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12 Sites Receive Historic Designation

A dozen properties were declared National Historic Landmarks by the U.S. Department of the Interior in early April.

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12 Sites Receive Historic Designation

A dozen properties were declared National Historic Landmarks by the U.S. Department of the Interior in early April.

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    Aline Barnsdall Complex (Hollyhock House), Los Angeles, by Frank Lloyd Wright

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    Beth Sholom Synagogue, Elkins Park, Pa., by Frank Lloyd Wright

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    Price Tower, Bartlesville, Okla., by Frank Lloyd Wright

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    Naumkeag, Stockbridge, Mass., by McKim, Mead & White

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    Hegeler Carus Mansion, La Salle, Ill., by W.W. Boyington

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    House of the Seven Gables Historic District, Salem, Mass., restored by Joseph Everett Chandler

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    Washington Place, Honolulu

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    Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, by Adolph Strauch

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    Central Utah Relocation Center Site (Topaz), Millard County, Utah

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    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.)