Portal:National Register of Historic Places/Did you know/26


 * ...that the Confederate Monument (pictured) in Cynthiana, Kentucky was the first monument to the Confederate States of America in Kentucky, and long believed to be the first one anywhere?
 * ...that the Somers Hamlet Historic District in Westchester County, New York includes the Elephant Hotel considered the birthplace of the American circus?
 * ...that the St. Paul A.M.E. Church in Raleigh, North Carolina, founded in 1884, was the first independent African-American church in Raleigh?
 * ...that Edgar Allan Poe wrote "The Raven" while living at what is now called Edgar Allan Poe Cottage in the Fordham section of The Bronx in New York City?
 * ...that the Virginian Railway Passenger Station in Roanoke was named to the Virginia Landmarks Register and the National Register of Historic Places after it was extensively damaged in a fire?