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Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, Harpers Ferry Bridge Piers, Junction of Potomac & Shenandoah Rivers, Sharpsburg, Washington County, MD

Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, Harpers Ferry Bridge Piers, Junction of Pot...

Survey number: HAER MD-16 Building/structure dates: 1836 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1838 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: 1842 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: 1851 Sub... More

Navy Yard, Main Gate, Eighth & M Streets Southeast, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Navy Yard, Main Gate, Eighth & M Streets Southeast, Washington, Distri...

Significance: Surviving portion of an early 19th-Century Navy Yard structure designed by Benjamin Henry Latrobe. Survey number: HABS DC-100 Building/structure dates: ca. 1805 Initial Construction Building/s... More

St. John's Church, Sixteenth & H Streets Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

St. John's Church, Sixteenth & H Streets Northwest, Washington, Distri...

Significance: The original portion (1816) with the major addition (1820) is one of the older existing churches of the city. The central dome and transepts have been modified little from the original work of Be... More

Decatur House, National Trust for Historic Preservation, 748 Jackson Place Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Decatur House, National Trust for Historic Preservation, 748 Jackson P...

Significance: Decatur is unique in this country: the work of a great architect Benjamin H. Latrobe, built for a great American naval commander Commodore Stephen Decatur, preserved the original drawings. This is... More

Decatur House, National Trust for Historic Preservation, 748 Jackson Place Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Decatur House, National Trust for Historic Preservation, 748 Jackson P...

Significance: Decatur is unique in this country: the work of a great architect Benjamin H. Latrobe, built for a great American naval commander Commodore Stephen Decatur, preserved the original drawings. This is... More

Decatur House, National Trust for Historic Preservation, 748 Jackson Place Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Decatur House, National Trust for Historic Preservation, 748 Jackson P...

Significance: Decatur is unique in this country: the work of a great architect Benjamin H. Latrobe, built for a great American naval commander Commodore Stephen Decatur, preserved the original drawings. This is... More

Decatur House, National Trust for Historic Preservation, 748 Jackson Place Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Decatur House, National Trust for Historic Preservation, 748 Jackson P...

Significance: Decatur is unique in this country: the work of a great architect Benjamin H. Latrobe, built for a great American naval commander Commodore Stephen Decatur, preserved the original drawings. This is... More

U.S. Capitol, Intersection of North, South, & East Capitol Streets & Capitol Mall, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

U.S. Capitol, Intersection of North, South, & East Capitol Streets & C...

Significance: Symbolic of the nation's political system, it is the country's most important civic structure. Set the precedent for the Classical Revival style in the public buildings of the new capital. Wester... More

U.S. Capitol, Intersection of North, South, & East Capitol Streets & Capitol Mall, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

U.S. Capitol, Intersection of North, South, & East Capitol Streets & C...

Significance: Symbolic of the nation's political system, it is the country's most important civic structure. Set the precedent for the Classical Revival style in the public buildings of the new capital. Wester... More

U.S. Capitol, Intersection of North, South, & East Capitol Streets & Capitol Mall, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

U.S. Capitol, Intersection of North, South, & East Capitol Streets & C...

Significance: Symbolic of the nation's political system, it is the country's most important civic structure. Set the precedent for the Classical Revival style in the public buildings of the new capital. Wester... More

U.S. Capitol, Intersection of North, South, & East Capitol Streets & Capitol Mall, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

U.S. Capitol, Intersection of North, South, & East Capitol Streets & C...

Significance: Symbolic of the nation's political system, it is the country's most important civic structure. Set the precedent for the Classical Revival style in the public buildings of the new capital. Wester... More

U.S. Capitol, Intersection of North, South, & East Capitol Streets & Capitol Mall, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

U.S. Capitol, Intersection of North, South, & East Capitol Streets & C...

