National Historic Landmark-Low Memorial Library

National Historical Landmark-Low Memorial Library

Built in 1895-97, this building is one of the most important Neo-Classical structures in America and is one of architect Charles Folen McKim's masterpieces.

The Library was the first major building erected on the present Columbia ...

National Historic Landmark-Lorillard Snuff Mill

National Historic Landmark- Lorillard Snuff Mill

Constructed 1840 in by the P. Lorillard Company, the Lorillard Snuff Mill is the nation's oldest extant tobacco factory and a symbol of the importance of tobacco in the development of commerce and industry in ...

National Historic Landmark-Lindenwald Martin Van Buren Home

National Historic Landmark- Lindenwald (Martin Van Buren Home)

Home for 21 years, until his death in 1862, of Martin Van Buren, the eighth president of the United States.

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National Historic Landmark-LIGHTSHIP NO. 87 AMBROSE

National Historic Landmark- LIGHTSHIP Number 87 AMBROSE

Now known by her last official designation Ambrose, NO. 87 was built (1907) to serve as the first lightship on the newly established Nantucket station, where she served to guide mariners into the nation's ...

National Historic Landmark-LETTIE G. HOWARD (Schooner)

National Historic Landmark- LETTIE G. HOWARD (Schooner)

A wooden fishing vessel constructed in 1893, she is the last remaining example of a Fredonia schooner, once the standard fishing boat type in North American offshore fisheries.

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National Historic Landmark-Langmuir

National Historic Landmark- Irving House Langmuir

From 1919 to 1957, the home of the distinguished General Electric chemist and inventor, and winner of the 1934 Nobel Prize in chemistry for his work in surface kinetics.

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National Historic Landmark-Lake Mohonk Mountain House

National Historic Landmark- Lake Mohonk Mountain House

Begun in the 1870s as a small resort for family and friends by the Smiley brothers, it became so popular that it was enlarged many times. Because of the Smiley's love of the ...

National Historic Landmark-Knox Headquarters

National Historic Landmark-Knox Headquarters

Built by an early settler on the Hudson River, this structure was in an area of key importance during the Revolution.

It was occupied on four occasions by Maj. Gen. Henry Knox.

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National Historic Landmark - Kleinhans Music Hall

National Historic Landmark - Kleinhans Music Hall

One of the three commissions given to the new architectural firm of Eliel and Eero Saarinen after the Great Depression, this music hall ranks among the firm's finest work and indicates the growing influence ...

National Historic Landmark - King Manor

National Historic Landmark - King Manor

Rufus King, who lived in this Colonial mansion intermittently from 1806 until his death in 1827, enjoyed a distinguished career in public service.

He sat in the Continental Congress (1784-86), signed the U.S. Constitution (1787), ...