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Fairmount Waterworks, East bank of Schuylkill River, Aquarium Drive, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Fairmount Waterworks, East bank of Schuylkill River, Aquarium Drive, P...

See also HABS PA-1654 for additional documentation. Significance: The Fairmount Water Works is perhaps the premier example of early nineteenth-century American industrial architecture. It was built to supply P... More

Fairmount Waterworks, East bank of Schuylkill River, Aquarium Drive, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Fairmount Waterworks, East bank of Schuylkill River, Aquarium Drive, P...

See also HABS PA-1654 for additional documentation. Significance: The Fairmount Water Works is perhaps the premier example of early nineteenth-century American industrial architecture. It was built to supply P... More

Fairmount Waterworks, East bank of Schuylkill River, Aquarium Drive, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Fairmount Waterworks, East bank of Schuylkill River, Aquarium Drive, P...

See also HABS PA-1654 for additional documentation. Significance: The Fairmount Water Works is perhaps the premier example of early nineteenth-century American industrial architecture. It was built to supply P... More

Fairmount Waterworks, East bank of Schuylkill River, Aquarium Drive, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Fairmount Waterworks, East bank of Schuylkill River, Aquarium Drive, P...

See also HABS PA-1654 for additional documentation. Significance: The Fairmount Water Works is perhaps the premier example of early nineteenth-century American industrial architecture. It was built to supply P... More

Fairmount Waterworks, East bank of Schuylkill River, Aquarium Drive, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Fairmount Waterworks, East bank of Schuylkill River, Aquarium Drive, P...

See also HABS PA-1654 for additional documentation. Significance: The Fairmount Water Works is perhaps the premier example of early nineteenth-century American industrial architecture. It was built to supply P... More

Fairmount Waterworks, East bank of Schuylkill River, Aquarium Drive, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Fairmount Waterworks, East bank of Schuylkill River, Aquarium Drive, P...

See also HABS PA-1654 for additional documentation. Significance: The Fairmount Water Works is perhaps the premier example of early nineteenth-century American industrial architecture. It was built to supply P... More

Fairmount Waterworks, East bank of Schuylkill River, Aquarium Drive, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Fairmount Waterworks, East bank of Schuylkill River, Aquarium Drive, P...

See also HABS PA-1654 for additional documentation. Significance: The Fairmount Water Works is perhaps the premier example of early nineteenth-century American industrial architecture. It was built to supply P... More

Fairmount Waterworks, East bank of Schuylkill River, Aquarium Drive, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Fairmount Waterworks, East bank of Schuylkill River, Aquarium Drive, P...

See also HABS PA-1654 for additional documentation. Significance: The Fairmount Water Works is perhaps the premier example of early nineteenth-century American industrial architecture. It was built to supply P... More

South El Paso Street Historic District, South El Paso, South Oregon & South Santa Fe Streets, El Paso, El Paso County, TX

South El Paso Street Historic District, South El Paso, South Oregon & ...

Significance: The historic district is the oldest, continuously-used commercial area in the city, and as such, is important to El Paso's history. The first settlement dates to February 1827 when Ponce de Leon r... More

South El Paso Street Historic District, South El Paso, South Oregon & South Santa Fe Streets, El Paso, El Paso County, TX

South El Paso Street Historic District, South El Paso, South Oregon & ...

Significance: The historic district is the oldest, continuously-used commercial area in the city, and as such, is important to El Paso's history. The first settlement dates to February 1827 when Ponce de Leon r... More

South El Paso Street Historic District, South El Paso, South Oregon & South Santa Fe Streets, El Paso, El Paso County, TX

South El Paso Street Historic District, South El Paso, South Oregon & ...

Significance: The historic district is the oldest, continuously-used commercial area in the city, and as such, is important to El Paso's history. The first settlement dates to February 1827 when Ponce de Leon r... More

South El Paso Street Historic District, South El Paso, South Oregon & South Santa Fe Streets, El Paso, El Paso County, TX

South El Paso Street Historic District, South El Paso, South Oregon & ...

Significance: The historic district is the oldest, continuously-used commercial area in the city, and as such, is important to El Paso's history. The first settlement dates to February 1827 when Ponce de Leon r... More

South El Paso Street Historic District, South El Paso, South Oregon & South Santa Fe Streets, El Paso, El Paso County, TX

South El Paso Street Historic District, South El Paso, South Oregon & ...