Significance: Symbolic of the nation's political system, it is the country's most important civic structure. Set the precedent for the Classical Revival style in the public buildings of the new capital. Wester... More

Bodley House, 200 North Market Street, Lexington, Fayette County, KY

Bodley House, 200 North Market Street, Lexington, Fayette County, KY

Significance: Year of creation: Not ascertained. Built for (first owner): General Thomas Bodley, an officer of the War of 1812. Architect or designer: Benjamin H. Latrobe. Built by: Samuel Long, with slave l... More

Navy Yard, Main Gate, Eighth & M Streets Southeast, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Navy Yard, Main Gate, Eighth & M Streets Southeast, Washington, Distri...

Significance: Surviving portion of an early 19th-Century Navy Yard structure designed by Benjamin Henry Latrobe. Survey number: HABS DC-100 Building/structure dates: ca. 1805 Initial Construction Building/s... More

St. John's Church, Sixteenth & H Streets Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

St. John's Church, Sixteenth & H Streets Northwest, Washington, Distri...

Significance: The original portion (1816) with the major addition (1820) is one of the older existing churches of the city. The central dome and transepts have been modified little from the original work of Be... More

St. John's Church, Sixteenth & H Streets Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

St. John's Church, Sixteenth & H Streets Northwest, Washington, Distri...

Significance: The original portion (1816) with the major addition (1820) is one of the older existing churches of the city. The central dome and transepts have been modified little from the original work of Be... More

Decatur House, National Trust for Historic Preservation, 748 Jackson Place Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Decatur House, National Trust for Historic Preservation, 748 Jackson P...

Significance: Decatur is unique in this country: the work of a great architect Benjamin H. Latrobe, built for a great American naval commander Commodore Stephen Decatur, preserved the original drawings. This is... More

Decatur House, National Trust for Historic Preservation, 748 Jackson Place Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Decatur House, National Trust for Historic Preservation, 748 Jackson P...

Significance: Decatur is unique in this country: the work of a great architect Benjamin H. Latrobe, built for a great American naval commander Commodore Stephen Decatur, preserved the original drawings. This is... More

Decatur House, National Trust for Historic Preservation, 748 Jackson Place Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Decatur House, National Trust for Historic Preservation, 748 Jackson P...

Significance: Decatur is unique in this country: the work of a great architect Benjamin H. Latrobe, built for a great American naval commander Commodore Stephen Decatur, preserved the original drawings. This is... More

Decatur House, National Trust for Historic Preservation, 748 Jackson Place Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Decatur House, National Trust for Historic Preservation, 748 Jackson P...

Significance: Decatur is unique in this country: the work of a great architect Benjamin H. Latrobe, built for a great American naval commander Commodore Stephen Decatur, preserved the original drawings. This is... More

Decatur House, National Trust for Historic Preservation, 748 Jackson Place Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Decatur House, National Trust for Historic Preservation, 748 Jackson P...

Significance: Decatur is unique in this country: the work of a great architect Benjamin H. Latrobe, built for a great American naval commander Commodore Stephen Decatur, preserved the original drawings. This is... More

Decatur House, National Trust for Historic Preservation, 748 Jackson Place Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Decatur House, National Trust for Historic Preservation, 748 Jackson P...

Significance: Decatur is unique in this country: the work of a great architect Benjamin H. Latrobe, built for a great American naval commander Commodore Stephen Decatur, preserved the original drawings. This is... More

Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, Kingwood Tunnel, Tunnelton, Preston County, WV

Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, Kingwood Tunnel, Tunnelton, Preston County,...

Significance: The Kingwood tunnel was the major tunnel on the B&O mainline between Baltimore and Wheeling. Its construction involved the invention of new tunneling techniques and the use of prefabricated iron ... More

Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, Harpers Ferry Bridge Piers, Junction of Potomac & Shenandoah Rivers, Sharpsburg, Washington County, MD

Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, Harpers Ferry Bridge Piers, Junction of Pot...

Survey number: HAER MD-16 Building/structure dates: 1836 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1838 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: 1842 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: 1851 Sub... More

St. Paul's Episcopal Church, 216 South Pitt Street, Alexandria, Independent City, Virginia

St. Paul's Episcopal Church, 216 South Pitt Street, Alexandria, Indepe...

