Part of PICRYL.com. Not developed or endorsed by the Library of Congress

building

public
20,467 media by topicpage 6 of 205
Thomas Farm, House, 4632 Araby Church Road, Frederick, Frederick County, MD

Thomas Farm, House, 4632 Araby Church Road, Frederick, Frederick Count...

Significance: The property dates to a 1,400-acre land grant called Wett Work, which was patented in 1729, although apparently not occupied or improved until the 1740s. The 1748 completion of the Georgetown Road... More

Thomas Farm, House, 4632 Araby Church Road, Frederick, Frederick County, MD

Thomas Farm, House, 4632 Araby Church Road, Frederick, Frederick Count...

Significance: The property dates to a 1,400-acre land grant called Wett Work, which was patented in 1729, although apparently not occupied or improved until the 1740s. The 1748 completion of the Georgetown Road... More

Thomas Farm, House, 4632 Araby Church Road, Frederick, Frederick County, MD

Thomas Farm, House, 4632 Araby Church Road, Frederick, Frederick Count...

Significance: The property dates to a 1,400-acre land grant called Wett Work, which was patented in 1729, although apparently not occupied or improved until the 1740s. The 1748 completion of the Georgetown Road... More

Thomas Farm, House, 4632 Araby Church Road, Frederick, Frederick County, MD

Thomas Farm, House, 4632 Araby Church Road, Frederick, Frederick Count...

Significance: The property dates to a 1,400-acre land grant called Wett Work, which was patented in 1729, although apparently not occupied or improved until the 1740s. The 1748 completion of the Georgetown Road... More

Shaker Church Family Trustees' Office, Shaker Village Road, Canterbury, Merrimack County, NH

Shaker Church Family Trustees' Office, Shaker Village Road, Canterbury...

Survey number: HABS NH-181 Building/structure dates: 1826 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1918 Subsequent Work

Fort McClellan Ammunition Storage Area, Building No. 4414, Second Avenue (Magazine Road), Anniston, Calhoun County, AL

Fort McClellan Ammunition Storage Area, Building No. 4414, Second Aven...

Significance: The Ammunition Storage Area of Fort McClellan represents two eras of building design. Buildings 4403 and 4404 are standard field depot magazines built in 1917, while Buildings 4408, 4409, and 441... More

Shaker Church Family Trustees' Office, Shaker Road, New Lebanon, Columbia County, NY

Shaker Church Family Trustees' Office, Shaker Road, New Lebanon, Colum...

Survey number: HABS NY-3299 Building/structure dates: ca. 1791 Initial Construction

St. Luke's Episcopal Church, Fifteenth & Church Streets Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

St. Luke's Episcopal Church, Fifteenth & Church Streets Northwest, Was...

Significance: Tradition associates Calvin T.S. Brent (1854-1899), Washington's earliest known black architect, with the design of this church. St. Luke's rivals Mount Zion United Methodist Church in Georgetown... More

St. Lukes Episcopal Church, North Main Street (Route 7), Lanesborough, Berkshire County, MA

St. Lukes Episcopal Church, North Main Street (Route 7), Lanesborough,...

Significance: Among New England's few Gothic Revival churches. It is part of a fairly isolated religious movement, the early growth of the Episcopal church northward from New Haven to western Massachusetts in ... More

St. Lukes Episcopal Church, North Main Street (Route 7), Lanesborough, Berkshire County, MA

St. Lukes Episcopal Church, North Main Street (Route 7), Lanesborough,...

Significance: Among New England's few Gothic Revival churches. It is part of a fairly isolated religious movement, the early growth of the Episcopal church northward from New Haven to western Massachusetts in ... More

Zion Methodist Church, Malaga, Gloucester County, NJ

Zion Methodist Church, Malaga, Gloucester County, NJ

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-523 Survey number: HABS NJ-665 Building/structure dates: ca. 1834 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1860 Subsequent Work

Chapel of the Cross, 304 East Franklin Street, Chapel Hill, Orange County, NC

Chapel of the Cross, 304 East Franklin Street, Chapel Hill, Orange Cou...

