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Hitching Post Hill, 3308 Rosemary Lane, Hyattsville, Prince George's County, MD

Hitching Post Hill, 3308 Rosemary Lane, Hyattsville, Prince George's C...

Significance: Hitching Post Hill, built ca. 1840, is a good example of Greek revival architecture, a style not commonly found in Prince George's County. The property was purchased in 1875 by General Edward F. ... More

Green Gables, 329 Albion Avenue, Woodside, San Mateo County, CA

Green Gables, 329 Albion Avenue, Woodside, San Mateo County, CA

Significance: Well-proportioned mansion which boasts an obvious sensitivity to its site. The English country house with distinctive roof has an interior more austere than the Greenes' usual, but still well cra... More

Green Gables, 329 Albion Avenue, Woodside, San Mateo County, CA

Green Gables, 329 Albion Avenue, Woodside, San Mateo County, CA

Significance: Well-proportioned mansion which boasts an obvious sensitivity to its site. The English country house with distinctive roof has an interior more austere than the Greenes' usual, but still well cra... More

Green Gables, 329 Albion Avenue, Woodside, San Mateo County, CA

Green Gables, 329 Albion Avenue, Woodside, San Mateo County, CA

Significance: Well-proportioned mansion which boasts an obvious sensitivity to its site. The English country house with distinctive roof has an interior more austere than the Greenes' usual, but still well cra... More

Green Gables, 329 Albion Avenue, Woodside, San Mateo County, CA

Green Gables, 329 Albion Avenue, Woodside, San Mateo County, CA

Significance: Well-proportioned mansion which boasts an obvious sensitivity to its site. The English country house with distinctive roof has an interior more austere than the Greenes' usual, but still well cra... More

Green Gables, 329 Albion Avenue, Woodside, San Mateo County, CA

Green Gables, 329 Albion Avenue, Woodside, San Mateo County, CA

Significance: Well-proportioned mansion which boasts an obvious sensitivity to its site. The English country house with distinctive roof has an interior more austere than the Greenes' usual, but still well cra... More

Lanrick Manor, 137 South River Road, Yardley, Bucks County, PA

Lanrick Manor, 137 South River Road, Yardley, Bucks County, PA

Significance: A well-preserved example of an early 19th century Federal-style residence, executed in Bucks County field stone. This formal, finely detailed style of architecture was popular among the County's w... More

Lanrick Manor, 137 South River Road, Yardley, Bucks County, PA

Lanrick Manor, 137 South River Road, Yardley, Bucks County, PA

Significance: A well-preserved example of an early 19th century Federal-style residence, executed in Bucks County field stone. This formal, finely detailed style of architecture was popular among the County's w... More

Oxon Hill Manor, 6701 Oxon Hill Road, Oxon Hill, Prince George's County, MD

Oxon Hill Manor, 6701 Oxon Hill Road, Oxon Hill, Prince George's Count...

Significance: This notable neo-Georgian country mansion was designed in 1928 by Jules Henri de Sibour for Sumner Welles, career diplomat and Under Secretary of State in the administration of Franklin D. Rooseve... More

Oxon Hill Manor, 6701 Oxon Hill Road, Oxon Hill, Prince George's County, MD

Oxon Hill Manor, 6701 Oxon Hill Road, Oxon Hill, Prince George's Count...

Significance: This notable neo-Georgian country mansion was designed in 1928 by Jules Henri de Sibour for Sumner Welles, career diplomat and Under Secretary of State in the administration of Franklin D. Rooseve... More

Wilson Estate, Tree Tops, 9100 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, Montgomery County, MD

Wilson Estate, Tree Tops, 9100 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, Montgomery Co...

Significance: Constructed in 1926 to the design of architect Edward Clarence Dean, Tree Tops served until 1942 as the main residence for Luke I. and Helen W. Wilson and the focal point of a large estate that in... More

Wilson Estate, Tree Tops, 9100 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, Montgomery County, MD

Wilson Estate, Tree Tops, 9100 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, Montgomery Co...

