Marquette Building, 140 South Dearborn Street, Chicago, Cook County, I...
Significance: A typical Chicago School building, the Marquette stands as an artistically-conceived expression of its underlying steel frame. Not only was the building a pioneering effort in the use of the steel... More
Marquette Building, 140 South Dearborn Street, Chicago, Cook County, I...
Significance: A typical Chicago School building, the Marquette stands as an artistically-conceived expression of its underlying steel frame. Not only was the building a pioneering effort in the use of the steel... More
Biltmore Forestry School, Commissary, Brevard, Transylvania County, NC
Survey number: HABS NC-402-C Public domain photograph - historical image of North Carolina, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
31 North Fourth Street (Commercial Building), Easton, Northampton Coun...
Significance: This 19th century building contributes to the streetscape and is a reminder of pre-Civil War commercial architecture. Survey number: HABS PA-5140 Building/structure dates: ca. 1857 Initial Construction
Central Union Telephone Company Building, 311 North Wayne Street, Piqu...
Significance: The structure was begun on April 16, 1918 and finished in late June of 1919. The new structure combined and consolidated the offices and telephone switching boards of the Central Union Telephone C... 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
Wyandotte Building, 21 West Broad Street, Columbus, Franklin County, O...
Significance: This building, erected 1897-1898, was designed by Daniel Burnham and Company, and is the tallest in central Ohio, as well as being the first steel frame and tile arch constructed fireproof buildin... More
Clark & Nightingale Block, 247-259 South Main Street, Providence, Prov...
Significance: This is an example of an early 19th century commercial building. Survey number: HABS RI-253 Building/structure dates: ca. 1805 Initial Construction
Dennis Apartments, 433-447 North Miami Avenue, Miami, Miami-Dade Count...
Significance: The Chaille Block and Dennis 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, t... More
Mount Vernon Apartments, 922-924 Ninth Street Northwest, Washington, D...
Significance: This building represents an unusual transitional composition blending the Romanesque Revival Style with the emerging commercial style. Survey number: HABS DC-385 Building/structure dates: 1890... More
Bank of Commerce Building, 835 Fifth Avenue, San Diego, San Diego Coun...
Significance: The Bank of Commerce Building, built 1887, is one of San Diego's most ornate commercial structures. Constructed during the San Diego boom years, it was designed by J.B. Stannard. The Bank of Comm... More
Hahn Shoe Building, 3101 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, Arlington County...
Significance: The Hahn Shoe Building is one of several structures built in the 1940s during Clarendon's second building boom. Because of its siting at the corner of an unusual intersection at the east end of th... More
Vickers Building, 219-231 East Redwood Street, Baltimore, Independent ...
Significance: One of the few remaining large-scale commercial edifices to utilize brick as a primary material after Baltimore's Great Fire of 1904, the Vickers building typifies the simple massing and restraine... 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
La Casa Grande, Park Avenue, Clifton, Greenlee County, AZ
Significance: Constructed ca. 1874, La Casa Grande is the oldest known extant building in Greenlee County. It was constructed by Henry Lesinsky who, with his brother Charles and Uncle Jules Frudenthal, opened ... More
La Casa Grande, Park Avenue, Clifton, Greenlee County, AZ
Significance: Constructed ca. 1874, La Casa Grande is the oldest known extant building in Greenlee County. It was constructed by Henry Lesinsky who, with his brother Charles and Uncle Jules Frudenthal, opened ... More
Ayer Building, 218 South Wabash Avenue, Chicago, Cook County, IL
Significance: This is a typical office building by the architects Holabird and Roche, with a particularly fine facade. Survey number: HABS IL-1025 Building/structure dates: 1900 Initial Construction
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
Coolot Building, 812 J Street, Sacramento, Sacramento County, CA
Significance: The building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, primarily based upon the surface of the facade faced with tiles created by master Arts & Crafts terra cotta tile maker, Ernest B... More
Coolot Building, 812 J Street, Sacramento, Sacramento County, CA
Significance: The building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, primarily based upon the surface of the facade faced with tiles created by master Arts & Crafts terra cotta tile maker, Ernest B... More
Coolot Building, 812 J Street, Sacramento, Sacramento County, CA
Significance: The building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, primarily based upon the surface of the facade faced with tiles created by master Arts & Crafts terra cotta tile maker, Ernest B... More
Merchants & Miners Transportation Company Building, 17 Light Street (1...
Survey number: HABS MD-1112 Public domain photograph - city, downtown, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
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
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
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
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
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
111 West First Street (Commercial Building), Mishawaka, St. Joseph Cou...
Survey number: HABS IN-144 Public domain photograph - historical image of Indiana, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Johnson & McCallum Houses, McCallum House, 212 State Street, Natchez, ...
