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The Lone Sailor
California, Los Angeles County, Long BeachThe Lone Sailor Stanley Bleifeld 1984 U.S. Navy Memorial (Patriots & Patriotism • War, World II • Waterways & Vessels) Includes location, directions, 5...
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Fresno Assembly Center
California, Fresno County, FresnoThis memorial is dedicated to over 5,000 Americans of Japanese ancestry who were confined at the Fresno Fairgrounds from May to October 1942. This was an early phase of...
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Blackbird Air Park
California, Los Angeles County, Palmdale[Panel #1] Blackbird Wind Tunnel Model (One-Twelfth Scale) Aircraft models such as this are used in high-speed wind tunnels to test aerodynamic shapes, stresses,...
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Hampton Plantation
Georgia, Glynn County, St. Simons IslandIn 1774 Major Pierce Butler of South Carolina purchased Hampton Point in northwestern St. Simons Island, and by the 1790s Hampton was developed into the island's...
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Site of the Valenzuela Adobe
California, Orange County, San Juan CapistranoAntonio Valenzuela, early pioneer of the town of San Juan Capistrano, built the adobe in the early 1840s, probably on the ruins of a mission Indian adobe...
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Montanez Adobe
California, Orange County, San Juan CapistranoConstructed in 1794 as one of forty adobes built to house mission Indians. Named for Polonia Montanez, a nineteenth century resident. Owned by Mr. and Mrs....
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Combs House
California, Orange County, San Juan CapistranoBuilt in 1878 in Forester City (near San Onofre). Moved to San Juan Capistrano in 1882, it has served as a general store, post office and residence....
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O'Neill Museum
California, Orange County, San Juan CapistranoBuilt in the 1880's, this Victorian house was one of the town's first wooden buildings. It was moved from its original location across the tracks and about...
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Garcia Adobe
California, Orange County, San Juan CapistranoBuilt in the 1840's by Manuel Garcia, it originally had a second story over only half of the ground floor. In 1880 the remaining space was covered by a...
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Domingo Yorba Adobe
California, Orange County, San Juan CapistranoThis 1830 structure is typical of San Juan Capistrano adobes of this period; thick walls and a wood shingle roof. The house was purchased by Domingo...
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Egan House
California, Orange County, San Juan CapistranoNeo-Victorian, built in 1883 by Richard Egan, surveyor, school trustee and justice of the peace. Rebuilt in 1898 after a fire. Known as "Harmony Hall", it...
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Capistrano Depot
California, Orange County, San Juan CapistranoBuilt in 1894, renovated in 1974-75 as a restaurant. The original Mission style, one of the first stations to use it, was retained. The interior is so...
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Mission San Juan Capistrano
California, Orange County, San Juan Capistrano"Jewel of the Missions" founded on November 1, 1776 by father Junipero Serra, most renown and most beautiful of the California Missions, Quaint little...
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Blas Aguilar Adobe
California, Orange County, San Juan CapistranoMay date back to 1794. It was part of two buildings known as Hacienda Aguilar. This adobe is associated with Don Blas Aguilar, the last Alcalde (Mayor) of...
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"Oliveras Home"
California, Orange County, San Juan CapistranoCirca 1890-1900 Restoration 1980 In memory of Delfina Olivares Matriarch of the San Juan Capistrano Historical Society (Hispanic Americans • Notable...
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"El Adobe de Capistrano"
California, Orange County, San Juan CapistranoAn historic landmark uniting the "Miguel Yorba Adobe" 1778 "Juzgado" (Court and Jail) 1812 (Hispanic Americans • Notable Buildings • Settlements &...
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Welcome to the Los Rios Historic District
California, Orange County, San Juan CapistranoThe Los Rios Historic District was placed on the National Register of Historic Places April 4, 1983. This District includes 31 historic structures which...
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Watts Towers
California, Los Angeles County, WattsPanel 1:Watts Towers California Historical Landmark No. 993 Panel 2: Unconventional Life, Unconventional Art Simon Rodia has been referred to as a visionary and a...
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Auntie Stone Cabin
Colorado, Larimer County, Fort CollinsThis two-story cabin is a classic example of American frontier log construction. Sixty-three year old Elizabeth "Auntie" Stone and her second husband Lewis arrived...
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The Mould Loft (1917)
Maine, Sagadahoc County, Bath Design is the first step in shipbuilding, and it took place in a mould loft. Skilled modelers shaped the schooner's hull in miniature by carving a half-model. They scaled...
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