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Virginia Fire & Marine Insurance Building, 1015 East Main Street, Richmond, Independent City, Virginia

Virginia Fire & Marine Insurance Building, 1015 East Main Street, Rich...

Significance: This structure is an exceptionally fine example of Richmond's iron-fronted commercial buildings erected in the years after the Civil War. Further distinguishing this building is the free-standing ... More

Virginia Fire & Marine Insurance Building, 1015 East Main Street, Richmond, Independent City, Virginia

Virginia Fire & Marine Insurance Building, 1015 East Main Street, Rich...

Significance: This structure is an exceptionally fine example of Richmond's iron-fronted commercial buildings erected in the years after the Civil War. Further distinguishing this building is the free-standing ... More

Commercial Block, Main & First Streets, Roscoe, St. Clair County, MO

Commercial Block, Main & First Streets, Roscoe, St. Clair County, MO

Significance: This late 19th century commercial structure features cast iron storefronts, pressed metal cornices, and a pressed metal ceiling. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-66 ... More

Brisk & Jacobson Store, 51 Dauphin Street, Mobile, Mobile County, AL

Brisk & Jacobson Store, 51 Dauphin Street, Mobile, Mobile County, AL

Picryl description: Public domain image of a department store, commerce, shopping, main street, city downtown, early 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

7 North Commerce Street (Commercial Building), Mobile, Mobile County, AL

7 North Commerce Street (Commercial Building), Mobile, Mobile County, ...

Significance: Before the Civil War, three old adjoining buildings were renovated, creating the single existing structure. The facades were reworked, unifying the exterior, cast-iron decorative elements were ad... More

Commercial Block, Main & First Streets, Roscoe, St. Clair County, MO

Commercial Block, Main & First Streets, Roscoe, St. Clair County, MO

Significance: This late 19th century commercial structure features cast iron storefronts, pressed metal cornices, and a pressed metal ceiling. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-66 ... More

Commercial Block, Main & First Streets, Roscoe, St. Clair County, MO

Commercial Block, Main & First Streets, Roscoe, St. Clair County, MO

Significance: This late 19th century commercial structure features cast iron storefronts, pressed metal cornices, and a pressed metal ceiling. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-66 ... More

Peper Building, Raeder Place, La Clede's Landing, Saint Louis, Independent City, MO

Peper Building, Raeder Place, La Clede's Landing, Saint Louis, Indepen...

Significance: Building is an example of the type of iron-front architecture commonly found in the 19th century commercial districts of St. Louis, Most of the original exterior has survived. Survey number: HABS... More

Donnan-Asher Iron Front Building, 1207-1211 East Main Street, Richmond, Independent City, Virginia

Donnan-Asher Iron Front Building, 1207-1211 East Main Street, Richmond...

Significance: These two commercial row buildings with full cast-iron fronts were erected on East Main Street during the rebuilding of the area following the disastrous fire of 1865. Survey number: HABS VA-853 ... More

Donnan-Asher Iron Front Building, 1207-1211 East Main Street, Richmond, Independent City, Virginia

Donnan-Asher Iron Front Building, 1207-1211 East Main Street, Richmond...

Significance: These two commercial row buildings with full cast-iron fronts were erected on East Main Street during the rebuilding of the area following the disastrous fire of 1865. Survey number: HABS VA-853 ... More

7 North Commerce Street (Commercial Building), Mobile, Mobile County, AL

7 North Commerce Street (Commercial Building), Mobile, Mobile County, ...

Significance: Before the Civil War, three old adjoining buildings were renovated, creating the single existing structure. The facades were reworked, unifying the exterior, cast-iron decorative elements were ad... More

Thomas Jefferson Southard Block, 25 Front Street, Richmond, Sagadahoc County, ME

Thomas Jefferson Southard Block, 25 Front Street, Richmond, Sagadahoc ...

Significance: The Southard Block is a late example of a small town mansard-roofed commercial building with an original bank and counting house room surviving. The first story has a cast iron front of Boston ori... More

Donnan-Asher Iron Front Building, 1207-1211 East Main Street, Richmond, Independent City, Virginia

Donnan-Asher Iron Front Building, 1207-1211 East Main Street, Richmond...