Significance: Typical of early Gothic Revival churches in the United States, some decorative details being faithful to the spirit of European Gothic. It was one time believed that the building was designed by R... More

Chapel of the Cross, 304 East Franklin Street, Chapel Hill, Orange County, NC

Chapel of the Cross, 304 East Franklin Street, Chapel Hill, Orange Cou...

Significance: Typical of early Gothic Revival churches in the United States, some decorative details being faithful to the spirit of European Gothic. It was one time believed that the building was designed by R... More

Chapel of the Cross, 304 East Franklin Street, Chapel Hill, Orange County, NC

Chapel of the Cross, 304 East Franklin Street, Chapel Hill, Orange Cou...

Significance: Typical of early Gothic Revival churches in the United States, some decorative details being faithful to the spirit of European Gothic. It was one time believed that the building was designed by R... More

St. Helena Island Parish Church Ruins, Junction County Roads 45 & 37, Frogmore, Beaufort County, SC

St. Helena Island Parish Church Ruins, Junction County Roads 45 & 37, ...

Significance: The St. Helena Parish Chapel of Ease is significant as an intact example of mid-18th century tabby construction as for its association with St. Helena Episcopal Parish, both as a primary and secon... More

Andrew Vosburg House, 302 East Church Street, Lock Haven, Clinton County, PA

Andrew Vosburg House, 302 East Church Street, Lock Haven, Clinton Coun...

Significance: The architecture is typical of the Greek Revival style found in Lock Haven in the decade before the Civil War. Nearly all of these examples are either gone or at this point in time, highly threate... More

Andrew Vosburg House, 302 East Church Street, Lock Haven, Clinton County, PA

Andrew Vosburg House, 302 East Church Street, Lock Haven, Clinton Coun...

Significance: The architecture is typical of the Greek Revival style found in Lock Haven in the decade before the Civil War. Nearly all of these examples are either gone or at this point in time, highly threate... More

Shaker Church Family Round Barn, U.S. Route 20, Hancock, Berkshire County, MA

Shaker Church Family Round Barn, U.S. Route 20, Hancock, Berkshire Cou...

Significance: The Hancock Shakers were organized between 1780 and 1790. The Round Stone Barn was built 1826, and was described thirty years later as a "grand architectural curiosity...visited as a curiosity by ... More

Shaker Church Family Round Barn, U.S. Route 20, Hancock, Berkshire County, MA

Shaker Church Family Round Barn, U.S. Route 20, Hancock, Berkshire Cou...

Significance: The Hancock Shakers were organized between 1780 and 1790. The Round Stone Barn was built 1826, and was described thirty years later as a "grand architectural curiosity...visited as a curiosity by ... More

Drift Creek Bridge, Spanning Drift Creek on Drift Creek County Road, Lincoln City, Lincoln County, OR

Drift Creek Bridge, Spanning Drift Creek on Drift Creek County Road, L...

Survey number: HAER OR-110 Building/structure dates: 1933 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 2001 Subsequent Work

Riverside Baptist Church, 2650 Park Street, Jacksonville, Duval County, FL

Riverside Baptist Church, 2650 Park Street, Jacksonville, Duval County...

Significance: An outstanding example of 1920's Florida Boom Architecture (eclecticism) and the only church ever designed by Addison Mizner, popular Palm Beach architect. The octagonal structure in the Spanish ... More

Riverside Baptist Church, 2650 Park Street, Jacksonville, Duval County, FL

Riverside Baptist Church, 2650 Park Street, Jacksonville, Duval County...

Significance: An outstanding example of 1920's Florida Boom Architecture (eclecticism) and the only church ever designed by Addison Mizner, popular Palm Beach architect. The octagonal structure in the Spanish ... More

Kehilath Anshe Ma'ariv Synagogue, 3301 South Indiana Avenue, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Kehilath Anshe Ma'ariv Synagogue, 3301 South Indiana Avenue, Chicago, ...