Significance: Constructed in 1926 to the design of architect Edward Clarence Dean, Tree Tops served until 1942 as the main residence for Luke I. and Helen W. Wilson and the focal point of a large estate that in... More

The Cedars, Nottingham, Anne Arundel County, MD

The Cedars, Nottingham, Anne Arundel County, MD

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-31 Survey number: HABS MD-51 Building/structure dates: 1734 Building/structure dates: 1800

The Cedars, Nottingham, Anne Arundel County, MD

The Cedars, Nottingham, Anne Arundel County, MD

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-31 Survey number: HABS MD-51 Building/structure dates: 1734 Building/structure dates: 1800

Sophia's Dairy, Pulaski Highway vicinity, Belcamp, Harford County, MD

Sophia's Dairy, Pulaski Highway vicinity, Belcamp, Harford County, MD

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-11, FN-12 Survey number: HABS MD-8 Building/structure dates: 1768 Initial Construction

Sophia's Dairy, Pulaski Highway vicinity, Belcamp, Harford County, MD

Sophia's Dairy, Pulaski Highway vicinity, Belcamp, Harford County, MD

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-11, FN-12 Survey number: HABS MD-8 Building/structure dates: 1768 Initial Construction

Sophia's Dairy, Pulaski Highway vicinity, Belcamp, Harford County, MD

Sophia's Dairy, Pulaski Highway vicinity, Belcamp, Harford County, MD

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-11, FN-12 Survey number: HABS MD-8 Building/structure dates: 1768 Initial Construction

Liriodendron, 502 West Gordon Street, Bel Air, Harford County, MD

Liriodendron, 502 West Gordon Street, Bel Air, Harford County, MD

Liriodendron documentation includes photographs of main house & two nearby farmhouses Survey number: HABS MD-327

Liriodendron, 502 West Gordon Street, Bel Air, Harford County, MD

Liriodendron, 502 West Gordon Street, Bel Air, Harford County, MD

Liriodendron documentation includes photographs of main house & two nearby farmhouses Survey number: HABS MD-327

Clover Fields, Forman's Lodge Road, Wye Mills, Talbot County, MD

Clover Fields, Forman's Lodge Road, Wye Mills, Talbot County, MD

Survey number: HABS MD-178 Public domain photograph - historical image of Maryland, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Clover Fields, Forman's Lodge Road, Wye Mills, Talbot County, MD

Clover Fields, Forman's Lodge Road, Wye Mills, Talbot County, MD

Survey number: HABS MD-178 Public domain photograph - historical image of Maryland, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Homewood, North Charles & Thirty-fourth Streets, Baltimore, Independent City, MD

Homewood, North Charles & Thirty-fourth Streets, Baltimore, Independen...

Significance: Built between 1801 and 1803, Homewood is significant historically for its association with the prominent Carroll family of Maryland and architecturally as one of the most refined and well-articula... More

Homewood, North Charles & Thirty-fourth Streets, Baltimore, Independent City, MD

Homewood, North Charles & Thirty-fourth Streets, Baltimore, Independen...

Significance: Built between 1801 and 1803, Homewood is significant historically for its association with the prominent Carroll family of Maryland and architecturally as one of the most refined and well-articula... More

Homewood, North Charles & Thirty-fourth Streets, Baltimore, Independent City, MD

Homewood, North Charles & Thirty-fourth Streets, Baltimore, Independen...

Significance: Built between 1801 and 1803, Homewood is significant historically for its association with the prominent Carroll family of Maryland and architecturally as one of the most refined and well-articula... More

Homewood, North Charles & Thirty-fourth Streets, Baltimore, Independent City, MD

Homewood, North Charles & Thirty-fourth Streets, Baltimore, Independen...

Significance: Built between 1801 and 1803, Homewood is significant historically for its association with the prominent Carroll family of Maryland and architecturally as one of the most refined and well-articula... More

Homewood, North Charles & Thirty-fourth Streets, Baltimore, Independent City, MD

Homewood, North Charles & Thirty-fourth Streets, Baltimore, Independen...

