National Historic Landmark - Air Force Facility Missile Site 8

This is the sole remaining Titan II Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) complex of the 54 that were "on alert" during the Cold War between 1963 and 1987; as such, it is the single remaining example of the liquid-fueled ICBM launch ...

National Historic Landmark - Palmer-Marsh House

National Historic Landmark - Palmer-Marsh House

A well-preserved example of a substantial Colonial town house designed as both a place of business and a residence.

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National Historic Landmark - Old Salem Historic District

National Historic Landmark - Old Salem Historic District

Restored example of an 18th-century theocratic planned community, established by Moravians from Pennsylvania in 1766.

The lands, plan, buildings and industries were controlled by a governing board of church officials.

The city that ...

National Historic Landmark - Old East

National Historic Landmark - Old East

The first building constructed (1795) on the campus of the first state university in the U.S. to open its doors, the University of North Carolina, which was chartered in 1789.

National Historic Landmark-John Mercer Langston House

National Historic Landmark- John Mercer Langston House

From 1856 to 1867, this simple clapboard structure was the home of John Mercer Langston (1829-1897), the man who became the first Black American elected to public office when he was elected township clerk ...

National Historic Landmark-Kirtland Temple

National Historic Landmark- Kirtland Temple

Built in 1834 by members of the Church of Jesus Christ of the Latterday Saints during their brief sojourn in Ohio, this structure combines Federal and Gothic Revival design elements.

The result is individualistic and typical ...

National Historic Landmark-Charles F. Kettering House

National Historic Landmark- Charles Franklin Kettering House

From 1914 until his death, this was the home of Charles Franklin Kettering (1876-1958), founder of the Dayton Engineering Laboratories Company (Delco) who also headed General Motors research activities.

Kettering made many significant contributions ...

National Historic Landmark-Johnson's Island Civil War Prison

National Historic Landmark- Johnson's Island Civil War Prison

Johnson's Island, the site of an important Confederate prisoners-of-war camp during much of the Civil War, is located 2.5 miles northwest of Sandusky, Ohio, in Sandusky Bay.

Johnson's Island was chosen because of ...

National Historic Landmark-Huffman Prairie Flying Field

National Historic Landmark- Huffman Prairie Flying Field

The Huffman Prairie Flying Field is the site used by the Wright Brothers from 1904 to 1905 to develop and test the world's first practical airplane, the Wright Flyer III.

It was on this ...

National Historic Landmark-Hawthorn Hill Orville Wright Home

National Historic Landmark- Hawthorn Hill Home of Orville Wright

Significant for its association with Wilbur and Orville Wright, inventors of the airplane, Hawthorn Hill (1914) represents the direct expression of the wealth and fame reaped by the Wright Brothers as a ...