1952 |
March 4 | Virgin Islands NHS, Virgin Islands (redesignated Christiansted NHS 1961) |
June 27 | Shadow Mountain NRA, Colorado (transferred to Forest Service 1979) |
July 9 | Coronado NMem, Arizona |
1954 |
June 28 | Fort Union NM, New Mexico |
1955 |
July 26 | City of Refuge NHP, Hawaii (redesignated Pu'uhonua o Honaunau NHP 1978) |
Dec. 6 | Edison Home NHS, New Jersey (incorporated in Edison NHS 1962) |
1956 |
April 2 | Booker T. Washington NM, Virginia |
July 14 | Edison Laboratory NM, New Jersey (incorporated in Edison NHS 1962) |
July 20 | Pea Ridge NMP, Arkansas |
July 25 | Horseshoe Bend NMP, Alabama |
Aug. 2 | Virgin Islands NP, Virgin Islands |
1958 |
April 18 | Glen Canyon NRA, Utah and Arizona |
May 29 | Fort Clatsop NMem, Oregon |
Aug. 14 | General Grant NMem, New York |
Sept. 2 | Grand Portage NM, Minnesota (designated a NHS 1951) |
1959 |
April 14 | Minute Man NHS, Massachusetts (redesignated a NHP Sept. 21) |
Sept. 1 | Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial, District of Columbia (dedicated 1997) |
1960 |
April 22 | Wilson's Creek Battlefield NP, Missouri (redesignated Wilson's Creek NB 1970) |
June 3 | Bent's Old Fort NHS, Colorado |
July 6 | Arkansas Post NMem, Arkansas |
Sept. 13 | Haleakala NP, Hawaii (detached from Hawaii NP) |
Dec. 24 | St. Thomas NHS, Virgin Islands (abolished 1975) |
1961 |
May 11 | Russell Cave NM, Alabama |
Aug. 7 | Cape Cod NS, Massachusetts |
Sept. 8 | Fort Davis NHS, Texas |
Sept. 13 | Fort Smith NHS, Arkansas |
Oct. 4 | Piscataway Park, Maryland |
Dec.28 | Buck Island Reef NM, Virgin Islands |
1962 |
Feb. 19 | Lincoln Boyhood NMem, Indiana |
April 27 | Hamilton Grange NMem, New York |
May 31 | Whiskeytown-Shasta-Trinity NRA, California (Whiskeytown Unit) |
July 25 | Sagamore Hill NHS, New York |
July 25 | Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace NHS, New York |
Sept. 5 | Edison NHS, New Jersey (incorporated Edison Home NHS and Edison Laboratory NM) |
Sept. 5 | Frederick Douglass Home, District of Columbia (redesignated Frederick Douglass NHS 1988) |
Sept. 13 | Point Reyes NS, California |
Sept. 28 | Padre Island NS, Texas |
1963 |
July 22 | Flaming Gorge NRA, Utah and Wyoming (transferred to Forest Service 1968) |
1964 |
Aug. 27 | Ozark NSR, Missouri |
Aug. 30 | Fort Bowie NHS, Arizona |
Aug. 31 | Allegheny Portage Railroad NHS, Pennsylvania |
Aug. 31 | Fort Larned NHS, Kansas |
Aug. 31 | John Muir NHS, California |
Aug. 31 | Johnstown Flood NMem, Pennsylvania |
Aug. 31 | Saint-Gaudens NHS, New Hampshire |
Sept. 3 | Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 |
Sept. 3 | Wilderness Act |
Sept. 11 | Fire Island NS, New York |
Sept. 12 | Canyonlands NP, Utah |
Dec. 31 | Bighorn Canyon NRA, Wyoming and Montana |
1965 |
Feb. 1 | Arbuckle NRA, Oklahoma (incorporated in Chickasaw NRA 1976) |
Feb. 11 | Curecanti NRA, Colorado |
March 15 | Sanford NRA, Texas (redesignated Lake Meredith Recreation Area 1972; redesignated Lake Meredith NRA 1990) |
May 15 | Nez Perce NHP, Idaho |
June 5 | Agate Fossil Beds NM, Nebraska |
June 28 | Pecos NM, New Mexico (incorporated in Pecos NHP 1990) |
July 30 | Golden Spike NHS, Utah (designated 1957) |
Aug. 12 | Herbert Hoover NHS, Iowa |