Significance: One of the few example of ecclesiastical architecture to come from the office of Adler and Sullivan, this Chicago synagogue of 1890-91 was originally intended to be far more elegant and monumental... More

U.S. Naval Academy, Academy Chapel, Annapolis, Anne Arundel County, MD

U.S. Naval Academy, Academy Chapel, Annapolis, Anne Arundel County, MD

Significance: One of the major components of Ernest Flagg's grandiose plan for the Naval Academy. The chapel is a large and imposing exercise in the beaux-arts style. Its copper clad dome dominates the ground... More

U.S. Naval Academy, Academy Chapel, Annapolis, Anne Arundel County, MD

U.S. Naval Academy, Academy Chapel, Annapolis, Anne Arundel County, MD

Significance: One of the major components of Ernest Flagg's grandiose plan for the Naval Academy. The chapel is a large and imposing exercise in the beaux-arts style. Its copper clad dome dominates the ground... More

U.S. Naval Academy, Academy Chapel, Annapolis, Anne Arundel County, MD

U.S. Naval Academy, Academy Chapel, Annapolis, Anne Arundel County, MD

Significance: One of the major components of Ernest Flagg's grandiose plan for the Naval Academy. The chapel is a large and imposing exercise in the beaux-arts style. Its copper clad dome dominates the ground... More

Hollis Street Theater, Hollis Street, Boston, Suffolk County, MA

Hollis Street Theater, Hollis Street, Boston, Suffolk County, MA

Significance: Built as a church 1810. Remodeled for a theatre 1885. Demolished 1935. Architect John R. Hall. Survey number: HABS MA-157 Building/structure dates: 1885 Subsequent Work

First Church in Oberlin (Congregational), North Main & West Lorain Streets, Oberlin, Lorain County, OH

First Church in Oberlin (Congregational), North Main & West Lorain Str...

Significance: This church, erected in 1842, is the only remaining original building of a unique Congregational community of church, college and town. Survey number: HABS OH-2117 Building/structure dates: 1842... More

First Church in Oberlin (Congregational), North Main & West Lorain Streets, Oberlin, Lorain County, OH

First Church in Oberlin (Congregational), North Main & West Lorain Str...

Significance: This church, erected in 1842, is the only remaining original building of a unique Congregational community of church, college and town. Survey number: HABS OH-2117 Building/structure dates: 1842... More

U. S. Custom House, Whirlpool Street at Lower Arch Bridge, Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY

U. S. Custom House, Whirlpool Street at Lower Arch Bridge, Niagara Fal...

Significance: Served as customs house for Niagara from 1867 to the present, except for a period from 1908-1929 when the Customs House occupied the Federal Building (Post Office) at Main and Walnut. Unprocesse... More

St. Heinrich's Roman Catholic Church, 1057 Flint Street, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, OH

St. Heinrich's Roman Catholic Church, 1057 Flint Street, Cincinnati, H...

Significance: This brick church with Gothic details was erected in 1892 and demolished in 1979. Survey number: HABS OH-2203 Building/structure dates: 1892 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1979 ... More

St. Heinrich's Roman Catholic Church, 1057 Flint Street, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, OH

St. Heinrich's Roman Catholic Church, 1057 Flint Street, Cincinnati, H...

Significance: This brick church with Gothic details was erected in 1892 and demolished in 1979. Survey number: HABS OH-2203 Building/structure dates: 1892 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1979 ... More

Germantown Historical Society Area Study, Howell House, 5218 Germantown Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Germantown Historical Society Area Study, Howell House, 5218 Germantow...

Survey number: HABS PA-1694-C Public domain photograph - historical image of Pennsylvania, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

St. Mary's in the Mountains, Virginia City, Storey County, NV

St. Mary's in the Mountains, Virginia City, Storey County, NV

Survey number: HABS NV-15-52 Building/structure dates: 1877 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000458

Russian Bishop's House, 501 Lincoln Street, Sitka, Sitka Borough, AK

Russian Bishop's House, 501 Lincoln Street, Sitka, Sitka Borough, AK

Significance: The Russian Bishop's House is one of only three buildings constructed during the Russian period that remain in Alaska. The log construction, low hipped roof, and stairways in end galleries are al... More

Russian Bishop's House, 501 Lincoln Street, Sitka, Sitka Borough, AK

Russian Bishop's House, 501 Lincoln Street, Sitka, Sitka Borough, AK

Significance: The Russian Bishop's House is one of only three buildings constructed during the Russian period that remain in Alaska. The log construction, low hipped roof, and stairways in end galleries are al... More

Russian Bishop's House, 501 Lincoln Street, Sitka, Sitka Borough, AK

Russian Bishop's House, 501 Lincoln Street, Sitka, Sitka Borough, AK

Significance: The Russian Bishop's House is one of only three buildings constructed during the Russian period that remain in Alaska. The log construction, low hipped roof, and stairways in end galleries are al... More

Lesley-Travers Mansion, 112 West Sixth Street, New Castle, New Castle County, DE

Lesley-Travers Mansion, 112 West Sixth Street, New Castle, New Castle ...

