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U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Barracks & Mess Hall, Hornet Avenue between Liscome Bay & Enterprise Streets, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Barracks & Mess Hall, Hornet Avenue bet...

Significance: Facility No. 55 was an integral part of the build up of the air base on Ford Island in the 1930s. This new quarters building for 1000 enlisted bachelors was one of the largest of such facilities f... More

Holly Store, Chillicothe & Fourth Streets, Portsmouth, Scioto County, OH

Holly Store, Chillicothe & Fourth Streets, Portsmouth, Scioto County, ...

Significance: The Holly Store is a typical expression of vernacular Art Deco/Moderne commercial design. Survey number: HABS OH-2319 Building/structure dates: 1939 Initial Construction

Holly Store, Chillicothe & Fourth Streets, Portsmouth, Scioto County, OH

Holly Store, Chillicothe & Fourth Streets, Portsmouth, Scioto County, ...

Significance: The Holly Store is a typical expression of vernacular Art Deco/Moderne commercial design. Survey number: HABS OH-2319 Building/structure dates: 1939 Initial Construction

Wakefield Shopping Center, 1309-21 Court House Road, Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia

Wakefield Shopping Center, 1309-21 Court House Road, Arlington, Arling...

Significance: Built to serve the Mihran Mesrobian designed Wakefield Manor apartments (1943), the Wakefield Shopping Center fell under the planning aegis that paired apartment complexes with low-scale commercia... More

Wakefield Shopping Center, 1309-21 Court House Road, Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia

Wakefield Shopping Center, 1309-21 Court House Road, Arlington, Arling...

Significance: Built to serve the Mihran Mesrobian designed Wakefield Manor apartments (1943), the Wakefield Shopping Center fell under the planning aegis that paired apartment complexes with low-scale commercia... More

Curtis Bok House, 120 Upper Gulth Road, intersection of Routes 320 & 76, Radnor, Delaware County, PA

Curtis Bok House, 120 Upper Gulth Road, intersection of Routes 320 & 7...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N479 Survey number: HABS PA-5501 Building/structure dates: ca. 1935- ca. 1938 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: 1989 Demolished Building/st... More

Curtis Bok House, 120 Upper Gulth Road, intersection of Routes 320 & 76, Radnor, Delaware County, PA

Curtis Bok House, 120 Upper Gulth Road, intersection of Routes 320 & 7...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N479 Survey number: HABS PA-5501 Building/structure dates: ca. 1935- ca. 1938 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: 1989 Demolished Building/st... More

Curtis Bok House, 120 Upper Gulth Road, intersection of Routes 320 & 76, Radnor, Delaware County, PA

Curtis Bok House, 120 Upper Gulth Road, intersection of Routes 320 & 7...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N479 Survey number: HABS PA-5501 Building/structure dates: ca. 1935- ca. 1938 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: 1989 Demolished Building/st... More

Merritt Parkway, Bridge No. 744, Spanning Merritt Parkway at Route 59, Fairfield, Fairfield County, CT

Merritt Parkway, Bridge No. 744, Spanning Merritt Parkway at Route 59,...

Significance: This bridge is part of the Merritt Parkway, a landscaped limited-access highway designed and built in the 1930s. The parkway was regarded as a model in its day, largely because of the architectur... More

Merritt Parkway, Bridge No. 744, Spanning Merritt Parkway at Route 59, Fairfield, Fairfield County, CT

Merritt Parkway, Bridge No. 744, Spanning Merritt Parkway at Route 59,...

Significance: This bridge is part of the Merritt Parkway, a landscaped limited-access highway designed and built in the 1930s. The parkway was regarded as a model in its day, largely because of the architectur... More

U.S. Post Office, 1201 Eleventh Avenue, Altoona, Blair County, PA

U.S. Post Office, 1201 Eleventh Avenue, Altoona, Blair County, PA

Significance: The U.S. Post Office, designed by the local architectural firm of Royer and Anglemeyer in 1931, is the city's outstanding example of Art Deco style. The monumental Neoclassical building, of Indian... More

Church Hill Theater, 103 Walnut Street, Church Hill, Queen Anne's County, MD

Church Hill Theater, 103 Walnut Street, Church Hill, Queen Anne's Coun...

Survey number: HABS MD-1388 Public domain photograph of theater building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Fore River Bridge, Route 3A, spanning Fore River, Weymouth, Norfolk County, MA

Fore River Bridge, Route 3A, spanning Fore River, Weymouth, Norfolk Co...

