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A black and white map of a building. Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company ...

Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Plant, Between Joseph Campau & Conant Avenues, Hamtramck, Wayne County, MI Significance: It served as the major manufacturing and assembly plant for the Dodge automobile and is... More

A black and white drawing of a floor plan. Dodge Brothers Motor Car Co...

Solomon's Temple - Print, Library of Congress collection

1794 U.S. Copyright Office. General information about the Popular and Applied Graphic Art print materials is available at: https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.pga Title information compiled by Junior Fellows, 2005-2... More

[Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Sectional elevation: main stair...

Public domain scan of a technical diagram, plan, or drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

Knox County Court House, at Knoxville, Tenn.: First story plan - plate...

Architectural drawing copyrighted by Palliser, Palliser & Co. Illus. in: Palliser, Palliser & Co., Palliser's court houses, village, town and city halls, jails and plans of other public building prepare..., New... More

Peachtree Plantation, South Santee River, McClellanville, Charleston C...

2014 Leicester B. Holland Prize, Entry Significance: Located in the St. James Santee Parish along the South Santee River, Peachtree Plantation stands as a ruin. Peachtree Plantation was once a two-story dwellin... More

Madison County Fairgrounds, Gazebo, Twin Bridges, Madison County, MT

1984 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Honorable Mention Survey number: HABS MT-52-B

[Barcelona Pavilion study drawing by Paul Rudolph]

Forms part of: The Paul Rudolph Archive. Unprocessed in PR 13 CN 2001:126.

LeConte family plantation house, Larue, Haiti. Roof plan, reconstructe...

Page 2 of 4 shows roof and reconstructed exterior elevations of house built ca. 1770 that became a prototype for Creole plan houses in the southern United States. Drawn on Historic American Buildings Survey sh... More

Webster House, Northeast Point Road, Saint Paul, Aleutians West Census...

Significance: In 1870, the Alaska Commercial Company was given an exclusive 20-year lease by the United States government to manage the seal harvest on the Pribilof Islands. The original Webster House was built... More

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Schenectady, Schenectady County, New Y...

May 1894. 37 Sheet(s). New York fire insurance map. Sanborn fire insurance maps are detailed maps of cities and towns produced by the Sanborn Map Company for the purpose of assessing fire insurance liabilit... More

Spurr-Clotfelter Rowhouse, 6112 Paseo Delicias, Rancho Santa Fe, San D...

Significance: This building, commissioned by the Santa Fe Land Improvement Company as small-scale pre-sold speculative housing in the midst of the commercial center of town, is one of a group of four rowhouses ... More

Boarding House, Ellendale, Polk County, OR

Public domain scan of an architecture diagram, plan, or drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

Krider Gun Shop, 133-135 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Cou...

Significance: This building was a fine example of a typical mid-eighteenth-century Philadelphia corner residence. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-120 Survey number: HABS PA-1055... More

Mission San Diego de Alcala, Misson Valley Road, San Diego, San Diego ...

Suggested address, Mission Valley Road, is not verifiable in documentation. See also HALS CA-81 for additional documentation Survey number: HABS CA-321 Building/structure dates: 1808- 1813 Initial Construct... More

Sayrelands, Montauk Highway, Bridgehampton, Suffolk County, NY

Significance: It was probably built in the late 18th century by Captain Nathan Post, its center-hall plan, clapboard front facade with shake-covered sides and rear, and white oak framing characterize it as typi... More

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

See HABS No. LA-2-69-A for photographs of the same. 1995 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Fourth Place Significance: Yucca Plantation, now known as Melrose, was established in the last quarter of the 18th century by ... More

Atlantic & Great Western Railroad, Meadville Repair Shops, Storehouse,...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-10 Survey number: HAER PA-11-C Building/structure dates: 1865-1866 Initial Construction

Paxton Carnegie Library, 254 South Market Street, Paxton, Ford County,...

STORED ON SITE. mchr 2012 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: The Paxton Carnegie Library is locally significant under Criterion A and C. It is significant for educational purposes in its role in pr... More

Keyser House, 6205 Germantown Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Count...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-102 Survey number: HABS PA-11 Building/structure dates: ca. 1690 Initial Construction

Littleton Round Barn, 500 West, 600 North Road, McCordsville, Hancock ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an architectural element, dome, cathedral, classical architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Abner Cloud House, Intersection of Canal Road & Reservoir Road Northwe...