Significance: Built between 1801 and 1803, Homewood is significant historically for its association with the prominent Carroll family of Maryland and architecturally as one of the most refined and well-articula... More

Homewood, North Charles & Thirty-fourth Streets, Baltimore, Independent City, MD

Homewood, North Charles & Thirty-fourth Streets, Baltimore, Independen...

Significance: Built between 1801 and 1803, Homewood is significant historically for its association with the prominent Carroll family of Maryland and architecturally as one of the most refined and well-articula... More

Homewood, North Charles & Thirty-fourth Streets, Baltimore, Independent City, MD

Homewood, North Charles & Thirty-fourth Streets, Baltimore, Independen...

Significance: Built between 1801 and 1803, Homewood is significant historically for its association with the prominent Carroll family of Maryland and architecturally as one of the most refined and well-articula... More

Homewood, North Charles & Thirty-fourth Streets, Baltimore, Independent City, MD

Homewood, North Charles & Thirty-fourth Streets, Baltimore, Independen...

Significance: Built between 1801 and 1803, Homewood is significant historically for its association with the prominent Carroll family of Maryland and architecturally as one of the most refined and well-articula... More

Homewood, North Charles & Thirty-fourth Streets, Baltimore, Independent City, MD

Homewood, North Charles & Thirty-fourth Streets, Baltimore, Independen...

Significance: Built between 1801 and 1803, Homewood is significant historically for its association with the prominent Carroll family of Maryland and architecturally as one of the most refined and well-articula... More

Homewood, North Charles & Thirty-fourth Streets, Baltimore, Independent City, MD

Homewood, North Charles & Thirty-fourth Streets, Baltimore, Independen...

Significance: Built between 1801 and 1803, Homewood is significant historically for its association with the prominent Carroll family of Maryland and architecturally as one of the most refined and well-articula... More

Homewood, North Charles & Thirty-fourth Streets, Baltimore, Independent City, MD

Homewood, North Charles & Thirty-fourth Streets, Baltimore, Independen...

Significance: Built between 1801 and 1803, Homewood is significant historically for its association with the prominent Carroll family of Maryland and architecturally as one of the most refined and well-articula... More

Homewood, North Charles & Thirty-fourth Streets, Baltimore, Independent City, MD

Homewood, North Charles & Thirty-fourth Streets, Baltimore, Independen...

Significance: Built between 1801 and 1803, Homewood is significant historically for its association with the prominent Carroll family of Maryland and architecturally as one of the most refined and well-articula... More

Homewood, North Charles & Thirty-fourth Streets, Baltimore, Independent City, MD

Homewood, North Charles & Thirty-fourth Streets, Baltimore, Independen...

Significance: Built between 1801 and 1803, Homewood is significant historically for its association with the prominent Carroll family of Maryland and architecturally as one of the most refined and well-articula... More

Homewood, North Charles & Thirty-fourth Streets, Baltimore, Independent City, MD

Homewood, North Charles & Thirty-fourth Streets, Baltimore, Independen...

Significance: Built between 1801 and 1803, Homewood is significant historically for its association with the prominent Carroll family of Maryland and architecturally as one of the most refined and well-articula... More

Lakeside, 20 North Main Street, Yardley, Bucks County, PA

Lakeside, 20 North Main Street, Yardley, Bucks County, PA

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

Waverly, State Route 229 vicinity, La Plata, Charles County, MD

Waverly, State Route 229 vicinity, La Plata, Charles County, MD

Survey number: HABS MD-177 Public domain photograph - historical image of Washington State, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Catharineberg, Estate No. 8, Store Nordside Quarter, Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, VI

Catharineberg, Estate No. 8, Store Nordside Quarter, Charlotte Amalie,...

Significance: This is a large, country house, built on a hill overlooking Charlotte Amalie in the early nineteenth century. Built as the home of Governor Berg, ti has always been considered one of the finest h... More

Catharineberg, Estate No. 8, Store Nordside Quarter, Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, VI

Catharineberg, Estate No. 8, Store Nordside Quarter, Charlotte Amalie,...

Significance: This is a large, country house, built on a hill overlooking Charlotte Amalie in the early nineteenth century. Built as the home of Governor Berg, ti has always been considered one of the finest h... More

Theodore Roosevelt Island, Potomac River, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Theodore Roosevelt Island, Potomac River, Washington, District of Colu...

