The preservation of the America's historic sites and landmarks is key in maintaining the integrity of these sites. Discover the birthplace of Lincoln, the home of Franklin D. Roosevelt and more.
Steamtown, which was officially added to the Park System in 1986, occupies about 40 acres of the former Scranton Yards, housing the largest collection of steam-era locomotives and cars in the country. Read about Steamtown National Historic Site. See more »
Fort Scott, now the Fort Scott National Historic Site, was established on the prairie in 1842 and named for General Winfield Scott, who was insulted to discover he was the namesake of such a tiny outpost. Read about Fort Scott National Historic Site.
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The first Fort Smith was built in 1817 to maintain peace between the local Osage Indians and the newly arriving Cherokees. The fort was abandoned in 1824 and a second Fort Smith built in 1838. Read more about Fort Smith National Historic Site.
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Fort Vancouver was built in 1825 as headquarters for the Hudson Bay Company's fur-trading operation on the Pacific Coast. It became the economic, social, and cultural hub of the Oregon Country. Read about Fort Vancouver National Historic Site.
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Frederick Douglass, born a slave and never formally educated, was one of the country's most eloquent spokesmen against slavery. The Frederick Douglass National Historic Site is located in Washington, D.C. Read about Frederick Douglass National Histor
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Unlike most historic homes, the Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site is more a monument to Olmsted's work than his life. His 36-room house and office complex in Brookline, Massachusetts became Frederick Olmsted National Historic Site in 1979.
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Hidden in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, is one of the best-kept secrets of the National Park System -- Friendship Hill National Historic Site, home of Albert Gallatin from 1789 to 1825. Read information about Friendship Hill National Historic Site.
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Gloria Dei Episcopal Church, the oldest church in Pennsylvania and among the oldest in the country, is still in use after more than 300 years. Although designated a national historic site in 1942, Old Swedes' Church is owned and maintained by its con
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On May 10, 1869, workers from the Union Pacific and Central Pacific railroads met at Promontory Summit in Utah and drove the golden and silver spikes that connected the East to the West. Check out Golden Spike National Historic Site.
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The Grant-Kohrs Ranch in western Montana was once one of the largest cattle ranches in the United States. It harkens back to the days when the range was unfenced and seemingly endless. Read more about Grant-Kohrs Ranch National Historic Site.
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Hampton Hall was one of the country's largest and most ornate Georgian mansions. The site includes the Ridgely family home, slave quarters, and 24 other buildings on a 63-acre estate. Learn more about Hampton National Historic Site.
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Harry S. Truman lived in the house at 219 North Delaware Street from 1919 to 1945, when he became President. In 1953, the Trumans returned to the house in Missouri, and lived there the rest of their days. Check out the Truman National Historic Site.
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Herbert Hoover National Historic Site presents the two phases of Hoover's life -- his Quaker upbringing and his long public career -- in the setting of a late-nineteenth-century Iowa farm community. Read about Herbert Hoover National Historic Site.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt was born in Hyde Park luxury in 1882. He grew up in the family home, returned to raise his children, and was buried there, with his wife, in the rose garden. Read about the Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site.
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Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site in eastern Pennsylvania is one of the finest examples of a nineteenth-century, rural American ironmaking community. Read more of the history and tips for visiting Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site.
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Unlike many of the old frontier outposts, the Hubbell Trading Post National Historic Site in Arizona, dating back to 1878, is still doing business. Learn about Hubbell Trading Post National Historic Site.
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In 1880, more than 17,000 people from around the country traveled to Mentor, Ohio, to hear James A. Garfield campaign for the presidency from his front porch. The 30-room mansion is now preserved as the James A. Garfield National Historic Site.
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The Jimmy Carter National Historic Site is dedicated as much to the thirty-ninth President as it is to the rural southern community that he was born and raised in and still calls home. Read about Jimmy Carter National Historic Site.
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The John Fitzgerald Kennedy National Historic Site is in a house at 83 Beals Street in the Boston suburb of Brookline. This is where John F. Kennedy, our nation's thirty-fifth President, was born. Read more about Kennedy National Historic Site.
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Where the Knife River joins the Missouri are the remains of one of the oldest inhabited sites in North America. Nomadic hunters came to this area at least 11,000 years ago. Learn more about Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site.
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Abraham Lincoln's frame house in Springfield, Illinois, is the only residence our sixteenth President ever owned. Read about the Lincoln Home National Historic Site.
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