Buildings, Historic
Little Compton, Rhode Island
The society was incorporated in 1937 to preserve the history and cultural heritage of Little Compton for the enrichment and enjoyment of the general public.The town of Little Compton, Rhode Island, was founded by a band of explorers from Plymouth Colony seeking to expand their settlement along the...
Little Rock, Arkansas
On September 23, 1957 nine African-American teenagers stood up to an angry crowd protesting integration in front of Little Rock's Central High as they entered the school for the first time.Broadcast around the world, the events at this high school made Little Rock the site of the first important...
Livingston, Montana
The historic Livingston Depot was built in 1902 as the Northern Pacific Railroad's original access to Yellowstone National Park.Its majestic colonnade and ornate architectural detail greeted travelers until 1979, when AMTRAK suspended passenger service to southern Montana. Burlington Northern,...
Norwalk, Connecticut
The museum is one of the earliest and finest surviving Second Empire Style country houses ever built in the United States.Lockwood's financial reversals in 1869 and his untimely death in 1872 resulted in the loss of the estate, then known as "Elm Park" through foreclosure in 1874. The...
Bellefontaine, Ohio
In 1945, a group of dedicated citizens formed the society to preserve items relating to these personages and events. Starting in a member’s home, they outgrew several locations until they purchased the old Orr Mansion in 1988.Thousands of hours of volunteer work have made it into an extensive...
Lompoc, California
The Lompoc Museum opens visitors' eyes to the archeology and history of the Lompoc Valley and Santa Barbara County.The Museum was established in Lompoc’s former Carnegie Library to display s collection of Chumash and other Native American artifacts. The adjacent Artesia School Museum was the...
Cazenovia, New York
Today, the schoolhouse is carefully restored to its 1887 appearance and offers a myriad of programs throughout the year, including several successful Friends-supported events during the summer, fall, and winter.The c.1814 Rippleton Schoolhouse operated as the District No. Seven school in the town...
St Baton Rouge, Louisiana
The present state capitol building of Louisiana, a 34-story, 450-foot Alabama limestone-clad skyscraper, is the final resting place of politician Huey Long.The present state capitol building of Louisiana, a 34-story, 450-foot Alabama limestone-clad skyscraper, is the final resting place of...
Louisville, Colorado
The Louisville Historical Museum occupies three historic buildings constructed between 1904 and 1908.The main building is historically known as the Jacoe Store and features a variety of artifacts and historic photographs that reflect the settlement and industry of Louisville, including coal mining...
Hilo, Hawaii
Originally built for New England missionaries David and Sarah Lyman in 1839, the museum was established in 1931 by their descendants.Today, the Mission House has been preserved, and is on both the State and National Registers of Historic Places. The Lyman Museum building, next door to the Mission...
Tarrytown, New York
Lyndhurst is America's finest Gothic Revival mansion and a remarkable example of the Hudson River's grand and historic estates. Overlooking the Hudson River in Tarrytown NY is Lyndhurst, one of America's finest Gothic Revival mansions. The architectural brilliance of the residence, designed in 1838...
Lyndhurst, New Jersey
Everything from Civil War re-enactments to strawberry festivals take place at the "Little Red Schoolhouse," from which the Society maintains exhibits and provides walking tours of Lyndhurst. The Lyndhurst Historical Society is a private, not-for-profit organization dedicated to the...
Norfolk, Virginia
Located inside Norfolk's restored 1850 city hall, this museum traces the life and military career of General Douglas MacArthur.The museum is housed in Norfolk's nineteenth-century City Hall, which is both a Virginia Historic Landmark and a National Historic Place. A monumental rotunda is the...
Morristown, New Jersey
Built by George Macculloch beginning in 1810, Macculloch Hall uses one of the finest collections in New Jersey to represent the development of design, technique, & aesthetic taste of America and England in the 18th and 19th century.Macculloch Hall Historical Museum, the cornerstone of...
Youngstown, Ohio
The society educates and promotes an interest in the history of the Mahoning Valley by collecting, preserving, and developing material representative of the people who have inhabited the region.In the first years of the twentieth century, Olive F. A. Arms planned the home she and her husband...
Manassas, Virginia
Opened in 1991, the museum displays a wide array of artifacts from the area's rich history, including an extensive exhibit of the Civil War era.Featuring a wide array of artifacts illustrating the area's history, especially the Civil War era, the museum also includes several offsite buildings, such...
