Holly Grove, Holly Grove Cove, Nassawadox, Northampton County, Virgini...
Significance: Interesting example of early 19th century rural house of the Late Georgian/Early Federal style. Survey number: HABS VA-804 Building/structure dates: 1812 Initial Construction
Elgin Fire Barn No. 5, 533 Saint Charles Street, Elgin, Kane County, I...
2016 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: Built in 1903 after designs by local architect Smith Hoag, Elgin Fire Barn No. 5 was one of a series of public firehouses built in Elgin, Illinois in the late... More
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
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
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
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
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
Lockport Historic District, Central High School, Lockport, Will County...
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U. S. Post Office Building, Saint Joseph & Saint Michael Streets, Mobi...
Significance: This building is an excellent example of the eclectic classical revival style often employed for civic structures in the early twentieth century. Survey number: HABS AL-797 Building/structure da... More
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
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
Elgin Fire Barn No. 5, 533 Saint Charles Street, Elgin, Kane County, I...
2016 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: Built in 1903 after designs by local architect Smith Hoag, Elgin Fire Barn No. 5 was one of a series of public firehouses built in Elgin, Illinois in the late... More
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,...
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,...
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
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
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
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
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
Monticello, State Route 53 vicinity, Charlottesville, Charlottesville,...
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Monticello, State Route 53 vicinity, Charlottesville, Charlottesville,...
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Tinkling Springs Church, State Route 608, Fishersville, Augusta County...
Significance: The Tinkling Springs Presbyterian Church near Fishersville, VA. was founded in 1740 by missionaries from Pittsburgh. They built two churches in the area, this one and the Augusta Stone Church at ... More
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
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
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 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
The Elms, Bellevue Avenue, Newport, Newport County, RI
Significance: "The Elms," completed in 1901, is an example of the European tradition of palaces interpreted in Newport in the Age of Elegance. Survey number: HABS RI-344 Building/structure dates: 1901 Initial... More
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
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
Elgin Fire Barn No. 5, 533 Saint Charles Street, Elgin, Kane County, I...
2016 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: Built in 1903 after designs by local architect Smith Hoag, Elgin Fire Barn No. 5 was one of a series of public firehouses built in Elgin, Illinois in the late... More
Elgin Fire Barn No. 5, 533 Saint Charles Street, Elgin, Kane County, I...
2016 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: Built in 1903 after designs by local architect Smith Hoag, Elgin Fire Barn No. 5 was one of a series of public firehouses built in Elgin, Illinois in the late... More
First National Bank, 503-507 King Street, Alexandria, Independent City...
Significance: An early twentieth century bank building of the classical-revival style, the structure housed a conservative banking institution. Survey number: HABS VA-672 Building/structure dates: 1909 Initia... More
Massie-Wills House, Fourth Street, Northeast, Charlottesville, Charlot...
1993 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N133 Survey number: HABS VA-1337 Building/structure dates: ca. 1830 Initial Construction Building/structure da... More
Charlestown Navy Yard, Shipfitters' Shop, Southeast side of First Aven...
The Boston Redevelopment Authority hired William A. Owens to document all buildings in the Charlestown Navy Yard in 1977, most of which were exterior photographs. Significance: The Charlestown Navy Yard comple... More
Charlestown Navy Yard, Shipfitters' Shop, Southeast side of First Aven...
The Boston Redevelopment Authority hired William A. Owens to document all buildings in the Charlestown Navy Yard in 1977, most of which were exterior photographs. Significance: The Charlestown Navy Yard comple... More
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 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
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
Monticello, State Route 53 vicinity, Charlottesville, Charlottesville,...
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Tinkling Springs Church, State Route 608, Fishersville, Augusta County...
Significance: The Tinkling Springs Presbyterian Church near Fishersville, VA. was founded in 1740 by missionaries from Pittsburgh. They built two churches in the area, this one and the Augusta Stone Church at ... More
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
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 C...
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Lockport Historic District, Central High School, Lockport, Will County...
