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Workman House, Workman & Temple Family Homestead Museum, 15415 East Don Julian Road, Industry, Los Angeles County, CA

Workman House, Workman & Temple Family Homestead Museum, 15415 East Do...

Survey number: HABS CA-2736 Building/structure dates: 1842 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: ca. 1870 Subsequent Work National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 74000519

East Greenwich, Roughly bounded by Division, Water, London, & Peirce Streets, East Greenwich, Kent County, RI

East Greenwich, Roughly bounded by Division, Water, London, & Peirce S...

Significance: The town center of East Greenwich is significant as a concentrated, well-preserved collection of resources associated with the development of the Town of East Greenwich from its founding in the mi... More

Jacob Tome Institute, Tome Road, between Bainbridge Road & Route 276, Port Deposit, Cecil County, MD

Jacob Tome Institute, Tome Road, between Bainbridge Road & Route 276, ...

Significance: Constructed 1900-1908 on a hill above the Susquehanna River just outside Port Deposit, Maryland, the Tome School for Boys played an important role in private school, naval, and vocational educatio... More

Norfolk Manufacturing Company Cotton Mill, 90 Milton Street, Dedham, Norfolk County, MA

Norfolk Manufacturing Company Cotton Mill, 90 Milton Street, Dedham, N...

Significance: The 1835 mill is typical in scale of New England fabric production at the time, but is unusual because it was based on Rhode Island stone mills, rather than the more usual brick type found in Mass... More

Norfolk Manufacturing Company Cotton Mill, 90 Milton Street, Dedham, Norfolk County, MA

Norfolk Manufacturing Company Cotton Mill, 90 Milton Street, Dedham, N...

Significance: The 1835 mill is typical in scale of New England fabric production at the time, but is unusual because it was based on Rhode Island stone mills, rather than the more usual brick type found in Mass... More

Richmond Hill Plantation, Ford Mansion, East of Richmond Hill on Ford Neck Road, Richmond Hill, Bryan County, GA

Richmond Hill Plantation, Ford Mansion, East of Richmond Hill on Ford ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a historic park, open terrace, world heritage landmark, classical or neoclassical architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Richmond Hill Plantation, Ford Mansion, East of Richmond Hill on Ford Neck Road, Richmond Hill, Bryan County, GA

Richmond Hill Plantation, Ford Mansion, East of Richmond Hill on Ford ...

Public domain photograph of living room, apartment, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The Union Agency, Honor Heights Park, Muskogee, Muskogee County, OK

The Union Agency, Honor Heights Park, Muskogee, Muskogee County, OK

Field records also include field notes for HABS No. OK-53 1992 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: South of Reservoir, also atop the hill, is the Union Agency, which today houses the Five Civilized T... More

Dumbarton Oaks, 3101 R Street, Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Dumbarton Oaks, 3101 R Street, Northwest, Washington, District of Colu...

Significance: No other property combines mansion, collections, and gardens into such an aesthetically compelling early to mid-twentieth century vision of estate living in Georgetown. Starting with the Bliss's o... More

Dumbarton Oaks, 3101 R Street, Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Dumbarton Oaks, 3101 R Street, Northwest, Washington, District of Colu...

Significance: No other property combines mansion, collections, and gardens into such an aesthetically compelling early to mid-twentieth century vision of estate living in Georgetown. Starting with the Bliss's o... More

Dumbarton Oaks, 3101 R Street, Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Dumbarton Oaks, 3101 R Street, Northwest, Washington, District of Colu...

Significance: No other property combines mansion, collections, and gardens into such an aesthetically compelling early to mid-twentieth century vision of estate living in Georgetown. Starting with the Bliss's o... More

Dumbarton Oaks, 3101 R Street, Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Dumbarton Oaks, 3101 R Street, Northwest, Washington, District of Colu...

Significance: No other property combines mansion, collections, and gardens into such an aesthetically compelling early to mid-twentieth century vision of estate living in Georgetown. Starting with the Bliss's o... More

Dumbarton Oaks, 3101 R Street, Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Dumbarton Oaks, 3101 R Street, Northwest, Washington, District of Colu...