Significance: Route 3A has been the main route to the South Shore, ever since the Hingham and Quincy Bridge and Turnpike Corporation was formed in 1808. A swing bridge was built here in 1901-1902, but proved a... More

Merritt Parkway, Lapham Avenue Bridge, Spanning Merritt Parkway at State Route 165, New Canaan, Fairfield County, CT

Merritt Parkway, Lapham Avenue Bridge, Spanning Merritt Parkway at Sta...

Significance: This bridge is one of 25 different style bridges located along a 38-mile stretch of the Merritt Parkway that includes bridges of French, Italian, English, or Classic Art Deco styles. These bridge... More

Merritt Parkway, West Rocks Road Bridge, Spanning Merritt Parkway, Norwalk, Fairfield County, CT

Merritt Parkway, West Rocks Road Bridge, Spanning Merritt Parkway, Nor...

Significance: The bridges of the Merritt Parkway were predominately inspired by the Art Deco and Art Moderne architectural styles of the 1930s. Experimental forming techniques were employed to create the ornam... More

Merritt Parkway, Rocky Hill Road Bridge, Spanning Merritt Parkway at 32.54 mile mark, Trumbull, Fairfield County, CT

Merritt Parkway, Rocky Hill Road Bridge, Spanning Merritt Parkway at 3...

Significance: The bridges of the Merritt Parkway were predominately inspired by the Art Deco and Art Moderne architectural styles of the 1930s. Experimental forming techniques were employed to create the ornam... More

Poletown Historic District, Chene Street Commercial District, Chene Street between Interstate 94 & Grand Boulevard, Detroit, Wayne County, MI

Poletown Historic District, Chene Street Commercial District, Chene St...

Significance: The Chene Street Commercial District achieves its significance from its role as an early Polish immigrant community in Detroit. Polish settlement along the street began in the 1860's and was grea... More

Poletown Historic District, Chene Street Commercial District, Chene Street between Interstate 94 & Grand Boulevard, Detroit, Wayne County, MI

Poletown Historic District, Chene Street Commercial District, Chene St...

Significance: The Chene Street Commercial District achieves its significance from its role as an early Polish immigrant community in Detroit. Polish settlement along the street began in the 1860's and was grea... More

Merritt Parkway, Wilton Road Bridge, Spanning Wilton Road/Route 33 at I-41, Westport, Fairfield County, CT

Merritt Parkway, Wilton Road Bridge, Spanning Wilton Road/Route 33 at ...

Significance: This bridge is one of 25 different style bridges located along a 38-mile stretch of the Merritt Parkway that includes bridges of French, Italian, English or Classic Art Deco styles. These bridges... More

U.S. Coast Guard Support Center Alameda, Warehouse, Spencer Road & Icarrus Drive, Coast Guard Island, Alameda, Alameda County, CA

U.S. Coast Guard Support Center Alameda, Warehouse, Spencer Road & Ica...

Significance: According to a HABS survey prepared by Ana Beth Koval in 1992: "This building is one of the fourteen 1930s buildings on Coast Guard Island which appear to be eligible to the National Register as ... More

Huntington Beach Municipal Pier, Pacific Coast Highway at Main Street, Huntington Beach, Orange County, CA

Huntington Beach Municipal Pier, Pacific Coast Highway at Main Street,...

Significance: The Huntington Beach Municipal Pier is locally important because it was constructed for the express purpose of establishing the city of Huntington Beach as a West Coast resort community. As such,... More

Huntington Beach Municipal Pier, Pacific Coast Highway at Main Street, Huntington Beach, Orange County, CA

Huntington Beach Municipal Pier, Pacific Coast Highway at Main Street,...

Significance: The Huntington Beach Municipal Pier is locally important because it was constructed for the express purpose of establishing the city of Huntington Beach as a West Coast resort community. As such,... More

Huntington Beach Municipal Pier, Pacific Coast Highway at Main Street, Huntington Beach, Orange County, CA

Huntington Beach Municipal Pier, Pacific Coast Highway at Main Street,...

Significance: The Huntington Beach Municipal Pier is locally important because it was constructed for the express purpose of establishing the city of Huntington Beach as a West Coast resort community. As such,... More

Huntington Beach Municipal Pier, Pacific Coast Highway at Main Street, Huntington Beach, Orange County, CA

Huntington Beach Municipal Pier, Pacific Coast Highway at Main Street,...

Significance: The Huntington Beach Municipal Pier is locally important because it was constructed for the express purpose of establishing the city of Huntington Beach as a West Coast resort community. As such,... More

Huntington Beach Municipal Pier, Pacific Coast Highway at Main Street, Huntington Beach, Orange County, CA

Huntington Beach Municipal Pier, Pacific Coast Highway at Main Street,...

