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Naval Training Station, Senior Officers' Quarters District, Naval Station Treasure Island, Yerba Buena Island, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

Naval Training Station, Senior Officers' Quarters District, Naval Stat...

Significance: The Senior Officer's Quarters Historic District is significant at the local level for its association with the early development of military facilities on the West Coast. The period of significanc... More

North Little Rock City Hall, Third & Main, North Little Rock, Pulaski County, AR

North Little Rock City Hall, Third & Main, North Little Rock, Pulaski ...

Survey number: HABS AR-15 Building/structure dates: 1914 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: ca. 1960 Subsequent Work National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 75000414

National Archives, Constitution Avenue, between Seventh & Ninth Streets Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

National Archives, Constitution Avenue, between Seventh & Ninth Street...

Significance: Serves as central archival repository of most important United States documents. Survey number: HABS DC-296 Building/structure dates: 1931-1937 Initial Construction National Register of Histor... More

Christ Church (Episcopal), State Routes 713 & 712, Glendower, Albemarle County, Virginia

Christ Church (Episcopal), State Routes 713 & 712, Glendower, Albemarl...

Significance: This is a small, but elegant building set in a small pine forest in the rolling farmlands of lower Ablemarle County. It is important in that it is an excellent example of the Classical Revival st... More

Christ Church (Episcopal), State Routes 713 & 712, Glendower, Albemarle County, Virginia

Christ Church (Episcopal), State Routes 713 & 712, Glendower, Albemarl...

Significance: This is a small, but elegant building set in a small pine forest in the rolling farmlands of lower Ablemarle County. It is important in that it is an excellent example of the Classical Revival st... More

Buffum House, Main & Middle Streets, Walpole, Cheshire County, NH

Buffum House, Main & Middle Streets, Walpole, Cheshire County, NH

Significance: An example of a frame house built c. 1785, remodeled in the 1820's. The original house with the long, north side the main facade with Georgian detail, became a Classic Revival house with a new po... More

Omaha Quartermaster Depot Historic District, Twenty-second & Woolworth Streets, Omaha, Douglas County, NE

Omaha Quartermaster Depot Historic District, Twenty-second & Woolworth...

Significance: The Omaha Quartermaster Depot has gained its significance by being associated with, and a part of, the Omaha Quartermaster Depot Historical District (listed as an Historic District by the National... More

National Park Seminary, Main, Linden Lane, Silver Spring, Montgomery County, MD

National Park Seminary, Main, Linden Lane, Silver Spring, Montgomery C...

Significance: Main exemplifies the site's evolving history. It is a conglomeration of eight buildings with adjoining extensions and adaptations that were completed between 1887 and the 1940s. It is the core o... More

National Park Seminary, Main, Linden Lane, Silver Spring, Montgomery County, MD

National Park Seminary, Main, Linden Lane, Silver Spring, Montgomery C...

Significance: Main exemplifies the site's evolving history. It is a conglomeration of eight buildings with adjoining extensions and adaptations that were completed between 1887 and the 1940s. It is the core o... More

National Park Seminary, Main, Linden Lane, Silver Spring, Montgomery County, MD

National Park Seminary, Main, Linden Lane, Silver Spring, Montgomery C...

Significance: Main exemplifies the site's evolving history. It is a conglomeration of eight buildings with adjoining extensions and adaptations that were completed between 1887 and the 1940s. It is the core o... More

National Park Seminary, Main, Linden Lane, Silver Spring, Montgomery County, MD

National Park Seminary, Main, Linden Lane, Silver Spring, Montgomery C...

Significance: Main exemplifies the site's evolving history. It is a conglomeration of eight buildings with adjoining extensions and adaptations that were completed between 1887 and the 1940s. It is the core o... More

National Park Seminary, Main, Linden Lane, Silver Spring, Montgomery County, MD

National Park Seminary, Main, Linden Lane, Silver Spring, Montgomery C...