Survey number: HABS VA-340 Building/structure dates: 1817 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000928

Decatur House, National Trust for Historic Preservation, 748 Jackson Place Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Decatur House, National Trust for Historic Preservation, 748 Jackson P...

Significance: Decatur is unique in this country: the work of a great architect Benjamin H. Latrobe, built for a great American naval commander Commodore Stephen Decatur, preserved the original drawings. This is... More

Decatur House, National Trust for Historic Preservation, 748 Jackson Place Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Decatur House, National Trust for Historic Preservation, 748 Jackson P...

Significance: Decatur is unique in this country: the work of a great architect Benjamin H. Latrobe, built for a great American naval commander Commodore Stephen Decatur, preserved the original drawings. This is... More

Decatur House, National Trust for Historic Preservation, 748 Jackson Place Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Decatur House, National Trust for Historic Preservation, 748 Jackson P...

Significance: Decatur is unique in this country: the work of a great architect Benjamin H. Latrobe, built for a great American naval commander Commodore Stephen Decatur, preserved the original drawings. This is... More

Decatur House, National Trust for Historic Preservation, 748 Jackson Place Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Decatur House, National Trust for Historic Preservation, 748 Jackson P...

Significance: Decatur is unique in this country: the work of a great architect Benjamin H. Latrobe, built for a great American naval commander Commodore Stephen Decatur, preserved the original drawings. This is... More

Decatur House, National Trust for Historic Preservation, 748 Jackson Place Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Decatur House, National Trust for Historic Preservation, 748 Jackson P...

Significance: Decatur is unique in this country: the work of a great architect Benjamin H. Latrobe, built for a great American naval commander Commodore Stephen Decatur, preserved the original drawings. This is... More

Decatur House, National Trust for Historic Preservation, 748 Jackson Place Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Decatur House, National Trust for Historic Preservation, 748 Jackson P...

Significance: Decatur is unique in this country: the work of a great architect Benjamin H. Latrobe, built for a great American naval commander Commodore Stephen Decatur, preserved the original drawings. This is... More

Decatur House, National Trust for Historic Preservation, 748 Jackson Place Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Decatur House, National Trust for Historic Preservation, 748 Jackson P...

Significance: Decatur is unique in this country: the work of a great architect Benjamin H. Latrobe, built for a great American naval commander Commodore Stephen Decatur, preserved the original drawings. This is... More

Decatur House, National Trust for Historic Preservation, 748 Jackson Place Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Decatur House, National Trust for Historic Preservation, 748 Jackson P...

Significance: Decatur is unique in this country: the work of a great architect Benjamin H. Latrobe, built for a great American naval commander Commodore Stephen Decatur, preserved the original drawings. This is... More

Decatur House, National Trust for Historic Preservation, 748 Jackson Place Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Decatur House, National Trust for Historic Preservation, 748 Jackson P...

Significance: Decatur is unique in this country: the work of a great architect Benjamin H. Latrobe, built for a great American naval commander Commodore Stephen Decatur, preserved the original drawings. This is... More

Decatur House, National Trust for Historic Preservation, 748 Jackson Place Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Decatur House, National Trust for Historic Preservation, 748 Jackson P...

Significance: Decatur is unique in this country: the work of a great architect Benjamin H. Latrobe, built for a great American naval commander Commodore Stephen Decatur, preserved the original drawings. This is... More

U.S. Capitol, Intersection of North, South, & East Capitol Streets & Capitol Mall, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

U.S. Capitol, Intersection of North, South, & East Capitol Streets & C...

Significance: Symbolic of the nation's political system, it is the country's most important civic structure. Set the precedent for the Classical Revival style in the public buildings of the new capital. Wester... More

U.S. Capitol, Intersection of North, South, & East Capitol Streets & Capitol Mall, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

U.S. Capitol, Intersection of North, South, & East Capitol Streets & C...