Significance: The Huntington Beach Municipal Pier is locally important because it was constructed for the express purpose of establishing the city of Huntington Beach as a West Coast resort community. As such,... More

Huntington Beach Municipal Pier, Pacific Coast Highway at Main Street, Huntington Beach, Orange County, CA

Huntington Beach Municipal Pier, Pacific Coast Highway at Main Street,...

Significance: The Huntington Beach Municipal Pier is locally important because it was constructed for the express purpose of establishing the city of Huntington Beach as a West Coast resort community. As such,... More

Huntington Beach Municipal Pier, Pacific Coast Highway at Main Street, Huntington Beach, Orange County, CA

Huntington Beach Municipal Pier, Pacific Coast Highway at Main Street,...

Significance: The Huntington Beach Municipal Pier is locally important because it was constructed for the express purpose of establishing the city of Huntington Beach as a West Coast resort community. As such,... More

Huntington Beach Municipal Pier, Pacific Coast Highway at Main Street, Huntington Beach, Orange County, CA

Huntington Beach Municipal Pier, Pacific Coast Highway at Main Street,...

Significance: The Huntington Beach Municipal Pier is locally important because it was constructed for the express purpose of establishing the city of Huntington Beach as a West Coast resort community. As such,... More

Huntington Beach Municipal Pier, Pacific Coast Highway at Main Street, Huntington Beach, Orange County, CA

Huntington Beach Municipal Pier, Pacific Coast Highway at Main Street,...

Significance: The Huntington Beach Municipal Pier is locally important because it was constructed for the express purpose of establishing the city of Huntington Beach as a West Coast resort community. As such,... More

Huntington Beach Municipal Pier, Pacific Coast Highway at Main Street, Huntington Beach, Orange County, CA

Huntington Beach Municipal Pier, Pacific Coast Highway at Main Street,...

Significance: The Huntington Beach Municipal Pier is locally important because it was constructed for the express purpose of establishing the city of Huntington Beach as a West Coast resort community. As such,... More

Huntington Beach Municipal Pier, Pacific Coast Highway at Main Street, Huntington Beach, Orange County, CA

Huntington Beach Municipal Pier, Pacific Coast Highway at Main Street,...

Significance: The Huntington Beach Municipal Pier is locally important because it was constructed for the express purpose of establishing the city of Huntington Beach as a West Coast resort community. As such,... More

Paramount Theatre, 2025 Broadway, Oakland, Alameda County, CA

Paramount Theatre, 2025 Broadway, Oakland, Alameda County, CA

Significance: The Paramount Theatre is one of the finest remaining examples of Art Deco design in the United States. It was one of the first Depression-era buildings to incorporate and integrate the work of nu... More

Paramount Theatre, 2025 Broadway, Oakland, Alameda County, CA

Paramount Theatre, 2025 Broadway, Oakland, Alameda County, CA

Significance: The Paramount Theatre is one of the finest remaining examples of Art Deco design in the United States. It was one of the first Depression-era buildings to incorporate and integrate the work of nu... More

NASA Langley Research Center, 8-Foot High Speed Wind Tunnel, 641 Thornell Avenue, Hampton, Hampton, Virginia

NASA Langley Research Center, 8-Foot High Speed Wind Tunnel, 641 Thorn...

Significance: The facility was authorized in July 1933 and built by the Public Works Administration for $26,000. It tested complete models of aircraft and aircraft components in a high-speed airstream approach... More

NASA Langley Research Center, 8-Foot High Speed Wind Tunnel, 641 Thornell Avenue, Hampton, Hampton, Virginia

NASA Langley Research Center, 8-Foot High Speed Wind Tunnel, 641 Thorn...

Significance: The facility was authorized in July 1933 and built by the Public Works Administration for $26,000. It tested complete models of aircraft and aircraft components in a high-speed airstream approach... More

NASA Langley Research Center, 8-Foot High Speed Wind Tunnel, 641 Thornell Avenue, Hampton, Hampton, Virginia

NASA Langley Research Center, 8-Foot High Speed Wind Tunnel, 641 Thorn...

Significance: The facility was authorized in July 1933 and built by the Public Works Administration for $26,000. It tested complete models of aircraft and aircraft components in a high-speed airstream approach... More

NASA Langley Research Center, 8-Foot High Speed Wind Tunnel, 641 Thornell Avenue, Hampton, Hampton, Virginia

NASA Langley Research Center, 8-Foot High Speed Wind Tunnel, 641 Thorn...