See also HABS DC-28 for additional documentation, includes drawings, photographs, and written data. See also HAER VA-87, includes written data. Significance: Theodore Roosevelt Island's primary significance res... More

Theodore Roosevelt Island, Potomac River, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Theodore Roosevelt Island, Potomac River, Washington, District of Colu...

See also HABS DC-28 for additional documentation, includes drawings, photographs, and written data. See also HAER VA-87, includes written data. Significance: Theodore Roosevelt Island's primary significance res... More

Theodore Roosevelt Island, Potomac River, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Theodore Roosevelt Island, Potomac River, Washington, District of Colu...

See also HABS DC-28 for additional documentation, includes drawings, photographs, and written data. See also HAER VA-87, includes written data. Significance: Theodore Roosevelt Island's primary significance res... More

Olompali State Historic Park, Mary Burdell Garden, U.S. Highway 101, Novato, Marin County, CA

Olompali State Historic Park, Mary Burdell Garden, U.S. Highway 101, N...

Significance: The Mary Burdell Victorian Garden is a notable example of formal Victorian garden design. It represents the distinctive characteristics and aesthetics advocated by garden designers and horticultur... More

Olompali State Historic Park, Mary Burdell Garden, U.S. Highway 101, Novato, Marin County, CA

Olompali State Historic Park, Mary Burdell Garden, U.S. Highway 101, N...

Significance: The Mary Burdell Victorian Garden is a notable example of formal Victorian garden design. It represents the distinctive characteristics and aesthetics advocated by garden designers and horticultur... More

Wyoming, 330 Thrift Street (11530 Thrift Road), Clinton, Prince George's County, MD

Wyoming, 330 Thrift Street (11530 Thrift Road), Clinton, Prince George...

Significance: Wyoming is architecturally significant as a well preserved example of a substantial, early settlement period dwelling in the southern Tidewater tradition, the distinguishing feature of which is it... More

Wyoming, 330 Thrift Street (11530 Thrift Road), Clinton, Prince George's County, MD

Wyoming, 330 Thrift Street (11530 Thrift Road), Clinton, Prince George...

Significance: Wyoming is architecturally significant as a well preserved example of a substantial, early settlement period dwelling in the southern Tidewater tradition, the distinguishing feature of which is it... More

Wyoming, 330 Thrift Street (11530 Thrift Road), Clinton, Prince George's County, MD

Wyoming, 330 Thrift Street (11530 Thrift Road), Clinton, Prince George...

Significance: Wyoming is architecturally significant as a well preserved example of a substantial, early settlement period dwelling in the southern Tidewater tradition, the distinguishing feature of which is it... More

Evergreen, 4545 North Charles Street, Baltimore, Independent City, MD

Evergreen, 4545 North Charles Street, Baltimore, Independent City, MD

Significance: Evergreen is best known as the home of the Ambassador John Work Garrett (1872-1942) and his wife Alice Warder Garrett (1877-1952) who made their estate into an artistic and cultural center soon af... More

Evergreen, 4545 North Charles Street, Baltimore, Independent City, MD

Evergreen, 4545 North Charles Street, Baltimore, Independent City, MD

Significance: Evergreen is best known as the home of the Ambassador John Work Garrett (1872-1942) and his wife Alice Warder Garrett (1877-1952) who made their estate into an artistic and cultural center soon af... More

Evergreen, 4545 North Charles Street, Baltimore, Independent City, MD

Evergreen, 4545 North Charles Street, Baltimore, Independent City, MD

Significance: Evergreen is best known as the home of the Ambassador John Work Garrett (1872-1942) and his wife Alice Warder Garrett (1877-1952) who made their estate into an artistic and cultural center soon af... More

Evergreen, 4545 North Charles Street, Baltimore, Independent City, MD

Evergreen, 4545 North Charles Street, Baltimore, Independent City, MD

Significance: Evergreen is best known as the home of the Ambassador John Work Garrett (1872-1942) and his wife Alice Warder Garrett (1877-1952) who made their estate into an artistic and cultural center soon af... More

Evergreen, 4545 North Charles Street, Baltimore, Independent City, MD

Evergreen, 4545 North Charles Street, Baltimore, Independent City, MD

Significance: Evergreen is best known as the home of the Ambassador John Work Garrett (1872-1942) and his wife Alice Warder Garrett (1877-1952) who made their estate into an artistic and cultural center soon af... More

Montpelier, Montpelier Drive & State Route 197, Laurel, Prince George's County, MD

Montpelier, Montpelier Drive & State Route 197, Laurel, Prince George'...