Significance: In a town noted for its Georgian and Federal architecture, the Lesley-Travers Mansion stands out as a distinctive example of the Gothic Revival. Designed for Dr. Allen Voorhees Lesley by the Balt... More

Zook Barn, King Road (East Whiteland Township), Glenloch, Chester County, PA

Zook Barn, King Road (East Whiteland Township), Glenloch, Chester Coun...

Significance: This "Switzer Barn" is a typical 18th century Pennsylvania barn type. Survey number: HABS PA-1218 Building/structure dates: after. 1700- before. 1798 Initial Construction

Ebenezer Methodist Episcopal Church, North side of I-70, immediately adjacent to Township Road 614, California, Washington County, PA

Ebenezer Methodist Episcopal Church, North side of I-70, immediately a...

Significance: Ebenezer Methodist Episcopal Church is an intact example of a Western Pennsylvania rural vernacular church building influenced by the Gothic tradition. The church'sconfiguration and detail are an ... More

Ebenezer Methodist Episcopal Church, North side of I-70, immediately adjacent to Township Road 614, California, Washington County, PA

Ebenezer Methodist Episcopal Church, North side of I-70, immediately a...

Significance: Ebenezer Methodist Episcopal Church is an intact example of a Western Pennsylvania rural vernacular church building influenced by the Gothic tradition. The church'sconfiguration and detail are an ... More

Ebenezer Methodist Episcopal Church, North side of I-70, immediately adjacent to Township Road 614, California, Washington County, PA

Ebenezer Methodist Episcopal Church, North side of I-70, immediately a...

Significance: Ebenezer Methodist Episcopal Church is an intact example of a Western Pennsylvania rural vernacular church building influenced by the Gothic tradition. The church'sconfiguration and detail are an ... More

James Russell Lowell Elementary School, 4501 Crittenden Drive, Louisville, Jefferson County, KY

James Russell Lowell Elementary School, 4501 Crittenden Drive, Louisvi...

Significance: The James Russell Lowell Elementary School is architecturally significant as an excellent example of both the vernacular, institutional architecture of the period (1916) and of the Art Deco style ... More

Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church, Allendale Avenue, Saddle River, Bergen County, NJ

Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church, Allendale Avenue, Saddle River, Berg...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-185, FN-186 Survey number: HABS NJ-330 Building/structure dates: 1820 Initial Construction

National Park Seminary, Service Buildings, Between Linden Lane & Beach Drive, Silver Spring, Montgomery County, MD

National Park Seminary, Service Buildings, Between Linden Lane & Beach...

Significance: The service buildings were essential for the operations of the school. Some of them, including the power plant and fire house, still are. Even though the buildings were utilitarian in function, ... More

National Park Seminary, Service Buildings, Between Linden Lane & Beach Drive, Silver Spring, Montgomery County, MD

National Park Seminary, Service Buildings, Between Linden Lane & Beach...

Significance: The service buildings were essential for the operations of the school. Some of them, including the power plant and fire house, still are. Even though the buildings were utilitarian in function, ... More

St. Seraphim Russian Orthodox Churches, New Church, Lower Kalskag, Bethel Census Area, AK

St. Seraphim Russian Orthodox Churches, New Church, Lower Kalskag, Bet...

Significance: Although one of the newer Russian Orthodox churches in Alaska, St. Seraphim is in a time-honored form, with a hip-roofed square nave farmed by a gable-roofed sanctuary and narthex. Survey number:... More

Shoshone Episcopal Mission, Wind River Indian Reservation, Fort Washakie, Fremont County, WY

Shoshone Episcopal Mission, Wind River Indian Reservation, Fort Washak...