Survey number: HABS MS-270-C Building/structure dates: 1840 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: ca. 1970 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: ca. 1980 Subsequent Work
Plaza House, 507-511 North Main Street, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Count...
Significance: Designed by the architectural firm of Kysor & Morgan, it is significant for its historical and architectural contribution to the evolution of the El Pueblo de Los Angeles, the original City of Los... More
Wallach Building, 88 East State Street, Trenton, Mercer County, NJ
Significance: The Wallach Building is a commercial building erected on the corner of State and Broad Streets, the heart of downtown Trenton. The modern steel frame building with greatly simplified classical det... More
Wallach Building, 88 East State Street, Trenton, Mercer County, NJ
Significance: The Wallach Building is a commercial building erected on the corner of State and Broad Streets, the heart of downtown Trenton. The modern steel frame building with greatly simplified classical det... More
Main Street (Commercial Buildings), Downieville, Sierra County, CA
Survey number: HABS CA-1290 Public domain photograph - 1930s California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Main Street (Commercial Buildings), Downieville, Sierra County, CA
Survey number: HABS CA-1290 Public domain photograph - 1930s California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Rivett-Fuller Building, 128 K Street, Sacramento, Sacramento County, C...
Significance: Building later occupied by Whittier & Fuller until 1879. Survey number: HABS CA-1250 Building/structure dates: 1852 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: ca. 1850 Subsequent Work Buil... More
Metal Exchange Building, 234 Pearl Street, New York, New York County, ...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-33, FN-34 Survey number: HABS NY-431 Building/structure dates: ca. 1846 Initial Construction
121-125 North Main Street (Commercial Building), Mishawaka, St. Joseph...
Survey number: HABS IN-143 Public domain photograph - historical image of Indiana, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
121-125 North Main Street (Commercial Building), Mishawaka, St. Joseph...
Survey number: HABS IN-143 Public domain photograph - historical image of Indiana, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
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
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
226 Lackawanna Avenue (Commercial Building), Scranton, Lackawanna Coun...
Significance: 226 Lackawanna Avenue is one of a row of late 19th and early 20th century commercial buildings that made up the heart of Scranton's business district during the city's greatest period of prosperit... More
Field-Pacheco Complex, 1049 East Monroe Street, Brownsville, Cameron C...
Significance: The Field-Pacheo Complex is a commercial and residential complex covering half a block. The two-story, brick corner Field-Pacheco building was built after 1894 as a combination store and residence... More
Field-Pacheco Complex, 1049 East Monroe Street, Brownsville, Cameron C...
Significance: The Field-Pacheo Complex is a commercial and residential complex covering half a block. The two-story, brick corner Field-Pacheco building was built after 1894 as a combination store and residence... More
Nicholas Dowling Building, Diagonal & Main Streets, Galena, Jo Daviess...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-26 Survey number: HABS IL-26-17 Building/structure dates: ca. 1840 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: ca. 1931 Subsequent Work
Nicholas Dowling Building, Diagonal & Main Streets, Galena, Jo Daviess...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-26 Survey number: HABS IL-26-17 Building/structure dates: ca. 1840 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: ca. 1931 Subsequent Work
Nicholas Dowling Building, Diagonal & Main Streets, Galena, Jo Daviess...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-26 Survey number: HABS IL-26-17 Building/structure dates: ca. 1840 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: ca. 1931 Subsequent Work
109 West Second Street (American Legion Hall), Crookston, Polk County,...
Significance: The commercial building located at 109 West Second St., commonly known as the old American Legion Hall, was built sometime between 1880 and 1884. The building is one of the first masonry structur... More
Mulberry Street Block (Commercial Buildings), 301-315 Mulberry Street,...
Significance: The Mulberry Street Block is the best surviving example of Madison's waterfront area of a nineteenth century business district. These eight brick row buildings were erected intermittently between... More
16-22 South Sixh Street (Commercial), Fort Dodge, Webster County, IA
Significance: 16, 18, 20, and 22 South Sixth Street compose a rare (for Fort Dodge) surviving business block retaining a set of first-floor, Queen-Anne-Revival-style, cast-iron store fronts. No. 16, which pred... More
16-22 South Sixh Street (Commercial), Fort Dodge, Webster County, IA
Significance: 16, 18, 20, and 22 South Sixth Street compose a rare (for Fort Dodge) surviving business block retaining a set of first-floor, Queen-Anne-Revival-style, cast-iron store fronts. No. 16, which pred... More
702 North Broadway (Commercial Building), 702 North Broadway, Baltimor...
Significance: One of a block of brick rowhouses in the 700 block of North Broadway, 702 N. Broadway is a greatly altered example of Baltimore urban vernacular brick rowhouse construction during the immediate po... 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
Anson Brown Commercial Building, 1003-1005 Broadway, Ann Arbor, Washte...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-21 Survey number: HABS MI-110 Building/structure dates: 1834 Initial Construction
Washington Park (Buildings), Maine, Fourth, Hampshire, & Fifth Streets...
