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St. John's Church, Richmond, Henrico County, Virginia

St. John's Church, Richmond, Henrico County, Virginia

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Thomas Cooper House (Doorway), 75 Main Street, Wickford, Washington County, RI

Thomas Cooper House (Doorway), 75 Main Street, Wickford, Washington Co...

Survey number: HABS RI-66 Building/structure dates: 1755 Initial Construction

Boyd's Tavern, Short Pump vic., Albemarle County, Virginia

Boyd's Tavern, Short Pump vic., Albemarle County, Virginia

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Hamstead, Albemarle County, Virginia

Hamstead, Albemarle County, Virginia

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Nichols-Wanton-Hunter House, 54 Washington Street, Newport, Newport County, RI

Nichols-Wanton-Hunter House, 54 Washington Street, Newport, Newport Co...

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Nichols-Wanton-Hunter House, 54 Washington Street, Newport, Newport County, RI

Nichols-Wanton-Hunter House, 54 Washington Street, Newport, Newport Co...

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Nichols-Wanton-Hunter House, 54 Washington Street, Newport, Newport County, RI

Nichols-Wanton-Hunter House, 54 Washington Street, Newport, Newport Co...

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Woodlands, State Route 600 vicinity, Nassawadox, Northampton County, Virginia

Woodlands, State Route 600 vicinity, Nassawadox, Northampton County, V...

Significance: This large farm house of all-frame construction is a well preserved example of cross hall type having typical Eastern Shore porches with flagstone floors on main facades. Victorian modernizations... More

Captain John Warren House, 62 Washington Street, Newport, Newport County, RI

Captain John Warren House, 62 Washington Street, Newport, Newport Coun...

Significance: This 5-bay dwelling was expanded toward the garden sometime before 1775 and the central doorway was remodeled around 1800 to include a fanlight, pediment and flanking pilasters. On the north side ... More

Second Congregational Church, 13-17 Clarke Street, Newport, Newport County, RI

Second Congregational Church, 13-17 Clarke Street, Newport, Newport Co...

Significance: The building was completed September 15, 1735. It served as barracks for British troops 1776-1779 during their occupation and as a hospital for the French while they were in Newport. The buildin... More

Sully, 3601 Sully Road, Chantilly, Fairfax County, Virginia

Sully, 3601 Sully Road, Chantilly, Fairfax County, Virginia

The address was updated from 3601 Sully Road, Chantilly vicinity, to 3650 Historic Sully Way, Chantilly. (November 2016) Significance: Aside from preeminent historical associations, "Sully" is a notable plantat... More

Sully, 3601 Sully Road, Chantilly, Fairfax County, Virginia

Sully, 3601 Sully Road, Chantilly, Fairfax County, Virginia

The address was updated from 3601 Sully Road, Chantilly vicinity, to 3650 Historic Sully Way, Chantilly. (November 2016) Significance: Aside from preeminent historical associations, "Sully" is a notable plantat... More

Sully, 3601 Sully Road, Chantilly, Fairfax County, Virginia

Sully, 3601 Sully Road, Chantilly, Fairfax County, Virginia

The address was updated from 3601 Sully Road, Chantilly vicinity, to 3650 Historic Sully Way, Chantilly. (November 2016) Significance: Aside from preeminent historical associations, "Sully" is a notable plantat... More

Captain Joseph Tillinghast House, 403 South Main Street, Providence, Providence County, RI

Captain Joseph Tillinghast House, 403 South Main Street, Providence, P...

Significance: This house, built about 1767, is the only well-preserved survival of the pre-Revolutionary period on the lower part of South Main Street in Providence. Unprocessed Field note material exists for ... More

Captain Joseph Tillinghast House, 403 South Main Street, Providence, Providence County, RI

Captain Joseph Tillinghast House, 403 South Main Street, Providence, P...

Significance: This house, built about 1767, is the only well-preserved survival of the pre-Revolutionary period on the lower part of South Main Street in Providence. Unprocessed Field note material exists for ... More

Captain Joseph Tillinghast House, 403 South Main Street, Providence, Providence County, RI

Captain Joseph Tillinghast House, 403 South Main Street, Providence, P...

