National Historic Landmarks in California: Listed by County

Under the supervision of the National Park Service, there are roughly 2500 National Historical Landmarks in the United States. Of those 2500, roughly 144 of them are found in California. A National Historic Landmark can be defined as a structure, object or place that has a high value of commemorating the history of America. All of these California Historic Landmarks can also be found on the National Registry of  Historic Places.

I have organized these National Historic Landmarks (NHL) both by county and alphabetically. It’s my goal to visit all of these locations.

  • Alphabetical Order

    1. The Abbey, Joaquin Miller House
    2. The Ahwahnee
    3. Alcatraz Island
    4. Alma (scow schooner)
    5. Angelus Temple
    6. Juan de Anza House
    7. Aquatic Park Historic District
    8. Asilomar Conference Grounds
    9. Balboa Park
    10. Balclutha (square-rigger)
    11. Baldwin Hills Village
    12. Hubert H. Bancroft Ranch House
    13. Bank of Italy Building
    14. Aline Barnsdall Complex (Hollyhock House)
    15. Berkeley (ferry)
    16. Big Four House
    17. Bodie Historic District
    18. Borax Lake Site
    19. Bradbury Building
    20. Luther Burbank House and Garden
    21. C.A. Thayer(schooner)
    22. Carmel Mission
    23. Carrizo Plain Archeological District
    24. Jose Castro House
    25. Coloma
    26. Columbia Historic District
    27. Commander’s House, Fort Ross
    28. Coso Rock Art District(formerly Big and Little Petroglyph Canyons)
    29. Donner Camp Sites
    30. Drakes Bay Historic and Archeological District
    31. Eames House (Case Study House #8)
    32. Elmshaven (Ellen White House)
    33. Estudillo House
    34. Eureka (double-ended ferry)
    35. USCGC Fir
    36. First Church of Christ, Scientist
    37. James C. Flood Mansion
    38. Folsom Powerhouse
    39. Fort Ross
    40. Fresno Sanitary Landfill
    41. David B. Gamble House
    42. González House
    43. Guajome Ranch House
    44. Hale Solar Observatory
    45. Hanna-Honeycomb House
    46. Harada House
    47. Hearst San Simeon Estate
    48. Hercules (tug)
    49. Lou Henry and Herbert Hoover House
    50. USS Hornet (CVS-12) (aircraft carrier)
    51. Hotel del Coronado
    52. Edwin Hubble House
    53. Jeremiah O’Brien(Liberty ship)
    54. Knight’s Ferry Bridge
    55. La Purisima Mission
    56. Lake Merritt Wild Duck Refuge
    57. Lane Victory (victory ship)
    58. Larkin House
    59. Las Flores Adobe
    60. Leconte Memorial Lodge
    61. Lightship WAL-605,Relief
    62. Little Tokyo Historic District
    63. Locke Historic District
    64. Jack London Ranch
    65. Los Alamos Ranch House
    66. Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
    67. Los Cerritos Ranch House
    68. Lower Klamath National Wildlife Refuge
    69. Manzanar War Relocation Center
    70. Mare Island Naval Shipyard
    71. Marin County Civic Center
    72. Mendocino Woodlands Recreational Demonstration Area
    73. Mission Beach Roller Coaster
    74. Mission Inn
    75. Mission San Miguel Arcángel
    76. Mission Santa Inés
    77. Modjeska House
    78. Monterey Old Town Historic District
    79. John Muir House
    80. New Almaden
    81. Richard M. Nixon Birthplace
    82. Frank Norris Cabin
    83. Nuestra Senora Reina de la Paz
    84. Oak Grove Butterfield Stage Station
    85. Old Customhouse
    86. Old Mission Dam
    87. Old Sacramento Historic District
    88. Old Scripps Building
    89. Old United States Mint
    90. USS Pampanito(submarine)
    91. Paramount Theatre
    92. Parsons Memorial Lodge
    93. Petaluma Adobe
    94. Pioneer Deep Space Station
    95. Point Reyes Lifeboat Station
    96. Pony Express Terminal
    97. Potomac (Presidential yacht)
    98. Presidio of San Francisco
    99. Ralph J. Scott(fireboat)
    100. William C. Ralston Home
    101. Rancho Camulos
    102. Rangers’ Club
    103. Rogers Dry Lake
    104. Room 307, Gilman Hall, University of California
    105. Rose Bowl
    106. Royal Presidio Chapel
    107. San Diego Mission Church
    108. San Diego Presidio
    109. San Francisco Bay Discovery Site
    110. San Francisco Cable Cars
    111. San Francisco Civic Center
    112. San Francisco Port of Embarkation, U.S. Army
    113. San Juan Bautista Plaza Historic District
    114. San Luis Rey Mission Church
    115. Santa Barbara County Courthouse
    116. Santa Barbara Mission
    117. Santa Cruz Looff Carousel and Roller Coaster
    118. Santa Monica Looff Hippodrome
    119. Upton Sinclair House
    120. Sonoma Plaza
    121. Space Flight Operations Facility
    122. Space Launch Complex 10
    123. Leland Stanford House
    124. Star of India (bark)
    125. Steedman Estate(Casa del Herrero)
    126. Sutter’s Fort
    127. Swedenborgian Church
    128. Tao House
    129. The Forty Acres
    130. Tolowot, Gunther Island Site 67
    131. Tule Lake Segregation Center
    132. Twenty-Five-Foot Space Simulator
    133. Unitary Plan Wind Tunnel
    134. United States Immigration Station, Angel Island
    135. United States Post Office and Court House (James R. Browning U.S. Court of Appeals)
    136. Walker Pass
    137. Wapama (steam schooner)
    138. Warner’s Ranch
    139. Watts Towers
    140. Wawona Hotel and Thomas Hill Studio
    141. Well No. 4, Pico Canyon Oil Field
    142. Yuma Crossing and Associated Sites

