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Mills House, Tryon, Polk County, North Carolina

Mills House, Tryon, Polk County, North Carolina

Title from photographer's inventory. Related name: James C. Scriven. Corresponding reference print in LOT 11839-75. Credit line: Carnegie Survey of the Architecture of the South, Library of Congress, Prints and... More

Jacob Stierwalt House, Concord vic., Cabarrus County, North Carolina

Jacob Stierwalt House, Concord vic., Cabarrus County, North Carolina

Title from photographer's inventory. Building/structure dates: 1821. Related name: Jacob Stierwalt 3rd. After restoration, which was done in 1938. One beautiful Chippendale mantel. Corresponding reference print... More

William A. Dawson House, Mobile, Mobile County, Alabama

William A. Dawson House, Mobile, Mobile County, Alabama

Picryl description: Public domain image of a living room, salon, office, late 19th-century interior, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Drish House, 23rd Ave. & 18th, Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama

Drish House, 23rd Ave. & 18th, Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama

Picryl description: Public domain image of a small palace, chateau, villa, residential historic building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

McGill Institute, 252 Government St., Mobile, Mobile County, Alabama

McGill Institute, 252 Government St., Mobile, Mobile County, Alabama

Picryl description: Public domain image of a school auditorium, college, education, building interior, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Bulloch Hall, Roswell, Fulton County, Georgia

Bulloch 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.

Charles Tait House, Camden, Wilcox County, Alabama

Charles Tait House, Camden, Wilcox County, Alabama

Picryl description: Public domain image of a residential building, house, 19th-20th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Gov. Thomas Bibb House, Bella Mina, Limestone County, Alabama

Gov. Thomas Bibb House, Bella Mina, Limestone County, Alabama

Title from photographer's inventory. Building/structure dates: 1826. Related name: Bradley Bibb. Built by Gov. Bibb, 2nd gov. of Alabama. Brick, two story, fair condition. Slave quarters poor. Six columns on fr... More

St. Philip's Church, 144-156 Church St., Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina

St. Philip's Church, 144-156 Church St., Charleston, Charleston County...

Title from photographer's inventory. Building/structure dates: ca. 1835. Doorway and Parish houses. James Hyde, arch. Steeple by E. Blake White. Wren tower in five tiers. This is the third structure and a repli... More

Randolph House, Macon, Bibb County, Georgia

Randolph House, Macon, Bibb County, Georgia

Title from photographer's inventory. Corresponding reference print in LOT 11835-11. Credit line: Carnegie Survey of the Architecture of the South, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Purchase;... More

Jackson-Whitehead House, Albany, Dougherty County, Georgia

Jackson-Whitehead House, Albany, Dougherty County, Georgia

Public domain photograph of 1930s-1940s house, porch, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Morris House, Sparta, Hancock County, Georgia

Morris House, Sparta, Hancock County, Georgia

Public domain photograph of Georgia in 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Williams-Orme-Crawford House, 211 Liberty 1835, Milledgeville, Baldwin County, Georgia

Williams-Orme-Crawford House, 211 Liberty 1835, Milledgeville, Baldwin...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a residential building, house, 19th-20th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

State Capitol, Montgomery, Montgomery County, Alabama

State Capitol, Montgomery, Montgomery County, Alabama

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a historic Capitol building, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Lawler House, Talladega vic., Talladega County, Alabama

Lawler House, Talladega vic., Talladega County, Alabama

Picryl description: Public domain image of a small palace, chateau, villa, residential historic building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

House, Madison, Morgan County, Georgia

House, Madison, Morgan County, Georgia

Public domain photograph of a house, cottage, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Ross Crane House, Pulaski at Washington St., Athens, Clarke County, Georgia

Ross Crane House, Pulaski at Washington St., Athens, Clarke County, Ge...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a residential building, house, 19th-20th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Thorn Hill, Talladega vic., Talladega County, Alabama

Thorn Hill, Talladega vic., Talladega County, Alabama

Picryl description: Public domain image of a residential building, house, 19th-20th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Jackson-Whitehead House, Albany, Dougherty County, Georgia

Jackson-Whitehead House, Albany, Dougherty County, Georgia

Picryl description: Public domain image of a residential building, house, 19th-20th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Daniel's Place, Athens vic., Clarke County, Georgia

Daniel's Place, Athens vic., Clarke County, Georgia

Public domain photograph of 1930s-1940s house, porch, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

St. Philip's Church, 144-156 Church St., Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina

St. Philip's Church, 144-156 Church St., Charleston, Charleston County...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a classical or neoclassical building, architecture design, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

President's House, Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama

President's House, Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama

Public domain photograph of Alabama in 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Richardson-Owens-Thomas House, 124 Abercorn St., Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia

Richardson-Owens-Thomas House, 124 Abercorn St., Savannah, Chatham Cou...

