National Historic Landmark

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cultural heritage designation historic designation

A National Historic Landmark is a designation given by the U.S. federal government to buildings, sites, structures, or objects recognized as having exceptional historical significance to the nation.

Aliases (38)

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	cultural heritage designation → historic designation →
administeredBy	National Park Service →
appliesToJurisdiction	United States federal government →
confers	eligibility for preservation grants and technical assistance → limited protection under federal preservation laws →
country	United States of America →
criterion	exceptional value or quality in illustrating or interpreting the heritage of the United States → national level of historical significance →
designatedBy	Secretary of the Interior →
designates	building → district → object → site → structure →
differentFrom	National Register of Historic Places listing →
evaluatedBy	National Park System Advisory Board →
hasAbbreviation	NHL →
hasAssessmentCriterion	association with events of national importance → association with nationally significant persons → distinctive characteristics of a type, period, or method of construction → integrity of location, design, setting, materials, workmanship, feeling, and association → potential to yield nationally important historical or prehistorical information →
hasAuthorityOver	resources on both public and private land →
hasPart	National Historic Landmark building → National Historic Landmark district → National Historic Landmark object → National Historic Landmark site → National Historic Landmark structure →
hasScope	properties of national, not just local or state, significance →
higherStatusThan	ordinary National Register of Historic Places listing →
inception	1960 →
isSubjectOf	National Park Service National Historic Landmarks Program publications →
language	English →
legalBasis	Historic Sites Act of 1935 → National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 →
partOf	National Historic Landmarks Program → United States National Park Service heritage programs →
purpose	preservation of nationally significant historic resources → recognition of exceptional national historical significance →
regulates	use of official NHL name and emblem →
requiresConsentOf	property owner for designation →
subclassOf	heritage register listing → historic site designation → protected historic resource →
usedIn	heritage tourism promotion → historic preservation planning →

Referenced by (445)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
100-inch Hooker Telescope ("National Historic Landmark (as part of Mount Wilson Observatory)") → Abraham Lincoln Boyhood Home at Knob Creek → Alabama State Capitol ("U.S. National Historic Landmark") → Albuquerque Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Depot and related resources (where designated) → Allegheny County Courthouse → Allegheny County Jail → Alma → American Philosophical Society Hall → Angelus Temple → Anheuser-Busch Brewery ("U.S. National Historic Landmark") → Arlington Estate → Auditorium Building → Balboa Park ("National Historic Landmark District") → Battleship Missouri Memorial → Beale Street ("National Historic Landmark District") → Belle Grove Plantation, Virginia → Blaine House ("U.S. National Historic Landmark") → Boston Common ("U.S. National Historic Landmark") → Boston Public Library (Copley Square main branch) → Bradbury Building ("U.S. National Historic Landmark") → Brooklyn Bridge → Brown Chapel A.M.E. Church ("U.S. National Historic Landmark") → Buckman Tavern → Buffalo State Asylum for the Insane → Buffalo park and parkway system → Bunker Hill Monument → Bunker Hill Monument ("U.S. National Historic Landmark") → Camp Uncas → Carlyle House Historic Park → Carnegie Hall → Carpenters' Hall ("National Historic Landmark of the United States") → Chateau-sur-Mer → Chautauqua Institution ("National Historic Landmark District") → Christ Church ("National Historic Landmark of the United States") → Christ Church (Alexandria) → Christiansted National Historic Site → Church of the Presidents → Cincinnati–Covington Bridge → Clermont Manor → Coloma, California ("National Historic Landmark District (Marshall Gold Discovery State Historic Park core)") → Congress Hall ("National Historic Landmark (as part of Independence National