National Historic Landmark - Huguenot Street Historic District

National Historic Landmark - Huguenot Street Historic District

This historic district consists of five stone houses that reflect the 17th and 18th century Walloon and French Hugenot heritage of the settlers.

In 1677, refugees from Flanders and the Lower Rhine purchased ...

National Historic Landmark - Hudson River Historic District

National Historic Landmark - Hudson River Historic District

This 30-square-mile cultural landscape on the eastern shore of the Hudson River is composed of several villages that are traditional rural communities.

With its singular origins as a Dutch colony, its peculiar semi-feudal system ...

National Historic Landmark -Geneseo Historic District

National Historic Landmark -Geneseo Historic District

One of the most remarkably preserved villages in northwestern New York, Geneseo is one of the best examples of -Picturesque- architecture and town planning as expounded by American landscape architect Andrew Jackson Downing (1815-1852) in ...

National Historic Landmark - Bethania Historic District

National Historic Landmark - Bethania Historic District

Bethania is nationally significant because it is a rare example of the agricultural patterns of a German, -open field- agricultural village.

The Bethania Town Lot also illustrates Moravian community planning and development.

Bethania is ...

National Historic Landmark - Leadville Historic District

Leadville mines have yielded minerals of higher total value than any other mining district in the country. There were three major mining phases in the Leadville district, ranging from 1860 to 1917. A large number of early structures survive.

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National Historic Landmark-GeorgetownSilverPlumeHistoricDistrict

The Georgetown-Silver Plume area flourished because of gold and silver production. The two communities have retained much of their mid-19th-century boom-town atmosphere.

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National Historic Landmark - Cripple Creek Historic District

Cripple Creek served one of the world's largest gold fields, yielding almost $25 million in 1901.

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National Historic Landmark - Tombstone Historic District

Tombstone is one of the best preserved specimens of the rugged frontier town of the 1870s and '80s. Site of one of the West's richest silver strikes and the "gunfight at the OK Corral", Tombstone epitomizes the legendary reputation of ...

National Historic Landmark-Mount Pleasant Historic District

National Historic Landmark-Mount Pleasant Historic District

The town of Mount Pleasant was established in 1803 by Robert Carothers, an Irishman from Virginia, and Jesse Thomas, a Quaker from North Carolina.

It is important for the role it played in the antislavery ...

National Historic Landmark - Jerome Historic District

Jerome was one of the richest copper-producing areas in the United States in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The town and surrounding mining area illustrate the historic activities associated with copper production.

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