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9 unusual facts about National Register of Historic Places


Alberton School

Alberton School is a three-story brick school located in Alberton, Montana, United States which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on January 13, 1997.

Columbia City, Seattle

The Columbia City business district was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980 as the Columbia City Historic District, bounded on the north by S. Alaska Street, on the south by S. Hudson Street, on the east by Rainier Avenue S., and on the west by 35th Avenue S.

Downtown San Jose

Many of the 19th century buildings in central downtown appear on the National Register of Historic Places, in particular the area surrounding St. James Park.

Henry G. Harrison

Several of his works in the United States are listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.

Log Cabin Inn Ensemble

The Log Cabin Inn Ensemble, located in McKenzie Bridge, Oregon, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Route of the Oregon Trail

Remnants of the trail in Kansas, Nebraska, Wyoming, Idaho, and Oregon have been listed on the National Register of Historic Places, and the entire trail is a designated National Historic Trail (listed as the Oregon National Historic Trail).

Stone Windmill

Stone Windmill (Morristown, New York), also known as McConnell's Windmill, listed as "Stone Windmill" in the U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Taleyfac River

It is crossed by Taleyfac Spanish Bridge, a historic stone arch bridge that is listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.

Wade Hampton II

The Hampton family summer retreat, High Hampton, which they had built in the western mountains of North Carolina, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, as are their mansion in Columbia, South Carolina, the Hampton-Preston House; and the ruins of their plantation house Millwoods in Richland County, South Carolina.


Amos Eno

After settling his son's debts, Amos retreated to the family summer residence in Simsbury, the Amos Eno House (1820, on the National Register of Historic Places) which had been erected by Eno's father-in-law, Elisha Phelps.

Beauregard Parish Courthouse

The courthouse and jail are also part of the Historic Downtown district of DeRidder that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places

Benjamin Harvey Hill

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on November 7, 1972 and designated as a National Historic Landmark on November 7, 1973.

Bestwick's Market

Bestwick's Market is a wood-framed false-fronted commercial building located in Alberton, Montana, United States which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on January 13, 1997.

Boltonville, Wisconsin

Just south of Boltonville is the St. John of God Roman Catholic Church, Convent, and School, a church listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Charles Irving Thornton

His tombstone, located in Cumberland State Forest in Cumberland County, Virginia, is listed on the Virginia Landmarks Register and the National Register of Historic Places as one of only two gravestones in the world, and the only one in the United States, known to exist with an epitaph by Charles Dickens.

Cortland Rural Cemetery

Adjacent to the State University of New York at Cortland, located at 110 Tompkins Street, and a included in the Tompkins Street-Main Street Historic District on the National Register of Historic Places, the cemetery has over 19,000 individual graves on its grounds, including those of many notable figures in Cortland's history.

Daniel Carroll

(Several acres are now associated with the house museum known as Darnall's Chance, listed on the National Register of Historic Places).

Dean Family Farm

The Dean Family Farm, listed since 1994 as a historic site on the National Register of Historic Places, has its origins with the immigration of Daniel Dean, a native of Tobermore,

Emery County, Utah

Evidence of these people can still be found in numerous pictograph and petroglyph panels, such as those in Temple Mountain Wash, Muddy Creek, Ferron Box, Black Dragon Canyon, and Buckhorn Wash-all sites listed in the National Register of Historic Places.

George H. Kelly House

Built in 1904 in the Neo-Classical Revival style, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983, and designated a City of Omaha architectural landmark that same year.

Harrison Square Historic District

Among the architects represented in the district are Luther Briggs, Jr., who also designed the Mount Wollaston Cemetery and John A. Fox, who also designed Tewksbury Hospital, both also on the National Register of Historic Places.

Hiram Sibley

His home near Rochester, the Hiram Sibley Homestead, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985, and his Rochester home is included in the East Avenue Historic District.

Hogan-Borger Mound Archeological District

Hogan-Borger Mound Archeological District is a registered historic site near Ross, Ohio, listed in the National Register on 1975-10-21.

Imperial Stock Ranch Headquarters Complex

The Imperial Stock Ranch Headquarters Complex is a historic district near Shaniko in Wasco County, Oregon, United States, listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Kentucky Railway Museum

Four of the pieces are separately on the National Register of Historic Places: the Louisville and Nashville Steam Locomotive No. 152, the Louisville and Nashville Combine Car Number 665, the Mt. Broderick Pullman Lounge-Obs-Sleeping Car, and the Frankfort and Cincinnati Model 55 Rail Car.

Lawson Tower

The tower is listed as both an American Water Landmark and to the National Register of Historic Places - has become a popular touring site, featuring sweeping views of the South Shore, Old Scituate Light, Minot's Ledge Light and the nearby First Trinitarian Congregational Church.

