National Historic Landmark - Chester A. Arthur House

National Historic Landmark - Chester A. Arthur House

This 5-story brownstone row house is the best extant building associated with the career of President Chester A. Arthur (1830-1886).

He apparently took his oath of office here, occasionally visited it during ...

National Historic Landmark - Louis Armstrong House

National Historic Landmark – Louis Armstrong House

Louis Armstrong – -Satchmo- to his world-wide legion of fans -- lived in this house from 1940 to 1971.

One of America's most creative, influential, and popular musicians, he arranged, composed and played blues and ...

National Historic Landmark -Armour-Stiner House

National Historic Landmark -Armour-Stiner House

Built (1859-60) on the theories of Orson Squire Fowler, the Armour-Stiner House is the only fully domed octagonal residence in America.

Courtesy National Park Service National Historical Landmarks

National Historic Landmark - Susan B. Anthony House

National Historic Landmark - Susan B. Anthony House

Active in numerous reform movements, Susan B. Anthony entered the fight for women's rights in 1851 after meeting Elizabeth Cady Stanton.

She was especially effective in garnering legislative petitions and in accompanying them ...

National Historic Landmar -Adams Power Plant Transformer House

National Historic Landmark - Adams Power Plant Transformer House

Until well into the 20th century, this electric-power generating facility retained its position as the largest hydroelectric power plant in the world.

The transformer house, built in 1895 from designs by McKim, Mead ...

National Historic Landmark - Thomas Wolfe House

National Historic Landmark - Thomas Wolfe House

Wolfe, a major American novelist, used his boyhood experiences in this rambling frame house in his novels, the first of which was LOOK HOMEWARD, ANGEL.

Wolfe's mother bought the house in 1906, and he ...

National Historic Landmark - Single Brothers' House

National Historic Landmark - Single Brothers' House

Restored example of Germanic half-timbered construction (1768-86) in the Moravian planned community of Salem.

Used as a trade school for Moravian boys and as a dormitory for master craftsmen, journeymen, and apprentices.

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National Historic Landmark - Palmer-Marsh House

National Historic Landmark - Palmer-Marsh House

A well-preserved example of a substantial Colonial town house designed as both a place of business and a residence.

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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-Charles F. Kettering House

National Historic Landmark- Charles Franklin Kettering House

From 1914 until his death, this was the home of Charles Franklin Kettering (1876-1958), founder of the Dayton Engineering Laboratories Company (Delco) who also headed General Motors research activities.

Kettering made many significant contributions ...