  • Amador

    1. The Abbey, Joaquin Miller House
    2. First Church of Christ, Scientist
    3. USS Hornet (CVS-12) (aircraft carrier)
    4. Lake Merritt Wild Duck Refuge
    5. Lightship WAL-605,Relief
    6. Paramount Theatre
    7. Potomac (Presidential yacht)
    8. Room 307, Gilman Hall, University of California

  • Contra Costa

    1. John Muir House
    2. Tao House

  • El Dorado

    1. Coloma

  • Fresno

    1. Fresno Sanitary Landfill

  • Imperial

    1. Tolowot, Gunther Island Site 67

  • Imperial

    1. Yuma Crossing and Associated Sites

  • Inyo

    1. Coso Rock Art District(formerly Big and Little Petroglyph Canyons)
    2. Manzanar War Relocation Center

  • Kern

    1. Nuestra Senora Reina de la Paz
    2. The Forty Acres
    3. Walker Pass
    4. Rogers Dry Lake

  • Lake

    1. Borax Lake Site

  • Los Angeles

    1. Angelus Temple
    2. Baldwin Hills Village
    3. Aline Barnsdall Complex (Hollyhock House)
    4. Bradbury Building
    5. Eames House (Case Study House #8)
    6. David B. Gamble House
    7. Hale Solar Observatory
    8. Edwin Hubble House
    9. Lane Victory (victory ship)
    10. Little Tokyo Historic District
    11. Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
    12. Los Cerritos Ranch House
    13. Ralph J. Scott(fireboat)
    14. Rose Bowl
    15. Santa Monica Looff Hippodrome
    16. Upton Sinclair House
    17. Space Flight Operations Facility
    18. Twenty-Five-Foot Space Simulator
    19. Watts Towers
    20. Well No. 4, Pico Canyon Oil Field

  • Marin

    1. Drakes Bay Historic and Archeological District
    2. Marin County Civic Center
    3. Point Reyes Lifeboat Station
    4. United States Immigration Station, Angel Island