Significance: This is an early 18th century Miller's House which played a part in the history of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal. The Abner Cloud house was built in about 1891 as the residence of a second gener... More

Morse-Libby House, 109 Danforth Street, Portland, Cumberland County, M...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-23 Survey number: HABS ME-53 Building/structure dates: ca. 1859 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 70000074

City Light & Power, 1950 North Clinton Street, Fort Wayne, Allen Count...

1993 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: For approximately 50 years, from 1929-1978, the City Light and Power Works building, designed by Froehlich & Emery Engineering Company, served as the chief po... More

Reverend Ebenezer Gay Manse, Route 75, Suffield, Hartford County, CT

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-5 Survey number: HABS CT-59 Building/structure dates: 1742 Initial Construction

Grand Central Station, 201 West Harrison Street (Corner of West Harris...

Significance: This is one of the best-preserved early railroad stations in Chicago, and one of the finest works of the architect Solon Spencer Beman. Survey number: HABS IL-1016 Building/structure dates: 1890... More

Fountain Grove, Barn, Mendocino Avenue & US Highway 101, Santa Rosa, S...

Significance: The barn was built in the late nineteenth century as part of an utopian experiment centering around the Fountain Grove Winery. // 1875: Built by Russian sailors (not wholly confirmed) hired by Tho... More

Brucemore, 2160 Linden Drive, Southeast, Cedar Rapids, Linn County, IA

Significance: Brucemore is a 26-acre estate located in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. The property is centered around a 21-room mansion built in 1884-1886 for Mrs. Caroline Sinclair, widow of meat-packing entrepreneur Th... More

Brucemore, 2160 Linden Drive, Southeast, Cedar Rapids, Linn County, IA

Kehilath Anshe Ma'ariv Synagogue, 3301 South Indiana Avenue, Chicago, ...

Significance: One of the few example of ecclesiastical architecture to come from the office of Adler and Sullivan, this Chicago synagogue of 1890-91 was originally intended to be far more elegant and monumental... More

Moravian Church, Moravian Street, Green Bay, Brown County, WI

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-1 Survey number: HABS WI-28-3 Building/structure dates: 1852 Initial Construction

Congregational Church, Old Post Road, North Attleboro, Bristol County,...

Public domain scan of an architecture diagram, plan, or drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

William E. Drummond House, 559 Edgewood Place, River Forest, Cook Coun...

Significance: This house was designed by William E. Drummond for himself. It is typical of that style of architecture known as "Prairie School" as evidenced in the free-flowing open plan, the emphasis on the re... More

Casa Avila, 14 Olvera Street, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA

Public domain scan of an architecture diagram, plan, or drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

William & Mary College, Main Bulding, College Yard, Williamsburg, Will...

Significance: The construction of this main building of the College of William and Mary was begun in 1695. It is the oldest known college structure extant in the country and has been attributed to Sir Christop... More

Machie Pawelek House, Texas 123 at Farm Road 887, Cestohowa, Karnes Co...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-16, FN-17 Survey number: HABS TX-314 Building/structure dates: 1865 Initial Construction

Hubbell Trading Post, Bunkhouse, Ganado, Apache County, AZ

Significance: The stone residence was built during the five years before 1920, for operators and draymen of the freighting net, by John "Don" Lorenzo Hubbell. Trading operations required the movement of goods ... More

Jacob Fox House, Mannington Mills, Salem County, NJ

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-62, FN-377 Survey number: HABS NJ-248 Building/structure dates: 1813 Initial Construction

Jacob Fox House, Mannington Mills, Salem County, NJ

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-62, FN-377 Survey number: HABS NJ-248 Building/structure dates: 1813 Initial Construction

Tuba City Boarding School, Manuelito Hall, Navajo Reservation, Main St...

