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Delaware County Electric Company, Chester Station, Delaware River at South end of Ward Street, Chester, Delaware County, PA

Delaware County Electric Company, Chester Station, Delaware River at S...

Significance: It is a monument to the production and marketing of electricity in early 20th-century America. Wartime demand for light and power led Philadelphia Electric to commission the plant for the company'... More

Delaware County Electric Company, Chester Station, Delaware River at South end of Ward Street, Chester, Delaware County, PA

Delaware County Electric Company, Chester Station, Delaware River at S...

Significance: It is a monument to the production and marketing of electricity in early 20th-century America. Wartime demand for light and power led Philadelphia Electric to commission the plant for the company'... More

Delaware County Electric Company, Chester Station, Delaware River at South end of Ward Street, Chester, Delaware County, PA

Delaware County Electric Company, Chester Station, Delaware River at S...

Significance: It is a monument to the production and marketing of electricity in early 20th-century America. Wartime demand for light and power led Philadelphia Electric to commission the plant for the company'... More

Delaware County Electric Company, Chester Station, Delaware River at South end of Ward Street, Chester, Delaware County, PA

Delaware County Electric Company, Chester Station, Delaware River at S...

Significance: It is a monument to the production and marketing of electricity in early 20th-century America. Wartime demand for light and power led Philadelphia Electric to commission the plant for the company'... More

Delaware County Electric Company, Chester Station, Delaware River at South end of Ward Street, Chester, Delaware County, PA

Delaware County Electric Company, Chester Station, Delaware River at S...

Significance: It is a monument to the production and marketing of electricity in early 20th-century America. Wartime demand for light and power led Philadelphia Electric to commission the plant for the company'... More

Delaware County Electric Company, Chester Station, Delaware River at South end of Ward Street, Chester, Delaware County, PA

Delaware County Electric Company, Chester Station, Delaware River at S...

Significance: It is a monument to the production and marketing of electricity in early 20th-century America. Wartime demand for light and power led Philadelphia Electric to commission the plant for the company'... More

Delaware County Electric Company, Chester Station, Delaware River at South end of Ward Street, Chester, Delaware County, PA

Delaware County Electric Company, Chester Station, Delaware River at S...

Significance: It is a monument to the production and marketing of electricity in early 20th-century America. Wartime demand for light and power led Philadelphia Electric to commission the plant for the company'... More

National Park Seminary, Colonial House, 2745 Dewitt Circle, Silver Spring, Montgomery County, MD

National Park Seminary, Colonial House, 2745 Dewitt Circle, Silver Spr...

Significance: The Colonial House was the Phi Delta Psi sorority house. Its Classical or Colonial Revival design was popular in the late nineteenth century because of the nationalism stirred up by the Bicentenn... More

National Park Seminary, Colonial House, 2745 Dewitt Circle, Silver Spring, Montgomery County, MD

National Park Seminary, Colonial House, 2745 Dewitt Circle, Silver Spr...

Significance: The Colonial House was the Phi Delta Psi sorority house. Its Classical or Colonial Revival design was popular in the late nineteenth century because of the nationalism stirred up by the Bicentenn... More

National Park Seminary, Dutch Windmill, 2750 Dewitt Circle, Silver Spring, Montgomery County, MD

National Park Seminary, Dutch Windmill, 2750 Dewitt Circle, Silver Spr...

Significance: The Windmill is one of eight whimsical clubhouses constructed during Cassedy's early building campaign. It is an important component of NPS' eclectic campus plan that was designed to introduce a ... More

National Park Seminary, Dutch Windmill, 2750 Dewitt Circle, Silver Spring, Montgomery County, MD

National Park Seminary, Dutch Windmill, 2750 Dewitt Circle, Silver Spr...

Significance: The Windmill is one of eight whimsical clubhouses constructed during Cassedy's early building campaign. It is an important component of NPS' eclectic campus plan that was designed to introduce a ... More

West Grove Friends Meeting House, 153 East Harmony Road, West Grove, Chester County, PA

West Grove Friends Meeting House, 153 East Harmony Road, West Grove, C...