Significance: This house, built about 1767, is the only well-preserved survival of the pre-Revolutionary period on the lower part of South Main Street in Providence. Unprocessed Field note material exists for ... More

Archer House, Lot No. 123, Water Street, Yorktown, York County, Virginia

Archer House, Lot No. 123, Water Street, Yorktown, York County, Virgin...

Significance: The Archer House, on Lot 107, is currently the only visible structure on the Yorktown waterfront with colonial associations. The fire of 1814 has been assumed to have destroyed the house but short... More

Archer House, Lot No. 123, Water Street, Yorktown, York County, Virginia

Archer House, Lot No. 123, Water Street, Yorktown, York County, Virgin...

Significance: The Archer House, on Lot 107, is currently the only visible structure on the Yorktown waterfront with colonial associations. The fire of 1814 has been assumed to have destroyed the house but short... More

Feed Store-School, Route 29 & Route 631, Madison, Madison County, Virginia

Feed Store-School, Route 29 & Route 631, Madison, Madison County, Virg...

Significance: The James City Historic District is historically and architecturally significant as an example of a community that remains a time-capsule of late 18th to early 20th century domestic, commercial, a... More

Naval Air Station Barbers Point, Officer House with Garage Type, Franklin & Saratoga Avenues, Ewa, Honolulu County, HI

Naval Air Station Barbers Point, Officer House with Garage Type, Frank...

Significance: These housing units are significant as the quarters of the senior officers of the Naval Air Station. Two of the three garages are historic buildings that contribute to this historic group of stru... More

Naval Air Station Barbers Point, Officer House with Garage Type, Franklin & Saratoga Avenues, Ewa, Honolulu County, HI

Naval Air Station Barbers Point, Officer House with Garage Type, Frank...

Significance: These housing units are significant as the quarters of the senior officers of the Naval Air Station. Two of the three garages are historic buildings that contribute to this historic group of stru... More

Naval Air Station Barbers Point, Officer House with Garage Type, Franklin & Saratoga Avenues, Ewa, Honolulu County, HI

Naval Air Station Barbers Point, Officer House with Garage Type, Frank...

Significance: These housing units are significant as the quarters of the senior officers of the Naval Air Station. Two of the three garages are historic buildings that contribute to this historic group of stru... More

Naval Air Station Barbers Point, Officer House with Garage Type, Franklin & Saratoga Avenues, Ewa, Honolulu County, HI

Naval Air Station Barbers Point, Officer House with Garage Type, Frank...

Significance: These housing units are significant as the quarters of the senior officers of the Naval Air Station. Two of the three garages are historic buildings that contribute to this historic group of stru... More

Thomas Clemence House, 38 George Waterman Road, North Providence, Providence County, RI

Thomas Clemence House, 38 George Waterman Road, North Providence, Prov...

Photograph #19 was not digitized along with the rest of the first photo set (#1-19) because it is a duplicate of one of the measured drawings. See sheet 11 instead. Significance: This house, now restored and o... More

Thomas Clemence House, 38 George Waterman Road, North Providence, Providence County, RI

Thomas Clemence House, 38 George Waterman Road, North Providence, Prov...

Photograph #19 was not digitized along with the rest of the first photo set (#1-19) because it is a duplicate of one of the measured drawings. See sheet 11 instead. Significance: This house, now restored and o... More

Miller-Claytor House, Miller-Claytor Lane & Treasure Island Road, Lynchburg, Lynchburg, Virginia

Miller-Claytor House, Miller-Claytor Lane & Treasure Island Road, Lync...

