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Stamford Post Office, 421 Atlantic Street, Stamford, Fairfield County, CT

Stamford Post Office, 421 Atlantic Street, Stamford, Fairfield County,...

Significance: Designed in 1914 and completed in 1916, the Stamford Post Office is an excellent example of an eclectic Neo-Renaissance style federal building constructed in the early twentieth century. As empha... More

Stamford Post Office, 421 Atlantic Street, Stamford, Fairfield County, CT

Stamford Post Office, 421 Atlantic Street, Stamford, Fairfield County,...

Significance: Designed in 1914 and completed in 1916, the Stamford Post Office is an excellent example of an eclectic Neo-Renaissance style federal building constructed in the early twentieth century. As empha... More

Stamford Post Office, 421 Atlantic Street, Stamford, Fairfield County, CT

Stamford Post Office, 421 Atlantic Street, Stamford, Fairfield County,...

Significance: Designed in 1914 and completed in 1916, the Stamford Post Office is an excellent example of an eclectic Neo-Renaissance style federal building constructed in the early twentieth century. As empha... More

Gaineswood, 805 South Cedar Street, Demopolis, Marengo County, AL

Gaineswood, 805 South Cedar Street, Demopolis, Marengo County, AL

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-29 Survey number: HABS AL-211 Building/structure dates: 1842 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: ca. 1910 Subsequent Work National R... More

Gaineswood, 805 South Cedar Street, Demopolis, Marengo County, AL

Gaineswood, 805 South Cedar Street, Demopolis, Marengo County, AL

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-29 Survey number: HABS AL-211 Building/structure dates: 1842 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: ca. 1910 Subsequent Work National R... More

Gaineswood, 805 South Cedar Street, Demopolis, Marengo County, AL

Gaineswood, 805 South Cedar Street, Demopolis, Marengo County, AL

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-29 Survey number: HABS AL-211 Building/structure dates: 1842 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: ca. 1910 Subsequent Work National R... More

Gaineswood, 805 South Cedar Street, Demopolis, Marengo County, AL

Gaineswood, 805 South Cedar Street, Demopolis, Marengo County, AL

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-29 Survey number: HABS AL-211 Building/structure dates: 1842 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: ca. 1910 Subsequent Work National R... More

Gaineswood, 805 South Cedar Street, Demopolis, Marengo County, AL

Gaineswood, 805 South Cedar Street, Demopolis, Marengo County, AL

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-29 Survey number: HABS AL-211 Building/structure dates: 1842 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: ca. 1910 Subsequent Work National R... More

The Elms, Bellevue Avenue, Newport, Newport County, RI

The Elms, Bellevue Avenue, Newport, Newport County, RI

Significance: "The Elms," completed in 1901, is an example of the European tradition of palaces interpreted in Newport in the Age of Elegance. Survey number: HABS RI-344 Building/structure dates: 1901 Initial... More

The Elms, Bellevue Avenue, Newport, Newport County, RI

The Elms, Bellevue Avenue, Newport, Newport County, RI

Significance: "The Elms," completed in 1901, is an example of the European tradition of palaces interpreted in Newport in the Age of Elegance. Survey number: HABS RI-344 Building/structure dates: 1901 Initial... More

Smyth-Letherbury House, 107 Water Street, Chestertown, Kent County, MD

Smyth-Letherbury House, 107 Water Street, Chestertown, Kent County, MD

Significance: The affluence and influence of late eighteenth century Chestertown as a college town on a navigable river is exemplified by the architecture of "River House," a waterfront residence. Survey numbe... More

Smyth-Letherbury House, 107 Water Street, Chestertown, Kent County, MD

Smyth-Letherbury House, 107 Water Street, Chestertown, Kent County, MD

Significance: The affluence and influence of late eighteenth century Chestertown as a college town on a navigable river is exemplified by the architecture of "River House," a waterfront residence. Survey numbe... More

Smyth-Letherbury House, 107 Water Street, Chestertown, Kent County, MD

Smyth-Letherbury House, 107 Water Street, Chestertown, Kent County, MD

Significance: The affluence and influence of late eighteenth century Chestertown as a college town on a navigable river is exemplified by the architecture of "River House," a waterfront residence. Survey numbe... More

National Archives, Constitution Avenue, between Seventh & Ninth Streets Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

National Archives, Constitution Avenue, between Seventh & Ninth Street...