Significance: The facility was authorized in July 1933 and built by the Public Works Administration for $26,000. It tested complete models of aircraft and aircraft components in a high-speed airstream approach... More

Merritt Parkway, White Plains Road/Route 127 Bridge, Spanning White Plains Road/Route 127, Trumbull, Fairfield County, CT

Merritt Parkway, White Plains Road/Route 127 Bridge, Spanning White Pl...

Significance: The bridges of the Merritt Parkway were predominately inspired by the Art Deco and Art Moderne architectural styles of the 1930s. Experimental forming techniques were employed to create the ornam... More

Racine Street Bridge, Spanning Rock River, Jefferson, Jefferson County, WI

Racine Street Bridge, Spanning Rock River, Jefferson, Jefferson County...

Significance: The Racine Street Bridge is an 11-span deck truss bridge built by the Milwaukee Bridge Company from Wisconsin State Highway Commission plans. With three Warren deck truss spans that equal more tha... More

Union Pacific Passenger Station, 121 West Fifteenth Street, Cheyenne, Laramie County, WY

Union Pacific Passenger Station, 121 West Fifteenth Street, Cheyenne, ...

Survey number: HABS WY-80 Building/structure dates: 1887 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: ca. 1929 Subsequent Work National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 73001934

Union Pacific Passenger Station, 121 West Fifteenth Street, Cheyenne, Laramie County, WY

Union Pacific Passenger Station, 121 West Fifteenth Street, Cheyenne, ...

Survey number: HABS WY-80 Building/structure dates: 1887 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: ca. 1929 Subsequent Work National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 73001934

Union Pacific Passenger Station, 121 West Fifteenth Street, Cheyenne, Laramie County, WY

Union Pacific Passenger Station, 121 West Fifteenth Street, Cheyenne, ...

Survey number: HABS WY-80 Building/structure dates: 1887 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: ca. 1929 Subsequent Work National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 73001934

Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Company Warehouse, 1111 North Capitol Street, NE, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Company Warehouse, 1111 North Capitol S...

Significance: The Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Company Warehouse is significant for its role in the development and maintenance of Washington, DC's telephone network by the Chesapeake & Potomac (C&P) Telephon... More

Municipal Memorial Auditorium, 705 Elvis Presley Avenue, Shreveport, Caddo Parish, LA

Municipal Memorial Auditorium, 705 Elvis Presley Avenue, Shreveport, C...

2012 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: Designed in 1928 and built in 1929, the Municipal Memorial Auditorium in Shreveport is considered to be the finest example of Art Deco architecture in the sta... More

Johnson & McCallum Houses, William Johnson House, 210 State Street, Natchez, Adams County, MS

Johnson & McCallum Houses, William Johnson House, 210 State Street, Na...

Survey number: HABS MS-270-A Building/structure dates: 1840-1841 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1977-1986 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: ca. 1925 Subsequent Work

Johnson & McCallum Houses, William Johnson House, 210 State Street, Natchez, Adams County, MS

Johnson & McCallum Houses, William Johnson House, 210 State Street, Na...

Survey number: HABS MS-270-A Building/structure dates: 1840-1841 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1977-1986 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: ca. 1925 Subsequent Work

Merritt Parkway, Merwins Lane Bridge, Fairfield, Fairfield County, CT

Merritt Parkway, Merwins Lane Bridge, Fairfield, Fairfield County, CT

Significance: The bridges of the Merritt Parkway were predominately inspired by the Art Deco and Art Moderne architectural styles of the 1930s. Experimental forming techniques were employed to create the orname... More

Holly Store, Chillicothe & Fourth Streets, Portsmouth, Scioto County, OH

Holly Store, Chillicothe & Fourth Streets, Portsmouth, Scioto County, ...

Significance: The Holly Store is a typical expression of vernacular Art Deco/Moderne commercial design. Survey number: HABS OH-2319 Building/structure dates: 1939 Initial Construction

Poletown Historic District, St. Michael's Greek Catholic Church, 2390 East Grand Boulevard, Detroit, Wayne County, MI

Poletown Historic District, St. Michael's Greek Catholic Church, 2390 ...

Significance: Built for a predominantly Polish and Slavic congregation worshipping under Byzantine-Slavonic Rite. Became Saint Nicholas Greek Catholic Church in 1932 until ca. 1963. Architecturally represents... More

Trans-Lux Theatre, Fourteenth Street between H Street & New York Avenue, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Trans-Lux Theatre, Fourteenth Street between H Street & New York Avenu...

