National Historic Landmark-Paul Robeson Residence

National Historical Landmark-Paul Robeson Residence

Residence (1939-41) of the famous African-American actor, singer, scholar, and athlete, who in the 1940s and 1950s suffered public condemnation for his political sympathies, but was widely acclaimed for his artistic talent.

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National Historic Landmark-Quarters A, Brooklyn Navy Yard

National Historical Landmark- Quarters A, Brooklyn Navy Yard

As Commandant of the Navy Yard (1841-43), Commodore Matthew C. Perry occupied Quarters A, residence of the Yard's commanding officers since its construction.

Perry's mission to Japan (1854) opened that country to Western ...

National Historic Landmark-Pupin Physics Laboratory

National Historical Landmark- Pupin Physics Laboratory, Columbia University

Initial experiments on the nuclear fission of uranium were conducted here by Enrico Fermi. The uranium atom was split here on January 25, 1939, ten days after the world's first atom-splitting in Copenhagen, ...

National Historic Landmark-Prudential (Guaranty) Building

National Historical Landmark- Prudential (Guaranty) Building

The last collaborative effort of its architects, the Prudential (1895) is a triumph of early skyscraper design.

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National Historic Landmark-PRISCILLA (Oyster Sloop)

National Historical Landmark-PRISCILLA (Long Island Sound Oyster Sloop)

Priscilla is a classic Long Island Sound and Great South Bay oyster dredging sloop. Built in 1888 during the peak of the United States oyster industry, she is the oldest and only sailing ...

United States Air Force Academy, Cadet Area

Born in the first decade of the Cold War, the United States Air Force Academy provided the service with a steady supply of officers in a period of rapid expansion of the military's air arm. In the face of technological ...

Telluride Historic District

The district's boom-period as a gold camp came after a narrow-gauge railroad was built to Telluride in 1890. Its buildings as a whole represent a 19th century mining frontier "boom town."

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Silverton Historic District

Silverton, one of the two principal mining towns in southwestern Colorado, was an important silver-producing area. The town, established in 1874, the same year that mining began in the vicinity, was important in the economic development of the Rocky Mountain ...

Shenandoah-Dives (Mayflower) Mill

The Shenandoah-Dives Mill is an intact and fully functional mill and includes all of its original equipment from the early 20th century. Constructed in 1929, the Shenandoah-Dives Mill is the finest extant example of a selective flotation mill. This property ...

Rocky Mountain National Park Administration Building

Park visitor centers were the central planning and design element of the National Park Service's Mission 66 program. The Rocky Mountain National Park Administration Building (1967) was one of the most important commissions (other than those initiated by Wright himself) ...