Title from photographer's inventory. Building/structure dates: 1816-1819. Related name: Margaret W. Thomas. Built by the architect William Jay for Richard Richardson. Bought in 1830 by George T. Owens and now t... More

Clanton-Vaison-Coleman House, Augusta, Richmond County, Georgia

Clanton-Vaison-Coleman House, Augusta, Richmond County, Georgia

Alternate title: Board of Health. Title from photographer's inventory. Corresponding reference print in LOT 11835-123. Credit line: Carnegie Survey of the Architecture of the South, Library of Congress, Prints ... More

Nicholson House, 224 Thomas St., Athens, Clarke County, Georgia

Nicholson House, 224 Thomas St., Athens, Clarke County, Georgia

Title from photographer's inventory. Building/structure dates: 1825. Related name: Madison G. Nicholson. Walls int. & ext. frame. Front portion added by the Wrays of Wraywood in 1840. In 1916 the front was rest... More

House, Madison, Morgan County, Georgia

House, Madison, Morgan County, Georgia

Title from photographer's inventory. Corresponding reference print in LOT 11835-106. Credit line: Carnegie Survey of the Architecture of the South, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Purchase... More

Toes Torey 1838, Milledgeville vic., Baldwin County, Georgia

Toes Torey 1838, Milledgeville vic., Baldwin County, Georgia

Picryl description: Public domain image of a victorian era building, victorian house, 19th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Toes Torey 1838, Milledgeville vic., Baldwin County, Georgia

Toes Torey 1838, Milledgeville vic., Baldwin County, Georgia

Picryl description: Public domain image of a small palace, chateau, villa, residential historic building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Richmond Hill, Savannah vic., Chatham County, Georgia

Richmond Hill, Savannah vic., Chatham County, Georgia

Picryl description: Public domain image of a small palace, chateau, villa, residential historic building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Richmond Hill, Savannah vic., Chatham County, Georgia

Richmond Hill, Savannah vic., Chatham County, Georgia

Public domain photograph of Georgia in 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Daniel's Place, Athens vic., Clarke County, Georgia

Daniel's Place, Athens vic., Clarke County, Georgia

Picryl description: Public domain image of a residential building, house, 19th-20th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

General Bragg House, 1906 Springhill Ave., Mobile, Mobile County, Alabama

General Bragg House, 1906 Springhill Ave., Mobile, Mobile County, Alab...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a small palace, chateau, villa, residential historic building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Freeman Good Mansion, Town Creek vic., Lawrence County, Alabama

Freeman Good Mansion, Town Creek vic., Lawrence County, Alabama

Public domain photograph of 1930s-1940s house, porch, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Wheat House, Tuskegee, Macon County, Alabama

Wheat House, Tuskegee, Macon County, Alabama

Picryl description: Public domain image of a residential building, house, 19th-20th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Habersham house, 25 Abercorn Street, Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia

Habersham house, 25 Abercorn Street, Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia

Alternate title: The Pink House. Title from photographer's inventory. Building/structure dates: 1789. Built for James Habersham by Joseph Clay. Became the house of the Planters Bank of the State of Georgia in 1... More

E.B. Cade-Saunders House, Washington, Wilkes County, Georgia

E.B. Cade-Saunders House, Washington, Wilkes County, Georgia

Title from photographer's inventory. Corresponding reference print in LOT 11835-159. Credit line: Carnegie Survey of the Architecture of the South, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Purchase... More

Jackson-Whitehead House, Albany, Dougherty County, Georgia

Jackson-Whitehead House, Albany, Dougherty County, Georgia

Picryl description: Public domain image of a classical or neoclassical building, architecture design, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Fears House, Madison, Morgan County, Georgia

Fears House, Madison, Morgan County, Georgia

Title from photographer's inventory. Corresponding reference print in LOT 11835-106. Credit line: Carnegie Survey of the Architecture of the South, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Purchase... More

The Confederate monument in Greensboro, Greene County, Georgia

The Confederate monument in Greensboro, Greene County, Georgia

Public domain photo of a monument, historic place, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Jefferson Memorial, Washington, D.C. Marble detail for Vermont Marble Co.

