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A black and white photo of an empty street. Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Plant, Michigan

A black and white photo of an empty street. Dodge Brothers Motor Car C...

Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Plant, Between Joseph Campau & Conant Avenues, Hamtramck, Wayne County, MI Significance: It served as the major manufacturing and assembly plant for the Dodge automobile and is... More

A black and white photo of a factory with old cars. Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Plant, Michigan

A black and white photo of a factory with old cars. Dodge Brothers Mot...

Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Plant, Between Joseph Campau & Conant Avenues, Hamtramck, Wayne County, MI Significance: It served as the major manufacturing and assembly plant for the Dodge automobile and is... More

A black and white photo of a plan of a building. Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Plant, Michigan

A black and white photo of a plan of a building. Dodge Brothers Motor ...

Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Plant, Between Joseph Campau & Conant Avenues, Hamtramck, Wayne County, MI Significance: It served as the major manufacturing and assembly plant for the Dodge automobile and is... More

A black and white photo of a city street. Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Plant, Michigan

A black and white photo of a city street. Dodge Brothers Motor Car Com...

Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Plant, Between Joseph Campau & Conant Avenues, Hamtramck, Wayne County, MI Significance: It served as the major manufacturing and assembly plant for the Dodge automobile and is... More

A black and white photo of a factory room. Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Plant, Michigan

A black and white photo of a factory room. Dodge Brothers Motor Car Co...

Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Plant, Between Joseph Campau & Conant Avenues, Hamtramck, Wayne County, MI Significance: It served as the major manufacturing and assembly plant for the Dodge automobile and is... More

A black and white photo of a large warehouse. Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Plant, Michigan

A black and white photo of a large warehouse. Dodge Brothers Motor Car...

Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Plant, Between Joseph Campau & Conant Avenues, Hamtramck, Wayne County, MI Significance: It served as the major manufacturing and assembly plant for the Dodge automobile and is... More

A black and white photo of a machine in a factory. Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Plant, Michigan

A black and white photo of a machine in a factory. Dodge Brothers Moto...

Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Plant, Between Joseph Campau & Conant Avenues, Hamtramck, Wayne County, MI Significance: It served as the major manufacturing and assembly plant for the Dodge automobile and is... More

A black and white photo of an old factory. Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Plant, Michigan

A black and white photo of an old factory. Dodge Brothers Motor Car Co...

Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Plant, Between Joseph Campau & Conant Avenues, Hamtramck, Wayne County, MI Significance: It served as the major manufacturing and assembly plant for the Dodge automobile and is... More

A black and white photo of a factory. Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Plant, Michigan

A black and white photo of a factory. Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company...

Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Plant, Between Joseph Campau & Conant Avenues, Hamtramck, Wayne County, MI Significance: It served as the major manufacturing and assembly plant for the Dodge automobile and is... More

A black and white photo of a building. Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Plant, Michigan

A black and white photo of a building. Dodge Brothers Motor Car Compan...

Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Plant, Between Joseph Campau & Conant Avenues, Hamtramck, Wayne County, MI Significance: It served as the major manufacturing and assembly plant for the Dodge automobile and is... More

A black and white photo of a living room. Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Plant, Michigan

A black and white photo of a living room. Dodge Brothers Motor Car Com...

Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Plant, Between Joseph Campau & Conant Avenues, Hamtramck, Wayne County, MI Significance: It served as the major manufacturing and assembly plant for the Dodge automobile and is... More

A black and white photo of a factory. Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Plant, Michigan

A black and white photo of a factory. Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company...

Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Plant, Between Joseph Campau & Conant Avenues, Hamtramck, Wayne County, MI Significance: It served as the major manufacturing and assembly plant for the Dodge automobile and is... More

A black and white photo of a large pipe. Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Plant, Michigan

A black and white photo of a large pipe. Dodge Brothers Motor Car Comp...

Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Plant, Between Joseph Campau & Conant Avenues, Hamtramck, Wayne County, MI Significance: It served as the major manufacturing and assembly plant for the Dodge automobile and is... More

A black and white photo of a large pipe. Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Plant, Michigan

A black and white photo of a large pipe. Dodge Brothers Motor Car Comp...

Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Plant, Between Joseph Campau & Conant Avenues, Hamtramck, Wayne County, MI Significance: It served as the major manufacturing and assembly plant for the Dodge automobile and is... More

A black and white photo of a factory. Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Plant, Michigan

A black and white photo of a factory. Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company...

Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Plant, Between Joseph Campau & Conant Avenues, Hamtramck, Wayne County, MI Significance: It served as the major manufacturing and assembly plant for the Dodge automobile and is... More

A black and white photo of a lighthouse. Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Plant, Michigan

A black and white photo of a lighthouse. Dodge Brothers Motor Car Comp...

Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Plant, Between Joseph Campau & Conant Avenues, Hamtramck, Wayne County, MI Significance: It served as the major manufacturing and assembly plant for the Dodge automobile and is... More

A black and white photo of men working in a factory. Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Plant, Michigan

A black and white photo of men working in a factory. Dodge Brothers Mo...

Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Plant, Between Joseph Campau & Conant Avenues, Hamtramck, Wayne County, MI Significance: It served as the major manufacturing and assembly plant for the Dodge automobile and is... More

A black and white photo of a hospital room. Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Plant, Michigan

A black and white photo of a hospital room. Dodge Brothers Motor Car C...

Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Plant, Between Joseph Campau & Conant Avenues, Hamtramck, Wayne County, MI Significance: It served as the major manufacturing and assembly plant for the Dodge automobile and is... More

A black and white photo of a kitchen. Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Plant, Michigan

A black and white photo of a kitchen. Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company...

Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Plant, Between Joseph Campau & Conant Avenues, Hamtramck, Wayne County, MI Significance: It served as the major manufacturing and assembly plant for the Dodge automobile and is... More

A black and white photo of a bridge over a river. Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Plant, Michigan

A black and white photo of a bridge over a river. Dodge Brothers Motor...

Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Plant, Between Joseph Campau & Conant Avenues, Hamtramck, Wayne County, MI Significance: It served as the major manufacturing and assembly plant for the Dodge automobile and is... More

An old black and white photo of a street. Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Plant, Michigan

An old black and white photo of a street. Dodge Brothers Motor Car Com...

Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Plant, Between Joseph Campau & Conant Avenues, Hamtramck, Wayne County, MI Significance: It served as the major manufacturing and assembly plant for the Dodge automobile and is... More

A black and white photo of a train yard. Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Plant, Michigan

A black and white photo of a train yard. Dodge Brothers Motor Car Comp...

Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Plant, Between Joseph Campau & Conant Avenues, Hamtramck, Wayne County, MI Significance: It served as the major manufacturing and assembly plant for the Dodge automobile and is... More

A black and white photo of a city street. Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Plant, Michigan

A black and white photo of a city street. Dodge Brothers Motor Car Com...

Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Plant, Between Joseph Campau & Conant Avenues, Hamtramck, Wayne County, MI Significance: It served as the major manufacturing and assembly plant for the Dodge automobile and is... More

A black and white photo of people working in a factory. Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Plant, Michigan

A black and white photo of people working in a factory. Dodge Brothers...

Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Plant, Between Joseph Campau & Conant Avenues, Hamtramck, Wayne County, MI Significance: It served as the major manufacturing and assembly plant for the Dodge automobile and is... More

A black and white photo of a large building. Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Plant, Michigan

A black and white photo of a large building. Dodge Brothers Motor Car ...

Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Plant, Between Joseph Campau & Conant Avenues, Hamtramck, Wayne County, MI Significance: It served as the major manufacturing and assembly plant for the Dodge automobile and is... More

A black and white photo of women working in a factory. Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Plant, Michigan

A black and white photo of women working in a factory. Dodge Brothers ...

Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Plant, Between Joseph Campau & Conant Avenues, Hamtramck, Wayne County, MI Significance: It served as the major manufacturing and assembly plant for the Dodge automobile and is... More

An old photo of a crowd of people. Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Plant, Michigan

An old photo of a crowd of people. Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Pl...

Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Plant, Between Joseph Campau & Conant Avenues, Hamtramck, Wayne County, MI Significance: It served as the major manufacturing and assembly plant for the Dodge automobile and is... More

Benbow House, Oak Ridge, Guilford County, NC

Benbow House, Oak Ridge, Guilford County, NC

Survey number: HABS NC-96 Building/structure dates: 1823 Initial Construction

Pullman Industrial Complex, 111th Street & Cottage Grove Avenue vicinity, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Pullman Industrial Complex, 111th Street & Cottage Grove Avenue vicini...

