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True Reformer Building, 1200 U Street Northwest, Washington, District ...

Significance: The True Reformer Building was probably the first building in the United States to have gone through all of the design, financing,and construction processes using only the talents and resources of... More

Naval Reserve Armory, 113 Harbor Way, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara Cou...

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

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Bakery, South Avenue, Pearl City, Honol...

Public domain image of a historic view of Boston Harbor, Massachusetts, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Robbins & Lawrence Armory, 196 Main Street, Windsor, Windsor County, V...

Significance: The period of significance for the private Armory is 1846-1856. The factory was constructed in 1846 and was the site of innovation and invention in the manufacture of firearms and machine tools un... More

Robbins & Lawrence Armory, 196 Main Street, Windsor, Windsor County, V...

Significance: The period of significance for the private Armory is 1846-1856. The factory was constructed in 1846 and was the site of innovation and invention in the manufacture of firearms and machine tools un... More

Yakima National Guard Armory, 202 South Third Street, Yakima, Yakima C...

Significance: The Yakima National Guard Armory is historically significant as the first permanent home of the Washington National Guard in Yakima. The Yakima Armory was also a great bon to the cultural, social... More

Yakima National Guard Armory, 202 South Third Street, Yakima, Yakima C...

Significance: The Yakima National Guard Armory is historically significant as the first permanent home of the Washington National Guard in Yakima. The Yakima Armory was also a great bon to the cultural, social... More

Yakima National Guard Armory, 202 South Third Street, Yakima, Yakima C...

Significance: The Yakima National Guard Armory is historically significant as the first permanent home of the Washington National Guard in Yakima. The Yakima Armory was also a great bon to the cultural, social... More

Yakima National Guard Armory, 202 South Third Street, Yakima, Yakima C...

Significance: The Yakima National Guard Armory is historically significant as the first permanent home of the Washington National Guard in Yakima. The Yakima Armory was also a great bon to the cultural, social... More

Yakima National Guard Armory, 202 South Third Street, Yakima, Yakima C...

Significance: The Yakima National Guard Armory is historically significant as the first permanent home of the Washington National Guard in Yakima. The Yakima Armory was also a great bon to the cultural, social... More

Ruins of the arsenal / Levy & Cohen.

Photograph shows ruins of the State Arsenal along the canal in Richmond, Virginia. "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1865 by Levy and Cohen in the Clerk's Office, of the District Court, for the ... More

U.S. Naval Academy, Dahlgren Hall, Annapolis, Anne Arundel County, MD

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-132 Survey number: HABS MD-329-4 Building/structure dates: 1898-1903 Building/structure dates: 1974 Subsequent Work National Register of Histor... More

U.S. Naval Academy, Dahlgren Hall, Annapolis, Anne Arundel County, MD

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-132 Survey number: HABS MD-329-4 Building/structure dates: 1898-1903 Building/structure dates: 1974 Subsequent Work National Register of Histor... More

Watertown Arsenal, Building No. 121, Watertown, Middlesex County, MA

Survey number: HAER MA-20-N Public domain photograph - historical image of Massachusetts, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Cranston Street Armory, Cranston Street, Providence, Providence County...

Significance: General William Walker garnered used his connections from high commission during the Civil War and active interest in military affairs to great effect in garnering four large armories for Rhode Is... More

Cranston Street Armory, Cranston Street, Providence, Providence County...

Significance: General William Walker garnered used his connections from high commission during the Civil War and active interest in military affairs to great effect in garnering four large armories for Rhode Is... More

Cranston Street Armory, Cranston Street, Providence, Providence County...

Significance: General William Walker garnered used his connections from high commission during the Civil War and active interest in military affairs to great effect in garnering four large armories for Rhode Is... More

Cranston Street Armory, Cranston Street, Providence, Providence County...

Significance: General William Walker garnered used his connections from high commission during the Civil War and active interest in military affairs to great effect in garnering four large armories for Rhode Is... More

[Richmond, Virginia Stacked and scattered ammunition near the State Ar...

Photograph of the main eastern theater of war, fallen Richmond, April-June 1865.

