Aline Barnsdall Complex (Hollyhock House),
Los Angeles, by Fran…
Aline Barnsdall Complex (Hollyhock House),
Los Angeles, by Frank Lloyd Wright
Beth Sholom Synagogue, Elkins Park, Pa.,
by Frank Lloyd Wright
Price Tower, Bartlesville, Okla.,
by Frank Lloyd Wright
Naumkeag, Stockbridge, Mass.,
by McKim, Mead & White
Hegeler Carus Mansion, La Salle, Ill.,
by W.W. Boyington
House of the Seven Gables Historic District, Salem,
Mass., rest…
House of the Seven Gables Historic District, Salem,
Mass., restored by Joseph Everett Chandler
Washington Place, Honolulu
Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati,
by Adolph Strauch
Central Utah Relocation Center Site (Topaz),
Millard County, Ut…
Central Utah Relocation Center Site (Topaz),
Millard County, Utah
Village of Mariemont, Hamilton County,
Ohio, by John Nolen and …
Village of Mariemont, Hamilton County,
Ohio, by John Nolen and Philip Foster
A dozen properties were declared National Historic Landmarks by the U.S. Department of the Interior in early April. Spread across 10 states, the properties were designated by Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne. The sites have to be recommended to the secretary by the National Park System Advisory Board, which voted on the recommendations at their meeting this past December. Fewer than 2,500 historic sites bear the title of National Historic Landmark, which remains the highest status accorded to historic properties in the United States. Eleven of the newly designated sites named are shown in the image gallery. (Not shown: Fig Island, an archaeologically rich coastal site near Charleston, S.C.)
Braulio Agnese is a freelance editor and communications consultant. When he's not focusing on design and architecture, you'll find him engaging in arts-related endeavors. Follow him on Twitter at @bagnese.
