National Historic Landmark- Ernie Pyle House

National Historical Landmark- Ernie Pyle House

Ernie Pyle was probably America's most widely read and certainly best loved war correspondent during World War II.

Often on or near the front lines, he helped people on the home front maintain their ...

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- 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 - Wyckoff House

National Historic Landmark - Wyckoff House

This house is a major and little-altered example of a type of frame house much used by Dutch settlers on western Long Island.

The original section was constructed approximately 1652, with later enlargements.

It is the earliest ...

National Historic Landmark - Jethro Wood House

National Historic Landmark - Jethro Wood House

Wood patented the first successful cast-iron plow in 1819, which revolutionized farming methods.

This was his home from 1800 to 1834; the two-story clapboard house is still used as a residence.

National Historic Landmark - Elkanah Watson House

National Historic Landmark - Elkanah Watson House

Elkanah Watson was a diplomat during the Revolution -- he delivered the final peace treaty to George III in 1782 --- a canal promoter, educator, businessman, banker and agriculturist.

He organized his first fair in ...

National Historic Landmark -The Voorlezer's House

National Historic Landmark -The Voorlezer's House

This house was constructed by the early Dutch settlers before 1696 to serve as a church, a school, and the residence of the Voorlezer, the layman chosen to assist the Pastor in the church services ...

National Historic Landmark - Van Cortlandt House

National Historic Landmark - Van Cortlandt House

Erected in 1748-49, this house is one of the most notable early Georgian manor houses.

It is significant architecturally for its beautiful stone and brick masonry, the excellent detail of its woodwork and the ...

National Historic Landmark - Van Alen House

National Historic Landmark - Van Alen House

This house is significant as an example of an architectural type of Dutch Colonial building which prevailed in the northern counties of the Hudson Valley.

Original parts of the house were constructed in 1737 ...

National Historic Landmark -United States Custom House (NY)

National Historic Landmark -United States Custom House (New York)

Constructed in 1900-07, this is an outstanding example of the use of Beaux-Arts elements in a government structure, and one of Cass Gilbert's finest buildings.

Embellished with sculpture by Daniel Chester ...