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	Date designated	ACS site
Bakelite	1907	1993	[1]
Chandler Chemistry Laboratory	1884	1994	[2]
Pennsylvania home of Joseph Priestley	1798–1804	1994	[3]
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	1774	2000	[4]
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
Scotch transparent tape		2007
Jamestown: the birth of the American Chemical Enterprise		2007
The production and distribution of radioisotopes		2008	[5]
The development of deep-tank fermentation		2008	[6]
Acrylic emulsion technology: from plastics to paints		2008	[7]
The Development of the Pennsylvania Oil Industry		2009
Deciphering the Genetic Code		2009