Structures include Lincoln-Douglas Hotel, 115-117 Fourth Street, 119-123 Fourth Street, 127-131 Fourth Street, 403-407 Hampshire, 419-417 Hampshire, 419-423 Hampshire, 134-130 Fifth, 128-120 Fifth, 118-112 Fift... More
1101 Chestnut Avenue (Commercial Building), Altoona, Blair County, PA
Photo caption pages & written data include a site plan. Significance: It is one of the oldest remaining structures in the Altoona area in addition to possessing an unique stone facade. Survey number: HABS PA-... More
Wakefield Shopping Center, 1309-21 Court House Road, Arlington, Arling...
Significance: Built to serve the Mihran Mesrobian designed Wakefield Manor apartments (1943), the Wakefield Shopping Center fell under the planning aegis that paired apartment complexes with low-scale commercia... More
14 North Warren Street (Commercial Building), True American Building, ...
Significance: The True American, a Trenton newspaper founded in 1801, was published in this building from 1893 until it went out of business in 1913. This is the only remaining building associated with the long... More
14 North Warren Street (Commercial Building), True American Building, ...
Significance: The True American, a Trenton newspaper founded in 1801, was published in this building from 1893 until it went out of business in 1913. This is the only remaining building associated with the long... More
626-628 North Eutaw Street (Commercial Building), 626-628 North Eutaw ...
Significance: These seven building housed the headquarters of the "Afro-American," the largest and most influential Black newspaper chain in the country. The buildings were built before 1850 and passed through... More
626-628 North Eutaw Street (Commercial Building), 626-628 North Eutaw ...
Significance: These seven building housed the headquarters of the "Afro-American," the largest and most influential Black newspaper chain in the country. The buildings were built before 1850 and passed through... More
626-628 North Eutaw Street (Commercial Building), 626-628 North Eutaw ...
Significance: These seven building housed the headquarters of the "Afro-American," the largest and most influential Black newspaper chain in the country. The buildings were built before 1850 and passed through... More
Arrighi, 219-221 Main Street, Natchez, Adams County, MS
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-9 Survey number: HABS MS-17-9 Building/structure dates: ca. 1790 Initial Construction
First Drug Store, East Superior Street, Duluth, St. Louis County, MN
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-9 Survey number: HABS MN-29-21 Building/structure dates: 1872 Initial Construction
C Street Area Survey (Commercial Buildings), Virginia City, Storey Cou...
Survey number: HABS NV-15-1 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000458
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
407-431 West Lexington Street, 409 West Lexington Street (Commercial ...
Significance: Was a good example of mid-nineteenth century townhouse and played an important role in the block frontage that faced Lexington Market. Architectural significance has been diminished by alteration... 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
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
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
10 North Warren Street (Commercial Building), 10 North Warren Street, ...
Significance: A restrained example of late 19th century commercial architecture with original details reflecting the influence of the Victorian Gothic style, and subsequent storefront alterations in the popular... More
Saltus-Habersham House, 802 Bay Street, Beaufort, Beaufort County, SC
Significance: exceptionally tall, this tabby structure originally incorporating three full stories over an elevated basement. It is a rare example of a late eighteenth-century merchant's house constructed along... More
Saltus-Habersham House, 802 Bay Street, Beaufort, Beaufort County, SC
Significance: exceptionally tall, this tabby structure originally incorporating three full stories over an elevated basement. It is a rare example of a late eighteenth-century merchant's house constructed along... More
Saltus-Habersham House, 802 Bay Street, Beaufort, Beaufort County, SC
Significance: exceptionally tall, this tabby structure originally incorporating three full stories over an elevated basement. It is a rare example of a late eighteenth-century merchant's house constructed along... More
Saltus-Habersham House, 802 Bay Street, Beaufort, Beaufort County, SC
Significance: exceptionally tall, this tabby structure originally incorporating three full stories over an elevated basement. It is a rare example of a late eighteenth-century merchant's house constructed along... More
316-318 Lackawanna Avenue (Commercial Building), Scranton, Lackawanna ...