Significance: Between 1880 and 1883 the Pullman Palace Car Company built a complete factory and town on the shore of Lake Calumet for the purpose of building railroad rolling stock. It was among America's firs... 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

Central of Georgia Railway, Red (Administration) Building, 233 West Broad Street, Savannah, Chatham County, GA

Central of Georgia Railway, Red (Administration) Building, 233 West Br...

See HAER GA-1, Central of Georgia Railway, Savannah Repair Shops, for additional information. Significance: The red brick structure was erected in 1887 to accommodate the expanding clerical staff of the Central... More

Great Falls/S. U. M. Power Canal System, Paterson, Passaic County, NJ

Great Falls/S. U. M. Power Canal System, Paterson, Passaic County, NJ

Significance: Begun by the Society for the Establishment of Useful Manufacturers under the supervision of Pierre L'Enfant, the Canal System was first completed in 1794. Later alterations and improvements were ... More

Great Falls/S. U. M. Power Canal System, Paterson, Passaic County, NJ

Great Falls/S. U. M. Power Canal System, Paterson, Passaic County, NJ

Significance: Begun by the Society for the Establishment of Useful Manufacturers under the supervision of Pierre L'Enfant, the Canal System was first completed in 1794. Later alterations and improvements were ... More

Great Falls/S. U. M. Power Canal System, Paterson, Passaic County, NJ

Great Falls/S. U. M. Power Canal System, Paterson, Passaic County, NJ

Significance: Begun by the Society for the Establishment of Useful Manufacturers under the supervision of Pierre L'Enfant, the Canal System was first completed in 1794. Later alterations and improvements were ... More

Monongahela Incline Plane, Connecting North side of Grandview Avenue at Wyoming Street with West Carson Street near Smithfield Street, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA

Monongahela Incline Plane, Connecting North side of Grandview Avenue a...

Significance: The first constructed and oldest passenger incline plane in Pittsburgh, this system retains the 1882 safety brake and bull wheel and 1935 electrical system including drive motors, operating brakes... More

1007 E Street, Northwest (Commercial), Square 347, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

1007 E Street, Northwest (Commercial), Square 347, Washington, Distric...

Significance: Constructed in 1895 by builder H. Mueller at a cost of $5500 (D.C. Building Permit No. 8, July 2, 1895), 1007 E Street is an excellent example of builder-designed architecture in Washington in the... More

Peter Schoenhofen Brewery, West Eighteenth Street & Canalport Avenue, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Peter Schoenhofen Brewery, West Eighteenth Street & Canalport Avenue, ...

See Written Historical & Desriptive Data pages for reduced copies of drawings. Significance: The Schoenhofen Brewery has historic significance as the only major pre-Prohibition brewery in Chicago to have its st... More

Heber Light & Power Company, Hydroelectric Plant, U.S. Route 40/189, Heber City, Wasatch County, UT

Heber Light & Power Company, Hydroelectric Plant, U.S. Route 40/189, H...

Significance: Heber Light and Power Plant is representative of the large number of modest hydroelectric stations built during the first two decades of the twentieth century as a result of the growing demand for... More

Watertown Arsenal, Building No. 312, Wooley Avenue, Watertown, Middlesex County, MA

Watertown Arsenal, Building No. 312, Wooley Avenue, Watertown, Middles...

Significance: Building No. 312, constructed to facilitate the erection of gun carriages, is significant for its industrial association with three adjacent buildings to the west, south, and north (312, HAER No. ... More

Friendship Hall, State Routes 16 & 14, East New Market, Dorchester County, MD

Friendship Hall, State Routes 16 & 14, East New Market, Dorchester Cou...

Survey number: HABS MD-475 Public domain photograph of attic, house frame, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Wiessner Brewery, 1700 North Gay Street, Baltimore, Independent City, MD

Wiessner Brewery, 1700 North Gay Street, Baltimore, Independent City, ...