Significance: Main exemplifies the site's evolving history. It is a conglomeration of eight buildings with adjoining extensions and adaptations that were completed between 1887 and the 1940s. It is the core o... More

South Carolina State House, Capitol Square, Columbia, Richland County, SC

South Carolina State House, Capitol Square, Columbia, Richland County,...

Survey number: HABS SC-319 Building/structure dates: after. 1850- before. 1908 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 70000598

South Carolina State House, Capitol Square, Columbia, Richland County, SC

South Carolina State House, Capitol Square, Columbia, Richland County,...

Survey number: HABS SC-319 Building/structure dates: after. 1850- before. 1908 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 70000598

Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Ordnance Storehouse, Third Street, north side between Railroad Avenue & California Avenue, Vallejo, Solano County, CA

Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Ordnance Storehouse, Third Street, north s...

Significance: Building 77 is a contributing element of the Mare Island Historic District. It is significant as one of the least modified of the brick Classical Revival shops that were built in great numbers in... More

Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Ordnance Storehouse, Third Street, north side between Railroad Avenue & California Avenue, Vallejo, Solano County, CA

Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Ordnance Storehouse, Third Street, north s...

Significance: Building 77 is a contributing element of the Mare Island Historic District. It is significant as one of the least modified of the brick Classical Revival shops that were built in great numbers in... More

Naval Training Station, Senior Officers' Quarters District, Quarters No. 1, Naval Station Treasure Island, 1 Whiting Way, Yerba Buena Island, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

Naval Training Station, Senior Officers' Quarters District, Quarters N...

See also HAER No. CA-233-A for additional documentation of this structure (KEY 2/5/2004). Significance: Quarters 1 is significant as part of the Senior Officers' Quarters District. Although short-lived as a tra... More

Monticello, State Route 53 vicinity, Charlottesville, Charlottesville, Virginia

Monticello, State Route 53 vicinity, Charlottesville, Charlottesville,...

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Monticello, State Route 53 vicinity, Charlottesville, Charlottesville, Virginia

Monticello, State Route 53 vicinity, Charlottesville, Charlottesville,...

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Monticello, State Route 53 vicinity, Charlottesville, Charlottesville, Virginia

Monticello, State Route 53 vicinity, Charlottesville, Charlottesville,...

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Washington & Lee University, Washington Hall, Jefferson Street, Lexington, Lexington, Virginia

Washington & Lee University, Washington Hall, Jefferson Street, Lexing...

Significance: The central building of the university complex, this building was erected in 1822-1824 and probably designed by John Jordan, prominent local builder who introduced the Classical Revival style to t... More

Whitehall, 1915 Whitehall Road, Annapolis, Anne Arundel County, MD

Whitehall, 1915 Whitehall Road, Annapolis, Anne Arundel County, MD

Significance: Constructed in 1765 for Horatio Sharpe, Governor of Maryland, Whitehall is one of America's foremost Georgian structures. Hugh Morrison called it "one of the most interesting and important houses... More

Temelec Hall, 20750 Arnold Avenue, Sonoma, Sonoma County, CA

Temelec Hall, 20750 Arnold Avenue, Sonoma, Sonoma County, CA

Significance: Built in 1858. Its builder and first owner, "Captain" Granville P. Swift, can west with the Kelsey Party in 1843; and was a member of the Bear Flag Party that seized Sonoma and proclaimed Californ... More

Old U.S. Customs House & Post Office, 129-141 North Union Street, Petersburg, Petersburg, Virginia

Old U.S. Customs House & Post Office, 129-141 North Union Street, Pete...

Significance: This building was designed by Ammi B. Young, first Supervising Architect of the United States Treasury, in the Italian Renaissance style. During the War between the States, it housed the Confeder... More

First Church of Deerfield, Old Deerfield Street, Deerfield, Franklin County, MA

First Church of Deerfield, Old Deerfield Street, Deerfield, Franklin C...

