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In the main waiting room at the municipal airport in Washington, D.C

In the main waiting room at the municipal airport in Washington, D.C

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Farnsworth House, designed and constructed by modernist architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe between 1945 and 1951 in Plano, Illinois

Farnsworth House, designed and constructed by modernist architect Ludw...

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. The one-room steel and glass house was commissioned by ... More

John Fitzgerald Kennedy Federal Building located in the Government Center area of Boston, Massachusetts. Exterior view

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

Aluminum City Terrace, East Hill Drive, New Kensington, Westmoreland County, PA

Aluminum City Terrace, East Hill Drive, New Kensington, Westmoreland C...

See also HAER PA-343 for related documentation. Includes written data. Significance: Aluminum City Terrace, the only housing project in America designed by world-renowned architects Walter Gropius and Marcel Br... More

Hughes Aircraft Company, Administrative Building, 6775 Centinela Avenue, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA

Hughes Aircraft Company, Administrative Building, 6775 Centinela Avenu...

Significance: Building 1 was the corporate headquarters for the Hughes Aircraft Company for 35 years. Howard Hughes and his top level executives had their offices on the second floor, and decisions that impacte... More

U.S. Steel Homestead Works, Along Monongahela River, north of Eighth Avenue, Homestead, Allegheny County, PA

U.S. Steel Homestead Works, Along Monongahela River, north of Eighth A...

Significance: Established in 1879, Homestead Works is one of six plants (Homestead, Edgar Thomson, Duquesne, Irvin, National and Clairton) which, until the collapse in 1982, comprised U.S. Steel's Mon Valley wo... More

Moanalua Shopping Center, Stewart Avenue & Spence Street, Honolulu, Honolulu County, HI

Moanalua Shopping Center, Stewart Avenue & Spence Street, Honolulu, Ho...

Significance: It was determined eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places in June 2003 because the shopping center was designed by the prominent Hawai'i architect, Alfred Preis, and was t... More

Moanalua Shopping Center, Stewart Avenue & Spence Street, Honolulu, Honolulu County, HI

Moanalua Shopping Center, Stewart Avenue & Spence Street, Honolulu, Ho...

Significance: It was determined eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places in June 2003 because the shopping center was designed by the prominent Hawai'i architect, Alfred Preis, and was t... More

Moanalua Shopping Center, Stewart Avenue & Spence Street, Honolulu, Honolulu County, HI

Moanalua Shopping Center, Stewart Avenue & Spence Street, Honolulu, Ho...

Significance: It was determined eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places in June 2003 because the shopping center was designed by the prominent Hawai'i architect, Alfred Preis, and was t... More

Belgian Building, Lombardy Street & Brook Road, Richmond, Independent City, Virginia

Belgian Building, Lombardy Street & Brook Road, Richmond, Independent ...

Significance: The Belgian Building was originally built as part of the Belgian exposition center for the 1939 New York World's Fair then reconstructed in 1941 on the campus of Virginia Union University in Richm... More

Belgian Building, Lombardy Street & Brook Road, Richmond, Independent City, Virginia

Belgian Building, Lombardy Street & Brook Road, Richmond, Independent ...

Significance: The Belgian Building was originally built as part of the Belgian exposition center for the 1939 New York World's Fair then reconstructed in 1941 on the campus of Virginia Union University in Richm... More

Aluminum City Terrace, Twin House Type, East Hill Drive, New Kensington, Westmoreland County, PA

Aluminum City Terrace, Twin House Type, East Hill Drive, New Kensingto...

Significance: Aluminum City Terrace, the only housing project in America designed by world-renowned architects Walter Gropius and Marcel Breuer, was built by the federal government to house defense workers duri... More

Hughes Aircraft Company, Cafeteria Building, 6775 Centinela Avenue, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA

Hughes Aircraft Company, Cafeteria Building, 6775 Centinela Avenue, Lo...

