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[ Recorder player and singer] - Public domain portrait drawing

[ Recorder player and singer] - Public domain portrait drawing

German (artist nationality) painter and etcher (artist role) Verso: l. l.: (in pencil) C575/491 (inscription) Brush and grey wash drawing. (medium) Fine condition. (condition) Henning Oppermann, Buchantiquariat... More

Onoe matsusuke no odamakihime to ōtani hiroji no okabe no ro

Onoe matsusuke no odamakihime to ōtani hiroji no okabe no ro

Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: Hosoban Benizuri-e. Forms part of: R. Leicester Harmsworth collection. Forms part of: Japanese... More

Milan. Arch of the Simplon. Commenced by Napoleon I. 1807

Milan. Arch of the Simplon. Commenced by Napoleon I. 1807

In album: Genoa, Pisa, Nice, Avignon, Parma, Milan, Verona, Vienna, p. 111, back. No. 216.

The Arch of Triumph built to commemorate victories of Napoleon I, Paris

The Arch of Triumph built to commemorate victories of Napoleon I, Pari...

Automobiles in front of the Arc de Triomphe. No. U-132787.

["York Hall,"  Captain  George Preston Blow house, Route 1005 and Main Street, Yorktown, Virginia. Gardener's cottage in Memory Garden]

["York Hall," Captain George Preston Blow house, Route 1005 and Main...

Site History. House Architecture: Griffin & Wynkoop, for Captain George Preston Blow, additions to 18th century brick house, the home of Thomas Nelson Jr., 1738-1739, after purchase by Blow in 1914. Landscape: ... More

[Jonathan Williams, head-and-shoulders portrait, right profile]

[Jonathan Williams, head-and-shoulders portrait, right profile]

Title devised by Library staff, other information from Miles. Trimmed to image. Dexter, 152 Published in: Saint-Mémin and the Neoclassical profile portrait in America / Ellen G. Miles. Washington, D.C. : Nation... More

Custom House, Custom House Street, Frederiksted, St. Croix, VI

Custom House, Custom House Street, Frederiksted, St. Croix, VI

Significance: Although the original 18th-century design of the Custom House is discernible, both in the building's over-all form and in its details, the addition of a front gallery and a hipped roof above the p... More

Rich-Higgins House, Longnook Road, Truro, Barnstable County, MA

Rich-Higgins House, Longnook Road, Truro, Barnstable County, MA

Significance: This residence consists of two houses - a Cape Cod "double house" of the 18th century on the west, and a Cape Cod "house and a half" of the 19th century on the east, and are joined together to mak... More

Rich-Higgins House, Longnook Road, Truro, Barnstable County, MA

Rich-Higgins House, Longnook Road, Truro, Barnstable County, MA

Significance: This residence consists of two houses - a Cape Cod "double house" of the 18th century on the west, and a Cape Cod "house and a half" of the 19th century on the east, and are joined together to mak... More

Archer House, Lot No. 123, Water Street, Yorktown, York County, Virginia

Archer House, Lot No. 123, Water Street, Yorktown, York County, Virgin...

Significance: The Archer House, on Lot 107, is currently the only visible structure on the Yorktown waterfront with colonial associations. The fire of 1814 has been assumed to have destroyed the house but short... More

Archer House, Lot No. 123, Water Street, Yorktown, York County, Virginia

Archer House, Lot No. 123, Water Street, Yorktown, York County, Virgin...

Significance: The Archer House, on Lot 107, is currently the only visible structure on the Yorktown waterfront with colonial associations. The fire of 1814 has been assumed to have destroyed the house but short... More

Tobacco Warehouse, State Route 1002, Urbanna, Middlesex County, Virginia

Tobacco Warehouse, State Route 1002, Urbanna, Middlesex County, Virgin...

Significance: Built originally as a storehouse. This building is a striking survival of a colonial mercantile establishment of a succession of Scots merchants. It is undoubtedly one of the earliest extant build... More

Estate Annaberg, Sugar Factory, Adrian, St. John, VI

Estate Annaberg, Sugar Factory, Adrian, St. John, VI

Significance: Estate Annaberg Sugar Factory is an 18th century mill. The factory contains remains of 18th and 19th century construction and reveals traces of several remodellings. Builder is unknown. Unproce... More

Kate Chopin House, State Highway 495, Cloutierville, Natchitoches Parish, LA

Kate Chopin House, State Highway 495, Cloutierville, Natchitoches Pari...