Significance: Erected in 1903, West Grove Meeting House is an example of a meeting house type that became common within the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting during the early twentieth century. Friends held an organ... More

West Grove Friends Meeting House, 153 East Harmony Road, West Grove, Chester County, PA

West Grove Friends Meeting House, 153 East Harmony Road, West Grove, C...

Significance: Erected in 1903, West Grove Meeting House is an example of a meeting house type that became common within the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting during the early twentieth century. Friends held an organ... More

Abington (Orthodox) Friends Meetinghouse, Jenkintown Road across from Fisher Road, Jenkintown, Montgomery County, PA

Abington (Orthodox) Friends Meetinghouse, Jenkintown Road across from ...

Significance: Built in 1836, Abington Friends Meeting House reflects patterns of design found in the single-cell meeting house built during the period of early settlement in the Delaware Valley, but not frequen... More

Clifton Farm, Off Baker Road, Frederick, Frederick County, MD

Clifton Farm, Off Baker Road, Frederick, Frederick County, MD

See also HALS MD-12 for related documentation. Significance: Built ca. 1851, the Clifton House is representative of a rural house type which was common among the substantial farmers in Frederick County and the ... More

Clifton Farm, Off Baker Road, Frederick, Frederick County, MD

Clifton Farm, Off Baker Road, Frederick, Frederick County, MD

See also HALS MD-12 for related documentation. Significance: Built ca. 1851, the Clifton House is representative of a rural house type which was common among the substantial farmers in Frederick County and the ... More

National Park Seminary, Bounded by Capitol Beltway (I-495), Linden Lane, Woodstove Avenue, & Smith Drive, Silver Spring, Montgomery County, MD

National Park Seminary, Bounded by Capitol Beltway (I-495), Linden Lan...

Significance: The National Park Seminary was an elite women's college preparatory school and junior college operating from 1894 to 1942. Like many other female secondary schools created in the late nineteenth ... More

National Park Seminary, Bounded by Capitol Beltway (I-495), Linden Lane, Woodstove Avenue, & Smith Drive, Silver Spring, Montgomery County, MD

National Park Seminary, Bounded by Capitol Beltway (I-495), Linden Lan...

Significance: The National Park Seminary was an elite women's college preparatory school and junior college operating from 1894 to 1942. Like many other female secondary schools created in the late nineteenth ... More

National Park Seminary, Bounded by Capitol Beltway (I-495), Linden Lane, Woodstove Avenue, & Smith Drive, Silver Spring, Montgomery County, MD

National Park Seminary, Bounded by Capitol Beltway (I-495), Linden Lan...

Significance: The National Park Seminary was an elite women's college preparatory school and junior college operating from 1894 to 1942. Like many other female secondary schools created in the late nineteenth ... More

National Park Seminary, Bounded by Capitol Beltway (I-495), Linden Lane, Woodstove Avenue, & Smith Drive, Silver Spring, Montgomery County, MD

National Park Seminary, Bounded by Capitol Beltway (I-495), Linden Lan...

Significance: The National Park Seminary was an elite women's college preparatory school and junior college operating from 1894 to 1942. Like many other female secondary schools created in the late nineteenth ... More

National Park Seminary, Bounded by Capitol Beltway (I-495), Linden Lane, Woodstove Avenue, & Smith Drive, Silver Spring, Montgomery County, MD

National Park Seminary, Bounded by Capitol Beltway (I-495), Linden Lan...

Significance: The National Park Seminary was an elite women's college preparatory school and junior college operating from 1894 to 1942. Like many other female secondary schools created in the late nineteenth ... More

National Park Seminary, Bounded by Capitol Beltway (I-495), Linden Lane, Woodstove Avenue, & Smith Drive, Silver Spring, Montgomery County, MD

National Park Seminary, Bounded by Capitol Beltway (I-495), Linden Lan...