Significance: Prior to demolition, was one of Washington's most impressive Art Deco buildings. Originally designed to show shorts and newsreels. Also, one of Washington's first air conditioned public buildings... More

Sixth Street Bridge, Spanning 101 Freeway at Sixth Street, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA

Sixth Street Bridge, Spanning 101 Freeway at Sixth Street, Los Angeles...

Significance: Sixth Street Viaduct is an example of Moderne design, with the detailing referred to as "starved Classicism." Sixth Street Viaduct was the last and the most monumental of the twelve City of Los A... More

Sixth Street Bridge, Spanning 101 Freeway at Sixth Street, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA

Sixth Street Bridge, Spanning 101 Freeway at Sixth Street, Los Angeles...

Significance: Sixth Street Viaduct is an example of Moderne design, with the detailing referred to as "starved Classicism." Sixth Street Viaduct was the last and the most monumental of the twelve City of Los A... More

Sixth Street Bridge, Spanning 101 Freeway at Sixth Street, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA

Sixth Street Bridge, Spanning 101 Freeway at Sixth Street, Los Angeles...

Significance: Sixth Street Viaduct is an example of Moderne design, with the detailing referred to as "starved Classicism." Sixth Street Viaduct was the last and the most monumental of the twelve City of Los A... More

Sixth Street Bridge, Spanning 101 Freeway at Sixth Street, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA

Sixth Street Bridge, Spanning 101 Freeway at Sixth Street, Los Angeles...

Significance: Sixth Street Viaduct is an example of Moderne design, with the detailing referred to as "starved Classicism." Sixth Street Viaduct was the last and the most monumental of the twelve City of Los A... More

Curtis Bok House, 120 Upper Gulth Road, intersection of Routes 320 & 76, Radnor, Delaware County, PA

Curtis Bok House, 120 Upper Gulth Road, intersection of Routes 320 & 7...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N479 Survey number: HABS PA-5501 Building/structure dates: ca. 1935- ca. 1938 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: 1989 Demolished Building/st... More

Grand Avenue Viaduct, West Wisconsin Avenue, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, WI

Grand Avenue Viaduct, West Wisconsin Avenue, Milwaukee, Milwaukee Coun...

Significance: The Grand Avenue Viaduct, Milwaukee's earliest example of a large scale concrete bridge, was the result of a national design competition which included entries from some of the most prominent arch... More

Merritt Parkway, Bridge No. 744, Spanning Merritt Parkway at Route 59, Fairfield, Fairfield County, CT

Merritt Parkway, Bridge No. 744, Spanning Merritt Parkway at Route 59,...

Significance: This bridge is part of the Merritt Parkway, a landscaped limited-access highway designed and built in the 1930s. The parkway was regarded as a model in its day, largely because of the architectur... More

Merritt Parkway, Bridge No. 744, Spanning Merritt Parkway at Route 59, Fairfield, Fairfield County, CT

Merritt Parkway, Bridge No. 744, Spanning Merritt Parkway at Route 59,...

Significance: This bridge is part of the Merritt Parkway, a landscaped limited-access highway designed and built in the 1930s. The parkway was regarded as a model in its day, largely because of the architectur... More

Morony Hydroelectric Facility, Dam and Powerhouse, Morony Dam Road, Great Falls, Cascade County, MT

Morony Hydroelectric Facility, Dam and Powerhouse, Morony Dam Road, Gr...

Significance: It is significant as a very-well preserved example of design concepts common to the era standardization in US history of hydroelectric development (ca. 1929-1930). Design concepts reflected by the... More

Morony Hydroelectric Facility, Dam and Powerhouse, Morony Dam Road, Great Falls, Cascade County, MT

Morony Hydroelectric Facility, Dam and Powerhouse, Morony Dam Road, Gr...

Significance: It is significant as a very-well preserved example of design concepts common to the era standardization in US history of hydroelectric development (ca. 1929-1930). Design concepts reflected by the... More

Morony Hydroelectric Facility, Dam and Powerhouse, Morony Dam Road, Great Falls, Cascade County, MT

Morony Hydroelectric Facility, Dam and Powerhouse, Morony Dam Road, Gr...

Significance: It is significant as a very-well preserved example of design concepts common to the era standardization in US history of hydroelectric development (ca. 1929-1930). Design concepts reflected by the... More

Morony Hydroelectric Facility, Dam and Powerhouse, Morony Dam Road, Great Falls, Cascade County, MT

Morony Hydroelectric Facility, Dam and Powerhouse, Morony Dam Road, Gr...

