Rock Creek Church Yard and Cemetery Photo by danieljdougherty via Flickr and Creative Commons

Rock Creek Church Yard and Cemetery

Rock Creek Church Yard and Cemetery contributes, significantly-to the cultural heritage and visual beauty of the District of Columbia. Covering 85 acres, the cemetery is sited on high ground, its undulating terrain falling away to the north from the main gate. The cemetery is the site of many memorials of distinguished aesthetic quality including not only the Adams Memorial (Grief) by sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaidens and architect Stanford White of McKim, Mead and White but also the Frederick Keep Monument (Journey of Life) by James Earle Fraser.

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Previously Highlighted Landscape Architecture Properties

Jacques Marchais Center of Tibetan Art Photo by Kathy Howe Courtesy of the New York State Historic Preservation Office

Jacques Marchais Center of Tibetan Art, Staten Island, New York

The Jacques Marchais Center of Tibetan Art, located in Staten Island, New York, at 338/336 Lighthouse Avenue, was listed in the National Register of Historic Places on May 29, 2009 for its association with Jacques Marchais (1887-1948), a pioneer collector and respected expert on Tibetan art. Marchais was an extraordinary American woman who created an institution to serve as a bridge between the west and the rich artistic and cultural traditions of Tibet and the Himalayan region.

Fort Worth Botanic Garden, Fort Worth, Texas
The Fort Worth Botanic Garden, located southwest of downtown Fort Worth, Texas, encompasses 109 acres of slightly rolling terrain originally marked by native stands of deciduous trees (trees that lose their leaves seasonally).  Listed in the National Register of Historic Places for national significance in the area of Landscape Architecture, the Fort Worth Botanic Garden is an excellent example of a designed landscape and as one of the first multiple rose gardens established in the southern half of the United States. 

North Inlet Trail, Rocky Mountain National Park, Larimer County, Colorado
Rocky Mountain National Park offers many scenic trails for the enrichment of the visitor. The North Inlet Trail, located on the west side of the Rocky Mountain National Park, offers visitors a grand view of lakes, forest and mountains while offering campsites along the way.

Hallet Peak from Lake Haiyaho Trail Photo by Elderhiker via flickr used through creative commons license

Lake Haiyaha Trail, Rocky Mountain National Park, Larimer County, Colorado
Rocky Mountain National Park offers many scenic trails for the enrichment of the visitor. The North Inlet Trail, located on the west side of the Rocky Mountain National Park, offers visitors a grand view of lakes, forest and mountains while offering campsites along the way.

Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) 75th Anniversary
The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) was established on March 19, 1933, by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt as a New Deal program to aid young men from unemployed families during the Great Depression. Executive Order 6106 took effect in April 1933, ten days after President Roosevelt’s address to Congress. The organization established was technically called “Emergency Conservation Work.” The phrase Roosevelt used in his speech to Congress, however, the Civilian Conservation Corps, was more frequently used and is the name by which the organization is referred to today.

Skyline Drive, Virginia
Skyline Drive is the only public road that travels the length of the National Park Service's Shenandoah National Park in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia, measuring 105 miles of roadway. The drive runs the entire length of the northern and southern crests of the Blue Ridge Mountains. Built by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) as part of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s New Deal Program, Skyline Drive is a testament to the expanding movement for conservation, public outdoor recreation, and regional planning that gained momentum in the 1920s and became the hallmark of Federal policy in the 1930s.

Will Rogers Park Gardens and Arboretum Photo courtesy of the Oklahoma Historical Society, photograph by JoAnne Vervinck

Will Rogers Park Gardens and Arboretum, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Named after Oklahoma' famous native son, Will Rogers, the Will Rogers Park Gardens and Arboretum are significant for landscape design and as a part of Oklahoma City's park system plan. The park was originally planned in 1909, then constructed in the 1930s by the CCC and WPA.

Riverview Park, Hannibal, Missouri
Riverview Park is a 465 acre park along the Mississippi River in the city of Hannibal. The park opened in 1909 thanks to the philanthropy of Wilson Pettibone who wished to preserve the naturalness of the land, and avoid traces of artificiality. Riverview Park is a mature arboretum and is a good example of of the prairie style of landscape design.

Lincoln Park Lily Pool, Chicago , IL
This 3-acre Lily Pool is an exquisite hidden garden in Chicago 's Lincoln Park that symbolically celebrates the natural and pre-history of the Midwest .

Manitoga (Russel Wright Home & Studio), Garrison, New York
A founding member of the American Society of Industrial Designers, Wright was well-known as the designer of the “American Modern” style in domestic decorative arts (furniture, fabrics, glassware, and tableware) and as the inventor of the still popular sectional sofa.

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