  • Mariposa

    1. The Ahwahnee
    2. Leconte Memorial Lodge
    3. Rangers’ Club
    4. Wawona Hotel and Thomas Hill Studio

  • Mendocino

    1. Mendocino Woodlands Recreational Demonstration Area

  • Modoc

    1. Tule Lake Segregation Center

  • Mono

    1. Bodie Historic District

  • Monterey

    1. Asilomar Conference Grounds
    2. Carmel Mission
    3. Larkin House
    4. Monterey Old Town Historic District
    5. Old Customhouse
    6. Royal Presidio Chapel

  • Napa

    1. Elmshaven (Ellen White House)

  • Nevada

    1. Donner Camp Sites

  • Orange

    1. Modjeska House
    2. Richard M. Nixon Birthplace

  • Riverside

    1. Harada House
    2. Mission Inn

  • Sacramento

    1. Big Four House
    2. USCGC Fir
    3. Folsom Powerhouse
    4. Locke Historic District
    5. Old Sacramento Historic District
    6. Pony Express Terminal
    7. Leland Stanford House
    8. Sutter’s Fort

  • San Benito

    1. Juan de Anza House
    2. Jose Castro House
    3. San Juan Bautista Plaza Historic District

  • San Bernadino

    1. Pioneer Deep Space Station

  • San Diego

    1. Balboa Park
    2. Hubert H. Bancroft Ranch House
    3. Berkeley (ferry)
    4. Estudillo House
    5. Guajome Ranch House
    6. Hotel del Coronado
    7. Las Flores Adobe
    8. Mission Beach Roller Coaster
    9. Oak Grove Butterfield Stage Station
    10. Old Mission Dam
    11. Old Scripps Building
    12. San Diego Mission Church
    13. San Diego Presidio
    14. San Luis Rey Mission Church
    15. Star of India (bark)
    16. Warner’s Ranch

  • San Francisco

    1. Alcatraz Island
    2. Alma (scow schooner)
    3. Aquatic Park Historic District
    4. Balclutha (square-rigger)
    5. Bank of Italy Building
    6. C.A. Thayer(schooner)
    7. Eureka (double-ended ferry)
    8. James C. Flood Mansion
    9. Hercules (tug)
    10. Jeremiah O’Brien(Liberty ship)
    11. Old United States Mint
    12. USS Pampanito(submarine)
    13. Presidio of San Francisco
    14. San Francisco Cable Cars
    15. San Francisco Civic Center
    16. San Francisco Port of Embarkation, U.S. Army
    17. Swedenborgian Church
    18. United States Post Office and Court House (James R. Browning U.S. Court of Appeals)
    19. Wapama (steam schooner)

  • San Luis Obispo

    1. Carrizo Plain Archeological District
    2. Hearst San Simeon Estate
    3. Mission San Miguel Arcángel

  • San Mateo

    1. William C. Ralston Home
    2. San Francisco Bay Discovery Site

  • Santa Barbara

    1. González House
    2. La Purisima Mission
    3. Los Alamos Ranch House
    4. Mission Santa Inés
    5. Santa Barbara County Courthouse
    6. Santa Barbara Mission
    7. Space Launch Complex 10
    8. Steedman Estate(Casa del Herrero)

  • Santa Cruz

    1. Hanna-Honeycomb House
    2. Lou Henry and Herbert Hoover House
    3. New Almaden
    4. Frank Norris Cabin
    5. Unitary Plan Wind Tunnel
    6. Santa Cruz Looff Carousel and Roller Coaster

  • Siskiyou

    1. Lower Klamath National Wildlife Refuge

  • Solano

    1. Mare Island Naval Shipyard

  • Sonoma

    1. Luther Burbank House and Garden
    2. Commander’s House, Fort Ross
    3. Fort Ross
    4. Jack London Ranch
    5. Petaluma Adobe
    6. Sonoma Plaza

  • Stanislaus

    1. Knight’s Ferry Bridge

  • Tuolumne

    1. Columbia Historic District
    2. Parsons Memorial Lodge

  • Ventura

    1. Rancho Camulos

 

 

 

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