Significance: The Shoshone School for Indian Girls was established through the cooperation of Reverend John Roberts and Chief Washakie of the Eastern Shoshone Indians. It was a facility of the Shoshone Episcop... More

Old Brick Church, State Route 187, Wysox, Bradford County, PA

Old Brick Church, State Route 187, Wysox, Bradford County, PA

Survey number: HABS PA-222 Building/structure dates: 1828 Initial Construction

Sacred Heart Church at Whitemarsh, 16101 Annapolis Road, Bowie, Prince George's County, MD

Sacred Heart Church at Whitemarsh, 16101 Annapolis Road, Bowie, Prince...

Significance: This is the only pre-Revolutionary War Roman Catholic Church in the county, and the site of important events in the development of the Catholic Church in Maryland. Survey number: HABS MD-1014 Bu... More

St. Luke's Church, State Route 10 vicinity, Smithfield, Isle of Wight County, Virginia

St. Luke's Church, State Route 10 vicinity, Smithfield, Isle of Wight ...

Significance: The congregation of St. Luke's dates to the 1630s and by the mid seventeenth century Col. Bridger of White Marsh influenced the fitting out of the interior and is traditionally credited with the c... More

St. Luke's Church, State Route 10 vicinity, Smithfield, Isle of Wight County, Virginia

St. Luke's Church, State Route 10 vicinity, Smithfield, Isle of Wight ...

Significance: The congregation of St. Luke's dates to the 1630s and by the mid seventeenth century Col. Bridger of White Marsh influenced the fitting out of the interior and is traditionally credited with the c... More

Vermont Bridge No. 48, Spanning Winooski River at U.S. Route 2, Waterbury, Washington County, VT

Vermont Bridge No. 48, Spanning Winooski River at U.S. Route 2, Waterb...

Significance: The bridge is significant as a representative example of bridges constructed in the early 20th Century. During this time, the use of trusses dominated the bridge industry, replacing the variety o... More

Edgewater Community, Off New Mulga Loop Road (Junction 80), Birmingham, Jefferson County, AL

Edgewater Community, Off New Mulga Loop Road (Junction 80), Birmingham...

Significance: White and black churches and many houses built by TCI for blacks and whites in geographically-distinct sections remain in the isolated mining village today. The black camp is located along a ridg... More

Penn School Historic District, Small House Next to Brick Church, SC Route 37, next to Brick Church, St. Helena Island, Frogmore, Beaufort County, SC

Penn School Historic District, Small House Next to Brick Church, SC Ro...

Survey number: HABS SC-588-U Building/structure dates: after 2000 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 74001824

Old Drawyers Presbyterian Church, Route 13, Odessa, New Castle County, DE

Old Drawyers Presbyterian Church, Route 13, Odessa, New Castle County,...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-4, FN-8 - FN-11 Survey number: HABS DE-3 Building/structure dates: 1773 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 73000533

Fort Leavenworth, Building No. 7, 620 Scott Avenue, Leavenworth, Leavenworth County, KS

Fort Leavenworth, Building No. 7, 620 Scott Avenue, Leavenworth, Leave...

Significance: Building #7 is significant as the only example of the picturesque Cottage, popularized by Andrew Jackson Downing and A.J. Davis in the 1840's and 1850's, at Fort Leavenworth. The residence was th... More

Unity Temple, 875 Lake Street, Oak Park, Cook County, IL

Unity Temple, 875 Lake Street, Oak Park, Cook County, IL

Significance: Frank Lloyd Wright's design for Unity Church was conceived with the prime objective of giving exterior expression to a room of worship by subordinating the smaller auxiliary functions to the main ... More

Unity Temple, 875 Lake Street, Oak Park, Cook County, IL

Unity Temple, 875 Lake Street, Oak Park, Cook County, IL

Significance: Frank Lloyd Wright's design for Unity Church was conceived with the prime objective of giving exterior expression to a room of worship by subordinating the smaller auxiliary functions to the main ... More

Lockwood-Coghlin Buildings, 119 & 121-123 Saint Clair Street, Toledo, Lucas County, OH

Lockwood-Coghlin Buildings, 119 & 121-123 Saint Clair Street, Toledo, ...

