Niobrara Valley Bank, Fifth Avenue & Maple Street, Niobrara, Knox Coun...
Significance: The Niobrara Valley Bank, organized in the early 1880s was Niobrara's first banking institution. It served the community for more than forty years before closing its doors in the mid 1920s. The ... More
Tracy Building, 532-527 French Street, Erie, Erie County, PA
Written data includes a site plan. Significance: Site was purchased in 1826 by John A. Tracy, who erected a wooden commercial and residential building that was replaced after a fire by a brick commercial struct... More
House of Crane Building, 124 South Meridian Street, Indianapolis, Mari...
Significance: Built in 1866-67, the House of Crane Building was one of the original commercial structures erected to house wholesale businesses in Indianapolis' Wholesale District. Established during the Civil... More
920-930 F Street, Northwest (Commercial Buildings), Washington, Distri...
Significance: 920,922-24 and 926 F Street Northwest are three small-scale brick commercial structures which illustrate the traditional building patterns associated with the late 19th and early 20th century comm... More
U.S. Naval Air Station, Post Office, 446 South Avenue, Pensacola, Esca...
Significance: Building No. 223, constructed as a Post Office in 1918, reflects Naval Air Station (NAS) Pensacola's development from its initial establishment in 1914 as a naval aeronautical station through its ... More
Commercial Block, Main & First Streets, Roscoe, St. Clair County, MO
Significance: This late 19th century commercial structure features cast iron storefronts, pressed metal cornices, and a pressed metal ceiling. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-66 ... More
Commercial Block, Main & First Streets, Roscoe, St. Clair County, MO
Significance: This late 19th century commercial structure features cast iron storefronts, pressed metal cornices, and a pressed metal ceiling. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-66 ... More
Graeme Park, 859 County Line Road, Horsham, Montgomery County, PA
See also HALS PA-21 for additional documentation. Significance: The mansion house at Graeme Park -a rare surviving example of early colonial American architecture -was conceived of as a utilitarian structure on... More
Phillip Morris Leaf Storage Warehouse, 1717-1721 East Cary Street, Ric...
Significance: Built as a warehouse in the early-twentieth century, this building stands as an excellent example of the sparingly ornamented yet functionally designed commercial structure of the turn-of-the-cent... More
1143-1167 Elm Street (Commercial Buildings), Manchester, Hillsborough ...
Significance: The several structures that comprised the Ferretti Building were constructed during the early development of Manchester on lots laid out by the Amoskeag Company. As originally designed, Ferretti ... More
Virginia Fire & Marine Insurance Building, 1015 East Main Street, Rich...
Significance: This structure is an exceptionally fine example of Richmond's iron-fronted commercial buildings erected in the years after the Civil War. Further distinguishing this building is the free-standing ... More
Johnson Wax Corporation Building, 1525 Howe Street, Racine, Racine Cou...
Significance: Corporate complex, noted example of Wright's commercial design. Survey number: HABS WI-284
Jayne Building, 242-244 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-111 Survey number: HABS PA-188 Building/structure dates: 1850 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1851 Subsequent Work Building/struc... More
City of Paris Dry Goods Company, Geary & Stockton Streets, San Francis...
Significance: The building was one of the earliest examples in San Francisco of a large commercial structure designed in the Beaux-Arts style, using steel framing and masonry wall infill for its basic structure... More
Aluminum Building, 215 Governor Street, Richmond, Independent City, Vi...
Survey number: HABS VA-652 Public domain photograph - historical image of Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Pettinos Brothers Graphite Manufacturing Mill, On Sand Island, south s...
Significance: Three story graphite mill built c.1900 is still in operation today grinding graphite for pigments. Survey number: HAER PA-147 Building/structure dates: ca. 1900 Initial Construction
104 North Commerce Street (Commercial Building), Mobile, Mobile County...
Survey number: HABS AL-63-J Public domain photograph - historical image of Alabama, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Anaconda Historic District, Petritz Building, 115-119 Main Street, Ana...
Significance: This two-story brick building features ornate brick and stonework on the second story including a central Palladian arch window. It has three street level storefronts with recessed entries which ... More
Montana Post, Northeast corner of Wallace & Jackson Streets, Virginia ...
Survey number: HABS MT-90 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000435
Rene Beauregard House, Chalmette, St. Bernard Parish, LA
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-7 Survey number: HABS LA-18-7 Building/structure dates: 1840 Initial Construction
Montana Post, Northeast corner of Wallace & Jackson Streets, Virginia ...
