Richardson-Owens-Thomas House, 124 Abercorn St., Savannah, Chatham Cou...
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Mimosa Hall, Roswell, Fulton County, Georgia
Picryl description: Public domain image of a small palace, chateau, villa, residential historic building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
Paul Starr House, Camden vic., Wilcox County, Alabama
Picryl description: Public domain image of a residential building, house, 19th-20th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Richardson-Owens-Thomas House, 124 Abercorn St., Savannah, Chatham Cou...
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J. Greer & Mary Mason House, 211 Beaty St., Athens, Limestone County, ...
Title from photographer's inventory. Building/structure dates: ca. 1826. Related name: J. Greer & Mary Mason. Built by Robert Beaty. Two story brick and masonry. Two round and two square columns in front. Occup... More
The Libyan front: Ammunition for "Kittyhawk" aircraft American-made "K...
British official photograph from OWI. No. CM-2288. Forms part of: FSA/OWI Collection (Library of Congress).
Pittsburgh Plate Glass Chlorine Plant, New Martinsville, West Virginia...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a bridge over a water stream, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
McRae-Tupper-Barnett House, Washington, Wilkes County, Georgia
Picryl description: Public domain image of a small palace, chateau, villa, residential historic building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
Capital Cars Distributors, George Palmer Highway, Lanham, Maryland. Vi...
Picryl description: Public domain image of park architecture, palace, chateau, open space, 18th, and 19th-century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Porch Columns on Main Residence. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Coll...
Builder: Kemler, Charles Occupants: Buckingham, Fritz and Louise Front porch Public domain photograph - historical image of Nevada, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl descript... More
Column detail, U.S. Treasury Building, Washington, D.C.
Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More
Exterior detail, Richard B. Anderson Federal Building, Port Angeles, W...
Originally a post office that was completed in 1933. General Services Administration took over the building in 1978 when the Post Office moved out. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services... More
Exterior detail of Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, Binghamton, N...
An Art Deco interpretation of a classical style. Built in 1935. Architect: Conrad & Cummings. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date, and subject note provide... More
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[Second Floor Corridor. Printers' marks+Columns. Detail of column capi...
Forms part of the Library of Congress Series in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.
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[Exterior view. Detail. Library of Congress John Adams Building, Washi...
Forms part of the Library of Congress Series in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.
The larger Kepner Funeral Home building, white with columns to the lef...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: West Virginia Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Pur... More
Duplex Columns, 312 Jefferson Street, Natchitoches, Natchitoches Paris...
Public domain photograph - historical image of Louisiana, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Library of Congress, north stair case, central stair hall
Date based on Detroit, Catalogue J (1901). Corresponding glass transparency (same series code) available on videodisc frame 1A-28968. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 05926. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
Nichols-Wanton-Hunter House, 54 Washington Street, Newport, Newport Co...
Public domain photograph - historical image of Rhode Island, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
How a French nobleman got a wife through the New York Herald personal ...
"The picture opens with a "Personal" advertisement which actually appeared in the New York Herald of August 25th, 1904: "Young French Nobleman, recently arrived, desires to meet wealthy American girl; object ma... More
Presidio of San Francisco, Old Station Hospital, Funston Avenue & Linc...
1989 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: In 1864, in the midst of the Civil War, the Wright Army Hospital was built to replace an earlier, deteriorating structure. The elegant, southern style archit... More
Garry V. Sackett House, West Bayard & Sackett Streets, Seneca Falls, S...
Public domain photograph - New York, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, Northwestern Branch, Ma...
Significance: The Main Building was constructed in 1868-69 and designed by prominent Milwaukee architect Edward Townsend Mix. It was the primary purpose-built structure for the Northwestern Branch of the Natio... More
Monumental Church, 1224 East Broad Street, Richmond, Independent City,...
Significance: Monumental Church (1812-14) was designed by architect Robert Mills to commemorate the deaths of seventy-two persons, including Virginia Governor George William Smith, who perished in an 1811 fire ... More
West Hatton, Charles County, Maryland
Picryl description: Public domain image of a residential building, house, 19th-20th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Touro Synagogue, Congregation Jeshuat Israel, 85 Touro Street, Newport...