Significance: The Lockwood/Coghlin Buildings are significant as expressions of the work of prominent Toledo architect Norval Bacan, who was responsible for hundreds of designs in the late 19th and early 20th ce... More

Christ Church, Garden Street, Cambridge, Middlesex County, MA

Christ Church, Garden Street, Cambridge, Middlesex County, MA

Survey number: HABS MA-2-3 Building/structure dates: 1761 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000140

Christ Church, Garden Street, Cambridge, Middlesex County, MA

Christ Church, Garden Street, Cambridge, Middlesex County, MA

Survey number: HABS MA-2-3 Building/structure dates: 1761 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000140

Burden Iron Works, Office Building, Polk Street, Troy, Rensselaer County, NY

Burden Iron Works, Office Building, Polk Street, Troy, Rensselaer Coun...

Significance: Only significant surviving structure of the Burden Company. Survey number: HAER NY-7-D Building/structure dates: 1881-1882 Initial Construction

Fort Monroe, Hampton, Hampton, Virginia

Fort Monroe, Hampton, Hampton, Virginia

Significance: Fort Monroe occupies a sandy projection of land in Hampton, Virginia, at the end of the peninsula between the York and James Rivers. Between this pit and the peninsula is a small inlet, Mill Cree... More

Bethesda-By-The-Sea, 549 North Lake Trail, Palm Beach, Palm Beach County, FL

Bethesda-By-The-Sea, 549 North Lake Trail, Palm Beach, Palm Beach Coun...

Significance: Deconsecrated 1925, this Episcopal Church with semi-detached windmill-like tower, has been a local landmark on Lake Worth since it was erected in 1895, the first permanent substantial church to be... More

St. Peter's Church, Hillside Cemetery, Van Cortlandtville, Westchester County, NY

St. Peter's Church, Hillside Cemetery, Van Cortlandtville, Westchester...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-87, FN-88 Survey number: HABS NY-4-106 Building/structure dates: 1767 Initial Construction

Pineville Chapel, State Road S-8-204, Pineville, Berkeley County, SC

Pineville Chapel, State Road S-8-204, Pineville, Berkeley County, SC

2012 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Third Place Significance: As a contributing resource to the Pineville Historic District listed on the National Register of Historic Places, Pineville Chapel is one of two early n... More

Thomas Law House, 1252 Sixth Street Southwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Thomas Law House, 1252 Sixth Street Southwest, Washington, District of...

Significance: Leased in 1796 by Thomas Law, who lost a fortune made in India speculating on Washington real estate, and his bride Eliza Parke Custis Law, granddaughter of Martha Washington. Served as a hotel i... More

Zion National Park Roads & Bridges, Springdale, Washington County, UT

Zion National Park Roads & Bridges, Springdale, Washington County, UT

Significance: The development of roads and bridges within Zion National Park and other parks and monuments of southwestern Utah and northwestern Arizona is a direct result of regional tourism promoted by the ea... More

Zion National Park Roads & Bridges, Springdale, Washington County, UT

Zion National Park Roads & Bridges, Springdale, Washington County, UT

Significance: The development of roads and bridges within Zion National Park and other parks and monuments of southwestern Utah and northwestern Arizona is a direct result of regional tourism promoted by the ea... More

Hickman Chapel Baptist Church, 1731 Mill Run Road, Mill Run, Fayette County, PA

Hickman Chapel Baptist Church, 1731 Mill Run Road, Mill Run, Fayette C...

2010 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: The simple one-story frame building was built in 1901. It has a gable roof which is perpendicular to Mill Run Road and rests on block foundation and full base... More

All Saints' Episcopal Cathedral, 828 East Juneau Avenue, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, WI

All Saints' Episcopal Cathedral, 828 East Juneau Avenue, Milwaukee, Mi...

Significance: All Saints' is one of the nation's earliest Episcopal cathedrals. Gothic Revival in style, it is one of Milwaukee's older surviving churches and an important early work of the architect, Edward T... More

St. George's Episcopal Church, 100 Lake Avenue, Cordova, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, AK

St. George's Episcopal Church, 100 Lake Avenue, Cordova, Valdez-Cordov...