Significance: The Miller-Claytor House is Lynchburg's sole remaining 18th Century Town House. Built on the corner of 8th and Church Streets, by John Miller, a tavern keeper in 1791 and later purchased by Samuel... More

Edward Searle House, 107 Wilbur Avenue, Oaklawn, Providence County, RI

Edward Searle House, 107 Wilbur Avenue, Oaklawn, Providence County, RI

Significance: The original part of the house was constructed in the fourth quarter of the seventeenth century but the two-story, five-bay main block with a central chimney plan and gable roof was not built unti... More

Kent County Courthouse, Main Street (Post Road), East Greenwich, Kent County, RI

Kent County Courthouse, Main Street (Post Road), East Greenwich, Kent ...

Significance: This courthouse replaced the earlier (1770-71) building in 1805; the interiors were altered in the 1860s and restored in 1909. The wood frame building was embellished by an entrance porch in the D... More

Kreider-Reisner Aircraft Company, Shed, 851 Pennsylvania Avenue, Hagerstown, Washington County, MD

Kreider-Reisner Aircraft Company, Shed, 851 Pennsylvania Avenue, Hager...

Significance: The "little green shed" survives as the oldest structure associated with aviation pioneers Ammon H. Kreider and Lewis E. Reisner, who formed the Kreider-Reisner Aircraft Company (KRA) in 1926, a y... More

Eldridge Johnson House, 33 Perry Street (moved from 225 Congress Street), Cape May, Cape May County, NJ

Eldridge Johnson House, 33 Perry Street (moved from 225 Congress Stree...

Significance: A tour de force in decorative millwork, this house is considered to have the most highly decorate porch in Cape May. Survey number: HABS NJ-853 Building/structure dates: 1882 Initial Constructi... More

Captain Edward Penniman House, Fort Hill Road, Eastham, Barnstable County, MA

Captain Edward Penniman House, Fort Hill Road, Eastham, Barnstable Cou...

Significance: The house was built by whaling Captain Edward Penniman in 1867-1868, who had shipbuilders from Wellfleet do the work. It has remained in the family, is in very good condition and is within the Ca... More

Captain Edward Penniman House, Fort Hill Road, Eastham, Barnstable County, MA

Captain Edward Penniman House, Fort Hill Road, Eastham, Barnstable Cou...

Significance: The house was built by whaling Captain Edward Penniman in 1867-1868, who had shipbuilders from Wellfleet do the work. It has remained in the family, is in very good condition and is within the Ca... More

Joseph Smith House, 109 Cushing Street, North Providence, Providence County, RI

Joseph Smith House, 109 Cushing Street, North Providence, Providence C...

Significance: The earliest house on the site was built before 1675. It was a stone-ender, one and one-half stories in height. Destroyed during King Philip's War, Joseph Smith used the old foundation and chimney... More

Joseph Smith House, 109 Cushing Street, North Providence, Providence County, RI

Joseph Smith House, 109 Cushing Street, North Providence, Providence C...

Significance: The earliest house on the site was built before 1675. It was a stone-ender, one and one-half stories in height. Destroyed during King Philip's War, Joseph Smith used the old foundation and chimney... More

Joseph Smith House, 109 Cushing Street, North Providence, Providence County, RI

Joseph Smith House, 109 Cushing Street, North Providence, Providence C...

Significance: The earliest house on the site was built before 1675. It was a stone-ender, one and one-half stories in height. Destroyed during King Philip's War, Joseph Smith used the old foundation and chimney... More

Hawkwood, Dependency No. 3, Route 15, Gordonsville, Orange County, Virginia

Hawkwood, Dependency No. 3, Route 15, Gordonsville, Orange County, Vir...

Survey number: HABS VA-36-E National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 73002036, 70000809

Thomas Robinson House, 64 Washington Street, Newport, Newport County, RI

Thomas Robinson House, 64 Washington Street, Newport, Newport County, ...

Significance: This broad, gambrel-roofed house is one of the best examples of Newport's merchant residences of the 18th century . Due to continuous family ownership since 1761, the interior and exterior retain ... More

Thomas Robinson House, 64 Washington Street, Newport, Newport County, RI

Thomas Robinson House, 64 Washington Street, Newport, Newport County, ...

