National Historic Landmark-Tiffany and Company Building

National Historical Landmark-Tiffany and Company Building

Completed in 1906, this was until 1940 the home of the prestigious jewelry store, considered for half a century the leader of the jewelry trade in America.

Designed by McKim, Mead, and White as a ...

National Historic Landmark-Third Judicial District Courthouse

National Historical Landmark- Third Judicial District Courthouse

Designed in the Ruskinian or Venetian style, and an outstanding example of civic architecture, this is Withers' best known work (1874-77).

It is exuberant by comparison with his other designs, which include a number ...

National Historic Landmark-Green-Wood Cemetery

National Historical Landmark-Green-Wood Cemetery

Green-Wood Cemetery, established in 1838, was the largest and most varied of the early American rural cemeteries. Its scale, diverse topography, and intended civic prominence made it the prototype for how a cemetery with Picturesque landscaping could ...

National Historic Landmark-Frick Collection and Reference Library

National Historical Landmark- The Frick Collection and Frick Art Reference Library

The Frick Collection and Frick Art Reference Library in New York comprise an institution that is considered one of the great legacies of the first period of major art ...

National Historic Landmark-Tenement Museum

National Historical Landmark-Tenement Building at 97 Orchard Street

This six-story brick tenement is an outstanding survivor of the vast number of humble buildings that housed immigrants to New York during the greatest wave of immigration in American history.

Erected in 1863-64, ...

National Historic Landmark-Surrogate's Court

National Historical Landmark- Surrogate's Court

An eight-story Beaux-Arts/French Renaissance style granite building with elaborate ornamentation constructed between 1899 and 1907, this edifice was symbolic of the prosperity and achievement of New York City.

This style was popular for municipal structures.

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National Historic Landmark-Sunnyside

National Historical Landmark-Sunnyside Washington Irving Home

This stone house, purchased by writer Washington Irving in 1835, was his home until his death. The house and landscaped grounds, created between 1835 and 1859, tell the story of the Romantic movement in 19th ...

National Historic Landmark-Stony Point Battlefield

National Historical Landmark-Stony Point Battlefield

On July 15, 1779, the Patriot victory at Stony Point, under Gen. Mad Anthony Wayne, insured General Washington's control of the Hudson River and West Point.

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National Historic Landmark-Stonewall

National Historical Landmark-Stonewall

The Stonewall Inn was the scene of important events that sparked the modern struggle for the civil rights of gay and lesbian Americans.

In a pattern of raids and harassment of gay establishments, the New York City police ...

National Historic Landmark-A.T. Stewart Company Store

National Historical Landmark-A.T. Stewart Company Store

Stewart's store (1846), the Marble Palace has been called the cradle of the department store.

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