Survey number: HABS MT-90 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000435
Rene Beauregard House, Chalmette, St. Bernard Parish, LA
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-7 Survey number: HABS LA-18-7 Building/structure dates: 1840 Initial Construction
Behlow Building, Second & Brown Streets, Napa, Napa County, CA
Significance: The Behlow Building was constructed for Bertha A. Behlow of San Francisco, widow of Charles John Behlow co-founder of H. Liebes and Company of San Francisco. Original occupant of the first floor ... More
Behlow Building, Second & Brown Streets, Napa, Napa County, CA
Significance: The Behlow Building was constructed for Bertha A. Behlow of San Francisco, widow of Charles John Behlow co-founder of H. Liebes and Company of San Francisco. Original occupant of the first floor ... More
Atlantic Furniture Company Building, 419 North Miami Avenue, Miami, Mi...
Significance: The Atlantic Furniture Company Building is one of the few commercial buildings remaining in Miami from the period before the development boom of the 1920s. Built in the masonry vernacular style, t... More
Price Tower, 510 South Dewey Avenue, Bartlesville, Washington County, ...
Significance: From National Historic Landmarks Form: Built as a headquarters and rented commercial space and apartments for the H.C. Price Company, the Price Tower is nationally significant as one of two comple... More
191-193 Merrimack Street (House), 191-193 Merrimack Street, Manchester...
Significance: Originally built as a single-family house and subsequently enlarged to contain a storefront and four residential apartments (ca. 1890-1910), the Furber House preserves several architectural elemen... More
Third Street Historic District, Gensmann Building, 225-227 Third Stree...
Significance: Part of the Third Street Historic District. Jacob Gensmann operated a clothing, boot and shoe store here in the late nineteenth century. These businesses remained the same until the late 1960s. ... More
Stapleton Block, 114 North Division Street, Guthrie, Logan County, OK
Significance: This late 19th Century commercial structure was the site of much important business activity, including Guthrie's only business college, and was an integral part of the central business district o... More
Lewis Building, 2463-65 Washington Boulevard, Ogden, Weber County, UT
Survey number: HABS UT-116 Building/structure dates: ca. 1888 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: ca. 1925 Subsequent Work
Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historic Site, 472-550 Auburn Avenue ...
Significance: The Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historic Site is located in one of the oldest neighborhoods in Atlanta - the Upper Auburn Avenue area. Originally called Wheat Street in honor of one of Atlant... More
706 North Broadway (Commercial Building), 706 North Broadway, Baltimor...
Survey number: HABS MD-1026 Public domain photograph - historical image of Maryland, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Hyattsville Hardware, 5121 Baltimore Avenue, Hyattsville, Prince Georg...
Significance: Hyattsville Hardware is an intact turn-of-the-century hardware store with original interior features such as a pressed-tin ceiling, shelving, cases and bins. It is also of interest as one of few ... More
A. J. McDonald Homeplace, 103 West Roanoke Drive, Fitzgerald, Ben Hill...
Significance: The architectural style of this particular structure was typical for this period of history. The home was used as a personal residence until 1978, a rental house from 1978-1981 and a commercial bu... More
On Leong Merchants Association, 2216 South Wentworth Avenue, Chicago, ...
2009 Charles E. Peterson Prize, First Place Significance: Built in 1927, the On Leong Merchants Association stands today as a visual landmark to Chicago's Chinatown neighborhood. Designed with traditional Chin... More
El Globo Chiquito, 1054 East Monroe Street, Brownsville, Cameron Count...
Significance: El Globo Chiquito (Laiseca Store) is an excellent example of a modest, late nineteenth-century wood frame store. Built ca. 1887, the store's simple but rare twin-gabled form is relieved by shutter... More
Republic Building, 209 South State Street, Chicago, Cook County, IL
Significance: The Republic Building was designed by the architectural firm of Holabird and Roche and built in 1905 by the Wells Bros. Company, General Contractors...Henry Strong, the original owner, and his son... More
Minneapolis Warehouse District, Home Insurance Company Building, Henne...
Significance: The Home Insurance Company Building was built in late 1894 and early 1895 as a venture by New York investors, who held the building until 1905. The building's best known and major tenant in the e... More
Tuckerton Emporium, West Main & Water Streets, Tuckerton, Ocean County...