Significance: These two commercial row buildings with full cast-iron fronts were erected on East Main Street during the rebuilding of the area following the disastrous fire of 1865. Survey number: HABS VA-853 ... More

Commercial Block, Main & First Streets, Roscoe, St. Clair County, MO

Commercial Block, Main & First Streets, Roscoe, St. Clair County, MO

Significance: This late 19th century commercial structure features cast iron storefronts, pressed metal cornices, and a pressed metal ceiling. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-66 ... More

Brisk & Jacobson Store, 51 Dauphin Street, Mobile, Mobile County, AL

Brisk & Jacobson Store, 51 Dauphin Street, Mobile, Mobile County, AL

Picryl description: Public domain image of a department store, commerce, shopping, main street, city downtown, early 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Virginia Fire & Marine Insurance Building, 1015 East Main Street, Richmond, Independent City, Virginia

Virginia Fire & Marine Insurance Building, 1015 East Main Street, Rich...

Significance: This structure is an exceptionally fine example of Richmond's iron-fronted commercial buildings erected in the years after the Civil War. Further distinguishing this building is the free-standing ... More

Thomas Jefferson Southard Block, 25 Front Street, Richmond, Sagadahoc County, ME

Thomas Jefferson Southard Block, 25 Front Street, Richmond, Sagadahoc ...

Significance: The Southard Block is a late example of a small town mansard-roofed commercial building with an original bank and counting house room surviving. The first story has a cast iron front of Boston ori... More

Thomas Jefferson Southard Block, 25 Front Street, Richmond, Sagadahoc County, ME

Thomas Jefferson Southard Block, 25 Front Street, Richmond, Sagadahoc ...

Significance: The Southard Block is a late example of a small town mansard-roofed commercial building with an original bank and counting house room surviving. The first story has a cast iron front of Boston ori... More

Thomas Jefferson Southard Block, 25 Front Street, Richmond, Sagadahoc County, ME

Thomas Jefferson Southard Block, 25 Front Street, Richmond, Sagadahoc ...

Significance: The Southard Block is a late example of a small town mansard-roofed commercial building with an original bank and counting house room surviving. The first story has a cast iron front of Boston ori... More

The Emporium, 154 Water Street, Hallowell, Kennebec County, ME

The Emporium, 154 Water Street, Hallowell, Kennebec County, ME

For additional information about photograph no. HABS ME-156-5, see New York Public Library's Digital Collections (510d47e0-2400-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99). Per NYPL, the original photograph was taken by A.F. Morse... More

The Emporium, 154 Water Street, Hallowell, Kennebec County, ME

The Emporium, 154 Water Street, Hallowell, Kennebec County, ME

For additional information about photograph no. HABS ME-156-5, see New York Public Library's Digital Collections (510d47e0-2400-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99). Per NYPL, the original photograph was taken by A.F. Morse... More

Commercial Block, Main & First Streets, Roscoe, St. Clair County, MO

Commercial Block, Main & First Streets, Roscoe, St. Clair County, MO

Significance: This late 19th century commercial structure features cast iron storefronts, pressed metal cornices, and a pressed metal ceiling. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-66 ... More

Thomas Jefferson Southard Block, 25 Front Street, Richmond, Sagadahoc County, ME

Thomas Jefferson Southard Block, 25 Front Street, Richmond, Sagadahoc ...

Significance: The Southard Block is a late example of a small town mansard-roofed commercial building with an original bank and counting house room surviving. The first story has a cast iron front of Boston ori... More

Thomas Jefferson Southard Block, 25 Front Street, Richmond, Sagadahoc County, ME

Thomas Jefferson Southard Block, 25 Front Street, Richmond, Sagadahoc ...