Significance: The historic district is the oldest, continuously-used commercial area in the city, and as such, is important to El Paso's history. The first settlement dates to February 1827 when Ponce de Leon r... More

South El Paso Street Historic District, South El Paso, South Oregon & South Santa Fe Streets, El Paso, El Paso County, TX

South El Paso Street Historic District, South El Paso, South Oregon & ...

Significance: The historic district is the oldest, continuously-used commercial area in the city, and as such, is important to El Paso's history. The first settlement dates to February 1827 when Ponce de Leon r... More

South El Paso Street Historic District, South El Paso, South Oregon & South Santa Fe Streets, El Paso, El Paso County, TX

South El Paso Street Historic District, South El Paso, South Oregon & ...

Significance: The historic district is the oldest, continuously-used commercial area in the city, and as such, is important to El Paso's history. The first settlement dates to February 1827 when Ponce de Leon r... More

South El Paso Street Historic District, South El Paso, South Oregon & South Santa Fe Streets, El Paso, El Paso County, TX

South El Paso Street Historic District, South El Paso, South Oregon & ...

Significance: The historic district is the oldest, continuously-used commercial area in the city, and as such, is important to El Paso's history. The first settlement dates to February 1827 when Ponce de Leon r... More

South El Paso Street Historic District, South El Paso, South Oregon & South Santa Fe Streets, El Paso, El Paso County, TX

South El Paso Street Historic District, South El Paso, South Oregon & ...

Significance: The historic district is the oldest, continuously-used commercial area in the city, and as such, is important to El Paso's history. The first settlement dates to February 1827 when Ponce de Leon r... More

South El Paso Street Historic District, South El Paso, South Oregon & South Santa Fe Streets, El Paso, El Paso County, TX

South El Paso Street Historic District, South El Paso, South Oregon & ...

Significance: The historic district is the oldest, continuously-used commercial area in the city, and as such, is important to El Paso's history. The first settlement dates to February 1827 when Ponce de Leon r... More

Abbeville Hydroelectric Power Plant, State Highway 284 & County Road 72, Rocky River (historical), Abbeville County, SC

Abbeville Hydroelectric Power Plant, State Highway 284 & County Road 7...

Significance: J. Roy Pennell acquired property and began construction of the multiple arch reinforced concrete dam in 1933. Pennell abandoned the project in 1935 and it was completed by the City of Abbeville w... More

Abbeville Hydroelectric Power Plant, State Highway 284 & County Road 72, Rocky River (historical), Abbeville County, SC

Abbeville Hydroelectric Power Plant, State Highway 284 & County Road 7...

Significance: J. Roy Pennell acquired property and began construction of the multiple arch reinforced concrete dam in 1933. Pennell abandoned the project in 1935 and it was completed by the City of Abbeville w... More

Hacienda Azucarera Vives, Playita Machete, Guayama Municipio, PR

Hacienda Azucarera Vives, Playita Machete, Guayama Municipio, PR

Survey number: HAER PR-28 Public domain photograph - Puerto Rico, fort, ruins, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Hacienda Azucarera Vives, Playita Machete, Guayama Municipio, PR

Hacienda Azucarera Vives, Playita Machete, Guayama Municipio, PR

Survey number: HAER PR-28 Public domain photograph - Puerto Rico, fort, ruins, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Hacienda Azucarera Vives, Playita Machete, Guayama Municipio, PR

Hacienda Azucarera Vives, Playita Machete, Guayama Municipio, PR

Survey number: HAER PR-28 Public domain photograph - Puerto Rico, fort, ruins, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Mision de San Antonio de la Ysleta del Sur, Southeast corner of Alameda Avenue & Zaragosa Drive, El Paso, El Paso County, TX

Mision de San Antonio de la Ysleta del Sur, Southeast corner of Alamed...

Significance: The layout of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church is an example of the New Mexican style of mission churches which were built during the 17th and 18th centuries, characterized by their linear, boxlike... More

Hacienda Azucarera La Esperanza, Mill (Ruins), 2.65 miles North of PR Route 2 Bridge Over Manati River, Manati, Manati Municipio, PR

Hacienda Azucarera La Esperanza, Mill (Ruins), 2.65 miles North of PR ...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-1 Survey number: HAER PR-1-B Building/structure dates: ca. 1861 Initial Construction

Hacienda Azucarera La Esperanza, Mill (Ruins), 2.65 miles North of PR Route 2 Bridge Over Manati River, Manati, Manati Municipio, PR