1998 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Fourth Place Significance: The Kate Chopin House, also known as the Bayou Folk Museum, was constructed circa 1809 by Alexis Cloutier. The site was part of a French land grant is... More

Brooksby-Shaw House, 21 State Circle, Annapolis, Anne Arundel County, MD

Brooksby-Shaw House, 21 State Circle, Annapolis, Anne Arundel County, ...

Significance: An 18th century house, largely altered, in excellent condition and with several interesting original features. Survey number: HABS MD-250 Building/structure dates: 1719-1721 Building/structure... More

Miller-Claytor House, Miller-Claytor Lane & Treasure Island Road, Lynchburg, Lynchburg, Virginia

Miller-Claytor House, Miller-Claytor Lane & Treasure Island Road, Lync...

Significance: The Miller-Claytor House is Lynchburg's sole remaining 18th Century Town House. Built on the corner of 8th and Church Streets, by John Miller, a tavern keeper in 1791 and later purchased by Samuel... More

Shinn-Curtis Log Cabin, 23 Washington Street (moved from Rancocas Boulevard), Mount Holly, Burlington County, NJ

Shinn-Curtis Log Cabin, 23 Washington Street (moved from Rancocas Boul...

Significance: Interesting example of adaptive use of 18th century log house. Survey number: HABS NJ-890

Beck-Care Warehouse, 18-20 South Delaware Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Beck-Care Warehouse, 18-20 South Delaware Avenue, Philadelphia, Philad...

Significance: It was built in the latter part of the 18th century on the Delaware River wharves. At the earliest record it was owned by merchant Paul Beck and was under the tenancy of E. Beck and Phillip Care (... More

Beck-Care Warehouse, 18-20 South Delaware Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Beck-Care Warehouse, 18-20 South Delaware Avenue, Philadelphia, Philad...

Significance: It was built in the latter part of the 18th century on the Delaware River wharves. At the earliest record it was owned by merchant Paul Beck and was under the tenancy of E. Beck and Phillip Care (... More

6377 Germantown Avenue (House), Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

6377 Germantown Avenue (House), Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Significance: A two-story, three-bay fieldstone house of the 18th century. Survey number: HABS PA-1699

Don Joseph Tovar House, 22 Saint Francis Street, Saint Augustine, St. Johns County, FL

Don Joseph Tovar House, 22 Saint Francis Street, Saint Augustine, St. ...

1987 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Third Place Significance: The Tovar "Cannonball" house is one of a very limited of St. Augustine's remaining First Spanish Period houses. Although the exact date of construction... More

Don Joseph Tovar House, 22 Saint Francis Street, Saint Augustine, St. Johns County, FL

Don Joseph Tovar House, 22 Saint Francis Street, Saint Augustine, St. ...

1987 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Third Place Significance: The Tovar "Cannonball" house is one of a very limited of St. Augustine's remaining First Spanish Period houses. Although the exact date of construction... More

Don Joseph Tovar House, 22 Saint Francis Street, Saint Augustine, St. Johns County, FL

Don Joseph Tovar House, 22 Saint Francis Street, Saint Augustine, St. ...

1987 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Third Place Significance: The Tovar "Cannonball" house is one of a very limited of St. Augustine's remaining First Spanish Period houses. Although the exact date of construction... More

Don Joseph Tovar House, 22 Saint Francis Street, Saint Augustine, St. Johns County, FL

Don Joseph Tovar House, 22 Saint Francis Street, Saint Augustine, St. ...

1987 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Third Place Significance: The Tovar "Cannonball" house is one of a very limited of St. Augustine's remaining First Spanish Period houses. Although the exact date of construction... More

Ionia, Barn, Route 640 vicinity, Trevilians, Louisa County, Virginia

Ionia, Barn, Route 640 vicinity, Trevilians, Louisa County, Virginia

Significance: This late 18th-century barn of heavy-timber construction is one of the oldest in Virginia. It is an excellent example of an English barn design adapted to the New World landscape. Of special not... More

Sasscer's House, 5415 Old Crain Highway (U.S. Route 301), Upper Marlboro, Prince George's County, MD

Sasscer's House, 5415 Old Crain Highway (U.S. Route 301), Upper Marlbo...