Significance: The Southard Block is a late example of a small town mansard-roofed commercial building with an original bank and counting house room surviving. The first story has a cast iron front of Boston ori... More

7 North Commerce Street (Commercial Building), Mobile, Mobile County, AL

7 North Commerce Street (Commercial Building), Mobile, Mobile County, ...

Significance: Before the Civil War, three old adjoining buildings were renovated, creating the single existing structure. The facades were reworked, unifying the exterior, cast-iron decorative elements were ad... More

Peper Building, Raeder Place, La Clede's Landing, Saint Louis, Independent City, MO

Peper Building, Raeder Place, La Clede's Landing, Saint Louis, Indepen...

Significance: Building is an example of the type of iron-front architecture commonly found in the 19th century commercial districts of St. Louis, Most of the original exterior has survived. Survey number: HABS... More

Thomas Jefferson Southard Block, 25 Front Street, Richmond, Sagadahoc County, ME

Thomas Jefferson Southard Block, 25 Front Street, Richmond, Sagadahoc ...

Significance: The Southard Block is a late example of a small town mansard-roofed commercial building with an original bank and counting house room surviving. The first story has a cast iron front of Boston ori... More

Thomas Jefferson Southard Block, 25 Front Street, Richmond, Sagadahoc County, ME

Thomas Jefferson Southard Block, 25 Front Street, Richmond, Sagadahoc ...

Significance: The Southard Block is a late example of a small town mansard-roofed commercial building with an original bank and counting house room surviving. The first story has a cast iron front of Boston ori... More

Weinlig Store, Main Street, Roscoe, St. Clair County, MO

Weinlig Store, Main Street, Roscoe, St. Clair County, MO

Significance: This structure, built in 1912 as a one-room general store, is common to small crossroads communities in the area. The sandstone of the walls and the cast-iron of the storefront are unusual materia... More

7 North Commerce Street (Commercial Building), Mobile, Mobile County, AL

7 North Commerce Street (Commercial Building), Mobile, Mobile County, ...

Significance: Before the Civil War, three old adjoining buildings were renovated, creating the single existing structure. The facades were reworked, unifying the exterior, cast-iron decorative elements were ad... More

Main Street & Broadway Building, 100 Main Street, Natchez, Adams County, MS

Main Street & Broadway Building, 100 Main Street, Natchez, Adams Count...

Significance: The commercial structure at Main Street and Broadway has the finest cast iron facade in Natchez. Survey number: HABS MS-193

Commercial Block, Main & First Streets, Roscoe, St. Clair County, MO

Commercial Block, Main & First Streets, Roscoe, St. Clair County, MO

Significance: This late 19th century commercial structure features cast iron storefronts, pressed metal cornices, and a pressed metal ceiling. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-66 ... More

Peper Building, Raeder Place, La Clede's Landing, Saint Louis, Independent City, MO

Peper Building, Raeder Place, La Clede's Landing, Saint Louis, Indepen...

Significance: Building is an example of the type of iron-front architecture commonly found in the 19th century commercial districts of St. Louis, Most of the original exterior has survived. Survey number: HABS... More

Virginia Fire & Marine Insurance Building, 1015 East Main Street, Richmond, Independent City, Virginia

Virginia Fire & Marine Insurance Building, 1015 East Main Street, Rich...

Significance: This structure is an exceptionally fine example of Richmond's iron-fronted commercial buildings erected in the years after the Civil War. Further distinguishing this building is the free-standing ... More

Weinlig Store, Main Street, Roscoe, St. Clair County, MO

Weinlig Store, Main Street, Roscoe, St. Clair County, MO

Significance: This structure, built in 1912 as a one-room general store, is common to small crossroads communities in the area. The sandstone of the walls and the cast-iron of the storefront are unusual materia... More

Weinlig Store, Main Street, Roscoe, St. Clair County, MO

Weinlig Store, Main Street, Roscoe, St. Clair County, MO

Significance: This structure, built in 1912 as a one-room general store, is common to small crossroads communities in the area. The sandstone of the walls and the cast-iron of the storefront are unusual materia... More

The Emporium, 154 Water Street, Hallowell, Kennebec County, ME

The Emporium, 154 Water Street, Hallowell, Kennebec County, ME

For additional information about photograph no. HABS ME-156-5, see New York Public Library's Digital Collections (510d47e0-2400-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99). Per NYPL, the original photograph was taken by A.F. Morse... More

