Portal:National Register of Historic Places/Did you know/38


 * ... that Fire Station No. 19 (pictured) in Minneapolis, Minnesota is the birthplace of kittenball, a forerunner of modern softball?
 * ... that the Confederate Monument in Danville, Kentucky was built on grave plots local citizens had given up to fallen soldiers?
 * ... that in an uncommon job for women, Mary Herwerth was appointed lighthouse keeper at Bluff Point Light on Valcour Island upon the death of her husband while on duty in 1881?
 * ... that the Hotel Monaco in Washington, D.C. is located inside a National Historic Landmark building that was patterned after the Roman Temple of Jupiter?
 * ... that the Colored Soldiers Monument in Frankfort, Kentucky is the only one dedicated to Black Union soldiers in Kentucky, and only one of four in the United States?