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Sunny Bank, State Route 712 vicinity, North Garden, Albemarle County, Virginia

Sunny Bank, State Route 712 vicinity, North Garden, Albemarle County, ...

Significance: This house which was built circa 1797 by Andrew Hart, is a fine example of eighteenth century domestic architecture in Virginia. Six generations of this name have lived here. Unprocessed Field n... More

Samuel Findley School, Tallmadge and Cuyahoga Streets, Akron, Summit County, OH

Samuel Findley School, Tallmadge and Cuyahoga Streets, Akron, Summit C...

2008 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Second Place Significance: Findley Academy carries elements of the Beaux Arts style with additional Classical Revival details, evident throughout the exterior and interior. These... More

Samuel Findley School, Tallmadge and Cuyahoga Streets, Akron, Summit County, OH

Samuel Findley School, Tallmadge and Cuyahoga Streets, Akron, Summit C...

2008 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Second Place Significance: Findley Academy carries elements of the Beaux Arts style with additional Classical Revival details, evident throughout the exterior and interior. These... More

Howland House (Interior), Westminster Street, Walpole, Cheshire County, NH

Howland House (Interior), Westminster Street, Walpole, Cheshire County...

Significance: Example of Classical Revival with many Asher Benjamin details. Survey number: HABS NH-59 Building/structure dates: ca. 1840- ca. 1849 Initial Construction

Howland House (Interior), Westminster Street, Walpole, Cheshire County, NH

Howland House (Interior), Westminster Street, Walpole, Cheshire County...

Significance: Example of Classical Revival with many Asher Benjamin details. Survey number: HABS NH-59 Building/structure dates: ca. 1840- ca. 1849 Initial Construction

U.S. Custom House & Post Office, Royal & Saint Francis Streets, Mobile, Mobile County, AL

U.S. Custom House & Post Office, Royal & Saint Francis Streets, Mobile...

Significance: Notable example of work of leading nineteenth-century Federal architect. 1853-56. Ammi B. Young, architect; Danville Leadbetter, superintendent of construction. Classical Revival. Ashlar over b... More

U.S. Custom House & Post Office, Royal & Saint Francis Streets, Mobile, Mobile County, AL

U.S. Custom House & Post Office, Royal & Saint Francis Streets, Mobile...

Significance: Notable example of work of leading nineteenth-century Federal architect. 1853-56. Ammi B. Young, architect; Danville Leadbetter, superintendent of construction. Classical Revival. Ashlar over b... More

U.S. Custom House & Post Office, Royal & Saint Francis Streets, Mobile, Mobile County, AL

U.S. Custom House & Post Office, Royal & Saint Francis Streets, Mobile...

Significance: Notable example of work of leading nineteenth-century Federal architect. 1853-56. Ammi B. Young, architect; Danville Leadbetter, superintendent of construction. Classical Revival. Ashlar over b... More

William Fowle House, 711 Prince Street, Alexandria, Independent City, Virginia

William Fowle House, 711 Prince Street, Alexandria, Independent City, ...

Survey number: HABS VA-574 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000928

William Fowle House, 711 Prince Street, Alexandria, Independent City, Virginia

William Fowle House, 711 Prince Street, Alexandria, Independent City, ...

Survey number: HABS VA-574 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000928

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

James E. D. Lanier House, 511 West First Street, Madison, Jefferson County, IN

James E. D. Lanier House, 511 West First Street, Madison, Jefferson Co...

Significance: Designed by locally prominent Madison architect Francis Costigan (1810-1865) and built in 1843-44. The fine proportions and elegant presence of this classical brick structure are emphasized by the... More

James E. D. Lanier House, 511 West First Street, Madison, Jefferson County, IN

James E. D. Lanier House, 511 West First Street, Madison, Jefferson Co...

Significance: Designed by locally prominent Madison architect Francis Costigan (1810-1865) and built in 1843-44. The fine proportions and elegant presence of this classical brick structure are emphasized by the... More

James E. D. Lanier House, 511 West First Street, Madison, Jefferson County, IN

James E. D. Lanier House, 511 West First Street, Madison, Jefferson Co...