Jefferson Memorial, Washington, D.C. Marble detail for Vermont Marble ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a classical or neoclassical building, architecture design, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Ansonia Shoe Store, business at 49 W. 34th St., New York City. Vista between columns and wall

Ansonia Shoe Store, business at 49 W. 34th St., New York City. Vista b...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a department store, commerce, shopping, main street, city downtown, early 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Jefferson Memorial. Jefferson statue through columns at night II

Jefferson Memorial. Jefferson statue through columns at night II

Public domain photograph of midcentury American architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Jefferson Memorial. Columns of Jefferson Memorial in front with Washington Monument

Jefferson Memorial. Columns of Jefferson Memorial in front with Washin...

Public domain photo of a monument, historic place, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Jefferson Memorial. Jefferson statue, night, through entrance

Jefferson Memorial. Jefferson statue, night, through entrance

The Theodor Horydczak Collection documents the architecture and social life of the Washington DC metropolitan area in the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s.

Jewett Arts Center, Wellesley College, Wellesley, Massachusetts. Close-up of column footing during construction

Jewett Arts Center, Wellesley College, Wellesley, Massachusetts. Close...

Original slide showing a close view of a column footing for the Jewett Arts Center at Wellesley College. Date from Rudolph Archive project list. Forms part of: The Paul Rudolph Archive.

Morgan Guarantee Trust Building, 44th St. and 5th Ave. Through columns, looking south I

Morgan Guarantee Trust Building, 44th St. and 5th Ave. Through columns...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a modernist architecture building, 20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Exterior light fixture at the Ed Edmondson Courthouse, also known as the U.S. Post Office and Courthouse, occupies an entire block between West Broadway, West Okmulgee Avenues and Fifth Street, Muskogee, Oklahoma

Exterior light fixture at the Ed Edmondson Courthouse, also known as t...

Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the photographer. Built in 1915 by Architect James Knox Taylor, the building ... More

Courtroom columns, detail, U.S. Courthouse, Tallahassee, Florida

Courtroom columns, detail, U.S. Courthouse, Tallahassee, Florida

Architect: Eric Kebbon. Built between 1935-1936. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date, and subject note provided by the photographer. Credit line: Photograp... More

Lamp detail, Byron R. White U.S. Courthouse, Denver, Colorado

Lamp detail, Byron R. White U.S. Courthouse, Denver, Colorado

Architect: Tracy, Swartwout, and Litchfield. Built 1910-1916. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date, and subject note provided by the photographer. Credit li... More

Columns at Minneapolis Federal Building, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Columns at Minneapolis Federal Building, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Originally constructed as a post office, this neoclassical style building was built in 1915 by architect James Knox Taylor. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, ... More

Architectural details, the Woolworth Building, New York, New York

Architectural details, the Woolworth Building, New York, New York

Designed by architect Cass Gilbert and completed in 1913, it is one of the oldest skyscrapers in the United States. At 57 stories it remains one of the fifty tallest buildings in the United States. Title, date,... More

Us-Khatyn festival site, ceremonial post (serge), sculptor William Yakovlev, Yakutsk, Russia

Us-Khatyn festival site, ceremonial post (serge), sculptor William Yak...

Public domain photograph - historical image of Russian Empire, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Sculpture "Bicentennial Dawn" in lobby interior of James A. Byrne U.S. Courthouse, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Sculpture "Bicentennial Dawn" in lobby interior of James A. Byrne U.S....

Artist: Louise Nevelson, 1976. Painted wood, dimensions: 15 x 90 x 30 feet. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title information, date, and subject note provided by t... More

Architectural details on the National Bank of Washington at the corner of 14th and G St., NW, Washington, D.C.

Architectural details on the National Bank of Washington at the corner...

The building, completed in 1926 and designed by Jules Henri de Sibour, is also known as the Federal-American National Bank or Hamilton National Bank. Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the phot... More

Architectural features of old Capitol building, Capitol Park, Tuscaloosa, Alabama

Architectural features of old Capitol building, Capitol Park, Tuscaloo...

Tuscaloosa was the state capitol of Alabama from 1826 to 1846. This is Capitol Park showing reconstructed architectural features of the old capitol building. Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by ... More

Soldiers & Sailors Arch in Bushnell Park in Hartford, Connecticut

Soldiers & Sailors Arch in Bushnell Park in Hartford, Connecticut

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of Connecticut Photographs in the Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph... More

Sergei Prokudin Gorskiy: Demidovskīĭ lit︠s︡eĭ. I︠A︡roslavlʹ, photographic print

Sergei Prokudin Gorskiy: Demidovskīĭ lit︠s︡eĭ. I︠A︡roslavlʹ, photograp...

In album: Views along the upper Volga River, from Kashin to Makarev, Russian Empire, LOT 10340, no. 357. Credit line: Prokudin-Gorskiĭ photograph collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division... More

Old Madison County Court House, Court Square, Huntsville, Madison County, AL

Old Madison County Court House, Court Square, Huntsville, Madison Coun...

