National Historic Landmark - Alexandria Historic District

From the mid-18th century until the Civil War, Alexandria was the principal seaport and the commercial center of northern Virginia. The District contains significant examples of Colonial and Federal urban architecture. Interspersed among rows of modest houses are more imposing ...

National Historic Landmark - Port Gamble Historic District

One of the earliest and most important lumber-producing centers on the Pacific Coast. Still active, with a variety of architectural styles, Port Gamble exemplifies the mid-19th century company-owned town.

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National Historic Landmark - Matewan Historic District

The Matewan Historic District is exceptionally significant in the history of labor organization in America. It was the scene of the "Matewan Battle" of May 19, 1920 where coal company officials tried to remove union workers from company housing. The ...

National Historic Landmark-Elkins Coal & Coke Co. Historic District

The Elkins Coal and Coke Company Historic District consists of 140 beehive coke ovens that were the nation's last known operating beehive ovens. The coke Elkins produced was essential for the production of iron and steel.

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National Historic Landmark - Davis & Elkins Historic District

Halliehurst and Graceland, a pair of mansions on the grounds of Davis and Elkins College, are the key surviving buildings associated respectively with two of the Gilded Age's most important business and political figures, Stephen Benton Elkins and Henry Gassaway ...

National Historic Landmark - Silver Mound Archeological District

This site is nationally significant for its role in the initial settlement of North America. The first Americans explored an expansive stretch of land with no prior knowledge of the landscape. Because of the need to locate resources within this ...

National Historic Landmark - Namur Historic District

Located in northeastern Wisconsin, this area contains the Nation's largest known concentration of Belgian-influenced farmsteads, other rural buildings, and landscapes features. Namur is a lively ethnic enclave where French is still spoken with a Walloon accent, and where the heritage ...

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 ...

Moncrief Cemetery District

Memorial, Sunset Memorial and Pinehurst Cemeteries were developed and managed by the Afro-American Life Insurance Company to provide burial options for blacks in segregated Jacksonville.

With over 6,000 graves, these three cemeteries along with the adjacent Mount Olive Cemetery, New ...