Significance: The most ambitious interpretation of the International style within the Hughes complex, Building 10 is an asymmetrically organized structure with a small, flat roofed second story which rises from... More

Edith Farnsworth House, 14520 River Road, Plano, Kendall County, IL

Edith Farnsworth House, 14520 River Road, Plano, Kendall County, IL

Address was originally recorded as "Fox River & Milbrook Roads" it was changed to "14520 River Road" in 2010 to more precisely record its location. STORED OFF SITE AND ON SITE. mchr Significance: Designed by In... More

Edith Farnsworth House, 14520 River Road, Plano, Kendall County, IL

Edith Farnsworth House, 14520 River Road, Plano, Kendall County, IL

Address was originally recorded as "Fox River & Milbrook Roads" it was changed to "14520 River Road" in 2010 to more precisely record its location. STORED OFF SITE AND ON SITE. mchr Significance: Designed by In... More

Phillis Wheatley Elementary School, 2300 Dumaine Street, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, LA

Phillis Wheatley Elementary School, 2300 Dumaine Street, New Orleans, ...

Significance: The Phillis Wheatley Elementary School located at 2300 Dumaine Street, New Orleans, exemplified International Style educational buildings in the state of Louisiana. Built between 1953 and 1955, th... More

Phillis Wheatley Elementary School, 2300 Dumaine Street, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, LA

Phillis Wheatley Elementary School, 2300 Dumaine Street, New Orleans, ...

Significance: The Phillis Wheatley Elementary School located at 2300 Dumaine Street, New Orleans, exemplified International Style educational buildings in the state of Louisiana. Built between 1953 and 1955, th... More

U.S. Marine Corps Base Hawaii, Kaneohe Bay, Warehouse 250, Aviation Storehouse, C Street between Fifth & Sixth Streets, Kaneohe, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Marine Corps Base Hawaii, Kaneohe Bay, Warehouse 250, Aviation St...

Significance: The warehouse was built during the vigorous construction which resulted after the Japanese attack of December 7, 1941. It was part of the supply system for the aviation operations of the Naval Air... More

U.S. Marine Corps Base Hawaii, Kaneohe Bay, Warehouse 250, Aviation Storehouse, C Street between Fifth & Sixth Streets, Kaneohe, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Marine Corps Base Hawaii, Kaneohe Bay, Warehouse 250, Aviation St...

Significance: The warehouse was built during the vigorous construction which resulted after the Japanese attack of December 7, 1941. It was part of the supply system for the aviation operations of the Naval Air... More

I. Ed Wile House, 626 Wilder Place, Shreveport, Caddo Parish, LA

I. Ed Wile House, 626 Wilder Place, Shreveport, Caddo Parish, LA

STORED ON SITE. mchr 2013 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: The I. Ed Wile House, designed in 1934 by Samuel Gross Wiener, III of the architectural firm Jones, Roessle, Olschner, and Weiner, is the... More

Rich's Downtown Department Store, 45 Broad Street, Atlanta, Fulton County, GA

Rich's Downtown Department Store, 45 Broad Street, Atlanta, Fulton Cou...

Significance: The original 1924 building, which has been added to eight times, reflects the appearance of an Italian palazzo, a favorite theme associated with department stores constructed in the early twentiet... More

Rich's Downtown Department Store, 45 Broad Street, Atlanta, Fulton County, GA

Rich's Downtown Department Store, 45 Broad Street, Atlanta, Fulton Cou...

Significance: The original 1924 building, which has been added to eight times, reflects the appearance of an Italian palazzo, a favorite theme associated with department stores constructed in the early twentiet... More

Rich's Downtown Department Store, 45 Broad Street, Atlanta, Fulton County, GA

Rich's Downtown Department Store, 45 Broad Street, Atlanta, Fulton Cou...

Significance: The original 1924 building, which has been added to eight times, reflects the appearance of an Italian palazzo, a favorite theme associated with department stores constructed in the early twentiet... More

Rich's Downtown Department Store, 45 Broad Street, Atlanta, Fulton County, GA

Rich's Downtown Department Store, 45 Broad Street, Atlanta, Fulton Cou...

Significance: The original 1924 building, which has been added to eight times, reflects the appearance of an Italian palazzo, a favorite theme associated with department stores constructed in the early twentiet... More

Rich's Downtown Department Store, 45 Broad Street, Atlanta, Fulton County, GA

Rich's Downtown Department Store, 45 Broad Street, Atlanta, Fulton Cou...

