Bethlehem Progressive Baptist Church

According to oral histories, Frank Saxton, a white man, built this church in 1861 for his former slaves. By 1869, 15 black Baptist churches in the state formed the Bethlehem Baptist Association. Fort Taylor Cemetery, south of Brooksville, is the ...

Pleasant Hill Baptist Church

Built between 1895 and 1910, this wood frame church is the oldest surviving African American church in Floral City.

Information provided by Florida Department of State.

National Historic Landmark-Mission Concepcion

National Historic Landmark - Mission Concepcion

Established in 1731 by Franciscan friars, this is the best preserved of the Texas missions. The massive church building is designed in Mexican Baroque style, with twin bell towers.

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National Historic Landmark-Majestic Theatre

National Historic Landmark - Majestic Theatre

The great movie palaces gradually replaced burlesque as entertainment within everyone's reach, rich and poor alike. In the 1920s and '30s, the picture palace flourished in big cities and small towns, as fantasy worlds into ...

National Historic Landmark-Spindletop

National Historic Landmark - Spindletop Oil Field Lucas Gusher

On January 10, 1901, at Spindletop, a little knoll of land rising out of a swampy prairie, the first great oil gusher roared in.

Lucas Gusher signaled the opening of the vast oil ...

National Historic Landmark-Lubbock Lake Site

National Historic Landmark - Lubbock Lake Site

Discovered in the 1930s, excavations at the site in Yellow House Canyon have revealed a stratified sequence of human habitation spanning 11,000-12,000 years and providing evidence for occupation during Clovis, Folsom, Plainview, Late Paleo-Indian, ...

National Historic Landmark-USS Lexington Aircraft Carrier

National Historic Landmark - USS Lexington, USS Aircraft Carrier

Within naval history, it can be said that the first half of the 20th century belonged to the battleship, while the second half of the century was the era of the aircraft ...

National Historic Landmark-King Ranch

National Historic Landmark - King Ranch

Founded in 1852 by Richard King (1825-1885), who purchased a Spanish land grant of 75,000 acres, the ranch grew steadily to include over 1 Million acres spread over 4 South Texas counties and become the ...

National Historic Landmark-Lyndon Baines Johnson Boyhood Home

National Historic Landmark - Lyndon Baines Johnson Boyhood Home

From 1913 to 1920, and again from 1922 to 1930, this small one story frame house was the family home of Lyndon Baines Johnson (1908-1973), 36th President of the United States (1963-1969).

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National Historic Landmark-Highland Park Shopping Village

National Historic Landmark - Highland Park Shopping Village

Established in 1931, the Highland Park Shopping Village represents a pivotal point in the evolution of the shopping center as a distinctive building type in 20th century American architecture.

As defined by the ...