Significance: Serves as central archival repository of most important United States documents. Survey number: HABS DC-296 Building/structure dates: 1931-1937 Initial Construction National Register of Histor... More

National Archives, Constitution Avenue, between Seventh & Ninth Streets Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

National Archives, Constitution Avenue, between Seventh & Ninth Street...

Significance: Serves as central archival repository of most important United States documents. Survey number: HABS DC-296 Building/structure dates: 1931-1937 Initial Construction National Register of Histor... More

Wilmington City Hall-Thalian Hall, 102 North Third Street, Wilmington, New Hanover County, NC

Wilmington City Hall-Thalian Hall, 102 North Third Street, Wilmington,...

Significance: Wilmington City Hall/Thalian Hall has housed city government and community theater continuously since 1855. Designed by John Montague Trimble, the building is of restrained, neo-classical design w... More

National Park Seminary, Gymnasium, North of Linden Lane, south of Aloha House, Silver Spring, Montgomery County, MD

National Park Seminary, Gymnasium, North of Linden Lane, south of Aloh...

Significance: Housing the gymnasium in one of the campus' most prominent and ornate building illustrated the importance of athletics at the school. It was, perhaps, an attempt to relate the ancient world's cel... More

National Park Seminary, Gymnasium, North of Linden Lane, south of Aloha House, Silver Spring, Montgomery County, MD

National Park Seminary, Gymnasium, North of Linden Lane, south of Aloh...

Significance: Housing the gymnasium in one of the campus' most prominent and ornate building illustrated the importance of athletics at the school. It was, perhaps, an attempt to relate the ancient world's cel... More

Edward Carrington House, 66 Williams Street, Providence, Providence County, RI

Edward Carrington House, 66 Williams Street, Providence, Providence Co...

Significance: This brick mansion was the home of General Edward Carrington, a very successful merchant and trader who assembled an outstanding collection of furnishings, including many Chinese things, for this ... More

Edward Carrington House, 66 Williams Street, Providence, Providence County, RI

Edward Carrington House, 66 Williams Street, Providence, Providence Co...

Significance: This brick mansion was the home of General Edward Carrington, a very successful merchant and trader who assembled an outstanding collection of furnishings, including many Chinese things, for this ... More

Edward Carrington House, 66 Williams Street, Providence, Providence County, RI

Edward Carrington House, 66 Williams Street, Providence, Providence Co...

Significance: This brick mansion was the home of General Edward Carrington, a very successful merchant and trader who assembled an outstanding collection of furnishings, including many Chinese things, for this ... More

Edward Carrington House, 66 Williams Street, Providence, Providence County, RI

Edward Carrington House, 66 Williams Street, Providence, Providence Co...

Significance: This brick mansion was the home of General Edward Carrington, a very successful merchant and trader who assembled an outstanding collection of furnishings, including many Chinese things, for this ... More

The Breakers, Ochre Point Avenue, Newport, Newport County, RI

The Breakers, Ochre Point Avenue, Newport, Newport County, RI

Significance: Modeled on the north Italian Villas of Genoa and Turin, "The Breakers" was designed by Richard Morris Hunt. The last of the great Vanderbilt houses he designed, it was erected between 1893 and 18... More

The Breakers, Ochre Point Avenue, Newport, Newport County, RI

The Breakers, Ochre Point Avenue, Newport, Newport County, RI

Significance: Modeled on the north Italian Villas of Genoa and Turin, "The Breakers" was designed by Richard Morris Hunt. The last of the great Vanderbilt houses he designed, it was erected between 1893 and 18... More