Significance: The original 1924 building, which has been added to eight times, reflects the appearance of an Italian palazzo, a favorite theme associated with department stores constructed in the early twentiet... More

Rich's Downtown Department Store, 45 Broad Street, Atlanta, Fulton County, GA

Rich's Downtown Department Store, 45 Broad Street, Atlanta, Fulton Cou...

Significance: The original 1924 building, which has been added to eight times, reflects the appearance of an Italian palazzo, a favorite theme associated with department stores constructed in the early twentiet... More

Cyclorama Building, 125 Taneytown Road, Gettysburg, Adams County, PA

Cyclorama Building, 125 Taneytown Road, Gettysburg, Adams County, PA

Significance: One of a handful of high profile new visitor centers designed by famous architects as part of the larger Mission 66 initiative. Mission 66 was a NPS-wide effort to upgrade park visitor facilities ... More

Cyclorama Building, 125 Taneytown Road, Gettysburg, Adams County, PA

Cyclorama Building, 125 Taneytown Road, Gettysburg, Adams County, PA

Significance: One of a handful of high profile new visitor centers designed by famous architects as part of the larger Mission 66 initiative. Mission 66 was a NPS-wide effort to upgrade park visitor facilities ... More

Cyclorama Building, 125 Taneytown Road, Gettysburg, Adams County, PA

Cyclorama Building, 125 Taneytown Road, Gettysburg, Adams County, PA

Significance: One of a handful of high profile new visitor centers designed by famous architects as part of the larger Mission 66 initiative. Mission 66 was a NPS-wide effort to upgrade park visitor facilities ... More

Cyclorama Building, 125 Taneytown Road, Gettysburg, Adams County, PA

Cyclorama Building, 125 Taneytown Road, Gettysburg, Adams County, PA

Significance: One of a handful of high profile new visitor centers designed by famous architects as part of the larger Mission 66 initiative. Mission 66 was a NPS-wide effort to upgrade park visitor facilities ... More

Cyclorama Building, 125 Taneytown Road, Gettysburg, Adams County, PA

Cyclorama Building, 125 Taneytown Road, Gettysburg, Adams County, PA

Significance: One of a handful of high profile new visitor centers designed by famous architects as part of the larger Mission 66 initiative. Mission 66 was a NPS-wide effort to upgrade park visitor facilities ... More

Cyclorama Building, 125 Taneytown Road, Gettysburg, Adams County, PA

Cyclorama Building, 125 Taneytown Road, Gettysburg, Adams County, PA

Significance: One of a handful of high profile new visitor centers designed by famous architects as part of the larger Mission 66 initiative. Mission 66 was a NPS-wide effort to upgrade park visitor facilities ... More

Cyclorama Building, 125 Taneytown Road, Gettysburg, Adams County, PA

Cyclorama Building, 125 Taneytown Road, Gettysburg, Adams County, PA

Significance: One of a handful of high profile new visitor centers designed by famous architects as part of the larger Mission 66 initiative. Mission 66 was a NPS-wide effort to upgrade park visitor facilities ... More

Cyclorama Building, 125 Taneytown Road, Gettysburg, Adams County, PA

Cyclorama Building, 125 Taneytown Road, Gettysburg, Adams County, PA

Significance: One of a handful of high profile new visitor centers designed by famous architects as part of the larger Mission 66 initiative. Mission 66 was a NPS-wide effort to upgrade park visitor facilities ... More

Cyclorama Building, 125 Taneytown Road, Gettysburg, Adams County, PA

Cyclorama Building, 125 Taneytown Road, Gettysburg, Adams County, PA

Significance: One of a handful of high profile new visitor centers designed by famous architects as part of the larger Mission 66 initiative. Mission 66 was a NPS-wide effort to upgrade park visitor facilities ... More

Cyclorama Building, 125 Taneytown Road, Gettysburg, Adams County, PA

Cyclorama Building, 125 Taneytown Road, Gettysburg, Adams County, PA

Significance: One of a handful of high profile new visitor centers designed by famous architects as part of the larger Mission 66 initiative. Mission 66 was a NPS-wide effort to upgrade park visitor facilities ... More