Hacienda Azucarera La Esperanza, Mill (Ruins), 2.65 miles North of PR ...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-1 Survey number: HAER PR-1-B Building/structure dates: ca. 1861 Initial Construction

Hacienda Azucarera La Esperanza, Mill (Ruins), 2.65 miles North of PR Route 2 Bridge Over Manati River, Manati, Manati Municipio, PR

Hacienda Azucarera La Esperanza, Mill (Ruins), 2.65 miles North of PR ...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-1 Survey number: HAER PR-1-B Building/structure dates: ca. 1861 Initial Construction

Isla de Mona Light, Mona Island, Cabo Rojo, Cabo Rojo Municipio, PR

Isla de Mona Light, Mona Island, Cabo Rojo, Cabo Rojo Municipio, PR

Significance: Mona Island Light is the only existing lighthouse for which two entirely different plans were drawn between 1885-1886. The first plan called for a 2nd class light, 22 miles range light beam, 3 ke... More

Isla de Mona Light, Mona Island, Cabo Rojo, Cabo Rojo Municipio, PR

Isla de Mona Light, Mona Island, Cabo Rojo, Cabo Rojo Municipio, PR

Significance: Mona Island Light is the only existing lighthouse for which two entirely different plans were drawn between 1885-1886. The first plan called for a 2nd class light, 22 miles range light beam, 3 ke... More

Isla de Mona Light, Mona Island, Cabo Rojo, Cabo Rojo Municipio, PR

Isla de Mona Light, Mona Island, Cabo Rojo, Cabo Rojo Municipio, PR

Significance: Mona Island Light is the only existing lighthouse for which two entirely different plans were drawn between 1885-1886. The first plan called for a 2nd class light, 22 miles range light beam, 3 ke... More

Isla de Mona Light, Mona Island, Cabo Rojo, Cabo Rojo Municipio, PR

Isla de Mona Light, Mona Island, Cabo Rojo, Cabo Rojo Municipio, PR

Significance: Mona Island Light is the only existing lighthouse for which two entirely different plans were drawn between 1885-1886. The first plan called for a 2nd class light, 22 miles range light beam, 3 ke... More

Isla de Mona Light, Mona Island, Cabo Rojo, Cabo Rojo Municipio, PR

Isla de Mona Light, Mona Island, Cabo Rojo, Cabo Rojo Municipio, PR

Significance: Mona Island Light is the only existing lighthouse for which two entirely different plans were drawn between 1885-1886. The first plan called for a 2nd class light, 22 miles range light beam, 3 ke... More

Evergreen Plantation, Reserve, St. John the Baptist Parish, LA

Evergreen Plantation, Reserve, St. John the Baptist Parish, LA

1993 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Third Place Significance: Evergreen's survival is an asset to both Louisiana's and the United States' preservation of history. Evergreen stands out among all gems along River Ro... More

Evergreen Plantation, Reserve, St. John the Baptist Parish, LA

Evergreen Plantation, Reserve, St. John the Baptist Parish, LA

1993 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Third Place Significance: Evergreen's survival is an asset to both Louisiana's and the United States' preservation of history. Evergreen stands out among all gems along River Ro... More

Evergreen Plantation, Reserve, St. John the Baptist Parish, LA

Evergreen Plantation, Reserve, St. John the Baptist Parish, LA

1993 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Third Place Significance: Evergreen's survival is an asset to both Louisiana's and the United States' preservation of history. Evergreen stands out among all gems along River Ro... More

Evergreen Plantation, Reserve, St. John the Baptist Parish, LA

Evergreen Plantation, Reserve, St. John the Baptist Parish, LA

1993 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Third Place Significance: Evergreen's survival is an asset to both Louisiana's and the United States' preservation of history. Evergreen stands out among all gems along River Ro... More

Union Gospel Tabernacle, 116 Fifth Avenue, North, Nashville, Davidson County, TN

Union Gospel Tabernacle, 116 Fifth Avenue, North, Nashville, Davidson ...

Significance: The Ryman Auditorium was built at a time when religious revivalism was attracting such a following in Nashville that Thomas Green Ryman, a recent convert himself, decided in 188 to provide the cit... More

Union Gospel Tabernacle, 116 Fifth Avenue, North, Nashville, Davidson County, TN

Union Gospel Tabernacle, 116 Fifth Avenue, North, Nashville, Davidson ...