The Breakers, Ochre Point Avenue, Newport, Newport County, RI

The Breakers, Ochre Point Avenue, Newport, Newport County, RI

Significance: Modeled on the north Italian Villas of Genoa and Turin, "The Breakers" was designed by Richard Morris Hunt. The last of the great Vanderbilt houses he designed, it was erected between 1893 and 18... More

The Breakers, Ochre Point Avenue, Newport, Newport County, RI

The Breakers, Ochre Point Avenue, Newport, Newport County, RI

Significance: Modeled on the north Italian Villas of Genoa and Turin, "The Breakers" was designed by Richard Morris Hunt. The last of the great Vanderbilt houses he designed, it was erected between 1893 and 18... More

The Breakers, Ochre Point Avenue, Newport, Newport County, RI

The Breakers, Ochre Point Avenue, Newport, Newport County, RI

Significance: Modeled on the north Italian Villas of Genoa and Turin, "The Breakers" was designed by Richard Morris Hunt. The last of the great Vanderbilt houses he designed, it was erected between 1893 and 18... More

Linden Place, 500 Hope Street, Bristol, Bristol County, RI

Linden Place, 500 Hope Street, Bristol, Bristol County, RI

Significance: Linden Place, built in 1810 for General George DeWolf, is an outstanding example of the in-town estates built by the merchant elite in the early 19th century. The mansion, in the heart of Bristol... More

Clark Howell Homes, Anne Wallace Branch Carnegie Library, 538 Luckie Street, Atlanta, Fulton County, GA

Clark Howell Homes, Anne Wallace Branch Carnegie Library, 538 Luckie S...

Significance: The Anne Wallace Branch Carnegie Library was the first branch library in Atlanta. Built in 1908, and named after the first librarian of the Carnegie Library System of Atlanta (predecessor to the F... More

Pension Building, 440 G Street Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Pension Building, 440 G Street Northwest, Washington, District of Colu...

Significance: The Pension Building was erected in 1883 at a cost of $900,000, as a memorial to the veterans of the Civil War. From 1885 until 1926 it was occupied by the Bureau of Pensions. The latter years t... More

Pension Building, 440 G Street Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Pension Building, 440 G Street Northwest, Washington, District of Colu...

Significance: The Pension Building was erected in 1883 at a cost of $900,000, as a memorial to the veterans of the Civil War. From 1885 until 1926 it was occupied by the Bureau of Pensions. The latter years t... More

Pension Building, 440 G Street Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Pension Building, 440 G Street Northwest, Washington, District of Colu...

Significance: The Pension Building was erected in 1883 at a cost of $900,000, as a memorial to the veterans of the Civil War. From 1885 until 1926 it was occupied by the Bureau of Pensions. The latter years t... More

Pension Building, 440 G Street Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Pension Building, 440 G Street Northwest, Washington, District of Colu...

Significance: The Pension Building was erected in 1883 at a cost of $900,000, as a memorial to the veterans of the Civil War. From 1885 until 1926 it was occupied by the Bureau of Pensions. The latter years t... More

Pension Building, 440 G Street Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Pension Building, 440 G Street Northwest, Washington, District of Colu...

Significance: The Pension Building was erected in 1883 at a cost of $900,000, as a memorial to the veterans of the Civil War. From 1885 until 1926 it was occupied by the Bureau of Pensions. The latter years t... More

Pension Building, 440 G Street Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Pension Building, 440 G Street Northwest, Washington, District of Colu...

Significance: The Pension Building was erected in 1883 at a cost of $900,000, as a memorial to the veterans of the Civil War. From 1885 until 1926 it was occupied by the Bureau of Pensions. The latter years t... More

United States General Post Office, Between Seventh, Eighth, E, & F Streets, Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

United States General Post Office, Between Seventh, Eighth, E, & F Str...

Significance: A mid-nineteenth century federal office building with important historical associations and notable architectural character; a landmark of the national capital. Survey number: HABS DC-219 Buil... More

United States General Post Office, Between Seventh, Eighth, E, & F Streets, Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

United States General Post Office, Between Seventh, Eighth, E, & F Str...

