National Historic Landmark - New York Public Library

National Historic Landmark - New York Public Library

Completed in 1911, the Library is a Beaux-Arts masterpiece designed by architects Carrere and Hastings.

On either side of a monumental stairway, two stone lions, sculpted by Edward Clark Potter, guard the ...

National Historic Landmark - New York Life Building

National Historic Landmark - New York Life Building

The New York Life Insurance Company, founded in 1841 as the Nautilus Insurance Company, has played a major role in the development of life insurance policies and practices.

One of the nation's ...

National Historic Landmark - New York Cotton Exchange

National Historic Landmark - New York Cotton Exchange

The founding of the New York Cotton Exchange in 1870 marked the end of the factorage system for marketing America's most important 19th-century domestic crop and the beginning of today's futures trading ...

National Historic Landmark - New York Chamber of Commerce

National Historic Landmark - New York Chamber of Commerce

Founded in 1768, the New York Chamber of Commerce has served as the organizational prototype for the development of similar institutions promoting the interests of American business on the national, State, ...

National Historic Landmark - New York Botanical Garden

National Historic Landmark - New York Botanical Garden

Established in 1896, this exemplary institution soon became one of the leading botanical gardens in the world, a position it still maintains.

Within its 230 acres are one of the world's largest ...

National Historic Landmark - New York Amsterdam News Building

National Historic Landmark - New York Amsterdam News Building

From 1916 to 1938, home of one of America's best known African-American newspapers.

During those years, the paper's circulation, national coverage, and national reputation grew.

Courtesy National Park Service National Historical ...

National Historic Landmark - National City Bank Building

National Historic Landmark - National City Bank Building

Home since 1908 of one of the country's most influential financial institutions, one of several formed in 1812 to fill the banking void created the previous year by the demise of the First ...

National Historic Landmark -NASH (Harbor Tug)

National Historic Landmark -NASH (Harbor Tug)

Built as the MAJ. ELISHA K. HENSON in 1943 for the U.S. Army, this vessel is typical of the several hundred large harbor tugs (LTs) sent to every theater of World War II operations.

As HENSON, ...

National Historic Landmark - Kate Mullany House

National Historic Landmark - Kate Mullany House

Kate Mullany, who organized and led Troy's all-female Collar Laundry Union in the 1860s, was America's most prominent female labor leader.

Male unionists recognized her group as the only bona fide female union in ...

National Historic Landmark - William Sydney Mount House

National Historic Landmark - William Sydney Mount House

Mount (1807-68) produced most of his genre paintings in this large farmhouse.

His genre scenes reflect his individualism, insistence on realistic portrayals, and his reliance on his own region and its people for ...