Capital architectural detail at the War Memorial, Jackson, Mississippi
Title, date, and subjects provided by the photographer. Credit line: Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Gift and purchase; Carol M. Highsmith; 2009; (DLC/PP-2010... More
Architectural details in the Camara de Representantes building in Hava...
Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Gift; Carol M. Highsmith; 2010; (DLC/PP-2... More
Elaborate ornamentation on the New York Capitol in Albany
So complex was work on the massive, elegant building, including its five-foot-wide, load-bearing granite walls, took 32 years and three separate architects, including Henry Hobson Richardson, before it was decl... More
Beautiful architectural details can still be found in mostly decaying ...
Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Gift; Carol M. Highsmith; 2010; (DLC/PP-2... More
Detail in auditorium at the Perot Theatre, a landmark since 1924, when...
Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Fully restored by the City of Texarkana, Texas in 1979-80. Native son H. Ross Perot, through the Perot Foundation, contributed much o... More
Exterior door details on the Rush Rhys Library, the main academic libr...
It is one of the most visible and recognizable landmarks on the university's River Campus. Dedicated in 1930, it is named after Benjamin Rush Rhees, the university's third president. Title, date and keywords ba... More
Decorative detail on a building at 203 E. Mills Avenue in El Paso, Tex...
Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and P... More
Detail of the old Bank Block Building on a corner of downtown Decorah,...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Photographs in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Purchase; Carol M. H... More
U.S. Courthouse for the District of Utah, opened in April 2014 in Salt...
Designed by Thomas Phifer of Thomas Phifer & Partners. Locals have named the building the "Borg Cube" after the Borg, the villanous alien race in the movie Star Trek. Photographed as part of an assignment for t... More
Architectural detail of interior, Cathedral of the Immaculate Concepti...
Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. When bishop Michael Portier became the First Bishop of Mobile in 1829, he set out to build a Cathedral befitting the name. Under the archite... More
Carol M. Highsmith - Architectural image: window details
Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Photograph taken in the 1980s. Title, date, subject not... More
Architectural details, the Woolworth Building, New York, New York
Designed by architect Cass Gilbert and completed in 1913, it is one of the oldest skyscrapers in the United States. At 57 stories it remains one of the fifty tallest buildings in the United States. Title, date,... More
Architectural details. The Old Post Office and Clock Tower, Washington...
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the Old Post Office and Clock Tower and located at 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, D.C. Construction began in 1892, and completed in 1899. The bui... More
Architectural details, the Woolworth Building, New York, New York
Designed by architect Cass Gilbert and completed in 1913, it is one of the oldest skyscrapers in the United States. At 57 stories it remains one of the fifty tallest buildings in the United States. Title, date,... More
Architectural details at The Robert A. Grant Federal Building & U.S. C...
Built in 1933 by architectural firm Austin & Shambleau, the building served its original purpose for fifty years. In 1983, the U.S. Postal Service moved from the building into a new facility. Photographed as pa... More
Ornate architectural detail on a building in downtown Asheville, North...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Once a summer town of eastern America's wealthy elite, Asheville suffered greater losses per capita than any other American city durin... More
Part of an elaborate exterior staircase at the New York Capitol in Alb...
So complex was work on the massive, elegant building, including its five-foot-wide, load-bearing granite walls, took 32 years and three separate architects, including Henry Hobson Richardson, before it was decl... More
Outdoor sconce on Battle Hall at the University of Texas at Austin. Au...
Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Designed in 1909-10 by the New York architect Cass Gilbert, Battle Hall is (as of 2014) the only academic building on campus listed o... More
A portion of the historic (1887) American Brewery building, now (2018)...
Formerly abandoned and left to decay, it was renovated and beautified and became the headquarters of Humanim Inc. Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Purchase; Carol M. H... More
Architectural details at the Catalina Casino, built on the site former...
The rebuilt Catalina Casino opened in 1929 under the direction of William Wrigley, Jr. and David M. Renton. Designed by Sumner A. Spaulding and Walter Weber, it is described as being Art Deco and Mediterranean ... More
A portion of the historic (1887) American Brewery building, now (2018)...
Formerly abandoned and left to decay, it was renovated and beautified and became the headquarters of Humanim Inc. Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Purchase; Carol M. H... More
Architectural detail at the Bronx Zoo in The Bronx, one of five county...
The largest metropolitan zoo in the United States and among the largest in the world, this zoo, which opened in 1899, has attracts more than two million visitors each year. It comprises 265 acres of parkland an... More
Architectural details at Old Post Office Building located on Pennsylva...
Also known as Old Post Office and Clock Tower and officially renamed the Nancy Hanks Center in 1983. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from ... More
Decorative ceiling detail inside the main house of the Florence Ranch ...