Significance: A mid-nineteenth century federal office building with important historical associations and notable architectural character; a landmark of the national capital. Survey number: HABS DC-219 Buil... More

United States General Post Office, Between Seventh, Eighth, E, & F Streets, Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

United States General Post Office, Between Seventh, Eighth, E, & F Str...

Significance: A mid-nineteenth century federal office building with important historical associations and notable architectural character; a landmark of the national capital. Survey number: HABS DC-219 Buil... More

Stamford Post Office, 421 Atlantic Street, Stamford, Fairfield County, CT

Stamford Post Office, 421 Atlantic Street, Stamford, Fairfield County,...

Significance: Designed in 1914 and completed in 1916, the Stamford Post Office is an excellent example of an eclectic Neo-Renaissance style federal building constructed in the early twentieth century. As empha... More

Stamford Post Office, 421 Atlantic Street, Stamford, Fairfield County, CT

Stamford Post Office, 421 Atlantic Street, Stamford, Fairfield County,...

Significance: Designed in 1914 and completed in 1916, the Stamford Post Office is an excellent example of an eclectic Neo-Renaissance style federal building constructed in the early twentieth century. As empha... More

Stamford Post Office, 421 Atlantic Street, Stamford, Fairfield County, CT

Stamford Post Office, 421 Atlantic Street, Stamford, Fairfield County,...

Significance: Designed in 1914 and completed in 1916, the Stamford Post Office is an excellent example of an eclectic Neo-Renaissance style federal building constructed in the early twentieth century. As empha... More

Stamford Post Office, 421 Atlantic Street, Stamford, Fairfield County, CT

Stamford Post Office, 421 Atlantic Street, Stamford, Fairfield County,...

Significance: Designed in 1914 and completed in 1916, the Stamford Post Office is an excellent example of an eclectic Neo-Renaissance style federal building constructed in the early twentieth century. As empha... More

Gaineswood, 805 South Cedar Street, Demopolis, Marengo County, AL

Gaineswood, 805 South Cedar Street, Demopolis, Marengo County, AL

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-29 Survey number: HABS AL-211 Building/structure dates: 1842 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: ca. 1910 Subsequent Work National R... More

Gaineswood, 805 South Cedar Street, Demopolis, Marengo County, AL

Gaineswood, 805 South Cedar Street, Demopolis, Marengo County, AL

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-29 Survey number: HABS AL-211 Building/structure dates: 1842 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: ca. 1910 Subsequent Work National R... More

Gaineswood, 805 South Cedar Street, Demopolis, Marengo County, AL

Gaineswood, 805 South Cedar Street, Demopolis, Marengo County, AL

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-29 Survey number: HABS AL-211 Building/structure dates: 1842 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: ca. 1910 Subsequent Work National R... More

Gaineswood, 805 South Cedar Street, Demopolis, Marengo County, AL

Gaineswood, 805 South Cedar Street, Demopolis, Marengo County, AL

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-29 Survey number: HABS AL-211 Building/structure dates: 1842 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: ca. 1910 Subsequent Work National R... More

Gaineswood, 805 South Cedar Street, Demopolis, Marengo County, AL

Gaineswood, 805 South Cedar Street, Demopolis, Marengo County, AL

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-29 Survey number: HABS AL-211 Building/structure dates: 1842 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: ca. 1910 Subsequent Work National R... More

Gaineswood, 805 South Cedar Street, Demopolis, Marengo County, AL

Gaineswood, 805 South Cedar Street, Demopolis, Marengo County, AL

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-29 Survey number: HABS AL-211 Building/structure dates: 1842 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: ca. 1910 Subsequent Work National R... More

Gaineswood, 805 South Cedar Street, Demopolis, Marengo County, AL

Gaineswood, 805 South Cedar Street, Demopolis, Marengo County, AL

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-29 Survey number: HABS AL-211 Building/structure dates: 1842 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: ca. 1910 Subsequent Work National R... More

The Elms, Bellevue Avenue, Newport, Newport County, RI

The Elms, Bellevue Avenue, Newport, Newport County, RI

Significance: "The Elms," completed in 1901, is an example of the European tradition of palaces interpreted in Newport in the Age of Elegance. Survey number: HABS RI-344 Building/structure dates: 1901 Initial... More

