2,261 Commercial facilities, United states history Images: LOC's Public Domain Archive Public Domain Search

French Quarter, New Orleans - Victorian era public domain image

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

Street in New Orleans near cathedral

Public domain photograph - historical image of Louisiana, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The Clay Monument, [Canal Street], New Orleans

Public domain image of a train station in Boston, Massachusetts, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

[Auditorium, Chicago, Ill.] - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

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

[Gay Street looking north from Main Avenue, Knoxville, Tenn.]

Public domain photograph of Middle East, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Gotham and St. Regis hotels, New York, N.Y.]

Picryl description: Public domain image of byciclyst, bike, bicycle wheel, sport event, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[New Municipal Building, New York, N.Y.]

Public domain photograph of early 20th-century New York metropolis cityscape, buildings, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Public domain image of New york city cityscape, free to use, no copyri...

Public domain photograph of early 20th-century New York metropolis cityscape, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Bisbee Building, Jacksonville, Fla.]

Picryl description: Public domain image of a department store, commercial building, downtown, shopping center, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[North Street, Pittsfield, Massachusetts.]

Public domain photograph - historical image of Massachusetts, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Hotel Metropole, Detroit, Mich.

Title from jacket. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 043198. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Old State House from about the site of the Boston Massachusettsacre, B...

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

Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Picryl description: Public domain image of a historic building in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Euclid Avenue, east from Public Square, Cleveland, Ohio]

Public domain photograph - city, downtown, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Hogan Street, Jacksonville, Fla.]

Public domain photograph - city, downtown, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Glimpse of Woodward Avenue, Detroit, Mich.]

Picryl description: Public domain image of a historic building in Detroit, Michigan, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Broadway, north from Olive St., St. Louis, Mo.

Picryl description: Public domain image of bustling city downtown streets, commercial buildings, 20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Madison St. [i.e. Avenue], Toledo, O[hio]

Public domain photograph - city, downtown, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Perry Payne Blg., Cleveland - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Picryl description: Public domain image of a department store, commercial building, downtown, shopping center, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Fourth St., east from Race St., Cincinnati, Ohio

Picryl description: Public domain image of bustling city downtown streets, commercial buildings, 20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Main Street, north from Gayoso Avenue, Memphis, Tenn.]

Picryl description: Public domain image of bustling city downtown streets, commercial buildings, 20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Woodward Avenue, north from Jefferson, Detroit, Mich.]

Picryl description: Public domain image of a historic building in Detroit, Michigan, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Wall St., looking west from Gay [Street], Knoxville, Tenn.

Picryl description: Public domain image of bustling city downtown streets, commercial buildings, 20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Fifth Avenue at West Forty-fifth Street, New York, N.Y.]

Public domain photograph of New York City, Broadway, downtown, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Meridian Street, Indianapolis, Ind.]

Public domain photograph of historic place, landmark, 19th-century vintage travel, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Park Square, Boston, Massachusetts.] - Public domain image. Dry plate...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of Boston, Massachusetts, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

[Boardwalk, Atlantic City, N.J.]

Picryl description: Public domain image of bustling city downtown streets, commercial buildings, 20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Woodward Avenue north from Opera House corner, Detroit, Mich.]

Picryl description: Public domain image of a historic building in Detroit, Michigan, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Erie Canal at Salina St., Syracuse, N.Y

Negatie is copy of photo copyrighted 1900; transparency copyrighted 1900. "00" on negative. Corresponding glass transparency (same series code) available on videodisc frame 1A-29384. Detroit Publishing Co. no. ... More

Street in Pasadena, Calif. - Detroit publishing company. Public domain...

Title devised by cataloger. "Pasadena National Bank" on building at left. "1" on negative label. "Geo. Penny, Photos" on tavern building at right. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 068244. Gift; State Historical Socie... More

University Block, Syracuse, N.Y.

Title from jacket. "H 113" and "extra" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 039360. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

[Park with Spanish-American War monument, Los Angeles, Calif.]

Photograph shoqws Central Park with the Temple Auditorium and the Auditorium Hotel on the right (source: J. Vogel, 2006).

Dauphin St., Mobile, Ala. - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Public domain photograph - historical image of Alabama, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Walker Block, Detroit, Mich. - Public domain image. Dry plate negative...

Title from jacket. Possibly owned by Hiram Walker & Sons. "G 5689" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 036899. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

[North Street from the park, Pittsfield, Massachusetts.]

Public domain photograph - city, downtown, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

West Twenty-third Street from Sixth Avenue, New York, N.Y.

Title from jacket. "G 5167" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 036547. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Superior Street i.e. Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio

Corresponding glass transparency (with same series code) available on videodisc frame 1A-30359. "G 3017" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 018628. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Walnut St., Kansas City, Mo - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

"G 3881" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 019217. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Qunicy St., Hancock, Mich - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

"G 3331" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 019052. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Commerce St. from Court Square, Montgomery, Ala

"G 3641 dup" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 019428. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Washington Ave. [Avenue], Newport News, Virginia

Public domain image of a train station in Boston, Massachusetts, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Wabash Ave. [Avenue], Chicago, Ill.

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

Fountain Square, Cincinnati, Ohio

Picryl description: Public domain image of bustling city downtown streets, commercial buildings, 20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Grand Circus Park from Y.M.C.A. Building, Detroit, Mich

Detroit Publishing Co. no. 073268. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

[First National Bank Building, Cadillac Square, Detroit, Mich.]