Significance: Touro Synagogue is perhaps Peter Harrison's most successful building. Although it presents a most severe facade to the street, the interior treatment, including carved wooden furnishings and gall... More
Touro Synagogue, Congregation Jeshuat Israel, 85 Touro Street, Newport...
Significance: Touro Synagogue is perhaps Peter Harrison's most successful building. Although it presents a most severe facade to the street, the interior treatment, including carved wooden furnishings and gall... More
Anson Pratt House, New Concord, Columbia County, NY
Survey number: HABS NY-355 Building/structure dates: 1793 Initial Construction
Arlington National Cemetery, Columns & Gates, Arlington, Arlington Cou...
Survey number: HABS VA-1348-E Public domain photograph - historical image of Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Milford, Wedgefield-Rimini Road, Pinewood, Sumter County, SC
Significance: "Milford," the residence of Governor John L. Manning, is one of the finest country mansions in South Carolina. Survey number: HABS SC-257 Building/structure dates: ca. 1850 Initial Construction ... More
Congress Hall, Beach & Congress Streets, Cape May, Cape May County, NJ
Significance: An excellent example of a mid-19th century hotel, the Congress Hall hosted many notable visitors, including several presidents, notably Benjamin Harrison, who establish executive offices there in ... More
J. Monroe Parker House, Main & Twelfth Streets, Davenport, Scott Count...
Survey number: HABS IA-113
Easton Roller Mill, West Run Road, Morgantown, Monongalia County, WV
Significance: Conversion to roller mill production in 1890 allowed this rural mill to meet the demand for the new, whiter, "patent" flour. An interesting case to technological change in response to social forc... More
Accabee, no. 4 - An old photo of a couple of statues
Photograph shows an African American boy wearing a hat leaning against one of two brick pillars on the Accabee plantation. A dog rests on the ground between the pillars in the shade of a large tree. Based on th... More
2502 North Thirteenth Street (House), 2502 North Thirteenth Street, Ta...
Significance: It's architectural and historical significance is derived from its contribution to the Ybor City National Historic Landmark District. Ybor City is a section of Tampa founded and built by Vicente M... More
Lazaretto Quarantine Station, Wanamaker Avenue and East Second Street,...
See also HABS No. PA-125 for additional documentation. Significance: Built between 1799 and 1801, the Lazaretto Quarantine Station was among the earliest purpose-built, and is the oldest extant, quarantine-rela... More
Lazaretto Quarantine Station, Wanamaker Avenue and East Second Street,...
See also HABS No. PA-125 for additional documentation. Significance: Built between 1799 and 1801, the Lazaretto Quarantine Station was among the earliest purpose-built, and is the oldest extant, quarantine-rela... More
U.S. Naval Air Station, Commandant's Quarters, Pensacola, Escambia Cou...
Significance: The Italianate style building illustrates a governmental time lag in adopting mid-nineteenth century architectural styles. The house, a symmetrical structure with central roof gables, is somewhat... More
Spanish Custom House, 1300 Moss Street, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, L...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-3 Survey number: HABS LA-18-3 Building/structure dates: ca. 1784 Initial Construction
Russian Bishop's House, 501 Lincoln Street, Sitka, Sitka Borough, AK
Significance: The Russian Bishop's House is one of only three buildings constructed during the Russian period that remain in Alaska. The log construction, low hipped roof, and stairways in end galleries are al... More
Russian Bishop's House, 501 Lincoln Street, Sitka, Sitka Borough, AK
Significance: The Russian Bishop's House is one of only three buildings constructed during the Russian period that remain in Alaska. The log construction, low hipped roof, and stairways in end galleries are al... More
Russian Bishop's House, 501 Lincoln Street, Sitka, Sitka Borough, AK
Significance: The Russian Bishop's House is one of only three buildings constructed during the Russian period that remain in Alaska. The log construction, low hipped roof, and stairways in end galleries are al... More
1701 East Fifteenth Avenue (House), Tampa, Hillsborough County, FL
Significance: This building's architectural and historical significance is derived from its contribution to the Ybor City National Historic Landmark District. Ybor City is a section of Tampa founded and built ... More
Pineville Chapel, State Road S-8-204, Pineville, Berkeley County, SC
2012 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Third Place Significance: As a contributing resource to the Pineville Historic District listed on the National Register of Historic Places, Pineville Chapel is one of two early n... More
Turner-Dickson House, State Highway 97 (County Road 29), Lowndesboro, ...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-53 Survey number: HABS AL-676 Building/structure dates: ca. 1830 Initial Construction
Sentinel Bridge, Spanning Merced River on Sentinel Bridge Crossover Ro...