The Elms, Bellevue Avenue, Newport, Newport County, RI

The Elms, Bellevue Avenue, Newport, Newport County, RI

Significance: "The Elms," completed in 1901, is an example of the European tradition of palaces interpreted in Newport in the Age of Elegance. Survey number: HABS RI-344 Building/structure dates: 1901 Initial... More

The Elms, Bellevue Avenue, Newport, Newport County, RI

The Elms, Bellevue Avenue, Newport, Newport County, RI

Significance: "The Elms," completed in 1901, is an example of the European tradition of palaces interpreted in Newport in the Age of Elegance. Survey number: HABS RI-344 Building/structure dates: 1901 Initial... More

Corinthian column and capital From the monument of Lysicrates : Fig. 1, column, base, and capital.

Corinthian column and capital From the monument of Lysicrates : Fig. 1...

Public domain scan of lithograph illustration, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Smyth-Letherbury House, 107 Water Street, Chestertown, Kent County, MD

Smyth-Letherbury House, 107 Water Street, Chestertown, Kent County, MD

Significance: The affluence and influence of late eighteenth century Chestertown as a college town on a navigable river is exemplified by the architecture of "River House," a waterfront residence. Survey numbe... More

Smyth-Letherbury House, 107 Water Street, Chestertown, Kent County, MD

Smyth-Letherbury House, 107 Water Street, Chestertown, Kent County, MD

Significance: The affluence and influence of late eighteenth century Chestertown as a college town on a navigable river is exemplified by the architecture of "River House," a waterfront residence. Survey numbe... More

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

Touro Synagogue, Congregation Jeshuat Israel, 85 Touro Street, Newport...

Significance: Touro Synagogue is perhaps Peter Harrison's most successful building. Although it presents a most severe facade to the street, the interior treatment, including carved wooden furnishings and gall... More

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

Touro Synagogue, Congregation Jeshuat Israel, 85 Touro Street, Newport...

Significance: Touro Synagogue is perhaps Peter Harrison's most successful building. Although it presents a most severe facade to the street, the interior treatment, including carved wooden furnishings and gall... More

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

Touro Synagogue, Congregation Jeshuat Israel, 85 Touro Street, Newport...

Significance: Touro Synagogue is perhaps Peter Harrison's most successful building. Although it presents a most severe facade to the street, the interior treatment, including carved wooden furnishings and gall... More

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

Touro Synagogue, Congregation Jeshuat Israel, 85 Touro Street, Newport...

Significance: Touro Synagogue is perhaps Peter Harrison's most successful building. Although it presents a most severe facade to the street, the interior treatment, including carved wooden furnishings and gall... More

National Park Seminary, Gymnasium, North of Linden Lane, south of Aloha House, Silver Spring, Montgomery County, MD

National Park Seminary, Gymnasium, North of Linden Lane, south of Aloh...

Significance: Housing the gymnasium in one of the campus' most prominent and ornate building illustrated the importance of athletics at the school. It was, perhaps, an attempt to relate the ancient world's cel... More

National Park Seminary, Gymnasium, North of Linden Lane, south of Aloha House, Silver Spring, Montgomery County, MD

National Park Seminary, Gymnasium, North of Linden Lane, south of Aloh...

Significance: Housing the gymnasium in one of the campus' most prominent and ornate building illustrated the importance of athletics at the school. It was, perhaps, an attempt to relate the ancient world's cel... More

Edward Carrington House, 66 Williams Street, Providence, Providence County, RI

Edward Carrington House, 66 Williams Street, Providence, Providence Co...

Significance: This brick mansion was the home of General Edward Carrington, a very successful merchant and trader who assembled an outstanding collection of furnishings, including many Chinese things, for this ... More

Edward Carrington House, 66 Williams Street, Providence, Providence County, RI

Edward Carrington House, 66 Williams Street, Providence, Providence Co...