Torrington Armory, West of intersection of U.S. Routes 85 & 26, Torrin...

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

Torrington Armory, West of intersection of U.S. Routes 85 & 26, Torrin...

Picryl description: Public domain photo of a factory, warehouse, commercial or industrial building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Rocky Flats Plant, Security & Armory, West of Third Street, south of C...

Significance: This building is a primary contributor of the Rocky Flats Plant historic district, and is associated with the U.S. strategy of nuclear military deterrence during the Cold War, a strategy considere... More

U. S. Arsenal, Walton Way Vicinity, Augusta, Richmond County, GA

Survey number: HABS GA-251 Building/structure dates: 1829 Initial Construction

Hyattsville Armory, 5340 Baltimore Avenue, Hyattsville, Prince George'...

Significance: Hyattsville Armory, built in 1918, was the first Armory building constructed in the county and the fifth in the state. It is representative of the Medieval castle-like styling that was typical of ... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Magazine Building, Kuakua Avenue near W...

Significance: The U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor was designated as a National Historic Landmark in 1964; due to the crucial role it played in the Nation's defense during the twentieth century and the devastating... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Magazine Building, Kuakua Avenue near W...

Significance: The U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor was designated as a National Historic Landmark in 1964; due to the crucial role it played in the Nation's defense during the twentieth century and the devastating... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Pyrotechnic Magazine, Kingfisher Street...

Public domain image of a historic view of Boston Harbor, Massachusetts, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Washington arsenal, Insane Asylum in the distance

View across the Potomac toward the arsenal, ships at anchor. Signed lower right: AR Waud. Title inscribed below image. Inscribed below title: the arsenal stands on a point running out into the river at the junc... More

U.S. Arsenal, Reisterstown Road, Pikesville, Baltimore County, MD

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-23, FN-24 Survey number: HABS MD-14 Building/structure dates: 1816-1818

U.S. Arsenal, Reisterstown Road, Pikesville, Baltimore County, MD

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-23, FN-24 Survey number: HABS MD-14 Building/structure dates: 1816-1818

U.S. Arsenal, Reisterstown Road, Pikesville, Baltimore County, MD

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-23, FN-24 Survey number: HABS MD-14 Building/structure dates: 1816-1818

U.S. Arsenal, Reisterstown Road, Pikesville, Baltimore County, MD

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-23, FN-24 Survey number: HABS MD-14 Building/structure dates: 1816-1818

U.S. Arsenal, Reisterstown Road, Pikesville, Baltimore County, MD

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-23, FN-24 Survey number: HABS MD-14 Building/structure dates: 1816-1818

Eli Whitney Armory, West of Whitney Avenue, Armory Street Vicinity, Ha...

Significance: Location of the musket factory of Eli Whitney, an important contributor to the development of the American System of Manufacturing. It was here that Whitney attempted a system of production that ... More

Southern Market & Municipal Building, 107-115 South Royal Street, Mobi...

Significance: A rare and well documented 1858 building that served the City of Mobile concurrently both as a public market and city governmental building until well into the 20th century. Since the removal of ... More

Southern Market & Municipal Building, 107-115 South Royal Street, Mobi...

Significance: A rare and well documented 1858 building that served the City of Mobile concurrently both as a public market and city governmental building until well into the 20th century. Since the removal of ... More

Southern Market & Municipal Building, 107-115 South Royal Street, Mobi...

Significance: A rare and well documented 1858 building that served the City of Mobile concurrently both as a public market and city governmental building until well into the 20th century. Since the removal of ... More

Seventh Regiment Armory, 643 Park Avenue, New York, New York County, N...

Significance: The Seventh Regiment Armory is significant for being the first true armory built in Manhattan, for its distinctive high Victorian design and interiors to which many notable architects and designer... More

Seventh Regiment Armory, 643 Park Avenue, New York, New York County, N...

Significance: The Seventh Regiment Armory is significant for being the first true armory built in Manhattan, for its distinctive high Victorian design and interiors to which many notable architects and designer... More

Seventh Regiment Armory, 643 Park Avenue, New York, New York County, N...