Leelanau Transit Company

Two of the stations built for the line survive at least in part, and the Sutton Bay depot, constructed in 1920, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Lewisburg Hall and Warehouse Company Building

The Lewisburg Hall and Warehouse Company Building is a building located in Lewisburg, Oregon listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Little Creek, Delaware

The Cherbourg Round Barn, Little Creek Hundred Rural Historic District, Little Creek Methodist Church, Old Stone Tavern, Port Mahon Lighthouse, Elizabeth Stubbs House, and Jonathan Woodley House are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Lookout tree

Many of the surviving lookout trees in Arizona have been placed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Lummus Park, Miami

On October 25, 2006, the park and the buildings on its northern boundary were added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places as Lummus Park Historic District.

Miami-Erie Canal Site Historic District

Miami-Erie Canal Site Historic District is a registered historic district near West Chester, Ohio, listed in the National Register of Historic Places on 1978-12-18.

Morris Schinasi

His family mansion built in 1907 at West 107th Street & 351 Riverside in Manhattan, New York City and called the Schinasi House today, is designated a New York City Landmark and listed in the National Register of Historic Places.

National Register of Historic Places listings in Hardeman County, Tennessee

This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Hardeman County, Tennessee, United States.

National Register of Historic Places listings in Peekskill, New York

This is intended to be a complete list of properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Peekskill, New York.

National Register of Historic Places listings in St. Louis south and west of downtown

This is a list of properties and historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places within the city limits of St. Louis, Missouri, south of Interstate 64 and west of Downtown St. Louis.

National Register of Historic Places listings in Webster Parish, Louisiana

This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Webster Parish, Louisiana, United States.

National Register of Historic Places listings in White County, Georgia

This is a list of properties and districts in White County, Georgia that are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP).

New York State Route 32A

Here, the route passes Palenville's fire department before ending at a signalized intersection with NY 23A across from the National Register of Historic Places-listed Rowena Memorial School.

Oak Grove, Westmoreland County, Virginia

The community also lies in a region of historic architecture, with notable buildings including Wirtland at Oak Grove, a Gothic Revival plantation house listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Ojo Caliente, New Mexico

It is the location of, or nearest community to, the Ojo Caliente Hot Springs Round Barn, built in 1924, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Oregon Historic District

In 1974, Oregon was registered on the National Register of Historic Places, between Patterson Blvd. and Wayne Ave., north to Gates St. and south to U.S. Route 35, and Downtown Dayton (No. 75001506).

Oswego Lake

With the relative scarcity of building easements, lakefront property remains prestigious, and a number of architecturally significant homes have been built along its shores, including the Carl C. Jantzen Estate, a Tudor-style estate on the National Register of Historic Places, built on an island on the lake's north shore by the founder of the Jantzen swimwear company in 1930.

Rancho Los Laureles

A row of Eucalyptus globulus trees planted by Nathan Spaulding along the Rancho's entrance road was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008 as a prominent example of the species' use in California's landscape architecture.

Shirley Hotel

The Shirley Hotel, located at 101 S. Colorado Ave. in Haxtun, Colorado is a historic building that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

State Farm Downtown Building

The building is listed as a contributing property to the National Register of Historic Places listed Bloomington Central Business District, a historic district encompassing much of downtown Bloomington, Illinois.

Sutro District

An attempt by the National Park Service to have the district listed as a historic district on the National Register of Historic Places was unsuccessful, though the Camera Obscura on the property of the Cliff House was successfully added to the National Register on its own.

The Ave

Ye College Inn, a Tudor Revival building at the northeast corner of NE 40th Street near the "lower" (south) end of The Ave, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Verona Island, Maine

The Waldo–Hancock Bridge (carrying U.S. 1), which opened November 16, 1931 to connect Verona Island and Prospect in Waldo County, is on the National Register of Historic Places but was in such bad condition that it was replaced.

Walking Box Ranch

Listing on the National Register of Historic Places was one of the goals set out in April 2006 by the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, and the Bureau of Land Management, co-managers of the property.

Washoe County Library

The Washoe County Library, at 301 S. Center St. in Reno, Nevada, is a public library and is a historic Modern-style building listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

West Pointe à la Hache, Louisiana

Woodland Plantation, the plantation depicted on the label of Southern Comfort since the 1930s, is an antebellum mansion in the town, and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Yuko Nii

In 1996, Nii founded the not for profit Williamsburg Art & Historical Center (WAH Center) in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York, which is housed in the Kings County Savings Bank Building in the National Register of Historic Places - a New York City Landmark.


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A Sand County Almanac

Leopold's home, Aldo Leopold Shack and Farm, was listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in 1978.