Significance: Built by brewmaster John Frederick Wiessner (1831-1897) to replace his older, smaller brewery of 1863 on the same site. The flamboyant brewhouse, the complex's overwhelmingly distinctive feature a... More

Wiessner Brewery, 1700 North Gay Street, Baltimore, Independent City, MD

Wiessner Brewery, 1700 North Gay Street, Baltimore, Independent City, ...

Significance: Built by brewmaster John Frederick Wiessner (1831-1897) to replace his older, smaller brewery of 1863 on the same site. The flamboyant brewhouse, the complex's overwhelmingly distinctive feature a... More

Atlantic & Great Western Railroad, Meadville Repair Shops, Storehouse, West side of U.S. 6/19, 600 feet South of Spring Street, Meadville, Crawford County, PA

Atlantic & Great Western Railroad, Meadville Repair Shops, Storehouse,...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-10 Survey number: HAER PA-11-C Building/structure dates: 1865-1866 Initial Construction

Atlantic & Great Western Railroad, Meadville Repair Shops, Storehouse, West side of U.S. 6/19, 600 feet South of Spring Street, Meadville, Crawford County, PA

Atlantic & Great Western Railroad, Meadville Repair Shops, Storehouse,...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-10 Survey number: HAER PA-11-C Building/structure dates: 1865-1866 Initial Construction

Hardy Hydroelectric Plant, Intake Tower, 6928 East Thirty-sixth Street, Newaygo, Newaygo County, MI

Hardy Hydroelectric Plant, Intake Tower, 6928 East Thirty-sixth Street...

Significance: The tower is part of the Hardy Hydroelectric Plant, built in the early 1930s as a link in Consumers Power Company's system of electric power generation. In designing and building Hardy, the compan... More

Hardy Hydroelectric Plant, Intake Tower, 6928 East Thirty-sixth Street, Newaygo, Newaygo County, MI

Hardy Hydroelectric Plant, Intake Tower, 6928 East Thirty-sixth Street...

Significance: The tower is part of the Hardy Hydroelectric Plant, built in the early 1930s as a link in Consumers Power Company's system of electric power generation. In designing and building Hardy, the compan... More

Frankford Arsenal, Building No. 106, South of Tacony Street between Bridge Street & tracks of former Pennsylvania Railroad, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Frankford Arsenal, Building No. 106, South of Tacony Street between Br...

Significance: Established in 1816, the Frankford Arsenal served for three decades as a depot for the storage and repair of arms, accoutrements, and ammunition for the United States Army. From 1849 to 1976, the... More

Colt Fire Arms Company, Building 24, 36-150 Huyshope Avenue, 17-170 Van Dyke Avenue, 49 Vredendale Avenue, Hartford, Hartford County, CT

Colt Fire Arms Company, Building 24, 36-150 Huyshope Avenue, 17-170 Va...

Survey number: HAER CT-189-G National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 76001987, 03000171

Starr Piano Factory & Richmond Gas Company, G Street Bridge & Main Street Bridge, Richmond, Wayne County, IN

Starr Piano Factory & Richmond Gas Company, G Street Bridge & Main Str...

Significance: The area serves as a reminder and benchmark to the early industrial development of the City with the Whitewater River as a source of power. The buildings' architectural elements represent early i... More

Ricks Foundry, Foundry Building, Miller Avenue off South Mount Vernon Street, Uniontown, Fayette County, PA

Ricks Foundry, Foundry Building, Miller Avenue off South Mount Vernon ...

Survey number: HAER PA-366-A Building/structure dates: ca. 1900 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1928 Subsequent Work

Lehigh Valley Railroad, Easton Steam Laundry & Dining Car, Canal Street, 50 feet west of Easton Station, Easton, Northampton County, PA

Lehigh Valley Railroad, Easton Steam Laundry & Dining Car, Canal Stree...