Significance: No other property combines mansion, collections, and gardens into such an aesthetically compelling early to mid-twentieth century vision of estate living in Georgetown. Starting with the Bliss's o... More

Reed Mansion, West Sixth & Peach Streets, Erie, Erie County, PA

Reed Mansion, West Sixth & Peach Streets, Erie, Erie County, PA

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-39, FN-40 Survey number: HABS PA-57 Building/structure dates: ca. 1849 Initial Construction

Reed Mansion, West Sixth & Peach Streets, Erie, Erie County, PA

Reed Mansion, West Sixth & Peach Streets, Erie, Erie County, PA

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-39, FN-40 Survey number: HABS PA-57 Building/structure dates: ca. 1849 Initial Construction

Fort Riley, Building No. 24, 24 Sheridan Avenue, Riley, Riley County, KS

Fort Riley, Building No. 24, 24 Sheridan Avenue, Riley, Riley County, ...

Significance: Quarters #24 is one of only four buildings remaining from the initial phase of construction at Fort Riley in the 1850s. Constructed in 1855, this was one of the six double quarters built to house ... More

Fonthill, East Court Street, State Route 313 vicinity, Doylestown, Bucks County, PA

Fonthill, East Court Street, State Route 313 vicinity, Doylestown, Buc...

See also HAER PA-107 for additional documentation. Includes photographs (photograph 64). Significance: A pioneering example of the use of reinforced concrete in a residence. Exhibiting an eclectic mixture of Me... More

Inman House, 415 East Main Street, Vermillion, Clay County, SD

Inman House, 415 East Main Street, Vermillion, Clay County, SD

Significance: The town of Vermillion owes its existence in part to Darwin M. Inman, a New Yorker who arrived in the Dakota Territory in 1874. He was a pioneer businessman, politician and educator. He opened a... More

Crater Lake Administration Complex, Ranger Dormitory, Munson Valley, Rim Drive off Highway 62, Klamath Falls, Klamath County, OR

Crater Lake Administration Complex, Ranger Dormitory, Munson Valley, R...

Significance: One of 5 buildings begun in 1932 at Crater Lake National Park headquarters in Munson Valley under the supervision of NPS Landscape Architect Merel Sager. Built during the peak period of construct... More

Samuel T. Hauser House, 720 Madison Avenue, Helena, Lewis and Clark County, MT

Samuel T. Hauser House, 720 Madison Avenue, Helena, Lewis and Clark Co...

Significance: Samuel T. Hauser went up the Missouri River in 1862, to the head of navigation, Ft. Benton, Montana, intending to cross from there to the gold fields in Idaho. Strikes at Gold Creek and Bannack i... More

John Wright Stanly House, New Street (moved to 307 George Street), New Bern, Craven County, NC

John Wright Stanly House, New Street (moved to 307 George Street), New...

Survey number: HABS NC-67 Building/structure dates: ca. 1779 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: ca. 1935- 1936 Subsequent Work National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 70000450

Fort Buford, Old Headquarters Site, Buford, Williams County, ND

Fort Buford, Old Headquarters Site, Buford, Williams County, ND

Significance: This was a very important place in the history of the West, not only as a place where prisoners from the Confederate Army were put on duty fighting Indians, but in later years the place where Sitt... More

William Graves House, 5250 Marshall Street, Arvada, Jefferson County, CO

William Graves House, 5250 Marshall Street, Arvada, Jefferson County, ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a residential building, house, 19th-20th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

William Graves House, 5250 Marshall Street, Arvada, Jefferson County, CO

William Graves House, 5250 Marshall Street, Arvada, Jefferson County, ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a residential building, house, 19th-20th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Wilson Estate, Building No. 15A, 9100 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, Montgomery County, MD

Wilson Estate, Building No. 15A, 9100 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, Montgo...

Public domain photograph of house, residential property, home, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

National Park Seminary, Indian Mission, 2790 Linden Lane, Silver Spring, Montgomery County, MD

National Park Seminary, Indian Mission, 2790 Linden Lane, Silver Sprin...

Significance: The Indian Mission building was the clubhouse for the Theta Sigma Rho sorority. The building's design was inspired by eighteenth-century Franciscan mission churches of the Far West. The early co... More

National Park Seminary, Indian Mission, 2790 Linden Lane, Silver Spring, Montgomery County, MD

National Park Seminary, Indian Mission, 2790 Linden Lane, Silver Sprin...