Historical Park)") → Connecticut Hall ("National Historic Landmark of the United States") → Coronado Historic Site (Kuaua Pueblo) → Court of Appeals Hall → Crown Hall → Dealey Plaza ("U.S. National Historic Landmark") → Declaration House ("National Historic Landmark (as part of Independence National Historical Park resources)") → Delaware Aqueduct → Delaware Park–Front Park System → Detroit Industry Murals ("National Historic Landmark (as part of Detroit Institute of Arts building)") → Dexter Avenue King Memorial Baptist Church → Eads Bridge → Eastern State Penitentiary → Edison National Historic Site → Edmund Pettus Bridge ("U.S. National Historic Landmark") → Eisenhower Executive Office Building ("National Historic Landmark of the United States") → El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Ángeles → El Santuario de Chimayó → Ellis Island ("National Historic Landmark District") → Erie Canal ("National Historic Landmark (segments and structures)") → Ernest Hemingway Home and Museum ("U.S. National Historic Landmark") → Executive Residence → Fair Lane, Dearborn, Michigan ("National Historic Landmark of the United States") → Fair Park → Faneuil Hall → Farnsworth House → Federal Hall National Memorial → Fireproof Building (Charleston, South Carolina) → Flagler Museum → Ford River Rouge Complex ("National Historic Landmark (complex elements and related sites)") → Ford's Theatre → Fort Bayard Historic District → Fort Christian → Fort Jefferson → Fort Michilimackinac → Fort Point National Historic Site → Fort Snelling → Fort Ticonderoga → Frank Lloyd Wright Westcott House ("U.S. National Historic Landmark") → Freedom Tower at Miami Dade College ("U.S. National Historic Landmark") → French Quarter → Gadsby’s Tavern Museum → Gateway Arch → General Motors Technical Center → George Washington Masonic National Memorial → Georgetown Historic District ("National Historic Landmark District") → Georgia State Capitol ("U.S. National Historic Landmark") → Glass House ("U.S. National Historic Landmark") → Glass House ("National Historic Landmark of the United States") → Glenmont → Glessner House → Green-Wood Cemetery → Gropius House → Grove Street Cemetery ("U.S. National Historic Landmark") → Grover Cleveland Birthplace ("U.S. National Historic Landmark") → Hamilton Grange National Memorial → Hancock-Clarke House → Harriet Beecher Stowe House (Cincinnati) ("U.S. National Historic Landmark") → Harriet Beecher Stowe House (Hartford) → Hay House → Haymarket Martyrs’ Monument → Healy Hall ("U.S. National Historic Landmark") → Hearst San Simeon State Historical Monument → Herbert C. Hoover Building → Hercules → Hercules ("National Historic Landmark (United States)") → Highland Park Ford Plant → Historic General Dodge House → Hoover Dam → Hotel del Coronado → Huguenot Street Historic District → Hull House → Independence Hall → International Tennis Hall of Fame → Iolani Palace → Isaac Royall House → Ivy Green → Jamestown ("U.S. National Historic Landmark") → John Adams Birthplace ("U.S. National Historic Landmark") → John Brown Farm State Historic Site ("U.S. National Historic Landmark") → John Minor Wisdom United States Court of Appeals Building → John Quincy Adams Birthplace → King's Chapel ("U.S. National Historic Landmark") → Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park → Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia → Lee Chapel, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Virginia ("National Historic Landmark of the United States") → Lincoln Historic District → Lincoln Tomb → Litchfield Law School → Little Rock Central High School ("U.S. National Historic Landmark") → Los Angeles Plaza ("U.S. National Historic Landmark District") → Lyman Estate → Lyndhurst Mansion → L’Enfant Plan for Washington, D.C. → Marble House → Marine Barracks Washington ("National Historic Landmark of the United States") → Mark Twain Boyhood Home and Museum → Marquette Building → Massachusetts State House ("U.S. National Historic Landmark") → Medgar Evers Home Museum → Menlo Park Laboratory → Michigan State Capitol → Middleton Place ("National Historic Landmark of the United States") → Miller House and Garden → Miller House, Columbus, Indiana → Mission Concepción → Mission Espada ("U.S. National Historic Landmark") → Mission San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo → Mission San Francisco Solano ("National Historic Landmark district (as part of Sonoma Historic