Significance: The Ryman Auditorium was built at a time when religious revivalism was attracting such a following in Nashville that Thomas Green Ryman, a recent convert himself, decided in 188 to provide the cit... More

Zelotes Holmes House, 619 East Main Street, Laurens, Laurens County, SC

Zelotes Holmes House, 619 East Main Street, Laurens, Laurens County, S...

Significance: This is a large, unusually planned, octagonal house in the "Italian" style designed and built from 1859 to c. 1862 by the original owner for his own residence. It is an excellent example of the "g... More

Zelotes Holmes House, 619 East Main Street, Laurens, Laurens County, SC

Zelotes Holmes House, 619 East Main Street, Laurens, Laurens County, S...

Significance: This is a large, unusually planned, octagonal house in the "Italian" style designed and built from 1859 to c. 1862 by the original owner for his own residence. It is an excellent example of the "g... More

Church of the Holy Cross, State Route 261, Stateburg, Sumter County, SC

Church of the Holy Cross, State Route 261, Stateburg, Sumter County, S...

Significance: The Church of the Holy Cross is an extremely unusual mid-19th century rammed earth structure. Built in a simple but highly refined Gothic Revival style, it was designed on the model of an English ... More

Church of the Holy Cross, State Route 261, Stateburg, Sumter County, SC

Church of the Holy Cross, State Route 261, Stateburg, Sumter County, S...

Significance: The Church of the Holy Cross is an extremely unusual mid-19th century rammed earth structure. Built in a simple but highly refined Gothic Revival style, it was designed on the model of an English ... More

Church of the Holy Cross, State Route 261, Stateburg, Sumter County, SC

Church of the Holy Cross, State Route 261, Stateburg, Sumter County, S...

Significance: The Church of the Holy Cross is an extremely unusual mid-19th century rammed earth structure. Built in a simple but highly refined Gothic Revival style, it was designed on the model of an English ... More

Church of the Holy Cross, State Route 261, Stateburg, Sumter County, SC

Church of the Holy Cross, State Route 261, Stateburg, Sumter County, S...

Significance: The Church of the Holy Cross is an extremely unusual mid-19th century rammed earth structure. Built in a simple but highly refined Gothic Revival style, it was designed on the model of an English ... More

Church of the Holy Cross, State Route 261, Stateburg, Sumter County, SC

Church of the Holy Cross, State Route 261, Stateburg, Sumter County, S...

Significance: The Church of the Holy Cross is an extremely unusual mid-19th century rammed earth structure. Built in a simple but highly refined Gothic Revival style, it was designed on the model of an English ... More

Church of the Holy Cross, State Route 261, Stateburg, Sumter County, SC

Church of the Holy Cross, State Route 261, Stateburg, Sumter County, S...

Significance: The Church of the Holy Cross is an extremely unusual mid-19th century rammed earth structure. Built in a simple but highly refined Gothic Revival style, it was designed on the model of an English ... More

Church of the Holy Cross, State Route 261, Stateburg, Sumter County, SC

Church of the Holy Cross, State Route 261, Stateburg, Sumter County, S...

Significance: The Church of the Holy Cross is an extremely unusual mid-19th century rammed earth structure. Built in a simple but highly refined Gothic Revival style, it was designed on the model of an English ... More

Church of the Holy Cross, State Route 261, Stateburg, Sumter County, SC

Church of the Holy Cross, State Route 261, Stateburg, Sumter County, S...

Significance: The Church of the Holy Cross is an extremely unusual mid-19th century rammed earth structure. Built in a simple but highly refined Gothic Revival style, it was designed on the model of an English ... More

Church of the Holy Cross, State Route 261, Stateburg, Sumter County, SC

Church of the Holy Cross, State Route 261, Stateburg, Sumter County, S...

Significance: The Church of the Holy Cross is an extremely unusual mid-19th century rammed earth structure. Built in a simple but highly refined Gothic Revival style, it was designed on the model of an English ... More

Church of the Holy Cross, State Route 261, Stateburg, Sumter County, SC

Church of the Holy Cross, State Route 261, Stateburg, Sumter County, S...

Significance: The Church of the Holy Cross is an extremely unusual mid-19th century rammed earth structure. Built in a simple but highly refined Gothic Revival style, it was designed on the model of an English ... More

Borough House, West Side State Route 261, about .1 mile south side of junction with old Garners Ferry Road, Stateburg, Sumter County, SC

Borough House, West Side State Route 261, about .1 mile south side of ...