Survey number: HABS AL-437 Building/structure dates: 1835- 1840 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1914 Demolished

Belmont, Belmont Boulevard & Wedgewood, Nashville, Davidson County, TN

Belmont, Belmont Boulevard & Wedgewood, Nashville, Davidson County, TN

Significance: Built in 1850 by Col. J.A.S. Acklen and his wife, Adelicia, Belmont was considered at that time to be one of the finest private residences in the south. Designed in the manner of an Italian Renai... More

Wise-Hooe-Lloyd House, 220 North Washington Street, Alexandria, Independent City, Virginia

Wise-Hooe-Lloyd House, 220 North Washington Street, Alexandria, Indepe...

Significance: The Lloyd House, of late Georgian style and formal in composition is recognized as one of Alexandria's great mansions. This building is noteworthy as the full development of the town house with c... More

Blenheim Hotel, Ohio Avenue & Boardwalk, Atlantic City, Atlantic County, NJ

Blenheim Hotel, Ohio Avenue & Boardwalk, Atlantic City, Atlantic Count...

Public domain photo of a monument, historic place, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Morris-Burnett Block, 302-306 Edmond Street, Saint Joseph, Buchanan County, MO

Morris-Burnett Block, 302-306 Edmond Street, Saint Joseph, Buchanan Co...

Significance: This structure is a good example of the small-scale commercial block property type. It possesses the distinct characteristics of the commercial building type. Chief among these is the well-defined... More

Hill to Hill Bridge, Spans Lehigh River at State Route 378, Bethlehem, Northampton County, PA

Hill to Hill Bridge, Spans Lehigh River at State Route 378, Bethlehem,...

Significance: The Hill-to-Hill Bridge was the first bridge to join the boroughs of the City of Bethlehem with a high-level structure eliminating all railroad grade crossings. The structure, constructed almost ... More

University of Missouri, First Building (Columns), Columbia, Boone County, MO

University of Missouri, First Building (Columns), Columbia, Boone Coun...

Public domain photo of a monument, historic place, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Commercial Bank, 206 Main Street, Natchez, Adams County, MS

Commercial Bank, 206 Main Street, Natchez, Adams County, MS

Significance: The First Church of Christ (Scientist), a National Historic Landmark, is a superb example of Greek Revival architecture, dominated by an academic Ionic portico. Originally built for the Commercia... More

Newton A. Mitchell House, 209 Washington Street, San Antonio, Bexar County, TX

Newton A. Mitchell House, 209 Washington Street, San Antonio, Bexar Co...

Significance: The house in its original state was a good example of pre-Civil War Classical Revival residential architecture in the San Antonio area. With its later Neo-Classical additions it is representative ... More

D'Evereux, Natchez, Adams County, MS

D'Evereux, Natchez, Adams County, MS

Picryl description: Public domain image of a residential building, colonial house, 19th-20th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Belle Grove, White Castle, Iberville Parish, LA

Belle Grove, White Castle, Iberville Parish, LA

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-36 Survey number: HABS LA-36 Building/structure dates: 1857 Initial Construction

Morrell House, Columbia & Fillmore Streets, Harpers Ferry, Jefferson County, WV

Morrell House, Columbia & Fillmore Streets, Harpers Ferry, Jefferson C...

Significance: Originally constructed in 1857-58, the Morrell House was designed by Superintendent Henry W. Clowe for the Paymaster's Clerk. Originally, the Morrell House was identical to its neighbor, the resi... More

1211 East Thirteenth Avenue (House), Tampa, Hillsborough County, FL

1211 East Thirteenth 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

Collins Park Hotel, 2000 Park Avenue, Miami, Miami-Dade County, FL

Collins Park Hotel, 2000 Park Avenue, Miami, Miami-Dade County, FL

Survey number: HABS FL-322-L Public domain photograph of a hotel building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Puget Sound Power & Light Company, White River Hydroelectric Project, 600 North River Avenue, Dieringer, Pierce County, WA

Puget Sound Power & Light Company, White River Hydroelectric Project, ...

Picryl description: Public domain photo of a factory, warehouse, commercial or industrial building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Touro Synagogue, Congregation Jeshuat Israel, 85 Touro Street, Newport, Newport County, RI

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

U. S. Post Office, 201 East Patrick Street, Frederick, Frederick County, MD

U. S. Post Office, 201 East Patrick Street, Frederick, Frederick Count...

Significance: Significant as an example of federal post office construction during the first quarter of the twentieth century. A good if somewhat austere example of Neo-Classical Revival public building. Surv... More

Grailhe Family Tomb, North Claiborne Street, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, LA

Grailhe Family Tomb, North Claiborne Street, New Orleans, Orleans Pari...

