National Historic District

National Historic District may refer to a historic district designated by a national government, including:

  • a historic district listed on the United States National Register of Historic Places (NRHP)
  • a United States National Historic Landmark District
  • a historic district that is designated one of the National Historic Sites of Canada

Famous quotes containing the words national, historic and/or district:

    “But for the national welfare, it is urgent to realize that the minorities do think, and think about something other than the race problem.”
    —Zora Neale Hurston (1891–1960)

    “We are becoming like cats, slyly parasitic, enjoying an indifferent domesticity. Nice and snug in “the social” our historic passions have withdrawn into the glow of an artificial cosiness, and our half-closed eyes now seek little other than the peaceful parade of television pictures.”
    —Jean Baudrillard (b. 1929)

    “Most works of art, like most wines, ought to be consumed in the district of their fabrication.”
    —Rebecca West (1892–1983)