National Historic Landmark - Mary Jane Colter Buildings

These four structures reflect the Mary Elizabeth Jane Colter's important work in Park architecture over the first three decades of the 20th century. The Hopi House (1905) is modeled after a Hopi Pueblo and its design was a product of ...

National Historic Landmark- Marjorie Kennan Rawlings House

The Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings House was the home of the acclaimed writer and her first husband, Charles Rawlings, from 1928 to 1953. It was in this house that Rawlings wrote all seven of the books published during her lifetime, including ...

National Historic Landmark-John Burroughs Riverby Study

National Historic Landmark- John Burroughs Riverby Study

This small one-story frame structure was built in 1881 by John Burroughs, noted naturalist and conservationist, within the yard of his Riverby estate overlooking the Hudson.

It served as his retreat, a place where ...

National Historic Landmark-Ralph Johnson Bunche House

National Historic Landmark- Ralph Johnson Bunche House

This was the home of the distinguished Afro-American diplomat and scholar who served as Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations.

He negotiated the Israeli-Arab Truce of 1949 and was consequently awarded the Nobel Peace ...

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-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-Joshua R. Giddings Law Office

National Historic Landmark-Joshua R. Giddings Law Office

For most of his professional life, this small two-room frame structure was the law office of Joshua Reed Giddings (1785-1864), abolitionist and Congressman (1838-1859).

While in Congress, his unwavering objective was the elimination of ...

National Historic Landmark-James A. Garfield Home

National Historic Landmark- James A. Garfield Home

From 1876 until his death at the hands of an assassin, Lawnfield was the residence of James Abram Garfield (1831-1881), 20th President of the United States.

In 1880, Garfield was selected by the Republican ...

National Historic Landmark-Jay Cooke Home

National Historic Landmark-Jay Cooke Home

From 1865 until his death, this High Victorian structure was the summer home of Jay Cooke (1821-1905), the Napoleon of Finance. During the Civil War, bond sales by financier Cooke were an important source of financial ...

National Historic Landmark- Jacksonville Historic District

National Historic Landmark- Jacksonville Historic District

Founded as a mining town in 1852, Jacksonville is a mid-19th century inland commercial town significant for its magnificent group of surviving unaltered commercial and residential buildings.

The town was the principal financial center ...