National Historic Landmark- Columbia River Highway

National Historic Landmark- Columbia River Highway

Constructed between 1913 and 1922, the Columbia River Highway was created to take visitors to the Columbia River Gorge's most breath-taking and beautiful natural wonders and scenic vistas.

The highway is an outstanding example ...

National Historic Landmark-Bonneville Dam Historic District

National Historic Landmark-Bonneville Dam Historic District

Built in the 1930s by the Federal government to raise and divert the Columbia River to generate hydroelectric power, the dam represented a unique engineering challenge for a diversion/overflow dam; it was the first ...

National Historic Landmark- N.C. Wyeth House and Studio

National Historic Landmark- N.C. Wyeth House and Studio

Newell Convers Wyeth's illustrations have excited the imagination of generations of readers.

In a career that spanned the first half of the twentieth century, Wyeth illustrated some ninety books and countless stories ...

National Historic Landmark-Wyck

National Historic Landmark-Wyck

Begun in 1690, Wyck is a rare example of a colonial type of structure that has been completely documented by nine generations of the same Quaker family.

The house, outbuildings, and gardens, as well as the interior ...

National Historic Landmark- Woodville

National Historic Landmark- Woodville

John Neville, as the revenue inspector who collected the Whiskey Tax, played a part in the events that led to the Whiskey Rebellion (1794).

This 1-1/2-story frame house (1785) is the surviving property most closely associated with ...

National Historic Landmark- Woodmont

National Historic Landmark- Woodmont

Woodmont was designed by architect William Lightfoot Price, and built in the 1890s for industrialist Alan Wood, Jr.

Along with its support buildings, it is a superb example of a large country estate of its time.

The ...

National Historic Landmark- Woodlands

National Historic Landmark- Woodlands

A 1788 remodeling of an older Georgian house transformed The Woodlands into one of the earliest and most advanced examples of Adamesque style domestic architecture in America.

In 1840 the land surrounding the mansion was converted into a ...

National Historic Landmark-Woodford

National Historic Landmark-Woodford

Begun in 1756, this is the first of the great, opulent, late-Georgian mansions to be erected in the Philadelphia area. Woodford was built by William Coleman, a wealthy merchant and judge.

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National Historic Landmark- Benjamin West, Birthplace

National Historic Landmark- Benjamin West, Birthplace

Located on the campus of Swarthmore College, this is the birthplace of Benjamin West (1728-1820), who made major contributions to American art through his support for young artists, such as Gilbert Stuart and Charles ...

National Historic Landmark- Conrad Weiser House

National Historic Landmark- Conrad Weiser House

From 1729 until his death, this rectangular stone farmhouse was the home of Johann Conrad Weiser (1696-1760), who promoted friendly relations between the Iroquois and the British, a decisive factor in Britain's victory in the ...