Aquatic Park

Aquatic Park, developed from 1936 to 1939, was one of California's largest Works Progress Administration (WPA) projects reflecting President Franklin D. Roosevelt's policy of providing employment to architects and artists during the Great Depression. The centerpiece of this group of ...

ALMA (Scow Schooner)

ALMA is an excellent example of a once-common, vernacular work-a-day craft found on the major waterways of the United States from Colonial times through the 20th century. While built and operated on the San Francisco Bay, ALMA is in many ...

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 ...

National Historic Landmark - Wyckoff-Bennett Homestead

National Historic Landmark - Wyckoff-Bennett Homestead

A superb example of the Dutch Colonial style.

Modest in size, it has survived with little or no change, and has been continuously occupied since its construction (c. 1766) as the main house of a working ...

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 - Woolworth Building

National Historic Landmark - Woolworth Building

From its completion in 1913 until 1930, this building was the world's tallest.

It stands today as a monument not only to Frank W. Woolworth, originator of the variety chain-store, but also to its architect, Cass ...

National Historic Landmark - Woodchuck Lodge

National Historic Landmark - Woodchuck Lodge

From 1910 to 1921, naturalist and author Burroughs used this summer retreat for working and entertaining friends.

During these years Burroughs was the nation's recognized authority on the out-of-doors, instilling in his readers --a deep affection ...

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 - Willard Memorial Chapel

National Historic Landmark - Willard Memorial Chapel-Welch Memorial Hall

The Willard Memorial Chapel is a distinctive and highly intact representation of the work of the Tiffany Glass and Decorating Company.

Fixtures, windows and furnishings in the chapel were executed by the Tiffany ...

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 ...