Survey number: HAER IL-16-H Public domain photograph - historical image of Illinois, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
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 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
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, 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Monticello, State Route 53 vicinity, Charlottesville, Charlottesville,...
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Monticello, State Route 53 vicinity, Charlottesville, Charlottesville,...
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Monticello, State Route 53 vicinity, Charlottesville, Charlottesville,...
Public domain scan of an architecture diagram, architectural drawing, building plan, or design, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.
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
Siloam Baptist Church, Washington & Early Streets, Marion, Perry Count...
Survey number: HABS AL-774 Building/structure dates: 1837 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 82001615
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
The Elms, Bellevue Avenue, Newport, Newport County, RI
Significance: "The Elms," completed in 1901, is an example of the European tradition of palaces interpreted in Newport in the Age of Elegance. Survey number: HABS RI-344 Building/structure dates: 1901 Initial... More
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
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
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
Elgin Fire Barn No. 5, 533 Saint Charles Street, Elgin, Kane County, I...
2016 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: Built in 1903 after designs by local architect Smith Hoag, Elgin Fire Barn No. 5 was one of a series of public firehouses built in Elgin, Illinois in the late... More
Elgin Fire Barn No. 5, 533 Saint Charles Street, Elgin, Kane County, I...
2016 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: Built in 1903 after designs by local architect Smith Hoag, Elgin Fire Barn No. 5 was one of a series of public firehouses built in Elgin, Illinois in the late... More
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
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 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,...
Survey number: HABS SC-319 Building/structure dates: after. 1850- before. 1908 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 70000598
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
Monticello, State Route 53 vicinity, Charlottesville, Charlottesville,...
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National Park Seminary, Gymnasium, North of Linden Lane, south of Aloh...
Significance: Housing the gymnasium in one of the campus' most prominent and ornate building illustrated the importance of athletics at the school. It was, perhaps, an attempt to relate the ancient world's cel... More
Tinkling Springs Church, State Route 608, Fishersville, Augusta County...
Significance: The Tinkling Springs Presbyterian Church near Fishersville, VA. was founded in 1740 by missionaries from Pittsburgh. They built two churches in the area, this one and the Augusta Stone Church at ... More
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
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 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
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
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, 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, 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
The Elms, Bellevue Avenue, Newport, Newport County, RI
Significance: "The Elms," completed in 1901, is an example of the European tradition of palaces interpreted in Newport in the Age of Elegance. Survey number: HABS RI-344 Building/structure dates: 1901 Initial... More
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
Elgin Fire Barn No. 5, 533 Saint Charles Street, Elgin, Kane County, I...
2016 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: Built in 1903 after designs by local architect Smith Hoag, Elgin Fire Barn No. 5 was one of a series of public firehouses built in Elgin, Illinois in the late... More
Elgin Fire Barn No. 5, 533 Saint Charles Street, Elgin, Kane County, I...
2016 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: Built in 1903 after designs by local architect Smith Hoag, Elgin Fire Barn No. 5 was one of a series of public firehouses built in Elgin, Illinois in the late... More
Vowles Townhouses, 1111-1113 West Main Street, Charlottesville, Charlo...
1993 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: The first of these townhouses was most likely built by James Dinsmore, one of the craftsmen recruited by Thomas Jefferson to work on the University of Virgini... More
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
Charlestown Navy Yard, Shipfitters' Shop, Southeast side of First Aven...
The Boston Redevelopment Authority hired William A. Owens to document all buildings in the Charlestown Navy Yard in 1977, most of which were exterior photographs. Significance: The Charlestown Navy Yard comple... More
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 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 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
Monticello, State Route 53 vicinity, Charlottesville, Charlottesville,...
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Brompton, Sunken Road & Hanover Street, Fredericksburg, Fredericksburg...
Survey number: HABS VA-569 Public domain photograph of building plan, architecture design drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Brompton, Sunken Road & Hanover Street, Fredericksburg, Fredericksburg...
Survey number: HABS VA-569 Public domain photograph of building plan, architecture design drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
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
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 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 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
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
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