Significance: 316-318 Lackawanna Avenue is one of the largest of a row of late 19th and early 20th century commercial buildings that made up the heart of Scranton's business district during the city's greatest ... More
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
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
West Wazee Street Warehouse District, Brecht Candy Company, 1333 Wazee...
Significance: This commercial structure was designed in 1909 by the Denver architectural firm, Biscoe & Hewitt for the Brecht Butcher Supply Co. of Kansas City, MO. The structure was leased to the Autsin Candy ... More
Louis Morgensen-William Rowan Building, 224-226 State Street, Racine, ...
Significance: The Louis Morgensen-William Rowan Building is eligible for HABS recordation and is significant because it contributes to the Old Main Historic District, a National Register of Historic Places hist... More
435 Seventh Street, Northwest (Commercial Building), Washington, Distr...
Significance: The Hi-Boy Restaurant is a simple, uninteresting utilitarian structure. While its remodeled storefront is similar to others on Seventh Street, and is important in continuing the row of retail spac... More
Small Block, 704 North Milwaukee Street, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, ...
Significance: Built in 1866, this Italianate business block is one of the older buildings remaining in downtown Milwaukee and is one of a group of commercial blocks, all erected in the 1860s and 1870s, which st... 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
George W. Dashiell Building, 1203 Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest, Washi...
Significance: The building is located within the Pennsylvania Avenue National Historic Site and contributes to the small-scale commercial streetscape of the block. Constructed ca. 1823, the building is one of ... More
Public Square Commercial Area, 212, 214, 216 Public Square, Nashville,...
Significance: These three three-story commercial buildings adjoin the Morgan-Reeves Building (see HABS No. TN-16) and face south into the Public Square. The cornice of 212 reads "A.G. Adams, 1875" while the ne... More
Gray Brothers Block, 101 West Oklahoma Avenue, Guthrie, Logan County, ...
Significance: This structure is one of the finest remaining examples of stylish commercial buildings of the territorial period in Oklahoma. It was built for and occupied by important pioneer-entrepeneurs, and ... More
Main Street (Commercial Buildings), Placerville, El Dorado County, CA
Survey number: HABS CA-1362 Public domain photograph - 1930s California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Commercial Building, 102-104 1/2 East Main Street, Madison, Jefferson ...
Significance: The Foster Building was erected ca. 1860-70 and has the best cast-iron facade of Madison's late nineteenth-century commercial architecture. Most of the city's five-block commercial row developmen... More
37 South Street (Commercial Building), Baltimore, Independent City, MD
Significance: Representative of small commercial structures built in the downtown section of Baltimore following the 1904 fire which destroyed 140 acres in the center of the city, including the area where this ... More
Alameda French Bakery, 99 Pleasant Street, San Jose, Santa Clara Count...
Significance: The Alameda French Bakery, due to its architectural integrity and contribution to the urban fabric, forms an integral part of the River Street Historic District, a rare intact late nineteenth and ... More
Square 406 (Commercial Buildings), Eighth, Ninth, E & F Streets, North...
Significance: Square 406 lies on the northern edge of the Pennsylvania Avenue Development Corporation area, bounded by Eight, Ninth, E and F Streets. The square flanks the Eighth Street axis that visually conn... More
Horsepasture Store, U.S. Route 58 & State Route 687, Horse Pasture, He...
Significance: The Horsepasture Store is a good example of a traditional general retail establishment serving a largely rural population. The property has played an important role in the social and commercial l... More
Horsepasture Store, U.S. Route 58 & State Route 687, Horse Pasture, He...
Significance: The Horsepasture Store is a good example of a traditional general retail establishment serving a largely rural population. The property has played an important role in the social and commercial l... 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
817 Vine Street (Commercial Building), Cincinnati, Hamilton County, OH
Significance: Italianate late-nineteenth-century commercial building contributing in size, scale, and date to the older commercial homogeneity of the area. Building was notable for the fact that the original st... More
407-431 West Lexington Street, Purity Creamery Building, 427-431 West ...
Significance: 429-431 W. Lexington St. was built as the home of the Purity Creamery Company. When this structure was built the earlier structure at 427 W. Lexington was incorporated into the design. The build... More
Main Store, 3520 196th Street Northwest, Alderwood Manor, Snohomish Co...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N348 Survey number: HABS WA-225
Cabot Building, 274 & 282 Tenth Street, Heron Lake, Jackson County, MN
Significance: The decorative design elements and integrity of the Cabot Building make it an excellent example of turn-of-the-century commercial architecture. The corner section of the building was completed in... More