Survey number: HABS NJ-1120 Building/structure dates: 1921 Initial Construction
T. L. Thorpe Building, 19 Traction Street, Manchester, Hillsborough Co...
Significance: The T.L. Thorpe Building is significant for its association with a well-known local Manchester merchant in the textile trade and for its architectural design, which employed an arcaded facade of a... More
111 West Second Street (Alley Building), Crookston, Polk County, MN
Significance: In 1891, construction began on the commercial building located at 111 West Second St. The building materials and distinctive architectural style of the structure are unique to the area and set th... More
Our Corner Saloon, 301 First Street, Eureka, Humboldt County, CA
Significance: Dating to the late 1860s or 1870, the Our Corner Saloon building is among the earliest extant commercial buildings in Eureka. Major alterations have so diminished its integrity, however, as to pr... More
Booth-Papin Building, 119-121 North First Street, Saint Louis, Indepen...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-29 Survey number: HABS MO-1162
Plymouth Place, 1560-1572 Broadway, Denver, Denver County, CO
Significance: This is a large three story corner commercial building, designed with Colonial Revival Style details in 1898 by prominent Denver architects Marean and Norton. The construction of the building at ... More
414 Ludington Street (Commercial Building), Escanaba, Delta County, MI
Significance: The first bank built in Escanaba, this two-story rectangular brick building is an example of late 19th Century commercial construction, highlighted by a facade at street level of glass and cast ir... More
Content Corner, Southwest corner of Wallace & Jackson Streets, Virgini...
Significance: This is one of the earliest (1864) 2 story stone buildings built in Virginia City. The 2nd floor was leased to serve as the Territorial Administrative Offices for the newly formed Territory of Mon... More
67-69 Government Street (Commercial Building), Mobile, Mobile County, ...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-21 Survey number: HABS AL-67 Building/structure dates: 1837 Initial Construction
67-69 Government Street (Commercial Building), Mobile, Mobile County, ...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-21 Survey number: HABS AL-67 Building/structure dates: 1837 Initial Construction
Boston City Hall, 41-45 School Street, Boston, Suffolk County, MA
Significance: Old City Hall is significant as one of the first major structures in the country to be built in the French Second Empire style and as a nationally-known work which inspired the building of other s... More
Cato Post Office & General Store, 13806-13810 U.S. Highway 10, Cato, M...
Significance: The Cato Post Office and General Store was locally significant as a governmental and commercial resource within the unincorporated community of Cato. The building served as the general store from... More
Germond Crandell Building, 401-407 Seventh Street Northwest, Washingto...
Significance: A post-Civil War commercial building of interesting architectural design, illustrating the character of Seventh Street in the early days of its commercial development. Survey number: HABS DC-224... More
Appich Buildings, 408-414 King Street, Alexandria, Independent City, V...
Significance: The four adjoining commercial structures of three stories each tower over the other predominantly Federal buildings lining King Street and testify to the affluence of the Southern town in the imme... More
Gibbons Block, Congress, Saint Julian, Barnard, Whitaker Streets, Sava...
Survey number: HABS GA-2130 Building/structure dates: after 1830 Initial Construction
William Tallman Warehouse, 106 North Front Street, New Bedford, Bristo...
Significance: One of the oldest remaining commercial buildings in the old waterfront area of New Bedford, with hoisting equipment preserved. Survey number: HABS MA-685 Building/structure dates: after 1790 Ini... More
Sims House, 2803 M Street Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia,...
Significance: Formerly a dwelling house, this building has been converted to commercial use, yet it retains its gable roof and dormers and many of the original details above the first floor. Survey number: HA... More
S. S. Kresge Company, 712 E Street, Northwest, Washington, District of...
Significance: Constructed in 19118 by Frank L. Wagner and designed by A.B. Mullet and Company, S. S. Kresge's typifies construction methods for commercial buildings during the early 1900s. In particular, it sh... More
Sinsel Hardware Building, 2 Pennsylvania Avenue, Cameron, Marshall Cou...
