3251 Cyrus Road (Commercial Building), Cyrus, Wayne County, WV
Significance: In the years 1941-1954. this was the community store and post office in Whites Creek (Cyrus). It succeeded the Chapman, Lambert, and Piles stores. After 1955, it was partitioned, enlarged, and u... More
3251 Cyrus Road (Commercial Building), Cyrus, Wayne County, WV
Significance: In the years 1941-1954. this was the community store and post office in Whites Creek (Cyrus). It succeeded the Chapman, Lambert, and Piles stores. After 1955, it was partitioned, enlarged, and u... 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
Union Pacific Passenger Station, 121 West Fifteenth Street, Cheyenne, ...
Survey number: HABS WY-80 Building/structure dates: 1887 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: ca. 1929 Subsequent Work National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 73001934
Union Pacific Passenger Station, 121 West Fifteenth Street, Cheyenne, ...
Survey number: HABS WY-80 Building/structure dates: 1887 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: ca. 1929 Subsequent Work National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 73001934
Union Pacific Passenger Station, 121 West Fifteenth Street, Cheyenne, ...
Survey number: HABS WY-80 Building/structure dates: 1887 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: ca. 1929 Subsequent Work National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 73001934
Union Pacific Passenger Station, 121 West Fifteenth Street, Cheyenne, ...
Survey number: HABS WY-80 Building/structure dates: 1887 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: ca. 1929 Subsequent Work National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 73001934
Monadnock Block, 53 West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, Cook County, IL
Significance: Designated as a Chicago Architectural Landmark in 1958, the Commission of Chicago Architectural Landmarks cited it: "In recognition of its original design and its historical interest as the highes... More
Monadnock Block, 53 West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, Cook County, IL
Significance: Designated as a Chicago Architectural Landmark in 1958, the Commission of Chicago Architectural Landmarks cited it: "In recognition of its original design and its historical interest as the highes... More
1310 F Street Northwest (Commercial Building), Washington, District of...
Significance: This building forms part of the low scale commercial area north of Pennsylvania Avenue erected in Washington in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. It is one of the three similar c... 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
Town of Locke, Commercial Building, 13947 River Road, Locke, Sacrament...
Significance: This is one of a group of buildings, each separated by a narrow alleyway, that forms the Main Street facade. It is typical of such structures with similar facades, and is a harmonious part of the... 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
Union Square, New York, N.Y. - Public domain image. Dry plate negative...
Picryl description: Public domain image of park architecture, palace, chateau, open space, 18th, and 19th-century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Church Block, 44 Front Street, Bath, Sagadahoc County, ME
Significance: This Victorian brick business block has a first story cast-iron front, made at the Bath Iron Foundry. It was built in 1863 for Oliver Moses. Survey number: HABS ME-157 Building/structure dates:... More
Church Block, 44 Front Street, Bath, Sagadahoc County, ME
Significance: This Victorian brick business block has a first story cast-iron front, made at the Bath Iron Foundry. It was built in 1863 for Oliver Moses. Survey number: HABS ME-157 Building/structure dates:... More
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
Natchez Bluffs & Under-the-Hill Historic District, Silver Street & adj...
Survey number: HABS MS-212 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 72000685
Digel Block (Commercial Buildings), 218-220-222 South Main & 112 Lyon ...
Significance: A good example of the turn of the century small town commercial architecture. The vernacular form includes varied and unusual ornamentation. Digel Block is the last of the commercial buildings con... More
C. M. Reed Block, 22-26 East Fifth Street, Erie, Erie County, PA
Picryl description: Public domain photo of a factory, warehouse, commercial or industrial building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
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
College Hill, Bounded roughly by Olney, Hope, Governor Streets, & Seek...
Significance: College Hill is significant at the national level as a well preserved collection of historic residential, commercial, educational, and religious buildings dating from the early eighteenth century ... More
C. F. Pascoe Undertaking, Park Avenue, Clifton, Greenlee County, AZ
Significance: Associated with commerce in Clifton and the development of Clifton. Survey number: HABS AZ-187 Building/structure dates: 1907 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Numb... More
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
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
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
525 Eleventh Street, Northwest (Commercial), Square 347, Washington, D...
Significance: One of a pair of similar buildings, 525 Eleventh Street is an excellent example of highly decorative brick buildings constructed in downtown Washington in the late 19th century. The richly articul... More
Hightower Building, 15 South Lafayette Street, Lafayette, Chambers Cou...
