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 ...

National Historic Landmark-Fort Corchaug Archaelogical Site

National Historic Landmark- Fort Corchaug Archaeological Site

Fort Corchaug Archeological Site resources shed light upon Historic Contact period occupations in Montauk Country, an area encompassing the whole of eastern Long Island within present-day Suffolk County, New York.

Contributing cultural resources preserved ...

National Historic Landmark-General William Floyd House

National Historic Landmark-General William Floyd House

Floyd, a wealthy Long Island landowner before the Revolution, was a New York delegate to the Continental Congress. Despite all he stood to lose, he signed the Declaration of Independence.

In 1803 he left Long ...

National Historic Landmark-Flatiron Building

National Historic Landmark-Flatiron Building

Daniel Burnham, the architect of the Flatiron Building, was very influential in the development of both the Chicago and New York skyscraper styles.

Built in 1901, it was acclaimed as the world's tallest building for ten years. ...

National Historic Landmark-Hamilton Fish House

National Historic Landmark-Hamilton Fish House

Residence (1808-c. 1838) of President Grant's Secretary of State (1869-77).

During his tenure, he proved to be an exceptional manager and added stability to a demoralized administration.

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National Historic Landmark-1st Reformed Protestant Dutch Church

National Historic Landmark-First Reformed Protestant Dutch Church of Kingston

Completed in 1852, the Renaissance Revival First Reformed Protestant Dutch Church of Kingston, New York, is a nationally significant religious building by noted architect Minard Lafever that encapsulates both the maturation of ...

Unearthing Florida: Fort Barrancas

In 1862, Fort Barrancas in Pensacola was an important base of operations for Union movements into Florida and Alabama, but it was not always controlled by the North.

Just days before Florida joined the Confederacy, state troops seized two of ...

Unearthing Florida: Camp Walton

At the start of the Civil War, Confederate Florida looked to local militias to begin the difficult task of raising an army.

Most militias were made up of men from different social orders in the community- farmers, bricklayers, teachers, fisherman, lawyers ...

Forest Home Hills Cemetery

Most would call the 1840's simpler times. But for Milwaukee's early settlers, the times called for vitally important and lasting decisions.

Soon after the city was founded in 1846, civic leaders began searching for a place where area residents could count ...

Milwaukee County Historic Society

The Milwaukee County Historical Society was founded in 1935 to collect, preserve and make available materials relating to the history of the Milwaukee community.

Through a broad range of activities, the Historical Society seeks to recognize and preserve our local ...