Significance: The National Park Seminary was an elite women's college preparatory school and junior college operating from 1894 to 1942. Like many other female secondary schools created in the late nineteenth ... More

National Park Seminary, Bounded by Capitol Beltway (I-495), Linden Lane, Woodstove Avenue, & Smith Drive, Silver Spring, Montgomery County, MD

National Park Seminary, Bounded by Capitol Beltway (I-495), Linden Lan...

Significance: The National Park Seminary was an elite women's college preparatory school and junior college operating from 1894 to 1942. Like many other female secondary schools created in the late nineteenth ... More

National Park Seminary, Bounded by Capitol Beltway (I-495), Linden Lane, Woodstove Avenue, & Smith Drive, Silver Spring, Montgomery County, MD

National Park Seminary, Bounded by Capitol Beltway (I-495), Linden Lan...

Significance: The National Park Seminary was an elite women's college preparatory school and junior college operating from 1894 to 1942. Like many other female secondary schools created in the late nineteenth ... More

Upper Providence Friends Meetinghouse, 8207 Black Rock Road, Oaks, Montgomery County, PA

Upper Providence Friends Meetinghouse, 8207 Black Rock Road, Oaks, Mon...

Significance: Upper Providence Meeting House, built in 1828, reflects the early single-cell meeting house form, including the use of the rear carriage or mounting door that had long fallen out of use. The resur... More

Upper Providence Friends Meetinghouse, 8207 Black Rock Road, Oaks, Montgomery County, PA

Upper Providence Friends Meetinghouse, 8207 Black Rock Road, Oaks, Mon...

Significance: Upper Providence Meeting House, built in 1828, reflects the early single-cell meeting house form, including the use of the rear carriage or mounting door that had long fallen out of use. The resur... More

Darby Friends Meeting House, 1017 Main Street, Darby, Delaware County, PA

Darby Friends Meeting House, 1017 Main Street, Darby, Delaware County,...

Significance: Built in 1805, the Darby Meeting House was designed in the prototypical doubled form of the late eighteenth century. It appears unaltered from its original design and includes significant intact a... More

Darby Friends Meeting House, 1017 Main Street, Darby, Delaware County, PA

Darby Friends Meeting House, 1017 Main Street, Darby, Delaware County,...

Significance: Built in 1805, the Darby Meeting House was designed in the prototypical doubled form of the late eighteenth century. It appears unaltered from its original design and includes significant intact a... More

Radnor Friends Meeting House, Southwest corner of Sproul & Conestoga Roads, Ithan, Delaware County, PA

Radnor Friends Meeting House, Southwest corner of Sproul & Conestoga R...

Significance: Constructed largely in 1718, Radnor is one of the oldest standing meeting houses in the Delaware Valley. Its form captures patterns of American Friends Meeting House development that are extant in... More

Hazelwood, 18611 Queen Anne Road, Upper Marlboro, Prince George's County, MD

Hazelwood, 18611 Queen Anne Road, Upper Marlboro, Prince George's Coun...

Significance: Hazelwood is currently in disrepair and, generally speaking, not in use. The oldest portion to the south end is being used as a caretaker's residence. The H-NCPPC is maintaining the house against ... More

Hazelwood, 18611 Queen Anne Road, Upper Marlboro, Prince George's County, MD

Hazelwood, 18611 Queen Anne Road, Upper Marlboro, Prince George's Coun...

Significance: Hazelwood is currently in disrepair and, generally speaking, not in use. The oldest portion to the south end is being used as a caretaker's residence. The H-NCPPC is maintaining the house against ... More

Hazelwood, 18611 Queen Anne Road, Upper Marlboro, Prince George's County, MD

Hazelwood, 18611 Queen Anne Road, Upper Marlboro, Prince George's Coun...

Significance: Hazelwood is currently in disrepair and, generally speaking, not in use. The oldest portion to the south end is being used as a caretaker's residence. The H-NCPPC is maintaining the house against ... More

The Woodlands, 4000 Woodlands Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

The Woodlands, 4000 Woodlands Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Count...

Previous structure names, Andrew Hamilton House & William Hamilton House, removed from name field due to more current research which revealed that Andrew Hamilton House was incorrect & William Hamilton House wa... More

The Woodlands, 4000 Woodlands Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

The Woodlands, 4000 Woodlands Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Count...

