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Exploring National Historic Landmarks in the United States

This quiz tests your knowledge of National Historic Landmarks (NHLs) in the United States, including their designations, properties, and historical significance.

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1 ________, a similar designation in the UK

2 [3] The National Historic Landmarks Program relies on suggestions for new designations from the ________, which also assists in maintaining the landmarks.

3 It may include ________ that have buildings, structures, sites or objects, and it may include non-contributing properties.

4 If not already listed on the ________, an NHL is automatically added to the Register upon designation.

5 The first of these was a political nomination, Sergeant Floyd Grave and Monument in ________.

6 All NHLs are listed in the ________.

7 ________

8 A National Historic Landmark (NHL) is a ________, site, structure, object, or district, that is officially recognized by the United States government for its historical significance.

9 There are 74 in the ________, 15 in Puerto Rico and other U.S. commonwealths and territories, five in U.S.-associated states such as Micronesia, and one in a foreign state (Morocco).

10 NHLs are designated by the ________ because they are:

💡 Interesting Facts

  • the Dutch Reformed Church (pictured), a Greek Revival building in Newburgh, New York that has been declared a National Historic Landmark, is considered the latest extant work of architect Alexander Jackson Davis that still largely reflects his original vision.
  • the minesweeper USS Inaugural is the only National Historic Landmark in Missouri to have had its status as a National Historic Landmark withdrawn.
  • the Isaac M. Wise Temple (pictured) in Cincinnati and the Old Main building of Bethany College in West Virginia are both U.S. National Historic Landmarks designed by architect James Keys Wilson.
  • the Hotel Monaco in Washington, D.C. is located inside a National Historic Landmark building that was patterned after the Roman Temple of Jupiter.
  • the Pleasant Home, a U.S. National Historic Landmark, derives its name from its location, the intersection of Pleasant Street and Home Avenue in Oak Park, Illinois.
  • the three remaining Shakers live at and maintain Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village, a National Historic Landmark in Maine.
  • the Portland Brownstone Quarries, which once provided brownstone to many landmark buildings in the United States during the 1800s, are now a National Historic Landmark and a regional scuba diving destination.
  • eight buildings in Newport, Rhode Island's Bellevue Avenue Historic District are designated as National Historic Landmarks, in addition to the district itself.
  • despite being a National Historic Landmark and the site of Washington's oldest known human remains, the Marmes Rockshelter was submerged after the Lower Monumental Dam construction.
  • Irving Pond (pictured) designed three National Historic Landmarks, performed a backflip on his 80th birthday, and scored the first ever touchdown for the Michigan Wolverines.
  • Room 307, Gilman Hall on the campus of the University of California, Berkeley, where the element plutonium was discovered, is a United States National Historic Landmark.
  • Locust Grove, Samuel F. B. Morse's home near Poughkeepsie, was the first Hudson Valley estate to be designated a U.S. National Historic Landmark.
  • Ralph Carpenter's restoration of Hunter House, a historic building in Newport, Rhode Island that had been scheduled for demolition, was called "a brilliant restoration that gets better with age".
  • American architect Edward Brickell White contributed designs for buildings for five National Historic Landmarks and three on the National Register of Historic Places in South Carolina.
  • Slabsides, John Burroughs' historic log cabin in West Park, New York, is only open to the public two days every year.
  • Daniel Carter Beard's boyhood home was a nurses' dormitory when it became a National Historic Landmark.
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