Significance: Kingston, as the house is popularly known, is one of the oldest remaining structures in the town of Upper Marlboro. The original structure is believed to have been constructed before 1730. In ad... More

Hacienda Azurarera Santa Elena, Sugar Mill Ruins, 1.44 miles North of PR Route 2 Bridge Over Rio De La Plata, Toa Baja, Toa Baja Municipio, PR

Hacienda Azurarera Santa Elena, Sugar Mill Ruins, 1.44 miles North of ...

Significance: The ruins are the only extant remains pertaining to an industrial building in Puerto Rico dating back to the late 18th century. They illustrate the transition from a cattle-driven vertical wooden... More

Joseph Carpenter Silversmith Shop, 71 East Town Street, Norwichtown, New London County, CT

Joseph Carpenter Silversmith Shop, 71 East Town Street, Norwichtown, N...

Significance: This is an interesting example of a small frame silversmith's shop built 1772-1774, representative of the extensive silver and pewter industry that flourished in the Town of Norwich during the 18t... More

Joseph Beale House, 2301 Massachusetts Avenue, Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Joseph Beale House, 2301 Massachusetts Avenue, Northwest, Washington, ...

Significance: The detached, stucco and limestone residence, in the 18th century Roman revival manner, is significant for its plan, spatial composition, and use of detail and material. The pie-shaped site faces... More

Joseph Beale House, 2301 Massachusetts Avenue, Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Joseph Beale House, 2301 Massachusetts Avenue, Northwest, Washington, ...

Significance: The detached, stucco and limestone residence, in the 18th century Roman revival manner, is significant for its plan, spatial composition, and use of detail and material. The pie-shaped site faces... More

Pompion Hill Chapel, Cooper River, south side, Huger, Berkeley County, SC

Pompion Hill Chapel, Cooper River, south side, Huger, Berkeley County,...

2016 Charles E. Peterson Prize, First Place Significance: Pompion Hill is one of South Carolina's best-preserved chapels of ease and is known for its unaltered Georgian interior and exterior. It is significant ... More

Larz Anderson House, 2118 Massachusetts Avenue Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Larz Anderson House, 2118 Massachusetts Avenue Northwest, Washington, ...

Significance: Originally a private residence commissioned for lavish entertaining, this limestone, detached structure is one of the largest and costliest homes in the city. The dissimilar facades of the north e... More

Larz Anderson House, 2118 Massachusetts Avenue Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Larz Anderson House, 2118 Massachusetts Avenue Northwest, Washington, ...

Significance: Originally a private residence commissioned for lavish entertaining, this limestone, detached structure is one of the largest and costliest homes in the city. The dissimilar facades of the north e... More

Larz Anderson House, 2118 Massachusetts Avenue Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Larz Anderson House, 2118 Massachusetts Avenue Northwest, Washington, ...

Significance: Originally a private residence commissioned for lavish entertaining, this limestone, detached structure is one of the largest and costliest homes in the city. The dissimilar facades of the north e... More

Napoleon - Print, Library of Congress collection

Napoleon - Print, Library of Congress collection

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Laugier, Jean Nicholas.

Touro Synagogue, Congregation Jeshuat Israel, 85 Touro Street, Newport, Newport County, RI

Touro Synagogue, Congregation Jeshuat Israel, 85 Touro Street, Newport...

Significance: Touro Synagogue is perhaps Peter Harrison's most successful building. Although it presents a most severe facade to the street, the interior treatment, including carved wooden furnishings and gall... More

Touro Synagogue, Congregation Jeshuat Israel, 85 Touro Street, Newport, Newport County, RI

Touro Synagogue, Congregation Jeshuat Israel, 85 Touro Street, Newport...

Significance: Touro Synagogue is perhaps Peter Harrison's most successful building. Although it presents a most severe facade to the street, the interior treatment, including carved wooden furnishings and gall... More

Touro Synagogue, Congregation Jeshuat Israel, 85 Touro Street, Newport, Newport County, RI

Touro Synagogue, Congregation Jeshuat Israel, 85 Touro Street, Newport...