Significance: An interesting example of an Egyptian-Revival family mausoleum. Survey number: HABS LA-1108 Building/structure dates: 1850 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 75000856

Christ Church (Episcopal), North Meridian & East Wabash Streets, Indianapolis, Marion County, IN

Christ Church (Episcopal), North Meridian & East Wabash Streets, India...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-3 Survey number: HABS IN-24-3 Building/structure dates: 1857 Initial Construction

Lazaretto Quarantine Station, Wanamaker Avenue and East Second Street, Essington, Delaware County, PA

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, Essington, Delaware County, PA

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, Essington, Delaware County, PA

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, Essington, Delaware County, PA

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, Essington, Delaware County, PA

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, Essington, Delaware County, PA

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, Essington, Delaware County, PA

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, Essington, Delaware County, PA

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, Essington, Delaware County, PA

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

First Presbyterian Church, 61 Nassau Street, Princeton, Mercer County, NJ

First Presbyterian Church, 61 Nassau Street, Princeton, Mercer County,...

Significance: Fine Greek Revival building by Princeton's most prominent builder-architect. Early example of "in autis" facade facing Carmine Street Church, NYC-four years earlier. Survey number: HABS NJ-793

Russian Bishop's House, 501 Lincoln Street, Sitka, Sitka Borough, AK

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

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

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

Zeringue House, Hahnville Triangle, Hahnville, St. Charles Parish, LA

Zeringue House, Hahnville Triangle, Hahnville, St. Charles Parish, LA

1988 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: The Zeringue House is a well-preserved Creole house from the period 1810-1820. Its form and relatively elegant Federal interior styling link it with the New ... More

Hypotenuse, 33 Catherine Street, Newport, Newport County, RI

Hypotenuse, 33 Catherine Street, Newport, Newport County, RI

Significance: The "Hypotenuse" is particularly interesting as a house owned by the architect Richard Morris Hunt, 1870-1881. The house is a rich and varied composition of ornamental detail from several periods... More

Trueheart-Adriance Building, 212 Twenty-second Street, Galveston, Galveston County, TX

Trueheart-Adriance Building, 212 Twenty-second Street, Galveston, Galv...

Significance: The H. M. Trueheart Company was one of the oldest and largest real estate firms in Texas during the nineteenth century and the building is architecturally significant as an excellent work of desig... More

Musee Rosette Rochon, 1515 Pauger Street, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, LA

Musee Rosette Rochon, 1515 Pauger Street, New Orleans, Orleans Parish,...

1999 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Honorable Mention Significance: Rosette Rochon was a wealthy free woman of color born in Mobile, Alabama in 1760. She was the daughter of Pierre Rochon, an early ship builder an... More

Livingston County Courthouse, Pontiac, Livingston County, IL

Livingston County Courthouse, Pontiac, Livingston County, IL

2000 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: ...Construction began in 1875 at a cost of approximately $75,000. The architect was John C. Cochrane (1833-1887) of Chicago who was associated at the time wit... More

Salt Lake City & County Building, 451 Washington Square, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, UT

Salt Lake City & County Building, 451 Washington Square, Salt Lake Cit...

Significance: The Salt Lake City & County Building has served as the municipal headquarters of Utah's two most populous local government entities since its completion in 1894. Jointly owned and constructed by S... More

Franklin School, Thirteenth & K Streets Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Franklin School, Thirteenth & K Streets Northwest, Washington, Distric...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a classical or neoclassical building, architecture design, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Grey Columns, Old Montgomery Road  (Institute Road), Tuskegee, Macon County, AL

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

John N. A. Griswold House, 76 Bellevue Avenue, Newport, Newport County, RI

John N. A. Griswold House, 76 Bellevue Avenue, Newport, Newport County...

Significance: This is an early and key example of a major style of domestic architecture in America in the second half of the 19th century. It is characterized by open planning, irregular and picturesque massi... More

Alling House, 1012 Broad Street, Newark, Essex County, NJ

Alling House, 1012 Broad Street, Newark, Essex County, NJ

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-136 Survey number: HABS NJ-187 Building/structure dates: ca. 1840 Initial Construction

Queensboro Bridge Trolley Station, Spanning East River & Blackwell's Island, New York, New York County, NY

Queensboro Bridge Trolley Station, Spanning East River & Blackwell's I...

Significance: Designed in 1909 by George Palmer and Henry Hornbostel, architect of the Queensboro Bridge, this Kiosk was one of 5 entrances to an underground trolley terminal. Trolleys running on the lower leve... More

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