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Exploring the National Register of Historic Places

Test your knowledge about the National Register of Historic Places with this comprehensive quiz. Explore various historic sites, legislation, and key figures related to preservation efforts in the United States.

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1 [25] In contrast to conditions relating to a federally ________, often municipal ordinances governing local historic districts restrict certain kinds of changes to properties.

2 Some properties are added automatically to the National Register when they come under the ________ of the National Park Service.

3 What does the following picture show?  Old Slater Mill, an historic district in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, was the first property listed in the National Register on November 13, 1966.[1]   The Robie House, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, is an example of a property listed under criterion C.[20]   The lodge and cabins at White Pines State Park, in Illinois, are part of a multiple property submission.

4 On October 15, 1966 the Historic Preservation Act created the National Register of Historic Places and the corresponding ________ (SHPO).

5 ________

6 Examples of sites include ________, battlefields, campsites, natural features, and rock shelters.

7 Examples of objects include monuments, sculptures, and ________.

8 What does the following picture show?  George B. Hartzog, Jr. Director of the National Park Service from January 8, 1964 until December 31, 1972 [3]   The tomb of Martin Luther King Jr. in Atlanta, Georgia is part of a National Historic Site and automatically listed on the National Register   George B. Hartzog, Jr. Director of the National Park Service from January 8, 1964 until December 31, 1972 [3]

9 The broader language has allowed more properties and parklands to enjoy status as ________ under this legislation, a policy laid out early in its history.

