A Call to Action for the Historic American Landscapes Survey (HALS)

"Methuselah" Willow Oak, east of northbound lanes, near Belle Haven Marina parking lot, Arlington, Arlington County, VA. Significance: The "Methuselah" Willow Oak (Quercus phellos) is significant because of its longevity and exceptional size. It is also significant because of the respect its stature apparently commanded during the construction of the George Washington Memorial Parkway, as the road alignment appears to have been altered in order to preserve the massive tree.

Andrew Jackson Southern Magnolia, 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, west of south portico, Washington, DC (Witness Tree Protection Program). Significance: The Andrew Jackson Southern Magnolia (Magnolia grandiflora) at the White House is significant because of its size, longevity, location, and association with President Andrew Jackson.

Frederick Douglass White Oak, 1411 West Street, Southeast, Northeast of front porch, Washington, DC. Significance: The Frederick Douglass White Oak (Quercus alba) is significant because of its size, longevity, and association with Frederick Douglass, one of the leading abolitionists of the nineteenth century. It commands a prominent location on the property, witnessed his long hours of work, and is the largest tree remaining from when Frederick Douglass lived at Cedar Hill, where he died on February 20, 1895.

Middle Ford American Sycamore, Thomas Farm, east side of Monocacy River, upper portion of hill, field west of MD Route 355, Frederick, Frederick County, MD (Witness Tree Protection Program). Significance: The Middle Ford American Sycamore (Platanus occidentalis) is significant because of its longevity and exceptional size. It is also significant due to its association with the original Georgetown Road and the Middle Ford ferry crossing and tavern during the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, as well as its proximity to the Civil War Battle of Monocacy.

Highlands Hammock State Park, 5931 Hammock Road, Sebring, Highlands County, FL. Significance: Highlands Hammock State Park is significant in the early twentieth-century history of Florida as one of the nine state park units created through state planning for natural resource conservation, recreation, and tourism during the New Deal era.

Exhibit Quarry, 36 Reservation Avenue, Pipestone, Pipestone County, MN. Significance: Originally developed by the Civilian Conservation Corps-Indian Division (CCC-ID), the Exhibit Quarry was remodeled by the Mission 66 project and remains part of the trail exhibit as part of the Mission 66 development.

Mother Waldron Playground, bounded by Pohukaina Street, Cooke Street, Halekauwila Street, and former Coral Street right-of-way, Honolulu, Honolulu County, HI. Significance: Mother Waldron Playground is significant as an urban recreational site associated with the philosophy of the early twentieth century organized play and playground movements in the United States.

Jefferson National Expansion Memorial Arch, Mississippi River between Washington & Poplar Streets, Saint Louis, MO. Significance: Designed by Eero Saarinen, the 630' stainless-steel arch is the tallest monument in the country.

Bell Laboratories, Holmdel, Bell Laboratories Road, Holmdel, Monmouth County, NJ. Significance: Bell Labs is a significant pioneering example of a type of modern American suburban landscape that has been variously termed a corporate campus, corporate estate, corporate villa or industrial Versailles.

Southern Pacific Railroad Water Settling Reservoir, Yuma Crossing, south bank of Colorado River at foot of Madison Avenue, Yuma, Yuma County, AZ. Significance: The railroad, reaching Arizona Territory form California in 1877, was the first railroad to arrive in Arizona and the second to be built eastward from the West, connecting with the Texas Pacific east of El Paso. The South Pacific Railroad Water Settling Reservoir was probably the first water works in Arizona to provide treated (settled) water by a system of underground pipes to the residents and businesses of a community as well as to railroad locomotives and other railroad facilities.

Olompali State Historic Park, Mary Burdell Garden, U.S. Highway 101, Novato, Marin County, CA. Significance: The Mary Burdell Victorian Garden is a notable example of formal Victorian garden design. It represents the distinctive characteristics and aesthetics advocated by garden designers and horticulturists of the period 1850-1890 such as Andrew Jackson Downing and was one of the earlier gardens of this type to be designed in the Bay Area.

U.S. Capitol, Statue of Freedom, intersection of North, South, & East Capitol Streets & Capitol Mall, Washington, DC. Significance: The bronze Statue of Freedom by Thomas Crawford is the crowning feature of the dome of the United States Capitol.