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U. S. Customhouse & Post Office Building (Old), 17 School Street, Rockland, Knox County, ME

U. S. Customhouse & Post Office Building (Old), 17 School Street, Rock...

Structure contains post office screens (teller windows). Significance: The Rockland Customhouse and Post Office is an excellent example of Government building of the Grant era and is notable for its restrained ... More

Tracy Building, 532-527 French Street, Erie, Erie County, PA

Tracy Building, 532-527 French Street, Erie, Erie County, PA

Written data includes a site plan. Significance: Site was purchased in 1826 by John A. Tracy, who erected a wooden commercial and residential building that was replaced after a fire by a brick commercial struct... More

Tracy Building, 532-527 French Street, Erie, Erie County, PA

Tracy Building, 532-527 French Street, Erie, Erie County, PA

Written data includes a site plan. Significance: Site was purchased in 1826 by John A. Tracy, who erected a wooden commercial and residential building that was replaced after a fire by a brick commercial struct... More

George W. Bourne House, 104 Summer Street (State Route 35), Kennebunk, York County, ME

George W. Bourne House, 104 Summer Street (State Route 35), Kennebunk,...

Significance: The conventional late Federal style brick house was built in 1826 for George W. Bourne, a shipbuilder at a Kennebunk River shipyard. In 1855, Bourne designed and added the elaborate Gothic Reviva... More

Indiana Theatre, 134 West Washington Street, Indianapolis, Marion County, IN

Indiana Theatre, 134 West Washington Street, Indianapolis, Marion Coun...

Significance: The Indiana Theatre is an outstanding example of the Spanish-style architecture in vogue in America during the 1920s. It is particularly noteworthy for its terra-cotta facade and its auditorium d... More

Indiana Theatre, 134 West Washington Street, Indianapolis, Marion County, IN

Indiana Theatre, 134 West Washington Street, Indianapolis, Marion Coun...

Significance: The Indiana Theatre is an outstanding example of the Spanish-style architecture in vogue in America during the 1920s. It is particularly noteworthy for its terra-cotta facade and its auditorium d... More

Indiana Theatre, 134 West Washington Street, Indianapolis, Marion County, IN

Indiana Theatre, 134 West Washington Street, Indianapolis, Marion Coun...

Significance: The Indiana Theatre is an outstanding example of the Spanish-style architecture in vogue in America during the 1920s. It is particularly noteworthy for its terra-cotta facade and its auditorium d... More

Indiana Theatre, 134 West Washington Street, Indianapolis, Marion County, IN

Indiana Theatre, 134 West Washington Street, Indianapolis, Marion Coun...

Significance: The Indiana Theatre is an outstanding example of the Spanish-style architecture in vogue in America during the 1920s. It is particularly noteworthy for its terra-cotta facade and its auditorium d... More

Indiana Theatre, 134 West Washington Street, Indianapolis, Marion County, IN

Indiana Theatre, 134 West Washington Street, Indianapolis, Marion Coun...

Significance: The Indiana Theatre is an outstanding example of the Spanish-style architecture in vogue in America during the 1920s. It is particularly noteworthy for its terra-cotta facade and its auditorium d... More

Orchestra Hall, 3711 Woodward Avenue, Detroit, Wayne County, MI

Orchestra Hall, 3711 Woodward Avenue, Detroit, Wayne County, MI

Significance: Orchestra Hall resembles the typical theatre of its day, with a restrained and elegant adaptation of Renaissance style that preceded the exuberant eclecticism of the next decade. It was designed ... More

Orchestra Hall, 3711 Woodward Avenue, Detroit, Wayne County, MI

Orchestra Hall, 3711 Woodward Avenue, Detroit, Wayne County, MI

Significance: Orchestra Hall resembles the typical theatre of its day, with a restrained and elegant adaptation of Renaissance style that preceded the exuberant eclecticism of the next decade. It was designed ... More

Paramount Theatre, 2025 Broadway, Oakland, Alameda County, CA

Paramount Theatre, 2025 Broadway, Oakland, Alameda County, CA

Significance: The Paramount Theatre is one of the finest remaining examples of Art Deco design in the United States. It was one of the first Depression-era buildings to incorporate and integrate the work of nu... More