Significance: This broad, gambrel-roofed house is one of the best examples of Newport's merchant residences of the 18th century . Due to continuous family ownership since 1761, the interior and exterior retain ... More

George Hildreth House, 17 Jackson Street, Cape May, Cape May County, NJ

George Hildreth House, 17 Jackson Street, Cape May, Cape May County, N...

Significance: Interesting example of Second Empire style residence. Survey number: HABS NJ-851 Building/structure dates: 1882 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 70000383

Tillinghast Tompkins House, 11 Redwood Street, Newport, Newport County, RI

Tillinghast Tompkins House, 11 Redwood Street, Newport, Newport County...

Significance: This large frame house was built for Tillinghast Tompkins about 1854-1855. It is a well-preserved example of the formal Italianate house of the mid-19th century with a central hall plan and richl... More

St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Church Lane (moved from Tower Hill), Wickford, Washington County, RI

St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Church Lane (moved from Tower Hill), Wick...

Survey number: HABS RI-45 Building/structure dates: 1707 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1923-1930 Subsequent Work National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 73000009

Seril Dodge House, 10 Thomas Street, Providence, Providence County, RI

Seril Dodge House, 10 Thomas Street, Providence, Providence County, RI

Significance: This frame house is a typical example of the smaller buildings of the period, with unusually fine detail in the stairway and the mantels. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure... More

William Wilkinson House, 69 College Street, Providence, Providence County, RI

William Wilkinson House, 69 College Street, Providence, Providence Cou...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-24 Survey number: HABS RI-24 Building/structure dates: 1818 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1954 Demolished

William Wilkinson House, 69 College Street, Providence, Providence County, RI

William Wilkinson House, 69 College Street, Providence, Providence Cou...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-24 Survey number: HABS RI-24 Building/structure dates: 1818 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1954 Demolished

Hawkwood, Dependency No. 1, Route 15, Gordonsville, Orange County, Virginia

Hawkwood, Dependency No. 1, Route 15, Gordonsville, Orange County, Vir...

Survey number: HABS VA-36-C National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 73002036, 70000809

First Presbyterian Church, 19 North Sixth Street, Fernandina Beach, Nassau County, FL

First Presbyterian Church, 19 North Sixth Street, Fernandina Beach, Na...

Significance: The First Presbyterian Church is probably the oldest remaining religious building in Fernandina. It is a good example of how the New England Meeting House style found its way out of that geograph... More

Job Greene House, West Shore Road (Hoxie), Warwick, Kent County, RI

Job Greene House, West Shore Road (Hoxie), Warwick, Kent County, RI

Significance: Although no longer extant, some of the interior work was moved to the Rhode Island School of Design Museum. The original one and one-half story frame house had a stone end chimney; this was folded... More

Stockton Cottage, 26 Gurney Street, Cape May, Cape May County, NJ

Stockton Cottage, 26 Gurney Street, Cape May, Cape May County, NJ

Significance: Best preserved of eight originally identical cottages design in the "Swiss Style." Survey number: HABS NJ-859 Building/structure dates: 1871- 1872 Initial Construction National Register of H... More

Russell Potter House, 26 John Street, Providence, Providence County, RI

Russell Potter House, 26 John Street, Providence, Providence County, R...

Significance: This is a typical example of an early nineteenth century Providence house. Survey number: HABS RI-241 Building/structure dates: ca. 1813 Initial Construction

Colonel Joseph Nightingale House, 357 Benefit Street, Providence, Providence County, RI

Colonel Joseph Nightingale House, 357 Benefit Street, Providence, Prov...

Significance: This house was built for Colonel Joseph Nightingale, wealthy partner in a Providence shipping firm, and has been owned by the Brown family since 1814. Built in 1791, this large, three-story frame... More

James Greene House, 698 Buttonwoods Avenue, Buttonwoods, Kent County, RI

James Greene House, 698 Buttonwoods Avenue, Buttonwoods, Kent County, ...

