National Historic Landmark-Central Park

National Historic Landmark-Central Park

In the third quarter of the 19th century, development of the park gave impetus to the nation's urban park movement. Recognized as an outstanding example of the art of landscape architecture.

National Historic Landmark - Grand Canyon Park Operations Bldg.

This 1929 structure took its shape from the surrounding landscape and is subtly connected to its natural environment by natural feeling forms in its style and the native materials used to construct it. The texture of the stonework and its ...

National Historic Landmark - Grand Canyon Lodge

Erected in 1927-28, this is the most intact rustic hotel development remaining in the National Parks from the era when railroads, in this case the Union Pacific, fostered construction of "destination resorts." The main lodge building was rebuilt in 1936 ...

National Historic Landmark - Grand Canyon Depot

Constructed in 1909-10, this is the only remaining structural log railroad depot in the country. Built for the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad, it helped establish the rustic sense of place of the Grand Canyon by being the first ...

National Historic Landmark - Gatlin Site

Probably first occupied sometime before 900 AD, the Gatlin Site contains one of the few documented Hohokam platform mounds. Associated with the mound are pit houses, ball courts, middens, and prehistoric canals. The mound is one of the only excavated ...

National Historic Landmark - Fort Huachuca

Founded in 1877, this cavalry outpost played a prominent role in subduing the last significant Indian group ranging free of reservation restraints: The Chiracahua Apache led by Geronimo. Fort Huachuca also served as headquarters for the Army's four all-Black regiments. ...

National Historic Landmark - Fort Bowie and Apache Pass

Commanding the eastern entrance of Apache Pass, Fort Bowie (1862) was a focal point in Army operations against the Chiricahua Apache in the 1860s and 1870s. A much-traveled mountain crossing of strategic value due to the presence of spring water, ...

National Historic Landmark - El Tovar

A transitional structure that bridged the gap between Victorian resort architecture of the late 19th century and the rustic architecture later deemed appropriate for the great scenic and natural wonders of the U.S., El Tovar was designed by a Santa ...

National Historic Landmark - Double Adobe Site

The site where the distinctive pre-ceramic Cochise Culture, the base from which a number of ceramic cultures, particularly the Mogollon, developed, Double Adobe has yielded information on southern Arizona's prehistoric climate, ecology, and animal life.

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National Historic Landmark - Desert Laboratory

Established in 1903 by the Carnegie Institution for the purpose of studying "the methods by which plants perform their functions under the extraordinary conditions existing in deserts," the Desert Laboratory was for over 35 years the center for the study ...