Aug. 28 | Hubbell Trading Post NHS, Arizona |
Aug. 31 | Alibates Flint Quarries and Texas Panhandle Pueblo Culture NM, Texas (redesignated Alibates Flint Quarries NM 1978) |
Sept. 1 | Delaware Water Gap NRA, Pennsylvania and New Jersey |
Sept. 21 | Assateague Island NS, Maryland and Virginia |
Oct. 22 | Roger Williams NMem, Rhode Island |
Nov. 11 | Amistad Recreation Area, Texas (redesignated Amistad NRA 1990) |
1966 |
March 10 | Cape Lookout NS, North Carolina |
June 20 | Fort Union Trading Post NHS, North Dakota and Montana |
June 30 | Chamizal NMem, Texas |
July 23 | George Rogers Clark NHP, Indiana |
Sept. 9 | San Juan Island NHP, Washington |
Oct. 15 | National Historic Preservation Act |
Oct. 15 | Guadalupe Mountains NP, Texas |
Oct. 15 | Pictured Rocks NL, Michigan |
Oct. 15 | Wolf Trap Farm Park for the Performing Arts, Virginia |
Nov. 2 | Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural NHS, New York |
Nov. 5 | Indiana Dunes NL, Indiana |
1967 |
May 26 | John Fitzgerald Kennedy NHS, Massachusetts |
Nov. 27 | Eisenhower NHS, Pennsylvania |
1968 |
March 12 | National Visitor Center, District of Columbia (abolished 1981) |
April 5 | Saugus Iron Works NHS, Massachusetts |
Oct. 2 | National Trails System Act |
Oct. 2 | Wild and Scenic Rivers Act |
Oct. 2 | Appalachian NST, Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont,
Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, West Virginia,
Virginia, Tennessee, North Carolina, Georgia |
Oct. 2 | Lake Chelan NRA, Washington |
Oct. 2 | North Cascades NP, Washington |
Oct. 2 | Redwood NP, California |
Oct. 2 | Ross Lake NRA, Washington |
Oct. 2 | St. Croix NSR, Minnesota and Wisconsin |
Oct. 17 | Carl Sandburg Home NHS, North Carolina |
Oct. 18 | Biscayne NM, Florida (incorporated in Biscayne NP 1980) |
1969 |
Jan. 20 | Marble Canyon NM, Arizona (incorporated in Grand Canyon NP 1975) |
Aug. 20 | Florissant Fossil Beds NM, Colorado |
Dec. 2 | Lyndon B. Johnson NHS, Texas (redesignated a NHP 1980) |
Dec. 2 | William Howard Taft NHS, Ohio |
1970 |
Sept. 26 | Apostle Islands NL, Wisconsin |
Oct. 16 | Andersonville NHS, Georgia |
Oct. 16 | Fort Point NHS, California |
Oct. 21 | Sleeping Bear Dunes NL, Michigan |
1971 |
Jan. 8 | Chesapeake and Ohio Canal NHP, District of
Columbia, Maryland, and West Virginia (incorporated Chesapeake and Ohio Canal
NM) |
Jan. 8 | Gulf Islands NS, Florida and Mississippi |
Jan. 8 | Voyageurs NP, Minnesota |
Aug. 18 | Lincoln Home NHS, Illinois |
1972 |
March 1 | Buffalo NR, Arkansas |
June 16 | John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, District of
Columbia (date acquired; transferred to Kennedy Center Trustees 1994) |
Aug. 17 | Puokohola Heiau NHS, Hawaii |
Aug. 25 | Grant-Kohrs Ranch NHS, Montana |
Aug. 25 | John D. Rockefeller, Jr., Memorial Parkway, Wyoming |
Oct. 9 | Longfellow NHS, Massachusetts |
Oct. 21 | Hohokam Pima NM, Arizona |
Oct. 21 | Mar-A-Lago NHS, Florida (designated 1969; abolished 1980) |
Oct. 21 | Thaddeus Kosciuszko NMem, Pennsylvania |
Oct. 23 | Cumberland Island NS, Georgia |
Oct. 23 | Fossil Butte NM, Wyoming |
Oct. 25 | Lower St. Croix NSR, Minnesota and Wisconsin |
Oct. 27 | Gateway NRA, New York and New Jersey |
Oct. 27 | Golden Gate NRA, California |