Public domain photograph of bank building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

425 Seventh Street, Northwest (Commercial Building), Washington, Distr...

Survey number: HABS DC-605 Building/structure dates: 1927 Initial Construction

Adam Lynn House (second), 532 King Street, Alexandria, Independent Cit...

Significance: One of four buildings owned by or associated with Adam Lynn in this block (see also HABS reports VA-676, VA-686, and VA-688), this building is similar in architectural details to the two adjoining... More

Kronprinsensgade Area Study, Commercial Building, Crown Prince Street,...

Survey number: HABS VI-84-F

Doyle Building, Clinton Avenue & Broadway, Albany, Albany County, NY

Additional research reveals that the Doyle Building is more commonly referred to as the Quackenbush House. This was added as a secondary name in 2015. Survey number: HABS NY-3202 National Register of Historic ... More

Occidental Building (Commercial Building), 41-47 West Washington Stree...

Significance: The Occidental Building is the work of one of Indianapolis' most famous and prolific architectural firms, Rubush & Hunter. Founded in 1905, the firm mastered the office and commercial building fo... More

Casa Vives, 88 Calle Paseo Atocha, Ponce, Ponce Municipio, PR

2017 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Third Place Significance: Casa Vives was constructed during the second half of the nineteenth century, a period when the urban center of Ponce was undergoing myriad transformatio... More

Picryl description: Public domain image of a ship hull, port, harbor, ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a boat in a harbor, water, fishing boat, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Hart & Thrift Building, 401-407 East Weber Avenue, Stockton, San Joaqu...

Significance: The Hart & Thrift Building, designed in a vernacular interpretation of the Renaissance Revival style, was built in 1869 and is one of the oldest buildings in Stockton. Although the building has un... More

Hart & Thrift Building, 401-407 East Weber Avenue, Stockton, San Joaqu...

Significance: The Hart & Thrift Building, designed in a vernacular interpretation of the Renaissance Revival style, was built in 1869 and is one of the oldest buildings in Stockton. Although the building has un... More

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

The Wherehouse, 551-557 South Meyer Avenue, Tucson, Pima County, AZ

Significance: These two separate dwellings marked as 551-557 were connected in 1976 when they were purchased for commercial purposes. Originally housing two apartment units each, these early transitional Sonor... More

The Wherehouse, 551-557 South Meyer Avenue, Tucson, Pima County, AZ

Significance: These two separate dwellings marked as 551-557 were connected in 1976 when they were purchased for commercial purposes. Originally housing two apartment units each, these early transitional Sonor... More

Front Street (Commercial Buildings), Natchitoches, Natchitoches Parish...

Significance: The architectural history of Front Street closely resembles the outline of Louisiana's economic history with most buildings stemming from high economic plateaus. Thus there are three buildings fro... More

Front Street (Commercial Buildings), Natchitoches, Natchitoches Parish...

Significance: The architectural history of Front Street closely resembles the outline of Louisiana's economic history with most buildings stemming from high economic plateaus. Thus there are three buildings fro... More

Front Street (Commercial Buildings), Natchitoches, Natchitoches Parish...

Significance: The architectural history of Front Street closely resembles the outline of Louisiana's economic history with most buildings stemming from high economic plateaus. Thus there are three buildings fro... 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

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

The Bowery, New York City. Photochrom print, 1880-1890.

Historic Sites Public domain photograph - photochrome print, colorized, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Long Acre Square, New York - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

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

[Broughton, west from Bull, Savannah, Ga.]

Public domain photograph - city, downtown, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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

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

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

Tobacco District Rehabilitation Project, Danville, Danville, Virginia

For other photos of workers' housing, see HABS VA-1036 & HABS VA-1037. This GPO publication is included in the field records: Rehabilitation, Danville 1978: A Strategy for Building Reuse and Neighborhood Conser... More

Tobacco District Rehabilitation Project, Danville, Danville, Virginia

For other photos of workers' housing, see HABS VA-1036 & HABS VA-1037. This GPO publication is included in the field records: Rehabilitation, Danville 1978: A Strategy for Building Reuse and Neighborhood Conser... More

Tobacco District Rehabilitation Project, Danville, Danville, Virginia

For other photos of workers' housing, see HABS VA-1036 & HABS VA-1037. This GPO publication is included in the field records: Rehabilitation, Danville 1978: A Strategy for Building Reuse and Neighborhood Conser... 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

920-926 F Street, Northwest (Commercial Buildings), Washington, Distri...

Significance: The Schwartz Building at 920 F Street, NW was designed in 1911 by local architect Samuel R. Turner, and is a significant example of the Federal Revival style popular in Washington commercial archi... 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

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

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

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

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

James Y. Davis Sons Building, 1201 Pennsylvania Avenue & 408 Twelfth S...

Significance: This brick commercial building was designed by a local architect in the late nineteenth century. In spite of twentieth century alterations, the irregular shape, use of ornamental terra cotta, pro... More

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

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

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

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

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

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

Pioneer Telegraph Building, 1015 Second Street, Sacramento, Sacramento...

Significance: Occupied by Wolferberger Variety store until 1856, then the Verandah Saloon; in 1863 it was occupied by the California State Telegraph Co., incorporated with Western Union Telegraph Co. in 1869 an... More

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