Significance: The design of Saint George's Episcopal Church is attributed to the Rev. Eustace P. Zeigler, who had trained as an architect in Detroit before relocating to Cordova in 1909. The church was consecra... More

Twelfth Street YMCA Building, 1816 Twelfth Street Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Twelfth Street YMCA Building, 1816 Twelfth Street Northwest, Washingto...

Significance: Designed for the black community by a black architect, W. Sidney Pittman, the costly and well-equipped YMCA became a vital community center. Organizations such as the NAACP, Negro Medical Aid Soci... More

Twelfth Street YMCA Building, 1816 Twelfth Street Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Twelfth Street YMCA Building, 1816 Twelfth Street Northwest, Washingto...

Significance: Designed for the black community by a black architect, W. Sidney Pittman, the costly and well-equipped YMCA became a vital community center. Organizations such as the NAACP, Negro Medical Aid Soci... More

Twelfth Street YMCA Building, 1816 Twelfth Street Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Twelfth Street YMCA Building, 1816 Twelfth Street Northwest, Washingto...

Significance: Designed for the black community by a black architect, W. Sidney Pittman, the costly and well-equipped YMCA became a vital community center. Organizations such as the NAACP, Negro Medical Aid Soci... More

Congregational Church, Route 85, Claridon, Geauga County, OH

Congregational Church, Route 85, Claridon, Geauga County, OH

Survey number: HABS OH-237 Building/structure dates: ca. 1829 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1870 Subsequent Work

Economy Tailor Shop & Wine Cellar, Church Street, Ambridge, Beaver County, PA

Economy Tailor Shop & Wine Cellar, Church Street, Ambridge, Beaver Cou...

See also HABS PA-1176 for additional documentation. Survey number: HABS PA-613 Building/structure dates: 1826-1827 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000644

Tobacco District Rehabilitation Project, Danville, Danville, Virginia

Tobacco District Rehabilitation Project, Danville, Danville, Virginia

For other photos of workers' housing, see HABS VA-1036 & HABS VA-1037. This GPO publication is included in the field records: Rehabilitation, Danville 1978: A Strategy for Building Reuse and Neighborhood Conser... More

Wetumpka Methodist Church, 306 West Tuskeena Street, Wetumpka, Elmore County, AL

Wetumpka Methodist Church, 306 West Tuskeena Street, Wetumpka, Elmore ...

Survey number: HABS AL-655 Building/structure dates: ca. 1840 Initial Construction

[Two portraits of Sarah Allister McAllister Grant. Right plate: head-and-shoulders, facing slightly right. Left plate: full-length, standing in front of a building]

[Two portraits of Sarah Allister McAllister Grant. Right plate: head-a...

Image on left plate is barely visible. Paper label attached to case: Sarah by W.Y.M., 184? Inscription on left plate: "Taken in 1843 at 45 Sansom St. by W.Y. McAllister." Hallmark on both plates: iron cross sh... More

St. Mary's Catholic School-Sinai Hebrew Synagogue, 209 North Henderson Street, Jefferson, Marion County, TX

St. Mary's Catholic School-Sinai Hebrew Synagogue, 209 North Henderson...

Significance: Both buildings are representative of the Classical influence in the vernacular architecture of the South. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-62 Survey number: HABS TX-... More

First Reformed Church of New Brunswick, Neilson Street, New Brunswick, Middlesex County, NJ

First Reformed Church of New Brunswick, Neilson Street, New Brunswick,...

Significance: The old stone church, which stood on the site of the present edifice, was seriously damaged during the British occupation of New Brunswick (winter 1766-1767). Temporary repairs permitted use until... More

New Haven City Hall & Courthouse, Church Street, between Court & Elm Streets, New Haven, New Haven County, CT

New Haven City Hall & Courthouse, Church Street, between Court & Elm S...

Significance: The City Hall is one of the earliest examples of polychromatic Italian Gothic Revival style in the United States. The Courthouse, adjoining City Hall, was built 10 years later in the same style. ... More

Essex Town Hall, Martin Street, Essex, Essex County, MA

Essex Town Hall, Martin Street, Essex, Essex County, MA

Significance: Very well maintained example of the shingle style. Survey number: HABS MA-1222 Building/structure dates: 1894 Initial Construction

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

Wetumpka Presbyterian Church, West Bridge & North Bridge Streets, Wetumpka, Elmore County, AL

Wetumpka Presbyterian Church, West Bridge & North Bridge Streets, Wetu...