Previous structure names, Andrew Hamilton House & William Hamilton House, removed from name field due to more current research which revealed that Andrew Hamilton House was incorrect & William Hamilton House wa... More

The Woodlands, 4000 Woodlands Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

The Woodlands, 4000 Woodlands Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Count...

Previous structure names, Andrew Hamilton House & William Hamilton House, removed from name field due to more current research which revealed that Andrew Hamilton House was incorrect & William Hamilton House wa... More

The Woodlands, 4000 Woodlands Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

The Woodlands, 4000 Woodlands Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Count...

Previous structure names, Andrew Hamilton House & William Hamilton House, removed from name field due to more current research which revealed that Andrew Hamilton House was incorrect & William Hamilton House wa... More

The Woodlands, 4000 Woodlands Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

The Woodlands, 4000 Woodlands Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Count...

Previous structure names, Andrew Hamilton House & William Hamilton House, removed from name field due to more current research which revealed that Andrew Hamilton House was incorrect & William Hamilton House wa... More

The Woodlands, 4000 Woodlands Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

The Woodlands, 4000 Woodlands Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Count...

Previous structure names, Andrew Hamilton House & William Hamilton House, removed from name field due to more current research which revealed that Andrew Hamilton House was incorrect & William Hamilton House wa... More

The Woodlands, 4000 Woodlands Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

The Woodlands, 4000 Woodlands Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Count...

Previous structure names, Andrew Hamilton House & William Hamilton House, removed from name field due to more current research which revealed that Andrew Hamilton House was incorrect & William Hamilton House wa... More

The Woodlands, 4000 Woodlands Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

The Woodlands, 4000 Woodlands Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Count...

Previous structure names, Andrew Hamilton House & William Hamilton House, removed from name field due to more current research which revealed that Andrew Hamilton House was incorrect & William Hamilton House wa... More

The Woodlands, 4000 Woodlands Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

The Woodlands, 4000 Woodlands Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Count...

Previous structure names, Andrew Hamilton House & William Hamilton House, removed from name field due to more current research which revealed that Andrew Hamilton House was incorrect & William Hamilton House wa... More

The Woodlands, 4000 Woodlands Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

The Woodlands, 4000 Woodlands Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Count...

Previous structure names, Andrew Hamilton House & William Hamilton House, removed from name field due to more current research which revealed that Andrew Hamilton House was incorrect & William Hamilton House wa... More

The Woodlands, 4000 Woodlands Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

The Woodlands, 4000 Woodlands Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Count...

Previous structure names, Andrew Hamilton House & William Hamilton House, removed from name field due to more current research which revealed that Andrew Hamilton House was incorrect & William Hamilton House wa... More

National Park Seminary, Chateau Causeways, Between Linden Lane & Beach Drive, Silver Spring, Montgomery County, MD

National Park Seminary, Chateau Causeways, Between Linden Lane & Beach...

Significance: The causeways' design echoed the forms of Main. The design is vaguely Gothic. It is another fantasyland-like feature on the campus. Its rather large girth and length made it a prominent part of... More

Forty Acres, Roy Reuther Administration Building, 30168 Garces Highway (Northwest Corner of Garces Highway and Mettler Avenue), Delano, Kern County, CA

Forty Acres, Roy Reuther Administration Building, 30168 Garces Highway...

See HABS CA-2878, Forty Acres, for additional information about the site. Significance: The Roy Reuther Administration Building is one of four buildings at Forty Acres, a property closely associated with the li... More

Eames House, 203 Chautauqua Boulevard, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA

Eames House, 203 Chautauqua Boulevard, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County...

Significance: The Eames House is significant as an exemplary and influential example of post-World War II modern architecture and for its association with the lives of notable designers and residents Charles an... More

Addison Chapel, 5610 Addison Road, Seat Pleasant, Prince George's County, MD

Addison Chapel, 5610 Addison Road, Seat Pleasant, Prince George's Coun...