Paramount Theatre, 2025 Broadway, Oakland, Alameda County, CA

Paramount Theatre, 2025 Broadway, Oakland, Alameda County, CA

Significance: The Paramount Theatre is one of the finest remaining examples of Art Deco design in the United States. It was one of the first Depression-era buildings to incorporate and integrate the work of nu... More

Paramount Theatre, 2025 Broadway, Oakland, Alameda County, CA

Paramount Theatre, 2025 Broadway, Oakland, Alameda County, CA

Significance: The Paramount Theatre is one of the finest remaining examples of Art Deco design in the United States. It was one of the first Depression-era buildings to incorporate and integrate the work of nu... More

Grand Riviera Theatre, 9222 Grand River Avenue, Detroit, Wayne County, MI

Grand Riviera Theatre, 9222 Grand River Avenue, Detroit, Wayne County,...

Significance: The Grand Riviera is a representative example of a large neighborhood moving picture theatre of the mid-1920s. The octagonal corner entrance tower is a distinctive feature of the exterior, and th... More

Grand Riviera Theatre, 9222 Grand River Avenue, Detroit, Wayne County, MI

Grand Riviera Theatre, 9222 Grand River Avenue, Detroit, Wayne County,...

Significance: The Grand Riviera is a representative example of a large neighborhood moving picture theatre of the mid-1920s. The octagonal corner entrance tower is a distinctive feature of the exterior, and th... More

Grand Riviera Theatre, 9222 Grand River Avenue, Detroit, Wayne County, MI

Grand Riviera Theatre, 9222 Grand River Avenue, Detroit, Wayne County,...

Significance: The Grand Riviera is a representative example of a large neighborhood moving picture theatre of the mid-1920s. The octagonal corner entrance tower is a distinctive feature of the exterior, and th... More

Missouri Botanical Garden, Linnaean House, 2345 Tower Grove Avenue, Saint Louis, Independent City, MO

Missouri Botanical Garden, Linnaean House, 2345 Tower Grove Avenue, Sa...

Significance: A well-preserved example of the mid-19th century type of greenhouse and features unusual decorative brickwork. The only remaining one of Shaw's original greenhouses, it is probably the oldest stru... More

Missouri Botanical Garden, Linnaean House, 2345 Tower Grove Avenue, Saint Louis, Independent City, MO

Missouri Botanical Garden, Linnaean House, 2345 Tower Grove Avenue, Sa...

Significance: A well-preserved example of the mid-19th century type of greenhouse and features unusual decorative brickwork. The only remaining one of Shaw's original greenhouses, it is probably the oldest stru... More

Missouri Botanical Garden, Linnaean House, 2345 Tower Grove Avenue, Saint Louis, Independent City, MO

Missouri Botanical Garden, Linnaean House, 2345 Tower Grove Avenue, Sa...

Significance: A well-preserved example of the mid-19th century type of greenhouse and features unusual decorative brickwork. The only remaining one of Shaw's original greenhouses, it is probably the oldest stru... More

B. F. Keith Memorial Theatre, 539 Washington Street, Boston, Suffolk County, MA

B. F. Keith Memorial Theatre, 539 Washington Street, Boston, Suffolk C...

Significance: The B.F. Keith Memorial Theatre is one of the finest examples of the moving picture palace at its highest stage of development. Designed in the grand Baroque manner by Thomas W. Lamb, one of the ... More

B. F. Keith Memorial Theatre, 539 Washington Street, Boston, Suffolk County, MA

B. F. Keith Memorial Theatre, 539 Washington Street, Boston, Suffolk C...

Significance: The B.F. Keith Memorial Theatre is one of the finest examples of the moving picture palace at its highest stage of development. Designed in the grand Baroque manner by Thomas W. Lamb, one of the ... More

B. F. Keith Memorial Theatre, 539 Washington Street, Boston, Suffolk County, MA

B. F. Keith Memorial Theatre, 539 Washington Street, Boston, Suffolk C...

Significance: The B.F. Keith Memorial Theatre is one of the finest examples of the moving picture palace at its highest stage of development. Designed in the grand Baroque manner by Thomas W. Lamb, one of the ... More

B. F. Keith Memorial Theatre, 539 Washington Street, Boston, Suffolk County, MA

B. F. Keith Memorial Theatre, 539 Washington Street, Boston, Suffolk C...

Significance: The B.F. Keith Memorial Theatre is one of the finest examples of the moving picture palace at its highest stage of development. Designed in the grand Baroque manner by Thomas W. Lamb, one of the ... More

Portland Head Light, Portland Head, approximately 1/2 mile East of Shore Road, Cape Elizabeth, Cumberland County, ME

Portland Head Light, Portland Head, approximately 1/2 mile East of Sho...