Significance: The Borough House is a late 18th and early 19th century plantation house with numerous surviving dependencies and extensive gardens. Major structures in the complex were designed and built in a mo... More

Borough House, West Side State Route 261, about .1 mile south side of junction with old Garners Ferry Road, Stateburg, Sumter County, SC

Borough House, West Side State Route 261, about .1 mile south side of ...

Significance: The Borough House is a late 18th and early 19th century plantation house with numerous surviving dependencies and extensive gardens. Major structures in the complex were designed and built in a mo... More

Borough House, West Side State Route 261, about .1 mile south side of junction with old Garners Ferry Road, Stateburg, Sumter County, SC

Borough House, West Side State Route 261, about .1 mile south side of ...

Significance: The Borough House is a late 18th and early 19th century plantation house with numerous surviving dependencies and extensive gardens. Major structures in the complex were designed and built in a mo... More

Borough House, West Side State Route 261, about .1 mile south side of junction with old Garners Ferry Road, Stateburg, Sumter County, SC

Borough House, West Side State Route 261, about .1 mile south side of ...

Significance: The Borough House is a late 18th and early 19th century plantation house with numerous surviving dependencies and extensive gardens. Major structures in the complex were designed and built in a mo... More

Borough House, West Side State Route 261, about .1 mile south side of junction with old Garners Ferry Road, Stateburg, Sumter County, SC

Borough House, West Side State Route 261, about .1 mile south side of ...

Significance: The Borough House is a late 18th and early 19th century plantation house with numerous surviving dependencies and extensive gardens. Major structures in the complex were designed and built in a mo... More

Borough House, West Side State Route 261, about .1 mile south side of junction with old Garners Ferry Road, Stateburg, Sumter County, SC

Borough House, West Side State Route 261, about .1 mile south side of ...

Significance: The Borough House is a late 18th and early 19th century plantation house with numerous surviving dependencies and extensive gardens. Major structures in the complex were designed and built in a mo... More

Borough House, West Side State Route 261, about .1 mile south side of junction with old Garners Ferry Road, Stateburg, Sumter County, SC

Borough House, West Side State Route 261, about .1 mile south side of ...

Significance: The Borough House is a late 18th and early 19th century plantation house with numerous surviving dependencies and extensive gardens. Major structures in the complex were designed and built in a mo... More

Borough House, West Side State Route 261, about .1 mile south side of junction with old Garners Ferry Road, Stateburg, Sumter County, SC

Borough House, West Side State Route 261, about .1 mile south side of ...

Significance: The Borough House is a late 18th and early 19th century plantation house with numerous surviving dependencies and extensive gardens. Major structures in the complex were designed and built in a mo... More

Borough House, West Side State Route 261, about .1 mile south side of junction with old Garners Ferry Road, Stateburg, Sumter County, SC

Borough House, West Side State Route 261, about .1 mile south side of ...

Significance: The Borough House is a late 18th and early 19th century plantation house with numerous surviving dependencies and extensive gardens. Major structures in the complex were designed and built in a mo... More

Borough House, West Side State Route 261, about .1 mile south side of junction with old Garners Ferry Road, Stateburg, Sumter County, SC

Borough House, West Side State Route 261, about .1 mile south side of ...

Significance: The Borough House is a late 18th and early 19th century plantation house with numerous surviving dependencies and extensive gardens. Major structures in the complex were designed and built in a mo... More

Borough House, West Side State Route 261, about .1 mile south side of junction with old Garners Ferry Road, Stateburg, Sumter County, SC

Borough House, West Side State Route 261, about .1 mile south side of ...

Significance: The Borough House is a late 18th and early 19th century plantation house with numerous surviving dependencies and extensive gardens. Major structures in the complex were designed and built in a mo... More

The Elms, Bellevue Avenue, Newport, Newport County, RI

The Elms, Bellevue Avenue, Newport, Newport County, RI

Significance: "The Elms," completed in 1901, is an example of the European tradition of palaces interpreted in Newport in the Age of Elegance. Survey number: HABS RI-344 Building/structure dates: 1901 Initial... More

The Elms, Bellevue Avenue, Newport, Newport County, RI

The Elms, Bellevue Avenue, Newport, Newport County, RI

Significance: "The Elms," completed in 1901, is an example of the European tradition of palaces interpreted in Newport in the Age of Elegance. Survey number: HABS RI-344 Building/structure dates: 1901 Initial... More