Survey number: HABS RI-270 Building/structure dates: ca. 1715 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 74000038

Friends Meeting House, 30 Farewell Street, Newport, Newport County, RI

Friends Meeting House, 30 Farewell Street, Newport, Newport County, RI

Significance: Built in 1700, with additions of 1730, 1807, 1857, and 1867, the original (center) portion is an important example of the square hip roofed and turreted structures being built for some thirty year... More

Caserta, Mattawoman Creek vicinity, Eastville, Northampton County, Virginia

Caserta, Mattawoman Creek vicinity, Eastville, Northampton County, Vir...

Significance: Good example of regional character with one brick end and colonnade connecting with small unit; eccentric roofline. The high ridge marks the position of the cross hall. The house is massively pr... More

Charles H. Baldwin House, Bellevue Avenue, Newport, Newport County, RI

Charles H. Baldwin House, Bellevue Avenue, Newport, Newport County, RI

Significance: The work of Potter and Robertson of New York, this is an interesting example of the Shingle Style or American version of the Queen Anne Revival. It is characterized by richly textured, decorative... More

Hazard Block, 405-411 Thames Street, Newport, Newport County, RI

Hazard Block, 405-411 Thames Street, Newport, Newport County, RI

Significance: This three-unit store building with dwellings above is typical of the 1830s and is distinguished by a monitor roof characteristic of local construction. Survey number: HABS RI-379 Building/struc... More

Colonial Hotel, Beach & Ocean Avenues, Cape May, Cape May County, NJ

Colonial Hotel, Beach & Ocean Avenues, Cape May, Cape May County, NJ

Significance: Interesting example of Second Empire hotel design. Survey number: HABS NJ-850 Building/structure dates: 1894- 1895 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1905 Subsequent Work Natio... More

Linden Place, 500 Hope Street, Bristol, Bristol County, RI

Linden Place, 500 Hope Street, Bristol, Bristol County, RI

Significance: Linden Place, built in 1810 for General George DeWolf, is an outstanding example of the in-town estates built by the merchant elite in the early 19th century. The mansion, in the heart of Bristol... More

Linden Place, 500 Hope Street, Bristol, Bristol County, RI

Linden Place, 500 Hope Street, Bristol, Bristol County, RI

Significance: Linden Place, built in 1810 for General George DeWolf, is an outstanding example of the in-town estates built by the merchant elite in the early 19th century. The mansion, in the heart of Bristol... More

Linden Place, 500 Hope Street, Bristol, Bristol County, RI

Linden Place, 500 Hope Street, Bristol, Bristol County, RI

Significance: Linden Place, built in 1810 for General George DeWolf, is an outstanding example of the in-town estates built by the merchant elite in the early 19th century. The mansion, in the heart of Bristol... More

Linden Place, 500 Hope Street, Bristol, Bristol County, RI

Linden Place, 500 Hope Street, Bristol, Bristol County, RI

Significance: Linden Place, built in 1810 for General George DeWolf, is an outstanding example of the in-town estates built by the merchant elite in the early 19th century. The mansion, in the heart of Bristol... More

James Burrough House, 160 Power Street, Providence, Providence County, RI

James Burrough House, 160 Power Street, Providence, Providence County,...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a 19th-century building, Victorian architecture style, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Jeremiah Dexter House, 957 North Main Street, Providence, Providence County, RI

Jeremiah Dexter House, 957 North Main Street, Providence, Providence C...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-6 Survey number: HABS RI-5 Building/structure dates: 1754 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 76000046

General Cyrus French House, Kingstown Road (State Route 138) & College Road, Kingston, Washington County, RI

General Cyrus French House, Kingstown Road (State Route 138) & College...

Significance: At the time of the HABS documentation (1940), the two and one-half story, clapboard and shingled house was in very poor condition and unoccupied. There was a fire the following year. The Federal... More

General Cyrus French House, Kingstown Road (State Route 138) & College Road, Kingston, Washington County, RI

General Cyrus French House, Kingstown Road (State Route 138) & College...

Significance: At the time of the HABS documentation (1940), the two and one-half story, clapboard and shingled house was in very poor condition and unoccupied. There was a fire the following year. The Federal... More

Hard Bargain (Main House), Near Routes 695, 636 & 613 vicinity, Trevilians, Louisa County, Virginia

Hard Bargain (Main House), Near Routes 695, 636 & 613 vicinity, Trevil...

