National Treasures
Our nation’s historic places reveal the richness of the American story
These beloved places range from one-room schoolhouses to inspiring monuments, from ancient sites to modern masterpieces—National Treasures that reflect our past while enriching our future.
With the support of thousands of local preservationists and preservation professionals from coast to coast, the National Trust identified endangered National Treasures and took action to help save them. Together, we raised needed funds, built coalitions to prevent demolition, fought in the courts to save sites from deterioration, and made sure that the icons of the past remained with us in the future.
While the National Treasures campaign has formally ended, the National Trust continues to save America's historic sites, landscapes, and neighborhoods, as it has for decades. Working together, we can magnify our proven success in dramatic ways.
Together we can protect America’s heritage. Let’s get to work.
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- Brown v. Board of Education
- Historic Houses of Worship
- Historic Post Office Buildings
- Rosenwald Schools
- Route 66
- A.G. Gaston Motel, Birmingham, Alabama
- Mountain View Officers’ Club at Fort Huachuca, Arizona
- Grand Canyon, Arizona
- Great Bend of the Gila, Maricopa and Yuma Counties, Arizona
- Painted Desert Community Complex, Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona
- Pond Farm, Guerneville, California
- Historic Wintersburg, Huntington Beach, California
- Historic Communities of the 710, Los Angeles, California
- Southwest Museum Site, Los Angeles, California
- Cooper Molera Adobe, Monterey, California
- Terminal Island, Port of Los Angeles, California
- Corner of Haight and Ashbury, San Francisco, California
- Haas-Lilienthal House, San Francisco, California
- Bridges of Yosemite Valley, Yosemite National Park, California
- Boggsville, Las Animas, Colorado
- Tabor Opera House, Leadville, Colorado
- Chimney Rock National Monument, Near Pagosa Springs, Colorado
- Howard University's Founders Library, Washington, DC
- National Mall Tidal Basin, Washington, DC
- Union Station, Washington, DC
- Washington National Cathedral, Washington, DC
- Little Havana, Miami, Florida
- Miami Marine Stadium, Miami, Florida
- Sweet Auburn Historic District, Atlanta, Georgia
- Ocmulgee National Monument, Macon, Georgia
- Waikīkī War Memorial Natatorium, Honolulu, Hawaiʻi
- Prentice Women's Hospital, Chicago, Illinois
- Pullman National Monument, Chicago, Illinois
- South Side Community Art Center, Chicago, Illinois
- The House of Tomorrow, Indiana Dunes National Park, Indiana
- Heart of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky
- Delta Queen, Houma, Louisiana
- African House at Melrose Plantation, Melrose, Louisiana
- Annapolis, Maryland
- Morgan State University, Baltimore, Maryland
- Ghost Fleet of the Potomac, Mallows Bay, Charles County, Maryland
- Malcolm X – Ella Little-Collins House, Boston, Massachusetts
- Nantucket Lightship/LV-112, Boston, Massachusetts
- Pawtucket Dam, Lowell, Massachusetts
- First Baptist Church, New Bedford, Massachusetts
- Jefferson-Chalmers District, Detroit, Michigan
- Fort Snelling at Bdote, Fort Snelling, Minnesota
- Mississippi Delta National Heritage Area, Mississippi
- Scenic Landscapes of New Hampshire
- The Palisades, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
- Hinchliffe Stadium, Paterson, New Jersey
- Princeton Battlefield, Princeton, New Jersey
- Mount Taylor, Cibola County, New Mexico
- Manhattan Project Historic Sites, Los Alamos, New Mexico
- Palace of the Governors, Santa Fe, New Mexico
- Chautauqua Amphitheater, Chautauqua, New York
- John and Alice Coltrane Home, Dix Hills, New York
- Villa Lewaro (Madam C. J. Walker Estate), Irvington, New York
- Federal Hall National Memorial, New York, New York
- Whitney Studio, New York, New York
- The New York State Pavilion, Queens, New York
- Lyndhurst, Tarrytown, New York
- Pauli Murray House, Durham, North Carolina
- Nina Simone Childhood Home, Tryon, North Carolina
- Theodore Roosevelt's Elkhorn Ranch, Medora, North Dakota
- Music Hall, Cincinnati, Ohio
- Union Terminal, Cincinnati, Ohio
- The Village of Zoar, Zoar, Ohio
- Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Portland, Oregon
- Willamette Falls Navigation Canal and Locks, West Linn, Oregon
- Historic Neighborhoods of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Joe Frazier’s Gym, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Antiguo Acueducto del Río Piedras, San Juan, Puerto Rico
- Ashley River Historic District, Charleston, South Carolina
- Charleston, South Carolina
- Battle Mountain Sanitarium, Hot Springs, South Dakota
- Clayborn Temple, Memphis, Tennessee
- Nashville’s Music Row, Nashville, Tennessee
- Texas Courthouses
- LULAC Clubhouse, Houston, Texas
- The Astrodome, Houston, Texas
- Rio Vista Farm, Socorro, Texas
- Bears Ears and Ancestral Places of Southeast Utah, Colorado Plateau, Utah
- Woodlawn, Alexandria, Virginia
- Fort Monroe National Monument, Hampton, Virginia
- James River, Jamestown, Virginia
- Shockoe Bottom, Richmond, Virginia
- Panama Hotel, Seattle, Washington
- Cape Flattery Lighthouse, Tatoosh Island, Washington
- Happy Retreat, Charles Town, West Virginia
- Milwaukee VA Soldiers Home, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
- Mitchell Park Domes, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
- White Grass Dude Ranch, Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming
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