Cyclorama Building, 125 Taneytown Road, Gettysburg, Adams County, PA

Cyclorama Building, 125 Taneytown Road, Gettysburg, Adams County, PA

Significance: One of a handful of high profile new visitor centers designed by famous architects as part of the larger Mission 66 initiative. Mission 66 was a NPS-wide effort to upgrade park visitor facilities ... More

Cyclorama Building, 125 Taneytown Road, Gettysburg, Adams County, PA

Cyclorama Building, 125 Taneytown Road, Gettysburg, Adams County, PA

Significance: One of a handful of high profile new visitor centers designed by famous architects as part of the larger Mission 66 initiative. Mission 66 was a NPS-wide effort to upgrade park visitor facilities ... More

Gropius House, 68 Baker Bridge Road, Lincoln, Middlesex County, MA

Gropius House, 68 Baker Bridge Road, Lincoln, Middlesex County, MA

Significance: Built in 1938, the Gropius House is important as an exemplary example of the International style and for its association with pioneering Modernist architect Walter Gropius, who designed it as his ... More

Gropius House, 68 Baker Bridge Road, Lincoln, Middlesex County, MA

Gropius House, 68 Baker Bridge Road, Lincoln, Middlesex County, MA

Significance: Built in 1938, the Gropius House is important as an exemplary example of the International style and for its association with pioneering Modernist architect Walter Gropius, who designed it as his ... More

Gropius House, 68 Baker Bridge Road, Lincoln, Middlesex County, MA

Gropius House, 68 Baker Bridge Road, Lincoln, Middlesex County, MA

Significance: Built in 1938, the Gropius House is important as an exemplary example of the International style and for its association with pioneering Modernist architect Walter Gropius, who designed it as his ... More

Gropius House, 68 Baker Bridge Road, Lincoln, Middlesex County, MA

Gropius House, 68 Baker Bridge Road, Lincoln, Middlesex County, MA

Significance: Built in 1938, the Gropius House is important as an exemplary example of the International style and for its association with pioneering Modernist architect Walter Gropius, who designed it as his ... More

Gropius House, 68 Baker Bridge Road, Lincoln, Middlesex County, MA

Gropius House, 68 Baker Bridge Road, Lincoln, Middlesex County, MA

Significance: Built in 1938, the Gropius House is important as an exemplary example of the International style and for its association with pioneering Modernist architect Walter Gropius, who designed it as his ... More

[Interior of Enoch Pratt Free Library, Baltimore, Maryland] / Holmes I. Mettee photography, 523 N. Charles St., Baltimore.

[Interior of Enoch Pratt Free Library, Baltimore, Maryland] / Holmes I...

Accession box no. PR 06 CN 375 c3 (A size) Public domain photograph - historical image of Maryland, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

John Fitzgerald Kennedy Federal Building located in the Government Center area of Boston, Massachusetts. Exterior view

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

Lobby. Chicago Federal Center, Chicago, Illinois

Lobby. Chicago Federal Center, Chicago, Illinois

Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the photographer. Designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe; completed in 1974. Cr... More

John Fitzgerald Kennedy Federal Building located in the Government Center area of Boston, Massachusetts. Exterior view

John Fitzgerald Kennedy Federal Building located in the Government Cen...

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 keywords from... More

Mountain Home Air Force Base 1958 Senior Officers' Housing, Commander's Residence, Tuck Street, Mountain Home, Elmore County, ID

Mountain Home Air Force Base 1958 Senior Officers' Housing, Commander'...

Significance: The three senior officers' houses at Mountain Home Air Force Base were constructed as part of the 270-unit Armed Services Housing Project, a collaboration between the architectural firms of Richar... More

Mountain Home Air Force Base 1958 Senior Officers' Housing, General's Residence, Rabeni Street (originally Ivy Street), Mountain Home, Elmore County, ID

Mountain Home Air Force Base 1958 Senior Officers' Housing, General's ...

Significance: The three senior officers' houses at Mountain Home Air Force Base were constructed as part of the 270-unit Armed Services Housing Project, a collaboration between the architectural firms of Richar... More

Moanalua Shopping Center, Stewart Avenue & Spence Street, Honolulu, Honolulu County, HI

Moanalua Shopping Center, Stewart Avenue & Spence Street, Honolulu, Ho...