District)") → Mission San Francisco de Asís → Mission San Juan Bautista ("National Historic Landmark District (as part of San Juan Bautista Plaza Historic District)") → Mission San Juan Capistrano → Mission San Luis Rey de Francia → Mission San Luis de Apalachee → Mission San Luis de Apalachee ("U.S. National Historic Landmark District") → Mission San Miguel Arcángel → Mission Santa Barbara → Mississippi State Capitol ("U.S. National Historic Landmark") → Missouri Botanical Garden → Monadnock Building → Monticello → Montpelier, Orange County, Virginia → Monumental Church (Richmond, Virginia) → Morgan Library & Museum (original building) → Morristown National Historical Park → Mount Auburn Cemetery → Mount Vernon, Virginia → Nassau Hall ("U.S. National Historic Landmark") → National Building Museum → Nebraska State Capitol → New Haven Green ("U.S. National Historic Landmark") → New Jersey State House ("U.S. National Historic Landmark") → New York City Hall → New York State Canal System → New York State Canal System ("National Historic Landmark District") → New York State Inebriate Asylum → New York Stock Exchange Building → Niagara Falls State Park → Norman Borlaug Boyhood Farm → North Carolina State Capitol → Oakwood Cemetery (Troy, New York) ("National Historic Landmark District") → Oatlands Historic House and Gardens → Ohio Theatre → Olana → Olana State Historic Site → Old Capitol Museum → Old Courthouse (St. Louis) → Old Croton Aqueduct State Historic Park → Old Dutch Church of Sleepy Hollow ("U.S. National Historic Landmark") → Old House at Peacefield → Old North Church → Old Patent Office Building → Old Sacramento ("National Historic Landmark District") → Old San Francisco Mint → Old South Meeting House → Old State Capitol State Historic Site ("U.S. National Historic Landmark") → Old State House (Boston) → Old State House (Hartford) → Palace of the Governors → Pan American Union Building ("U.S. National Historic Landmark") → Patent Office Building (Washington, D.C.) → Paul Revere House → Pennsbury Manor → Pennsylvania Avenue National Historic Site ("National Historic Landmark district") → Pennsylvania Hospital → Philipsburg Manor → Philipse Manor Hall State Historic Site → Pioneer Courthouse → Plymouth Rock → Promontory Summit, Utah Territory → Reading Terminal complex → Reliance Building → Renwick Gallery → Riversdale House Museum → Robert Russa Moton High School → Roosevelt’s Little White House ("U.S. National Historic Landmark") → Rotunda at the University of Virginia → Russian Bishop’s House → Ryman Auditorium → Sagamore Camp → San Francisco City Hall ("U.S. National Historic Landmark") → San Francisco cable car system → San José de Gracia Church at Las Trampas → Santa Barbara County Courthouse → Santa Barbara Mission ("U.S. National Historic Landmark") → Saugus Iron Works National Historic Site → Senate House State Historic Site ("U.S. National Historic Landmark") → Senate wing ("National Historic Landmark (as part of the U.S. Capitol)") → Sever Hall ("National Historic Landmark of the United States") → Sever Hall, Harvard University ("National Historic Landmark of the United States") → Sloss Furnaces National Historic Landmark ("U.S. National Historic Landmark") → Smithsonian Institution Building → Sonoma Plaza → Spiegel Grove → St. John’s Church (Richmond, Virginia) → St. Michael’s Cathedral → St. Thomas Synagogue ("U.S. National Historic Landmark") → St. Thomas Synagogue → Stagg Field, University of Chicago ("National Historic Landmark (site of CP-1, former location)") → Stephen A. Schwarzman Building → Stratford Hall → Sun Studio → Sunnyside, Tarrytown, New York → Sutter’s Fort → TWA Flight Center → Taliesin West ("U.S. National Historic Landmark") → Taos Pueblo ("National Historic Landmark of the United States") → Texas State Capitol → The Breakers ("U.S. National Historic Landmark") → The Castle → The Granite Lady ("National Historic Landmark of the United States") → The Henry Ford ("National Historic Landmark district (parts of complex)") → Thomas Edison Birthplace Museum → Thomas Jefferson Building → Tredegar Iron Works → Trinity Church in the City of Boston → Tudor Place → U.S. Marine Hospital (Charleston, South Carolina) → U.S. National Historic Landmark District (as part of Cambridge Common Historic District) ("U.S. National Historic Landmark") → USS Constitution → USS Utah Memorial → United First Parish Church, Quincy, Massachusetts ("National Historic Landmark of the United States") → Victoria Mansion → Vikingsholm → Virginia Executive Mansion ("U.S. National Historic Landmark") → Virginia State Capitol → Wallace family → Walt Whitman Birthplace State Historic Site ("National Historic Landmark (context: Whitman birthplace recognized as nationally significant)") → Washington Irving's Sunnyside → Washington Monument (Baltimore, Maryland) → Washington's Headquarters State Historic Site → West Orange Laboratory → Wheeling Suspension Bridge → Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, New York City → Woodrow Wilson House → remains of Patowmack Canal →	heritageDesignation