Significance: Designed by locally prominent Madison architect Francis Costigan (1810-1865) and built in 1843-44. The fine proportions and elegant presence of this classical brick structure are emphasized by the... More

James E. D. Lanier House, 511 West First Street, Madison, Jefferson County, IN

James E. D. Lanier House, 511 West First Street, Madison, Jefferson Co...

Significance: Designed by locally prominent Madison architect Francis Costigan (1810-1865) and built in 1843-44. The fine proportions and elegant presence of this classical brick structure are emphasized by the... More

Wickham-Virginialentine House, 1015 East Clay Street, Richmond, Independent City, Virginia

Wickham-Virginialentine House, 1015 East Clay Street, Richmond, Indepe...

Significance: The Wicham-Valentine House is one of the finest domestic expressions of early Neo-classical architecture in America. The design of the mansion, which was built in 1812 for John Wickham, was execu... More

Wickham-Virginialentine House, 1015 East Clay Street, Richmond, Independent City, Virginia

Wickham-Virginialentine House, 1015 East Clay Street, Richmond, Indepe...

Significance: The Wicham-Valentine House is one of the finest domestic expressions of early Neo-classical architecture in America. The design of the mansion, which was built in 1812 for John Wickham, was execu... More

Wickham-Virginialentine House, 1015 East Clay Street, Richmond, Independent City, Virginia

Wickham-Virginialentine House, 1015 East Clay Street, Richmond, Indepe...

Significance: The Wicham-Valentine House is one of the finest domestic expressions of early Neo-classical architecture in America. The design of the mansion, which was built in 1812 for John Wickham, was execu... More

Poplar Forest, State Route 661, Forest, Bedford County, Virginia

Poplar Forest, State Route 661, Forest, Bedford County, Virginia

Significance: Poplar Forest, one of Thomas Jefferson's most accomplished architectural essays, was built from 1806-19. It was described by its designer-builder as "...the best dwelling in the state, except th... More

Poplar Forest, State Route 661, Forest, Bedford County, Virginia

Poplar Forest, State Route 661, Forest, Bedford County, Virginia

Significance: Poplar Forest, one of Thomas Jefferson's most accomplished architectural essays, was built from 1806-19. It was described by its designer-builder as "...the best dwelling in the state, except th... More

Poplar Forest, State Route 661, Forest, Bedford County, Virginia

Poplar Forest, State Route 661, Forest, Bedford County, Virginia

Significance: Poplar Forest, one of Thomas Jefferson's most accomplished architectural essays, was built from 1806-19. It was described by its designer-builder as "...the best dwelling in the state, except th... More

Poplar Forest, State Route 661, Forest, Bedford County, Virginia

Poplar Forest, State Route 661, Forest, Bedford County, Virginia

Significance: Poplar Forest, one of Thomas Jefferson's most accomplished architectural essays, was built from 1806-19. It was described by its designer-builder as "...the best dwelling in the state, except th... More

Poplar Forest, State Route 661, Forest, Bedford County, Virginia

Poplar Forest, State Route 661, Forest, Bedford County, Virginia

Significance: Poplar Forest, one of Thomas Jefferson's most accomplished architectural essays, was built from 1806-19. It was described by its designer-builder as "...the best dwelling in the state, except th... More

Poplar Forest, State Route 661, Forest, Bedford County, Virginia

Poplar Forest, State Route 661, Forest, Bedford County, Virginia

Significance: Poplar Forest, one of Thomas Jefferson's most accomplished architectural essays, was built from 1806-19. It was described by its designer-builder as "...the best dwelling in the state, except th... More

Poplar Forest, State Route 661, Forest, Bedford County, Virginia

Poplar Forest, State Route 661, Forest, Bedford County, Virginia

Significance: Poplar Forest, one of Thomas Jefferson's most accomplished architectural essays, was built from 1806-19. It was described by its designer-builder as "...the best dwelling in the state, except th... More

Poplar Forest, State Route 661, Forest, Bedford County, Virginia

Poplar Forest, State Route 661, Forest, Bedford County, Virginia

Significance: Poplar Forest, one of Thomas Jefferson's most accomplished architectural essays, was built from 1806-19. It was described by its designer-builder as "...the best dwelling in the state, except th... More

Musical Fund Hall, 808 Locust Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Musical Fund Hall, 808 Locust Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Count...

