Portal:National Register of Historic Places/Did you know/19


 * ...that the largest private home in the U.S. in 1790, Hampton Mansion (pictured), was occupied by the same family until 1948 and is the first national historic site selected by the U.S. National Park Service for architectural significance?
 * ...that the statue of King Louis XVI built in 1829, currently at the Metro Hall in Louisville, Kentucky, was endangered by the Second French Revolution in 1830?
 * ...that the Poughkeepsie YMCA building is the only one in the city using glazed terra cotta?
 * ...that the Hoornbeek Store Complex in Napanoch, New York reflects the transition from the Federal style to Greek Revival in American architecture?
 * ...that the Ladies' Confederate Memorial in Lexington, Kentucky was described by Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper as "the most perfect thing of its kind in the South"?