Survey number: HABS AL-656 Building/structure dates: 1836 Initial Construction

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

San Gabriel de Guevavi, Santa Cruz River, Nogales, Santa Cruz County, AZ

San Gabriel de Guevavi, Santa Cruz River, Nogales, Santa Cruz County, ...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-7 Survey number: HABS AZ-1 Building/structure dates: ca. 1690 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: ca. 1690 Initial Construction Natio... More

San Fernando Cathedral, 115 Main Avenue, San Antonio, Bexar County, TX

San Fernando Cathedral, 115 Main Avenue, San Antonio, Bexar County, TX

Significance: San Fernando Cathedral is one of the important historic architectural monuments in San Antonio. A part of the present structure dates to the middle of the eighteenth century and the beginning of t... More

San Fernando Cathedral, 115 Main Avenue, San Antonio, Bexar County, TX

San Fernando Cathedral, 115 Main Avenue, San Antonio, Bexar County, TX

Significance: San Fernando Cathedral is one of the important historic architectural monuments in San Antonio. A part of the present structure dates to the middle of the eighteenth century and the beginning of t... More

St. Paul's Church, Northwest side Baden-Naylor Road, intersection with Horsehead Road, Baden, Prince George's County, MD

St. Paul's Church, Northwest side Baden-Naylor Road, intersection with...

Significance: St. Paul's at Baden is the oldest church in Prince George's County, and one of only six churches extant from the colonial period. In May of 1692, the Governor's Council and the Maryland Assembly ... More

Old Presbyterian Church, Second Street between Harmony & Delaware Streets, New Castle, New Castle County, DE

Old Presbyterian Church, Second Street between Harmony & Delaware Stre...

Survey number: HABS DE-84 Building/structure dates: 1707 Initial Construction

Old Presbyterian Church, Second Street between Harmony & Delaware Streets, New Castle, New Castle County, DE

Old Presbyterian Church, Second Street between Harmony & Delaware Stre...

Survey number: HABS DE-84 Building/structure dates: 1707 Initial Construction

Mount Zion Cemetery/ Female Union Band Cemetery, Bounded by 27th Street right-of-way N.W. (formerly Lyons Mill Road), Q Street N.W., & Mill Road N.W., Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Mount Zion Cemetery/ Female Union Band Cemetery, Bounded by 27th Stree...

See also HABS DC-242 for documentation of Mount Zion United Methodist Church. Significance: The Mount Zion Cemetery/ Female Union Band Cemetery is one of the oldest remaining African American cemeteries in Geor... More

Mount Zion Cemetery/ Female Union Band Cemetery, Bounded by 27th Street right-of-way N.W. (formerly Lyons Mill Road), Q Street N.W., & Mill Road N.W., Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Mount Zion Cemetery/ Female Union Band Cemetery, Bounded by 27th Stree...

See also HABS DC-242 for documentation of Mount Zion United Methodist Church. Significance: The Mount Zion Cemetery/ Female Union Band Cemetery is one of the oldest remaining African American cemeteries in Geor... More

Hill Top Church, Mendham, Morris County, NJ

Hill Top Church, Mendham, Morris County, NJ

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-231 Survey number: HABS NJ-63 Building/structure dates: 1860 Initial Construction

Hill Top Church, Mendham, Morris County, NJ

Hill Top Church, Mendham, Morris County, NJ

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-231 Survey number: HABS NJ-63 Building/structure dates: 1860 Initial Construction

Congregational Church, Grafton, Windham County, VT

Congregational Church, Grafton, Windham County, VT

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-11 Survey number: HABS VT-23 Building/structure dates: 1833 Initial Construction

Fort Brown, Commissary & Guard House, May Street & Gorgas Drive vicinity, Brownsville, Cameron County, TX

Fort Brown, Commissary & Guard House, May Street & Gorgas Drive vicini...

Significance: Building 88 was constructed around 1903 as a commissary. After the Battle of Matamoros in June 1913 the building was used to hold Mexican insurgents as prisoners. It has a long history of adaptive... More

Previous

of 205

Next