There are 90 National Historic Sites in the United States. Unlike a historical park, they tend to only preserve one historically significant building or area. Places that are national historic sites include Ford's Theatre, where Lincoln was shot, the birthplaces/homes of many presidents, Japanese internment camps, and Jamestown, the first permanent English settlement in the Americas. Fact BoxNicodemusEstablished 1996 161 acres Visitation (2005)- 28,065 Fact BoxNinety SixEstablished 1976 1,022 acres Visitation (2005)- 28,734 Fact BoxPennsylvania AvenueEstablished 1965 20.6 acres Fact BoxPresident William Jefferson Clinton Birthplace HomeEstablished 2011 Fact BoxPu'ukohola HeiauEstablished 1962 76.6 acres Visitation (2012)- 134,403 Fact BoxSagamore HillEstablished 1962 83 acres Visitation (2005)- 38,009 Fact BoxSaint Paul's ChurchEstablished 1943 6 acres Visitation (2005)- 13,869 Fact BoxSaint-GaudensEstablished 1964 370 acres Visitation (2005)- 26,943 Fact BoxSalem MaritimeEstablished 1938 9 acres Visitation (2005)- 676,216 Fact BoxSan JuanEstablished 1949 75 acres Visitation (2005)- 1,054,492 Fact BoxSand Creek Massacre Established 2007 12,583 acres Visitation (2011)- 1,229,590 Fact BoxSaugus Iron WorksEstablished 1968 9 acres Visitation (2006)- 11,153 Fact BoxSpringfield ArmoryEstablished 1968 Fact BoxSteamtownEstablished 1986 62.5 acres Visitation (2005)- 106,309 Fact BoxTheodore Roosevelt BirthplaceEstablished 1963 0.11 acres Visitation (2005)- 11,158 Fact BoxTheodore Roosevelt InauguralEstablished 1966 1 acre Visitation (2005)- 13,032 Fact BoxThomas StoneEstablished 1978 360 acres Visitation (2005)- 4,500 Fact BoxTuskegee AirmenEstablished 1998 Fact BoxTuskegee InstituteEstablished 1965 Fact BoxUlysses S. GrantEstablished 1979 10 acres Fact BoxVanderbilt MansionEstablished 1940 211 acres Visitation (2005)- 372,517 Fact BoxWashita BattlefieldEstablished 1965 315 acres Fact BoxWeir FarmEstablished 1990 Visitation (2005)- 11,129 Fact BoxWhitman MissionEstablished 1936 Fact BoxWilliam Howard TaftEstablished 1969 3 acres Visitation (2005)- 14,328 National Historic Sites (first page) |
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