Ball's Bluff Battlefield Regional Park ("U.S. National Historic Landmark") → Central Park ("U.S. National Historic Landmark") → College Park Airport → Coloma Historic Park ("National Historic Landmark District") → Delaware and Hudson Canal ("National Historic Landmark District (remnants and related structures)") → Ford Island → Forest Home Cemetery ("U.S. National Historic Landmark") → Gettysburg National Military Park → Jack London State Historic Park → Lexington Battle Green ("U.S. National Historic Landmark") → Mackinac Island → Manzanar National Historic Site ("U.S. National Historic Landmark") → Mission San Diego de Alcalá → Monmouth Battlefield State Park ("U.S. National Historic Landmark") → North Bridge ("National Historic Landmark (as part of Minute Man National Historical Park)") → Old City, Philadelphia ("National Historic Landmark District") → Old North Bridge ("National Historic Landmark (as part of Minute Man National Historical Park)") → Plymouth Notch, Vermont, United States ("National Historic Landmark District") → Pullman, Chicago ("National Historic Landmark District") → Ybor City Historic District ("National Historic Landmark District") → Ybor City Historic District ("U.S. National Historic Landmark") → Yorktown ("National Historic Landmark District") →	hasHeritageDesignation
Auditorium Building → Bow Bridge (Central Park) ("National Historic Landmark (as part of Central Park)") → Chicago Pile-1 ("National Historic Landmark (site)") → Comstock Lode area ("National Historic Landmark District") → Conservatory of Flowers → Edison Laboratory → Elfreth's Alley → First Bank of the United States → Garden District ("National Historic Landmark District") → Glass House → Granite Railway → Intramuros ("National Historical Landmark of the Philippines") → Low Memorial Library → Monument Avenue Historic District ("U.S. National Historic Landmark District") → Sever Hall → Sever Hall → U-505 ("U.S. National Historic Landmark") → US Air Force Academy Cadet Chapel → Walden Pond State Reservation ("U.S. National Historic Landmark District") → X-10 graphite reactor →	heritageStatus
16th Street Baptist Church → Alcatraz Island → C.A. Thayer → Edenton Historic District → El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro (New Mexico segments designated as NHL) → Fox Theatre (Atlanta) → Grand Central Terminal ("U.S. National Historic Landmark") → Hudson River National Historic Landmark District → Natural Bridge → Rockefeller Center → Snug Harbor Cultural Center and Botanical Garden ("National Historic Landmark District") → Spring Grove Cemetery → U-505 → USS Constellation (Baltimore) → USS Missouri → USS Pampanito → Walden Pond State Reservation → Walker Pass →	designation
B Reactor → Biltmore Estate → Cole's Hill, Plymouth → Empire State Building → Independence National Historical Park ("National Historic Landmark District") → Manzanar National Historic Site ("National Historic Landmark District") → Maryland State House → Miller House, Columbus, Indiana → Monticello → Moundville Archaeological Park → New York State Capitol → Old Patent Office Building → Trinity Church in the City of Boston → USS Constellation (Baltimore) → United First Parish Church, Quincy, Massachusetts → Victoria Mansion → White House →	NRHPType
Angel Island Immigration Station → Balclutha → Biltmore Estate → Brooklyn Heights ("National Historic Landmark District") → Ellis Island → Governors Island ("National Historic Landmark District") → Graceland → Harvard Stadium → Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum → Nantucket ("National Historic Landmark District") → SS Jeremiah O’Brien → The Wayside →	designatedAs
