[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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