Commercial Block, Main & First Streets, Roscoe, St. Clair County, MO

Commercial Block, Main & First Streets, Roscoe, St. Clair County, MO

Significance: This late 19th century commercial structure features cast iron storefronts, pressed metal cornices, and a pressed metal ceiling. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-66 ... More

Commercial Block, Main & First Streets, Roscoe, St. Clair County, MO

Commercial Block, Main & First Streets, Roscoe, St. Clair County, MO

Significance: This late 19th century commercial structure features cast iron storefronts, pressed metal cornices, and a pressed metal ceiling. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-66 ... More

Donnan-Asher Iron Front Building, 1207-1211 East Main Street, Richmond, Independent City, Virginia

Donnan-Asher Iron Front Building, 1207-1211 East Main Street, Richmond...

Significance: These two commercial row buildings with full cast-iron fronts were erected on East Main Street during the rebuilding of the area following the disastrous fire of 1865. Survey number: HABS VA-853 ... More

Main Street & Broadway Building, 100 Main Street, Natchez, Adams County, MS

Main Street & Broadway Building, 100 Main Street, Natchez, Adams Count...

Significance: The commercial structure at Main Street and Broadway has the finest cast iron facade in Natchez. Survey number: HABS MS-193

The Emporium, 154 Water Street, Hallowell, Kennebec County, ME

The Emporium, 154 Water Street, Hallowell, Kennebec County, ME

For additional information about photograph no. HABS ME-156-5, see New York Public Library's Digital Collections (510d47e0-2400-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99). Per NYPL, the original photograph was taken by A.F. Morse... More

Commercial Block, Main & First Streets, Roscoe, St. Clair County, MO

Commercial Block, Main & First Streets, Roscoe, St. Clair County, MO

Significance: This late 19th century commercial structure features cast iron storefronts, pressed metal cornices, and a pressed metal ceiling. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-66 ... More

Thomas Jefferson Southard Block, 25 Front Street, Richmond, Sagadahoc County, ME

Thomas Jefferson Southard Block, 25 Front Street, Richmond, Sagadahoc ...

Significance: The Southard Block is a late example of a small town mansard-roofed commercial building with an original bank and counting house room surviving. The first story has a cast iron front of Boston ori... More

Thomas Jefferson Southard Block, 25 Front Street, Richmond, Sagadahoc County, ME

Thomas Jefferson Southard Block, 25 Front Street, Richmond, Sagadahoc ...

Significance: The Southard Block is a late example of a small town mansard-roofed commercial building with an original bank and counting house room surviving. The first story has a cast iron front of Boston ori... More

Donnan-Asher Iron Front Building, 1207-1211 East Main Street, Richmond, Independent City, Virginia

Donnan-Asher Iron Front Building, 1207-1211 East Main Street, Richmond...

Significance: These two commercial row buildings with full cast-iron fronts were erected on East Main Street during the rebuilding of the area following the disastrous fire of 1865. Survey number: HABS VA-853 ... More

Weinlig Store, Main Street, Roscoe, St. Clair County, MO

Weinlig Store, Main Street, Roscoe, St. Clair County, MO

Significance: This structure, built in 1912 as a one-room general store, is common to small crossroads communities in the area. The sandstone of the walls and the cast-iron of the storefront are unusual materia... More

Weinlig Store, Main Street, Roscoe, St. Clair County, MO

Weinlig Store, Main Street, Roscoe, St. Clair County, MO

Significance: This structure, built in 1912 as a one-room general store, is common to small crossroads communities in the area. The sandstone of the walls and the cast-iron of the storefront are unusual materia... More

7 North Commerce Street (Commercial Building), Mobile, Mobile County, AL

7 North Commerce Street (Commercial Building), Mobile, Mobile County, ...

Significance: Before the Civil War, three old adjoining buildings were renovated, creating the single existing structure. The facades were reworked, unifying the exterior, cast-iron decorative elements were ad... More