part of Yosemite National Park Roads and Bridges Recording Project, 1991; see HAER No. CA-117 for overview Significance: Sentinel Bridge is the oldest surviving Merced River bridge in Yosemite National Park; it... More
Grey Columns, Old Montgomery Road (Institute Road), Tuskegee, Macon C...
Significance: Constructed from 1854 through 1857 according to the designs of owner and builder, William Varner, Grey Columns served as the focal point of one of the Varner plantations. In the early 1920's the ... More
Grey Columns, Old Montgomery Road (Institute Road), Tuskegee, Macon C...
Significance: Constructed from 1854 through 1857 according to the designs of owner and builder, William Varner, Grey Columns served as the focal point of one of the Varner plantations. In the early 1920's the ... More
Grey Columns, Old Montgomery Road (Institute Road), Tuskegee, Macon C...
Significance: Constructed from 1854 through 1857 according to the designs of owner and builder, William Varner, Grey Columns served as the focal point of one of the Varner plantations. In the early 1920's the ... More
Labatut Plantation, Main House, 4 miles North of New Roads on River Ro...
1989 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: Framing of the Labatut House is organized from the four major load bearing brick walls and the main north and south walls that run the height of the house. T... More
Tacoma Rhodes Tower, 740 Saint Helens Avenue, Tacoma, Pierce County, W...
Significance: During the late 1920's, Tacoma had no single building where the city's physicians could have their offices. The construction of the Medical Arts Building met this need and continued to do so unti... More
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
Fort David A. Russell, Artillery Barracks, Randall Avenue between Sixt...
Significance: The Artillery Barracks were constructed in 1903-04 to house some 120 enlisted men for the Army's Artillery Corps. Identical with the barracks building immediately west, this was one of many large... More
Captain David Stearns House, 3 Gardiner Street, Richmond, Sagadahoc Co...
Significance: The Captain David Stearns House is an example of Richmond, Maine's distinctive and varied wooden Greek Revival temple style homes. Many of these, including the Stearns House, were built for sea ca... More
U. S. Military Academy, Grant Hall & South Barracks, West Point, Orang...
Significance: By its function and location, Grant Hill/South Barracks maintains an important site and density in the Academic Area of the Academy. It contributes through its neo-tudor gothic design to the archi... More
World War I Monument, Memorial Square, Providence, Providence County, ...
Significance: The World War I Monument (1929), designed by noted architect Paul P. Cret and sculpted by Carl P. Jennewien, reflects the late 1920's popularity of Greek Revivalism in the use of a Doric column as... More
Departmental Auditorium, Constitution Avenue between Twelfth and Fourt...
Significance: The Departmental Auditorium is part of a three-building ensemble facing the National Mall. The building was renamed in 1987 in honor of Andrew W. Mellon, who oversaw the development of the Federal... More
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
Langdale Cotton Mill, 5910 Nineteenth Avenue, Valley, Chambers County,...
Significance: The Langdale Cotton Mill is part of the Langdale Historic District. According to the National Register nomination, the mill consists of an "excellent group of mill buildings from the late-nineteet... More
Homewood, North Charles & Thirty-fourth Streets, Baltimore, Independen...