Significance: Oldest surviving music hall in the United States, noted for its acoustics. The building was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1974. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this struc... More

Hustings Courthouse, Courthouse Avenue & North Sycamore Street, Petersburg, Petersburg, Virginia

Hustings Courthouse, Courthouse Avenue & North Sycamore Street, Peters...

Significance: This Classic Revival Courthouse, designed by Calvin Pollard of New York and built 1838-1840, is architecturally noteworthy because of its improvisations on, and combinations of, different classica... More

Hustings Courthouse, Courthouse Avenue & North Sycamore Street, Petersburg, Petersburg, Virginia

Hustings Courthouse, Courthouse Avenue & North Sycamore Street, Peters...

Significance: This Classic Revival Courthouse, designed by Calvin Pollard of New York and built 1838-1840, is architecturally noteworthy because of its improvisations on, and combinations of, different classica... More

Buckhorn Manor, State Route 603, Bacova, Bath County, Virginia

Buckhorn Manor, State Route 603, Bacova, Bath County, Virginia

Significance: Buckhorn Manor, with its outbuildings, is a good example of the plantations that flourished in the Jackson River valley before the Civil War. The plantation buildings, three of which remain intac... More

Buckhorn Manor, State Route 603, Bacova, Bath County, Virginia

Buckhorn Manor, State Route 603, Bacova, Bath County, Virginia

Significance: Buckhorn Manor, with its outbuildings, is a good example of the plantations that flourished in the Jackson River valley before the Civil War. The plantation buildings, three of which remain intac... More

Buckhorn Manor, State Route 603, Bacova, Bath County, Virginia

Buckhorn Manor, State Route 603, Bacova, Bath County, Virginia

Significance: Buckhorn Manor, with its outbuildings, is a good example of the plantations that flourished in the Jackson River valley before the Civil War. The plantation buildings, three of which remain intac... More

Paxton Carnegie Library, 254 South Market Street, Paxton, Ford County, IL

Paxton Carnegie Library, 254 South Market Street, Paxton, Ford County,...

STORED ON SITE. mchr 2012 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: The Paxton Carnegie Library is locally significant under Criterion A and C. It is significant for educational purposes in its role in pr... More

Paxton Carnegie Library, 254 South Market Street, Paxton, Ford County, IL

Paxton Carnegie Library, 254 South Market Street, Paxton, Ford County,...

STORED ON SITE. mchr 2012 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: The Paxton Carnegie Library is locally significant under Criterion A and C. It is significant for educational purposes in its role in pr... More

Paxton Carnegie Library, 254 South Market Street, Paxton, Ford County, IL

Paxton Carnegie Library, 254 South Market Street, Paxton, Ford County,...

STORED ON SITE. mchr 2012 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: The Paxton Carnegie Library is locally significant under Criterion A and C. It is significant for educational purposes in its role in pr... More

Amherst Street, Winchester, Winchester, Virginia

Amherst Street, Winchester, Winchester, Virginia

Significance: This section of Amherst Street appears as it was over 100 years ago. It contains five buildings built over a period of about forty-five years in the mid-nineteenth century. This group is signifi... More

Buffum House, Main & Middle Streets, Walpole, Cheshire County, NH

Buffum House, Main & Middle Streets, Walpole, Cheshire County, NH

Significance: An example of a frame house built c. 1785, remodeled in the 1820's. The original house with the long, north side the main facade with Georgian detail, became a Classic Revival house with a new po... More

Richard D. Bayly House, Back Street, Accomac, Accomack County, Virginia

Richard D. Bayly House, Back Street, Accomac, Accomack County, Virgini...