7 North Commerce Street (Commercial Building), Mobile, Mobile County, AL

7 North Commerce Street (Commercial Building), Mobile, Mobile County, ...

Significance: Before the Civil War, three old adjoining buildings were renovated, creating the single existing structure. The facades were reworked, unifying the exterior, cast-iron decorative elements were ad... More

The Emporium, 154 Water Street, Hallowell, Kennebec County, ME

The Emporium, 154 Water Street, Hallowell, Kennebec County, ME

For additional information about photograph no. HABS ME-156-5, see New York Public Library's Digital Collections (510d47e0-2400-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99). Per NYPL, the original photograph was taken by A.F. Morse... More

Stearns Iron Front Building, 1007-1013 East Main Street, Richmond, Independent City, Virginia

Stearns Iron Front Building, 1007-1013 East Main Street, Richmond, Ind...

Significance: The Stearns Iron-front Building, erected in 1866 with ironwork from Hayward, Bartlett of Baltimore, is a splendid example of a cast-iron row and is one of the most important examples of surviving ... More

Commercial Block, Main & First Streets, Roscoe, St. Clair County, MO

Commercial Block, Main & First Streets, Roscoe, St. Clair County, MO

Significance: This late 19th century commercial structure features cast iron storefronts, pressed metal cornices, and a pressed metal ceiling. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-66 ... More

Thomas Jefferson Southard Block, 25 Front Street, Richmond, Sagadahoc County, ME

Thomas Jefferson Southard Block, 25 Front Street, Richmond, Sagadahoc ...

Significance: The Southard Block is a late example of a small town mansard-roofed commercial building with an original bank and counting house room surviving. The first story has a cast iron front of Boston ori... More

Thomas Jefferson Southard Block, 25 Front Street, Richmond, Sagadahoc County, ME

Thomas Jefferson Southard Block, 25 Front Street, Richmond, Sagadahoc ...

Significance: The Southard Block is a late example of a small town mansard-roofed commercial building with an original bank and counting house room surviving. The first story has a cast iron front of Boston ori... More

Donnan-Asher Iron Front Building, 1207-1211 East Main Street, Richmond, Independent City, Virginia

Donnan-Asher Iron Front Building, 1207-1211 East Main Street, Richmond...

Significance: These two commercial row buildings with full cast-iron fronts were erected on East Main Street during the rebuilding of the area following the disastrous fire of 1865. Survey number: HABS VA-853 ... More

7 North Commerce Street (Commercial Building), Mobile, Mobile County, AL

7 North Commerce Street (Commercial Building), Mobile, Mobile County, ...

Significance: Before the Civil War, three old adjoining buildings were renovated, creating the single existing structure. The facades were reworked, unifying the exterior, cast-iron decorative elements were ad... More

Commercial Block, Main & First Streets, Roscoe, St. Clair County, MO

Commercial Block, Main & First Streets, Roscoe, St. Clair County, MO

Significance: This late 19th century commercial structure features cast iron storefronts, pressed metal cornices, and a pressed metal ceiling. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-66 ... More

Brisk & Jacobson Store, 51 Dauphin Street, Mobile, Mobile County, AL

Brisk & Jacobson Store, 51 Dauphin Street, Mobile, Mobile County, AL

Picryl description: Public domain image of a department store, commercial building, downtown, shopping center, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Commercial Block, Main & First Streets, Roscoe, St. Clair County, MO

Commercial Block, Main & First Streets, Roscoe, St. Clair County, MO

Significance: This late 19th century commercial structure features cast iron storefronts, pressed metal cornices, and a pressed metal ceiling. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-66 ... More

7 North Commerce Street (Commercial Building), Mobile, Mobile County, AL

7 North Commerce Street (Commercial Building), Mobile, Mobile County, ...

Significance: Before the Civil War, three old adjoining buildings were renovated, creating the single existing structure. The facades were reworked, unifying the exterior, cast-iron decorative elements were ad... More

Stearns Iron Front Building, 1007-1013 East Main Street, Richmond, Independent City, Virginia

Stearns Iron Front Building, 1007-1013 East Main Street, Richmond, Ind...