STORED OFF SITE AND ON SITE. mchr Significance: It is a good example of turn-of-the-century Bureau of Indian Affairs architecture in the southwest and for its association with early BIA education programs on th... More

Snee Farm, 1240 Long Point Road, Mount Pleasant, Charleston County, SC

Public domain scan of an architecture diagram, plan, or drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

U. S. Post Office & Old Courthouse, 169 Middle Street, Portland, Cumbe...

Significance: The Old Post Office and Courthouse was a distinguished example of the Renaissance Revival style. Careful workmanship and a lavish use of fine marble, generous scale, carefully calculated proportio... More

Elizabeth Cady Stanton House, 32 Washington Street, Seneca Falls, Sene...

Significance: Elizabeth Cady Stantion was an effective proponent of women's rights for over half a century. She was influential in organizing a Women's Rights Convention in Seneca Falls in 1848, which is widely... More

Pigeon Point Lighthouse, State Highway 1, Pescadero, San Mateo County,...

Original working drawings are located at the National Archives. Lighthouse has rotating gear, & the complex has a watch house. Significance: This was the earliest lighthouse on the west coast to have a First-ir... More

Petersburg Gas Light Company, Gasholder, Bank & Madison Streets vicini...

Significance: A rare survivor of a once popular means of storing gas. The Petersburg Gasholder is distinguished by its cast iron frame which incorporates many Tuscan order columns. / This Gas Holder, one of ab... More

Old Bank Building, Main Street, Concord, Middlesex County, MA

Survey number: HABS MA-2-4 Building/structure dates: 1834 Initial Construction

Paschall House, Spruce & Mattis Streets, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co...

Significance: This row house-with Stafford's Tavern next door-was built about 1760 and transferred from Michael Sisk, plasterer, to Benjamin Paschall, cordwainer, when new the half gambrel roof, shed dormer and... More

Van Allen-Garretson House, Totowa Road, Totowa, Passaic County, NJ

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-349 Survey number: HABS NJ-480 Building/structure dates: ca. 1750 Initial Construction

Van Allen-Garretson House, Totowa Road, Totowa, Passaic County, NJ

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-349 Survey number: HABS NJ-480 Building/structure dates: ca. 1750 Initial Construction

Van Allen-Garretson House, Totowa Road, Totowa, Passaic County, NJ

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-349 Survey number: HABS NJ-480 Building/structure dates: ca. 1750 Initial Construction

Baynard House, Lewis Road (moved to MD-Chesapeake City Vicinity), Harr...

Significance: An almost untouched example of a mid- to late-18th century country Georgian house. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-29 Survey number: HABS DE-159 Building/structure... More

Pinkham House & Farm, Ohio State Route 125, Amelia-Bantam Road, Bantam...

Significance: Andrew Pinkham, originally captain of a whaling ship from Nantucket, Massachusetts, moved to Ohio in 1814 and established a farm on this site. The main house remains from Pinkham's original farm, ... More

Edward Hazlett House, 823 Main Street, Wheeling, Ohio County, WV

Significance: Built by Henry K. List and his wife Sarah, wealthy citizens of Wheeling, for their daughter, Jessie L. Hazlett, the Hazlett House represents one of the residential building achievements of 1891. ... More

Grist Mill, Manitou Road, Garrison, Putnam County, NY

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-82, FN-86 Survey number: HABS NY-4-108

Presbyterian Church, Vinland, Douglas County, KS

Survey number: HABS KS-47 Public domain photograph of architectural diagram, building plan, section, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

John Coward House, Prospertown, Ocean County, NJ

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-461 Survey number: HABS NJ-555 Building/structure dates: ca. 1750 Initial Construction

Japhet Leeds House, Moss Mill Road, Leeds Point, Atlantic County, NJ

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-298 Survey number: HABS NJ-399 Building/structure dates: 1814 Initial Construction

Connellsville Coal & Coke Region, Connellsville, Fayette County, PA

See also HAER PA-259 for related documentation. Includes photographs & written data. Significance: Considered among the world's richest mineral deposits, the Pittsburgh seam of coal underlying portions of Fayet... More

Coleman-Hollister House, Bank Row, Greenfield, Franklin County, MA

Survey number: HABS MA-2-19 Building/structure dates: 1796 Initial Construction

Coleman-Hollister House, Bank Row, Greenfield, Franklin County, MA

Survey number: HABS MA-2-19 Building/structure dates: 1796 Initial Construction

Christopher Ryder House, Ryder's Cove vicinity, Chatham Port, Barnstab...