Significance: This brick structure, built ca. 1910 and located in Cameron's central business district, is an example of an early twentieth century commercial brick building, unusual for its parallelogram shape.... More
Thorson Block, 200 Main Street, Westby, Vernon County, WI
Significance: The Thorson Block was constructed in 1905 by the local firm of Theo. Thoreson. Significant design elements include the use of rusticated concrete block, symmetrical facade, the cross muntined sec... More
Michael Building, 207 North First Street, Saint Louis, Independent Cit...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-25 Survey number: HABS MO-1157
Idaho Building, 216 North Eighth Street, Boise, Ada County, ID
Significance: Several four and six story buildings were constructed during Boise's early (1901-1913) "sky scraper era." Of them, the Idaho Building was the only one designed outside of Boise. For it, develope... More
Town of Locke, Commercial Building, 13952 Main Street, Locke, Sacramen...
Significance: This is one of the group of buildings that forms the Main Street and River Road street facades, separated by narrow alleyways and displaying a second floor balcony on the Main Street facade. Surv... More
Leiter I Building, 200-208 West Monroe Street, Chicago, Cook County, I...
Significance: The first Leiter Building, built in 1879, has been cited as a Chicago Architectural Landmark, "In recognition of its contribution towards the development of skeleton construction. Cast iron pilast... More
Convention Center Site, I Street, 900 & 1000 Block, Tenth Street, 800 ...
Significance: Included in the Convention Center Site were many examples of 19th and 20th century residential, commercial, and mixed use buildings, such as: the American Mosaic Company Building (DC-387), Pepco P... More
Dade Apartments, 403-405 North Miami Avenue, Miami, Miami-Dade County,...
Significance: Dade Apartments is one of the few commercial buildings remaining in Miami from the period before the development boom of the 1920s. Built in the masonry vernacular style, the stuccoed concrete con... More
Niobrara Valley Bank, Fifth Avenue & Maple Street, Niobrara, Knox Coun...
Significance: The Niobrara Valley Bank, organized in the early 1880s was Niobrara's first banking institution. It served the community for more than forty years before closing its doors in the mid 1920s. The ... More
Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historic Site, Brown-Hayes Department...
Significance: The Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historic Site is located in one of the oldest neighborhoods in Atlanta - the Upper Auburn Avenue area. Originally called Wheat Street in honor of one of Atlant... More
Sallie Zetterower House, 331 South Main Street, Statesboro, Bulloch Co...
Significance: Part of the South Main Street Residential Historic District. The district was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in September 6, 1989 as part of the Downtown Statesboro Multiple Pr... More
Commercial Block, Main & First Streets, Roscoe, St. Clair County, MO
Significance: This late 19th century commercial structure features cast iron storefronts, pressed metal cornices, and a pressed metal ceiling. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-66 ... More
Graeme Park, 859 County Line Road, Horsham, Montgomery County, PA
See also HALS PA-21 for additional documentation. Significance: The mansion house at Graeme Park -a rare surviving example of early colonial American architecture -was conceived of as a utilitarian structure on... More
Graeme Park, 859 County Line Road, Horsham, Montgomery County, PA
See also HALS PA-21 for additional documentation. Significance: The mansion house at Graeme Park -a rare surviving example of early colonial American architecture -was conceived of as a utilitarian structure on... More
James N. Jones House, 1460 East Jefferson Avenue, Detroit, Wayne Count...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-14 Survey number: HABS MI-13 Building/structure dates: 18t4 Initial Construction
Historic Zone, Block Study, Calle de las Cruz,Sol,Luna & San Jose, San...
Significance: This block, a typical division of San Juan Antiguo, is composed of eighteen one-, two-, and three-story masonry buildings facing directly onto surrounding streets. Most of these buildings were bui... More
Johnson Wax Corporation Building, 1525 Howe Street, Racine, Racine Cou...
Significance: Corporate complex, noted example of Wright's commercial design. Survey number: HABS WI-284
Cullinan Building, 415 Seventh Street, Northwest, Washington, District...
Significance: A late nineteenth century building on a historic commercial street, with attractive architectural features. Survey number: HABS DC-225 Building/structure dates: ca. 1883 Initial Construction
Phillips-Thompson Building, 200-206 East Fourth Street, Wilmington, Ne...
Significance: Listed in the National Register of Historic Places on April 16, 1980, the Phillips-Thompson Building is an excellent example of late nineteenth-century urban commercial architecture. Built in 188... More
McConaughey Building, 1 Waynesburg Avenue, Cameron, Marshall County, W...
Significance: Constructed circa 1870, the McConaughey Building survived the Cameron fire of 1894, making it the earliest extant building within the corporate limits of Cameron. Survey number: HABS WV-294 Buil... More