Significance: Touro Synagogue is perhaps Peter Harrison's most successful building. Although it presents a most severe facade to the street, the interior treatment, including carved wooden furnishings and gall... More

Touro Synagogue, Congregation Jeshuat Israel, 85 Touro Street, Newport, Newport County, RI

Touro Synagogue, Congregation Jeshuat Israel, 85 Touro Street, Newport...

Significance: Touro Synagogue is perhaps Peter Harrison's most successful building. Although it presents a most severe facade to the street, the interior treatment, including carved wooden furnishings and gall... More

Beard Tavern, 2805 East Market Street, York, York County, PA

Beard Tavern, 2805 East Market Street, York, York County, PA

Significance: One of the largest stone buildings in the county from the period, it is an interesting example of stone vernacular construction. Important as documentary evidence of 18th century tavern design. Al... More

Beard Tavern, 2805 East Market Street, York, York County, PA

Beard Tavern, 2805 East Market Street, York, York County, PA

Significance: One of the largest stone buildings in the county from the period, it is an interesting example of stone vernacular construction. Important as documentary evidence of 18th century tavern design. Al... More

San Jose de Gracia Church, Trampas, Taos County, NM

San Jose de Gracia Church, Trampas, Taos County, NM

Significance: The church is probably the best preserved of the 18th century Spanish Colonial churches in New Mexico. Historical documentation on the structure is relatively complete, and the edifice has not bee... More

Minorcan Chapel, 39 Saint George Street, Saint Augustine, St. Johns County, FL

Minorcan Chapel, 39 Saint George Street, Saint Augustine, St. Johns Co...

Significance: This structure at 34 St. George Street in its original early 18th century form has been identified with the De Avero family a family prominent in St. Augustine during the First Spanish Period. ... More

Minorcan Chapel, 39 Saint George Street, Saint Augustine, St. Johns County, FL

Minorcan Chapel, 39 Saint George Street, Saint Augustine, St. Johns Co...

Significance: This structure at 34 St. George Street in its original early 18th century form has been identified with the De Avero family a family prominent in St. Augustine during the First Spanish Period. ... More

Augustus Lutheran Church, 717 West Main Street, Trappe, Montgomery County, PA

Augustus Lutheran Church, 717 West Main Street, Trappe, Montgomery Cou...

For more information see HABS PA-175. Significance: Augustus Lutheran is the oldest unaltered Lutheran church in the United States. Constructed in 1745, the church illustrates 18th century German vernacular tra... More

Augustus Lutheran Church, 717 West Main Street, Trappe, Montgomery County, PA

Augustus Lutheran Church, 717 West Main Street, Trappe, Montgomery Cou...

For more information see HABS PA-175. Significance: Augustus Lutheran is the oldest unaltered Lutheran church in the United States. Constructed in 1745, the church illustrates 18th century German vernacular tra... More

Boswell's Tavern, Route 22 vicinity, Gordonsville, Orange County, Virginia

Boswell's Tavern, Route 22 vicinity, Gordonsville, Orange County, Virg...

Significance: An important example of a Federal tavern building of the 18th century. Frequent meeting place of such notables as Thomas Jefferson, Patrick Henry and James Madison. In 1781 the Marquis de Lafaye... More

Thomas Robinson House, 64 Washington Street, Newport, Newport County, RI

Thomas Robinson House, 64 Washington Street, Newport, Newport County, ...

Significance: This broad, gambrel-roofed house is one of the best examples of Newport's merchant residences of the 18th century . Due to continuous family ownership since 1761, the interior and exterior retain ... More

Thomas Robinson House, 64 Washington Street, Newport, Newport County, RI

Thomas Robinson House, 64 Washington Street, Newport, Newport County, ...

Significance: This broad, gambrel-roofed house is one of the best examples of Newport's merchant residences of the 18th century . Due to continuous family ownership since 1761, the interior and exterior retain ... More

Thomas Farm, House, 4632 Araby Church Road, Frederick, Frederick County, MD

Thomas Farm, House, 4632 Araby Church Road, Frederick, Frederick Count...

Significance: The property dates to a 1,400-acre land grant called Wett Work, which was patented in 1729, although apparently not occupied or improved until the 1740s. The 1748 completion of the Georgetown Road... More

Thomas Farm, House, 4632 Araby Church Road, Frederick, Frederick County, MD

Thomas Farm, House, 4632 Araby Church Road, Frederick, Frederick Count...