Site contains fog signal house, fog bells & fog whistle house. Significance: One of only four lighthouses authorized by President Washington, Portland Head Light was the first lighted by the federal government.... More

Portland Head Light, Portland Head, approximately 1/2 mile East of Shore Road, Cape Elizabeth, Cumberland County, ME

Portland Head Light, Portland Head, approximately 1/2 mile East of Sho...

Site contains fog signal house, fog bells & fog whistle house. Significance: One of only four lighthouses authorized by President Washington, Portland Head Light was the first lighted by the federal government.... More

Missouri Botanical Garden, 2345 Tower Grove Avenue, Saint Louis, Independent City, MO

Missouri Botanical Garden, 2345 Tower Grove Avenue, Saint Louis, Indep...

Significance: The site of important botanical research since its inception, the Garden was one of the first institutions in the country for horticultural display and education. Just ten years after it was found... More

Missouri Botanical Garden, 2345 Tower Grove Avenue, Saint Louis, Independent City, MO

Missouri Botanical Garden, 2345 Tower Grove Avenue, Saint Louis, Indep...

Significance: The site of important botanical research since its inception, the Garden was one of the first institutions in the country for horticultural display and education. Just ten years after it was found... More

Missouri Botanical Garden, 2345 Tower Grove Avenue, Saint Louis, Independent City, MO

Missouri Botanical Garden, 2345 Tower Grove Avenue, Saint Louis, Indep...

Significance: The site of important botanical research since its inception, the Garden was one of the first institutions in the country for horticultural display and education. Just ten years after it was found... More

John Calvin Stevens House, 52 Bowdoin Street, Portland, Cumberland County, ME

John Calvin Stevens House, 52 Bowdoin Street, Portland, Cumberland Cou...

Significance: House was built in 1884 in the "shingle style" by the Portland architect John Calvin Stevens, 1855-1940, as his own residence and has an early example of revived use of the gambrel roof. Survey ... More

Oriental Theatre, 828 Southeast Grand Avenue, Portland, Multnomah County, OR

Oriental Theatre, 828 Southeast Grand Avenue, Portland, Multnomah Coun...

Significance: The Oriental Theatre, the second largest moving picture theatre built in Oregon, was erected in conjunction with an office building and contained notable examples of thematic decor derived from an... More

Oriental Theatre, 828 Southeast Grand Avenue, Portland, Multnomah County, OR

Oriental Theatre, 828 Southeast Grand Avenue, Portland, Multnomah Coun...

Significance: The Oriental Theatre, the second largest moving picture theatre built in Oregon, was erected in conjunction with an office building and contained notable examples of thematic decor derived from an... 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

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

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

Old York County Gaol, Lindsay Road, York Village, York County, ME

Old York County Gaol, Lindsay Road, York Village, York County, ME

Significance: Traditionally built in 1653 and reputedly the oldest public building in English America, the Gaol, although evidently an 18th century construction, is nevertheless of major significance as a very ... More

Old York County Gaol, Lindsay Road, York Village, York County, ME

Old York County Gaol, Lindsay Road, York Village, York County, ME

Significance: Traditionally built in 1653 and reputedly the oldest public building in English America, the Gaol, although evidently an 18th century construction, is nevertheless of major significance as a very ... More

Fox Theatre, 20 Flatbush Avenue & 1 Nevins Street, Brooklyn, Kings County, NY

Fox Theatre, 20 Flatbush Avenue & 1 Nevins Street, Brooklyn, Kings Cou...

Significance: The Fox Theatre in Brooklyn represented the moving picture theatre in its prodigious phase. With a 4,305 seating capacity, the theatre was one of the largest ever built. Stylistically, it exemplif... More

Fox Theatre, 20 Flatbush Avenue & 1 Nevins Street, Brooklyn, Kings County, NY

Fox Theatre, 20 Flatbush Avenue & 1 Nevins Street, Brooklyn, Kings Cou...