Significance: The Indian Mission building was the clubhouse for the Theta Sigma Rho sorority. The building's design was inspired by eighteenth-century Franciscan mission churches of the Far West. The early co... More

Wilson Estate, Tree Tops, 9100 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, Montgomery County, MD

Wilson Estate, Tree Tops, 9100 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, Montgomery Co...

Significance: Constructed in 1926 to the design of architect Edward Clarence Dean, Tree Tops served until 1942 as the main residence for Luke I. and Helen W. Wilson and the focal point of a large estate that in... More

Wilson Estate, Tree Tops, 9100 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, Montgomery County, MD

Wilson Estate, Tree Tops, 9100 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, Montgomery Co...

Significance: Constructed in 1926 to the design of architect Edward Clarence Dean, Tree Tops served until 1942 as the main residence for Luke I. and Helen W. Wilson and the focal point of a large estate that in... More

Brookrace Estate, Horse Barn, Located 0.3 mile north of Pleasant Valley Road, & 0.4 mile east of Union School House Road, Morristown, Morris County, NJ

Brookrace Estate, Horse Barn, Located 0.3 mile north of Pleasant Valle...

Significance: Originally the horse barn (ca. 1914) for Brookrace Estate, this barn was adaptively reused for dormitory space, recreation, publication work and film making by the Boy Scouts of America under the ... More

Raritan Arsenal, 2890 Woodbridge Avenue, Bonhamtown, Middlesex County, NJ

Raritan Arsenal, 2890 Woodbridge Avenue, Bonhamtown, Middlesex County,...

Significance: The Raritan Arsenal, originally known as the Raritan River Ordnance Base, was established in 1917 in preparation for the United States' entry into World War I. The Arsenal, initially a 2,150 acre ... More

National Park Seminary, Main, Linden Lane, Silver Spring, Montgomery County, MD

National Park Seminary, Main, Linden Lane, Silver Spring, Montgomery C...

Significance: Main exemplifies the site's evolving history. It is a conglomeration of eight buildings with adjoining extensions and adaptations that were completed between 1887 and the 1940s. It is the core o... More

National Park Seminary, Main, Linden Lane, Silver Spring, Montgomery County, MD

National Park Seminary, Main, Linden Lane, Silver Spring, Montgomery C...

Significance: Main exemplifies the site's evolving history. It is a conglomeration of eight buildings with adjoining extensions and adaptations that were completed between 1887 and the 1940s. It is the core o... More

National Park Seminary, Main, Linden Lane, Silver Spring, Montgomery County, MD

National Park Seminary, Main, Linden Lane, Silver Spring, Montgomery C...

Significance: Main exemplifies the site's evolving history. It is a conglomeration of eight buildings with adjoining extensions and adaptations that were completed between 1887 and the 1940s. It is the core o... More

National Park Seminary, Main, Linden Lane, Silver Spring, Montgomery County, MD

National Park Seminary, Main, Linden Lane, Silver Spring, Montgomery C...

Significance: Main exemplifies the site's evolving history. It is a conglomeration of eight buildings with adjoining extensions and adaptations that were completed between 1887 and the 1940s. It is the core o... More

National Park Seminary, Main, Linden Lane, Silver Spring, Montgomery County, MD

National Park Seminary, Main, Linden Lane, Silver Spring, Montgomery C...

Significance: Main exemplifies the site's evolving history. It is a conglomeration of eight buildings with adjoining extensions and adaptations that were completed between 1887 and the 1940s. It is the core o... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Naval Housing Area Hale Alii, Officers' Quarters Duplex Type, 1-2 Avenue D, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Naval Housing Area Hale Alii, Officers'...

This structure was moved to its current location from the Shipyard in c1942. (5/7/03, KEY) Significance: Facility 40 is a fair example of early twentieth-century Craftsman-style architecture. This simple, util... More

John Bly House, East side of County Road 857, just north of intersection with Quarry Run Road, Cheat Neck, Monongalia County, WV

John Bly House, East side of County Road 857, just north of intersecti...

Significance: Constructed in the mid-nineteenth century, the John Bly House functioned as a stagecoach stop on the Morgantown and Uniontown Turnpike, a major link between Uniontown, in Fayette County, Pennsylva... More

John Bly House, East side of County Road 857, just north of intersection with Quarry Run Road, Cheat Neck, Monongalia County, WV

John Bly House, East side of County Road 857, just north of intersecti...

