This is a List of National Historic Landmarks in Ohio and other landmarks of equivalent landmark status in the state. The United States'
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 (~3%) of over 90,000 places liste ...
(NHL) program is operated under the auspices of the
National Park Service
The National Park Service (NPS) is an agency of the United States federal government within the U.S. Department of the Interior that manages all national parks, most national monuments, and other natural, historical, and recreational properti ...
, and recognizes structures, districts, objects, and similar resources according to a list of criteria of national significance.
There are 76 NHLs in
Ohio
Ohio () is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. Of the List of states and territories of the United States, fifty U.S. states, it is the List of U.S. states and territories by area, 34th-l ...
and four additional National Park Service-administered areas of primarily historic importance.
Current National Historic Landmarks in Ohio
Ohio's National Historic Landmarks are distributed across 37 of the
88 counties in the state. With fourteen NHLs,
Hamilton County has more than any other county.
Historic areas of the National Park System in Ohio
National Historic Sites, National Historic Parks, National Memorials, and certain other
areas listed in the National Park system are historic landmarks of national importance that are highly protected already, sometimes before the inauguration of the NHL program in 1960, and are then often not also named NHLs ''per se''. There are seven of these in Ohio. The National Park Service lists these seven together with the NHLs in the state.
[These are listed on p.115 of "National Historic Landmarks Survey: List of National Historic Landmarks by State", November 2007 version.]
The
James A. Garfield National Historic Site, the
William Howard Taft National Historic Site
William Howard Taft National Historic Site is a historic house at 2038 Auburn Avenue in the Mount Auburn Historic District of Cincinnati, Ohio, a mile (1.6 km) north of Downtown. It was the birthplace and childhood home of William Howard Ta ...
, and the
Charles Young Buffalo Soldiers National Monument
Charles is a masculine given name predominantly found in English and French speaking countries. It is from the French form ''Charles'' of the Proto-Germanic name (in runic alphabet) or ''*karilaz'' (in Latin alphabet), whose meaning was " ...
are also designated as NHLs and are listed above. The remaining four are as follows.
Former NHLs in Ohio
See also
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List of National Historic Landmarks by state
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National Register of Historic Places listings in Ohio
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This is a list of properties and districts in Ohio that are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. There are over 4.000 in total. Of these, 73 are List of National Historic Landmarks in Ohio, National Historic Landmarks. T ...
References
External links
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National Historic Landmarks program, at National Park ServiceSouth Carolina Department of Archives and History: The National Register of Historic Places - Search Records by County*
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Ohio
Ohio () is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. Of the List of states and territories of the United States, fifty U.S. states, it is the List of U.S. states and territories by area, 34th-l ...
National Historic Landmarks in Ohio
National Historic Landmarks
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 (~3%) of over 90,000 places listed ...