Andrew Carnegie Mansion → Eureka → Fort Sill, Oklahoma → Henry Street Settlement → Telluride, Colorado ("National Historic Landmark District") → The Rookery Building → USS Missouri ("U.S. National Historic Landmark") → University of Virginia → Williamsburg ("National Historic Landmark District (parts of city)") →	historicDesignation
Historic Sites Act of 1935 ("National Historic Landmarks program") → National Battlefields ("National Historic Landmarks") → National Heritage Area ("National Historic Landmarks") → National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark ("National Historic Landmark (United States)") → National Historic Landmarks Survey ("National Historic Landmarks") → National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 ("National Historic Landmarks Program") → National Natural Landmark → New York State Historic Site → U.S. National Historic Shrine →	relatedTo
Angel Island State Park ("National Historic Landmark (Angel Island Immigration Station)") → Carson Pass ("National Historic Landmark (as part of emigrant routes in the area)") → Lake Merritt → Marine Barracks Washington → Shaker Village of Pleasant Hill ("National Historic Landmark District") → Texas Governor's Mansion → Trinity Church →	hasDesignation
Acoma Pueblo → Beacon Hill ("National Historic Landmark District") → Ford Mansion → Fort Christian → Jacob's Pillow → National Building Museum →	recognizedAs
Dealey Plaza ("National Historic Landmarks in Texas") → Eastern State Penitentiary ("National Historic Landmarks in Pennsylvania") → Sever Hall ("National Historic Landmarks in Massachusetts") → Sunnyside, Tarrytown, New York ("National Historic Landmarks in New York (state)") →	category
Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum → Ponce de Leon Inlet Lighthouse → Timberline Lodge → Wisconsin State Capitol →	designated
National Historic Landmark ("National Historic Landmarks Program") → National Historic Landmarks in Massachusetts ("National Historic Landmarks in the United States") → National Historic Landmarks in New Mexico ("National Historic Landmarks Program") → National Historic Landmarks in the United States Virgin Islands ("National Historic Landmarks in the United States") →	partOf
New Orleans Mint → Treasury Building → United States Capitol →	nrhpType
Chicago Landmark → New York City Landmark →	differentFrom
Long Wharf, Boston → Playland Park →	hasHeritageStatus
Annapolis ("National Historic Landmark District") → United States Military Academy →	hasHistoricDesignation
New York Stock Exchange →	buildingStatus
Public Law 89-665 →	defines
National Historic Landmarks in the United States Virgin Islands →	designationType
National Park Service NHL database ("National Historic Landmarks in the United States") →	focusesOn
Historic Sites Act of 1935 ("National Historic Landmarks program") →	foundationFor
National Park Service NHL database ("National Historic Landmarks") →	hasContent
Dennison, Ohio ("National Historic Landmark (Dennison Railroad Depot)") →	hasHistoricRecognition
National Historic Landmark ("National Historic Landmark district") →	hasPart
Alcatraz Island →	hasStatus
President's House (original design) ("National Historic Landmark (White House)") →	heritageStatusOfRealization
Greenbelt, Maryland →	historicDistrictStatus
National Register of Historic Places ("National Historic Landmarks") →	includes
California Historical Landmark →	isDifferentFrom
Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument →	isDistinctFrom
National Park Service NHL database ("National Historic Landmarks program") →	isOfficialDatabaseOf
New England Conservatory of Music →	JordanHallDesignation
Historic Sites Act of 1935 ("National Historic Landmarks designations") →	legalBasisFor
Ripon, Wisconsin →	LittleWhiteSchoolhouseDesignation
Portland Observatory →	nationalHistoricLandmarkStatus
Mark Twain Cave →	nationalRegisterOfHistoricPlacesType
Princeton Battlefield State Park ("U.S. National Historic Landmark") →	NRHPDesignation
La Fortaleza →	protectedAs
National Register of Historic Places ("National Historic Landmarks Program") →	relatedProgram
Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden →	Reptile HouseStatus
National Park Service ("National Historic Landmarks program") →	responsibleFor
National Park System Advisory Board ("National Historic Landmarks Program") →	scopeOfAuthority
National Historic Landmarks in the United States Virgin Islands ("National Historic Landmarks Program") →	seeAlso
National Historic Landmarks in New York ("National Historic Landmarks in the United States") →	subclassOf