Significance: Two-story brick building on south side of Lehigh Valley Railroad tracks, 50 feet west of the Easton station. Canopy on east end supported by elaborate cast iron brackets. There is a one-story (p... More

Curtis Paper Mill, Route 72, Newark, New Castle County, DE

Curtis Paper Mill, Route 72, Newark, New Castle County, DE

Significance: In 1975, this paper mill continued to manufacture high-quality rag content papers using 19th-century Fourdrinier machinery. Survey number: HAER DE-1 Building/structure dates: before 1789 Initial... More

Curtis Paper Mill, Route 72, Newark, New Castle County, DE

Curtis Paper Mill, Route 72, Newark, New Castle County, DE

Significance: In 1975, this paper mill continued to manufacture high-quality rag content papers using 19th-century Fourdrinier machinery. Survey number: HAER DE-1 Building/structure dates: before 1789 Initial... More

Curtis Paper Mill, Route 72, Newark, New Castle County, DE

Curtis Paper Mill, Route 72, Newark, New Castle County, DE

Significance: In 1975, this paper mill continued to manufacture high-quality rag content papers using 19th-century Fourdrinier machinery. Survey number: HAER DE-1 Building/structure dates: before 1789 Initial... More

Harmony Street Baptist Church, 527 Forty-Second Place North, Birmingham, Jefferson County, AL

Harmony Street Baptist Church, 527 Forty-Second Place North, Birmingha...

Significance: The building's architect, Wallace A. Rayfield, was a notably successful African American architect in the late nineteenth and early 20th centuries. After earning a B.S. degree in classics in 1896... More

Portland General Electric Company, H.P. Boiler Room, 1841 Southeast Water Street, Portland, Multnomah County, OR

Portland General Electric Company, H.P. Boiler Room, 1841 Southeast Wa...

Survey number: HAER OR-12-L Building/structure dates: 1924 Initial Construction

Portland General Electric Company, H.P. Boiler Room, 1841 Southeast Water Street, Portland, Multnomah County, OR

Portland General Electric Company, H.P. Boiler Room, 1841 Southeast Wa...

Survey number: HAER OR-12-L Building/structure dates: 1924 Initial Construction

Cooke Hydroelectric Plant, Powerhouse, Cook Dam Road at Au Sable River, Oscoda, Iosco County, MI

Cooke Hydroelectric Plant, Powerhouse, Cook Dam Road at Au Sable River...

Significance: It was designed by William G. Fargo, a Jackson, Michigan, civil engineer who specialized in small and mid-sized hydroelectric plants in the Midwest. The Powerhouse shelters all the electrical gene... More

Montgomery County Jail, Washington & Spring Streets, Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, IN

Montgomery County Jail, Washington & Spring Streets, Crawfordsville, M...

Significance: The Montgomery County Jail, the first of six rotary jails built in the Midwest during the second half of the nineteenth century, represents a significant attempt to answer the problem of human inc... More

Montgomery County Jail, Washington & Spring Streets, Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, IN

Montgomery County Jail, Washington & Spring Streets, Crawfordsville, M...

Significance: The Montgomery County Jail, the first of six rotary jails built in the Midwest during the second half of the nineteenth century, represents a significant attempt to answer the problem of human inc... More

Montgomery County Jail, Washington & Spring Streets, Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, IN

Montgomery County Jail, Washington & Spring Streets, Crawfordsville, M...

Significance: The Montgomery County Jail, the first of six rotary jails built in the Midwest during the second half of the nineteenth century, represents a significant attempt to answer the problem of human inc... More

Anaconda Historic District, Mahie Block, 124 East Commercial Avenue, Anaconda, Deer Lodge County, MT

Anaconda Historic District, Mahie Block, 124 East Commercial Avenue, A...

Significance: This two-story brick structure has an art deco era steel facade over plate glass storefront windows, and stucco side and rear exterior walls. The building today is a dramatically altered version ... More

St. Elizabeths Hospital, M Building, 654-674 Redwood Street, Southeast, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

St. Elizabeths Hospital, M Building, 654-674 Redwood Street, Southeast...

For an overview of the Lettered Buildings, see HABS DC-349-BY Significance: The M Building (Building 72) is significant for its association with the treatment of mental illness on the St. Elizabeths Campus. As ... More

Pompion Hill Chapel, Cooper River, south side, Huger, Berkeley County, SC

Pompion Hill Chapel, Cooper River, south side, Huger, Berkeley County,...

