A nice house, with a yard, and a dog – Suburbs in the National Register of Historic Places

Great River Road - Kit Home (National Archives Identifier 7718976) It’s the American Dream to own a little white house with a picket fence, maybe a dog (or a cat) in the yard, with your 2 and a half kids on the swings in the back yard, in the American Suburbs.  There are more than … Continue reading A nice house, with a yard, and a dog – Suburbs in the National Register of Historic Places

It’s Raining Cats and Dogs! Records about Cats and Dogs in the National Register of Historic Places

Cat Wearing a Ford's My Man Sign at a Campaign Rally for President Gerald R. Ford (National Archives Identifier 27575830) Here we are in the Dog Days of August and maybe some summer thunderstorms are pouring down rain like cats and dogs.  Did you know there are properties in the National Register of Historic Places … Continue reading It’s Raining Cats and Dogs! Records about Cats and Dogs in the National Register of Historic Places

Gold – Silver – Bronze – What’s Your Olympic Sport!

Members of the US Olympics Team wave to spectators as they march into the LA Coliseum during the opening ceremonies for the 1984 Summer Olympics. Last Friday the torch was lit in Paris France to start the Summer Olympic Games.  The Olympic Games have been held in the United States a total of eight times, … Continue reading Gold – Silver – Bronze – What’s Your Olympic Sport!

Cannonball! Swimming Pools in the National Register of Historic Places

Security overlooks ducks swimming in the White House Swimming Pool (National Archives Identifier 276564131) In the month of July, when the temperature is hot, people will find relief in swimming pools all over the country.  Did you know there are a number of pools that are on the National Register of Historic Places, including the … Continue reading Cannonball! Swimming Pools in the National Register of Historic Places

Records about the Civilian Conservation Corps in the National Register of Historic Places

CCC Camp (National Archives Identifier 281450) When the United States was mired in the Great Depression, President Franklin Roosevelt established the Civilian Conservation Corps, to help improve America’s public lands, forests, and parks.  There are just under one thousand properties in the National Register of Historic Places associated with the CCC, including the Stowe CCC … Continue reading Records about the Civilian Conservation Corps in the National Register of Historic Places

Order in the Court! – Records of Courthouses in the National Register of Historic Places

Photograph of Supreme Court Building (National Archives Identifier 594954) There are more than thirty five thousand records with the search term “courthouse” in the National Register of Historic Places records, including both the United States Supreme Court Building (National Archives Identifier 117691883), and the Oklahoma Cherokee Supreme Court Building (National Archives Identifier 86510854). “The Supreme … Continue reading Order in the Court! – Records of Courthouses in the National Register of Historic Places

Water, Water, Everywhere – Hydroelectric Power Plants in the National Register

Hydroelectric Power is one of the largest sources of renewable energy and is a popular means of providing power, as long as there was a water source and there was the means to construct a plant to harness the water.  There are more that four hundred properties in the records of the National Register (National … Continue reading Water, Water, Everywhere – Hydroelectric Power Plants in the National Register

You Load Sixteen Tons and What Do You Get? – Coal Records in the National Register

"Mine America's Coal" (National Archives Identifier 515013) Tomorrow, Friday March 16, the exhibit “Power & Light: Russel Lee’s Coal Survey” opens at the National Archives Building in Washington DC.  It features “photographs of coal communities by American documentary photographer Russell Lee. These images tell the story of laborers who helped build the nation, of a … Continue reading You Load Sixteen Tons and What Do You Get? – Coal Records in the National Register