Significance: The Stearns Iron-front Building, erected in 1866 with ironwork from Hayward, Bartlett of Baltimore, is a splendid example of a cast-iron row and is one of the most important examples of surviving ... More

Commercial Block, Main & First Streets, Roscoe, St. Clair County, MO

Commercial Block, Main & First Streets, Roscoe, St. Clair County, MO

Significance: This late 19th century commercial structure features cast iron storefronts, pressed metal cornices, and a pressed metal ceiling. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-66 ... More

Commercial Block, Main & First Streets, Roscoe, St. Clair County, MO

Commercial Block, Main & First Streets, Roscoe, St. Clair County, MO

Significance: This late 19th century commercial structure features cast iron storefronts, pressed metal cornices, and a pressed metal ceiling. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-66 ... More

Commercial Block, Main & First Streets, Roscoe, St. Clair County, MO

Commercial Block, Main & First Streets, Roscoe, St. Clair County, MO

Significance: This late 19th century commercial structure features cast iron storefronts, pressed metal cornices, and a pressed metal ceiling. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-66 ... More

Commercial Block, Main & First Streets, Roscoe, St. Clair County, MO

Commercial Block, Main & First Streets, Roscoe, St. Clair County, MO

Significance: This late 19th century commercial structure features cast iron storefronts, pressed metal cornices, and a pressed metal ceiling. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-66 ... More

Peper Building, Raeder Place, La Clede's Landing, Saint Louis, Independent City, MO

Peper Building, Raeder Place, La Clede's Landing, Saint Louis, Indepen...

Significance: Building is an example of the type of iron-front architecture commonly found in the 19th century commercial districts of St. Louis, Most of the original exterior has survived. Survey number: HABS... More

Commercial Block, Main & First Streets, Roscoe, St. Clair County, MO

Commercial Block, Main & First Streets, Roscoe, St. Clair County, MO

Significance: This late 19th century commercial structure features cast iron storefronts, pressed metal cornices, and a pressed metal ceiling. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-66 ... More

Virginia Fire & Marine Insurance Building, 1015 East Main Street, Richmond, Independent City, Virginia

Virginia Fire & Marine Insurance Building, 1015 East Main Street, Rich...

Significance: This structure is an exceptionally fine example of Richmond's iron-fronted commercial buildings erected in the years after the Civil War. Further distinguishing this building is the free-standing ... More

Virginia Fire & Marine Insurance Building, 1015 East Main Street, Richmond, Independent City, Virginia

Virginia Fire & Marine Insurance Building, 1015 East Main Street, Rich...

Significance: This structure is an exceptionally fine example of Richmond's iron-fronted commercial buildings erected in the years after the Civil War. Further distinguishing this building is the free-standing ... More

7 North Commerce Street (Commercial Building), Mobile, Mobile County, AL

7 North Commerce Street (Commercial Building), Mobile, Mobile County, ...

Significance: Before the Civil War, three old adjoining buildings were renovated, creating the single existing structure. The facades were reworked, unifying the exterior, cast-iron decorative elements were ad... More

Commercial Block, Main & First Streets, Roscoe, St. Clair County, MO

Commercial Block, Main & First Streets, Roscoe, St. Clair County, MO

Significance: This late 19th century commercial structure features cast iron storefronts, pressed metal cornices, and a pressed metal ceiling. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-66 ... More

Commercial Block, Main & First Streets, Roscoe, St. Clair County, MO

Commercial Block, Main & First Streets, Roscoe, St. Clair County, MO

Significance: This late 19th century commercial structure features cast iron storefronts, pressed metal cornices, and a pressed metal ceiling. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-66 ... More

Virginia Fire & Marine Insurance Building, 1015 East Main Street, Richmond, Independent City, Virginia

Virginia Fire & Marine Insurance Building, 1015 East Main Street, Rich...

Significance: This structure is an exceptionally fine example of Richmond's iron-fronted commercial buildings erected in the years after the Civil War. Further distinguishing this building is the free-standing ... More