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List of U.S. National Historic Landmarks by state

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The United States National Historic Landmark Program is designed to recognize and honor the nation's cultural and historical heritage. The program was formally inaugurated with a series of listings on October 9, 1960; as of August 21, 2020, there are 2,597 designated landmarks. A National Historic Landmark (NHL) is generally a building, district, object, site, or structure, that is officially recognized by the United States government for its national historical significance. A National Historic Landmark District (NHLD) is a historic district that is recognized as an NHL. Its geographic area may include contributing properties that are buildings, structures, sites or objects, and it may include non-contributing properties.

The program is administered by the National Park Service (NPS), a branch of the Department of the Interior. The National Park Service determines which properties meet NHL criteria and makes nomination recommendations after an owner notification process.{{cite web|publisher=National Park Service|title=National Historic Landmarks Program: Questions and Answers|work=National Historic Landmarks Program|url=http://www.nps.gov/nhl/QA.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070715183108/http://www.nps.gov/nhl/QA.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 15, 2007|access-date=September 21, 2007}} The secretary of the interior reviews nominations and, based on a set of predetermined criteria, makes a decision on NHL designation or a determination of eligibility for designation.{{cite web|url=http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/waisidx_98/36cfr65_98.html|title=Title 36 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Part 65|publisher=US Government Printing Office|access-date=April 5, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120217203324/http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/waisidx_98/36cfr65_98.html|archive-date=February 17, 2012|url-status=dead}} Both public and privately owned properties can be designated as NHLs. This designation provides indirect, partial protection of the historic integrity of the properties via tax incentives, grants, monitoring of threats, and other means. Owners may object to the nomination of the property as an NHL. When this is the case the secretary of the interior can only designate a site as eligible for designation.

All NHLs are also included on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP), a list of some 80,000 historic properties that the National Park Service deems to be worthy of recognition. The primary difference between an NHL and a NRHP listing is that the NHLs are determined to have national significance, while other NRHP properties are deemed significant at the local or state level.

Tabular listing

Most landmark designations are in one of the 50 states. New York is the state with the most (270), and New York City, with 114 designations, is the city with the largest number of designations. Of the states, North Dakota has the fewest designations with seven. Three cities (New York City, Philadelphia, and Boston) have enough listings to warrant lists separate from their respective states.

A small number of designations have been made outside the 50 states. Most of these appear in United States possessions. The Virgin Islands have five listings, Puerto Rico has four, and island possessions in the South Pacific have six. Five listings are found in Pacific island nations with which the U.S. has established a free association agreement, and one listing, the American Legation in Tangier (the nation's first foreign public property), is found in the unaffiliated Kingdom of Morocco.

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! {{NHL color}} scope="col" |State or
region

! {{NHL color}} scope="col"|Number of
landmarks

! {{NHL color}} scope="col"|Earliest
declared{{Cite web|last=National Park Service |author-link=National Park Service |date=June 2011 |title=National Historic Landmarks Survey: List of National Historic Landmarks by State |url=http://www.cr.nps.gov/nhl/designations/Lists/LIST11.pdf |format=PDF |access-date=2011-07-04 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111105084558/http://www.cr.nps.gov/nhl/designations/Lists/LIST11.pdf |archive-date=2011-11-05 }}

! {{NHL color}} scope="col"|Latest
declared

! {{NHL color}} class="unsortable" scope="col"| Example

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| Alabama

| {{nts|39}}

| {{dts|1960|10|9}}

| {{dts|2021|1|13}}

| File:Edmund_Pettus_Bridge_(27565742790).jpg

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| Alaska

| {{nts|50}}

| {{dts|1961|1|20}}

| {{dts|2016|12|23}}

| File:St._Michael's_Cathedral,_Sitka.jpg

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| Arizona

| {{nts|47}}Hoover Dam overlaps and is counted in both Arizona and Nevada.

| {{dts|1960|10|9}}

| {{dts|2021|01|13}}

| File:Boulder_Dam_-_A.jpg

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| Arkansas

| {{nts|17}}

| {{dts|1960|10|9}}

| {{dts|2003|7|31}}

| File:Desegregation_landmark,_Little_Rock_Central_High_School,_Little_Rock,_Arkansas_LCCN2011631075.tif