Significance: Montpelier is a National Historic Landmark as a distinguished example of a late Georgian, five-part plantation house with exceptionally fine interior detailing. Montpelier is also of significance ... More

Montpelier, Montpelier Drive & State Route 197, Laurel, Prince George's County, MD

Montpelier, Montpelier Drive & State Route 197, Laurel, Prince George'...

Significance: Montpelier is a National Historic Landmark as a distinguished example of a late Georgian, five-part plantation house with exceptionally fine interior detailing. Montpelier is also of significance ... More

Montpelier, Montpelier Drive & State Route 197, Laurel, Prince George's County, MD

Montpelier, Montpelier Drive & State Route 197, Laurel, Prince George'...

Significance: Montpelier is a National Historic Landmark as a distinguished example of a late Georgian, five-part plantation house with exceptionally fine interior detailing. Montpelier is also of significance ... More

Montpelier, Montpelier Drive & State Route 197, Laurel, Prince George's County, MD

Montpelier, Montpelier Drive & State Route 197, Laurel, Prince George'...

Significance: Montpelier is a National Historic Landmark as a distinguished example of a late Georgian, five-part plantation house with exceptionally fine interior detailing. Montpelier is also of significance ... More

Montpelier, Montpelier Drive & State Route 197, Laurel, Prince George's County, MD

Montpelier, Montpelier Drive & State Route 197, Laurel, Prince George'...

Significance: Montpelier is a National Historic Landmark as a distinguished example of a late Georgian, five-part plantation house with exceptionally fine interior detailing. Montpelier is also of significance ... More

Green Gables, 329 Albion Avenue, Woodside, San Mateo County, CA

Green Gables, 329 Albion Avenue, Woodside, San Mateo County, CA

Significance: Well-proportioned mansion which boasts an obvious sensitivity to its site. The English country house with distinctive roof has an interior more austere than the Greenes' usual, but still well cra... More

Green Gables, 329 Albion Avenue, Woodside, San Mateo County, CA

Green Gables, 329 Albion Avenue, Woodside, San Mateo County, CA

Significance: Well-proportioned mansion which boasts an obvious sensitivity to its site. The English country house with distinctive roof has an interior more austere than the Greenes' usual, but still well cra... More

Green Gables, 329 Albion Avenue, Woodside, San Mateo County, CA

Green Gables, 329 Albion Avenue, Woodside, San Mateo County, CA

Significance: Well-proportioned mansion which boasts an obvious sensitivity to its site. The English country house with distinctive roof has an interior more austere than the Greenes' usual, but still well cra... More

Green Gables, 329 Albion Avenue, Woodside, San Mateo County, CA

Green Gables, 329 Albion Avenue, Woodside, San Mateo County, CA

Significance: Well-proportioned mansion which boasts an obvious sensitivity to its site. The English country house with distinctive roof has an interior more austere than the Greenes' usual, but still well cra... More

Lanrick Manor, 137 South River Road, Yardley, Bucks County, PA

Lanrick Manor, 137 South River Road, Yardley, Bucks County, PA

Significance: A well-preserved example of an early 19th century Federal-style residence, executed in Bucks County field stone. This formal, finely detailed style of architecture was popular among the County's w... More

Charming Forge, Ironmaster's House, Tulpehocken Creek (Marion Township), Womelsdorf, Berks County, PA

Charming Forge, Ironmaster's House, Tulpehocken Creek (Marion Township...