Significance: Constructed in the mid-nineteenth century, the John Bly House functioned as a stagecoach stop on the Morgantown and Uniontown Turnpike, a major link between Uniontown, in Fayette County, Pennsylva... More

Hogg-Brunot House, 216 Stockton Avenue, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA

Hogg-Brunot House, 216 Stockton Avenue, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, ...

Significance: This a fine example of a large Greek Revival Pittsburgh town house of the mid-nineteenth century. The general plan, with the exception of minor interior alterations is unchanged. Survey number: ... More

Winkley Bridge, Spanning Little Red River adjacent to State Highway No. 110, Heber Springs, Cleburne County, AR

Winkley Bridge, Spanning Little Red River adjacent to State Highway No...

Significance: The Winkley Bridge was an excellent example of a streamlined suspension bridge, and one of only two remaining suspension bridges in Arkansas, before its collapse in 1989. For a period of sixty ye... More

William Fortney House, Route 664, approximately 1500 feet East of Jay Street Bridge, Lockport, Clinton County, PA

William Fortney House, Route 664, approximately 1500 feet East of Jay ...

Photo caption pages & written data include site & floor plans. Significance: The William Fortney House is locally significant as an intact example of the 19th century canal-era housing of Lower Lockport. As a c... More

Moravian Pottery & Tile Works, Southwest side of State Route 313 (Swamp Road), Northwest of East Court Street, Doylestown, Bucks County, PA

Moravian Pottery & Tile Works, Southwest side of State Route 313 (Swam...

See also HAER PA-107 for additional documentation. Includes drawings, photographs & written data. Significance: Designed by anthropologist and antiquarian Henry Chapman Mercer as a factory to reproduce the deco... More

Moravian Pottery & Tile Works, Southwest side of State Route 313 (Swamp Road), Northwest of East Court Street, Doylestown, Bucks County, PA

Moravian Pottery & Tile Works, Southwest side of State Route 313 (Swam...

See also HAER PA-107 for additional documentation. Includes drawings, photographs & written data. Significance: Designed by anthropologist and antiquarian Henry Chapman Mercer as a factory to reproduce the deco... More

McGraw Ranch, McGraw Ranch Road, Estes Park, Larimer County, CO

McGraw Ranch, McGraw Ranch Road, Estes Park, Larimer County, CO

Significance: The McGraw Ranch is the only intact guest ranch within Rocky Mountain National Park. It reflects the evolution of cattle ranching in the Estes Park area as the industry progressed from large oper... More

Pure Oil Service Station, Intersection of U.S. 130 Northbound & Collingswood Circle.  Southeast side of circle., Collingswood, Camden County, NJ

Pure Oil Service Station, Intersection of U.S. 130 Northbound & Collin...

Significance: The Pure Oil Service Station is a remarkably well-preserved example of an early corporate design service station. The Pure Oil Company developed the Tudor Revival style cottage architecture as a ... More

Pure Oil Service Station, Intersection of U.S. 130 Northbound & Collingswood Circle.  Southeast side of circle., Collingswood, Camden County, NJ

Pure Oil Service Station, Intersection of U.S. 130 Northbound & Collin...

Significance: The Pure Oil Service Station is a remarkably well-preserved example of an early corporate design service station. The Pure Oil Company developed the Tudor Revival style cottage architecture as a ... More

Laurel Hill Cemetery, 3822 Ridge Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Laurel Hill Cemetery, 3822 Ridge Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co...

Significance: Philadelphia's Laurel Hill Cemetery constitutes the second major rural cemetery in the United States. Begun in 1836, it is the earliest known work of John Notman, an important nineteenth-century a... More

Laurel Hill Cemetery, 3822 Ridge Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Laurel Hill Cemetery, 3822 Ridge Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co...

Significance: Philadelphia's Laurel Hill Cemetery constitutes the second major rural cemetery in the United States. Begun in 1836, it is the earliest known work of John Notman, an important nineteenth-century a... More

Laurel Hill Cemetery, 3822 Ridge Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Laurel Hill Cemetery, 3822 Ridge Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co...