Significance: Symbolic of the nation's political system, it is the country's most important civic structure. Set the precedent for the Classical Revival style in the public buildings of the new capital. Wester... More

St. Paul's Episcopal Church, 216 South Pitt Street, Alexandria, Independent City, Virginia

St. Paul's Episcopal Church, 216 South Pitt Street, Alexandria, Indepe...

Survey number: HABS VA-340 Building/structure dates: 1817 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000928

Navy Yard, Main Gate, Eighth & M Streets Southeast, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Navy Yard, Main Gate, Eighth & M Streets Southeast, Washington, Distri...

Significance: Surviving portion of an early 19th-Century Navy Yard structure designed by Benjamin Henry Latrobe. Survey number: HABS DC-100 Building/structure dates: ca. 1805 Initial Construction Building/s... More

St. John's Church, Sixteenth & H Streets Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

St. John's Church, Sixteenth & H Streets Northwest, Washington, Distri...

Significance: The original portion (1816) with the major addition (1820) is one of the older existing churches of the city. The central dome and transepts have been modified little from the original work of Be... More

St. John's Church, Sixteenth & H Streets Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

St. John's Church, Sixteenth & H Streets Northwest, Washington, Distri...

Significance: The original portion (1816) with the major addition (1820) is one of the older existing churches of the city. The central dome and transepts have been modified little from the original work of Be... More

St. John's Church, Sixteenth & H Streets Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

St. John's Church, Sixteenth & H Streets Northwest, Washington, Distri...

Significance: The original portion (1816) with the major addition (1820) is one of the older existing churches of the city. The central dome and transepts have been modified little from the original work of Be... More

St. John's Church, Sixteenth & H Streets Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

St. John's Church, Sixteenth & H Streets Northwest, Washington, Distri...

Significance: The original portion (1816) with the major addition (1820) is one of the older existing churches of the city. The central dome and transepts have been modified little from the original work of Be... More

St. John's Church, Sixteenth & H Streets Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

St. John's Church, Sixteenth & H Streets Northwest, Washington, Distri...

Significance: The original portion (1816) with the major addition (1820) is one of the older existing churches of the city. The central dome and transepts have been modified little from the original work of Be... More

St. John's Church, Sixteenth & H Streets Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

St. John's Church, Sixteenth & H Streets Northwest, Washington, Distri...

Significance: The original portion (1816) with the major addition (1820) is one of the older existing churches of the city. The central dome and transepts have been modified little from the original work of Be... More

Decatur House, National Trust for Historic Preservation, 748 Jackson Place Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Decatur House, National Trust for Historic Preservation, 748 Jackson P...

Significance: Decatur is unique in this country: the work of a great architect Benjamin H. Latrobe, built for a great American naval commander Commodore Stephen Decatur, preserved the original drawings. This is... More

Decatur House, National Trust for Historic Preservation, 748 Jackson Place Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Decatur House, National Trust for Historic Preservation, 748 Jackson P...

Significance: Decatur is unique in this country: the work of a great architect Benjamin H. Latrobe, built for a great American naval commander Commodore Stephen Decatur, preserved the original drawings. This is... More

Decatur House, National Trust for Historic Preservation, 748 Jackson Place Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Decatur House, National Trust for Historic Preservation, 748 Jackson P...

Significance: Decatur is unique in this country: the work of a great architect Benjamin H. Latrobe, built for a great American naval commander Commodore Stephen Decatur, preserved the original drawings. This is... More

Decatur House, National Trust for Historic Preservation, 748 Jackson Place Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Decatur House, National Trust for Historic Preservation, 748 Jackson P...

Significance: Decatur is unique in this country: the work of a great architect Benjamin H. Latrobe, built for a great American naval commander Commodore Stephen Decatur, preserved the original drawings. This is... More

U.S. Capitol, Intersection of North, South, & East Capitol Streets & Capitol Mall, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

U.S. Capitol, Intersection of North, South, & East Capitol Streets & C...