Significance: The Iron Master's house at Charming Forge was the residence of "Baron" Stiegel and later of George Ege, and is an example of a large eighteenth century Georgian mansion. Survey number: HABS PA-1... More

Wilson Estate, Tree Tops, 9100 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, Montgomery County, MD

Wilson Estate, Tree Tops, 9100 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, Montgomery Co...

Significance: Constructed in 1926 to the design of architect Edward Clarence Dean, Tree Tops served until 1942 as the main residence for Luke I. and Helen W. Wilson and the focal point of a large estate that in... More

Wilson Estate, Tree Tops, 9100 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, Montgomery County, MD

Wilson Estate, Tree Tops, 9100 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, Montgomery Co...

Significance: Constructed in 1926 to the design of architect Edward Clarence Dean, Tree Tops served until 1942 as the main residence for Luke I. and Helen W. Wilson and the focal point of a large estate that in... More

Sophia's Dairy, Pulaski Highway vicinity, Belcamp, Harford County, MD

Sophia's Dairy, Pulaski Highway vicinity, Belcamp, Harford County, MD

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-11, FN-12 Survey number: HABS MD-8 Building/structure dates: 1768 Initial Construction

Sweet Air, Manor Road & State Route 145, Sweet Air, Baltimore County, MD

Sweet Air, Manor Road & State Route 145, Sweet Air, Baltimore County, ...

Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

George P. Colt House, 628 1/2 East Sixth Street, Erie, Erie County, PA

George P. Colt House, 628 1/2 East Sixth Street, Erie, Erie County, PA

Significance: The George Colt Mansion was the home of a prominent Erie banker from its completion in 1872 until his death in 1908. The owner was a member of a pioneering Erie family which settled in the region ... More

Woodstock, South Spring Mill Road (Radnor Township), Villanova, Delaware County, PA

Woodstock, South Spring Mill Road (Radnor Township), Villanova, Delawa...

Significance: This building is an early fieldstone country house dating from 1776, with an addition of c. 1800 (both elements are in nearly the original state in every detail) and an addition of 1931. Survey n... More

Clover Fields, Forman's Lodge Road, Wye Mills, Talbot County, MD

Clover Fields, Forman's Lodge Road, Wye Mills, Talbot County, MD

Survey number: HABS MD-178 Public domain photograph - historical image of Maryland, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Clover Fields, Forman's Lodge Road, Wye Mills, Talbot County, MD

Clover Fields, Forman's Lodge Road, Wye Mills, Talbot County, MD

Survey number: HABS MD-178 Public domain photograph of attic, house frame, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Rose Hill, Rose Hill Road, Port Tobacco, Charles County, MD

Rose Hill, Rose Hill Road, Port Tobacco, Charles County, MD

Significance: One of Charles County's finest examples of formal Georgian architecture, Rose Hill is prominently located on high ground with an expansive view of the Port Tobacco valley below. The house was bui... More

Homewood, North Charles & Thirty-fourth Streets, Baltimore, Independent City, MD

Homewood, North Charles & Thirty-fourth Streets, Baltimore, Independen...

Significance: Built between 1801 and 1803, Homewood is significant historically for its association with the prominent Carroll family of Maryland and architecturally as one of the most refined and well-articula... More

Homewood, North Charles & Thirty-fourth Streets, Baltimore, Independent City, MD

Homewood, North Charles & Thirty-fourth Streets, Baltimore, Independen...

Significance: Built between 1801 and 1803, Homewood is significant historically for its association with the prominent Carroll family of Maryland and architecturally as one of the most refined and well-articula... More

Homewood, North Charles & Thirty-fourth Streets, Baltimore, Independent City, MD

Homewood, North Charles & Thirty-fourth Streets, Baltimore, Independen...

Significance: Built between 1801 and 1803, Homewood is significant historically for its association with the prominent Carroll family of Maryland and architecturally as one of the most refined and well-articula... More

Homewood, North Charles & Thirty-fourth Streets, Baltimore, Independent City, MD

Homewood, North Charles & Thirty-fourth Streets, Baltimore, Independen...

Significance: Built between 1801 and 1803, Homewood is significant historically for its association with the prominent Carroll family of Maryland and architecturally as one of the most refined and well-articula... More

Homewood, North Charles & Thirty-fourth Streets, Baltimore, Independent City, MD

Homewood, North Charles & Thirty-fourth Streets, Baltimore, Independen...