Significance: The property dates to a 1,400-acre land grant called Wett Work, which was patented in 1729, although apparently not occupied or improved until the 1740s. The 1748 completion of the Georgetown Road... More

Thomas Farm, House, 4632 Araby Church Road, Frederick, Frederick County, MD

Thomas Farm, House, 4632 Araby Church Road, Frederick, Frederick Count...

Significance: The property dates to a 1,400-acre land grant called Wett Work, which was patented in 1729, although apparently not occupied or improved until the 1740s. The 1748 completion of the Georgetown Road... More

Thomas Farm, House, 4632 Araby Church Road, Frederick, Frederick County, MD

Thomas Farm, House, 4632 Araby Church Road, Frederick, Frederick Count...

Significance: The property dates to a 1,400-acre land grant called Wett Work, which was patented in 1729, although apparently not occupied or improved until the 1740s. The 1748 completion of the Georgetown Road... More

L'Enfant-McMillan Plan of Washington, DC, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

L'Enfant-McMillan Plan of Washington, DC, Washington, District of Colu...

Significance: The historic plan of Washington, designed by Pierre L'Enfant in 1791 as the site of the Federal City, represents the sole American example of a comprehensive baroque city plan with a coordinated s... More

L'Enfant-McMillan Plan of Washington, DC, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

L'Enfant-McMillan Plan of Washington, DC, Washington, District of Colu...

Significance: The historic plan of Washington, designed by Pierre L'Enfant in 1791 as the site of the Federal City, represents the sole American example of a comprehensive baroque city plan with a coordinated s... More

L'Enfant-McMillan Plan of Washington, DC, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

L'Enfant-McMillan Plan of Washington, DC, Washington, District of Colu...

Significance: The historic plan of Washington, designed by Pierre L'Enfant in 1791 as the site of the Federal City, represents the sole American example of a comprehensive baroque city plan with a coordinated s... More

L'Enfant-McMillan Plan of Washington, DC, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

L'Enfant-McMillan Plan of Washington, DC, Washington, District of Colu...

Significance: The historic plan of Washington, designed by Pierre L'Enfant in 1791 as the site of the Federal City, represents the sole American example of a comprehensive baroque city plan with a coordinated s... More

L'Enfant-McMillan Plan of Washington, DC, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

L'Enfant-McMillan Plan of Washington, DC, Washington, District of Colu...

Significance: The historic plan of Washington, designed by Pierre L'Enfant in 1791 as the site of the Federal City, represents the sole American example of a comprehensive baroque city plan with a coordinated s... More

Quaker Hill (Main House), Route 613, Trevilians, Louisa County, Virginia

Quaker Hill (Main House), Route 613, Trevilians, Louisa County, Virgin...

Significance: The south wing is believed to be the oldest building in the Green Springs District. The presence of early sash, flemish bond brickwork and a substantial exterior end chimney are characteristic of... More

St. Helena Island Parish Church Ruins, Junction County Roads 45 & 37, Frogmore, Beaufort County, SC

St. Helena Island Parish Church Ruins, Junction County Roads 45 & 37, ...

Significance: The St. Helena Parish Chapel of Ease is significant as an intact example of mid-18th century tabby construction as for its association with St. Helena Episcopal Parish, both as a primary and secon... More

Joseph Richardson House, Bellevue & Maple Avenues, Langhorne, Bucks County, PA

Joseph Richardson House, Bellevue & Maple Avenues, Langhorne, Bucks Co...

Significance: This is one of the earliest, documented historic structures in the county; and also served as one of the earliest documented stores. It represents the home and business of a wealthy entrepreneur f... More

103 Calle San Jose (Commercial/Residential Bldg.), San Juan, San Juan Municipio, PR

103 Calle San Jose (Commercial/Residential Bldg.), San Juan, San Juan ...

Significance: This building is an excellent example of the typical town house of 18th Century San Juan. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-16 Survey number: HABS PR-63

Weston, Old Crain Highway Vicinity, Upper Marlboro, Prince George's County, MD

Weston, Old Crain Highway Vicinity, Upper Marlboro, Prince George's Co...

