The National Register of Historic Places was created in the United States in 1966 after the passage of the National Historic Preservation Act. The NRHP is the official list of buildings, structures, sites and districts that have been regarded as deserving of preservation. There are more than a million places in the register, with roughly 30,000 added each year. Inclusion on the list does not guarantee protection, and many properties are lost each year due to demolition and neglect.
This site(below) in Rutherford County, Tennessee was lost when the owner tore the house down and sold the land to developers. The Jenkins House was used as a hospital during the Battle of Stones River during the Civil War.
The register includes places of all sorts, here are photos of a few examples:
St Peter's Church in New Kent County, Virginia, possible site of the marriage of George and Martha Washington.
Destrehan Manor House, oldest home in the lower Mississippi River Valley, in St Charles Parish, Louisiana
.Wigwam Motel in Cave City, Kentucky
Shell Service Station in Forsyth County, North Carolina
Old Courthouse, part of the Lincoln Historic District in Lincoln County, New Mexico
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