Significance: In continual use as a private dwelling, Hard Bargain is a good example of the Stick Style of architecture and contributes to the unique assemblage of rural architecture found within the district. ... More

Chalfonte Hotel, Howard Street & Sewell Avenue, Cape May, Cape May County, NJ

Chalfonte Hotel, Howard Street & Sewell Avenue, Cape May, Cape May Cou...

Significance: Originally built as a private house, the building was later converted to hotel use. The Chalfonte is Cape May's oldest and most ornate large hotel in Cape May. Unprocessed Field note material ex... More

Chalfonte Hotel, Howard Street & Sewell Avenue, Cape May, Cape May County, NJ

Chalfonte Hotel, Howard Street & Sewell Avenue, Cape May, Cape May Cou...

Significance: Originally built as a private house, the building was later converted to hotel use. The Chalfonte is Cape May's oldest and most ornate large hotel in Cape May. Unprocessed Field note material ex... More

Chalfonte Hotel, Howard Street & Sewell Avenue, Cape May, Cape May County, NJ

Chalfonte Hotel, Howard Street & Sewell Avenue, Cape May, Cape May Cou...

Significance: Originally built as a private house, the building was later converted to hotel use. The Chalfonte is Cape May's oldest and most ornate large hotel in Cape May. Unprocessed Field note material ex... More

Windsor Hotel, Beach Avenue, between Windsor & Congress Streets, Cape May, Cape May County, NJ

Windsor Hotel, Beach Avenue, between Windsor & Congress Streets, Cape ...

Significance: Fine example of Second Empire hotel. Survey number: HABS NJ-749 Building/structure dates: 1879 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 70000383

Pidge Tavern, 586 Pawtucket Avenue, Pawtucket, Providence County, RI

Pidge Tavern, 586 Pawtucket Avenue, Pawtucket, Providence County, RI

Significance: Built in the early eighteenth century, the four-room house was expanded around 1767. The mid century improvements included a six-bay facade and pedimented doorway. The building became a tavern in ... More

Shepley House, 156 State Street, Portland, Cumberland County, ME

Shepley House, 156 State Street, Portland, Cumberland County, ME

Significance: Architect Alexander Parris, a noted New England architect of the Federal Period. Original appearance of the building well documented through original plans and elevations. Listed in the National R... More

Mason's Hall, 1805 East Franklin Street, Richmond, Independent City, Virginia

Mason's Hall, 1805 East Franklin Street, Richmond, Independent City, V...

Significance: The cornerstone for the Mason's Hall was laid in 1785 and the cubic building was completed by 1787. The geometric form of the building is broken slightly by the pedimented central pavilion and co... More

Joseph Reynolds House, Forge Road, Kingston, Washington County, RI

Joseph Reynolds House, Forge Road, Kingston, Washington County, RI

Significance: Traditionally said to have been constructed in the 1680s, and certainly by the time of the 1713 property transfer, the building has been added onto several times. A dining room and kitchen were ad... More

Joseph Reynolds House, Forge Road, Kingston, Washington County, RI

Joseph Reynolds House, Forge Road, Kingston, Washington County, RI

Significance: Traditionally said to have been constructed in the 1680s, and certainly by the time of the 1713 property transfer, the building has been added onto several times. A dining room and kitchen were ad... More

Bela & Caleb Clap House, 44-46 Temple Street, Boston, Suffolk County, MA

Bela & Caleb Clap House, 44-46 Temple Street, Boston, Suffolk County, ...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-5 Survey number: HABS MA-2-80 Building/structure dates: 1787 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: after 1934 Demolished

Bela & Caleb Clap House, 44-46 Temple Street, Boston, Suffolk County, MA

Bela & Caleb Clap House, 44-46 Temple Street, Boston, Suffolk County, ...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-5 Survey number: HABS MA-2-80 Building/structure dates: 1787 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: after 1934 Demolished

Captain Edward Penniman Barn, Fort Hill Road, Eastham, Barnstable County, MA

Captain Edward Penniman Barn, Fort Hill Road, Eastham, Barnstable Coun...