Significance: Built between 1801 and 1803, Homewood is significant historically for its association with the prominent Carroll family of Maryland and architecturally as one of the most refined and well-articula... More

Homewood, North Charles & Thirty-fourth Streets, Baltimore, Independent City, MD

Homewood, North Charles & Thirty-fourth Streets, Baltimore, Independen...

Significance: Built between 1801 and 1803, Homewood is significant historically for its association with the prominent Carroll family of Maryland and architecturally as one of the most refined and well-articula... More

Homewood, North Charles & Thirty-fourth Streets, Baltimore, Independent City, MD

Homewood, North Charles & Thirty-fourth Streets, Baltimore, Independen...

Significance: Built between 1801 and 1803, Homewood is significant historically for its association with the prominent Carroll family of Maryland and architecturally as one of the most refined and well-articula... More

Homewood, North Charles & Thirty-fourth Streets, Baltimore, Independent City, MD

Homewood, North Charles & Thirty-fourth Streets, Baltimore, Independen...

Significance: Built between 1801 and 1803, Homewood is significant historically for its association with the prominent Carroll family of Maryland and architecturally as one of the most refined and well-articula... More

Homewood, North Charles & Thirty-fourth Streets, Baltimore, Independent City, MD

Homewood, North Charles & Thirty-fourth Streets, Baltimore, Independen...

Significance: Built between 1801 and 1803, Homewood is significant historically for its association with the prominent Carroll family of Maryland and architecturally as one of the most refined and well-articula... More

Homewood, North Charles & Thirty-fourth Streets, Baltimore, Independent City, MD

Homewood, North Charles & Thirty-fourth Streets, Baltimore, Independen...

Significance: Built between 1801 and 1803, Homewood is significant historically for its association with the prominent Carroll family of Maryland and architecturally as one of the most refined and well-articula... More

Homewood, North Charles & Thirty-fourth Streets, Baltimore, Independent City, MD

Homewood, North Charles & Thirty-fourth Streets, Baltimore, Independen...

Significance: Built between 1801 and 1803, Homewood is significant historically for its association with the prominent Carroll family of Maryland and architecturally as one of the most refined and well-articula... More

Homewood, North Charles & Thirty-fourth Streets, Baltimore, Independent City, MD

Homewood, North Charles & Thirty-fourth Streets, Baltimore, Independen...

Significance: Built between 1801 and 1803, Homewood is significant historically for its association with the prominent Carroll family of Maryland and architecturally as one of the most refined and well-articula... More

Loch Aerie, U.S. Route 30 (East Whiteland Township), Glenloch, Chester County, PA

Loch Aerie, U.S. Route 30 (East Whiteland Township), Glenloch, Chester...

Significance: Loch Aerie was designed by architect Addison Hutton in 1865 for William E. Lockwood, who made his fortune manufacturing paper collars and folding boxes, and lost much of it promoting local railroa... More

Maen-Coch, 200 Grove Place (Haverford Township), Havertown, Delaware County, PA

Maen-Coch, 200 Grove Place (Haverford Township), Havertown, Delaware C...

Significance: Maen-Coch, currently known as The Grange, owes its significance to its high-style Gothic design with an 18th century core, its association with prominent individuals, and to its old and extensive ... More

Theodore Roosevelt Island, Potomac River, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Theodore Roosevelt Island, Potomac River, Washington, District of Colu...

See also HABS DC-28 for additional documentation, includes drawings, photographs, and written data. See also HAER VA-87, includes written data. Significance: Theodore Roosevelt Island's primary significance res... More

Theodore Roosevelt Island, Potomac River, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Theodore Roosevelt Island, Potomac River, Washington, District of Colu...

See also HABS DC-28 for additional documentation, includes drawings, photographs, and written data. See also HAER VA-87, includes written data. Significance: Theodore Roosevelt Island's primary significance res... More

Theodore Roosevelt Island, Potomac River, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Theodore Roosevelt Island, Potomac River, Washington, District of Colu...