Title and keyword information from K. Baird, Historic Mesquite, Inc., 2015. Credit line: The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Ph... More
Detail from a downtown bank building in Marfa, in Presidio County, Tex...
Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and P... More
Cherub details on the Milwaukee City Hall in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Photographs in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Purchase; Carol M. H... More
Artistic and architectural detail inside the Wisconsin Capitol in Madi...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Photographs in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Purchase; Carol M. H... More
Detail of the old Bank Block Building on a corner of downtown Decorah,...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Photographs in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Purchase; Carol M. H... More
Architectural detail. United States Post Office and Courthouse, Athens...
Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the photographer. Built by architect Louis A. Simon in 1942. Credit line: Pho... More
U.S. Courthouse for the District of Utah, opened in April 2014 in Salt...
Designed by Thomas Phifer of Thomas Phifer & Partners. Locals have named the building the "Borg Cube" after the Borg, the villanous alien race in the movie Star Trek. Photographed as part of an assignment for t... More
Doorway to Redstone Castle, also known as Cleveholm Castle, built in 1...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Named "Cleve" for the owner and "holm," the Swedish word for home, the manor was built Osgood, who owned the only steel mill west of t... More
Architectural details at the John Minor Wisdom U.S. Court of Appeals B...
Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the photographer. Originally the U.S. Post Office and Courthouse. In 1908, th... More
"V" stained-glass detail on the front facade of the Second Renaissance...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Named after Pueblo newspaperman John E. Vail, the hotel constructed in 1910 was considered to be the most modern hotel west of Chicago... More
Exterior architectural details on the 1915 Home Building Association B...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Designed with liberal use of terra cotta tile and mosaics, rather than his usual red brick, by noted Chicago architect Louis Sullivan,... More
Architectural details, the Woolworth Building, New York, New York
Designed by architect Cass Gilbert and completed in 1913, it is one of the oldest skyscrapers in the United States. At 57 stories it remains one of the fifty tallest buildings in the United States. Title, date,... More
A portion of the historic (1887) American Brewery building, now (2018)...
Formerly abandoned and left to decay, it was renovated and beautified and became the headquarters of Humanim Inc. Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Purchase; Carol M. H... More
Architectural detail on a building in Havana, Cuba
Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Gift; Carol M. Highsmith; 2010; (DLC/PP-2... More
One of four decorative consoles (sometimes called brackets) in the Hou...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The third state house to be located in Jackson, this Beaux-Arts-style building, completed in 1901, was designed to house all branches ... More
Relief, carved by Herring Coe, on the facade of the 1937 First Nationa...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Details on the building celebrate Beaumont industry and depict various workers and professionals in carved limestone. Credit line: The... More
Doorway detail of the Spanish Governor's Palace in San Antonio, Texas
Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The building is the last visible trace of the Presidio San Antonio de Bexar and the only remaining example in Texas of an aristocrati... More
A portion of the historic (1887) American Brewery building, now (2018)...
Formerly abandoned and left to decay, it was renovated and beautified and became the headquarters of Humanim Inc. Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Purchase; Carol M. H... More
Architectural detail. United States Post Office and Courthouse, Athens...
Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the photographer. Built by architect Louis A. Simon in 1942. Credit line: Pho... More
Details on the Harrison County Courthouse in Clarksburg, West Virginia
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: West Virginia Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Pur... More
Architectural details of the Lucinda Hall Welcome Center building at B...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Photographs in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Purchase; Carol M. H... More
Architectural details at ground level of the historic Hamilton Hotel, ...
Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The Hamilton was built in 1900 as a three-story building, a tornado in 1906 destroyed its overhanging balconies. In 1923 an additiona... More
Small, aviation-themed bas-reliefs on the exterior facade of the 1940 ...
Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. As of 2014, the terminal and nearby 1928 Carter Field Hangar are being restored and operated by the nonprofit Houston Aeronautical He... More
Building detail on John D. Van Allen's "House of Fashion" in Clinton, ...
Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Designed by by architect Lewis H. Sullivan. Title, date... More
Exterior eagle. J. Marvin Jones Federal Building & U.S. Courthouse, Am...
Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the photographer. Built in 1937-1939 by Architect Wyatt C. Hedrick. Neoclass... More
Detail of the 1887 two-story, Italianate-style Masonic Hall building i...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Colorado Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograp... More
Exterior details. Federal Building & U.S. Courthouse in Baton Rouge, L...
Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the photographer. Built in 1933 by Architect Moise Goldstein in Neoclassicism... More
Exterior architectural detail on the 1915 Home Building Association Ba...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Designed with liberal use of terra cotta tile and mosaics, rather than his usual red brick, by noted Chicago architect Louis Sullivan,... More
Courtroom detail. U.S. Post Office and Federal Building, Statesville, ...
Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the photographer. Architect: R. Stanley Brown, 1939. Neoclassical design. Cre... More
Atrium of the Georgia Capitol in Atlanta
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Like many U.S. state capitols, the Georgia State Capitol is designed to resemble the Neoclassical architectural style of the United St... More
Architectural details on the Carnegie Library at Mount Vernon Square, ...
Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of District of Columbia Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Pr... More
Elaborate ornamentation on the New York Capitol in Albany
So complex was work on the massive, elegant building, including its five-foot-wide, load-bearing granite walls, took 32 years and three separate architects, including Henry Hobson Richardson, before it was decl... More
A portion of the historic (1887) American Brewery building, now (2018)...
Formerly abandoned and left to decay, it was renovated and beautified and became the headquarters of Humanim Inc. Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Purchase; Carol M. H... More
Part of an elaborate exterior staircase at the New York Capitol in Alb...
So massive was work on the elegant building, including its five-foot-wide, load-bearing granite walls, took 32 years and three separate architects, including H.H. Richardson, before it was declared complete in ... More
Classical Revival style building built in 1925, 14th and G St., NW, Wa...
Formerly the National Bank of Washington which was the oldest bank in Washington, D.C. It closed around 1999 when it was taken over by the FDIC. It was designed by Alfred C. Bossom and Jules-Henri de Sibour. Pl... More
Architectural detail at the Bronx Zoo in The Bronx, one of five county...
The largest metropolitan zoo in the United States and among the largest in the world, this zoo, which opened in 1899, has attracts more than two million visitors each year. It comprises 265 acres of parkland an... More
Architectural details at the University of Notre Dame, a Catholic rese...
Title, date, subject note, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Photographs in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Gift;... More
Architectural details at the Wrigley Memorial on Santa Catalina Island...
The island is 22 miles long and 8 miles across. It is one of the Channel Islands of California archipelago and is part of Los Angeles County. It was originally settled by Native Americans who called the island ... More
Artistic and architectural detail inside the Wisconsin Capitol in Madi...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Photographs in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Purchase; Carol M. H... More
The 14-foot-high wind-vane statue of Lady Liberty atop the Allen Count...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Photographs in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Purchase; Carol M. H... More
Detail of a building at Canterbury Shaker Village in Canterbury, New H...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The historic site and museum preserves a site that was one of a number of Shaker communities founded in the 19th century. The United S... More
John Fitzgerald Kennedy Federal Building located in the Government Cen...
Building designed by Walter Gropius and The Architects Collaborative with Samuel Glaserit. Built in 1963-1966. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keyw... More
Architectural detail at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Imm...
Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. This is the nation's largest Catholic church. Title, da... More
Classical Revival style building built in 1925, 14th and G St., NW, Wa...
Formerly the National Bank of Washington which was the oldest bank in Washington, D.C. It closed around 1999 when it was taken over by the FDIC. It was designed by Alfred C. Bossom and Jules-Henri de Sibour. Pl... More
Architectural details, the Woolworth Building, New York, New York
Designed by architect Cass Gilbert and completed in 1913, it is one of the oldest skyscrapers in the United States. At 57 stories it remains one of the fifty tallest buildings in the United States. Title, date,... More
Exterior architectural detail at the Santa Fe Terminal Complex, an 18-...
Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the photographer. Constructed in 1924 as the headquarters for the Gulf, Color... More
Hallway detail inside East High School in Denver, Colorado
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The architect for the 1925 facility was Denver native George Hebard Williamson, himself an 1893 graduate of the predecessor "Old East"... More
Architectural detail, Palacio del Centro Asturiano, Havana, Cuba
The Palacio del Centro Asturiano (Palace of the Asturian Center) was built in 1927 by the architect Manuel Bustos. Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Carol M.... More
Architectural details. The Jack Brooks Federal Building in Beaumont, T...
Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the photographer. Built in 1934 by Architects Fred C. Stone, and F.W. and D.E... More
Exterior details. Federal Building & U.S. Courthouse in Baton Rouge, L...
Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the photographer. Built in 1933 by Architect Moise Goldstein in Neoclassicism... More
Architectural details. The Old Post Office and Clock Tower, Washington...
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the Old Post Office and Clock Tower and located at 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, D.C. Construction began in 1892, and completed in 1899. The bui... More
Stair detail. The O.C. Fisher Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, Sa...
Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the photographer. Designed by James Knox Taylor in the early 1900s. A portion... More
A portion of the historic (1887) American Brewery building, now (2018)...