The Elms, Bellevue Avenue, Newport, Newport County, RI

The Elms, Bellevue Avenue, Newport, Newport County, RI

Significance: "The Elms," completed in 1901, is an example of the European tradition of palaces interpreted in Newport in the Age of Elegance. Survey number: HABS RI-344 Building/structure dates: 1901 Initial... More

The Elms, Bellevue Avenue, Newport, Newport County, RI

The Elms, Bellevue Avenue, Newport, Newport County, RI

Significance: "The Elms," completed in 1901, is an example of the European tradition of palaces interpreted in Newport in the Age of Elegance. Survey number: HABS RI-344 Building/structure dates: 1901 Initial... More

The Elms, Bellevue Avenue, Newport, Newport County, RI

The Elms, Bellevue Avenue, Newport, Newport County, RI

Significance: "The Elms," completed in 1901, is an example of the European tradition of palaces interpreted in Newport in the Age of Elegance. Survey number: HABS RI-344 Building/structure dates: 1901 Initial... More

The Hermitage, U.S. Highway 70 North (4580 Rachel's Lane), Nashville, Davidson County, TN

The Hermitage, U.S. Highway 70 North (4580 Rachel's Lane), Nashville, ...

Significance: The Hermitage and five hundred acres of adjoining land were bought by the State in 1856. It is believed that the brick building was begun in 1818. There is no record of the architect. ... Much f... More

The Hermitage, U.S. Highway 70 North (4580 Rachel's Lane), Nashville, Davidson County, TN

The Hermitage, U.S. Highway 70 North (4580 Rachel's Lane), Nashville, ...

Significance: The Hermitage and five hundred acres of adjoining land were bought by the State in 1856. It is believed that the brick building was begun in 1818. There is no record of the architect. ... Much f... More

The Hermitage, U.S. Highway 70 North (4580 Rachel's Lane), Nashville, Davidson County, TN

The Hermitage, U.S. Highway 70 North (4580 Rachel's Lane), Nashville, ...

Significance: The Hermitage and five hundred acres of adjoining land were bought by the State in 1856. It is believed that the brick building was begun in 1818. There is no record of the architect. ... Much f... More

The Hermitage, U.S. Highway 70 North (4580 Rachel's Lane), Nashville, Davidson County, TN

The Hermitage, U.S. Highway 70 North (4580 Rachel's Lane), Nashville, ...

Significance: The Hermitage and five hundred acres of adjoining land were bought by the State in 1856. It is believed that the brick building was begun in 1818. There is no record of the architect. ... Much f... More

The Hermitage, U.S. Highway 70 North (4580 Rachel's Lane), Nashville, Davidson County, TN

The Hermitage, U.S. Highway 70 North (4580 Rachel's Lane), Nashville, ...

Significance: The Hermitage and five hundred acres of adjoining land were bought by the State in 1856. It is believed that the brick building was begun in 1818. There is no record of the architect. ... Much f... More

The Hermitage, U.S. Highway 70 North (4580 Rachel's Lane), Nashville, Davidson County, TN

The Hermitage, U.S. Highway 70 North (4580 Rachel's Lane), Nashville, ...

Significance: The Hermitage and five hundred acres of adjoining land were bought by the State in 1856. It is believed that the brick building was begun in 1818. There is no record of the architect. ... Much f... More

The Hermitage, U.S. Highway 70 North (4580 Rachel's Lane), Nashville, Davidson County, TN

The Hermitage, U.S. Highway 70 North (4580 Rachel's Lane), Nashville, ...

Significance: The Hermitage and five hundred acres of adjoining land were bought by the State in 1856. It is believed that the brick building was begun in 1818. There is no record of the architect. ... Much f... More

The Hermitage, U.S. Highway 70 North (4580 Rachel's Lane), Nashville, Davidson County, TN

The Hermitage, U.S. Highway 70 North (4580 Rachel's Lane), Nashville, ...

Significance: The Hermitage and five hundred acres of adjoining land were bought by the State in 1856. It is believed that the brick building was begun in 1818. There is no record of the architect. ... Much f... More

The Hermitage, U.S. Highway 70 North (4580 Rachel's Lane), Nashville, Davidson County, TN

The Hermitage, U.S. Highway 70 North (4580 Rachel's Lane), Nashville, ...