Significance: This is a handsome, early-19th century, brick house used as headquarters for General Lockwood, of the Union Army, during the Civil War. Survey number: HABS VA-622 Building/structure dates: 1811 ... More

Omaha Quartermaster Depot Historic District, Twenty-second & Woolworth Streets, Omaha, Douglas County, NE

Omaha Quartermaster Depot Historic District, Twenty-second & Woolworth...

Significance: The Omaha Quartermaster Depot has gained its significance by being associated with, and a part of, the Omaha Quartermaster Depot Historical District (listed as an Historic District by the National... More

Ashland Belle Helene Plantation, Highway 75, Geismar, Ascension Parish, LA

Ashland Belle Helene Plantation, Highway 75, Geismar, Ascension Parish...

1990 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: Ashland-Belle Helene exemplifies the massiveness, extreme simplicity, and dignity which are generally held to epitomize the Classical Revival style of archite... More

National Park Seminary, Main, Linden Lane, Silver Spring, Montgomery County, MD

National Park Seminary, Main, Linden Lane, Silver Spring, Montgomery C...

Significance: Main exemplifies the site's evolving history. It is a conglomeration of eight buildings with adjoining extensions and adaptations that were completed between 1887 and the 1940s. It is the core o... More

National Park Seminary, Main, Linden Lane, Silver Spring, Montgomery County, MD

National Park Seminary, Main, Linden Lane, Silver Spring, Montgomery C...

Significance: Main exemplifies the site's evolving history. It is a conglomeration of eight buildings with adjoining extensions and adaptations that were completed between 1887 and the 1940s. It is the core o... More

National Park Seminary, Main, Linden Lane, Silver Spring, Montgomery County, MD

National Park Seminary, Main, Linden Lane, Silver Spring, Montgomery C...

Significance: Main exemplifies the site's evolving history. It is a conglomeration of eight buildings with adjoining extensions and adaptations that were completed between 1887 and the 1940s. It is the core o... More

National Park Seminary, Main, Linden Lane, Silver Spring, Montgomery County, MD

National Park Seminary, Main, Linden Lane, Silver Spring, Montgomery C...

Significance: Main exemplifies the site's evolving history. It is a conglomeration of eight buildings with adjoining extensions and adaptations that were completed between 1887 and the 1940s. It is the core o... More

South Carolina State House, Capitol Square, Columbia, Richland County, SC

South Carolina State House, Capitol Square, Columbia, Richland County,...

Survey number: HABS SC-319 Building/structure dates: after. 1850- before. 1908 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 70000598

Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Ordnance Storehouse, Third Street, north side between Railroad Avenue & California Avenue, Vallejo, Solano County, CA

Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Ordnance Storehouse, Third Street, north s...

Significance: Building 77 is a contributing element of the Mare Island Historic District. It is significant as one of the least modified of the brick Classical Revival shops that were built in great numbers in... More

Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Ordnance Storehouse, Third Street, north side between Railroad Avenue & California Avenue, Vallejo, Solano County, CA

Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Ordnance Storehouse, Third Street, north s...

Significance: Building 77 is a contributing element of the Mare Island Historic District. It is significant as one of the least modified of the brick Classical Revival shops that were built in great numbers in... More

Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Ordnance Storehouse, Third Street, north side between Railroad Avenue & California Avenue, Vallejo, Solano County, CA

Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Ordnance Storehouse, Third Street, north s...