Significance: It was determined eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places in June 2003 because the shopping center was designed by the prominent Hawai'i architect, Alfred Preis, and was t... More

Moanalua Shopping Center, Stewart Avenue & Spence Street, Honolulu, Honolulu County, HI

Moanalua Shopping Center, Stewart Avenue & Spence Street, Honolulu, Ho...

Significance: It was determined eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places in June 2003 because the shopping center was designed by the prominent Hawai'i architect, Alfred Preis, and was t... More

North Beach Place, 415 Bay Street, 415 Bay Street, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

North Beach Place, 415 Bay Street, 415 Bay Street, San Francisco, San ...

Survey number: HABS CA-2727-A Building/structure dates: after. 1950- before. 1952 Initial Construction

Warren Segraves Residence, 217 Oklahoma Way, Fayetteville, Washington County, AR

Warren Segraves Residence, 217 Oklahoma Way, Fayetteville, Washington ...

2011 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: Completed in 1959, the Warren Segraves Residence was designed by Warren Segraves and was one of the first houses in the Northwest Arkansas region to have an e... More

Columbia Basin Project, Grand Coulee, Grant County, WA

Columbia Basin Project, Grand Coulee, Grant County, WA

The Columbia Basin Project is located in 5 counties: Ferry, Grant, Lincoln, Okanogan, and Stevens Survey number: HAER WA-139

Phillis Wheatley Elementary School, 2300 Dumaine Street, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, LA

Phillis Wheatley Elementary School, 2300 Dumaine Street, New Orleans, ...

Significance: The Phillis Wheatley Elementary School located at 2300 Dumaine Street, New Orleans, exemplified International Style educational buildings in the state of Louisiana. Built between 1953 and 1955, th... More

I. Ed Wile House, 626 Wilder Place, Shreveport, Caddo Parish, LA

I. Ed Wile House, 626 Wilder Place, Shreveport, Caddo Parish, LA

STORED ON SITE. mchr 2013 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: The I. Ed Wile House, designed in 1934 by Samuel Gross Wiener, III of the architectural firm Jones, Roessle, Olschner, and Weiner, is the... More

North Beach Place, Bounded by Bay Street, Mason Street, Francisco Street, & Columbus Avenue, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

North Beach Place, Bounded by Bay Street, Mason Street, Francisco Stre...

Significance: North Beach Place was a public housing project that occupied two city blocks in the North Beach neighborhood of San Francisco for 50 years. Designed in 1941-42, delayed by WWII, and constructed 19... More

Rich's Downtown Department Store, 45 Broad Street, Atlanta, Fulton County, GA

Rich's Downtown Department Store, 45 Broad Street, Atlanta, Fulton Cou...

Significance: The original 1924 building, which has been added to eight times, reflects the appearance of an Italian palazzo, a favorite theme associated with department stores constructed in the early twentiet... More

Rich's Downtown Department Store, 45 Broad Street, Atlanta, Fulton County, GA

Rich's Downtown Department Store, 45 Broad Street, Atlanta, Fulton Cou...

Significance: The original 1924 building, which has been added to eight times, reflects the appearance of an Italian palazzo, a favorite theme associated with department stores constructed in the early twentiet... More

Rich's Downtown Department Store, 45 Broad Street, Atlanta, Fulton County, GA

Rich's Downtown Department Store, 45 Broad Street, Atlanta, Fulton Cou...

Significance: The original 1924 building, which has been added to eight times, reflects the appearance of an Italian palazzo, a favorite theme associated with department stores constructed in the early twentiet... More

Rich's Downtown Department Store, 45 Broad Street, Atlanta, Fulton County, GA

Rich's Downtown Department Store, 45 Broad Street, Atlanta, Fulton Cou...

Significance: The original 1924 building, which has been added to eight times, reflects the appearance of an Italian palazzo, a favorite theme associated with department stores constructed in the early twentiet... More

Rich's Downtown Department Store, 45 Broad Street, Atlanta, Fulton County, GA

Rich's Downtown Department Store, 45 Broad Street, Atlanta, Fulton Cou...

Significance: The original 1924 building, which has been added to eight times, reflects the appearance of an Italian palazzo, a favorite theme associated with department stores constructed in the early twentiet... More

Rich's Downtown Department Store, 45 Broad Street, Atlanta, Fulton County, GA

Rich's Downtown Department Store, 45 Broad Street, Atlanta, Fulton Cou...