Significance: It is significant as a very-well preserved example of design concepts common to the era standardization in US history of hydroelectric development (ca. 1929-1930). Design concepts reflected by the... More

Fore River Bridge, Route 3A, spanning Fore River, Weymouth, Norfolk County, MA

Fore River Bridge, Route 3A, spanning Fore River, Weymouth, Norfolk Co...

Significance: Route 3A has been the main route to the South Shore, ever since the Hingham and Quincy Bridge and Turnpike Corporation was formed in 1808. A swing bridge was built here in 1901-1902, but proved a... More

Merritt Parkway, Lapham Avenue Bridge, Spanning Merritt Parkway at State Route 165, New Canaan, Fairfield County, CT

Merritt Parkway, Lapham Avenue Bridge, Spanning Merritt Parkway at Sta...

Significance: This bridge is one of 25 different style bridges located along a 38-mile stretch of the Merritt Parkway that includes bridges of French, Italian, English, or Classic Art Deco styles. These bridge... More

Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Defense Electronics Equipment Operating Center, I Street, terminus west of Cedar Avenue, Vallejo, Solano County, CA

Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Defense Electronics Equipment Operating Ce...

Significance: Building 505 is a contributing element of the Mare Island Historic District. Building 505 is significant for its association with the communications facility at Mare Island, one of many non-shipy... More

Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Defense Electronics Equipment Operating Center, I Street, terminus west of Cedar Avenue, Vallejo, Solano County, CA

Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Defense Electronics Equipment Operating Ce...

Significance: Building 505 is a contributing element of the Mare Island Historic District. Building 505 is significant for its association with the communications facility at Mare Island, one of many non-shipy... More

Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Defense Electronics Equipment Operating Center, I Street, terminus west of Cedar Avenue, Vallejo, Solano County, CA

Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Defense Electronics Equipment Operating Ce...

Significance: Building 505 is a contributing element of the Mare Island Historic District. Building 505 is significant for its association with the communications facility at Mare Island, one of many non-shipy... More

Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Defense Electronics Equipment Operating Center, I Street, terminus west of Cedar Avenue, Vallejo, Solano County, CA

Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Defense Electronics Equipment Operating Ce...

Significance: Building 505 is a contributing element of the Mare Island Historic District. Building 505 is significant for its association with the communications facility at Mare Island, one of many non-shipy... More

Merritt Parkway, Wilton Road Bridge, Spanning Wilton Road/Route 33 at I-41, Westport, Fairfield County, CT

Merritt Parkway, Wilton Road Bridge, Spanning Wilton Road/Route 33 at ...

Significance: This bridge is one of 25 different style bridges located along a 38-mile stretch of the Merritt Parkway that includes bridges of French, Italian, English or Classic Art Deco styles. These bridges... More

Huntington Beach Municipal Pier, Pacific Coast Highway at Main Street, Huntington Beach, Orange County, CA

Huntington Beach Municipal Pier, Pacific Coast Highway at Main Street,...

Significance: The Huntington Beach Municipal Pier is locally important because it was constructed for the express purpose of establishing the city of Huntington Beach as a West Coast resort community. As such,... More

Huntington Beach Municipal Pier, Pacific Coast Highway at Main Street, Huntington Beach, Orange County, CA

Huntington Beach Municipal Pier, Pacific Coast Highway at Main Street,...

Significance: The Huntington Beach Municipal Pier is locally important because it was constructed for the express purpose of establishing the city of Huntington Beach as a West Coast resort community. As such,... More

Huntington Beach Municipal Pier, Pacific Coast Highway at Main Street, Huntington Beach, Orange County, CA

Huntington Beach Municipal Pier, Pacific Coast Highway at Main Street,...

Significance: The Huntington Beach Municipal Pier is locally important because it was constructed for the express purpose of establishing the city of Huntington Beach as a West Coast resort community. As such,... More

Huntington Beach Municipal Pier, Pacific Coast Highway at Main Street, Huntington Beach, Orange County, CA

Huntington Beach Municipal Pier, Pacific Coast Highway at Main Street,...

Significance: The Huntington Beach Municipal Pier is locally important because it was constructed for the express purpose of establishing the city of Huntington Beach as a West Coast resort community. As such,... More

Huntington Beach Municipal Pier, Pacific Coast Highway at Main Street, Huntington Beach, Orange County, CA

Huntington Beach Municipal Pier, Pacific Coast Highway at Main Street,...