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| California

| {{nts|148}}Yuma Crossing and Associated Sites included in both Arizona and California

| {{dts|1960|10|9}}

| {{dts|2024|12|13}}

| File:Hearst_Castle_Casa_del_Sol_September_2012.jpg

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| Colorado

| {{nts|29}}

| {{dts|1960|12|19}}

| {{dts|2024|12|13}}

| File:Pikes_Peak_from_Garden_of_the_Gods.JPG

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| Connecticut

| {{nts|65}}

| {{dts|1960|10|9}}

| {{dts|2023|12|11}}

| File:Mark_Twain_House_Hartford_Connecticut_2009.jpg

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| Delaware

| {{nts|14}}

| {{dts|1961|1|20}}

| {{dts|2016|12|23}}

| File:Farmer's_Bank,_New_Castle.jpg

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| Florida

| {{nts|47}}

| {{dts|1960|10|9}}

| {{dts|2021|01|13}}

| File:Hemingway_House_Key_West_FL1.jpg

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| Georgia

| {{nts|49}}

| {{dts|1961|1|20}}

| {{dts|2015|07|21}}

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| Hawaii

| {{nts|32}}

| {{dts|1962|12|29}}

| {{dts|2007|3|29}}

| File:USS_Arizona_Memorial_is_on_display_during_Secretary_of_Defense_Ash_Carter's_visit_to_Pearl_Harbor,_Hawaii,_Sept._30,_2016.jpg

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| Idaho

| {{nts|11}}

| {{dts|1960|10|9}}

| {{dts|2023|12|11}}

| File:EBR-I.jpg

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| Illinois

| {{nts|88}}Eads Bridge overlaps and is counted in both Illinois and Missouri

| {{dts|1960|10|9}}

| {{dts|2023|12|11}}

| File:Reconstructed_stockade_wall_near_Monks_Mound.png

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| Indiana

| {{nts|44}}

| {{dts|1960|10|9}}

| {{dts|2023|12|11}}

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| Iowa

| {{nts|29}}

| {{dts|1960|6|30}}

| {{dts|2024|12|13}}

| File:'Pass-through_barn'_in_Iowa's_Amana_colonies_LCCN2011631676.tif

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| Kansas

| {{nts|26}}

| {{dts|1960|12|19}}

| {{dts|2016|12|23}}

| Image:Clocktower-Sherman-Grant-SheridanHalls Nov-2002 0056.jpg.]]

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| Kentucky

| {{nts|33}}

| {{dts|1960|12|19}}

| {{dts|2024|12|13}}

| File:Roebling-Suspension-Bridge.jpg

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| Louisiana

| {{nts|54}}

| {{dts|1960|10|9}}

| {{dts|2024|12|13}}

| File:ChrisLitherlandBourbonSt.jpg

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| Maine

| {{nts|44}}

| {{dts|1960|10|9}}

| {{dts|2014|8|25}}

| File:Olson_House_(19931595770).jpg

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| Maryland

| {{nts|76}}Washington Aqueduct included in both Maryland and Washington, D.C.

| {{dts|1960|10|9}}

| {{dts|2021|01|13}}

| File:1634_Fort_Discovery_-_50997330605.jpg

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| Massachusetts
(Boston alone)

| {{nts|192}}
(57)

| {{dts|1960|10|9}}

| {{dts|2023|12|11}}

| File:The_Crane_Estate_at_Castle_Hill_in_Ipswich,_Massachusetts.jpg

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| Michigan

| {{nts|42}}

| {{dts|1960|10|9}}

| {{dts|2021|01|13}}

| File:Mackinac_Island's_main_town,_looking_west._Transportation_on_the_island_is_by_horse,_bike,_or_foot..jpg

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| Minnesota

| {{nts|25}}

| {{dts|1960|12|19}}

| {{dts|2011|6|23}}

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| Mississippi

| {{nts|40}}

| {{dts|1964|7|19}}

| {{dts|2017|2|16}}

| File:FEMA_-_37532_-_Restored_Jefferson_Davis_home_"Beauvoir"_in_Mississippi.jpg

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| Missouri

| {{nts|37}}

| {{dts|1960|10|9}}

| {{dts|2007|3|29}}

| File:Gateway_Arch_St_Louis_MO.jpg

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| Montana

| {{nts|28}}Lemhi Pass and Lolo Trail appear in Idaho and in Montana.