Significance: Symbolic of the nation's political system, it is the country's most important civic structure. Set the precedent for the Classical Revival style in the public buildings of the new capital. Wester... More

U.S. Capitol, Intersection of North, South, & East Capitol Streets & Capitol Mall, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

U.S. Capitol, Intersection of North, South, & East Capitol Streets & C...

Significance: Symbolic of the nation's political system, it is the country's most important civic structure. Set the precedent for the Classical Revival style in the public buildings of the new capital. Wester... More

U.S. Capitol, Intersection of North, South, & East Capitol Streets & Capitol Mall, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

U.S. Capitol, Intersection of North, South, & East Capitol Streets & C...

Significance: Symbolic of the nation's political system, it is the country's most important civic structure. Set the precedent for the Classical Revival style in the public buildings of the new capital. Wester... More

Bodley House, 200 North Market Street, Lexington, Fayette County, KY

Bodley House, 200 North Market Street, Lexington, Fayette County, KY

Significance: Year of creation: Not ascertained. Built for (first owner): General Thomas Bodley, an officer of the War of 1812. Architect or designer: Benjamin H. Latrobe. Built by: Samuel Long, with slave l... More

Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, Kingwood Tunnel, Tunnelton, Preston County, WV

Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, Kingwood Tunnel, Tunnelton, Preston County,...

Significance: The Kingwood tunnel was the major tunnel on the B&O mainline between Baltimore and Wheeling. Its construction involved the invention of new tunneling techniques and the use of prefabricated iron ... More

Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, Harpers Ferry Bridge Piers, Junction of Potomac & Shenandoah Rivers, Sharpsburg, Washington County, MD

Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, Harpers Ferry Bridge Piers, Junction of Pot...

Survey number: HAER MD-16 Building/structure dates: 1836 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1838 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: 1842 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: 1851 Sub... More

Navy Yard, Main Gate, Eighth & M Streets Southeast, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Navy Yard, Main Gate, Eighth & M Streets Southeast, Washington, Distri...

Significance: Surviving portion of an early 19th-Century Navy Yard structure designed by Benjamin Henry Latrobe. Survey number: HABS DC-100 Building/structure dates: ca. 1805 Initial Construction Building/s... More

Navy Yard, Main Gate, Eighth & M Streets Southeast, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Navy Yard, Main Gate, Eighth & M Streets Southeast, Washington, Distri...

Significance: Surviving portion of an early 19th-Century Navy Yard structure designed by Benjamin Henry Latrobe. Survey number: HABS DC-100 Building/structure dates: ca. 1805 Initial Construction Building/s... More

St. John's Church, Sixteenth & H Streets Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

St. John's Church, Sixteenth & H Streets Northwest, Washington, Distri...

Significance: The original portion (1816) with the major addition (1820) is one of the older existing churches of the city. The central dome and transepts have been modified little from the original work of Be... More

St. John's Church, Sixteenth & H Streets Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

St. John's Church, Sixteenth & H Streets Northwest, Washington, Distri...

Significance: The original portion (1816) with the major addition (1820) is one of the older existing churches of the city. The central dome and transepts have been modified little from the original work of Be... More

Decatur House, National Trust for Historic Preservation, 748 Jackson Place Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Decatur House, National Trust for Historic Preservation, 748 Jackson P...

Significance: Decatur is unique in this country: the work of a great architect Benjamin H. Latrobe, built for a great American naval commander Commodore Stephen Decatur, preserved the original drawings. This is... More

Decatur House, National Trust for Historic Preservation, 748 Jackson Place Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Decatur House, National Trust for Historic Preservation, 748 Jackson P...

Significance: Decatur is unique in this country: the work of a great architect Benjamin H. Latrobe, built for a great American naval commander Commodore Stephen Decatur, preserved the original drawings. This is... More

Decatur House, National Trust for Historic Preservation, 748 Jackson Place Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Decatur House, National Trust for Historic Preservation, 748 Jackson P...

