Sunset at Saguaro NP in Arizona

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1930 through 1939
January 23, 1930 - George Washington Birthplace NM, Virginia
May 26, 1930 - Sunset Crater NM, Arizona (redesignated Sunset Crater Volcano NM 1990)
May 29, 1930 - Fort Washington Park, Maryland
May 29, 1930 - George Washington Memorial Parkway, Virginia and Maryland (incorporated Mount Vernon Memorial Highway)
June 18, 1930 - Appomattox Court House Monument, Virginia (designated Appomattox Court House National Historical Monument 1935; redesignated a NHP 1954)
July 3, 1930 - Colonial NM, Virginia (redesignated a NHP 1936)
February 14, 1931 - Canyon de Chelly NM, Arizona
March 3, 1931 - Isle Royale NP, Michigan
March 4, 1931 - Fort Necessity NBS, Pennsylvania (redesignated a NB 1961)
March 4, 1931 - Kings Mountain NMP, South Carolina
March 17, 1932 - Great Sand Dunes NM, Colorado (redesignated a NP 2000)
May 21, 1932 - Theodore Roosevelt Island, District of Columbia
December 22, 1932 - Grand Canyon NM, Arizona (incorporated in Grand Canyon NP 1975)
January 18, 1933 - White Sands NM, New Mexico
February 11, 1933 - Death Valley NM, California and Nevada (incorporated in Death Valley NP 1994)
March 1, 1933 - Saguaro NM, Arizona (redesignated a NP 1994)
March 2, 1933 - Black Canyon of the Gunnison NM, Colorado (redesignated a NP 1999)
March 2, 1933 - Morristown NHP, New Jersey
June 16, 1933 - Blue Ridge Parkway, North Carolina and Virginia
August 10, 1933 - Reorganization
August 22, 1933 - Cedar Breaks NM, Utah
May 30, 1934 - Everglades NP, Florida
June 14, 1934 - Ocmulgee NM, Georgia
June 19, 1934 - Natchez Trace Parkway, Mississippi, Alabama, and Tennessee (acquired 1938)
June 21, 1934 - Monocacy NMP, Maryland (reauthorized and redesignated a NB 1976)
June 26, 1934 - Thomas Jefferson Memorial, District of Columbia (dedicated 1943)
January 4, 1935 - Fort Jefferson NM, Florida (redesignated Dry Tortugas NP 1992)
June 20, 1935 - Big Bend NP, Texas
August 21, 1935 - Historic Sites Act
August 21, 1935 - Fort Stanwix NM, New York (acquired 1973)
August 27, 1935 - Ackia Battleground NM, Mississippi (incorporated in Natchez Trace Parkway 1961)
August 29, 1935 - Andrew Johnson NM, Tennessee (resesignated a NHS 1963)
December 20, 1935 - Jefferson National Expansion Memorial, Missouri (Gateway Arch authorized 1954, dedicated 1968)
March 2, 1936 - Richmond NBP, Virginia
March 19, 1936 - Homestead NM of America, Nebraska
May 26, 1936 - Fort Frederica NM, Georgia
June 2, 1936 - Perry's Virctory and International Peace Memorial NM, Ohio (redesignated Perry's Victory and International Peace Memorial 1972)
June 23, 1936 - Park, Parkway, and Recreation Area Study Act
June 29, 1936 - Whitman NM, Washington (redesignated Whitman Mission NHS 1963)
August 16, 1936 - Joshua Tree NM, California (incorporated in Joshua Tree NP 1994)
October 13, 1936 - Boulder Dam Recreation Area, Nevada and Arizona (redesignated Lake Mead NRA 1947)
November 14, 1936 - Bull Run Recreational Demonstration Area, Virginia (redesignated Manassas NBP 1940)
November 14, 1936 - Catoctin Recreational Demonstration Area, Maryland (redesignated Catoctin Mountain Park 1954)
November 14, 1936 - Chopawamsic Recreational Demonstration Area, Virginia (redesignated Prince William Forest Park 1948)
January 22, 1937 - Zion NM, Utah (incorporated in Zion NP 1956)
April 13, 1937 - Organ Pipe Cactus NM, Arizona
August 2, 1937 - Capitol Reef NM, Utah (redesignated a NP 1971)
August 17, 1937 - Cape Hatteras NS, North Carolina
August 25, 1937 - Pipestone NM, Minnesota
March 17, 1938 - Salem Maritime NHS, Massachusetts
April 26, 1938 - Channel Islands NM, California (incorporated in Channel Islands NP 1980)
June 1, 1938 - Saratoga NHP, New York
June 29, 1938 - Olympic NP, Washington (incorporated Mount Olympus NM)
July 16, 1938 - Fort Laramie NM, Wyoming (redesignated a NHS 1960)
August 3, 1938 - Hopewell Village NHS, Pennsylvania (redesignated Hopewell Furnace NHS 1985)
September 23, 1938 - Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, Maryland, District of Columbia, and West Virginia (date acquired; designated a NM 1961; incorporated in Chesapeake and Ohio Canal NHP 1971)
May 17, 1939 - Santa Rosa Island NM, Florida (abolished 1946; island included in Gulf Islands NS 1971)
May 26, 1939 - Federal Hall Memorial NHS, New York (redesignated Federal Hall NMem 1955)
May 26, 1939 - Philadelphia Custom House NHS, Pennsylvania (incorporated in Independence NHP 1959)
July 1, 1939 - Mount Rushmore NMem, South Dakota (date acquired)
July 25, 1939 - Tuzigoot NM, Arizona