Survey number: HABS MA-118 Building/structure dates: 1809 Initial Construction

Wawona Hotel, Long Brown, Wawona, Mariposa County, CA

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-240 Survey number: HABS CA-1805-F Building/structure dates: ca. 1900 Initial Construction

Meetinghouse, Phillips Road, Sandown, Rockingham County, NH

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-29 Survey number: HABS NH-17 Building/structure dates: 1774 Initial Construction

Arlington House, Potting Building, Lee Drive, Arlington National Cemet...

Significance: The Potting Building, along with an adjoining greenhouse, was constructed ca. 1880 by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, to supply the demand for vegetation for the Arlington Cemetery grounds. Rect... More

8 Greenwich Street (House), New York, New York County, NY

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-77 Survey number: HABS NY-474 Building/structure dates: ca. 1909 Initial Construction

Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa, Monastery, 782 Monterey Street, San...

Suggested address, 782 Monterey Street, is not verifiable in the documentation. See HABS No. CA-210 for written data. Survey number: HABS CA-210-A Building/structure dates: 1793 Initial Construction Building/... More

Colonial Hotel, Beach & Ocean Avenues, Cape May, Cape May County, NJ

Significance: Interesting example of Second Empire hotel design. Survey number: HABS NJ-850 Building/structure dates: 1894- 1895 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1905 Subsequent Work Natio... More

Ezra Nicholson House, 1335 Detroit Avenue, Lakewood, Cuyahoga County, ...

Survey number: HABS OH-210 Building/structure dates: after 1830 Initial Construction

W. Arms House, 648 Wick Avenue, Youngstown, Mahoning County, OH

2007 Charles E. Peterson Prize, First Place Significance: Also known as "Greystone" it was completed in 1905. As an American Arts and Crafts house many features were in direct opposition to everything else in t... More

Mormon House, Highway 20, Burlington, Racine County, WI

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-6 Survey number: HABS WI-130 Building/structure dates: 1844 Initial Construction

Peter Wyckoff House, 5902 Canarsie Lane, Brooklyn, Kings County, NY

Public domain scan of an architecture diagram, plan, or drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

Peter Wyckoff House, 5902 Canarsie Lane, Brooklyn, Kings County, NY

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Elihu Coleman House, Hawthorne Lane, Nantucket, Nantucket County, MA

Significance: The only house still standing on the site of the old settlement of Sherburne, it is an excellent example of early eighteenth century Nantucket architecture. Survey number: HABS MA-2-86 Building/... More

Cherokee National Capitol Building, 101-29 South Muskogee Avenue, Tahl...

Significance: The Cherokee National Capitol, completed and occupied by circa 1869, was constructed on the site which had served as the meeting place for the Cherokee Government since their arrival in Indian Ter... More

Fair Park, General Exhibits Building, Northeast of Parry & Second Aven...

Significance: The General Exhibits Building dates from 1905, when the original structure was designed by James Flanders in the Spanish Romanesque style. The building was enlarged and modernized for the 1936 Tex... More

Pleasant Retreat Plantation House, South side of Mavasota River, four ...

Significance: Pleasant Retreat was built for Logan Stroud (1814-1911), a Georgian who came to the Republic of Texas in 1837 with his father, Ethan Stroud (1788-1846). They acquired plantations in several counti... More

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

Wawona Hotel, Hotel, Wawona, Mariposa County, CA

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-236 Survey number: HABS CA-1805-B Building/structure dates: 1879 Initial Construction

Samuel Freeman House, 1962 Glencoe Way, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Count...

Structure incorporates FLW's "Textile Blocks." Significance: Frank Lloyd Wright textile block house (California). / The Samuel Freeman House, one of Frank Lloyd Wright's California textile block houses, was des... More

Red Cross Complex, Administration Building, Southwest corner of Eagle ...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N480 Survey number: HABS IL-1161-A Building/structure dates: 1941 Initial Construction

Schenck House, Canarsie Park (fragments in Brooklyn Museum), Brooklyn,...