Significance: This French Second Empire style barn, an unusual style of architecture for Cape Cod, is at the rear of the Edward Penniman house. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-275... More

Captain Edward Penniman Barn, Fort Hill Road, Eastham, Barnstable County, MA

Captain Edward Penniman Barn, Fort Hill Road, Eastham, Barnstable Coun...

Significance: This French Second Empire style barn, an unusual style of architecture for Cape Cod, is at the rear of the Edward Penniman house. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-275... More

Bliss-Ruisden House, 606 Main Street, Warren, Bristol County, RI

Bliss-Ruisden House, 606 Main Street, Warren, Bristol County, RI

Significance: The Federal-period house has lovely woodwork inside, including the wainscoting, scrollwork on the stringer, and crossetted surround in the parlor, but the exterior is noted for its Colonial Reviv... More

Thomas Fenner House, 1538 Plainfield Street, Thornton, Providence County, RI

Thomas Fenner House, 1538 Plainfield Street, Thornton, Providence Coun...

Significance: The Thomas Fenner House is an example of a Rhode Island frame house with the stone of the chimney exposed at one end (i.e., the stone ender). Survey number: HABS RI-72 Building/structure dates: ... More

Camp Hofnung, Dormitory No. 1, Old Easton Road at Tohickon Creek, Pipersville, Bucks County, PA

Camp Hofnung, Dormitory No. 1, Old Easton Road at Tohickon Creek, Pipe...

1996 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: A Jewish Union-sponsored children's camp (1927-67), it is home to 2 dormitories designed by Louis I. Kahn, an American architect of Post-War Modernism. Kahn (... More

Camp Hofnung, Dormitory No. 1, Old Easton Road at Tohickon Creek, Pipersville, Bucks County, PA

Camp Hofnung, Dormitory No. 1, Old Easton Road at Tohickon Creek, Pipe...

1996 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: A Jewish Union-sponsored children's camp (1927-67), it is home to 2 dormitories designed by Louis I. Kahn, an American architect of Post-War Modernism. Kahn (... More

Immanuel Case House, 41 Main Street, Wickford, Washington County, RI

Immanuel Case House, 41 Main Street, Wickford, Washington County, RI

Survey number: HABS RI-3-13 Building/structure dates: 1785 Initial Construction

Immanuel Case House, 41 Main Street, Wickford, Washington County, RI

Immanuel Case House, 41 Main Street, Wickford, Washington County, RI

Survey number: HABS RI-3-13 Building/structure dates: 1785 Initial Construction

Log House, State Route 750 vicinity, The Plains, Fauquier County, Virginia

Log House, State Route 750 vicinity, The Plains, Fauquier County, Virg...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-3 Survey number: HABS VA-11-6 Building/structure dates: before 1775 Initial Construction

Log House, State Route 750 vicinity, The Plains, Fauquier County, Virginia

Log House, State Route 750 vicinity, The Plains, Fauquier County, Virg...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-3 Survey number: HABS VA-11-6 Building/structure dates: before 1775 Initial Construction

David King House, 20 Catherine Street, Newport, Newport County, RI

David King House, 20 Catherine Street, Newport, Newport County, RI

Significance: This is an unusually well-preserved example of the 1-1/2 story, mansard-roofed houses typical of the decades following the Civil War, particularly in this section of Newport. Survey number: HABS ... More

Ephraim Rich House, Pump Log Point, Truro, Barnstable County, MA

Ephraim Rich House, Pump Log Point, Truro, Barnstable County, MA

Significance: This is a Cape Cod "double house," 5 bay exterior, located within the proposed Cape Cod National Seashore. It is typical of the type built on Cape Cod in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. ... More

Pig Alley Block Study, 411-413 Hurt Street (Double House), Petersburg, Petersburg, Virginia

Pig Alley Block Study, 411-413 Hurt Street (Double House), Petersburg,...