2016 Charles E. Peterson Prize, First Place Significance: Pompion Hill is one of South Carolina's best-preserved chapels of ease and is known for its unaltered Georgian interior and exterior. It is significant ... More

11 Pernod Street (House), Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA

11 Pernod Street (House), Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA

Written data includes photocopies of location maps & floor plans. Significance: 11 Pernod Street is representative of the smaller scale brick rowhouses that were constructed in this section of Allegheny between... More

Watertown Arsenal, Building No. 43, Arsenal Street, Watertown, Middlesex County, MA

Watertown Arsenal, Building No. 43, Arsenal Street, Watertown, Middles...

Significance: Building No. 43 is one of the earliest buildings on the present AMTL property and was integral to the industrial development of the Watertown Arsenal after 1862. It was originally erected as a Sm... More

Rogers Locomotive & Machine Works, Erecting Shop, Spruce & Market Streets, Paterson, Passaic County, NJ

Rogers Locomotive & Machine Works, Erecting Shop, Spruce & Market Stre...

Significance: The Erecting Shop is the oldest of the structures surviving from the complex which formed the Rogers Locomotive and Machine Works. Although all the equipment and machinery have been removed, its ... More

Public Service Railway Company, Newton Avenue Car Shops, Bounded by Tenth, Mount Ephraim, Border & Newton Avenue, Camden, Camden County, NJ

Public Service Railway Company, Newton Avenue Car Shops, Bounded by Te...

Significance: The Newton Avenue Car Shops have been found significant as among the last structural remains associated with the history of trolley transportation in the City of Camden. By the close of the 19th ... More

National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers Western Branch, 4101 South Fourth Street, Leavenworth, Leavenworth County, KS

National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers Western Branch, 4101 Sou...

Significance: The former Western Branch of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers was founded in 1885. It was the fifth in a a series of 11 branch institutions established between 1867 and 1929. Th... More

Grosse Point Lighthouse, 2601 Sheridan Road, Evanston, Cook County, IL

Grosse Point Lighthouse, 2601 Sheridan Road, Evanston, Cook County, IL

2003 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: The Grosse Point lighthouse played a significant role in the development of maritime commerce on the Great Lakes. It was the leading historic navigational ai... More

Grosse Point Lighthouse, 2601 Sheridan Road, Evanston, Cook County, IL

Grosse Point Lighthouse, 2601 Sheridan Road, Evanston, Cook County, IL

2003 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: The Grosse Point lighthouse played a significant role in the development of maritime commerce on the Great Lakes. It was the leading historic navigational ai... More

Barbour Flax Spinning Company, Machine Shop, Spruce & Barbour Streets, Paterson, Passaic County, NJ

Barbour Flax Spinning Company, Machine Shop, Spruce & Barbour Streets,...

Survey number: HAER NJ-11-C Public domain photograph - New Jersey, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Vickers Building, 219-231 East Redwood Street, Baltimore, Independent City, MD

Vickers Building, 219-231 East Redwood Street, Baltimore, Independent ...

Significance: One of the few remaining large-scale commercial edifices to utilize brick as a primary material after Baltimore's Great Fire of 1904, the Vickers building typifies the simple massing and restraine... More

Rock Island Arsenal, Building No. 280, Sylvan Drive, Rock Island, Rock Island County, IL

Rock Island Arsenal, Building No. 280, Sylvan Drive, Rock Island, Rock...

Significance: After taking command of Rock Island Arsenal in 1865, General Thomas Jefferson Rodman devised a master plan for the installation calling for the construction of ten large manufacturing shops, five ... More

U.S. Steel Homestead Works, Blast Furnace Plant, Along Monongahela River, Homestead, Allegheny County, PA

U.S. Steel Homestead Works, Blast Furnace Plant, Along Monongahela Riv...

See also HAER PA-200 for additional documentation. Includes written data (pages 76 through 94). Significance: As a group, the structures and steel-making equipment from Homestead Works represented one of the na... More

U.S. Steel Homestead Works, Blast Furnace Plant, Along Monongahela River, Homestead, Allegheny County, PA

U.S. Steel Homestead Works, Blast Furnace Plant, Along Monongahela Riv...