Significance: The Huntington Beach Municipal Pier is locally important because it was constructed for the express purpose of establishing the city of Huntington Beach as a West Coast resort community. As such,... More

Huntington Beach Municipal Pier, Pacific Coast Highway at Main Street, Huntington Beach, Orange County, CA

Huntington Beach Municipal Pier, Pacific Coast Highway at Main Street,...

Significance: The Huntington Beach Municipal Pier is locally important because it was constructed for the express purpose of establishing the city of Huntington Beach as a West Coast resort community. As such,... More

Huntington Beach Municipal Pier, Pacific Coast Highway at Main Street, Huntington Beach, Orange County, CA

Huntington Beach Municipal Pier, Pacific Coast Highway at Main Street,...

Significance: The Huntington Beach Municipal Pier is locally important because it was constructed for the express purpose of establishing the city of Huntington Beach as a West Coast resort community. As such,... More

Huntington Beach Municipal Pier, Pacific Coast Highway at Main Street, Huntington Beach, Orange County, CA

Huntington Beach Municipal Pier, Pacific Coast Highway at Main Street,...

Significance: The Huntington Beach Municipal Pier is locally important because it was constructed for the express purpose of establishing the city of Huntington Beach as a West Coast resort community. As such,... More

Huntington Beach Municipal Pier, Pacific Coast Highway at Main Street, Huntington Beach, Orange County, CA

Huntington Beach Municipal Pier, Pacific Coast Highway at Main Street,...

Significance: The Huntington Beach Municipal Pier is locally important because it was constructed for the express purpose of establishing the city of Huntington Beach as a West Coast resort community. As such,... More

Huntington Beach Municipal Pier, Pacific Coast Highway at Main Street, Huntington Beach, Orange County, CA

Huntington Beach Municipal Pier, Pacific Coast Highway at Main Street,...

Significance: The Huntington Beach Municipal Pier is locally important because it was constructed for the express purpose of establishing the city of Huntington Beach as a West Coast resort community. As such,... More

Paramount Theatre, 2025 Broadway, Oakland, Alameda County, CA

Paramount Theatre, 2025 Broadway, Oakland, Alameda County, CA

Significance: The Paramount Theatre is one of the finest remaining examples of Art Deco design in the United States. It was one of the first Depression-era buildings to incorporate and integrate the work of nu... More

Paramount Theatre, 2025 Broadway, Oakland, Alameda County, CA

Paramount Theatre, 2025 Broadway, Oakland, Alameda County, CA

Significance: The Paramount Theatre is one of the finest remaining examples of Art Deco design in the United States. It was one of the first Depression-era buildings to incorporate and integrate the work of nu... More

Paramount Theatre, 2025 Broadway, Oakland, Alameda County, CA

Paramount Theatre, 2025 Broadway, Oakland, Alameda County, CA

Significance: The Paramount Theatre is one of the finest remaining examples of Art Deco design in the United States. It was one of the first Depression-era buildings to incorporate and integrate the work of nu... More

Paramount Theatre, 2025 Broadway, Oakland, Alameda County, CA

Paramount Theatre, 2025 Broadway, Oakland, Alameda County, CA

Significance: The Paramount Theatre is one of the finest remaining examples of Art Deco design in the United States. It was one of the first Depression-era buildings to incorporate and integrate the work of nu... More

NASA Langley Research Center, 8-Foot High Speed Wind Tunnel, 641 Thornell Avenue, Hampton, Hampton, Virginia

NASA Langley Research Center, 8-Foot High Speed Wind Tunnel, 641 Thorn...

Significance: The facility was authorized in July 1933 and built by the Public Works Administration for $26,000. It tested complete models of aircraft and aircraft components in a high-speed airstream approach... More

Racine Street Bridge, Spanning Rock River, Jefferson, Jefferson County, WI

Racine Street Bridge, Spanning Rock River, Jefferson, Jefferson County...

Significance: The Racine Street Bridge is an 11-span deck truss bridge built by the Milwaukee Bridge Company from Wisconsin State Highway Commission plans. With three Warren deck truss spans that equal more tha... More

Union Pacific Passenger Station, 121 West Fifteenth Street, Cheyenne, Laramie County, WY

Union Pacific Passenger Station, 121 West Fifteenth Street, Cheyenne, ...

Survey number: HABS WY-80 Building/structure dates: 1887 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: ca. 1929 Subsequent Work National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 73001934

Union Pacific Passenger Station, 121 West Fifteenth Street, Cheyenne, Laramie County, WY

Union Pacific Passenger Station, 121 West Fifteenth Street, Cheyenne, ...