Significance: The Hermitage and five hundred acres of adjoining land were bought by the State in 1856. It is believed that the brick building was begun in 1818. There is no record of the architect. ... Much f... More

Constitution Hall, 315 Elmore Street, Lecompton, Douglas County, KS

Constitution Hall, 315 Elmore Street, Lecompton, Douglas County, KS

1993 Charles E. Peterson Prize, First Place Significance: Constitution Hall was built in 1856, probably by Samuel Jones, sheriff of Douglas County and a notorious proslavery champion. It was a commercial ventur... More

Constitution Hall, 315 Elmore Street, Lecompton, Douglas County, KS

Constitution Hall, 315 Elmore Street, Lecompton, Douglas County, KS

1993 Charles E. Peterson Prize, First Place Significance: Constitution Hall was built in 1856, probably by Samuel Jones, sheriff of Douglas County and a notorious proslavery champion. It was a commercial ventur... More

Constitution Hall, 315 Elmore Street, Lecompton, Douglas County, KS

Constitution Hall, 315 Elmore Street, Lecompton, Douglas County, KS

1993 Charles E. Peterson Prize, First Place Significance: Constitution Hall was built in 1856, probably by Samuel Jones, sheriff of Douglas County and a notorious proslavery champion. It was a commercial ventur... More

Columbia Canal & Power Plant, Waterfront of Broad River, Columbia, Richland County, SC

Columbia Canal & Power Plant, Waterfront of Broad River, Columbia, Ric...

Significance: Designed to enable the navigation of the Broad and Congaree Rivers at their confluence in Columbia, the canal was completed in 1824 and enlarged in 1891; the 1891 portion of the canal is the signi... More

Lancaster & Chester Railway Building, 512 South Main Street, Lancaster, Lancaster County, SC

Lancaster & Chester Railway Building, 512 South Main Street, Lancaster...

Survey number: HABS SC-625 Public domain photograph of a church building, chapel, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Walnut Grove, Route 1, 1 mile East of intersection of U.S. 221 & I-26, Roebuck, Spartanburg County, SC

Walnut Grove, Route 1, 1 mile East of intersection of U.S. 221 & I-26,...

Significance: This complex reflects the migration of Scotch-Irish settlers from Pennsylvania and Virginia who established subsistence farms in the South Carolina upcountry. It also illustrates a South Carolina ... More

Walnut Grove, Route 1, 1 mile East of intersection of U.S. 221 & I-26, Roebuck, Spartanburg County, SC

Walnut Grove, Route 1, 1 mile East of intersection of U.S. 221 & I-26,...

Significance: This complex reflects the migration of Scotch-Irish settlers from Pennsylvania and Virginia who established subsistence farms in the South Carolina upcountry. It also illustrates a South Carolina ... More

Austin-Whittemore House, 15 Austin Street, Vermillion, Clay County, SD

Austin-Whittemore House, 15 Austin Street, Vermillion, Clay County, SD

Significance: Built five years prior to South Dakota statehood, this house is one of the few surviving 19th century structures in the vicinity of Vermillion. It is a rare permanent frontier structure with a fe... More

Christ Episcopal Church, Central Avenue (State Route 52), Rugby, Morgan County, TN

Christ Episcopal Church, Central Avenue (State Route 52), Rugby, Morga...

Survey number: HABS TN-44 Public domain photograph of a church building, chapel, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Fort Sam Houston, Military Post of San Antonio, Magazine, South side of Cunningham Avenue, San Antonio, Bexar County, TX

Fort Sam Houston, Military Post of San Antonio, Magazine, South side o...

Significance: This late nineteenth-century, one-room, brick magazine, although isolated in its location on the western boundary of the post, is compatible in design and materials with other post buildings erect... More

Gregorio Garcia House, North side of San Elizario Street, San Elizario, El Paso County, TX

Gregorio Garcia House, North side of San Elizario Street, San Elizario...

Significance: An example of adobe, Mexican-American, rural vernacular architecture. It is unique due to its large size and U-shape layout, with front inset porch. There are no other known surviving buildings of... More

Iglesia de San Elceario, South side of San Elizario Plaza, San Elizario, El Paso County, TX

Iglesia de San Elceario, South side of San Elizario Plaza, San Elizari...

Significance: The church dominates the village of San Elizario as did its predecessor, the chapel of the Spanish Presidio de San Elceario. The first chapel on the site would have been erected soon after the vic... More

Stony Point, Northeast corner of SC 246 & SC 39, Greenwood, Greenwood County, SC

Stony Point, Northeast corner of SC 246 & SC 39, Greenwood, Greenwood ...