Significance: The Seventh Regiment Armory is significant for being the first true armory built in Manhattan, for its distinctive high Victorian design and interiors to which many notable architects and designer... More

Seventh Regiment Armory, 643 Park Avenue, New York, New York County, N...

Significance: The Seventh Regiment Armory is significant for being the first true armory built in Manhattan, for its distinctive high Victorian design and interiors to which many notable architects and designer... More

Seventh Regiment Armory, 643 Park Avenue, New York, New York County, N...

Significance: The Seventh Regiment Armory is significant for being the first true armory built in Manhattan, for its distinctive high Victorian design and interiors to which many notable architects and designer... More

Seventh Regiment Armory, 643 Park Avenue, New York, New York County, N...

Significance: The Seventh Regiment Armory is significant for being the first true armory built in Manhattan, for its distinctive high Victorian design and interiors to which many notable architects and designer... More

Seventh Regiment Armory, 643 Park Avenue, New York, New York County, N...

Significance: The Seventh Regiment Armory is significant for being the first true armory built in Manhattan, for its distinctive high Victorian design and interiors to which many notable architects and designer... More

[The rigging shop at the Imperial Naval Arsenal] / Abdullah Frères, Co...

The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg whites and salt, which creates a glossy surface to h... More

[The Valide Shipyard at the Imperial Naval Arsenal] / Abdullah Frères,...

Dry dock. Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and English. No. 26. No. 18. In album: The Imperial Naval Academy, Imperial Naval Arsenal, Navy Department, and bridges, Istanbul, Ott... More

[Partial view of the Imperial Naval Arsenal from the Golden Horn] / Ab...

Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French. No. 10. No. 556. In album: The Imperial Naval Academy, Imperial Naval Arsenal, Navy Department, and bridges, Istanbul, Ottoman Empir... More

[The double stone dock] / Constantinople, Abdullah Frères.

Located at the Imperial Naval Arsenal. Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French. No. 36. No. 441. In album: The Imperial Naval Academy, Imperial Naval Arsenal, Navy Departmen... More

[The new fitting shop at the Imperial Naval Arsenal] / Abdullah Frères...

Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and English. No. 30. No. 36. In album: The Imperial Naval Academy, Imperial Naval Arsenal, Navy Department, and bridges, Istanbul, Ottoman Empir... More

[The Mahzenlerönü Quay at the Imperial Naval Arsenal] / Abdullah Frère...

Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French. No. 24. No. 38. In album: The Imperial Naval Academy, Imperial Naval Arsenal, Navy Department, and bridges, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire... More

[Exterior of the armory in the Sublime Porte] / Abdullah Frères.

Armory Museum of Ayairene (Church of St. Irene). Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French. No. 1. No. 88. In album: Armory museums, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire. Forms part of: A... More

Cleveland Gray's Armory, Cleveland, O[hio]

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

Central Church and Armory, Worcester, Massachusetts.

Public domain photograph of church building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

N.Y. state armory, Rochester, N.Y.

Public domain photograph of a city streets, cityscape, urban environment, buildings, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Eighteenth regiment, N.G.P. [National Guard of Pennsylvania] Armory, P...

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

Old Arsenal, The Green, New Castle, New Castle County, DE

Survey number: HABS DE-133 Building/structure dates: 1809 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1852 Subsequent Work

This husky member of a construction crew building a new 33,000-volt el...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a farmer, 1930s, 20th-century dust bowl era, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Charleston, S.C. Blakely guns and ammunition in the Arsenal yard

Photograph of the Federal Navy, and seaborne expeditions against the Atlantic Coast of the Confederacy, specifically of Charleston, S.C., 1863-1865. Civil War photographs, 1861-1865 / compiled by Hirst D. Milho... More

True Reformer Building, 1200 U Street Northwest, Washington, District ...

Significance: The True Reformer Building was probably the first building in the United States to have gone through all of the design, financing,and construction processes using only the talents and resources of... More

John Brown Fort, Shenandoah Street, Harpers Ferry, Jefferson County, W...