See also HAER PA-200 for additional documentation. Includes written data (pages 76 through 94). Significance: As a group, the structures and steel-making equipment from Homestead Works represented one of the na... More

Watervliet Arsenal, Building 105, South Broadway, on Hudson River, Watervliet, Albany County, NY

Watervliet Arsenal, Building 105, South Broadway, on Hudson River, Wat...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-32 Survey number: HAER NY-229 Building/structure dates: 1836 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1845-1863 Subsequent Work Building/s... More

Watervliet Arsenal, Building 105, South Broadway, on Hudson River, Watervliet, Albany County, NY

Watervliet Arsenal, Building 105, South Broadway, on Hudson River, Wat...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-32 Survey number: HAER NY-229 Building/structure dates: 1836 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1845-1863 Subsequent Work Building/s... More

Frankford Arsenal, Building No. 206, Bridge & Tacony Streets, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Frankford Arsenal, Building No. 206, Bridge & Tacony Streets, Philadel...

Significance: Building 206 was constructed in 1918 as a cart house and is associated with the large-scale expansion of Frankford Arsenal in its relation with the United States' entry into World War I. Survey n... More

Bay City Traction & Electric Company, Power Station, 301 Washington Street, Bay City, Bay County, MI

Bay City Traction & Electric Company, Power Station, 301 Washington St...

Significance: the Bay City Traction and Electric Power Company Power Station was constructed as a steam generating plant providing power for interurban electric traction transportation in Bay City. This buildin... More

Chesapeake Beach Railroad Engine House, 21 Yost Place, Seat Pleasant, Prince George's County, MD

Chesapeake Beach Railroad Engine House, 21 Yost Place, Seat Pleasant, ...

Significance: Built as the major service structure in the only yard and shop complex owned by the Chesapeake Beach Railway (in business 1897-1935), the engine house is a rare survivor of a once common service-b... More

Chesapeake Beach Railroad Engine House, 21 Yost Place, Seat Pleasant, Prince George's County, MD

Chesapeake Beach Railroad Engine House, 21 Yost Place, Seat Pleasant, ...

Significance: Built as the major service structure in the only yard and shop complex owned by the Chesapeake Beach Railway (in business 1897-1935), the engine house is a rare survivor of a once common service-b... More

Concord Gas Light Company, Gasholder House, South Main Street, Concord, Merrimack County, NH

Concord Gas Light Company, Gasholder House, South Main Street, Concord...

Significance: In service from 1888-1952, is the last structure of its kind in the U.S. still containing its original gasholder. Similar structures were a common feature in the urban areas of New England and upp... More

Concord Gas Light Company, Gasholder House, South Main Street, Concord, Merrimack County, NH

Concord Gas Light Company, Gasholder House, South Main Street, Concord...

Significance: In service from 1888-1952, is the last structure of its kind in the U.S. still containing its original gasholder. Similar structures were a common feature in the urban areas of New England and upp... More

U.S. Steel Duquesne Works, West bank of Monongahela River along State Route 837, Duquesne, Allegheny County, PA

U.S. Steel Duquesne Works, West bank of Monongahela River along State ...

Significance: The construction of the Duquesne Steel Works marked an important event in the movement toward integrated steel producing ventures in the Monongahela Valley of western Pennsylvania. Constructed af... More

Stephen Frazee House, 7733 Canal Road, Valley View, Cuyahoga County, OH

Stephen Frazee House, 7733 Canal Road, Valley View, Cuyahoga County, O...

Significance: One of the two earliest brick houses in the lower Cuyahoga Valley, the Stephen Frazee House is an unusual example of late Federal vernacular brick construction for its locale. Survey number: HABS... More

Faro del Puerto de Ponce, Calo Cardona,Puerto de Ponce, Ponce, Ponce Municipio, PR

Faro del Puerto de Ponce, Calo Cardona,Puerto de Ponce, Ponce, Ponce M...

Significance: Cayo Cardona is located on a small 6 acre key west of Ponce Harbor. The light, built in 1889, guides the entrance to the Port of Ponce, as a 6th order red fixed light. Survey number: HAER PR-16 ... More

Faro del Puerto de Ponce, Calo Cardona,Puerto de Ponce, Ponce, Ponce Municipio, PR

Faro del Puerto de Ponce, Calo Cardona,Puerto de Ponce, Ponce, Ponce M...

