National Historic Landmark- Kit Carson House

National Historical Landmark-Kit Carson House

From 1843 until his death, this was the home of Christopher Kit Carson (1809-1868), American frontiersman and legendary hero of the Old West.

A contemporary who knew him well once said that he was -first in every ...

National Historic Landmark- Carlsbad Irrigation Project

National Historical Landmark- Carlsbad Irrigation Project

Carlsbad was one of the most extensive private irrigation projects in the American West, where adequate water supply has always been a concern.

In the 1880s, inhabitants of the Pecos Valley constructed several stone dams to ...

National Historic Landmark- Ernest L. Blumenschein House

National Historical Landmark- Ernest L. Blumenschein House

In 1919, painter Ernest L. Blumenschein purchased this 11-room, single story adobe dating from Spanish times and made it his home and studio.

Blumenschein was co-founder in 1898 of the Taos Art Colony, which became ...

National Historic Landmark- Barrio De Analco Historic District

National Historical Landmark- Barrio De Analco Historic District

First settled in 1620, this barrio is unique because it represents an active working-class neighborhood of Spanish Colonial heritage.

The district contains numerous examples of Spanish-Pueblo architecture, characterized by the adobe construction indigenous to ...

National Historic Landmark- Bandelier CCC Historic District

National Historical Landmark- Bandelier CCC Historic District

Dating from the 1930s, this is the largest collection of CCC-built structures in a National Park area that has not been altered by new structures in the district.

This group of 31 buildings ...

National Historic Landmark- Acoma Pueblo

National Historical Landmark- Acoma Pueblo

Acoma Pueblo, built on top of a giant, craggy mesa, is one of the oldest continuously occupied settlements in the United States.

Founded as early as A.D. 1100, its location made it virtually impregnable in early times. ...

National Historic Landmark- Abo

National Historical Landmark-Abo

Abo is the site of a large, unexcavated Pueblo occupied from late prehistoric times into the historic era.

Abo typifies the period in which acculturation began in the American Southwest. A large mission church of red sandstone ...

National Historic Landmark - Bodie Historic District

In its location, setting, and total isolation, and in terms of the number of historic buildings and associated mining remains that have survived in unusually good condition, Bodie is probably the finest example of a mining "ghost town" in the ...

Bank of Italy Building

From 1908 to 1921, this eight story, Second Renaissance Revival structure in San Francisco's financial district served as headquarters for Bank of Italy (later renamed Bank of America). Amadeo Peter Giannini (1870-1949), the son of Italian immigrants, built the tiny ...

Alcatraz Island

Begun as a military fortification and the site of the first U.S. lighthouse on the Pacific Coast (1854), Alcatraz was the first official Army prison in the nation. In 1934, the facility was transferred to civilian authority and it became ...