National Historic Landmark-Capt Edward V. Rickenbacker House

National Historic Landmark - Captain Edward V. Rickenbacker House

From 1895 to 1922, this simple dwelling was the residence of Edward Vernon Rickenbacher (1890-1973).

A leading race car driver prior to the First World War, Rickenbacher became a hero as ...

National Historic Landmark - John Rankin House

National Historic Landmark - John Rankin House

This was the home of Presbyterian minister John Rankin who is reputed to have been one of Ohio's first and most active -conductors- on the Underground Railroad.

In addition, he wrote Letters on American ...

National Historic Landmark - Plum Street Temple

National Historic Landmark - Plum Street Temple

Built in 1865-66 for B'nai Yeshurun, this is one of the best-preserved Moorish Revival buildings of the 19th century.

The rabbi at the time of construction was Dr. Isaac Mayer Wise (1819-1900), an important ...

National Historic Landmark - Ventana Cave

Situated on the Papago Indian Reservation, this site illustrates early human association with extinct Pleistocene mammals and a history of continuous Indian occupation in Arizona from 2000 BC to the present. 11 miles west of Santa Rosa, AZ.

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National Historic Landmark-People's Federal Savings and Loan

National Historic Landmark - People's Federal Savings and Loan Association

Completed in 1918, this architectural gem, small in scale, exquisite in detail, makes a strong individualistic statement in a busy small town Midwestern setting.

Executed late in the career of ...

National Historic Landmark - George Hunt Pendleton House

National Historic Landmark - George Hunt Pendleton House

From 1879 until his death, this was the residence of George Hunt Pendleton (1825-1889), lawyer and politician.

As a U.S. Senator (1879-1885), Pendleton spearheaded civil service reform.

He and his committee met here ...

National Historic Landmark - Tumacacori Museum

Built (1937-39) on a plan mimicking, in part, the spatial layout of a mission complex, the museum is a handsome example of Mission Revival architecture. Certain architectural elements, such as the entrance doors, were replicas of similar features from missions ...

National Historic Landmark - John P. Parker House

National Historic Landmark - John P. Parker House

A former slave, John Parker's unflagging and oftentimes heroic efforts to rescue escaped slaves from the -borderlands- along the Ohio River underscores the major role played by African-Americans not only as slaves and ...

National Historic Landmark - Ohio Theatre

National Historic Landmark - Ohio Theatre

Built in 1928, this massive Spanish Baroque structure was designed during the -Golden Age-of movie palace construction by Thomas W. Lamb (1871-1942), one of the most prolific and well-known theater architects of the 1920s.

Fully ...

National Historic Landmark - Tombstone Historic District

Tombstone is one of the best preserved specimens of the rugged frontier town of the 1870s and '80s. Site of one of the West's richest silver strikes and the "gunfight at the OK Corral", Tombstone epitomizes the legendary reputation of ...