Significance: Built between 1801 and 1803, Homewood is significant historically for its association with the prominent Carroll family of Maryland and architecturally as one of the most refined and well-articula... More
Mormon Tabernacle, Temple Square, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, UT
See also HABS UT-36-2 for additional documentation. Significance: The Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter-Day Saints started construction of its Salt Lake City Tabernacle on 26 July 1864, and held its first co... More
Mormon Tabernacle, Temple Square, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, UT
See also HABS UT-36-2 for additional documentation. Significance: The Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter-Day Saints started construction of its Salt Lake City Tabernacle on 26 July 1864, and held its first co... More
Photographs of architectural monuments in Jerusalem, Syria, and Egypt
Photographs show architectural monuments in Jerusalem, Syria, and Egypt. Album page image number: 1-19: (p. 1-21) Photographs in Jerusalem include: the Damascus Gate, St. Stephen's Gate, Saracenic arch at Bab E... More
General Samuel Strong House, North side of West Main Street, Vergennes...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-2 Survey number: HABS VT-12 Building/structure dates: 1796 Initial Construction
Woodbury County Courthouse, Seventh & Douglas Streets, Sioux City, Woo...
Significance: An important monument to early modern architecture, it is one of the largest Prairie Style buildings ever erected and the only large civic structure in that style in the U.S. Survey number: HABS ... More
Ignatius Few House, Cobbham, McDuffie County, GA
Survey number: HABS GA-1153 Building/structure dates: 1806 Initial Construction
West End-North Side Bridge, Spanning Ohio River, approximately 1 mile ...
Photographs cover approach spans only; Ohio River span not shown. Significance: After two decades of agitation by the local business community, the West End-North Side Bridge was completed in 1932 by the Americ... More
Mount Vernon Place, Charles & Monument Streets, Baltimore, Independent...
Survey number: HALS MD-1 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 71001037
Mount Vernon Place, Charles & Monument Streets, Baltimore, Independent...
Survey number: HALS MD-1 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 71001037
Mount Vernon Place, Charles & Monument Streets, Baltimore, Independent...
Survey number: HALS MD-1 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 71001037
Mount Vernon Place, Charles & Monument Streets, Baltimore, Independent...
Survey number: HALS MD-1 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 71001037
Mount Vernon Place, Charles & Monument Streets, Baltimore, Independent...
Survey number: HALS MD-1 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 71001037
Mount Vernon Place, Charles & Monument Streets, Baltimore, Independent...
Survey number: HALS MD-1 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 71001037
Mount Vernon Place, Charles & Monument Streets, Baltimore, Independent...
Survey number: HALS MD-1 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 71001037
Dutch Reformed Church, 132 Grand Street, Newburgh, Orange County, NY
Significance: Exceptionally fine Greek Revival Church, designed by Alexander Jackson Davis, and the only known remaining Greek Revival Church designed by Davis. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this... More
Robert Hooper House, 8 Hooper Street, Marblehead, Essex County, MA
Public domain photograph of stairs, steps, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
First Cherokee Female Seminary, Tsa-La-Gi, Cherokee Cultural Center, 1...
Significance: These are three of the remaining south porch columns of the first Female Seminary built on this site in 1851. The Seminary burned in 1887. Survey number: HABS OK-50 Building/structure dates: 18... More
Washington Monument, High ground West of Fifteenth Street, Northwest, ...
See also HAER DC-5 for additional documentation. Significance: Built to commemorate the first president of the United States, the monument has also become a hallowed symbol of the nation's government and the ci... More
Girard Double House, 56-58 South Conception Street, Mobile, Mobile Cou...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-2 Survey number: HABS AL-12 Building/structure dates: 1828 Initial Construction
Selma Cotton Mill, 218 Morgan Avenue, Selma, Dallas County, AL
Significance: The Selma Cotton Mill remains as one of the best surviving examples of a cotton mill using the Charles A.M. Praray building method, which was patented in 1894. The mill was constructed in two phas... More
Selma Cotton Mill, 218 Morgan Avenue, Selma, Dallas County, AL
Significance: The Selma Cotton Mill remains as one of the best surviving examples of a cotton mill using the Charles A.M. Praray building method, which was patented in 1894. The mill was constructed in two phas... More
Chisholm-Alston House, 172 Tradd Street, Charleston, Charleston County...
