Elizabeth Cady Stanton House, Seneca Falls, NY

From this modest house at 32 Washington Street, Elizabeth Cady Stanton organized a movement destined to change the world. From 1847-1862, Stanton's Seneca Falls home served as the headquarters of the women's suffrage movement.

Stanton tirelessly wrote, organized and lobbied ...

National Historic Landmark- Sloss Furnaces

Erected in 1881-82 by noted southern industrialist James Withers Sloss, this is the oldest remaining blast furnace in the area and represents Alabama's early 20th century preeminence in the production of pig iron and cast iron pipe.

The complex, which remained ...

National Historic Landmark- Sixteenth Street Baptist Church

The Sixteenth Street Baptist Church is associated with the Birmingham Alabama civil rights movement in 1963 in which two specific events led to the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Between May 2-8, 1963, participants of the nonviolent ...

National Historic Landmark- Saturn V Launch Vehicle

n July 1969, a rocket of this type carried astronauts Neil A. Armstrong, Edwin E. Aldrin, and Michael Collins toward mankind's first expedition to the surface of the moon.

Developed by the U.S. for the purpose of landing a man ...

National Historic Landmark- Saturn V Dynamic Test Stand

Built in 1964 to conduct mechanical and vibrational tests on the fully assembled Saturn V rocket, this facility represents the last step in the testing process before the vehicle was accepted for full flight status.

Major problems capable of causing ...

National Historic Landmark- Redstone Test Stand

A steel frame structure constructed in 1953 from salvaged materials, this is the oldest static firing facility at the Marshall Space Flight Center. It was important in the development of the Jupiter C and Mercury/Redstone vehicles that launched the first ...

National Historic Landmark- Propulsion and Structural Test Facility

Built in 1957 by the Army Ballistic Missile Agency and transferred to NASA, this facility became the primary center responsible for the development of large vehicles and rocket propulsion systems.

During the 1960s, under the direction of Dr. Werner von Braun, ...

National Historic Landmark- Neutral Buoyancy Space Simulator

Essentially a large water tank 75' in diameter and 40' deep, this facility was designed to provide a simulated zero-gravity environment in which engineers, designers, and astronauts could perform, for extended periods of time, the various phases of research needed ...

National Historic Landmark- Moundville

Settled first in the 10th century, Moundville is situated on a level area overlooking the Black Warrior River and consists of 34 mounds, the largest of which is over 58' high.

The site represents a major period of Mississippian culture ...

National Historic Landmark- Montgomery Union Station

Constructed in 1898, this an excellent example of late 19th-century commercial architecture served as the focal point of transportation into the city until the advent of commercial air travel.

Montgomery Union Station is most significant for its trainshed, which illustrates ...