Significance: Addison Chapel is one of the oldest standing ecclesiastical structures in Prince George's County. Although the current chapel (the third on this site) was probably built after the Revolutionary W... More

National Park Seminary, Miller Library, 2801 Woodstock Avenue, Silver Spring, Montgomery County, MD

National Park Seminary, Miller Library, 2801 Woodstock Avenue, Silver ...

Significance: The Miller Library was constructed to house the rare book library and archives of Jahu DeWitt Miller, a friend of the Cassedys who was a Chautauqua circuit speaker and a part-time NPS lecturer. T... More

National Park Seminary, Miller Library, 2801 Woodstock Avenue, Silver Spring, Montgomery County, MD

National Park Seminary, Miller Library, 2801 Woodstock Avenue, Silver ...

Significance: The Miller Library was constructed to house the rare book library and archives of Jahu DeWitt Miller, a friend of the Cassedys who was a Chautauqua circuit speaker and a part-time NPS lecturer. T... More

Meadowrise Farm, House, 5525 Carversville Road, Carversville, Bucks County, PA

Meadowrise Farm, House, 5525 Carversville Road, Carversville, Bucks Co...

Significance: Good example of the early-19th century Bucks County farmhouse with a two-pile, center hall, symmetrically balanced Georgian plan (but with an enclosed center stair). It is without additions and ma... More

Meadowrise Farm, House, 5525 Carversville Road, Carversville, Bucks County, PA

Meadowrise Farm, House, 5525 Carversville Road, Carversville, Bucks Co...

Significance: Good example of the early-19th century Bucks County farmhouse with a two-pile, center hall, symmetrically balanced Georgian plan (but with an enclosed center stair). It is without additions and ma... More

National Park Seminary, Japanese Pagoda, 2805 Linden Lane, Silver Spring, Montgomery County, MD

National Park Seminary, Japanese Pagoda, 2805 Linden Lane, Silver Spri...

Significance: The Japanese pagoda is one of the landmark campus buildings. Even before its upturned eaves were removed, the Japanese bungalow looked austere compared to this ostentatious structure next door. ... More

Germantown Friends Meeting House, 47 West Coulter Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Germantown Friends Meeting House, 47 West Coulter Street, Philadelphia...

Significance: Germantown is a fine example of a mid-nineteenth century urban meeting house. It was built between 1868 and 1869 by master builder Hibberd Yarnall, and designed by Addison Hutton, one of Philadelp... More

Germantown Friends Meeting House, 47 West Coulter Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Germantown Friends Meeting House, 47 West Coulter Street, Philadelphia...

Significance: Germantown is a fine example of a mid-nineteenth century urban meeting house. It was built between 1868 and 1869 by master builder Hibberd Yarnall, and designed by Addison Hutton, one of Philadelp... More

Smyth-Letherbury House, 107 Water Street, Chestertown, Kent County, MD

Smyth-Letherbury House, 107 Water Street, Chestertown, Kent County, MD

Significance: The affluence and influence of late eighteenth century Chestertown as a college town on a navigable river is exemplified by the architecture of "River House," a waterfront residence. Survey numbe... More

Smyth-Letherbury House, 107 Water Street, Chestertown, Kent County, MD

Smyth-Letherbury House, 107 Water Street, Chestertown, Kent County, MD

Significance: The affluence and influence of late eighteenth century Chestertown as a college town on a navigable river is exemplified by the architecture of "River House," a waterfront residence. Survey numbe... More

Smyth-Letherbury House, 107 Water Street, Chestertown, Kent County, MD

Smyth-Letherbury House, 107 Water Street, Chestertown, Kent County, MD

Significance: The affluence and influence of late eighteenth century Chestertown as a college town on a navigable river is exemplified by the architecture of "River House," a waterfront residence. Survey numbe... More

Bradford Friends Meeting House, Northbrook Road, West Bradford Township, Marshallton, Chester County, PA

Bradford Friends Meeting House, Northbrook Road, West Bradford Townshi...

1997 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: Among the oldest extant Friends meeting houses in the Delaware Valley, erected in 1767, Bradford Meeting House's seemingly unconventional design more closely ... More

Bradford Friends Meeting House, Northbrook Road, West Bradford Township, Marshallton, Chester County, PA

Bradford Friends Meeting House, Northbrook Road, West Bradford Townshi...