Significance: The Fox Theatre in Brooklyn represented the moving picture theatre in its prodigious phase. With a 4,305 seating capacity, the theatre was one of the largest ever built. Stylistically, it exemplif... More

U. S. Customhouse & Post Office Building (Old), 17 School Street, Rockland, Knox County, ME

U. S. Customhouse & Post Office Building (Old), 17 School Street, Rock...

Structure contains post office screens (teller windows). Significance: The Rockland Customhouse and Post Office is an excellent example of Government building of the Grant era and is notable for its restrained ... More

Pavilion Hotel, State Street, Montpelier, Washington County, VT

Pavilion Hotel, State Street, Montpelier, Washington County, VT

Significance: The Pavilion Hotel, erected partly on the foundations of the original hotel of 1808, is a fine example of American hotel architecture of the post-Civil War period with a particularly handsome two-... More

Pavilion Hotel, State Street, Montpelier, Washington County, VT

Pavilion Hotel, State Street, Montpelier, Washington County, VT

Significance: The Pavilion Hotel, erected partly on the foundations of the original hotel of 1808, is a fine example of American hotel architecture of the post-Civil War period with a particularly handsome two-... More

Indiana Theatre, 134 West Washington Street, Indianapolis, Marion County, IN

Indiana Theatre, 134 West Washington Street, Indianapolis, Marion Coun...

Significance: The Indiana Theatre is an outstanding example of the Spanish-style architecture in vogue in America during the 1920s. It is particularly noteworthy for its terra-cotta facade and its auditorium d... More

Indiana Theatre, 134 West Washington Street, Indianapolis, Marion County, IN

Indiana Theatre, 134 West Washington Street, Indianapolis, Marion Coun...

Significance: The Indiana Theatre is an outstanding example of the Spanish-style architecture in vogue in America during the 1920s. It is particularly noteworthy for its terra-cotta facade and its auditorium d... More

Indiana Theatre, 134 West Washington Street, Indianapolis, Marion County, IN

Indiana Theatre, 134 West Washington Street, Indianapolis, Marion Coun...

Significance: The Indiana Theatre is an outstanding example of the Spanish-style architecture in vogue in America during the 1920s. It is particularly noteworthy for its terra-cotta facade and its auditorium d... More

Orchestra Hall, 3711 Woodward Avenue, Detroit, Wayne County, MI

Orchestra Hall, 3711 Woodward Avenue, Detroit, Wayne County, MI

Significance: Orchestra Hall resembles the typical theatre of its day, with a restrained and elegant adaptation of Renaissance style that preceded the exuberant eclecticism of the next decade. It was designed ... More

Orchestra Hall, 3711 Woodward Avenue, Detroit, Wayne County, MI

Orchestra Hall, 3711 Woodward Avenue, Detroit, Wayne County, MI

Significance: Orchestra Hall resembles the typical theatre of its day, with a restrained and elegant adaptation of Renaissance style that preceded the exuberant eclecticism of the next decade. It was designed ... More

Paramount Theatre, 2025 Broadway, Oakland, Alameda County, CA

Paramount Theatre, 2025 Broadway, Oakland, Alameda County, CA

Significance: The Paramount Theatre is one of the finest remaining examples of Art Deco design in the United States. It was one of the first Depression-era buildings to incorporate and integrate the work of nu... More

Paramount Theatre, 2025 Broadway, Oakland, Alameda County, CA

Paramount Theatre, 2025 Broadway, Oakland, Alameda County, CA

Significance: The Paramount Theatre is one of the finest remaining examples of Art Deco design in the United States. It was one of the first Depression-era buildings to incorporate and integrate the work of nu... More

Paramount Theatre, 2025 Broadway, Oakland, Alameda County, CA

Paramount Theatre, 2025 Broadway, Oakland, Alameda County, CA

Significance: The Paramount Theatre is one of the finest remaining examples of Art Deco design in the United States. It was one of the first Depression-era buildings to incorporate and integrate the work of nu... More

