page_title: National Historic Landmark
hierarchical_section_title: National Historic Landmark
caption_attribution_description: Español: Museo del Antiguo Legado Estadounidense, Tánger, Marruecos English: Old American Legation Museum, Tangier, Morocco
context_page_description: A National Historic Landmark is a building, district, object, site, or structure that is officially recognized by the United States government for its outstanding historical significance. Only some 2,500 of over 90,000 places listed on the country's National Register of Historic Places are recognized as National Historic Landmarks.
  A National Historic Landmark District may include contributing properties that are buildings, structures, sites or objects, and it may include non-contributing properties. Contributing properties may or may not also be separately listed.
context_section_description: A National Historic Landmark (NHL) is a building, district, object, site, or structure that is officially recognized by the United States government for its outstanding historical significance. Only some 2,500 (~3%) of over 90,000 places listed on the country's National Register of Historic Places are recognized as National Historic Landmarks.
  A National Historic Landmark District may include contributing properties that are buildings, structures, sites or objects, and it may include non-contributing properties.  Contributing properties may or may not also be separately listed.
caption: The American Legation in Tangier, Morocco, was the first National Historic Landmark on foreign soil.
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