Significance: Decatur is unique in this country: the work of a great architect Benjamin H. Latrobe, built for a great American naval commander Commodore Stephen Decatur, preserved the original drawings. This is... More

Decatur House, National Trust for Historic Preservation, 748 Jackson Place Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Decatur House, National Trust for Historic Preservation, 748 Jackson P...

Significance: Decatur is unique in this country: the work of a great architect Benjamin H. Latrobe, built for a great American naval commander Commodore Stephen Decatur, preserved the original drawings. This is... More

U.S. Capitol, Intersection of North, South, & East Capitol Streets & Capitol Mall, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

U.S. Capitol, Intersection of North, South, & East Capitol Streets & C...

Significance: Symbolic of the nation's political system, it is the country's most important civic structure. Set the precedent for the Classical Revival style in the public buildings of the new capital. Wester... More

St. Paul's Episcopal Church, 216 South Pitt Street, Alexandria, Independent City, Virginia

St. Paul's Episcopal Church, 216 South Pitt Street, Alexandria, Indepe...

Survey number: HABS VA-340 Building/structure dates: 1817 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000928

St. John's Church, Sixteenth & H Streets Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

St. John's Church, Sixteenth & H Streets Northwest, Washington, Distri...

Significance: The original portion (1816) with the major addition (1820) is one of the older existing churches of the city. The central dome and transepts have been modified little from the original work of Be... More

St. John's Church, Sixteenth & H Streets Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

St. John's Church, Sixteenth & H Streets Northwest, Washington, Distri...

Significance: The original portion (1816) with the major addition (1820) is one of the older existing churches of the city. The central dome and transepts have been modified little from the original work of Be... More

St. John's Church, Sixteenth & H Streets Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

St. John's Church, Sixteenth & H Streets Northwest, Washington, Distri...

Significance: The original portion (1816) with the major addition (1820) is one of the older existing churches of the city. The central dome and transepts have been modified little from the original work of Be... More

St. John's Church, Sixteenth & H Streets Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

St. John's Church, Sixteenth & H Streets Northwest, Washington, Distri...

Significance: The original portion (1816) with the major addition (1820) is one of the older existing churches of the city. The central dome and transepts have been modified little from the original work of Be... More

St. John's Church, Sixteenth & H Streets Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

St. John's Church, Sixteenth & H Streets Northwest, Washington, Distri...

Significance: The original portion (1816) with the major addition (1820) is one of the older existing churches of the city. The central dome and transepts have been modified little from the original work of Be... More

Decatur House, National Trust for Historic Preservation, 748 Jackson Place Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Decatur House, National Trust for Historic Preservation, 748 Jackson P...

Significance: Decatur is unique in this country: the work of a great architect Benjamin H. Latrobe, built for a great American naval commander Commodore Stephen Decatur, preserved the original drawings. This is... More

Decatur House, National Trust for Historic Preservation, 748 Jackson Place Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Decatur House, National Trust for Historic Preservation, 748 Jackson P...

Significance: Decatur is unique in this country: the work of a great architect Benjamin H. Latrobe, built for a great American naval commander Commodore Stephen Decatur, preserved the original drawings. This is... More

Decatur House, National Trust for Historic Preservation, 748 Jackson Place Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Decatur House, National Trust for Historic Preservation, 748 Jackson P...

Significance: Decatur is unique in this country: the work of a great architect Benjamin H. Latrobe, built for a great American naval commander Commodore Stephen Decatur, preserved the original drawings. This is... More

Decatur House, National Trust for Historic Preservation, 748 Jackson Place Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Decatur House, National Trust for Historic Preservation, 748 Jackson P...

Significance: Decatur is unique in this country: the work of a great architect Benjamin H. Latrobe, built for a great American naval commander Commodore Stephen Decatur, preserved the original drawings. This is... More

U.S. Capitol, Intersection of North, South, & East Capitol Streets & Capitol Mall, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

U.S. Capitol, Intersection of North, South, & East Capitol Streets & C...