10 Examples include an ________, a grain elevator, a gazebo, and a bridge.

đź’ˇ Interesting Facts

  • the Broadway Theater District, with 12 movie palaces (example pictured) in six blocks, is the first and largest historic theater district listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.
  • the synagogue built in 1925 by Congregation Beth Israel of Milwaukee, Wisconsin is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
  • the East End Historic District in Newburgh, New York, has the most contributing properties of any Registered Historic District in the state.
  • the Portland Armory (pictured) in Portland, Oregon was the first building on the National Register of Historic Places to achieve a Platinum Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design certification.
  • the Hudson River Historic District is, at 35 square miles (89 km²), the largest Registered Historic District in the contiguous United States.
  • the Hiram Charles Todd House was the very first property in Saratoga Springs, New York, to be listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
  • the Stark County Courthouse and the Zanesville Federal Building are both listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places and designed by architect George F. Hammond.
  • the historic Charles Shorey House mixes both gambrel and gable roofs.
  • most of the buildings in the Giant Forest Lodge Historic District (cabin pictured), listed on the National Register of Historic Places, were demolished by the National Park Service to protect giant sequoia trees in Sequoia National Park.
  • in its heyday, the historic Mountain Springs Hotel in Ephrata, Pennsylvania, hosted U.S. Presidents Lincoln, Grant, and Buchanan.
  • seven Caltrain stations have been listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
  • the town of Chase, Wisconsin, purchased the Daniel E. Krause Stone Barn and it is planning to create a park to preserve this historic barn.
  • the demolition of the Jobbers Canyon Historic District in Omaha, Nebraska represents the largest loss of buildings on the National Register of Historic Places to date.
  • the John Tigard House in Tigard, Oregon, was moved and is still listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
  • the Manning–Kamna Farm near Hillsboro, Oregon, has ten buildings that were included in the National Register of Historic Places, including a privy.
  • the City of Los Angeles has 186 sites listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
  • the William H. Roberts House is the only property in Pecatonica, Illinois listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.
  • the distinctive rustic porch trim of the Fish and Fur Club in Nelsonville, New York, which earned it a listing on the National Register of Historic Places, has since been replaced.
  • the house of University President Marion L. Brittain was listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.
  • three entrances to residential subdivisions in Snyder, New York (Roycroft Boulevard, Lamarck Drive and Smallwood Drive) are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
  • the Virginian Railway Passenger Station in Roanoke was named to the Virginia Landmarks Register and the National Register of Historic Places after it was extensively damaged in a fire.
  • the Village Diner in Red Hook was the first diner in New York to be listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.
  • the Montgomery Worsted Mills, a Registered Historic Place in Montgomery, New York, now earn most of their money by generating hydroelectric power from the nearby Wallkill River, rather than the manufacture of textiles.
  • the McLean County Courthouse and Square in Bloomington, Illinois, a Registered Historic Place, is home to multiple historic buildings built from the 1850s to the 1920s, including the old county courthouse, constructed in 1903.
  • the Oak Circle Historic District was the first historic district to be listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Wilmette, Illinois.
  • the Schuster Building in Louisville, Kentucky was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980 as a "significant example" of Colonial Revival architecture.
  • the Shell Service Station (pictured) in Winston-Salem, North Carolina was chosen for the National Register of Historic Places as an example of folly architecture, and over $50,000 has been spent restoring it to its original condition.
  • five of the nine Metal Highway Bridges of Fulton County, Illinois (pictured) have been destroyed since their inclusion on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.
  • buildings designed by Frederick Heath include Paradise Inn on Mount Rainier and the Pythian Temple in Tacoma, Washington, two properties listed in the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.
  • Clarence W. Wigington, the first African American municipal architect, designed four buildings in two cities that are now listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
  • 73 Mansion St., Poughkeepsie, New York, was architecturally inconsistent with the neighboring Balding Avenue Historic District, so it was later listed separately on the National Register of Historic Places.
  • Comfort Stations No. 68 (pictured) and No. 72 in the Rim Village Historic District of Oregon, listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in 1988, are public restrooms built in the 1930s.
  • Harry V. Gates' former ranch became the Crooked River Ranch in Eastern Oregon and his former house in Hillsboro, Oregon, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
  • Hawaii Route 560 was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2004 because of its historical character of one lane bridges.
  • six latrines at Black Moshannon State Park in Pennsylvania are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
  • Bayne-Fowle House, a National Register of Historic Places registered property located at 811 Prince Street in Alexandra, Virginia, United States, served as a military hospital in 1864.
  • Detroit's Rosedale Park, containing 1,533 properties, is the largest district in Michigan to be listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.
  • tree ring analysis of Swaggerty Blockhouse's logs indicate a cutting date circa 1860, well after the posted construction date for this nationally-recognized historic structure.
  • Oregon attorney Parish L. Willis was sued for fraud over his investment in the Hot Lake Sanatorium Company, now listed as a historic place.
  • Oregon politician Edward Schulmerich's former home is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
  • Union's Connecticut Farms Presbyterian Church (pictured) was the first church in New Jersey to be listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
  • Hayden Bridge, a covered bridge on the National Register of Historic Places, had to be repaired in 2006 after a logging truck crashed into it.
  • Holy Rosary Catholic Church in St. Marys, Ohio, was designated a historic site after its destruction.
  • a subsidence crater (pictured) resulting from a nuclear test in 1962 at Yucca Flat is listed in the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.
  • 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.
  • although the Albion, New York, post office is on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP), it is not old enough to be a contributing property to the NRHP's Orleans County Courthouse Historic District.
  • architects in the Pretzinger family designed several buildings in Dayton, Ohio, that are listed on the National Register of Historic Places, including the Dayton Daily News Building.
  • both the textile mills and residence of Nathan Wild, a prominent local figure in Columbia County, New York, are now listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
  • Summit Avenue in Saint Paul, Minnesota, a well preserved Victorian residential boulevard, is home to three National Historic Landmarks and five other structures on the National Register of Historic Places.
  • Peotone Mill, a windmill built in 1871, was donated to the village of Peotone, Illinois in 1982 after being idle for nearly a century, and was registered on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in the same year.
  • John D. Boon's former store and former home in Salem, Oregon, are both on the National Register of Historic Places.
  • Jerrold Wexler helped save a transaction to purchase the Denver Nuggets, helped save Goldblatt's from bankruptcy and led the Drake Hotel to a National Register of Historic Places listing.
  • John Latenser, Sr., an early architect in Omaha, Nebraska, designed more than 12 buildings on the National Register of Historic Places.
  • John Sutton Hall at Indiana University of Pennsylvania was set for demolition until its listing on the National Register of Historic Places.
  • Meeker's Hardware (pictured), a hardware store in Danbury, Connecticut, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, sold Coca-Colas for five cents until 2005.
  • architect Solomon Andrew Layton designed 22 buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Oklahoma, a state record.
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