Significance: Philadelphia's Laurel Hill Cemetery constitutes the second major rural cemetery in the United States. Begun in 1836, it is the earliest known work of John Notman, an important nineteenth-century a... More

Laurel Hill Cemetery, 3822 Ridge Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Laurel Hill Cemetery, 3822 Ridge Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co...

Significance: Philadelphia's Laurel Hill Cemetery constitutes the second major rural cemetery in the United States. Begun in 1836, it is the earliest known work of John Notman, an important nineteenth-century a... More

Laurel Hill Cemetery, 3822 Ridge Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Laurel Hill Cemetery, 3822 Ridge Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co...

Significance: Philadelphia's Laurel Hill Cemetery constitutes the second major rural cemetery in the United States. Begun in 1836, it is the earliest known work of John Notman, an important nineteenth-century a... More

Laurel Hill Cemetery, 3822 Ridge Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Laurel Hill Cemetery, 3822 Ridge Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co...

Significance: Philadelphia's Laurel Hill Cemetery constitutes the second major rural cemetery in the United States. Begun in 1836, it is the earliest known work of John Notman, an important nineteenth-century a... More

Laurel Hill Cemetery, 3822 Ridge Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Laurel Hill Cemetery, 3822 Ridge Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co...

Significance: Philadelphia's Laurel Hill Cemetery constitutes the second major rural cemetery in the United States. Begun in 1836, it is the earliest known work of John Notman, an important nineteenth-century a... More

Laurel Hill Cemetery, 3822 Ridge Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Laurel Hill Cemetery, 3822 Ridge Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co...

Significance: Philadelphia's Laurel Hill Cemetery constitutes the second major rural cemetery in the United States. Begun in 1836, it is the earliest known work of John Notman, an important nineteenth-century a... More

Laurel Hill Cemetery, 3822 Ridge Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Laurel Hill Cemetery, 3822 Ridge Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co...

Significance: Philadelphia's Laurel Hill Cemetery constitutes the second major rural cemetery in the United States. Begun in 1836, it is the earliest known work of John Notman, an important nineteenth-century a... More

Laurel Hill Cemetery, 3822 Ridge Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Laurel Hill Cemetery, 3822 Ridge Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co...

Significance: Philadelphia's Laurel Hill Cemetery constitutes the second major rural cemetery in the United States. Begun in 1836, it is the earliest known work of John Notman, an important nineteenth-century a... More

Laurel Hill Cemetery, 3822 Ridge Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Laurel Hill Cemetery, 3822 Ridge Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co...

Significance: Philadelphia's Laurel Hill Cemetery constitutes the second major rural cemetery in the United States. Begun in 1836, it is the earliest known work of John Notman, an important nineteenth-century a... More

Levi A. Mackey Carriage House, 404 North Grove Street, Lock Haven, Clinton County, PA

Levi A. Mackey Carriage House, 404 North Grove Street, Lock Haven, Cli...

Photo caption pages & written data include site & floor plans. Survey number: HABS PA-5524-A Building/structure dates: 1865 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1891 Subsequent Work Building/struct... More

Fort Larned, Barracks (West), Larned, Pawnee County, KS

Fort Larned, Barracks (West), Larned, Pawnee County, KS

Significance: Fort Larned was originally built of adobe. In 1865 the first stone structure was erected. By 1868 there were ten permanent sandstone buildings. Nine of these still stand to be viewed by the pub... More

Fort Larned, Barracks (West), Larned, Pawnee County, KS

Fort Larned, Barracks (West), Larned, Pawnee County, KS

Significance: Fort Larned was originally built of adobe. In 1865 the first stone structure was erected. By 1868 there were ten permanent sandstone buildings. Nine of these still stand to be viewed by the pub... More

Primitive Hall, State Route 841 (West Marlborough Township), Clonmell, Chester County, PA

Primitive Hall, State Route 841 (West Marlborough Township), Clonmell,...

Public domain photograph - historical image of Pennsylvania, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Tivoli-Union Brewery, 1320-1348 Tenth Street, Denver, Denver County, CO

Tivoli-Union Brewery, 1320-1348 Tenth Street, Denver, Denver County, C...

Significance: One of the largest gravity fed breweries in the United States. Survey number: HAER CO-1 Building/structure dates: ca. 1879 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1882 Subsequent Work B... More

Tivoli-Union Brewery, 1320-1348 Tenth Street, Denver, Denver County, CO

Tivoli-Union Brewery, 1320-1348 Tenth Street, Denver, Denver County, C...