Significance: Architecturally significant as a style more common to the Middle Atlantic States and relatively unusual as far south as South Carolina, constructed of flemish-bond brick with a jerkin-head roof; a... More

Casa Margarita Bestard, 118 Calle Reina, Ponce, Ponce Municipio, PR

Casa Margarita Bestard, 118 Calle Reina, Ponce, Ponce Municipio, PR

Significance: This house is of the indigenous "criollo" style and shows outstanding neo-classical details and fine proportions, Number 116 Calle Reina is almost identical to this house was built by the same, bu... More

Hacienda Azurarera Santa Elena, Sugar Mill Ruins, 1.44 miles North of PR Route 2 Bridge Over Rio De La Plata, Toa Baja, Toa Baja Municipio, PR

Hacienda Azurarera Santa Elena, Sugar Mill Ruins, 1.44 miles North of ...

Significance: The ruins are the only extant remains pertaining to an industrial building in Puerto Rico dating back to the late 18th century. They illustrate the transition from a cattle-driven vertical wooden... More

Hacienda Azurarera Santa Elena, Sugar Mill Ruins, 1.44 miles North of PR Route 2 Bridge Over Rio De La Plata, Toa Baja, Toa Baja Municipio, PR

Hacienda Azurarera Santa Elena, Sugar Mill Ruins, 1.44 miles North of ...

Significance: The ruins are the only extant remains pertaining to an industrial building in Puerto Rico dating back to the late 18th century. They illustrate the transition from a cattle-driven vertical wooden... More

Hacienda Azurarera Santa Elena, Sugar Mill Ruins, 1.44 miles North of PR Route 2 Bridge Over Rio De La Plata, Toa Baja, Toa Baja Municipio, PR

Hacienda Azurarera Santa Elena, Sugar Mill Ruins, 1.44 miles North of ...

Significance: The ruins are the only extant remains pertaining to an industrial building in Puerto Rico dating back to the late 18th century. They illustrate the transition from a cattle-driven vertical wooden... More

Stencil House, Clifton, Wayne County, TN

Stencil House, Clifton, Wayne County, TN

Significance: This small wood farmhouse is noteworthy for its extant stencil work on the interior. Survey number: HABS TN-190

Williams Place, Kitchen, SC secondary Road 113, 3/4 mile North of SC secondary Road 235, Glenn Springs, Spartanburg County, SC

Williams Place, Kitchen, SC secondary Road 113, 3/4 mile North of SC s...

Survey number: HABS SC-615-B Building/structure dates: ca. 1850 Initial Construction

Fort Sam Houston, Military Post of San Antonio, Company Barracks & Band Building, 603-610 & 613 Infantry Post Road, San Antonio, Bexar County, TX

Fort Sam Houston, Military Post of San Antonio, Company Barracks & Ban...

Significance: Buildings 603-610 and 613, constructed between 1886 and 1887, represent the Army's earliest efforts to provide adequate housing for the enlisted men assigned to the Military Post at San Antonio. T... More

Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio Depot, Water-Watch Tower, Grayson Street & New Braunfels Avenue, San Antonio, Bexar County, TX

Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio Depot, Water-Watch Tower, Grayson Street...

Significance: This ninety-foot high limestone tower, built in 1876-78, stands at the center of the original Quartermaster Depot, now the Headquarters of the U.S. Fifth Army, and serves as a focal point for the ... More

City Light & Power, 1950 North Clinton Street, Fort Wayne, Allen County, IN

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

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

Milford, Wedgefield-Rimini Road, Pinewood, Sumter County, SC

Milford, Wedgefield-Rimini Road, Pinewood, Sumter County, SC

Significance: "Milford," the residence of Governor John L. Manning, is one of the finest country mansions in South Carolina. Survey number: HABS SC-257 Building/structure dates: ca. 1850 Initial Construction ... More

Baltimore House, 4811 Riverdale Road, Riverdale Park, Prince George's County, MD

Baltimore House, 4811 Riverdale Road, Riverdale Park, Prince George's ...

1993 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: Originally built in 1801, Riversdale was planned by Henri Joseph the Baron de Stier and his son-in-law George Calvert, a descendant of the Lords Baltimore. I... More

Williams Place, Still House-Barn, SC secondary Road 113, 3/4 mile North of SC secondary Road 235, Glenn Springs, Spartanburg County, SC

Williams Place, Still House-Barn, SC secondary Road 113, 3/4 mile Nort...

Survey number: HABS SC-615-F Building/structure dates: ca. 1850 Initial Construction

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