Significance: This structure was built in 1848 by the government to house the fire engines and watchman's house for the U.S. Armory. In 1859, Abolitionist John Brown and his followers, having sought refuge in t... More

Robbins & Lawrence Armory, 196 Main Street, Windsor, Windsor County, V...

Significance: The period of significance for the private Armory is 1846-1856. The factory was constructed in 1846 and was the site of innovation and invention in the manufacture of firearms and machine tools un... More

Robbins & Lawrence Armory, 196 Main Street, Windsor, Windsor County, V...

Significance: The period of significance for the private Armory is 1846-1856. The factory was constructed in 1846 and was the site of innovation and invention in the manufacture of firearms and machine tools un... More

Yakima National Guard Armory, 202 South Third Street, Yakima, Yakima C...

Significance: The Yakima National Guard Armory is historically significant as the first permanent home of the Washington National Guard in Yakima. The Yakima Armory was also a great bon to the cultural, social... More

Cranston Street Armory, Cranston Street, Providence, Providence County...

Significance: General William Walker garnered used his connections from high commission during the Civil War and active interest in military affairs to great effect in garnering four large armories for Rhode Is... More

Cranston Street Armory, Cranston Street, Providence, Providence County...

Significance: General William Walker garnered used his connections from high commission during the Civil War and active interest in military affairs to great effect in garnering four large armories for Rhode Is... More

Cranston Street Armory, Cranston Street, Providence, Providence County...

Significance: General William Walker garnered used his connections from high commission during the Civil War and active interest in military affairs to great effect in garnering four large armories for Rhode Is... More

Cranston Street Armory, Cranston Street, Providence, Providence County...

Significance: General William Walker garnered used his connections from high commission during the Civil War and active interest in military affairs to great effect in garnering four large armories for Rhode Is... More

Cranston Street Armory, Cranston Street, Providence, Providence County...

Significance: General William Walker garnered used his connections from high commission during the Civil War and active interest in military affairs to great effect in garnering four large armories for Rhode Is... More

Watertown Arsenal, Building No. 152, Watertown, Middlesex County, MA

Survey number: HAER MA-20-O Public domain photograph - historical image of Massachusetts, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Watertown Arsenal, Building No. 152, Watertown, Middlesex County, MA

Survey number: HAER MA-20-O Public domain photograph - historical image of Massachusetts, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

U.S. Allegheny Arsenal, Armory, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-10 Survey number: HABS PA-8-1-F

Cleveland Grays Armory, 1234 Bolivar Road, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County,...

2006 Charles E. Peterson Prize, First Place Significance: Established in 1837, the Cleveland Grays were a volunteer militia whose members were among the first to serve during the Civil War. The Armory, built in... More

[Washington, D.C. Adjusting the ropes for hanging the conspirators]

Photograph of Washington, 1862-1865, the assassination of President Lincoln, April-July 1865. Photograph includes woman.

First Regiment Infantry Armory, 1552 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, C...

Significance: Designed by the firm of Burnham and Root in 1890, the Armory is an impressive, though rather curious work from their oeuvre. According to contemporary accounts, the building was designed to serve ... More

[Harper's Ferry, West Virginia. Ruins of arsenal]

Photograph from the main eastern theater of the war, Battle of Antietam, September-October 1862.

[Charleston, S.C. Blakely guns and ammunition in the Arsenal yard]

Photograph of the Federal Navy, and seaborne expeditions against the Atlantic Coast of the Confederacy, specifically of Charleston, S.C., 1863-1865.

Arsenal & 2. Regt. Regulars - A black and white photo of a group of pe...

Photograph showing Civil War troops, some on horseback, and cannons on wheels, arsenal building in background. In album: Benjamin Brown French "Photographs," p. 104. Reference copy in LOT 12251, v. 2. Original... More

U.S. Arsenal, Reisterstown Road, Pikesville, Baltimore County, MD

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-23, FN-24 Survey number: HABS MD-14 Building/structure dates: 1816-1818

U.S. Arsenal, Reisterstown Road, Pikesville, Baltimore County, MD

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-23, FN-24 Survey number: HABS MD-14 Building/structure dates: 1816-1818

U.S. Arsenal, Reisterstown Road, Pikesville, Baltimore County, MD

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-23, FN-24 Survey number: HABS MD-14 Building/structure dates: 1816-1818

Eli Whitney Armory, West of Whitney Avenue, Armory Street Vicinity, Ha...

