National Historic Landmark - Eudora Welty House

Eudora Welty (1909-2001), one of the most acclaimed writers of the twentieth century, lived in this house for seventy six years. This house was built by Welty's parents, Christian and Chestina Welty. In 1925, Eudora Welty wrote all of her ...

Old Christ Church

The Old Christ Church, constructed in 1832, is the oldest standing protestant church in the state of Florida. The church itself is constructed in the Norman Gothic Revival style, and is designed after Sir Christopher Wren's Old North Church in ...

Supremacy, Siege, and the Sea

Military and naval conflict dominated the 18th century. France, Spain, and Great Britain were aggressors in nearly constant warfare that often extended into North America. Spain established a fledgling colony near what is now the Pensacola Naval Air Station in ...

Lavalle Cottage

Originally located on West Government Street, the Lavalle house is a fine example of a colonial era French Creole style house. This style is exemplified by symmetrical room designs, apron roofs, and plaster facades. This house was built between 1803 ...

Museum of Commerce

The Museum of Commerce brings Pensacola's commercial history to life by recreating a portion of the Palafox Street business district from the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. This streetscape replica is located inside the historic Heinberg warehouse built in ...

El Tovar Hotel

Named in honor of early Grand Canyon explorer Pedro de Tovar, the El Tovar Lodge is one of the most recognizable and iconic structures along the Canyon's rim. In 1905, the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway, constructed the state-of-the ...

Yucca Mountain

Located on the federally owned Nevada Test Site, Yucca Mountain is one of the most hotly contested sites in the United States.

Soon after World War II, the United States Government created the Atomic Energy Commission to oversee both military and ...

Manuel Barrios Cottage

Originally located at 524 East Zaragossa Street, this Gulf Coast style cottage is named after one of its earliest residents, Manuel Barrios. Of Creole, or mixed-race ancestry, Barrio was a barber in town who resided in the house with Elizabeth ...

Brewster Store

Brewster Store

5 Aurora Street

The Brewster Store is a long-time business location, housing a variety of commerce since 1839, and is likely the oldest commercial building still in use in the Western Reserve.

The building is named for Anson ...

Brewster Mansion

Brewster Mansion

9 Aurora

Brewster Mansion was built in 1853 by Frederick Bunnell as the home of Anson Brewster after a fire in 1842 destroyed the earlier family home on the same spot. 

Stories have his wife, Sarah White Brewster ...