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National Historic Landmark- Ernest L. Blumenschein House

National Historical Landmark- Ernest L. Blumenschein House

In 1919, painter Ernest L. Blumenschein purchased this 11-room, single story adobe dating from Spanish times and made it his home and studio.

Blumenschein was co-founder in 1898 of the Taos Art Colony, which became ...

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National Historic Landmark- Barrio De Analco Historic District

National Historical Landmark- Barrio De Analco Historic District

First settled in 1620, this barrio is unique because it represents an active working-class neighborhood of Spanish Colonial heritage.

The district contains numerous examples of Spanish-Pueblo architecture, characterized by the adobe construction indigenous to ...

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National Historic Landmark- Bandelier CCC Historic District

National Historical Landmark- Bandelier CCC Historic District

Dating from the 1930s, this is the largest collection of CCC-built structures in a National Park area that has not been altered by new structures in the district.

This group of 31 buildings ...

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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. ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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Gainesville's Railroads

The coming of the Florida Railroad opened up the interior of Florida for both settlement and trading and helped establish Gainesville. On February 1, 1859 the Florida Railroad entered town and connected Fernandina Beach with Cedar Key by 1861. Built ...

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Borax Lake Site

The Borax Lake Site is considered of national significance as the type site for a major prehistoric period in the far western United States, the Paleo-Indian (Clovis), referred to in archeological literature of the Western Great Basin and California as ...

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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 ...

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BERKELEY (Ferry)

Built in 1898, BERKELEY is the oldest essentially unmodified passenger and car ferry in the United States, and is the best example of the 3 surviving propeller-driven ferries of the double-ended type, the best known American ferry type. In her ...

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