Significance: Location of the musket factory of Eli Whitney, an important contributor to the development of the American System of Manufacturing. It was here that Whitney attempted a system of production that ... More

Eli Whitney Armory, West of Whitney Avenue, Armory Street Vicinity, Ha...

Significance: Location of the musket factory of Eli Whitney, an important contributor to the development of the American System of Manufacturing. It was here that Whitney attempted a system of production that ... More

Southern Market & Municipal Building, 107-115 South Royal Street, Mobi...

Significance: A rare and well documented 1858 building that served the City of Mobile concurrently both as a public market and city governmental building until well into the 20th century. Since the removal of ... More

[Washington, D.C. Park of Wiard guns at the Arsenal; H.L. Stuart, Nath...

Photograph of Washington, 1862-1865, the capital at war. Public domain photograph of a military, American Civil War, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Washington, D.C. Park of Wiard guns at the Arsenal; another view. H....

Photograph of Washington, 1862-1865, the capital at war. Public domain photograph of military forces, army, artillery, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Seventh Regiment Armory, 643 Park Avenue, New York, New York County, N...

Significance: The Seventh Regiment Armory is significant for being the first true armory built in Manhattan, for its distinctive high Victorian design and interiors to which many notable architects and designer... More

Seventh Regiment Armory, 643 Park Avenue, New York, New York County, N...

Significance: The Seventh Regiment Armory is significant for being the first true armory built in Manhattan, for its distinctive high Victorian design and interiors to which many notable architects and designer... More

Seventh Regiment Armory, 643 Park Avenue, New York, New York County, N...

Significance: The Seventh Regiment Armory is significant for being the first true armory built in Manhattan, for its distinctive high Victorian design and interiors to which many notable architects and designer... More

Seventh Regiment Armory, 643 Park Avenue, New York, New York County, N...

Significance: The Seventh Regiment Armory is significant for being the first true armory built in Manhattan, for its distinctive high Victorian design and interiors to which many notable architects and designer... More

Seventh Regiment Armory, 643 Park Avenue, New York, New York County, N...

Significance: The Seventh Regiment Armory is significant for being the first true armory built in Manhattan, for its distinctive high Victorian design and interiors to which many notable architects and designer... More

Seventh Regiment Armory, 643 Park Avenue, New York, New York County, N...

Significance: The Seventh Regiment Armory is significant for being the first true armory built in Manhattan, for its distinctive high Victorian design and interiors to which many notable architects and designer... More

Seventh Regiment Armory, 643 Park Avenue, New York, New York County, N...

Significance: The Seventh Regiment Armory is significant for being the first true armory built in Manhattan, for its distinctive high Victorian design and interiors to which many notable architects and designer... More

Seventh Regiment Armory, 643 Park Avenue, New York, New York County, N...

Significance: The Seventh Regiment Armory is significant for being the first true armory built in Manhattan, for its distinctive high Victorian design and interiors to which many notable architects and designer... More

Armory of First City Troop - escorted Washington and every president s...

Drawing shows the armory building on the corner of 21st and Barker Streets, Philadelphia, headquarters of the First City Troop of Philadelphia Cavalry, with soldiers on horseback in the streets and pedestrians ... More

[Interior of the Weapons Museum] / Abdullah Frères.

Armory Museum of Ayairene (Church of St. Irene). Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French. No. 7. No. 928. In album: Armory museums, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire. Forms part of: ... More

[The gun and engine stores at the Imperial Naval Arsenal] / Abdullah F...

Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French. No. 23. No. 24. In album: The Imperial Naval Academy, Imperial Naval Arsenal, Navy Department, and bridges, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire... More