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8 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 Brandon Historic District

The district includes two other places listed on the NRHP: the Rankin County Confederate Monument and the Rankin County Courthouse.

Eau Claire High School

The building which housed it from 1923-1949 is now on the National Register of Historic Places Building #83003379

Green Bay National Wildlife Refuge

Some of these safe havens are considered part of the National Register of Historic Places.

Henry G. Harrison

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

Mineral King

(All of these communities, including Silver City, would later become part of the National Register of Historic Places' Mineral King Road Cultural Landscape.)

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.


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.

Benjamin N. Duke House

Benjamin's brother James Buchanan Duke (1856–1925) also built a townhouse on Fifth Avenue, the James B. Duke House, which was designated a New York City Landmark in 1970, and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1977.

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.

Cashiers, North Carolina

Five properties near Cashiers are listed on the National Register of Historic Places—Camp Merrie-Woode, the Church of the Good Shepherd, Fairfield Inn, the High Hampton Inn Historic District, and the Mordecai Zachary House.

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.

Colerain Works Archeological District

Colerain Works Archeological District is a registered historic district near Dunlap, Ohio, listed in the National Register of Historic Places on June 18, 1976.

De Borgia Schoolhouse

De Borgia Schoolhouse is a two-story wood frame school located in De Borgia, Montana, United States which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on December 27, 1979.

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,

Delaware City, Delaware

The Delaware City Historic District, Chelsea, Eastern Lock of the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal, Fairview, and Fort Delaware on Pea Patch Island are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Edward H. Hobson

Hobson's Federal style brick home in Greensburg (built by his father in 1823) is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Embassy of Latvia in Washington, D.C.

In addition to being listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the building is a contributing property to the 'Sheridan-Kalorama Historic District' and Massachusetts Avenue Historic District.

Embassy of Sierra Leone in Washington, D.C.

Built in 1917 to the designs of noted architect Jules Henri de Sibour, the 21-room Beaux-Arts building was formerly a private residence is designated as a contributing property to the Dupont Circle Historic District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.

George Austin McHenry

George McHenry's home is on the National Register of Historic Places in Stone County.

Hazel Hall

Hall's home, located at 106 NW 22nd Place in Portland, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the Hazel Hall House.

John Uri Lloyd House

John Uri Lloyd House is a registered historic building in Cincinnati, Ohio, listed in the National Register on March 7, 1973.

Julia Stockton Dinsmore

The main house of the farm she inherited from her father and managed for fifty-four years is now on the National Register of Historic Places and is known as the Dinsmore Homestead.

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.

King Opera House

The King Opera House is a contributing property to the Van Buren Historic District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

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.

Log Cabin Inn Ensemble

The Log Cabin Inn Ensemble, located in McKenzie Bridge, Oregon, is 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.

Lyle F. Schoenfeldt

From June 1, 1996 until February 1, 2006 he and his wife Wanda Hinshaw (a North Carolina native) owned the Mast Farm Inn, a preserved 19th century farm in Valle Crucis, North Carolina that has been listed since 1972 in the National Register of Historic Places.

Monongahela, Pennsylvania

The Edward G. Acheson House, Bethel African American Episcopal Church of Monongahela City, David Longwell House, and Monongahela Cemetery are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

National Register of Historic Places listings in Davenport, Iowa

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

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 northwestern Worcester, Massachusetts

There are 103 properties and historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Worcester, Massachusetts, west of I-190 and the north-south section of I-290 and north of Massachusetts Route 122, which are listed here.

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.

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).

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.

Redmont Hotel

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on February 27 of that year.

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).

Shedd, Oregon

East of Shedd at the former site of Boston Mills, on the Calapooia River, is the National Register of Historic Places-listed Boston Flour Mill (aka Thompson's Flouring Mill), Oregon's oldest continuously operating water powered mill, part of Thompson's Mills State Heritage Site.

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.

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

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.

Thomaston Colored Institute

It was included on the Alabama Historical Commission's Places in Peril listing in 2000, the same year that it was placed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Vantage, Washington

The original bridge was dismantled, and moved to the crossing at Lyons Ferry, where it still stands today as the oldest extant steel cantilever bridge in Washington, and is listed in 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.

Washington Square Historic District

Washington Square Historic District (Nacogdoches, Texas), in Nacogdoches County, Texas, US, listed on the National Register of Historic Places

William Passavant

Asterisk: The building that once housed the hospital is also 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

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"

Corrigan

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

Delaplane, Virginia

In addition to fox hunting, Delaplane's close proximity to Washington, D.C. juxtaposed with a remarkably well preserved 19th century agricultural heritage, gave rise to numerous and expansive country estates; many of which are listed on the National Register of Historic Places such as Mount Bleak House, Moreland, and Oak Hill, an early home of John Marshall, Chief Justice of the United States.

Dinsmore House

Dinsmore Homestead, Burlington, Kentucky, listed on the National Register of Historic Places as Dinsmore House and as James Dinsmore House, in Boone County, Kentucky

East Side Historic District

Near East Side Historic District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Rock County, Wisconsin

Elkridge

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

Emory Grove

Emory Grove Historic District, historic district on the National Register of Historic Places in Druid Hills, Georgia

Fort Mitchell Site

Fort Mitchell Historic Site, in Fort Mitchell, Alabama, an archeological site listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Russell County, Alabama

Hillsboro Historic District

Hillsborough Historic District, Hillsborough, North Carolina, listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP)

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

James Marshall House

James W. Marshall House, Lambertville, New Jersey, listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP)

James Smith House

James Alexander Smith and Elmarion Smith Barn and Lame-Smith House, Halsey, Oregon, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Linn County, Oregon

John Baker House

John S. Baker House, Cincinnati, Ohio, listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP)

John C. Austin

Hollywood Masonic Temple, Hollywood Boulevard, directly across the street from Grauman's Chinese Theater, 1921, added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1985

John W. Daniel

His birthplace, the John Marshall Warwick House, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.

Larson House

Swan Larson Three-Decker, a house in Worcester, Massachusetts, listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places (NRHP)

Livestock Exchange Building

Kansas City Live Stock Exchange, Kansas City, Missouri, listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP)

Locust Lawn

Locust Lawn, now Borden Oaks, a plantation on the National Register of Historic Places near Greensboro, Alabama

Londershausen House

Gottlieb Londershausen House, listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP)

Lyons Garage

Lyons Garage, Torrington, Connecticut, a contributing building in the Downtown Torrington Historic District, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places

Miller Brothers

Miller Brothers Farm, a house in the US state of Georgia on the National Register of Historic Places

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

Muir House

John Muir National Historic Site, Martinez, California, a National Historic Landmark and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Contra Costa County, California

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 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)

Porter Military Academy

Charleston Arsenal, on the peninsula in Charleston, South Carolina, listed on the National Register of Historic Places as Porter Military Academy

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

Russian Village

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

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

Saunders Hall

Goode-Hall House, a plantation house on the National Register of Historic Places

Sedgwick House

Maj. Gen. John Sedgwick House, Cornwall, Connecticut, listed on the National Register of Historic Places

South End Historic District

South End District, Boston, Massachusetts, a historic district listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP)

Stone Hall

Stone Hall, Atlanta University, now known as Fountain Hall at Morris Brown College, listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) in Fulton County, Georgia

Sweetser House

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

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