Significance: Building 77 is a contributing element of the Mare Island Historic District. It is significant as one of the least modified of the brick Classical Revival shops that were built in great numbers in... More

Bowman's Folly, Folly Creek, Accomac, Accomack County, Virginia

Bowman's Folly, Folly Creek, Accomac, Accomack County, Virginia

Significance: One of the finest mansions on the Shore and once home of Brigadier General John Cropper, famous Revolutionary War officer; personal friend of George Washington and General Lafayette. Survey numbe... More

208 South Joachim Street (House), Mobile, Mobile County, AL

208 South Joachim Street (House), Mobile, Mobile County, AL

Significance: The over-all design of this fine mid-nineteenth-century house, combining Classical Revival details with intersecting gable roofs, is unusual in Mobile. This house, erected before 1846, is notewort... More

Naval Training Station, Senior Officers' Quarters District, Quarters No. 1, Naval Station Treasure Island, 1 Whiting Way, Yerba Buena Island, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

Naval Training Station, Senior Officers' Quarters District, Quarters N...

See also HAER No. CA-233-A for additional documentation of this structure (KEY 2/5/2004). Significance: Quarters 1 is significant as part of the Senior Officers' Quarters District. Although short-lived as a tra... More

Monticello, State Route 53 vicinity, Charlottesville, Charlottesville, Virginia

Monticello, State Route 53 vicinity, Charlottesville, Charlottesville,...

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Monticello, State Route 53 vicinity, Charlottesville, Charlottesville, Virginia

Monticello, State Route 53 vicinity, Charlottesville, Charlottesville,...

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Whitehall, 1915 Whitehall Road, Annapolis, Anne Arundel County, MD

Whitehall, 1915 Whitehall Road, Annapolis, Anne Arundel County, MD

Significance: Constructed in 1765 for Horatio Sharpe, Governor of Maryland, Whitehall is one of America's foremost Georgian structures. Hugh Morrison called it "one of the most interesting and important houses... More

First Church of Deerfield, Old Deerfield Street, Deerfield, Franklin County, MA

First Church of Deerfield, Old Deerfield Street, Deerfield, Franklin C...

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First Church of Deerfield, Old Deerfield Street, Deerfield, Franklin County, MA

First Church of Deerfield, Old Deerfield Street, Deerfield, Franklin C...

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First Church of Deerfield, Old Deerfield Street, Deerfield, Franklin County, MA

First Church of Deerfield, Old Deerfield Street, Deerfield, Franklin C...

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First Church of Deerfield, Old Deerfield Street, Deerfield, Franklin County, MA

First Church of Deerfield, Old Deerfield Street, Deerfield, Franklin C...

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Sunny Bank, State Route 712 vicinity, North Garden, Albemarle County, Virginia

Sunny Bank, State Route 712 vicinity, North Garden, Albemarle County, ...

Significance: This house which was built circa 1797 by Andrew Hart, is a fine example of eighteenth century domestic architecture in Virginia. Six generations of this name have lived here. Unprocessed Field n... More

Stono, Institute Hill, Lexington, Lexington, Virginia

Stono, Institute Hill, Lexington, Lexington, Virginia

Significance: Home of John Jordan, prominent Lexington builder and industrialist of the early nineteenth century. Built by Jordan in 1818, it is one of the earliest examples of the Classical Revival in western... More

U.S. Custom House & Post Office, Royal & Saint Francis Streets, Mobile, Mobile County, AL

U.S. Custom House & Post Office, Royal & Saint Francis Streets, Mobile...

Significance: Notable example of work of leading nineteenth-century Federal architect. 1853-56. Ammi B. Young, architect; Danville Leadbetter, superintendent of construction. Classical Revival. Ashlar over b... More

U.S. Custom House & Post Office, Royal & Saint Francis Streets, Mobile, Mobile County, AL

U.S. Custom House & Post Office, Royal & Saint Francis Streets, Mobile...

Significance: Notable example of work of leading nineteenth-century Federal architect. 1853-56. Ammi B. Young, architect; Danville Leadbetter, superintendent of construction. Classical Revival. Ashlar over b... More

Roanoke Municipal Building & Annex, 216 Campbell Avenue Southwest & 215 Church Avenue Southwest, Roanoke, Roanoke City, Virginia

Roanoke Municipal Building & Annex, 216 Campbell Avenue Southwest & 21...

