National Historic Landmark-General William Floyd House

National Historic Landmark-General William Floyd House

Floyd, a wealthy Long Island landowner before the Revolution, was a New York delegate to the Continental Congress. Despite all he stood to lose, he signed the Declaration of Independence.

In 1803 he left Long ...

National Historic Landmark-Flatiron Building

National Historic Landmark-Flatiron Building

Daniel Burnham, the architect of the Flatiron Building, was very influential in the development of both the Chicago and New York skyscraper styles.

Built in 1901, it was acclaimed as the world's tallest building for ten years. ...

National Historic Landmark-Hamilton Fish House

National Historic Landmark-Hamilton Fish House

Residence (1808-c. 1838) of President Grant's Secretary of State (1869-77).

During his tenure, he proved to be an exceptional manager and added stability to a demoralized administration.

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National Historic Landmark-1st Reformed Protestant Dutch Church

National Historic Landmark-First Reformed Protestant Dutch Church of Kingston

Completed in 1852, the Renaissance Revival First Reformed Protestant Dutch Church of Kingston, New York, is a nationally significant religious building by noted architect Minard Lafever that encapsulates both the maturation of ...

Unearthing Florida: The Battle of Olustee

The 1864 Battle of Olustee was by far the largest battle fought in Florida during the Civil War and yielded a plethora of battlefield artifacts.

Nearly 11,000 soldiers engaged in the battle -- that ended in more than 2800 casualties ...

Unearthing Florida: Fort Barrancas

In 1862, Fort Barrancas in Pensacola was an important base of operations for Union movements into Florida and Alabama, but it was not always controlled by the North.

Just days before Florida joined the Confederacy, state troops seized two of ...

Unearthing Florida: Salt Works

During the Civil War, salt production in Florida was vital to keeping the Confederacy supplied with long-lasting sources of perishable food, such as meat and fish.

The Union strategy of cutting off supplies from the north and blockading southern ports ...

Unearthing Florida: Camp Walton

At the start of the Civil War, Confederate Florida looked to local militias to begin the difficult task of raising an army.

Most militias were made up of men from different social orders in the community- farmers, bricklayers, teachers, fisherman, lawyers ...

National Historic Landmark - Ludlow Tent Colony Site

The Ludlow Tent Colony Site is significant in the history of industry for its association with a pivotal event in American history, a battle between striking coal miners and the National Guard that culminated in the destruction of the tent ...

National Historic Landmark - Lowry Ruin

A pueblo (c. 1060 AD) of 50 rooms, unusual in that it has a great kiva, a large ceremonial structure more commonly found in Arizona and New Mexico.

Information provided by the National Registry of Historic Places, a program of the ...