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From the National Park Service in the Northeast

Marie Rust
Regional Director

  

 

Southeast Regional Winners
Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Puerto Rico, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virgin Islands

The Southeast Region of the National Park Service received 42 entries from our National Historic Landmark Stewards in 7 of the 9 states and 2 territories in the region.

 

1st Place Winner

A mockup of the Redstone Rocket with sunflowers in the foreground

Redstone Test Stand
Red Stone Test Stand with a mockup of the Redstone Rocket

George C. Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville
Madison County, Alabama
Photographed by Ralph H. Allen

Constructed in 1953 of reused materials and the oldest firing facility at the Marshall Space Flight Center, The Redstone Test Stand was instrumental in developing procedures for the launch of America's first satellite and first manned space flight. Advancements in technology led to its closure in 1961. Today Redstone Test Stand is not open to the public.

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2nd Place Winner

A US submarine reflected in the still waters of South Carolina

Clamagore
A United States submarine reflected in the still waters of Charleston Harbor


Patriot's Point, Mount Pleasant
Charleston County, South Carolina
Photographed by Jim Vickers

Clamagore, a WWII Balao class submarine built after the bombing of Pearl Harbor and converted to a Guppy III in 1947, is the only surviving example of its type. Clagamore is moored at Patriot's Point Naval and Maritime Museum and open to the public.

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3rd Place Winner

The entrance to the Peoples building with large front doors and yellow painted walls and ceiling

State Capitol

Capitol Square, Atlanta
Fulton County, Georgia
Photographed by Amie Spinks

The Capitol is a monumental neoclassical structure, constructed between 1884 and 1889 as a symbol of the "New South." Remarkably, this building was built within budget, with $118.43 remaining after construction. The Capitol continues in its original use.

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Honorable Mention

A federal style brick house on a winters day in Kentucky

Locust Grove

561 Blankenbaker Lane
Louisville, Kentucky
Photographed by Julia C. Parke

This conservative, Federal style brick house was lived in by George Rogers Clark after suffering a stroke and leg amputation in 1809 until his death in 1818. Clark is a hero of the American revolution in the western theater.

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Last Updated:
September 29, 2003