Austin High School

Austin High School, Austin, Nevada, formerly known as Lander County High School, listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Baird House

Theodore Baird Residence, Amherst, Massachusetts, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and also known as Baird House (and listed as Baird House on National Register of Historic Places)

Bass Mansion

John H. Bass Mansion, Fort Wayne, Indiana, listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP)

Bishop's

Bishop's Block, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Dubuque County, Iowa (USA)

Brown Hall

Brown's Hall-Thompson's Opera House, Pioche, Nevada, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Nevada

Charcoal Kilns

Birch Creek Charcoal Kilns, Leadore, Idaho — listed on the National Register of Historic Places as "Charcoal Kilns"

Collett

Collett Park, on the National Register of Historic Places in Indiana

Corrigan

Corrigan House, a home in Sarasota, Florida which is listed on the United States National Register of Historic Places

Dodd House

Dodd Homestead, Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP)

Dorsch

Dorsch's White Cross Bakery, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Washington, D.C.

Elkridge

Elkridge Furnace Complex, National Register of Historic Places designation for the same historic site

Glassell

Glassell Park Elementary School, elementary school listed on the National Register of Historic Places

Hall's Tavern

Hall Tavern, Cambridge, Massachusetts, listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP)

Holy Hill

Holy Hill National Shrine of Mary, Help of Christians, Erin, Wisconsin, also known as Holy Hill and listed as that on the National Register of Historic Places

Hope School

Hope Rosenwald School, also known as Hope School, near Pomaria, South Carolina, listed on the National Register of Historic Places

Isaac Lewis House

Isaac C. Lewis Cottage, listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) in Branford, Connecticut

John Gray House

Rev. John H. Gray House, Eutaw, Alabama, listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP)

John Palmer House

John Denham Palmer House in Fernandia Beach, Florida, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Florida

Linden House

Ricards House-Linden Hall, Bridgeville, Delaware, listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) in Sussex County

Marine Barracks

Marine Barracks, Washington, D.C., listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Washington, D.C. as the U.S. Marine Corps Barracks and Commandant's House

Mount Zion African Methodist Episcopal Church

Mount Zion African Methodist Episcopal Church and Mount Zion Cemetery, Woolwich, New Jersey, listed on National Register of Historic Places listings in Gloucester County, New Jersey

Norge, Virginia

Other landmarks in Norge include the former Doll Factory, the former Williamsburg Soap and Candle Factory, Our Savior's Evangelical Lutheran Church and the Norge Train Depot, which was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 2009.

Old Stone Church

Old Providence Stone Church, Spottswood, Virginia, listed on the National Register of Historic Places

Old Stone Church and Cemetery, Clemson, South Carolina, listed on the National Register of Historic Places

Old Stone Church or Evangelical Lutheran Church of St. Peter, Rhinebeck, New York, listed on the National Register of Historic Places

Olmsted Park System

Olmsted Park, Boston and Brookline, Massachusetts, also known as Olmsted Park System (and listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) under that name)

Purnell House

George Washington Purnell House, Snow Hill, Maryland, listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places (NRHP)

Richardson Building

Richardson Block, Boston, Massachusetts, listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) in Massachusetts

Rochelle Park

Rochelle Park, New Rochelle, a National Register of Historic Places designated historic district in New Rochelle, New York

Round Barns in Illinois Thematic Resources

The Wheeler-Magnus Round Barn is the only round barn listed on the National Register of Historic Places located in Cook County.

Russian Village

Russian Village District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in California

Samuel Parker House

Samuel Parker House, Coventry, Connecticut, of Parker-Hutchinson Farm, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, in Tolland County

School Number 6

School No. 6, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Livingston County, New York

Shiloh Church

Shiloh Temple, Lisbon Falls, Maine, on the National Register of Historic Places

Shorey House

Charles Shorey House, Hillsboro, Oregon, listed on the National Register of Historic Places

St. Elmo Historic District

Elmo Historic District, St. Elmo, Colorado, a National Register of Historic Places (NRHP)-listed ghost town district that makes up part or all of St. Elmo, Colorado

St. Joseph Church

Saint Joseph of the Lake Church and Cemetery, Menominee Indian Reservation, Wisconsin, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Menominee County, Wisconsin

Stanley House

Stanley-Whitman House, listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) in Farmington, Connecticut

Sweetser House

Warren Sweetser House, Stoneham, Massachusetts, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Middlesex County, Massachusetts

Daniel Sweetser House, Wakefield, Massachusetts, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Middlesex County, Massachusetts

Thomas Jones House

Thomas W. Jones House, Stoneham, Massachusetts, listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP)

Tower Building

Tower Building of the Little Rock Arsenal, listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) in Pulaski County, Arkansas

Tyson House

McBryde-Screws-Tyson House, Montgomery, Alabama, listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) in Montgomery County

Van den Berg

Hendrik J. and Wilhelmina H. Van Den Berg Cottage, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Marion County, Iowa

Van der Leeuw House

Neutra VDL Studio and Residences, known also as Van der Leeuw Research House, Los Angeles, California, designed by Richard and Dion Neutra, listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places

William Martin House

William H. Martin House, Hot Springs, Arkansas, listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP)

Woodward Building

Woodward Building (Birmingham, Alabama), one of the "Heaviest Corner on Earth" buildings, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Jefferson County, Alabama

ZCBJ Hall

Z. C. B. J. Hall, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Chippewa County, Wisconsin