National Historic Landmark - J.C. Penney Historic District

James Cash Penney stands tall in the history of American retailing. Although not the first to establish a chain of department stores, he was the first to do so on a national scale. It started in Kemmerer in 1902, when ...

National Historic Landmark - Murie Ranch Historic District

Murie Ranch is the most important property associated with Adolph, Olaus and Margaret (Mardy) Murie, whose studies and advocacy changed the way the federal government and scientific community study and manage natural lands and their wildlife populations. The Muries supported ...

Pleasant Street Historic District

Bounded by Main Street, NW 8th Avenue, NW 2nd Avenue and NW 6th Street (Depot Avenue).

The oldest and largest continuously inhabited black residential area in Gainesville, this district is significant as the religious and social center for black entertainment, ...

Olcott Avenue Historic District

The Olcott Avenue neighborhood in the borough of Bernardsville, located in northeast Somerset County, was developed at the turn of the 20th century as a carefully laid out middle class residential neighborhood.

The streets in the district are characterized by ...

Sauganash Historic District

Between 1840 and 1880 Chicago's population multiplied 126 times over. As hundreds of thousands of people flocked to the city, they encountered congested streets, crowded tenements, and unsanitary living conditions. However, by the turn of 19th century, reliable and affordable ...

Pell City’s Historical Residential District

The earliest neighborhood in Pell City was the Residential District, located on the northern boundary of the Downtown Historic District. The Residential District was the preferred location for many of the earliest leaders involved in the growth and development of ...

Virginia City National Historic Landmark District

The spectacular gold discovery in Alder Gulch on May 26, 1863, led to the rapid growth of this colorful and legendary gold camp town. Thousands of fortune-seekers rushed to the area, and by 1864 the Virginia City area boasted 30,000 ...

Peninsula Village Historic District

Listed on the

National Register

of

Historic Places

By the United States

Department of Interior

August 23, 1974

Marker is on Locust Street 0.1 miles south of Main Street (Ohio Route 303), on the right when traveling north.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Fraunces Tavern Block Historic District

Exploring Downtown

Samuel Fraunces in 1762 named his Queen’s Head tavern after Queen Charlotte, wife of King George III. His politics, however, were strictly patriotic, and his tavern hosted meetings of the radical Sons of Liberty and, later, the New ...

Bedford Courthouse Square Historic District

Courthouse square, part of original 1825 plat, surrounded by nineteenth and early twentieth century commercial buildings in various architectural styles. Limestone facing quarried and milled by local industry. Listed in National Register of Historic Places 1995.

Marker is on I Street ...