National Historic Chemical Landmark

A National Historic Chemical Landmark is a place, discovery or achievement which has been designated by the American Chemical Society (sometimes in conjunction with other national chemical societies) as particularly important in the history of chemistry.

Landmark	Date designated
Bakelite	1993
Chandler Chemistry Laboratory	1994
Pennsylvania home of Joseph Priestley	1994
Atomic weight of oxygen	1995
Chemicals from coal	1995
First nylon plant	1995
Riverside Laboratory	1995
Acrylonitrile production process	1996
Houdry process for gasoline production	1996
Kem-Tone® paint	1996
Williams-Miles History of Chemistry Collection	1996
Aluminum production process	1997
Bromine production process	1997
Gilman Hall	1997
Radiation chemistry commercialized	1997
Calcium carbide and acetylene production process	1998
Fluid bed reactor for gasoline production	1998
Havemeyer Hall	1998
Raman Effect	1998
Synthetic rubber	1998
Tagamet® development process	1998
Penicillin	1999
Physostigmine synthesized	1999
Progesterone synthesis and Mexican steroid industry	1999
Polymer science of Hermann Staudinger	1999
Polypropylene and high-density polyethylene	1999
Rare earth elements	1999
Work of Antoine Lavoisier	1999
Bowood House, site of Joseph Priestley's discovery of oxygen	2000
Edgar Fahs Smith Memorial Collection	2000
Helium in natural gas	2000
Organic free radicals	2000
Polymer science	2000
Protein and nucleic acid chemistry at Rockefeller University	2000
Transcurium elements at E. O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory	2000
Savannah Pulp and Paper Laboratory founded by Charles Herty	2001
National Institute of Standards and Technology, (NIST)	2001
The Commercialization of Aluminum	2001
John W. Draper and the Founding of the American Chemical Society	2001
Norbert Rillieux and a Revolution in Sugar Processing	2002
Albert Szent-Györgyi and the Discovery of Vitamin C	2002
Noyes Laboratory: One Hundred Years of Chemistry	2002
Alice Hamilton and the Development of Occupational Medicine	2002
Quality and Stability of Frozen Foods	2002
The Discovery of Camptothecin and Taxol®	2003
The Polymer Research Institute	2003
The Development of High Performance Carbon Fibers	2003
The Beckman pH Meter	2004
Evolution of Durable Press and Flame Retardant Cotton	2004
Carl and Gerty Cori and Carbohydrate Metabolism.	2004
George Washington Carver: Chemist, Teacher, Symbol	2005
Selman Waksman and Antibiotics	2005
The Development of the Columbia Dry Cell	2005
Neil Bartlett and Reactive Noble Gases	2006
Rumford Baking Powder	2006
The Development of Tide®	2006
Food Dehydration Technology	2007
Chemical Abstracts Service	2007