Buildings, Historic
Springfield, Illinois
The Lincoln-Herndon Law Offices are within the only remaining building in which Abraham Lincoln maintained a law office. The site consists of the surviving portion of a three-story brick commercial block constructed in 1840-41. Exterior details reflect the then-popular Greek Revival architectural...
Litchfield, Connecticut
The society, founded in 1856, is dedicated to collecting, preserving, and interpreting the history of Litchfield County, Connecticut, through its museum, research library, and historic house.The Litchfield History Museum invites visitors to explore the evolution of a small New England town....
Darlington, Pennsylvania
The historical society of Little Beaver manages multiple structures, including the oldest standing rail station in the nation.The Historical Society manages two buildings: The Little Beaver Museum, a two story building built in 1882 housing artifacts and displays; and the Greersburg Academy, a two-...
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...
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...
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Learn about Henry W. Longfellow, his poetry, and his impact on the development of an American identity at his home in Massachusetts.Longfellow National Historic Site preserves the home of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, one of the world’s foremost 19th century poets. The house also served as...
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...
Los Altos, California
This museum features a replica of 1932 Los Altos and several other exhibits exploring the history of this California area.The Museum’s permanent interactive exhibit, "The Crown of the Peninsula," depicts the uses of local land and its inhabitants over time. The heart of this exhibit...
Corona, New York
The mission of the house is to preserve and promote the cultural legacy of Louis Armstrong. This includes everything from making the materials in the archives available to everyone to operating his home as a historic house museum.Louis Armstrong was certainly wealthy enough to live just about...
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...
Wilmington, North Carolina
The Society's activities include restoration and exhibition of the Victorian Italiante style Latimer House, and the upkeep of the Society archives containing a wealth of local historic documents.The Lower Cape Fear Historical Society is housed in the Latimer House in the downtown historic district...
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...
Knoxville, Tennessee
Once the headquarters for both Union and Confederate forces, this historic home boasts one of the largest collections of Civil War and Victorian antiques.The Mabry-Hazen House Museum, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, is located on five acres atop Mabry Hill and includes the four...
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...
Greensboro, Alabama
This 15-acre estate was the boyhood home to hero and U.S. Congressman Richmond Pearson Hobson.Nationally significant as the boyhood home of Spanish-American War hero and U.S. Congressman Richmond Pearson Hobson, Magnolia Grove is a Southern archetype – what many tourists expect to see in the...
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...
Honolulu, Hawaii
The Mānoa Heritage Center is a non-profit organization founded in 1996, whose mission is to promote the thoughtful stewardship of the natural and cultural heritage of Hawaii.The historic site consists of Kūka‘ō‘ō Heiau, a Native Hawaiian garden and the historic home...
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...
Lancaster, Virginia
Named in honor of George Washington's mother, who was born nearby, the museum covers 350 years of Lancaster County history.The Mary Ball Washington Museum and Library complex is located in the heart of Lancaster County on Virginia’s Northern Neck. The Museum/Library was established in 1958...
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...
Lexington, Kentucky
This two-story brick building on West Main Street was home to Robert S. Todd and his family, including his daughter Mary, wife of the 16th President of the United States, Abraham Lincoln.Mary Todd was not born at this house but moved here with her family in 1832 when she was 14 years old. For four...
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;...
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...
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...
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...
New York, New York
Built in 1832, this elegant marble row house on East Fourth Street was home to a prosperous merchant family for almost 100 years. It boasts impressive 19th century antique and textile collections.Complete with the family’s original furnishings and personal possessions, the house offers a rare...
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...
Middletown, Connecticut
Founded in 1901, the society hosts museum exhibits, historic graveyard walking tours, vintage baseball games, and Civil War re-enactments.The Historical Society is headquartered at General Mansfield House, one of the few residential structures still standing on Middletown’s Main Street . Once...
Milford, Connecticut
The Milford Historical Society contains a display of Indian artifacts as well as operating three historic homes.The society aims to assist the research, nurture the interest, and provoke the actions of any and all people who have an enthusiasm about the preservation and investigation of the history...