1988 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Third Place Significance: The Hightower Building, built ca. 1885, is one of the older, more prominent buildings facing the Chambers County Courthouse square. The cast iron store... More
418 Lackawanna Avenue (Commercial Building), Scranton, Lackawanna Coun...
Significance: 418 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
200 Block Main Street (Commercial Buildings), Madison, Jefferson Count...
Survey number: HABS IN-230 Public domain photograph of shopping center, department store building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Donnan-Asher Iron Front Building, 1207-1211 East Main Street, Richmond...
Significance: These two commercial row buildings with full cast-iron fronts were erected on East Main Street during the rebuilding of the area following the disastrous fire of 1865. Survey number: HABS VA-853 ... 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
Bridgeport Downtown, Bridgeport, Jackson County, AL
Significance: Bridgeport's history and small remnants of its built environment are representative of late-nineteenth century speculative "boom towns" that spread through the South and other areas of the United ... More
Bridgeport Downtown, Bridgeport, Jackson County, AL
Significance: Bridgeport's history and small remnants of its built environment are representative of late-nineteenth century speculative "boom towns" that spread through the South and other areas of the United ... More
Merchants & Miners Transportation Company Building, 17 Light Street (1...
Survey number: HABS MD-1112 Public domain photograph of a city streets, cityscape, urban environment, buildings, 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
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
General view east from Post Office, Port Huron, Mich.
Public domain photograph of a city streets, cityscape, urban environment, buildings, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
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
Potomac Aqueduct, Georgetown abutment at Georgetown waterfront, Washin...
Public domain image of a train station in Boston, Massachusetts, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description
Potomac Aqueduct, Georgetown abutment at Georgetown waterfront, Washin...
Public domain image of a train station in Boston, Massachusetts, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description
Potomac Aqueduct, Georgetown abutment at Georgetown waterfront, Washin...
Public domain image of a train station in Boston, Massachusetts, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description
Korn & Wisemiller Building, 202 South Saint Asaph & 502 Prince Streets...
Significance: A late eighteenth century merchant's house built for business and residential needs, this four-square structure invites comparison with Alexandria's best. The "row-end" pediment and the Doric doo... More
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
Journal Building, 46-48 Monument Circle, Indianapolis, Marion County, ...
Significance: The Journal Building was built in 1897 and is the second oldest building on Monument Circle, the focal point of the city plan created in 1821. It is the only surviving nineteenth-century commerci... More
Hungarian Sick Benefit Societies Building, 1406-1418 State Street, Bri...
Significance: The Hungarian Sick Benefit Societies Building, built in 1910, exemplified mixed-use, commercial/residential architecture in early 20th century Bridgeport. The Georgian Revival style building was ... 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
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
J. Burdine Building, 200 East Maple Street, Nicholasville, Jessamine C...
Significance: Original brick building appears to have been Federal vernacular and remodeled into the Greek Revival style. Probably constructed as a single family residence that was altered into commercial use.... More
Big Four Building, 220-226 K Street, Sacramento, Sacramento County, CA
Significance: Originally three separate buildings erected in 1851-1852. The lower floor was occupied by merchants, three of whom later were associated with the founding of the first transcontinental railway li... More
Big Four Building, 220-226 K Street, Sacramento, Sacramento County, CA
Significance: Originally three separate buildings erected in 1851-1852. The lower floor was occupied by merchants, three of whom later were associated with the founding of the first transcontinental railway li... More
Third Street Historic District, Miller Hotel, 217-221 Third Street, Wa...
Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a historic hotel building, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
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
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
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
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
Hart Block, 728 West Main Street, Louisville, Jefferson County, KY
Significance: An excellent example of the late phase of cast-iron commercial facades, the Hart Block remains essentially as constructed, a testimony to the durability of cast-iron when properly maintained. It ... More
Centennial Block, 57-62 North Main Street, Concord, Merrimack County, ...