Survey number: HABS WY-80 Building/structure dates: 1887 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: ca. 1929 Subsequent Work National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 73001934

Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Company Warehouse, 1111 North Capitol Street, NE, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Company Warehouse, 1111 North Capitol S...

Significance: The Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Company Warehouse is significant for its role in the development and maintenance of Washington, DC's telephone network by the Chesapeake & Potomac (C&P) Telephon... More

Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Company Warehouse, 1111 North Capitol Street, NE, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Company Warehouse, 1111 North Capitol S...

Significance: The Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Company Warehouse is significant for its role in the development and maintenance of Washington, DC's telephone network by the Chesapeake & Potomac (C&P) Telephon... More

Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Company Warehouse, 1111 North Capitol Street, NE, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Company Warehouse, 1111 North Capitol S...

Significance: The Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Company Warehouse is significant for its role in the development and maintenance of Washington, DC's telephone network by the Chesapeake & Potomac (C&P) Telephon... More

Municipal Memorial Auditorium, 705 Elvis Presley Avenue, Shreveport, Caddo Parish, LA

Municipal Memorial Auditorium, 705 Elvis Presley Avenue, Shreveport, C...

2012 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: Designed in 1928 and built in 1929, the Municipal Memorial Auditorium in Shreveport is considered to be the finest example of Art Deco architecture in the sta... More

Johnson & McCallum Houses, William Johnson House, 210 State Street, Natchez, Adams County, MS

Johnson & McCallum Houses, William Johnson House, 210 State Street, Na...

Survey number: HABS MS-270-A Building/structure dates: 1840-1841 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1977-1986 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: ca. 1925 Subsequent Work

Merritt Parkway, Merwins Lane Bridge, Fairfield, Fairfield County, CT

Merritt Parkway, Merwins Lane Bridge, Fairfield, Fairfield County, CT

Significance: The bridges of the Merritt Parkway were predominately inspired by the Art Deco and Art Moderne architectural styles of the 1930s. Experimental forming techniques were employed to create the orname... More

Merritt Parkway, Merwins Lane Bridge, Fairfield, Fairfield County, CT

Merritt Parkway, Merwins Lane Bridge, Fairfield, Fairfield County, CT

Significance: The bridges of the Merritt Parkway were predominately inspired by the Art Deco and Art Moderne architectural styles of the 1930s. Experimental forming techniques were employed to create the orname... More

Kreider-Reisner Aircraft Company, Factory No. 1, 851 Pennsylvania Avenue, Hagerstown, Washington County, MD

Kreider-Reisner Aircraft Company, Factory No. 1, 851 Pennsylvania Aven...

Significance: Kreider-Reisner Factory No. 1 (also known as Fairchild No. 1) was built as a result of a partnership between upstart airplane builders Ammon H. Kreider and Lewis E. Reisner and aviation industrial... More

Trans-Lux Theatre, Fourteenth Street between H Street & New York Avenue, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Trans-Lux Theatre, Fourteenth Street between H Street & New York Avenu...

Significance: Prior to demolition, was one of Washington's most impressive Art Deco buildings. Originally designed to show shorts and newsreels. Also, one of Washington's first air conditioned public buildings... More

Sixth Street Bridge, Spanning 101 Freeway at Sixth Street, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA

Sixth Street Bridge, Spanning 101 Freeway at Sixth Street, Los Angeles...

Significance: Sixth Street Viaduct is an example of Moderne design, with the detailing referred to as "starved Classicism." Sixth Street Viaduct was the last and the most monumental of the twelve City of Los A... More

Sixth Street Bridge, Spanning 101 Freeway at Sixth Street, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA

Sixth Street Bridge, Spanning 101 Freeway at Sixth Street, Los Angeles...

Significance: Sixth Street Viaduct is an example of Moderne design, with the detailing referred to as "starved Classicism." Sixth Street Viaduct was the last and the most monumental of the twelve City of Los A... More

Sixth Street Bridge, Spanning 101 Freeway at Sixth Street, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA

Sixth Street Bridge, Spanning 101 Freeway at Sixth Street, Los Angeles...

Significance: Sixth Street Viaduct is an example of Moderne design, with the detailing referred to as "starved Classicism." Sixth Street Viaduct was the last and the most monumental of the twelve City of Los A... More

Sixth Street Bridge, Spanning 101 Freeway at Sixth Street, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA

Sixth Street Bridge, Spanning 101 Freeway at Sixth Street, Los Angeles...

Significance: Sixth Street Viaduct is an example of Moderne design, with the detailing referred to as "starved Classicism." Sixth Street Viaduct was the last and the most monumental of the twelve City of Los A... More

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