Significance: This brick mansion was the home of General Edward Carrington, a very successful merchant and trader who assembled an outstanding collection of furnishings, including many Chinese things, for this ... More

Edward Carrington House, 66 Williams Street, Providence, Providence County, RI

Edward Carrington House, 66 Williams Street, Providence, Providence Co...

Significance: This brick mansion was the home of General Edward Carrington, a very successful merchant and trader who assembled an outstanding collection of furnishings, including many Chinese things, for this ... More

Edward Carrington House, 66 Williams Street, Providence, Providence County, RI

Edward Carrington House, 66 Williams Street, Providence, Providence Co...

Significance: This brick mansion was the home of General Edward Carrington, a very successful merchant and trader who assembled an outstanding collection of furnishings, including many Chinese things, for this ... More

The Breakers, Ochre Point Avenue, Newport, Newport County, RI

The Breakers, Ochre Point Avenue, Newport, Newport County, RI

Significance: Modeled on the north Italian Villas of Genoa and Turin, "The Breakers" was designed by Richard Morris Hunt. The last of the great Vanderbilt houses he designed, it was erected between 1893 and 18... More

The Breakers, Ochre Point Avenue, Newport, Newport County, RI

The Breakers, Ochre Point Avenue, Newport, Newport County, RI

Significance: Modeled on the north Italian Villas of Genoa and Turin, "The Breakers" was designed by Richard Morris Hunt. The last of the great Vanderbilt houses he designed, it was erected between 1893 and 18... More

The Breakers, Ochre Point Avenue, Newport, Newport County, RI

The Breakers, Ochre Point Avenue, Newport, Newport County, RI

Significance: Modeled on the north Italian Villas of Genoa and Turin, "The Breakers" was designed by Richard Morris Hunt. The last of the great Vanderbilt houses he designed, it was erected between 1893 and 18... More

Linden Place, 500 Hope Street, Bristol, Bristol County, RI

Linden Place, 500 Hope Street, Bristol, Bristol County, RI

Significance: Linden Place, built in 1810 for General George DeWolf, is an outstanding example of the in-town estates built by the merchant elite in the early 19th century. The mansion, in the heart of Bristol... More

Levi Gale House, 89 Touro Street (moved from Washington Square), Newport, Newport County, RI

Levi Gale House, 89 Touro Street (moved from Washington Square), Newpo...

Significance: This house was designed by Russell Warren, one of Rhode Island's most distinguished architects of the 19th century. With its strong cubic shape and rich Corinthian decoration, it is an important ... More

Clark Howell Homes, Anne Wallace Branch Carnegie Library, 538 Luckie Street, Atlanta, Fulton County, GA

Clark Howell Homes, Anne Wallace Branch Carnegie Library, 538 Luckie S...

Significance: The Anne Wallace Branch Carnegie Library was the first branch library in Atlanta. Built in 1908, and named after the first librarian of the Carnegie Library System of Atlanta (predecessor to the F... More

Pension Building, 440 G Street Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Pension Building, 440 G Street Northwest, Washington, District of Colu...

Significance: The Pension Building was erected in 1883 at a cost of $900,000, as a memorial to the veterans of the Civil War. From 1885 until 1926 it was occupied by the Bureau of Pensions. The latter years t... More

Pension Building, 440 G Street Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Pension Building, 440 G Street Northwest, Washington, District of Colu...

Significance: The Pension Building was erected in 1883 at a cost of $900,000, as a memorial to the veterans of the Civil War. From 1885 until 1926 it was occupied by the Bureau of Pensions. The latter years t... More

Pension Building, 440 G Street Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Pension Building, 440 G Street Northwest, Washington, District of Colu...

Significance: The Pension Building was erected in 1883 at a cost of $900,000, as a memorial to the veterans of the Civil War. From 1885 until 1926 it was occupied by the Bureau of Pensions. The latter years t... More

Pension Building, 440 G Street Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Pension Building, 440 G Street Northwest, Washington, District of Colu...