Significance: The original 1924 building, which has been added to eight times, reflects the appearance of an Italian palazzo, a favorite theme associated with department stores constructed in the early twentiet... More

Rich's Downtown Department Store, 45 Broad Street, Atlanta, Fulton County, GA

Rich's Downtown Department Store, 45 Broad Street, Atlanta, Fulton Cou...

Significance: The original 1924 building, which has been added to eight times, reflects the appearance of an Italian palazzo, a favorite theme associated with department stores constructed in the early twentiet... More

Rich's Downtown Department Store, 45 Broad Street, Atlanta, Fulton County, GA

Rich's Downtown Department Store, 45 Broad Street, Atlanta, Fulton Cou...

Significance: The original 1924 building, which has been added to eight times, reflects the appearance of an Italian palazzo, a favorite theme associated with department stores constructed in the early twentiet... More

Rich's Downtown Department Store, 45 Broad Street, Atlanta, Fulton County, GA

Rich's Downtown Department Store, 45 Broad Street, Atlanta, Fulton Cou...

Significance: The original 1924 building, which has been added to eight times, reflects the appearance of an Italian palazzo, a favorite theme associated with department stores constructed in the early twentiet... More

Cyclorama Building, 125 Taneytown Road, Gettysburg, Adams County, PA

Cyclorama Building, 125 Taneytown Road, Gettysburg, Adams County, PA

Significance: One of a handful of high profile new visitor centers designed by famous architects as part of the larger Mission 66 initiative. Mission 66 was a NPS-wide effort to upgrade park visitor facilities ... More

Cyclorama Building, 125 Taneytown Road, Gettysburg, Adams County, PA

Cyclorama Building, 125 Taneytown Road, Gettysburg, Adams County, PA

Significance: One of a handful of high profile new visitor centers designed by famous architects as part of the larger Mission 66 initiative. Mission 66 was a NPS-wide effort to upgrade park visitor facilities ... More

Cyclorama Building, 125 Taneytown Road, Gettysburg, Adams County, PA

Cyclorama Building, 125 Taneytown Road, Gettysburg, Adams County, PA

Significance: One of a handful of high profile new visitor centers designed by famous architects as part of the larger Mission 66 initiative. Mission 66 was a NPS-wide effort to upgrade park visitor facilities ... More

Cyclorama Building, 125 Taneytown Road, Gettysburg, Adams County, PA

Cyclorama Building, 125 Taneytown Road, Gettysburg, Adams County, PA

Significance: One of a handful of high profile new visitor centers designed by famous architects as part of the larger Mission 66 initiative. Mission 66 was a NPS-wide effort to upgrade park visitor facilities ... More

Cyclorama Building, 125 Taneytown Road, Gettysburg, Adams County, PA

Cyclorama Building, 125 Taneytown Road, Gettysburg, Adams County, PA

Significance: One of a handful of high profile new visitor centers designed by famous architects as part of the larger Mission 66 initiative. Mission 66 was a NPS-wide effort to upgrade park visitor facilities ... More

Cyclorama Building, 125 Taneytown Road, Gettysburg, Adams County, PA

Cyclorama Building, 125 Taneytown Road, Gettysburg, Adams County, PA

Significance: One of a handful of high profile new visitor centers designed by famous architects as part of the larger Mission 66 initiative. Mission 66 was a NPS-wide effort to upgrade park visitor facilities ... More

Gropius House, 68 Baker Bridge Road, Lincoln, Middlesex County, MA

Gropius House, 68 Baker Bridge Road, Lincoln, Middlesex County, MA

Significance: Built in 1938, the Gropius House is important as an exemplary example of the International style and for its association with pioneering Modernist architect Walter Gropius, who designed it as his ... More

Gropius House, 68 Baker Bridge Road, Lincoln, Middlesex County, MA

Gropius House, 68 Baker Bridge Road, Lincoln, Middlesex County, MA

Significance: Built in 1938, the Gropius House is important as an exemplary example of the International style and for its association with pioneering Modernist architect Walter Gropius, who designed it as his ... More

Gropius House, 68 Baker Bridge Road, Lincoln, Middlesex County, MA

Gropius House, 68 Baker Bridge Road, Lincoln, Middlesex County, MA

Significance: Built in 1938, the Gropius House is important as an exemplary example of the International style and for its association with pioneering Modernist architect Walter Gropius, who designed it as his ... More

Aluminum City Terrace, New Kensington, Pennsylvania. Houses on hill from administration building

Aluminum City Terrace, New Kensington, Pennsylvania. Houses on hill fr...