Significance: Symbolic of the nation's political system, it is the country's most important civic structure. Set the precedent for the Classical Revival style in the public buildings of the new capital. Wester... More

Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, Harpers Ferry Bridge Piers, Junction of Potomac & Shenandoah Rivers, Sharpsburg, Washington County, MD

Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, Harpers Ferry Bridge Piers, Junction of Pot...

Survey number: HAER MD-16 Building/structure dates: 1836 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1838 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: 1842 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: 1851 Sub... More

St. John's Church, Sixteenth & H Streets Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

St. John's Church, Sixteenth & H Streets Northwest, Washington, Distri...

Significance: The original portion (1816) with the major addition (1820) is one of the older existing churches of the city. The central dome and transepts have been modified little from the original work of Be... More

Decatur House, National Trust for Historic Preservation, 748 Jackson Place Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Decatur House, National Trust for Historic Preservation, 748 Jackson P...

Significance: Decatur is unique in this country: the work of a great architect Benjamin H. Latrobe, built for a great American naval commander Commodore Stephen Decatur, preserved the original drawings. This is... More

Decatur House, National Trust for Historic Preservation, 748 Jackson Place Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Decatur House, National Trust for Historic Preservation, 748 Jackson P...

Significance: Decatur is unique in this country: the work of a great architect Benjamin H. Latrobe, built for a great American naval commander Commodore Stephen Decatur, preserved the original drawings. This is... More

Decatur House, National Trust for Historic Preservation, 748 Jackson Place Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Decatur House, National Trust for Historic Preservation, 748 Jackson P...

Significance: Decatur is unique in this country: the work of a great architect Benjamin H. Latrobe, built for a great American naval commander Commodore Stephen Decatur, preserved the original drawings. This is... More

Decatur House, National Trust for Historic Preservation, 748 Jackson Place Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Decatur House, National Trust for Historic Preservation, 748 Jackson P...

Significance: Decatur is unique in this country: the work of a great architect Benjamin H. Latrobe, built for a great American naval commander Commodore Stephen Decatur, preserved the original drawings. This is... More

Decatur House, National Trust for Historic Preservation, 748 Jackson Place Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Decatur House, National Trust for Historic Preservation, 748 Jackson P...

Significance: Decatur is unique in this country: the work of a great architect Benjamin H. Latrobe, built for a great American naval commander Commodore Stephen Decatur, preserved the original drawings. This is... More

Decatur House, National Trust for Historic Preservation, 748 Jackson Place Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Decatur House, National Trust for Historic Preservation, 748 Jackson P...

Significance: Decatur is unique in this country: the work of a great architect Benjamin H. Latrobe, built for a great American naval commander Commodore Stephen Decatur, preserved the original drawings. This is... More

Decatur House, National Trust for Historic Preservation, 748 Jackson Place Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Decatur House, National Trust for Historic Preservation, 748 Jackson P...

Significance: Decatur is unique in this country: the work of a great architect Benjamin H. Latrobe, built for a great American naval commander Commodore Stephen Decatur, preserved the original drawings. This is... More

Decatur House, National Trust for Historic Preservation, 748 Jackson Place Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Decatur House, National Trust for Historic Preservation, 748 Jackson P...

Significance: Decatur is unique in this country: the work of a great architect Benjamin H. Latrobe, built for a great American naval commander Commodore Stephen Decatur, preserved the original drawings. This is... More

Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, Kingwood Tunnel, Tunnelton, Preston County, WV

Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, Kingwood Tunnel, Tunnelton, Preston County,...

Significance: The Kingwood tunnel was the major tunnel on the B&O mainline between Baltimore and Wheeling. Its construction involved the invention of new tunneling techniques and the use of prefabricated iron ... More

Navy Yard, Main Gate, Eighth & M Streets Southeast, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Navy Yard, Main Gate, Eighth & M Streets Southeast, Washington, Distri...

Significance: Surviving portion of an early 19th-Century Navy Yard structure designed by Benjamin Henry Latrobe. Survey number: HABS DC-100 Building/structure dates: ca. 1805 Initial Construction Building/s... More

St. John's Church, Sixteenth & H Streets Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

St. John's Church, Sixteenth & H Streets Northwest, Washington, Distri...