1997 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: Among the oldest extant Friends meeting houses in the Delaware Valley, erected in 1767, Bradford Meeting House's seemingly unconventional design more closely ... More

Bradford Friends Meeting House, Northbrook Road, West Bradford Township, Marshallton, Chester County, PA

Bradford Friends Meeting House, Northbrook Road, West Bradford Townshi...

1997 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: Among the oldest extant Friends meeting houses in the Delaware Valley, erected in 1767, Bradford Meeting House's seemingly unconventional design more closely ... More

Bradford Friends Meeting House, Northbrook Road, West Bradford Township, Marshallton, Chester County, PA

Bradford Friends Meeting House, Northbrook Road, West Bradford Townshi...

1997 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: Among the oldest extant Friends meeting houses in the Delaware Valley, erected in 1767, Bradford Meeting House's seemingly unconventional design more closely ... More

Chichester Friends Meeting House, 611 Meetinghouse Road, Boothwyn, Delaware County, PA

Chichester Friends Meeting House, 611 Meetinghouse Road, Boothwyn, Del...

Significance: Chichester Meeting House is a well-preserved and unusual example of eighteenth-century Quaker meeting-house architecture in the Delaware Valley. Erected between 1769 and 1771, the building follows... More

Chichester Friends Meeting House, 611 Meetinghouse Road, Boothwyn, Delaware County, PA

Chichester Friends Meeting House, 611 Meetinghouse Road, Boothwyn, Del...

Significance: Chichester Meeting House is a well-preserved and unusual example of eighteenth-century Quaker meeting-house architecture in the Delaware Valley. Erected between 1769 and 1771, the building follows... More

Chichester Friends Meeting House, 611 Meetinghouse Road, Boothwyn, Delaware County, PA

Chichester Friends Meeting House, 611 Meetinghouse Road, Boothwyn, Del...

Significance: Chichester Meeting House is a well-preserved and unusual example of eighteenth-century Quaker meeting-house architecture in the Delaware Valley. Erected between 1769 and 1771, the building follows... More

Chichester Friends Meeting House, 611 Meetinghouse Road, Boothwyn, Delaware County, PA

Chichester Friends Meeting House, 611 Meetinghouse Road, Boothwyn, Del...

Significance: Chichester Meeting House is a well-preserved and unusual example of eighteenth-century Quaker meeting-house architecture in the Delaware Valley. Erected between 1769 and 1771, the building follows... More

Blandair, Slave Quarters, 6651 Highway 175, Columbia, Howard County, MD

Blandair, Slave Quarters, 6651 Highway 175, Columbia, Howard County, M...

Significance: The slave quarters at Blandair was built ca. 1845, predating the adjacent brick manor house. Supported by a rubble stone foundation, the building's walls were constructed of 2 1/2" thick sawn wood... More

Old Kennett Meeting House, U.S. Route 1, 1 mile North of Longwood Gardens, Kennett Square, Chester County, PA

Old Kennett Meeting House, U.S. Route 1, 1 mile North of Longwood Gard...

1997 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Honorable Mention Significance: Old Kennett is one of the oldest extant Friends meeting houses in the Delaware Valley, erected sometime between 1718 and 1731. Its single-cell, c... More

Old Kennett Meeting House, U.S. Route 1, 1 mile North of Longwood Gardens, Kennett Square, Chester County, PA

Old Kennett Meeting House, U.S. Route 1, 1 mile North of Longwood Gard...

1997 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Honorable Mention Significance: Old Kennett is one of the oldest extant Friends meeting houses in the Delaware Valley, erected sometime between 1718 and 1731. Its single-cell, c... More

Sadsbury Friends Meeting House, Simmontown Road, .25 mile east of Route 41 intersection, Christiana, Lancaster County, PA

Sadsbury Friends Meeting House, Simmontown Road, .25 mile east of Rout...