Survey number: HABS SC-518 Public domain photograph of neoclassical architecture building, element, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Old Customs House, King at Sixth Street, Wilmington, New Castle County...
Significance: Of national significance, not only because of its design, the recognized talents of its architect, but also for its role in the development of fire proof architecture and cast iron technology. Hou... More
St. James United Methodist Church (ca. 1858), 68 Spring Street, Charle...
Survey number: HABS SC-374 Public domain photograph - 1930s California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Antietam National Cemetery, Rostrum, Shepherdstown Pike (State Route 3...
Significance: Located within the gates of Antietam National Cemetery, this red brick rostrum functioned as a site of ceremony, commemoration, and remembrance for the Union soldiers buried on the grounds. Devel... More
Clark Howell Homes, Anne Wallace Branch Carnegie Library, 538 Luckie S...
Significance: The Anne Wallace Branch Carnegie Library was the first branch library in Atlanta. Built in 1908, and named after the first librarian of the Carnegie Library System of Atlanta (predecessor to the F... More
Clark Howell Homes, Anne Wallace Branch Carnegie Library, 538 Luckie S...
Significance: The Anne Wallace Branch Carnegie Library was the first branch library in Atlanta. Built in 1908, and named after the first librarian of the Carnegie Library System of Atlanta (predecessor to the F... More
Virginia State Capitol, Bank and 10th Streets, Capitol Square, Richmon...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a historical building, landmark architecture, world heritage, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Charles Kerrison House, 138 Wentworth Street, Charleston, Charleston C...
Survey number: HABS SC-475 Public domain photograph - historical image of South Carolina, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Main Street Crescent, 209-217 Main Street, Ossining, Westchester Count...
Significance: The Main Street Crescent is one of the main parts of the downtown district of the City of Ossining, The "Crescent" refers to a crescent shaped portion of Main Street. The Crescent consists of thre... More
Johnson House, 90 Market Street, Salem, Salem County, NJ
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-199 Survey number: HABS NJ-219 Building/structure dates: 1807 Initial Construction
Convent of the Sacred Heart, School, 1821 Academy Road, Grand Coteau, ...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a classical or neoclassical building, architecture design, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Austin Perry House, 712 Harbor Road, Southport, Fairfield County, CT
Significance: The Austin Perry house is a highly stylized classical Greek design of the 1830s. A symmetrical and balanced composition, the correctly detailed Doric cornice and bold proportions of the Corinthia... More
Gloucester, Natchez, Adams County, Mississippi
Picryl description: Public domain image of a small palace, chateau, villa, residential historic building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
Willard Hotel, Frances Benjamin Johnston collection
Photograph showing the ceiling of the lobby of the Willard Hotel in Washington, D.C. Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection. Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress) Exhibited: American Treasur... More
Portland City Hall, 1220 Southwest Fifth Avenue, Portland, Multnomah C...
Significance: The Portland City Hall is an outstanding example of Renaissance Revival Style architecture and is one of the principal early buildings of public architecture remaining in Portland from the late Ni... More
Georgetown University, Healy Building, Thirty-seventh & O Streets, Nor...
Significance: Healy Building is the most prominent structure on the University campus and a picturesque landmark for all Georgetown. Its construction marked the evolution of the school toward true University s... More
Indiana Theatre, 134 West Washington Street, Indianapolis, Marion Coun...
Significance: The Indiana Theatre is an outstanding example of the Spanish-style architecture in vogue in America during the 1920s. It is particularly noteworthy for its terra-cotta facade and its auditorium d... More
Washington Place, 320 South Beretania Street, Honolulu, Honolulu Count...
Significance: Washington Place, built between 1841 and 1847, has an eclectic mix of Greek Revival and indigenous tropical architectural components. The original central portion is a good example of the classica... More
Washington Place, 320 South Beretania Street, Honolulu, Honolulu Count...
Significance: Washington Place, built between 1841 and 1847, has an eclectic mix of Greek Revival and indigenous tropical architectural components. The original central portion is a good example of the classica... More