| {{dts|1960|10|9}}

| {{dts|2015|7|21}}

| File:Going_to_the_Sun_Road_(29840981006).jpg

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| Nebraska

| {{nts|23}}

| {{dts|1960|12|19}}

| {{dts|2024|12|13}}

| File:Nebraska_State_Capitol,_Lincoln,_NE_(cropped).jpg

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| Nevada

| {{nts|8}}

| {{dts|1961|1|20}}

| {{dts|2012|10|16}}

| File:Fort_Churchill_(5752450217).jpg

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| New Hampshire

| {{nts|24}}

| {{dts|1960|10|9}}

| {{dts|2024|1|13}}

| File:Mt._Washington_Hotel.jpg

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| New Jersey

| {{nts|58}}Holland Tunnel and Palisades Interstate Park included in both New Jersey and New YorkMinisink Archeological Site and Washington's Crossing included in New Jersey and Pennsylvania

| {{dts|1960|10|9}}

| {{dts|2014|8|25}}

| File:Atlantic_City,_NJ,_USA_-_panoramio_(19).jpg

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| New Mexico

| {{nts|46}}Raton Pass and Denver & Rio Grande Railroad San Juan Extension included in Colorado and New Mexico.

| {{dts|1960|10|9}}

| {{dts|2013|12|23}}

| File:Acoma_Sky_City,Oct.06,2009.jpg

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| New York
(New York City alone)

| {{nts|277}}
(116)

| {{dts|1960|10|9}}

| {{dts|2024|12|13}}

| File:NYC_Empire_State_Building.jpg

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| North Carolina

| {{nts|40}}

| {{dts|1961|11|5}}

| {{dts|2024|12|13}}

| File:Biltmore_Estate-27527-1.jpg

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| North Dakota

| {{nts|7}}Fort Union Trading Post included in both Montana and North Dakota.

| {{dts|1961|7|4}}

| {{dts|2016|12|23}}

| File:Fort_Union_Trading_Post_NHS.JPG

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| Ohio

| {{nts|76}}Covington and Cincinnati Suspension Bridge included in Kentucky and Ohio

| {{dts|1960|10|9}}

| {{dts|2016|12|23}}

| File:Serpent_Mound_2.jpg

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| Oklahoma

| {{nts|22}}

| {{dts|1960|12|19}}

| {{dts|2013|2|27}}

| File:Price_Tower,_Bartlesville,_Oklahoma_LCCN2011631190.tif

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| Oregon

| {{nts|17}}Lower Klamath National Wildlife Refuge included in California and Oregon

| {{dts|1961|1|20}}

| {{dts|2011|7|25}}

| File:Fort_Astoria_(20474033571).jpg

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| Pennsylvania
(Philadelphia alone)

| {{nts|169}}Beginning Point of the U.S. Public Land Survey included in Ohio and Pennsylvania.Delaware and Hudson Canal included in New York and Pennsylvania
(67)

| {{dts|1961|1|20}}

| {{dts|2016|12|23}}

| File:Fallingwater_2007.jpg

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| Rhode Island

| {{nts|45}}

| {{dts|1960|10|9}}

| {{dts|2012|10|16}}

| File:The_Breakers,_exterior.jpg

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| South Carolina

| {{nts|76}}

| {{dts|1960|10|9}}

| {{dts|2024|12|13}}

| File:South_Carolina_State_House,_Columbia,_Southeast_view_20160702_1_(edited).jpg

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| South Dakota

| {{nts|16}}Blood Run Site included in Iowa and South Dakota

| {{dts|1961|7|4}}

| {{dts|2011|6|17}}

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| Tennessee

| {{nts|32}}Siege and Battle of Corinth Sites included in Mississippi and Tennessee