Bradenton, Florida
This corporation preserves the heritage of the Manatee County area.The commission's responsibilities include: maintaining restored buildings and grounds within the Manatee Village Historical Park, preserving and maintaining artifacts, records and documents of local interest, educating the community...
Bradenton, Florida
This national historic site preserves the history of Manatee County, Florida.The Manatee Village Historical Park features a number of original buildings, including a courthouse, general store, and settler’s home, that date from 1860 to 1912.
Manchester, Connecticut
In addition to programs and publications, the Manchester Historical Society co-sponsors a walking tour of the Cheney Brothers National Historic Landmark District.The society manages The History Center, 175 Pine Street, site of our administrative offices, special events, and Sunday lectures; the...
Jacksonville, Florida
This local history museum preserves cultural artifacts relating to Mandarin, Florida.In the 1800s, Mandarin was a small farming village that shipped oranges, grapefruit, lemons and other fruits and vegetables to Jacksonville and points north on the steamships that traveled the St. Johns River. In...
Garrison, New York
Russel Wright considered Manitoga his most important creative effort. Manitoga's mission is to preserve the legacy of pioneer designer Russel Wright-his home, landscape, products, archives and philosophy, and share them with professionals and the public.In the 1930s, 40s and 50s, the signature on a...
Demopolis, Alabama
This society is housed in the Laird Cottage/Geneva Mercer Museum, which interprets the life and preserves the work of Geneva Mercer, a sculptor, artist and Marengo County native.This society is housed in the Laird Cottage/Geneva Mercer Museum, which interprets the life and preserves the work of...
Miami, Florida
Southern Florida has a rich heritage of Caribbean and African influence; this home and district display some of the historic firsts made by African and Caribbean immigrants in the area.This one-and-one-half story Frame Vernacular house was constructed by one of Coconut Grove's first African-...
Glenn Dale, Maryland
Supreme Court Associate Justice Judge Gabriel Duvall built this federal-style home sometime between 1812 and 1816.This house was was home to Judge Duvall during the early part of the 19th century and stayed in his family until 1902. Justice Duvall's law office and root cellar still remain today....
Mariposa, California
On a visit to the Mariposa Museum, guests will see an extensive display of the history of Mariposa county, complete with an outdoor display of the only operational 5 stamp gold ore mill in California.The Museum features ofther mining equipment and historical buildings have been brought to the site...
Hawthorne, Florida
The Cracker architectural style home characterizes the former residence of Pulitzer Prize-winning author, Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings.This site was the home of Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, the author of many major literary works, including The Yearling, which received the 1939 Pulitzer Prize for fiction...
Miami, Florida
Marjory Stoneman Douglas was a prolific journalist and an environmental and women's rights activist, whose house stands as an architectural landmark and as a testament to her life's work.Author, activist, and Medal of Freedom honoree Marjory Stoneman Douglas lived and worked in this house for more...
Washington, District Of Columbia
Mary McLeod Bethune, political activist for racial and gender equality, established the first headquarters of the National Council of Negro Women (NCNW) at her Washington home, now open for tours and research.Mary McLeod Bethune, political activist for racial and gender equality, established the...
Gainesville, Florida
The Matheson Museum explores the history of the Gainesville area from the Timucuan Indians through European settlement and United States membership.The museum is flanked by three other sites: The Matheson House dates from 1867 and incorporates elements of Classical Revival and Gothic architecture;...
Richmond, Virginia
James and Sallie Dooley acquired farmland on the banks of the James River in 1886, where they planned to build a new home by architect Edgerton Stewart.By 1893, the Dooleys were living in their new 12,000 square-foot, 33-room home, which they named “May Mont,” a name which combines Mrs...
Portland, Oregon
This historic hiking and wilderness organization offers over 350 climbs and 700 hikes annually, and sponsors conservation and research to protect and better understand the alpine environment.Responding to an advertisement run in the Morning Oregonian of June 12, 1894: “To Mountain Climbers...
Colorado Springs, Colorado
McAllister House, a charming brick and limestone Gothic-style cottage, is one of the first substantial dwellings constructed in Colorado Springs.Built a year and a half after the city was founded, when most houses were of vernacular frame construction, it is the oldest house still standing. General...
Lindsborg, Kansas
The turn-of-the-century Old Mill today houses a museum that covers a wide range of Kansas history.The Smoky Valley Roller Mill was built in 1898. Unlike a grist mill which uses stones, a roller mill uses a series of corrugated rollers to grind grain. This type of mill, know as...
