National Historic Landmark - Nash-Hooper House

National Historic Landmark - Nash-Hooper House

Built by Francis Nash, Revolutionary War hero and general.

Home, from 1782 until his death in 1790, of William Hooper, a signer of the Declaration of Independence for North Carolina and a delegate to the ...

National Historic Landmark - Colonel Charles Young House

National Historic Landmark - Colonel Charles Young House

This two story brick structure was the residence of Colonel Charles Young (1864-1922), the third Black person to graduate from West Point and the highest-ranking Black officer of the First World War.

Young ...

National Historic Landmark - Harriet Taylor Upton House

National Historic Landmark - Harriet Taylor Upton House

From 1883 to 1931, this was the home of Harriet Taylor Upton, an important figure in both the Woman Suffrage Movement and the Republican Party; in addition, the house was also the national ...

National Historic Landmark - John B. Tytus House

National Historic Landmark - John B. Tytus House

Lifelong home of John ButlerTytus (1875-1944), inventor of a practical hot, wide-strip, continuous steel-rolling process, which contributed significantly to the growth of the steel industry.

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National Historic Landmark-Capt Edward V. Rickenbacker House

National Historic Landmark - Captain Edward V. Rickenbacker House

From 1895 to 1922, this simple dwelling was the residence of Edward Vernon Rickenbacher (1890-1973).

A leading race car driver prior to the First World War, Rickenbacher became a hero as ...

National Historic Landmark - John Rankin House

National Historic Landmark - John Rankin House

This was the home of Presbyterian minister John Rankin who is reputed to have been one of Ohio's first and most active -conductors- on the Underground Railroad.

In addition, he wrote Letters on American ...

National Historic Landmark - George Hunt Pendleton House

National Historic Landmark - George Hunt Pendleton House

From 1879 until his death, this was the residence of George Hunt Pendleton (1825-1889), lawyer and politician.

As a U.S. Senator (1879-1885), Pendleton spearheaded civil service reform.

He and his committee met here ...

National Historic Landmark - John P. Parker House

National Historic Landmark - John P. Parker House

A former slave, John Parker's unflagging and oftentimes heroic efforts to rescue escaped slaves from the -borderlands- along the Ohio River underscores the major role played by African-Americans not only as slaves and ...

National Historic Landmark-Ohio Statehouse

National Historic Landmark-Ohio Statehouse

Considered one of the outstanding statements of the Greek Revival style in America, Ohio's Capitol was begun in 1839 and completed in 1861.

Announcement of an architectural competition for its design resulted in more than 60 entries, ...

National Historic Landmark-Benjamin Lundy House

National Historic Landmark-Benjamin Lundy House

In 1820, this was the residence of the abolitionist Benjamin Lundy (1789-1839). Here, in this brick row house, Lundy established his influential antislavery newspaper, GENIUS OF UNIVERSAL EMANCIPATION, one of the germinal chronicles of the antislavery ...