[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 77 (Friday, April 19, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17318-17319]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-9599]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Notice of Meeting of National Landmarks Committee of National
Park System Advisory Board
SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given in accordance with the Federal Advisory
Commission Act that a meeting of the National Landmarks Committee of
the Secretary of the Interior's National Park System Advisory Board
will be held at 9:00 a.m. on the following date and at the following
location.
DATES: May 6, 1996.
LOCATION: Department of the Interior, Conference Room 7000 A, Main
Interior Building, 1849 C Street, NW, Washington, DC.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Patricia Henry, National Register,
History, and Education, National Park Service, P.O. Box 37127, Suite
310, Washington, DC 20013-7127. Telephone (202) 343-8163.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of the meeting of the National
Landmarks Committee of the Secretary of the Interior's National Park
System Advisory Board is to evaluate studies of historic properties in
order to advise the full National Park System Advisory Board meeting on
May 8, 1996, of the qualifications of properties being proposed for
National Historic Landmark (NHL) designation, and to recommend to the
full board those properties that the committee finds meet the criteria
for designation for the National Historic Landmarks Program. The
members of the History Areas Committee are:
Dr. Holly Anglin Robinson, Co-Chair
Mr. Parker Westbrook, Co-Chair
Dr. David Warren
Dr. Shereen Lerner
Mr. Jerry L. Rogers
Dr. John Vlach
Dr. Richard Guy Wilson
Dr. James Horton, ex officio
The meeting will include presentations and discussions on the
national historic significance and the historic integrity of a number
of properties being nominated for National Historic Landmark
designation. The meeting will be open to the public. However,
facilities and space for accommodating members of the public are
limited. Any member of the public may file for consideration by the
committee written comments concerning nominations and matters to be
discussed pursuant to 36 CFR Part 65. Comments should be submitted to
Carol D. Shull, Chief, National Historic Landmarks Survey, and Keeper
of the National Register of Historic Places, National Register, History
and Education, National Park Service, P.O. Box 37127, Suite 310,
Washington, DC 20013-7127.
The nominations to be considered are:
Alabama
Yuchi Town Site, Richmond vicinity
Arkansas
Eaker Site, Blytheville vicinity
Connecticut
Nathaniel Palmer House, 40 Palmer Street, Stonington
District of Columbia
Anderson House, 2118 Massachusetts Avenue, NW
Franklin School, 925 13th Street, NW
Florida
Miami Biltmore Hotel, 120 Anastasia Ave., Coral Gables
Georgia
Old Medical College, 598 Telfair Street, Augusta
Illinois
John Farson House, 217 Home Ave., Oak Park
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Iowa
Woodbury County Courthouse, 620 Douglas St., Sioux City
Kentucky
Fort Boonesborough Site, Richmond Vicinity
Louisiana
St. Alphonsus, 2054 Constance St. New Orleans
Massachusetts
Hoosac Tunnel, Berkshire County
Mississippi
Dancing Rabbit Creek Treaty Site, Macon Vicinity
New York
69th Regiment Armory, 68 Lexington Ave., New York
Eldridge Street Synagogue, 12-16 Eldridge Street, New York
North Carolina
Bentonville Battlefield, Along State Routes 1008 and 1009,
Bentonville Vicinity
Pinehurst Historic District, Vicinity of junction NC 5 and NC 2,
Pinehurst, North Carolina
Pennsylvania
St. Peter's Church, Third and Pine Streets, Philadelphia
Church Of The Advocate, 18th and Diamond Streets, Philadelphia
Leap-The-Dips, 700 Park Avenue, Altoona
Rhode Island
The Elms, Bellevue Avenue, Newport
Kingscote, Bellevue Avenue, Newport
Texas
Palmito Ranch Battlefield, South of State Highway 4, Brownsville
vicinity
Vermont
Round Church, Bridge Street, Richfield
St. Johnsbury Athenaeum, 30 Main St., St. Johnsbury
Virginia
George C. Marshall House, 217 Edwards Ferry Rd, Leesburg
Wisconsin
Turner Hall, 1034 N. 4th. St., Milwaukee,
Wyoming
Obsidian Cliff, Yellowstone National Park,
And one boundary increase:
Davis and Elkins Historic District, Davis and Elkins College Campus,
Elkins, West Virginia
Also, should the necessary waivers be received, the committee will
also be considering an additional property:
Spring Hill Ranch, Chase County, Kansas
The committee will also be given an introduction and overview to
two upcoming theme studies.
Landscape Architecture in the Parks theme study, Nationwide
Middle Missouri Trench theme study, North and South Dakota
Dated: April 9, 1996.
Carol D. Shull,
Chief, National Historic Landmarks Survey and Keeper of the National
Register of Historic Places, National Park Service, Washington Office.
[FR Doc. 96-9599 Filed 4-18-96; 8:45 am]
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