Significance: The Pension Building was erected in 1883 at a cost of $900,000, as a memorial to the veterans of the Civil War. From 1885 until 1926 it was occupied by the Bureau of Pensions. The latter years t... More

Pension Building, 440 G Street Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Pension Building, 440 G Street Northwest, Washington, District of Colu...

Significance: The Pension Building was erected in 1883 at a cost of $900,000, as a memorial to the veterans of the Civil War. From 1885 until 1926 it was occupied by the Bureau of Pensions. The latter years t... More

Pension Building, 440 G Street Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Pension Building, 440 G Street Northwest, Washington, District of Colu...

Significance: The Pension Building was erected in 1883 at a cost of $900,000, as a memorial to the veterans of the Civil War. From 1885 until 1926 it was occupied by the Bureau of Pensions. The latter years t... More

United States General Post Office, Between Seventh, Eighth, E, & F Streets, Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

United States General Post Office, Between Seventh, Eighth, E, & F Str...

Significance: A mid-nineteenth century federal office building with important historical associations and notable architectural character; a landmark of the national capital. Survey number: HABS DC-219 Buil... More

United States General Post Office, Between Seventh, Eighth, E, & F Streets, Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

United States General Post Office, Between Seventh, Eighth, E, & F Str...

Significance: A mid-nineteenth century federal office building with important historical associations and notable architectural character; a landmark of the national capital. Survey number: HABS DC-219 Buil... More

United States General Post Office, Between Seventh, Eighth, E, & F Streets, Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

United States General Post Office, Between Seventh, Eighth, E, & F Str...

Significance: A mid-nineteenth century federal office building with important historical associations and notable architectural character; a landmark of the national capital. Survey number: HABS DC-219 Buil... More

United States General Post Office, Between Seventh, Eighth, E, & F Streets, Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

United States General Post Office, Between Seventh, Eighth, E, & F Str...

Significance: A mid-nineteenth century federal office building with important historical associations and notable architectural character; a landmark of the national capital. Survey number: HABS DC-219 Buil... More

United States General Post Office, Between Seventh, Eighth, E, & F Streets, Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

United States General Post Office, Between Seventh, Eighth, E, & F Str...

Significance: A mid-nineteenth century federal office building with important historical associations and notable architectural character; a landmark of the national capital. Survey number: HABS DC-219 Buil... More

James E. D. Lanier House, 511 West First Street, Madison, Jefferson County, IN

James E. D. Lanier House, 511 West First Street, Madison, Jefferson Co...

Significance: Designed by locally prominent Madison architect Francis Costigan (1810-1865) and built in 1843-44. The fine proportions and elegant presence of this classical brick structure are emphasized by the... More

Stamford Post Office, 421 Atlantic Street, Stamford, Fairfield County, CT

Stamford Post Office, 421 Atlantic Street, Stamford, Fairfield County,...

Significance: Designed in 1914 and completed in 1916, the Stamford Post Office is an excellent example of an eclectic Neo-Renaissance style federal building constructed in the early twentieth century. As empha... More

Stamford Post Office, 421 Atlantic Street, Stamford, Fairfield County, CT

Stamford Post Office, 421 Atlantic Street, Stamford, Fairfield County,...

Significance: Designed in 1914 and completed in 1916, the Stamford Post Office is an excellent example of an eclectic Neo-Renaissance style federal building constructed in the early twentieth century. As empha... More

Stamford Post Office, 421 Atlantic Street, Stamford, Fairfield County, CT

Stamford Post Office, 421 Atlantic Street, Stamford, Fairfield County,...

Significance: Designed in 1914 and completed in 1916, the Stamford Post Office is an excellent example of an eclectic Neo-Renaissance style federal building constructed in the early twentieth century. As empha... More

Stamford Post Office, 421 Atlantic Street, Stamford, Fairfield County, CT

Stamford Post Office, 421 Atlantic Street, Stamford, Fairfield County,...

Significance: Designed in 1914 and completed in 1916, the Stamford Post Office is an excellent example of an eclectic Neo-Renaissance style federal building constructed in the early twentieth century. As empha... More

Stamford Post Office, 421 Atlantic Street, Stamford, Fairfield County, CT

Stamford Post Office, 421 Atlantic Street, Stamford, Fairfield County,...