Significance: The original portion (1816) with the major addition (1820) is one of the older existing churches of the city. The central dome and transepts have been modified little from the original work of Be... More

St. John's Church, Sixteenth & H Streets Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

St. John's Church, Sixteenth & H Streets Northwest, Washington, Distri...

Significance: The original portion (1816) with the major addition (1820) is one of the older existing churches of the city. The central dome and transepts have been modified little from the original work of Be... More

St. John's Church, Sixteenth & H Streets Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

St. John's Church, Sixteenth & H Streets Northwest, Washington, Distri...

Significance: The original portion (1816) with the major addition (1820) is one of the older existing churches of the city. The central dome and transepts have been modified little from the original work of Be... More

Decatur House, National Trust for Historic Preservation, 748 Jackson Place Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Decatur House, National Trust for Historic Preservation, 748 Jackson P...

Significance: Decatur is unique in this country: the work of a great architect Benjamin H. Latrobe, built for a great American naval commander Commodore Stephen Decatur, preserved the original drawings. This is... More

Decatur House, National Trust for Historic Preservation, 748 Jackson Place Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Decatur House, National Trust for Historic Preservation, 748 Jackson P...

Significance: Decatur is unique in this country: the work of a great architect Benjamin H. Latrobe, built for a great American naval commander Commodore Stephen Decatur, preserved the original drawings. This is... More

Decatur House, National Trust for Historic Preservation, 748 Jackson Place Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Decatur House, National Trust for Historic Preservation, 748 Jackson P...

Significance: Decatur is unique in this country: the work of a great architect Benjamin H. Latrobe, built for a great American naval commander Commodore Stephen Decatur, preserved the original drawings. This is... More

Decatur House, National Trust for Historic Preservation, 748 Jackson Place Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Decatur House, National Trust for Historic Preservation, 748 Jackson P...

Significance: Decatur is unique in this country: the work of a great architect Benjamin H. Latrobe, built for a great American naval commander Commodore Stephen Decatur, preserved the original drawings. This is... More

Decatur House, National Trust for Historic Preservation, 748 Jackson Place Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Decatur House, National Trust for Historic Preservation, 748 Jackson P...

Significance: Decatur is unique in this country: the work of a great architect Benjamin H. Latrobe, built for a great American naval commander Commodore Stephen Decatur, preserved the original drawings. This is... More

Decatur House, National Trust for Historic Preservation, 748 Jackson Place Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Decatur House, National Trust for Historic Preservation, 748 Jackson P...

Significance: Decatur is unique in this country: the work of a great architect Benjamin H. Latrobe, built for a great American naval commander Commodore Stephen Decatur, preserved the original drawings. This is... More

Decatur House, National Trust for Historic Preservation, 748 Jackson Place Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Decatur House, National Trust for Historic Preservation, 748 Jackson P...

Significance: Decatur is unique in this country: the work of a great architect Benjamin H. Latrobe, built for a great American naval commander Commodore Stephen Decatur, preserved the original drawings. This is... More

U.S. Capitol, Intersection of North, South, & East Capitol Streets & Capitol Mall, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

U.S. Capitol, Intersection of North, South, & East Capitol Streets & C...

Significance: Symbolic of the nation's political system, it is the country's most important civic structure. Set the precedent for the Classical Revival style in the public buildings of the new capital. Wester... More

U.S. Capitol, Intersection of North, South, & East Capitol Streets & Capitol Mall, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

U.S. Capitol, Intersection of North, South, & East Capitol Streets & C...

Significance: Symbolic of the nation's political system, it is the country's most important civic structure. Set the precedent for the Classical Revival style in the public buildings of the new capital. Wester... More

St. John's Church, Sixteenth & H Streets Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

St. John's Church, Sixteenth & H Streets Northwest, Washington, Distri...

Significance: The original portion (1816) with the major addition (1820) is one of the older existing churches of the city. The central dome and transepts have been modified little from the original work of Be... More

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