-acre ...

National Historic Landmark - Bodie Historic District

In its location, setting, and total isolation, and in terms of the number of historic buildings and associated mining remains that have survived in unusually good condition, Bodie is probably the finest example of a mining "ghost town" in the ...

Aline Barnsdall Complex (Hollyhock House)

The Aline Barnsdall Complex (or Hollyhock House) and associated buildings and structures are nationally significant as part of Frank Lloyd Wright’s first commission in Los Angeles, California. The project’s centerpiece was oil heiress Aline Barnsdall’s residence, largely built between 1919 ...

Hubert H. Bancroft, Ranch House

From 1885 until his death in 1918, this one story adobe house was the home of Hubert Howe Bancroft, noted historian of the West. Bancroft's 39 fact-packed volumes, published in San Francisco between 1882 and 1890, maintain their preeminence as ...

BALCLUTHA (Square-rigger)

With the exception of a few alterations made during the course of her long career as a working vessel and as a museum ship, BALCLUTHA is essentially the same vessel as launched in 1886. She survives as the last square-rigged ...

Asilomar Conference Grounds

Established in 1913, this was designed as the Young Women's Christian Association's national camp and conference grounds in the West. It is significant for its role in the work of the Association and in the development of the Monterey Peninsula ...

Aquatic Park

Aquatic Park, developed from 1936 to 1939, was one of California's largest Works Progress Administration (WPA) projects reflecting President Franklin D. Roosevelt's policy of providing employment to architects and artists during the Great Depression. The centerpiece of this group of ...

ALMA (Scow Schooner)

ALMA is an excellent example of a once-common, vernacular work-a-day craft found on the major waterways of the United States from Colonial times through the 20th century. While built and operated on the San Francisco Bay, ALMA is in many ...