Tag: National Register of Historic Places

Kīlauea Lighthouse: NRHP — National Parks With T

Welcome back to National Parks and other public lands with T! The Kīlauea Lighthouse is in the Kīlauea Point National Wildlife Refuge in Kauai. It was built in 1913 as an aid to navigation for ships bound for Hawaii from the West. It was added the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. The Kīlauea… via … Continue reading Kīlauea Lighthouse: NRHP — National Parks With T

Finn’s Point Lighthouse: NRHP — National Parks USA

Welcome back to National Parks & other public lands with T! If you are seeing this on Twitter or Facebook, please visit the blog to see all of the photos and read the story by clicking the link. The Lighthouse Challenge of NJ celebrated its 20th anniversary in 2019. I visited about half of the… via … Continue reading Finn’s Point Lighthouse: NRHP — National Parks USA

Tinicum Rear Range Lighthouse: NRHP

Vanderbilt’s Eagle’s Nest NRHP

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The Vanderbilt family, building on the shipping and railroad business started by Cornelius Vanderbilt, became prominent during the Gilded Age (the period after the Civil War.) William K. Vanderbilt was a great-grandson of Cornelius Vanderbilt and he built Eagle’s Nest on the Long Island Sound in 1910 as his summer home.

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I’d previously visited the Hyde Park and Biltmore Vanderbilt mansions…those were built by grandsons of Cornelius, uncles to Centerport’s ‘Willie K.’ Some friends and I were looking for a rainy-day activity on Long Island’s North Shore, so we headed to the Vanderbilt Museum and Planetarium and took the guided tour of Eagle’s Nest.

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The summer home began as a 9-room Tudor…

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Long Pond Ironworks National Historic Landmark District

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Long Pond Ironworks State Park preserves the historic village of Hewitt, which was a bustling ironworking community in the 1700s.

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I was driving by after a hike at nearby Jungle Habitat and noticed that the visitor center was open. I stopped in and chatted with the park ranger for a bit.

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This building was once the General Store and also a boarding house for the iron workers. It now houses the museum as well as the visitor center.

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The museum depicts life in Hewitt and showcases many iron artifacts from the period. The ranger told me one of the most precious pieces in the collection is the stove, made at Long Pond…

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