United States Post Office and Custom House

Built in 1858 to house Richmond’s Federal customs house, post office, and courthouse, the original portion of the United States Post Office and Custom House is an imposing Italianate building. Its exterior is of local “Petersburg” granite, while the interior ...

United States Railroad Administration Locomotive

National Historic

Mechanical Engineering Landmark

United States Railroad Administration Locomotive

Atlantic Coast Line Class P-5a 4-6-2 No. 1504 1919

During the World-War I emergency, American railroads were placed under the control of the United States Railroad Administration (USRA). To facilitate ...

United States Air Force

1976 - 2075

The men and women of the Air Force Eastern Test Range proudly dedicate this monument to our national progress in missile and space technology in recognition of the American revolution Bicentennial. Erected on site of support elements ...

United States Merchant Marine Veterans of World War II

1941 - 1945

Side A

In memory of those who plied the North Atlantic routes, the Murmansk run, the Invasions of N. Africa, Italy, Normandy, Philippines, Okinawa and every other major Invasion around the Globe.

Recruited as an all volunteer group to man ...

United States Colored Troops

Civil War Memorial Monument

African Americans have served in every war since the American Revolution. During the Civil War, more that 180,000 African Americans comprising 170 units served in the Union Army and 29,511 served in the Union Navy. Nearly 700 ...

The First High Rise Concrete Frame Building in the United States

Commemorating the first high rise concrete frame building in the United States

Erected 1903

Marker is at the intersection of E 4th St and Vine St, on the right when traveling west on E 4th St.

Courtesy hmdb.org

National Historic Landmark - United States Military Academy

National Historic Landmark - United States Military Academy

Troops have been stationed at this pivotal spot guarding the Hudson River since January 1778, making West Point the oldest permanently occupied military post in the country.

Benedict Arnold commanded the post here during ...

National Historic Landmark -United States Custom House (NY)

National Historic Landmark -United States Custom House (New York)

Constructed in 1900-07, this is an outstanding example of the use of Beaux-Arts elements in a government structure, and one of Cass Gilbert's finest buildings.

Embellished with sculpture by Daniel Chester ...

United States Air Force Academy, Cadet Area

Born in the first decade of the Cold War, the United States Air Force Academy provided the service with a steady supply of officers in a period of rapid expansion of the military's air arm. In the face of technological ...

National Historic Landmark-United States Naval Asylum

National Historic Landmark-United States Naval Asylum

The U.S. Naval Asylum in Philadelphia was the first home and hospital constructed in this country for indigent and elderly naval personnel.

Architecturally, the property is significant for the main building (Biddle Hall) and two ...