Significance: One of the largest gravity fed breweries in the United States. Survey number: HAER CO-1 Building/structure dates: ca. 1879 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1882 Subsequent Work B... More

Gayety Theatre, 405 East Baltimore Street, Baltimore, Independent City, MD

Gayety Theatre, 405 East Baltimore Street, Baltimore, Independent City...

Significance: The Gayety Theatre is the oldest remaining burlesque theater in Baltimore. This section of Baltimore Street is locally known as "The Block," and constitutes the last vestige of an area of the city... More

Customhouse & Post Office, Christiansted Warf Square vicinity, Christiansted, St. Croix, VI

Customhouse & Post Office, Christiansted Warf Square vicinity, Christi...

Significance: Christiansted, as the chief port of St. Croix, was an important trading center in the 18th and 19th centuries; it exported large quantities of sugar, rum, and molasses. This building, which was t... More

Customhouse & Post Office, Christiansted Warf Square vicinity, Christiansted, St. Croix, VI

Customhouse & Post Office, Christiansted Warf Square vicinity, Christi...

Significance: Christiansted, as the chief port of St. Croix, was an important trading center in the 18th and 19th centuries; it exported large quantities of sugar, rum, and molasses. This building, which was t... More

Jacob Tome Institute, Monroe Hall, Tome Road, Port Deposit, Cecil County, MD

Jacob Tome Institute, Monroe Hall, Tome Road, Port Deposit, Cecil Coun...

Significance: This finely scaled Georgian Revival building was one of the original Tome School buildings, used as dining hall and then a gymnasium during Tome School occupancy, later as an officers' club by the... More

National Park Seminary, Swiss Chalet, 2802 Woodstock Avenue, Silver Spring, Montgomery County, MD

National Park Seminary, Swiss Chalet, 2802 Woodstock Avenue, Silver Sp...

Significance: The Swiss chalet was the home of the Zeta Eta Theta sorority. The Swiss chalet was a common form of bungalow design. The form appeared in A.J. Downing's "Architecture of Country Houses," 1850, a... More

National Park Seminary, Swiss Chalet, 2802 Woodstock Avenue, Silver Spring, Montgomery County, MD

National Park Seminary, Swiss Chalet, 2802 Woodstock Avenue, Silver Sp...

Significance: The Swiss chalet was the home of the Zeta Eta Theta sorority. The Swiss chalet was a common form of bungalow design. The form appeared in A.J. Downing's "Architecture of Country Houses," 1850, a... More

Terry Homestead, 54 Middle Street, Bristol, Hartford County, CT

Terry Homestead, 54 Middle Street, Bristol, Hartford County, CT

Significance: The Terry Homestead has historical significance as the home of several generations of a family that made major contributions to the industrial development of Bristol. It also has architectural si... More

Roads Building II, South side, Gunnison Avenue, Saint Elmo (historical), Chaffee County, CO

Roads Building II, South side, Gunnison Avenue, Saint Elmo (historical...

Significance: One of two commercial buildings surviving from secondary business district of 1880's on Gunnison Avenue. The applied moldings and careful remodeling of facade to create pediment show the refineme... More

St. Anthony's Orphanage, 1500 Indian School Road, Northwest, Albuquerque, Bernalillo County, NM

St. Anthony's Orphanage, 1500 Indian School Road, Northwest, Albuquerq...

Significance: The Chapel, the Classroom-Dormitory Building and the Auditorium of St. Anthony's Orphanage stand as rare institutional examples of Mission Style architecture in New Mexico. They constitute a thre... More

Reuel Nims Store, South terminus of Parkview Street, Humboldt, Richardson County, NE

Reuel Nims Store, South terminus of Parkview Street, Humboldt, Richard...

