16-792: Smith Building may refer to: H. D. Smith Company Building , Plantsville, Connecticut, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Hartford County, Connecticut H. W. Smith Building , Punta Gorda, Florida, listed on the NRHP in Florida D. G. Smith Building , Abilene, Kansas, listed on the NRHP in Kansas Mitchell Baker Smith Company Building , Lexington, Kentucky, listed on
32-624: Is a list of the National Register of Historic Places designations in Hartford County, Connecticut . This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Hartford County , Connecticut , United States . The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in various online maps. There are 439 properties and districts listed on
48-475: Is complete through NPS recent listings posted November 22, 2024. Download coordinates as: National Historic Landmark A National Historic Landmark ( NHL ) is a building, district, object, site, or structure that is officially recognized by the United States government for its outstanding historical significance. Only some 2,500, or roughly three percent, of over 90,000 places listed on
64-895: The Historic American Buildings Survey amassed information about culturally and architecturally significant properties in a program known as the Historic Sites Survey. Most of the designations made under this legislation became National Historic Sites , although the first designation, made December 20, 1935, was for a National Memorial , the Gateway Arch National Park (then known as the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial) in St. Louis , Missouri. The first National Historic Site designation
80-633: The United States Congress . In 1935, Congress passed the Historic Sites Act , which authorized the interior secretary authority to formally record and organize historic properties, and to designate properties as having "national historical significance", and gave the National Park Service authority to administer historically significant federally owned properties. Over the following decades, surveys such as
96-842: The 50 states. New York City alone has more NHLs than all but five states: Virginia , California , Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, and New York, the latter of which has the most NHLs of all 50 states. There are 74 NHLs in the District of Columbia . Some NHLs are in U.S. commonwealths and territories, associated states, and foreign states . There are 15 in Puerto Rico , the Virgin Islands , and other U.S. commonwealths and territories ; five in U.S.-associated states such as Micronesia ; and one in Morocco . Over 100 ships or shipwrecks have been designated as NHLs. Approximately half of
112-770: The NRHP in Kentucky Bradford Smith Building , New Bedford, Massachusetts, listed on the NRHP in Massachusetts W. J. and Ed Smith Building , West Plains, Missouri, listed on the NRHP in Missouri E. L. Smith Building , Hood River, Oregon, listed on the NRHP in Oregon R. S. Smith Motor Company Building , Sandy, Oregon, listed on the NRHP in Oregon Ashbel Smith Building , Galveston, Texas, listed on
128-629: The NRHP in Texas Smith Tower , Seattle, Washington Smith Building (Parkersburg, West Virginia) , listed on the NRHP in West Virginia W.H. Smith Hardware Company Building , Parkersburg, West Virginia, listed on the NRHP in West Virginia See also [ edit ] Smith House (disambiguation) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with
144-672: The National Historic Landmarks are privately owned . The National Historic Landmarks Program relies on suggestions for new designations from the National Park Service, which also assists in maintaining the landmarks . A friends' group of owners and managers, the National Historic Landmark Stewards Association, works to preserve, protect and promote National Historic Landmarks. If not already listed on
160-870: The National Register in the county, including 21 National Historic Landmarks . More than half of these listings are in the city of Hartford (145) and the towns of Windsor (41), Southington (41) and West Hartford (32). They are listed separately, while the 190 properties and districts in the remaining parts of the county are listed below. Four properties and districts extend into Hartford, Southington and/or New Haven County and appear in more than one list. Fairfield ( city of Bridgeport ) ( town of Greenwich ) ( city of Stamford ) | Hartford ( city of Hartford ) ( town of Southington ) ( town of West Hartford ) ( town of Windsor ) | Litchfield | Middlesex ( city of Middletown ) | New Haven ( city of New Haven ) | New London | Tolland | Windham This National Park Service list
176-555: The National Register, or as an NHL) often triggered local preservation laws, legislation in 1980 amended the listing procedures to require owner agreement to the designations. On October 9, 1960, 92 places, properties, or districts were announced as eligible to be designated NHLs by U.S. Secretary of the Interior Fred A. Seaton . Agreements of owners or responsible parties were subsequently obtained, but all 92 have since been considered listed on that 1960 date. The origins of
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#1732790598784192-548: The United States secretary of the interior because they are: More than 2,500 NHLs have been designated. Most, but not all, are in the United States. There are NHLs in all 50 states and the national capital of Washington, D.C. Three states ( Pennsylvania , Massachusetts , and New York ) account for nearly 25 percent of the nation's NHLs. Three cities within these states, Philadelphia , Boston , and New York City , respectively, all separately have more NHLs than 40 of
208-561: The country's National Register of Historic Places are recognized as National Historic Landmarks. A National Historic Landmark District sometimes called a National Historical Park may include more than one National Historic Landmark and contributing properties that are buildings, structures, sites or objects, and it may include non-contributing properties. Contributing properties may or may not also be separately listed or registered. Prior to 1935, efforts to preserve cultural heritage of national importance were made by piecemeal efforts of
224-593: The first National Historic Landmark was a simple cedar post, placed by the Lewis and Clark Expedition on their 1804 outbound trek to the Pacific in commemoration of the death from natural causes of Sergeant Charles Floyd . The cedar plank was later replaced by a 100 ft (30 m) marble obelisk. The Sergeant Floyd Monument in Sioux City, Iowa , was officially designated on June 30, 1960. NHLs are designated by
240-528: The title Smith Building . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Smith_Building&oldid=450952498 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages National Register of Historic Places listings in Hartford County, Connecticut This
256-684: Was made for the Salem Maritime National Historic Site on March 17, 1938. In 1960, the National Park Service took on the administration of the survey data gathered under this legislation, and the National Historic Landmark program began to take more formal shape. When the National Register of Historic Places was established in 1966, the National Historic Landmark program was encompassed within it, and rules and procedures for inclusion and designation were formalized. Because listings (either on
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