National Historic Landmark-Marsh-Billings Historical Park

National Historical Landmarks-George Perkins Marsh Boyhood Home

Built in 1805 by his father, this was Marsh's home until he left for Dartmouth College in 1816. Marsh, a lawyer, philologist, and diplomat, made a significant contribution to the conservation movement in America ...

National Historic Landmark-Mount Independence

National Historical Landmarks-Mount Independence

This site, on Lake Champlain opposite Fort Ticonderoga, was fortified by Colonial troops in 1776 to prevent the British from penetrating to the Hudson River through the Champlain Valley.

Courtesy National Park Service National Historical Landmarks

Photo http://www.historicvermont.org/mountindependence/trail_dedication.htm

National Historic Landmark-Justin S Morrill Homestead

National Historical Landmarks

Justin S Morrill Home

Morrill was responsible for the Morrill Acts (1862, 1890), which provided for land grant colleges. He designed and constructed this Gothic Revival house in 1848-51, and retained ownership while in the Congress as a Representative ...

National Historic Landmark-Calvin Coolidge Homestead

Calvin Coolidge Homestead District

Calvin Coolidge was born here in 1872 in the house attached to his father's general store. In 1876 the family moved across the street and it was here in 1923 that Coolidge was sworn in as president ...

Saint Michael's Catholic Church

Historic Palafox Business District

The current Gothic revival building at 21 North Palafox dates to 1886, but Saint Michael's history in Pensacola goes much further back than 125 years. Saint Michael's traces its history to 1559 when Spanish settlers under don ...

Sanford Residential Historic District

The Sanford Residential Historic District contains buildings that date from the 1880s to the 1930s, when Sanford was a prominent agricultural and transportation center. While the district consists primarily of residential houses, there are also some commercial buildings, such as ...

Lake Charm

Located near Oviedo in Seminole County, Lake Charm served as a popular vacation resort in the late nineteenth century. Lake Charm was first settled in 1868 by Florida's incumbent comptroller and treasurer, Walter Gwynn, along with his family. Gwynn's daughter, ...

Florida Land and Colonization Company

The Florida Land and Colonization Company was located in Sanford, Florida in Seminole County. The Company was established by Henry Sanford in 1880, who hoped to use the Company to help sell and develop his land holdings in Florida. The ...

Florida Monument - Chickamauga

Fought on September 19-20, 1863, the Battle of Chickamauga was one of the bloodiest battles of the Civil War, with nearly 35,000 Union and Confederate casualties

Seven Florida units participated in the battle and suffered over 550 dead, wounded, missing, ...

Commander Clyde Lassen

U.S. Navy Commander Clyde E. Lassen served his country valiantly as a helicopter pilot during a period of uncertainty and great unrest in America's history. Lassen, a native of Fort Myers, Florida, was born in 1942. Shortly after graduating high ...