Public domain photograph of window, architectural element, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Fort Gibson, Howard House, Creek Street, Fort Gibson, Muskogee County, OK

Fort Gibson, Howard House, Creek Street, Fort Gibson, Muskogee County,...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-1 Survey number: HABS OK-34-3 Building/structure dates: ca. 1818 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000631

Fort Gibson, Howard House, Creek Street, Fort Gibson, Muskogee County, OK

Fort Gibson, Howard House, Creek Street, Fort Gibson, Muskogee County,...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-1 Survey number: HABS OK-34-3 Building/structure dates: ca. 1818 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000631

Bodie Island Light Station, Off Highway 12, Nags Head, Dare County, NC

Bodie Island Light Station, Off Highway 12, Nags Head, Dare County, NC

Significance: Bodie Island Light Station served as an important aid to navigation in a system of lighthouses guiding mariners along the hazardous waters of the Outer Banks of North Carolina, often referred to a... More

Bodie Island Light Station, Off Highway 12, Nags Head, Dare County, NC

Bodie Island Light Station, Off Highway 12, Nags Head, Dare County, NC

Significance: Bodie Island Light Station served as an important aid to navigation in a system of lighthouses guiding mariners along the hazardous waters of the Outer Banks of North Carolina, often referred to a... More

Rock Island Arsenal, Building No. 109, Rodman Avenue & Fourth Street, Rock Island, Rock Island County, IL

Rock Island Arsenal, Building No. 109, Rodman Avenue & Fourth Street, ...

Significance: Although Rock Island Arsenal was designated an ordnance manufacturing installation during the Civil War, it was not until World War I that all of the stone Greek Revival shops on Rodman Avenue wer... More

National Park Seminary, American Bungalow, 2885 Dewitt Circle, Silver Spring, Montgomery County, MD

National Park Seminary, American Bungalow, 2885 Dewitt Circle, Silver ...

Significance: The American bungalow is one of five buildings erected during the Cassedy's first year of construction in 1898. It was the first of eight sorority houses on campus. It was the home of the Alpha ... More

Wilson Estate, 9100 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, Montgomery County, MD

Wilson Estate, 9100 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, Montgomery County, MD

Picryl description: Public domain image of a rural landscape with water, building, 17th-18th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

John H. Shoenberger House, 425 Penn Avenue, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA

John H. Shoenberger House, 425 Penn Avenue, Pittsburgh, Allegheny Coun...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-75 Survey number: HABS PA-43 Building/structure dates: ca. 1847 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: after. 1847- before. 1935 Subsequent Work

Sewall-Belmont House, 144 Constitution Avenue, Northeast, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Sewall-Belmont House, 144 Constitution Avenue, Northeast, Washington, ...

Since March 2016, the house is the site of the Belmont-Paul Women's Equality National Monument. Significance: The Sewall-Belmont House, built ca. 1800 for Robert Sewall in the newly formed city of Washington, h... More

Sewall-Belmont House, 144 Constitution Avenue, Northeast, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Sewall-Belmont House, 144 Constitution Avenue, Northeast, Washington, ...

Since March 2016, the house is the site of the Belmont-Paul Women's Equality National Monument. Significance: The Sewall-Belmont House, built ca. 1800 for Robert Sewall in the newly formed city of Washington, h... More

Sewall-Belmont House, 144 Constitution Avenue, Northeast, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Sewall-Belmont House, 144 Constitution Avenue, Northeast, Washington, ...

Since March 2016, the house is the site of the Belmont-Paul Women's Equality National Monument. Significance: The Sewall-Belmont House, built ca. 1800 for Robert Sewall in the newly formed city of Washington, h... More

Brinton 1704 House, Oakland Road (Birmingham Township), Dilworthtown, Chester County, PA

Brinton 1704 House, Oakland Road (Birmingham Township), Dilworthtown, ...

Significance: This early (1704) stone house, although restored, retains much of its original architectural design and is representative of the larger type of dwelling house of a Chester County English Quaker. ... More

Fort Washington, Fort, 13551 Fort Washington Road, Fort Washington Forest, Prince George's County, MD

Fort Washington, Fort, 13551 Fort Washington Road, Fort Washington For...

Significance: Fort Washington's predecessor, Fort Warburton, was completed in December 1809 to guard the Potomac River entrance to the Capital City. During the War of 1812, on August 27, 1814, it was destroyed... More

Fort Washington, Fort, 13551 Fort Washington Road, Fort Washington Forest, Prince George's County, MD

Fort Washington, Fort, 13551 Fort Washington Road, Fort Washington For...

Significance: Fort Washington's predecessor, Fort Warburton, was completed in December 1809 to guard the Potomac River entrance to the Capital City. During the War of 1812, on August 27, 1814, it was destroyed... More

Fort Washington, Fort, 13551 Fort Washington Road, Fort Washington Forest, Prince George's County, MD

Fort Washington, Fort, 13551 Fort Washington Road, Fort Washington For...