Significance: The Centennial Block was built for James R. Hill, founder of the company that manufactured the Concord Harness, a superior stage and farm harness. In addition to the Centennial Block, Hill was re... More
Chapin & Gore Building, 63 East Adams Street, Chicago, Cook County, IL
Significance: The Chapin and Gore Building, 1904, was built for a Chicago firm which specialized in the making and distribution of wines and whiskies. The architect, Richard E. Schmidt, was one of a group of C... More
Roger Williams Bank, 27 Market Square, Providence, Providence County, ...
Survey number: HABS RI-37 Building/structure dates: 1823-1824 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1912 Demolished
Smart Block, 6 Main Street, Montello, Marquette County, WI
Picryl description: Public domain image of a department store, commercial building, downtown, shopping center, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
418-420 Reading Road (Commercial Building), Cincinnati, Hamilton Count...
Significance: This structure is a contributing building to the Pendleton area of the Over-the Rhine Historic District, as listed in the National Register. With its mixed use retail/residential character, it is ... More
Nash Building, 901-911 Douglas Street & 902-912 Farnam Street, Omaha, ...
Significance: The 1905-1907 Nash Buildings are an important example of early modern commercial architecture, featuring functional design and structural and fire protection innovations. The buildings, designed ... More
117-119 North Main Street (Commercial Building), Mishawaka, St. Joseph...
Survey number: HABS IN-142 Public domain photograph - historical image of Indiana, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Pier 42 Bulkhead Building, Pier 42, Embarcadero, San Francisco, San Fr...
Picryl description: Public domain image of an industrial building, warehouse, depot, train station, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
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
103 Calle San Jose (Commercial/Residential Bldg.), San Juan, San Juan ...
Significance: This building is an excellent example of the typical town house of 18th Century San Juan. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-16 Survey number: HABS PR-63
103 Calle San Jose (Commercial/Residential Bldg.), San Juan, San Juan ...
Significance: This building is an excellent example of the typical town house of 18th Century San Juan. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-16 Survey number: HABS PR-63
103 Calle San Jose (Commercial/Residential Bldg.), San Juan, San Juan ...
Significance: This building is an excellent example of the typical town house of 18th Century San Juan. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-16 Survey number: HABS PR-63
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
North Eutaw Street, 200 Block (Commercial Buildings), Baltimore, Indep...
Survey number: HABS MD-40 Public domain photograph - city, downtown, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
E. D. Sweeney Building, 102 South Curry Street, Carson City, Carson Ci...
Significance: This is one of the earliest commercial buildings in Carson City, and one of the few brick buildings remaining from the city's earliest years. Located at what was an important intersection, the bu... 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
Woodstock Street Shopping Center, 4500-4550 Lee Highway, Arlington, Ar...
Significance: This low-scale shopping center was built beginning in 1946, and expanded several times until 1962, to serve the Waverly Hills neighborhood of Arlington County. It was constructed of load-bearing m... More
C Street Area Survey (Commercial Buildings), Virginia City, Storey Cou...
Survey number: HABS NV-15-1 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000458
C Street Area Survey (Commercial Buildings), Virginia City, Storey Cou...
Survey number: HABS NV-15-1 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000458
Solari's Building, Columbia State Historical Park, Columbia, Tuolumne ...
Survey number: HABS CA-1144 Public domain photograph - 1930s California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Pritchard Building, 207-211 Bank Street, Waterbury, New Haven County, ...
Significance: The Pritchard Building, built for and initially operated by one of Waterbury's older and wealthier families, is one of three city buildings built in the Richardsonian Romanesque style. The buildi... More
Davis-Byrne Building, 2134-2140 Dwight Way, Berkeley, Alameda County, ...
Significance: The Davis-Byrne Building is a characteristic example of a once-common building type distinguished by its unusually high degree of integrity, including its unaltered storefronts. As a building typ... More
Davis-Byrne Building, 2134-2140 Dwight Way, Berkeley, Alameda County, ...
Significance: The Davis-Byrne Building is a characteristic example of a once-common building type distinguished by its unusually high degree of integrity, including its unaltered storefronts. As a building typ... 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