Significance: Among the earliest extant meeting houses in the Delaware Valley, Sadsbury is a rare example of an early meeting house form. Sadsbury's square shaped plan and three-by-three bay elevations with cen... More

Hyattsville Hardware, 5121 Baltimore Avenue, Hyattsville, Prince George's County, MD

Hyattsville Hardware, 5121 Baltimore Avenue, Hyattsville, Prince Georg...

Significance: Hyattsville Hardware is an intact turn-of-the-century hardware store with original interior features such as a pressed-tin ceiling, shelving, cases and bins. It is also of interest as one of few ... More

Hyattsville Hardware, 5121 Baltimore Avenue, Hyattsville, Prince George's County, MD

Hyattsville Hardware, 5121 Baltimore Avenue, Hyattsville, Prince Georg...

Significance: Hyattsville Hardware is an intact turn-of-the-century hardware store with original interior features such as a pressed-tin ceiling, shelving, cases and bins. It is also of interest as one of few ... More

National Park Seminary, Villa, Northwest corner of campus, near Capitol Beltway (I-495), Silver Spring, Montgomery County, MD

National Park Seminary, Villa, Northwest corner of campus, near Capito...

Significance: The dormitory was added in 1907 to accommodate an expanding student population. In this regard, it is a testament to the school's success and popularity. Its Italianate design is one of the many... More

National Park Seminary, Villa, Northwest corner of campus, near Capitol Beltway (I-495), Silver Spring, Montgomery County, MD

National Park Seminary, Villa, Northwest corner of campus, near Capito...

Significance: The dormitory was added in 1907 to accommodate an expanding student population. In this regard, it is a testament to the school's success and popularity. Its Italianate design is one of the many... More

St. Thomas' Church, 14300 St. Thomas' Church Road at Croom Road, Croom, Prince George's County, MD

St. Thomas' Church, 14300 St. Thomas' Church Road at Croom Road, Croom...

Significance: St. Thomas' Episcopal Church is one of the earliest Episcopal churches in Southern Maryland, and one of the most intact. It is also notable for its associations with important early citizens, par... More

Coffren House, Store, 10007 Croom Road, Croom, Prince George's County, MD

Coffren House, Store, 10007 Croom Road, Croom, Prince George's County,...

Significance: The Coffren Store is a rare example of a well-preserved, mid 19th-century general merchandise store. Small local stores of this type one-room utilitarian structures including a Post Office on... More

Coffren House, Store, 10007 Croom Road, Croom, Prince George's County, MD

Coffren House, Store, 10007 Croom Road, Croom, Prince George's County,...

Significance: The Coffren Store is a rare example of a well-preserved, mid 19th-century general merchandise store. Small local stores of this type one-room utilitarian structures including a Post Office on... More

Coffren House, Store, 10007 Croom Road, Croom, Prince George's County, MD

Coffren House, Store, 10007 Croom Road, Croom, Prince George's County,...

Significance: The Coffren Store is a rare example of a well-preserved, mid 19th-century general merchandise store. Small local stores of this type one-room utilitarian structures including a Post Office on... 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

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

Bye Estate, House, Byecroft Lane, South of Route 202, Holicong, Bucks County, PA

Bye Estate, House, Byecroft Lane, South of Route 202, Holicong, Bucks ...

Significance: This is a very good example of a Bucks County farmhouse with the additive feature it was built in four parts which typifies the early dwelling of this region. The house includes a number of intere... More

Bye Estate, House, Byecroft Lane, South of Route 202, Holicong, Bucks County, PA

Bye Estate, House, Byecroft Lane, South of Route 202, Holicong, Bucks ...

Significance: This is a very good example of a Bucks County farmhouse with the additive feature it was built in four parts which typifies the early dwelling of this region. The house includes a number of intere... More

Bye Estate, House, Byecroft Lane, South of Route 202, Holicong, Bucks County, PA

Bye Estate, House, Byecroft Lane, South of Route 202, Holicong, Bucks ...