Significance: This building, probably constructed c. 1835, is part of a village complex of workers' houses, of which this was probably a double dwelling house. The complex was built for workers in the many flo... More

Trinity Church, 141 Spring Street, Newport, Newport County, RI

Trinity Church, 141 Spring Street, Newport, Newport County, RI

Significance: Built in 1725-1726, to replace an earlier structure, Trinity Church served the congregation organized in 1698 by Francis Nicholson, Lieutenant-Governor of New York and later Governor of Virginia a... More

Vaucluse, Wapping Road (Parts in Metropolitan Museum, NY), Middletown, Newport County, RI

Vaucluse, Wapping Road (Parts in Metropolitan Museum, NY), Middletown,...

Significance: At the time of the HABS survey (1938), Vaucluse was in poor condition. The district officer described it as "a two-story clapboarded structure with minor wings, with brick and stone foundation." H... More

Vaucluse, Wapping Road (Parts in Metropolitan Museum, NY), Middletown, Newport County, RI

Vaucluse, Wapping Road (Parts in Metropolitan Museum, NY), Middletown,...

Significance: At the time of the HABS survey (1938), Vaucluse was in poor condition. The district officer described it as "a two-story clapboarded structure with minor wings, with brick and stone foundation." H... More

Vaucluse, Wapping Road (Parts in Metropolitan Museum, NY), Middletown, Newport County, RI

Vaucluse, Wapping Road (Parts in Metropolitan Museum, NY), Middletown,...

Significance: At the time of the HABS survey (1938), Vaucluse was in poor condition. The district officer described it as "a two-story clapboarded structure with minor wings, with brick and stone foundation." H... More

Vaucluse, Wapping Road (Parts in Metropolitan Museum, NY), Middletown, Newport County, RI

Vaucluse, Wapping Road (Parts in Metropolitan Museum, NY), Middletown,...

Significance: At the time of the HABS survey (1938), Vaucluse was in poor condition. The district officer described it as "a two-story clapboarded structure with minor wings, with brick and stone foundation." H... More

Vaucluse, Wapping Road (Parts in Metropolitan Museum, NY), Middletown, Newport County, RI

Vaucluse, Wapping Road (Parts in Metropolitan Museum, NY), Middletown,...

Significance: At the time of the HABS survey (1938), Vaucluse was in poor condition. The district officer described it as "a two-story clapboarded structure with minor wings, with brick and stone foundation." H... More

John Tripp House,  (moved from 953 1/2 Manton Avenue, Manton), Manton, Providence County, RI

John Tripp House, (moved from 953 1/2 Manton Avenue, Manton), Manton,...

Significance: One of two surviving stone-enders in Newport, the John Tripp House dates to the eighteenth century and was moved from Providence in the 1960s and reconstructed on its present site. The beehive ove... More

George Riley Willis House & Kitchen, Portsmouth, Carteret County, NC

George Riley Willis House & Kitchen, Portsmouth, Carteret County, NC

Significance: This house is a typical example of vernacular architecture of Portsmouth Village in the first decade of the 20th Century. As a common house of the village in the early 1900's, this small home con... More

Western Elevator Company, 507 North Appleton Street, Appleton, Outagamie County, WI

Western Elevator Company, 507 North Appleton Street, Appleton, Outagam...

Significance: The Western Elevator Company embodies the distinctive characteristics of the "crib" period of storage elevator construction, and retains much of its original operating mechanism. It is also the s... More

Western Elevator Company, 507 North Appleton Street, Appleton, Outagamie County, WI

Western Elevator Company, 507 North Appleton Street, Appleton, Outagam...

Significance: The Western Elevator Company embodies the distinctive characteristics of the "crib" period of storage elevator construction, and retains much of its original operating mechanism. It is also the s... More

General Nathanael Greene House, Greene Street, Anthony, Coventry, Kent County, RI

General Nathanael Greene House, Greene Street, Anthony, Coventry, Kent...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a basement, underground, lobby, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

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