National Historic Landmark - John B. Tytus House

National Historic Landmark - John B. Tytus House

Lifelong home of John ButlerTytus (1875-1944), inventor of a practical hot, wide-strip, continuous steel-rolling process, which contributed significantly to the growth of the steel industry.

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National Historic Landmark - John Rankin House

National Historic Landmark - John Rankin House

This was the home of Presbyterian minister John Rankin who is reputed to have been one of Ohio's first and most active -conductors- on the Underground Railroad.

In addition, he wrote Letters on American ...

National Historic Landmark - John P. Parker House

National Historic Landmark - John P. Parker House

A former slave, John Parker's unflagging and oftentimes heroic efforts to rescue escaped slaves from the -borderlands- along the Ohio River underscores the major role played by African-Americans not only as slaves and ...

National Historic Landmark -John W. Draper House

National Historic Landmark -John W. Draper House

This was the home (1840-82) of John W. Draper, the well-known mid-19th-century scientist who, in addition to significant contributions to physics and chemistry, also wrote important works in intellectual history.

He is remembered for ...

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- John Wanamaker Store

National Historic Landmark- John Wanamaker Store

Constructed in three stages between 1902 and 1910, this 12 story steel frame structure is the home store of one of the major merchandising enterprises in retailing history which contributed to the evolution of the ...

National Historic Landmark-Johnson House

National Historic Landmark-Johnson House

Philadelphia was a center of the nineteenth-century American movement to abolish slavery, and the Johnson House was one of the important stations on the Underground Railroad that helped lead so many to freedom.

From 1770 to 1908, ...