Significance: This is a very good example of a Bucks County farmhouse with the additive feature it was built in four parts which typifies the early dwelling of this region. The house includes a number of intere... More

Bye Estate, House, Byecroft Lane, South of Route 202, Holicong, Bucks County, PA

Bye Estate, House, Byecroft Lane, South of Route 202, Holicong, Bucks ...

Significance: This is a very good example of a Bucks County farmhouse with the additive feature it was built in four parts which typifies the early dwelling of this region. The house includes a number of intere... More

William VanHorn House, Taylorsville Road, Edgeboro, Bucks County, PA

William VanHorn House, Taylorsville Road, Edgeboro, Bucks County, PA

Significance: A good example of a Bucks County farmhouse constructed of stone, and with exceptional detailing inside and out. It consists of an early plastered stone section with a later, early 19th century sto... 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

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

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. 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

Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Station, Laurel, 101 Lafayette Avenue, Laurel, Prince George's County, MD

Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Station, Laurel, 101 Lafayette Avenue, Laure...

Significance: The Laurel B&O Station is significant as the only surviving railroad station in Prince George's County, and an example of decorative Victorian-era railroad architecture. It was designed by Baltim... More

Woodstock, 8706 South East Crain Highway (U.S. Route 301), Upper Marlboro, Prince George's County, MD

Woodstock, 8706 South East Crain Highway (U.S. Route 301), Upper Marlb...

Significance: Woodstock is an excellent example of a mid 19th-century plantation dwelling executed in the side-hall-and-double-parlor plan, popular in the county during the 1820s to 1850s. Although less ornate... More

Weston, Old Crain Highway Vicinity, Upper Marlboro, Prince George's County, MD

Weston, Old Crain Highway Vicinity, Upper Marlboro, Prince George's Co...

Significance: Weston is an excellent example of a large, early 19th-century Prince Geroge's County brick plantation house with refined decorative details in the late-Federal and Greek Revival styles. The house... More

National Park Seminary, Postmaster's House, Between Linden Lane & Beach Drive, Silver Spring, Montgomery County, MD

National Park Seminary, Postmaster's House, Between Linden Lane & Beac...

Survey number: HABS MD-1109-Y Public domain photograph - historical image of Maryland, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Cape Hatteras Lighthouse, Double Keeper's Dwelling, Point of Cape Hatteras, Access Road from Route 12, Buxton, Dare County, NC

Cape Hatteras Lighthouse, Double Keeper's Dwelling, Point of Cape Hatt...

Significance: The Double Keeper's Quarters at Cape Hatteras was constructed in 1854, at the same time as the nearby Lighthouse was raised in height. Built of wood frame construction, and resting on brick pier f... More

Bostwick Hall, 3901 Forty-eighth Street, Bladensburg, Prince George's County, MD

Bostwick Hall, 3901 Forty-eighth Street, Bladensburg, Prince George's ...

Significance: Bostwick is one of the first, and one of the few extant, structures built in Bladensburg upon its founding in 1742. Only four pre-Revolutionary War buildings now stand. Although altered over the... More

Bostwick Hall, 3901 Forty-eighth Street, Bladensburg, Prince George's County, MD

Bostwick Hall, 3901 Forty-eighth Street, Bladensburg, Prince George's ...

Significance: Bostwick is one of the first, and one of the few extant, structures built in Bladensburg upon its founding in 1742. Only four pre-Revolutionary War buildings now stand. Although altered over the... More

Bostwick Hall, 3901 Forty-eighth Street, Bladensburg, Prince George's County, MD

Bostwick Hall, 3901 Forty-eighth Street, Bladensburg, Prince George's ...

Significance: Bostwick is one of the first, and one of the few extant, structures built in Bladensburg upon its founding in 1742. Only four pre-Revolutionary War buildings now stand. Although altered over the... More

Naylor House, Swift & Silver Lake Roads (Middletown Township), Langhorne, Bucks County, PA

Naylor House, Swift & Silver Lake Roads (Middletown Township), Langhor...

Significance: A good example of a Bucks County house type identified by the 2-1/2 story, side-hall-and-double-parlor plan main block and the 3 story wing with truncated gable roof. This truncated or cropped roo... More

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