Formerly abandoned and left to decay, it was renovated and beautified and became the headquarters of Humanim Inc. Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Purchase; Carol M. H... More
Architectural details in the Camara de Representantes building in Hava...
Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Gift; Carol M. Highsmith; 2010; (DLC/PP-2... More
Ornate architectural detail on a building in downtown Asheville, North...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Once a summer town of eastern America's wealthy elite, Asheville suffered greater losses per capita than any other American city durin... More
A portion of the historic (1887) American Brewery building, now (2018)...
Formerly abandoned and left to decay, it was renovated and beautified and became the headquarters of Humanim Inc. Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Purchase; Carol M. H... More
Elegant details on the 1892, classical-style granite Pawtucket Public ...
Designed by Ralph Adams Cram, the building was a gift to the city from Pawtucket's first mayor, Frederic Clark Sayles, in memory of his recently deceased wife. It is connected to a "newer" (1897), completely di... More
A portion of the historic (1887) American Brewery building, now (2018)...
Formerly abandoned and left to decay, it was renovated and beautified and became the headquarters of Humanim Inc. Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Purchase; Carol M. H... More
1888 Charles Looff Carousel historic window detail from Asbury Park, N...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Gift; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2017; (DLC/PP-2016:103-8). Forms part of Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the Carol... More
Detail of the 1908 state education department building at the capital ...
The building was formerly home to the New York State Museum and New York State Library. Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Purchase; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.... More
Detail from the Plumbers' and Pipefitters' Union Local 392 office buil...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Historically, Over-the-Rhine is a working-class neighborhood, believed to be the largest, most intact urban historic district in the U... More
Architectural detail from the Allen County Courthouse in Fort Wayne, I...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Photographs in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Purchase; Carol M. H... More
John Fitzgerald Kennedy Federal Building located in the Government Cen...
Building designed by Walter Gropius and The Architects Collaborative with Samuel Glaserit. Built in 1963-1966. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keyw... More
Detail symbolizing blind justice on the Pontotoc County Courthouse in ...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Gift; Ben May Charitable Trust; 2016; (DLC/PP-2016:059). Forms part of the Ben May Charitable Trust Collection of Mississippi Photogra... More
Mansion for William K. and Alva Vanderbilt, 660 Fifth Avenue, New York...
Architectural drawing shows sculptural female figures within decorative arches with columns, possibly for the loggia. Gift; American Institute of Architects / American Architectural Foundation; 2010; (DLC/PP-2... More
Elaborate ornamentation on the New York Capitol in Albany
So massive was work on the elegant building, including its five-foot-wide, load-bearing granite walls, took 32 years and three separate architects, including H.H. Richardson, before it was declared complete in ... More
Architectural detail in the historic Baltimore Basilica, Baltimore, Ma...
Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. America's first cathedral, it was built from 1806-1821.... More
Eagle detail in Union Station, Washington, D.C.
Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More
Window detail - Drawing. Public domain image.
Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More
Architectural detail from a building in New York City
Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More
The Sidney R. Yates Building, Washington, D.C
Originally constructed to house the Bureau of Engraving & Printing, the Sidney R. Yates Building has served as home to many different federal agencies over the past hundred years. Placed on the National Registe... More
Classical Revival style building built in 1925, 14th and G St., NW, Wa...
Formerly the National Bank of Washington which was the oldest bank in Washington, D.C. It closed around 1999 when it was taken over by the FDIC. It was designed by Alfred C. Bossom and Jules-Henri de Sibour. Pl... More
Exterior detail of the Wisconsin Capitol, the state's fourth and the t...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The Capitol is 284 feet, 5 inches tall from the ground floor to the top of the headdress of Daniel Chester French's "Wisconsin" statue... More
Architectural details, the Woolworth Building, New York, New York
Designed by architect Cass Gilbert and completed in 1913, it is one of the oldest skyscrapers in the United States. At 57 stories it remains one of the fifty tallest buildings in the United States. Title, date,... More
Architectural details, the Woolworth Building, New York, New York
Designed by architect Cass Gilbert and completed in 1913, it is one of the oldest skyscrapers in the United States. At 57 stories it remains one of the fifty tallest buildings in the United States. Title, date,... More
Architectural details, the Woolworth Building, New York, New York
Designed by architect Cass Gilbert and completed in 1913, it is one of the oldest skyscrapers in the United States. At 57 stories it remains one of the fifty tallest buildings in the United States. Title, date,... More
Architectural details, the Woolworth Building, New York, New York
Designed by architect Cass Gilbert and completed in 1913, it is one of the oldest skyscrapers in the United States. At 57 stories it remains one of the fifty tallest buildings in the United States. Title, date,... More