Significance: Weston is an excellent example of a large, early 19th-century Prince Geroge's County brick plantation house with refined decorative details in the late-Federal and Greek Revival styles. The house... More

Old York County Gaol, Lindsay Road, York Village, York County, ME

Old York County Gaol, Lindsay Road, York Village, York County, ME

Significance: Traditionally built in 1653 and reputedly the oldest public building in English America, the Gaol, although evidently an 18th century construction, is nevertheless of major significance as a very ... More

Old York County Gaol, Lindsay Road, York Village, York County, ME

Old York County Gaol, Lindsay Road, York Village, York County, ME

Significance: Traditionally built in 1653 and reputedly the oldest public building in English America, the Gaol, although evidently an 18th century construction, is nevertheless of major significance as a very ... More

Fort Christiansvaern, Company Street vicinity, Christiansted, St. Croix, VI

Fort Christiansvaern, Company Street vicinity, Christiansted, St. Croi...

Significance: The plan of the fort is typical of a four-pointed citadel of the 17th and early 18th centuries. It consists of four one-story curtain walls built around a near square court, projecting bastions ... More

Fort Christiansvaern, Company Street vicinity, Christiansted, St. Croix, VI

Fort Christiansvaern, Company Street vicinity, Christiansted, St. Croi...

Significance: The plan of the fort is typical of a four-pointed citadel of the 17th and early 18th centuries. It consists of four one-story curtain walls built around a near square court, projecting bastions ... More

Fort Christiansvaern, Company Street vicinity, Christiansted, St. Croix, VI

Fort Christiansvaern, Company Street vicinity, Christiansted, St. Croi...

Significance: The plan of the fort is typical of a four-pointed citadel of the 17th and early 18th centuries. It consists of four one-story curtain walls built around a near square court, projecting bastions ... More

Fort Christiansvaern, Company Street vicinity, Christiansted, St. Croix, VI

Fort Christiansvaern, Company Street vicinity, Christiansted, St. Croi...

Significance: The plan of the fort is typical of a four-pointed citadel of the 17th and early 18th centuries. It consists of four one-story curtain walls built around a near square court, projecting bastions ... More

Fort Christiansvaern, Company Street vicinity, Christiansted, St. Croix, VI

Fort Christiansvaern, Company Street vicinity, Christiansted, St. Croi...

Significance: The plan of the fort is typical of a four-pointed citadel of the 17th and early 18th centuries. It consists of four one-story curtain walls built around a near square court, projecting bastions ... More

Fort Christiansvaern, Company Street vicinity, Christiansted, St. Croix, VI

Fort Christiansvaern, Company Street vicinity, Christiansted, St. Croi...

Significance: The plan of the fort is typical of a four-pointed citadel of the 17th and early 18th centuries. It consists of four one-story curtain walls built around a near square court, projecting bastions ... More

Fort Christiansvaern, Company Street vicinity, Christiansted, St. Croix, VI

Fort Christiansvaern, Company Street vicinity, Christiansted, St. Croi...

Significance: The plan of the fort is typical of a four-pointed citadel of the 17th and early 18th centuries. It consists of four one-story curtain walls built around a near square court, projecting bastions ... More

Fort Christiansvaern, Company Street vicinity, Christiansted, St. Croix, VI

Fort Christiansvaern, Company Street vicinity, Christiansted, St. Croi...

Significance: The plan of the fort is typical of a four-pointed citadel of the 17th and early 18th centuries. It consists of four one-story curtain walls built around a near square court, projecting bastions ... More

Fort Pitt Blockhouse, 25 Penn Avenue, Point State Historic Park, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA

Fort Pitt Blockhouse, 25 Penn Avenue, Point State Historic Park, Pitts...

Significance: The structure was erected on the west side of the ramparts of Fort Pitt as greater protection against Indian attacks. It is the only known remaining 18th century building in the Pittsburgh vicinit... More

Vincent Lunardi Esqr., secretary to the late Neapolitan ambassador, first aerial traveller in England. An honorary member of the Honble. Artillery Company of the City of London and Royal Archer of Scotland / Nesmith, pinxt. ; Burke, fecit.

Vincent Lunardi Esqr., secretary to the late Neapolitan ambassador, fi...

Head-and-shoulders portrait of Italian balloonist Vincent Lunardi. Tissandier collection.