Significance: Cayo Cardona is located on a small 6 acre key west of Ponce Harbor. The light, built in 1889, guides the entrance to the Port of Ponce, as a 6th order red fixed light. Survey number: HAER PR-16 ... More

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

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

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

Pennsylvania Railroad Improvements, Wilmington Train Station, Front & French Streets, Wilmington, New Castle County, DE

Pennsylvania Railroad Improvements, Wilmington Train Station, Front & ...

Survey number: HAER DE-12-D Building/structure dates: 1905-1908 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1976 Subsequent Work

Kanawha River Lock & Dam No. 11, Lockmaster's House, West side, U.S. Route 35, Clendenin, Kanawha County, WV

Kanawha River Lock & Dam No. 11, Lockmaster's House, West side, U.S. R...

Significance: This masonry house, built by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers ca. 1900, was constructed as a residence for the master of Kanawha River Lock and Dam No. 11. Survey number: HABS WV-287-B Building/... More

George Lodge No. 32, State Route 602, Howardsville, Albemarle County, Virginia

George Lodge No. 32, State Route 602, Howardsville, Albemarle County, ...

Significance: Ever since the Brethren of George Lodge 32 moved to Howardsville, Virginia in 1846, they have occupied the same building. The Lodge is a modest, brick structure, located at the geographic center ... More

George Lodge No. 32, State Route 602, Howardsville, Albemarle County, Virginia

George Lodge No. 32, State Route 602, Howardsville, Albemarle County, ...

Significance: Ever since the Brethren of George Lodge 32 moved to Howardsville, Virginia in 1846, they have occupied the same building. The Lodge is a modest, brick structure, located at the geographic center ... More

Lafayette Street Railway Powerhouse, 2 South Street, Lafayette, Tippecanoe County, IN

Lafayette Street Railway Powerhouse, 2 South Street, Lafayette, Tippec...

Significance: The first electric street railway system was installed in Richmond, Virginia in 1887. Based on its success, the City of Lafayette, Indiana, authorized the Lafayette Street Railway Co. to convert ... More

Lafayette Street Railway Powerhouse, 2 South Street, Lafayette, Tippecanoe County, IN

Lafayette Street Railway Powerhouse, 2 South Street, Lafayette, Tippec...

Significance: The first electric street railway system was installed in Richmond, Virginia in 1887. Based on its success, the City of Lafayette, Indiana, authorized the Lafayette Street Railway Co. to convert ... More

Lafayette Street Railway Powerhouse, 2 South Street, Lafayette, Tippecanoe County, IN

Lafayette Street Railway Powerhouse, 2 South Street, Lafayette, Tippec...

Significance: The first electric street railway system was installed in Richmond, Virginia in 1887. Based on its success, the City of Lafayette, Indiana, authorized the Lafayette Street Railway Co. to convert ... More

Arbuckle House, 140 East Fifth Street, Erie, Erie County, PA

Arbuckle House, 140 East Fifth Street, Erie, Erie County, PA

Written data includes a photocopy of a floor plan. Significance: The Arbuckle House is associated with a neighborhood of families of Irish extraction which achieved prominence in the latter half of the nineteen... More

Arbuckle House, 140 East Fifth Street, Erie, Erie County, PA

Arbuckle House, 140 East Fifth Street, Erie, Erie County, PA

Written data includes a photocopy of a floor plan. Significance: The Arbuckle House is associated with a neighborhood of families of Irish extraction which achieved prominence in the latter half of the nineteen... More

Watertown Arsenal, Building No. 114, Watertown, Middlesex County, MA

Watertown Arsenal, Building No. 114, Watertown, Middlesex County, MA

Survey number: HAER MA-20-L Public domain photograph, Victorian style, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Hillman Barge & Construction Company, Paul Thomas Boulevard, Brownsville, Fayette County, PA

Hillman Barge & Construction Company, Paul Thomas Boulevard, Brownsvil...

Significance: The Hillman Barge facility is significant in the commercial and industrial development of southwestern Pennsylvania as a fabricator of shipping vessels. Beginning as a distribution facility for c... More

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