Survey number: HABS NY-513 Building/structure dates: ca. 1670 Initial Construction

Church of St. John-in-the-Wilderness, U.S. Route 25, Flat Rock, Hender...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-1 Survey number: HABS NC-12-A-1 Building/structure dates: 1834 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1852 Subsequent Work

Village of El Cerrito, Pecos River Valley, El Cerrito, San Miguel Coun...

Significance: The town is a small element in a great natural amphitheatre surrounded by cliffs and steep slopes to the mesa. The Pecos River cuts its way into and out of this valley through two canyons and cas... More

Varennes Tavern, Anderson, Anderson County, SC

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-11 Survey number: HABS SC-5

West Baden Springs Hotel, State Route 56, West Baden Springs, Orange C...

Significance: The West Baden Springs Hotel is notable as an engineering achievement and as a testament to an opulent social era. The main building was erected in 1901-02 after a disastrous fire destroyed an ea... More

Berry-Coxe House, 413 Locust Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County...

Significance: Erected by Peter L. Berry, Hhouse Carpenter, between 1802-1804, the house was tenented by Tench Coxe, "Purveyor of Public Supplies for the United State," from 1804-1807. Coxe, a holder of several ... More

Duplantier Family Tomb, North Claiborne Street, New Orleans, Orleans P...

Significance: A typical Greek Revival family tomb in New Orleans, Louisiana. Survey number: HABS LA-1107 Building/structure dates: ca. 1850 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Numb... More

Liberty Hall, Main & Wilkinson Streets, Frankfort, Franklin County, KY

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-2, FN-62 Survey number: HABS KY-20-2 Building/structure dates: 1797 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: ca. 1835 Subsequent Work Buil... More

Glebe House, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-68 Survey number: HABS PA-139 Building/structure dates: 1698 Initial Construction

Roosevelt Stadium, State Route 440 & Danforth Avenue, Jersey City, Hud...

Significance: A significant structure in the history of New Jersey and the racial integration of baseball. The stadium is associated the Mayor Frank Hague as a physical manifestation of his power and strong con... More

DeBruhl-Marshall House, 1401 Laurel Street, Columbia, Richland County,...

Significance: A fine example of the Classic Style in Southern domestic architecture. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-3 Survey number: HABS SC-13-3 Building/structure dates: ca. ... More

Kershaw County Courthouse, Broad & King Streets, Camden, Kershaw Count...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-4 Survey number: HABS SC-13-9 Building/structure dates: ca. 1826 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1847 Subsequent Work

Bella Vista Terrace, Mountain Trail & Alegria Avenue, Sierra Madre, Lo...

1999 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: Bella Vista Terrace (1910), located in Sierra Madre, California, is nested against the southern foothills of the San Gabriel mountains. Architect Irving John... More

Chambers-Mayberry House, Northwest corner of Oak Street & Fifth Avenue...

Significance: The Chambers-Mayberry House was built in 1909 for George Chambers, a prominent citizen of Niobrara. Mr. Chambers was cashier of the Niobrara Valley Bank for years and held controlling interests i... More

St. Peter's Episcopal Church, 312 North Division Street, Carson City, ...

Significance: The best preserved of Carson City's early churches, St. Peter's is an interesting and attractive building reflecting both Gothic and classic prototypes. Unprocessed Field note material exists for... More

Zeeb House (Log Cabin), Fourth & Park Streets, Zoar, Tuscarawas County...

Survey number: HABS OH-295 Building/structure dates: 1817 Initial Construction

Ephraim Bales Place, Roaring Fork Trail, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, TN

Significance: The grouping of two cabins occur frequently. They are usually grouped in one of two ways - with the chimney separating the two buildings or with an entry between the two buildings as the Ephraim ... More

Colonel Walter Gresham House, 1402 Broadway, Galveston, Galveston Coun...

Significance: This building was erected for Walter Gresham, a prominent historical figure of Galveston, a noted lawyer, Texas legislator and representative of the 53rd Congress. The building itself is architect... More