Blandair, 6651 Highway 175, Columbia, Howard County, MD

Blandair, 6651 Highway 175, Columbia, Howard County, MD

Significance: The Howard county property known today as Blandair dates to a land grant of 1087 acres, called Talbot's Resolution Manor, which was patented in 1714. The property, in various configurations, pass... More

Hooded Fireplace Pueblito, On a northern point of Superior Mesa about 700 meters west of Largo Canyon Wash, Dulce, Rio Arriba County, NM

Hooded Fireplace Pueblito, On a northern point of Superior Mesa about ...

Significance: The Pueblo Revolt of 1680 and subsequent Spanish reconquest of 1692 forced many pueblo tribes to flee northwestward and seek temporary refuge in the traditional homeland of the Navajo, Dinetah. Ho... More

Tremaine-Gallagher House, 3001 Fairmount Boulevard, Cleveland Heights, Cuyahoga County, OH

Tremaine-Gallagher House, 3001 Fairmount Boulevard, Cleveland Heights,...

Significance: Primarily derived from 18th-century French sources, with interior decoration based also on 17th- and 18th-century English precedent, the house and grounds are considered to be an outstanding examp... More

Tremaine-Gallagher House, 3001 Fairmount Boulevard, Cleveland Heights, Cuyahoga County, OH

Tremaine-Gallagher House, 3001 Fairmount Boulevard, Cleveland Heights,...

Significance: Primarily derived from 18th-century French sources, with interior decoration based also on 17th- and 18th-century English precedent, the house and grounds are considered to be an outstanding examp... More

Walnut Hill Estate, East Bank of Schuylkill River, Valley Forge, Chester County, PA

Walnut Hill Estate, East Bank of Schuylkill River, Valley Forge, Chest...

Significance: During the Valley Forge encampment, Dec. 19, 1777-June 19, 1778, the Walnut Hill Estate was owned by Henry Pawling. Located on the east (north) bank of the Schuylkill River, the Pawlins farmland p... More

Sandy Lake Reservoir Dam & Lock, McGregor, Aitkin County, MN

Sandy Lake Reservoir Dam & Lock, McGregor, Aitkin County, MN

Significance: The Sandy Lake Reservoir Dam and Lock is one of six Mississippi River Headwaters dam sites that are historically significant for their association with navigation, commerce, tourism, the Ojibway I... More

Sandy Lake Reservoir Dam & Lock, McGregor, Aitkin County, MN

Sandy Lake Reservoir Dam & Lock, McGregor, Aitkin County, MN

Significance: The Sandy Lake Reservoir Dam and Lock is one of six Mississippi River Headwaters dam sites that are historically significant for their association with navigation, commerce, tourism, the Ojibway I... More

Sandy Lake Reservoir Dam & Lock, McGregor, Aitkin County, MN

Sandy Lake Reservoir Dam & Lock, McGregor, Aitkin County, MN

Significance: The Sandy Lake Reservoir Dam and Lock is one of six Mississippi River Headwaters dam sites that are historically significant for their association with navigation, commerce, tourism, the Ojibway I... More

Walters-Page House, State Route 692, opposite State Route 635, Batesville, Albemarle County, Virginia

Walters-Page House, State Route 692, opposite State Route 635, Batesvi...

Significance: This is a small brick house with a weatherboard addition, significant in that it resembles dwellings of regions further North than Virginia. It is also considered to be the oldest house in the Ba... More

Ackerman-Dewsnap (Bishop) House, Barn, 176 East Saddle River Road, Saddle River, Bergen County, NJ

Ackerman-Dewsnap (Bishop) House, Barn, 176 East Saddle River Road, Sad...

Significance: One of twelve known remaining Dutch framed (anchor bent) barns in Bergen County. The Ackerman-Dewsnap Barn is the only extant Dutch framed barn in Saddle River. Its 18th century origins and later ... More

Wakefield, State Route 204, Wakefield Corner, Westmoreland County, Virginia

Wakefield, State Route 204, Wakefield Corner, Westmoreland County, Vir...

Significance: Complex, on the site of Washington's birthplace, is a memorial to the first president, but also attempts to recreate and interpret the typical physical environment of an early 18th century farmste... More

Wakefield, State Route 204, Wakefield Corner, Westmoreland County, Virginia

Wakefield, State Route 204, Wakefield Corner, Westmoreland County, Vir...