See also HABS DC-28 for additional documentation, includes drawings, photographs, and written data. See also HAER VA-87, includes written data. Significance: Theodore Roosevelt Island's primary significance res... More

Theodore Roosevelt Island, Potomac River, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Theodore Roosevelt Island, Potomac River, Washington, District of Colu...

See also HABS DC-28 for additional documentation, includes drawings, photographs, and written data. See also HAER VA-87, includes written data. Significance: Theodore Roosevelt Island's primary significance res... More

J. Gilman D. Paul House, Deths Road, Glenville, Harford County, MD

J. Gilman D. Paul House, Deths Road, Glenville, Harford County, MD

Survey number: HABS MD-517 Building/structure dates: 1807 Initial Construction

Olompali State Historic Park, Mary Burdell Garden, U.S. Highway 101, Novato, Marin County, CA

Olompali State Historic Park, Mary Burdell Garden, U.S. Highway 101, N...

Significance: The Mary Burdell Victorian Garden is a notable example of formal Victorian garden design. It represents the distinctive characteristics and aesthetics advocated by garden designers and horticultur... More

Olompali State Historic Park, Mary Burdell Garden, U.S. Highway 101, Novato, Marin County, CA

Olompali State Historic Park, Mary Burdell Garden, U.S. Highway 101, N...

Significance: The Mary Burdell Victorian Garden is a notable example of formal Victorian garden design. It represents the distinctive characteristics and aesthetics advocated by garden designers and horticultur... More

Olompali State Historic Park, Mary Burdell Garden, U.S. Highway 101, Novato, Marin County, CA

Olompali State Historic Park, Mary Burdell Garden, U.S. Highway 101, N...

Significance: The Mary Burdell Victorian Garden is a notable example of formal Victorian garden design. It represents the distinctive characteristics and aesthetics advocated by garden designers and horticultur... More

Wyoming, 330 Thrift Street (11530 Thrift Road), Clinton, Prince George's County, MD

Wyoming, 330 Thrift Street (11530 Thrift Road), Clinton, Prince George...

Significance: Wyoming is architecturally significant as a well preserved example of a substantial, early settlement period dwelling in the southern Tidewater tradition, the distinguishing feature of which is it... More

Andalusia, State Road vicinity (Bensalem Township), Andalusia, Bucks County, PA

Andalusia, State Road vicinity (Bensalem Township), Andalusia, Bucks C...

Significance: The house is the work of Thomas U. Walter, architect of the Capitol Dome in Washington, D.C. He enlarged a smaller and earlier house to create this Greek Revival masterpiece. The house is one of t... More

Andalusia, State Road vicinity (Bensalem Township), Andalusia, Bucks County, PA

Andalusia, State Road vicinity (Bensalem Township), Andalusia, Bucks C...

Significance: The house is the work of Thomas U. Walter, architect of the Capitol Dome in Washington, D.C. He enlarged a smaller and earlier house to create this Greek Revival masterpiece. The house is one of t... More

Andalusia, State Road vicinity (Bensalem Township), Andalusia, Bucks County, PA

Andalusia, State Road vicinity (Bensalem Township), Andalusia, Bucks C...

Significance: The house is the work of Thomas U. Walter, architect of the Capitol Dome in Washington, D.C. He enlarged a smaller and earlier house to create this Greek Revival masterpiece. The house is one of t... More

Andalusia, State Road vicinity (Bensalem Township), Andalusia, Bucks County, PA

Andalusia, State Road vicinity (Bensalem Township), Andalusia, Bucks C...

Significance: The house is the work of Thomas U. Walter, architect of the Capitol Dome in Washington, D.C. He enlarged a smaller and earlier house to create this Greek Revival masterpiece. The house is one of t... More

Evergreen, 4545 North Charles Street, Baltimore, Independent City, MD

Evergreen, 4545 North Charles Street, Baltimore, Independent City, MD

Significance: Evergreen is best known as the home of the Ambassador John Work Garrett (1872-1942) and his wife Alice Warder Garrett (1877-1952) who made their estate into an artistic and cultural center soon af... More

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