Significance: Fort Washington's predecessor, Fort Warburton, was completed in December 1809 to guard the Potomac River entrance to the Capital City. During the War of 1812, on August 27, 1814, it was destroyed... More

Fort Hunter Mansion, Fort Hunter, Dauphin County, PA

Fort Hunter Mansion, Fort Hunter, Dauphin County, PA

Public domain scan of architectural drawing, architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Bethel Sanctuary, Inman, McPherson County, KS

Bethel Sanctuary, Inman, McPherson County, KS

1993 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Honorable Mention Significance: The Bethel Sanctuary, built in 1880, is the sole remaining example of the Mennonite "Prayer House" in North America. The structure was constructe... More

Richmond Hill Plantation, East of Richmond Hill on Ford Neck Road, Richmond Hill, Bryan County, GA

Richmond Hill Plantation, East of Richmond Hill on Ford Neck Road, Ric...

Significance: Henry Ford's personal estate, listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Survey number: HABS GA-2348 Building/structure dates: 1935-1937 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: ... More

Richmond Hill Plantation, East of Richmond Hill on Ford Neck Road, Richmond Hill, Bryan County, GA

Richmond Hill Plantation, East of Richmond Hill on Ford Neck Road, Ric...

Significance: Henry Ford's personal estate, listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Survey number: HABS GA-2348 Building/structure dates: 1935-1937 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: ... More

Mercantile Trust & Deposit Company, 200 East Redwood Street (Redwood & Calvert Streets), Baltimore, Independent City, MD

Mercantile Trust & Deposit Company, 200 East Redwood Street (Redwood &...

Significance: This building, erected in 1885, was designed by J.B. Noel Wyatt and Joseph Evans Sperry. Its exterior design is outstanding for the period in Baltimore. The significance of the Mercantile Safe De... More

Allen Park Veterans Administration Hospital, Building No. 8, Southfield Expressway & Outer Drive, Allen Park, Wayne County, MI

Allen Park Veterans Administration Hospital, Building No. 8, Southfiel...

Significance: Building 8 was constructed as the Attendant's Quarters for the Allen Park Veterans Administration Hospital. It was one of the first buildings completed on the complex in 1939. The presence of th... More

Philadelphia, Wilmington & Baltimore Railroad, President Street Station, President & Fleet Streets, Baltimore, Independent City, MD

Philadelphia, Wilmington & Baltimore Railroad, President Street Statio...

Significance: As of 1974, the President St. Station was one of the oldest large city railroad terminals still standing in the United States. The station quite possibly contains one of the earliest uses of the ... More

73 Fifth Street Southwest (House), Lots 18 & 19, Block 15, Second Railway Addition, Huron, Beadle County, SD

73 Fifth Street Southwest (House), Lots 18 & 19, Block 15, Second Rail...

Significance: This house was constructed as a single family residence and was constructed at a time when 50 percent of the other houses in the Campbell Park Historical District were constructed. Its style refl... More

73 Fifth Street Southwest (House), Lots 18 & 19, Block 15, Second Railway Addition, Huron, Beadle County, SD

73 Fifth Street Southwest (House), Lots 18 & 19, Block 15, Second Rail...

Significance: This house was constructed as a single family residence and was constructed at a time when 50 percent of the other houses in the Campbell Park Historical District were constructed. Its style refl... More

National Park Seminary, Japanese Bungalow, 2801 Linden Lane, Silver Spring, Montgomery County, MD

National Park Seminary, Japanese Bungalow, 2801 Linden Lane, Silver Sp...

Significance: The Japanese bungalow is one of the oldest buildings on campus. It was begun in 1898, the first year of the Cassedys' building campaign, and completed in 1899. The clubhouse has a combination of... More

Crater Lake Administration Complex, Mess Hall, Munson Valley, Rim Drive off State Highway 62, Klamath Falls, Klamath County, OR

Crater Lake Administration Complex, Mess Hall, Munson Valley, Rim Driv...

Significance: The Mess Hall is the second oldest stone structure at Munson Valley. It was one of three known building projects in the park in 1929. Despite interior alterations and some exterior modifications... More

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