Significance: Designed in 1914 and completed in 1916, the Stamford Post Office is an excellent example of an eclectic Neo-Renaissance style federal building constructed in the early twentieth century. As empha... More

Stamford Post Office, 421 Atlantic Street, Stamford, Fairfield County, CT

Stamford Post Office, 421 Atlantic Street, Stamford, Fairfield County,...

Significance: Designed in 1914 and completed in 1916, the Stamford Post Office is an excellent example of an eclectic Neo-Renaissance style federal building constructed in the early twentieth century. As empha... More

Gaineswood, 805 South Cedar Street, Demopolis, Marengo County, AL

Gaineswood, 805 South Cedar Street, Demopolis, Marengo County, AL

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-29 Survey number: HABS AL-211 Building/structure dates: 1842 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: ca. 1910 Subsequent Work National R... More

Gaineswood, 805 South Cedar Street, Demopolis, Marengo County, AL

Gaineswood, 805 South Cedar Street, Demopolis, Marengo County, AL

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-29 Survey number: HABS AL-211 Building/structure dates: 1842 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: ca. 1910 Subsequent Work National R... More

Gaineswood, 805 South Cedar Street, Demopolis, Marengo County, AL

Gaineswood, 805 South Cedar Street, Demopolis, Marengo County, AL

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-29 Survey number: HABS AL-211 Building/structure dates: 1842 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: ca. 1910 Subsequent Work National R... More

Gaineswood, 805 South Cedar Street, Demopolis, Marengo County, AL

Gaineswood, 805 South Cedar Street, Demopolis, Marengo County, AL

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-29 Survey number: HABS AL-211 Building/structure dates: 1842 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: ca. 1910 Subsequent Work National R... More

Gaineswood, 805 South Cedar Street, Demopolis, Marengo County, AL

Gaineswood, 805 South Cedar Street, Demopolis, Marengo County, AL

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-29 Survey number: HABS AL-211 Building/structure dates: 1842 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: ca. 1910 Subsequent Work National R... More

Gaineswood, 805 South Cedar Street, Demopolis, Marengo County, AL

Gaineswood, 805 South Cedar Street, Demopolis, Marengo County, AL

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-29 Survey number: HABS AL-211 Building/structure dates: 1842 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: ca. 1910 Subsequent Work National R... More

Gaineswood, 805 South Cedar Street, Demopolis, Marengo County, AL

Gaineswood, 805 South Cedar Street, Demopolis, Marengo County, AL

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-29 Survey number: HABS AL-211 Building/structure dates: 1842 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: ca. 1910 Subsequent Work National R... More

Gaineswood, 805 South Cedar Street, Demopolis, Marengo County, AL

Gaineswood, 805 South Cedar Street, Demopolis, Marengo County, AL

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-29 Survey number: HABS AL-211 Building/structure dates: 1842 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: ca. 1910 Subsequent Work National R... More

Smyth-Letherbury House, 107 Water Street, Chestertown, Kent County, MD

Smyth-Letherbury House, 107 Water Street, Chestertown, Kent County, MD

Significance: The affluence and influence of late eighteenth century Chestertown as a college town on a navigable river is exemplified by the architecture of "River House," a waterfront residence. Survey numbe... More

Smyth-Letherbury House, 107 Water Street, Chestertown, Kent County, MD

Smyth-Letherbury House, 107 Water Street, Chestertown, Kent County, MD

Significance: The affluence and influence of late eighteenth century Chestertown as a college town on a navigable river is exemplified by the architecture of "River House," a waterfront residence. Survey numbe... More

Smyth-Letherbury House, 107 Water Street, Chestertown, Kent County, MD

Smyth-Letherbury House, 107 Water Street, Chestertown, Kent County, MD

Significance: The affluence and influence of late eighteenth century Chestertown as a college town on a navigable river is exemplified by the architecture of "River House," a waterfront residence. Survey numbe... More

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