Public domain photograph of a motel, camp, tourism, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Mies van der Rohe, Bacardi, Mexico

Mies van der Rohe, Bacardi, Mexico

Architectural photograph shows the exterior of the Bacardi Office Building, Mexio City, Mexico which was designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. Title from information on negative sleeve. Forms part of: Balthazar... More

Living room of architect Mies van der Rohe's classic "glass house," the Farnsworth House, which became a National Trust for Historic Preservation property. Plano, Illinois

Living room of architect Mies van der Rohe's classic "glass house," th...

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

Hubert H. Humphrey Building, located at the foot of Capitol Hill, Washington, D.C.

Hubert H. Humphrey Building, located at the foot of Capitol Hill, Wash...

Designed by architect Marcel Breuer, it is the headquarters building of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, da... More

The Robert C. Weaver Federal Building, located at 451 Seventh Street, S.W., Washington, D.C.

The Robert C. Weaver Federal Building, located at 451 Seventh Street, ...

Designed by architect Marcel Breuer for the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), the design team included Herbert Beckhard and Nolen Swinburne Associates. The builder was John McShain, Inc. The co... More

Lobby. Chicago Federal Center, Chicago, Illinois

Lobby. Chicago Federal Center, Chicago, Illinois

Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the photographer. Designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe; completed in 1974. Cr... More

Lobby. Chicago Federal Center, Chicago, Illinois

Lobby. Chicago Federal Center, Chicago, Illinois

Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the photographer. Designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe; completed in 1974. Cr... More

Join NSA, National Ski Association Herbert Bayer

Join NSA, National Ski Association Herbert Bayer

Five people on skis, with their tracks creating an intertwining pattern. Promotional goal: U.S. K3. 1957.

Hughes Aircraft Company, Administrative Building, 6775 Centinela Avenue, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA

Hughes Aircraft Company, Administrative Building, 6775 Centinela Avenu...

Significance: Building 1 was the corporate headquarters for the Hughes Aircraft Company for 35 years. Howard Hughes and his top level executives had their offices on the second floor, and decisions that impacte... More

Hughes Aircraft Company, Administrative Building, 6775 Centinela Avenue, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA

Hughes Aircraft Company, Administrative Building, 6775 Centinela Avenu...

Significance: Building 1 was the corporate headquarters for the Hughes Aircraft Company for 35 years. Howard Hughes and his top level executives had their offices on the second floor, and decisions that impacte... More

U.S. Steel Homestead Works, Along Monongahela River, north of Eighth Avenue, Homestead, Allegheny County, PA

U.S. Steel Homestead Works, Along Monongahela River, north of Eighth A...

Significance: Established in 1879, Homestead Works is one of six plants (Homestead, Edgar Thomson, Duquesne, Irvin, National and Clairton) which, until the collapse in 1982, comprised U.S. Steel's Mon Valley wo... More

Belgian Building, Lombardy Street & Brook Road, Richmond, Independent City, Virginia

Belgian Building, Lombardy Street & Brook Road, Richmond, Independent ...

Significance: The Belgian Building was originally built as part of the Belgian exposition center for the 1939 New York World's Fair then reconstructed in 1941 on the campus of Virginia Union University in Richm... More

Southwest Washington, Urban Renewal Area, Bounded by Independence Avenue, Washington Avenue, South Capitol Street, Canal Street, P Street, Maine Avenue & Washington Channel, Fourteenth Street, D Street, & Twelfth Street, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Southwest Washington, Urban Renewal Area, Bounded by Independence Aven...