Significance: Complex, on the site of Washington's birthplace, is a memorial to the first president, but also attempts to recreate and interpret the typical physical environment of an early 18th century farmste... More

Brookrace Estate, Bounded to north by Roxiticus Road, west by Union School House Road, south by Pleasant Valley Road, & east by private lands, Morristown, Morris County, NJ

Brookrace Estate, Bounded to north by Roxiticus Road, west by Union Sc...

Significance: Bookrace Estate includes buildings and structural remains from three centuries of use. 18th century land uses included two homes, a grist mill and structures related to an adjacent iron forge. In ... More

Waynesborough, 2049 Waynesborough Road (Easttown Township), Paoli, Chester County, PA

Waynesborough, 2049 Waynesborough Road (Easttown Township), Paoli, Che...

Significance: Waynesborough is a fine example of an 18th century stone house which retains many of its original features. It was the birthplace and home of General Anthony Wayne (1745-96), a brigadier-general o... More

Fort Dubois, 81 Huguenot Street, New Paltz, Ulster County, NY

Fort Dubois, 81 Huguenot Street, New Paltz, Ulster County, NY

Significance: Built about 1705 to satisfy terms of the New Paltz patent that a fort be provided for protection, this stone dwelling was a village, social, and political meeting place through the 18th century. T... More

John Hunter Tavern, Topsham-Bowdoinham Road (State Route 24), Topsham, Sagadahoc County, ME

John Hunter Tavern, Topsham-Bowdoinham Road (State Route 24), Topsham,...

Significance: Stated to have been the oldest building in the Brunswick-Topsham area, structure was tavern on stage route from Brunswick to Bowdoinham, Richmond and beyond. Building was large unaltered; was in s... More

Cedar Grove, Landsdowne Drive, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Cedar Grove, Landsdowne Drive, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Significance: Between 1748-1750 Elizabeth Coates Paschall built Cedar Grove near her father's farm in Frankford, an area northeast of Philadelphia. Designed to serve as a modest summer retreat, the house was gr... More

Melrose Plantation, Ghana House, State Highway 119, Melrose, Natchitoches Parish, LA

Melrose Plantation, Ghana House, State Highway 119, Melrose, Natchitoc...

2006 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Second Place Significance: Yucca Plantation, known since 1885 as Melrose Plantation, was established in the last quarter of the 18th century by a remarkable family of freed slave... More

Locust Grove, State Route 641, Stanardsville, Greene County, Virginia

Locust Grove, State Route 641, Stanardsville, Greene County, Virginia

1983 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Honorable Mention Significance: Locust Grove is a good example of late 18th century, vernacular architecture. The double front and rear entries suggest a possible German influen... More

Barkley House, 410 South Florida Blanca Street, Pensacola, Escambia County, FL

Barkley House, 410 South Florida Blanca Street, Pensacola, Escambia Co...

Significance: This structure, probably built in the late 18th century, is said to be the oldest residence in Pensacola. Because of its massive masonry construction it has been only slightly modified from the o... More

Reverend Timothy Walker House, 276 North Main Street, Concord, Merrimack County, NH

Reverend Timothy Walker House, 276 North Main Street, Concord, Merrima...

Significance: The old (1733-74) portion of the house is representative of the typical New England minister's house in the 2nd quarter of the 18th century. It was enlarged toward the end of the century and agai... More

Wharton-Stewart House, 27 Christian Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Wharton-Stewart House, 27 Christian Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia...

Significance: The house was built in the middle of the 18th century, intended as the first section of a later-to-be-completed house. Although the companion house was completed in the 19th century, only minor ad... More

Wharton-Stewart House, 27 Christian Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Wharton-Stewart House, 27 Christian Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia...

Significance: The house was built in the middle of the 18th century, intended as the first section of a later-to-be-completed house. Although the companion house was completed in the 19th century, only minor ad... More

Wharton-Stewart House, 27 Christian Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Wharton-Stewart House, 27 Christian Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia...

Significance: The house was built in the middle of the 18th century, intended as the first section of a later-to-be-completed house. Although the companion house was completed in the 19th century, only minor ad... More

Estate Annaberg, Windmill, Adrian, St. John, VI

Estate Annaberg, Windmill, Adrian, St. John, VI

Significance: Estate Annaberg Sugar Factory site dates from the 18th century. Date of the windmill is not ascertained but appears to be early 19th century. Builder is unknown. Unprocessed Field note material... More

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