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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in California: Gonzalez House
Built about 1825 by Don Rafael Gonzales; typical of Mexican-era adobe town houses; adobe walls at least 2' thick.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in California: Ralph J. Scott (Fireboat)
A fireboat for the LAFD from 1925 until its retirement in 2003, it could pump 17,000 US gal/min (1,070 L/s). It is now located near the Los Angeles Maritime Museum.
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Wikipedia: Natl Historic Landmarks in California: Tule Lake Segregation Center
The largest Japanese American internment camp, it also had the highest security and stayed open longest, even after World War II. The Redress movement in the 1980s and pilgrimages to Tule Lake led to the Civil Liberties Act of 1988.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in California: Uss Pampanito (Submarine)
A Balao class submarine, she served in World War II before becoming a museum ship and part of the San Francisco Maritime National Park Association. She still has several working parts, including the periscopes and a torpedo tube.
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Wikipedia: Natl Historic Landmarks in Ca: San Francisco Bay Discovery Site
On November 4, 1769 the expedition of Spanish explorer Gaspar de Portola reached the summit of the 1,200-foot (370 m) high Sweeney Ridge, where he sighted San Francisco Bay. It is now part of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in California: Hotel Del Coronado
The largest beach resort on the North American Pacific Coast, this Victorian building is an iconic symbol of San Diego.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in California: James C. Flood Mansion
Mansion of James C. Flood, 19th century silver-baron; first brownstone building built west of the Mississippi River; one of the only buildings on Nob Hill to survive the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire; purchased by the...
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Wikipedia: Natl Historic Landmarks in Ca: Lower Klamath Natl Wildlife Refuge
This national wildlife refuge, established in 1908, was the first large block of public land set aside for wildlife management purposes. Because of the refuge's extensive overlap with the Klamath Basin water reclamation project, it has...
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in California: Wapama (Steam Schooner)
This 204' wooden schooner was one of 200 ships plying the lumber trade along the Pacific coast. Now managed by the San Francisco Maritime National Historic Park, she has been moved to Richmond, California for possible renovation. She is...
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in California: The Forty Acres
Served as the original headquarters of the United Farm Workers, the first permanent agricultural labor union in the United States.
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Wikipedia: Natl Historic Landmarks in Ca: Eames House (Case Study House 8)
Built in 1949 by husband-and-wife design pioneers Charles and Ray Eames; also known as Case Study House No. 8.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in California: Bodie Historic District
Establish in 1859, it became a Gold Rush boomtown in 1876. It is currently a State park preserved in arrested decay, neither restored nor destroyed. It is one of very few towns of this type to survive untouched.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in California: Presidio of San Francisco
Used as a fortified military base from 1776 to 1995 by Spain, Mexico, and the United States. It is now part of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area and serves a mix of commercial and public uses. It is required to be financially...
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in California: Pony Express Terminal
The Western end of the Pony Express, this bank building has also served as the first home of the Supreme Court of California. It is now part of the Old Sacramento State Historic Park, itself a National Historic Landmark District.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in California: Marin County Civic Center
The last major commission by Frank Lloyd Wright, this government run complex hosts a variety of events including the county fair. Its architecture has led to inclusion in or inspiration for several films. It is also known for two violent...
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Wikipedia: Natl Historic Landmarks in California: Asilomar Conference Grounds
Arts and Crafts style conference center built for the YWCA by Julia Morgan in 1913.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in California: David B. Gamble House
Arts and Crafts masterpiece; shows influence from traditional Japanese aesthetics and a certain California spaciousness born of available land and a permissive climate.
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Wikipedia: Natl Historic Landmarks in Ca: Wawona Hotel and Thomas Hill Studio
Built in 1879 for tourists visiting the Mariposa Grove, this hotel is also where the Hudson River School painter Thomas Hill painted towards the end of his life.
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Wikipedia: Natl Historic Landmarks in Ca: Monterey Old Town Historic District
Also known as Monterey State Historic Park, this NHLD contains both California's First Theatre, and the Monterey Customs House, where the American flag was first raised over California. It also incorporates the National Historic...
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in California: Lightship Wal 605, Relief
A lightvessel now located in Oakland.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in California: Unitary Plan Wind Tunnel
This wind tunnel built in the 1950s allowed commercial and military aircraft as well as the Space Shuttle to be aerodynamically tested.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in California: c.a. Thayer (Schooner)
Schooner built in 1895; now preserved at the San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park; worked in lumber trade to San Francisco from Washington, Oregon, and Northern California. Official plaque located in the San Francisco Maritime...
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in California: Coloma
Town where the California Gold Rush when James W. Marshall discovered gold at Sutter's mill on January 24, 1848. Now a ghost town, it is a significant part of the Marshall Gold Discovery State Historic Park.
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Wikipedia: Natl Historic Landmarks in California: Hubert H. Bancroft Ranch House
Adobe home of historian and ethnologist Hubert Howe Bancroft, publisher of many Pacific Coast histories and books on Native American culture.