Significance: The Municipal Complex area (Courthouse, Municipal Building, Police Station, Jail, and Court Facility now being built) symbolize the steady growth and progress of the City. It also reflects the ce... More

Taunton State Hospital, Danforth Street, Taunton, Bristol County, MA

Taunton State Hospital, Danforth Street, Taunton, Bristol County, MA

Significance: As the second insane asylum in Massachusetts, the Taunton State Hospital represents a superb example of the mid-19th century Classical Revival design and a turning point in the care of the mentall... More

Brompton, Sunken Road & Hanover Street, Fredericksburg, Fredericksburg, Virginia

Brompton, Sunken Road & Hanover Street, Fredericksburg, Fredericksburg...

Survey number: HABS VA-569 Public domain photograph - historical image of Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Brompton, Sunken Road & Hanover Street, Fredericksburg, Fredericksburg, Virginia

Brompton, Sunken Road & Hanover Street, Fredericksburg, Fredericksburg...

Survey number: HABS VA-569 Public domain photograph of architectural diagram, building plan, section, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

City & County Building, Nineteenth & Carey Avenue, Cheyenne, Laramie County, WY

City & County Building, Nineteenth & Carey Avenue, Cheyenne, Laramie C...

Significance: The City/County Building, completed in 1919, is significant for its historic associations with the development and cooperation of the City of Cheyenne and Laramie County Governments. The building... More

James E. D. Lanier House, 511 West First Street, Madison, Jefferson County, IN

James E. D. Lanier House, 511 West First Street, Madison, Jefferson Co...

Significance: Designed by locally prominent Madison architect Francis Costigan (1810-1865) and built in 1843-44. The fine proportions and elegant presence of this classical brick structure are emphasized by the... More

James E. D. Lanier House, 511 West First Street, Madison, Jefferson County, IN

James E. D. Lanier House, 511 West First Street, Madison, Jefferson Co...

Significance: Designed by locally prominent Madison architect Francis Costigan (1810-1865) and built in 1843-44. The fine proportions and elegant presence of this classical brick structure are emphasized by the... More

James E. D. Lanier House, 511 West First Street, Madison, Jefferson County, IN

James E. D. Lanier House, 511 West First Street, Madison, Jefferson Co...

Significance: Designed by locally prominent Madison architect Francis Costigan (1810-1865) and built in 1843-44. The fine proportions and elegant presence of this classical brick structure are emphasized by the... More

James E. D. Lanier House, 511 West First Street, Madison, Jefferson County, IN

James E. D. Lanier House, 511 West First Street, Madison, Jefferson Co...

Significance: Designed by locally prominent Madison architect Francis Costigan (1810-1865) and built in 1843-44. The fine proportions and elegant presence of this classical brick structure are emphasized by the... More

Wickham-Virginialentine House, 1015 East Clay Street, Richmond, Independent City, Virginia

Wickham-Virginialentine House, 1015 East Clay Street, Richmond, Indepe...

Significance: The Wicham-Valentine House is one of the finest domestic expressions of early Neo-classical architecture in America. The design of the mansion, which was built in 1812 for John Wickham, was execu... More

Wickham-Virginialentine House, 1015 East Clay Street, Richmond, Independent City, Virginia

Wickham-Virginialentine House, 1015 East Clay Street, Richmond, Indepe...

Significance: The Wicham-Valentine House is one of the finest domestic expressions of early Neo-classical architecture in America. The design of the mansion, which was built in 1812 for John Wickham, was execu... More

Wickham-Virginialentine House, 1015 East Clay Street, Richmond, Independent City, Virginia

Wickham-Virginialentine House, 1015 East Clay Street, Richmond, Indepe...

Significance: The Wicham-Valentine House is one of the finest domestic expressions of early Neo-classical architecture in America. The design of the mansion, which was built in 1812 for John Wickham, was execu... More

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