San Diego, California
The MCRD Command Museum boasts one of the most extensive and comprehensive displays of Marine Corps historical items in the Nation.San Diego’s Recruit Depot is the oldest operating Marine Corps installation on the West Coast. The quaint Spanish Colonial Revival ambience of the U.S. Marine...
Memphis, Tennessee
Founded in 1916, this art museum is the oldest and largest in Tennessee.Located in the heart of Memphis, the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, is a dynamic cultural complex consisting of: 29 galleries, art classrooms, a print study room with over 4,500 works of art on paper, a research library with...
Cape May, New Jersey
Originally a tavern and the family house of Revolutionary War Patriot Memucan Hughes, the museum of the Greater Cape May Historical Society features annually changing exhibits on local history. The mission of the Greater Cape May Historical Society is to collect, preserve, document , interpret...
Merced, California
The Merced County Courthouse Museum houses 8500 square feet of exhibits, both permanent and rotating, which depict the history of Merced County as well as the settlers of the Great Central Valley.The museum is located in the county's three-story courthouse built in 1875, one of the oldest...
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Upon its completion in 1831, this site became the financial center for Philadelphia, housing commercial houses, marine insurance companies, the Philadelphia Board of Trade, and the Stock Exchange.Built between 1832 and 1834, the Merchants' Exchange Building, also known as the Philadelphia Exchange...
Jacksonville, Florida
The Merrill House utilizes the biography of James Merrill and his family to launch into a broader discussion of life in Jacksonville at the turn of the century.In about 1875 James E. Merrill started a small iron works in Jacksonville after learning the black-smithing trade from his father. Known as...
Mesa, Arizona
Mesa’s story is one of mysterious Indians, Spanish expeditions, early American explorers, Mormon migrations, a diverse community, and continual growth.The history of Mesa dates back two thousand years to the Hohokam Indians. The Hohokam, whose name means the Departed Ones, built the original...
Miami, Florida
This league preserves the Miami Beach Architectural Historic District from potential hazards.MDPL provides cultural and educational programs to Miami-Dade County residents, surrounding counties, citizens of Florida and to national and international visitors and tourists. Our programs are developed...
Rockford, Illinois
The museum depicts American life during the Victorian era through a historic village, gardens, and museum exhibits.The museum depicts American life during the Victorian era through a historic village, gardens, and museum exhibits.
Midway Village Museum, a 137-acre museum campus, is Rockford’s...
Stockbridge, Massachusetts
The house, once a mission for fifty Mohicans, contains a collection of 18th-century American furniture and decorative arts. Following ministerial studies at Yale, Reverend John Sergeant moved to the south Berkshires to establish a mission for fifty Mohicans. He lived in a simple cabin until he...
Honolulu, Hawaii
Built between 1821 and 1841, these three missions served as homes and workplaces for the first Christian missionaries to travel to the Hawaiian Islands.A visit to Mission Houses Museum will carry you away to the nineteenth century when Protestant Missionaries from New England established the...
St. Augustine, Florida
This was America's first mission and it traces its origins to the founding of St. Augustine in 1565.The long history of the Mission of Nombre de Dios and Shrine of Our Lady of La Leche stretches back to the 1565 founding of America's oldest city, St. Augustine. After landing on Florida's shores,...
Grapeland, Texas
The park was built in 1934 as a commemorative representation of Mission San Francisco de los Tejas, the first Spanish mission in the province of Texas.The Spanish mission was established in 1690. Also in the park is the restored Rice Family Log Home, built in 1828 and restored in 1974. The home,...
Denver, Colorado
A symbol of the Victorian era in Denver, The Molly Brown House Museum is a great example of living conditions for the wealthy in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.In 1970 local citizens joined forces to preserve the long-time home of Titanic’s most famous survivor. They organized as...
Monroeville, Alabama
The Old Courthouse Museum houses the headquarters of the Monroe County Heritage Museum, a conglomerate of many local historic sites.
The beautiful old Courthouse on the town square, which now houses the Monroe County Heritage Museums, served as a model for the famed courtroom scene from "To...
Montclair, New Jersey
The Society seeks to restore the Crane House Museum, as well as other buildings at its Orange Road complex.This fine Federal-style mansion was home to three generations of the Crane family, descended from one of Montclair's founders. Israel Crane, a successful merchant who constructed the turnpike...