Significance: Southwest Washington, D.C., was the site of one of the earliest urban renewal efforts in the United States, and the first such renewal effort in the Nation's Capitol. While not the largest urban r... More

Edith Farnsworth House, 14520 River Road, Plano, Kendall County, IL

Edith Farnsworth House, 14520 River Road, Plano, Kendall County, IL

Address was originally recorded as "Fox River & Milbrook Roads" it was changed to "14520 River Road" in 2010 to more precisely record its location. STORED OFF SITE AND ON SITE. mchr Significance: Designed by In... More

Edith Farnsworth House, 14520 River Road, Plano, Kendall County, IL

Edith Farnsworth House, 14520 River Road, Plano, Kendall County, IL

Address was originally recorded as "Fox River & Milbrook Roads" it was changed to "14520 River Road" in 2010 to more precisely record its location. STORED OFF SITE AND ON SITE. mchr Significance: Designed by In... More

Mountain Home Air Force Base 1958 Senior Officers' Housing, Colonel's Residence, Tuck Street (originally Locust Street), Mountain Home, Elmore County, ID

Mountain Home Air Force Base 1958 Senior Officers' Housing, Colonel's ...

Significance: The three senior officers' houses at Mountain Home Air Force Base were constructed as part of the 270-unit Armed Services Housing Project, a collaboration between the architectural firms of Richar... More

North Beach Place, 415 Bay Street, 415 Bay Street, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

North Beach Place, 415 Bay Street, 415 Bay Street, San Francisco, San ...

Survey number: HABS CA-2727-A Building/structure dates: after. 1950- before. 1952 Initial Construction

Columbia Basin Project, Grand Coulee, Grant County, WA

Columbia Basin Project, Grand Coulee, Grant County, WA

The Columbia Basin Project is located in 5 counties: Ferry, Grant, Lincoln, Okanogan, and Stevens Survey number: HAER WA-139

Phillis Wheatley Elementary School, 2300 Dumaine Street, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, LA

Phillis Wheatley Elementary School, 2300 Dumaine Street, New Orleans, ...

Significance: The Phillis Wheatley Elementary School located at 2300 Dumaine Street, New Orleans, exemplified International Style educational buildings in the state of Louisiana. Built between 1953 and 1955, th... More

North Beach Place, Bounded by Bay Street, Mason Street, Francisco Street, & Columbus Avenue, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

North Beach Place, Bounded by Bay Street, Mason Street, Francisco Stre...

Significance: North Beach Place was a public housing project that occupied two city blocks in the North Beach neighborhood of San Francisco for 50 years. Designed in 1941-42, delayed by WWII, and constructed 19... More

Rich's Downtown Department Store, 45 Broad Street, Atlanta, Fulton County, GA

Rich's Downtown Department Store, 45 Broad Street, Atlanta, Fulton Cou...

Significance: The original 1924 building, which has been added to eight times, reflects the appearance of an Italian palazzo, a favorite theme associated with department stores constructed in the early twentiet... More

Rich's Downtown Department Store, 45 Broad Street, Atlanta, Fulton County, GA

Rich's Downtown Department Store, 45 Broad Street, Atlanta, Fulton Cou...

Significance: The original 1924 building, which has been added to eight times, reflects the appearance of an Italian palazzo, a favorite theme associated with department stores constructed in the early twentiet... More

Rich's Downtown Department Store, 45 Broad Street, Atlanta, Fulton County, GA

Rich's Downtown Department Store, 45 Broad Street, Atlanta, Fulton Cou...

Significance: The original 1924 building, which has been added to eight times, reflects the appearance of an Italian palazzo, a favorite theme associated with department stores constructed in the early twentiet... More

Rich's Downtown Department Store, 45 Broad Street, Atlanta, Fulton County, GA

Rich's Downtown Department Store, 45 Broad Street, Atlanta, Fulton Cou...

Significance: The original 1924 building, which has been added to eight times, reflects the appearance of an Italian palazzo, a favorite theme associated with department stores constructed in the early twentiet... More

Rich's Downtown Department Store, 45 Broad Street, Atlanta, Fulton County, GA

Rich's Downtown Department Store, 45 Broad Street, Atlanta, Fulton Cou...

Significance: The original 1924 building, which has been added to eight times, reflects the appearance of an Italian palazzo, a favorite theme associated with department stores constructed in the early twentiet... More

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