| {{dts|1960|10|9}}

| {{dts|2023|12|23}}

| File:BealeStreet_2.jpg

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| Texas

| {{nts|50}}

| {{dts|1960|12|19}}

| {{dts|2023|12|11}}

| File:Alamo_pano_(cropped).jpg

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| Utah

| {{nts|14}}

| {{dts|1961|1|20}}

| {{dts|2011|6|23}}

| File:Bingham_Canyon_Mine,_2018.jpg

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| Vermont

| {{nts|18}}

| {{dts|1960|9|22}}

| {{dts|2014|8|25}}

| File:Shelburne_Farms,_Vermont_LCCN2011631125.tif

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| Virginia

| {{nts|126}}

| {{dts|1960|10|7}}

| {{dts|2024|12|13}}

| File:WestFrontMansionMountVernon.jpg

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| Washington

| {{nts|24}}Bonneville Dam Historic District included in Oregon and Washington

| {{dts|1961|7|4}}

| {{dts|2008|8|19}}

| File:Paradise_Inn_01.jpg

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| West Virginia

| {{nts|17}}

| {{dts|1964|7|19}}

| {{dts|2023|12|11}}

| File:The_Greenbrier_Historic_Resort_Hotel.jpg

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| Wisconsin

| {{nts|45}}

| {{dts|1960|10|9}}

| {{dts|2023|12|11}}

| File:Taliesin_Exterior_15_(cropped).jpg

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| Wyoming

| {{nts|28}}

| {{dts|1960|12|19}}

| {{dts|2023|12|11}}

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| District of Columbia

| {{nts|78}}

| {{dts|1960|12|19}}

| {{dts|2024|12|13}}

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| {{sort|Z1|U.S. Commonwealths
and Territories}}The U.S. Commonwealths and Territories having NHLs are: American Samoa (with 2), Guam (1), Midway Islands (1), Northern Mariana Islands (3), Puerto Rico (6), Virgin Islands (5), and Wake Island (1).

| {{nts|19}}

| {{dts|1960|10|9}}

| {{dts|2014|12|13}}

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| {{sort|Z2|Associated States}}The Associated States having NHLs are Marshall Islands (with 2), Federated States of Micronesia (2), and Palau (1).

| {{nts|5}}

| {{dts|1982|12|17}}

| {{dts|1985|9|16}}

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| {{sort|Z3|Foreign States}}The only foreign state having a U.S. NHL is Morocco (with 1 NHL).

| {{nts|1}}

| {{dts|1982|12|17}}

| {{dts|1982|12|17}}

| File:Museo_del_Antiguo_Legado_Estadounidense,_Tánger,_Marruecos,_2015-12-11,_DD_39.JPG

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| Duplicates

| (21)

|

|

|

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| Total

| 2,649

| {{dts|1960|6|30}}

| {{dts|2024|12|13}}

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Notes

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References

  • {{Cite web | last = National Park Service | author-link = National Park Service | title = National Historic Landmarks Program | publisher = nps.gov| url = https://www.nps.gov/subjects/nationalregister/index.htm |access-date = September 8, 2018}}
  • {{cite web | last = National Park Service | author-link = National Park Service | title = National Historic Landmark Program: NHL Database | url = http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/default.cfm | access-date = March 24, 2012 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20040606195612/http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/default.cfm | archive-date = June 6, 2004 }}
  • {{cite web | last = National Park Service | author-link = National Park Service | title = National Historic Landmark Program: Properties Determined Eligible for Designation as National Historic Landmarks | url = http://www.cr.nps.gov/nhl/DOE_dedesignations/DOE_intro.htm | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20030823025918/http://www.cr.nps.gov/nhl/DOE_dedesignations/DOE_intro.htm | url-status = dead | archive-date = August 23, 2003 }}
  • {{cite web|last=Department of the Interior |author-link=United States Department of the Interior |title=Interior Secretary Kempthorne Designates 9 National Historic Landmarks in 9 States |date=January 16, 2009 |url=http://www.doi.gov/news/09_News_Releases/011609c.html |format=Press Release |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090305040615/http://www.doi.gov/news/09_News_Releases/011609c.html |archive-date=March 5, 2009 }}

External links

{{sister project links|National Historic Landmarks of the United States}}

  • [https://www.nps.gov/orgs/1582/index.htm National Historic Landmark Program] at the National Park Service
  • [https://osm4wiki.toolforge.org/cgi-bin/wiki/wiki-osm.pl?project=en&article=Category:Lists%20of%20National%20Historic%20Landmarks%20by%20state Locations of all U.S. National Historic Landmarks], current and former, for which coordinates are included in the list-articles listed above

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