Paramount Theatre, 2025 Broadway, Oakland, Alameda County, CA

Paramount Theatre, 2025 Broadway, Oakland, Alameda County, CA

Significance: The Paramount Theatre is one of the finest remaining examples of Art Deco design in the United States. It was one of the first Depression-era buildings to incorporate and integrate the work of nu... More

Paramount Theatre, 2025 Broadway, Oakland, Alameda County, CA

Paramount Theatre, 2025 Broadway, Oakland, Alameda County, CA

Significance: The Paramount Theatre is one of the finest remaining examples of Art Deco design in the United States. It was one of the first Depression-era buildings to incorporate and integrate the work of nu... More

Grand Riviera Theatre, 9222 Grand River Avenue, Detroit, Wayne County, MI

Grand Riviera Theatre, 9222 Grand River Avenue, Detroit, Wayne County,...

Significance: The Grand Riviera is a representative example of a large neighborhood moving picture theatre of the mid-1920s. The octagonal corner entrance tower is a distinctive feature of the exterior, and th... More

Grand Riviera Theatre, 9222 Grand River Avenue, Detroit, Wayne County, MI

Grand Riviera Theatre, 9222 Grand River Avenue, Detroit, Wayne County,...

Significance: The Grand Riviera is a representative example of a large neighborhood moving picture theatre of the mid-1920s. The octagonal corner entrance tower is a distinctive feature of the exterior, and th... More

Grand Riviera Theatre, 9222 Grand River Avenue, Detroit, Wayne County, MI

Grand Riviera Theatre, 9222 Grand River Avenue, Detroit, Wayne County,...

Significance: The Grand Riviera is a representative example of a large neighborhood moving picture theatre of the mid-1920s. The octagonal corner entrance tower is a distinctive feature of the exterior, and th... More

Grand Riviera Theatre, 9222 Grand River Avenue, Detroit, Wayne County, MI

Grand Riviera Theatre, 9222 Grand River Avenue, Detroit, Wayne County,...

Significance: The Grand Riviera is a representative example of a large neighborhood moving picture theatre of the mid-1920s. The octagonal corner entrance tower is a distinctive feature of the exterior, and th... More

Missouri Botanical Garden, Linnaean House, 2345 Tower Grove Avenue, Saint Louis, Independent City, MO

Missouri Botanical Garden, Linnaean House, 2345 Tower Grove Avenue, Sa...

Significance: A well-preserved example of the mid-19th century type of greenhouse and features unusual decorative brickwork. The only remaining one of Shaw's original greenhouses, it is probably the oldest stru... More

Missouri Botanical Garden, Linnaean House, 2345 Tower Grove Avenue, Saint Louis, Independent City, MO

Missouri Botanical Garden, Linnaean House, 2345 Tower Grove Avenue, Sa...

Significance: A well-preserved example of the mid-19th century type of greenhouse and features unusual decorative brickwork. The only remaining one of Shaw's original greenhouses, it is probably the oldest stru... More

B. F. Keith Memorial Theatre, 539 Washington Street, Boston, Suffolk County, MA

B. F. Keith Memorial Theatre, 539 Washington Street, Boston, Suffolk C...

Significance: The B.F. Keith Memorial Theatre is one of the finest examples of the moving picture palace at its highest stage of development. Designed in the grand Baroque manner by Thomas W. Lamb, one of the ... More

B. F. Keith Memorial Theatre, 539 Washington Street, Boston, Suffolk County, MA

B. F. Keith Memorial Theatre, 539 Washington Street, Boston, Suffolk C...

Significance: The B.F. Keith Memorial Theatre is one of the finest examples of the moving picture palace at its highest stage of development. Designed in the grand Baroque manner by Thomas W. Lamb, one of the ... More

B. F. Keith Memorial Theatre, 539 Washington Street, Boston, Suffolk County, MA

B. F. Keith Memorial Theatre, 539 Washington Street, Boston, Suffolk C...

Significance: The B.F. Keith Memorial Theatre is one of the finest examples of the moving picture palace at its highest stage of development. Designed in the grand Baroque manner by Thomas W. Lamb, one of the ... More

Portland Head Light, Portland Head, approximately 1/2 mile East of Shore Road, Cape Elizabeth, Cumberland County, ME

Portland Head Light, Portland Head, approximately 1/2 mile East of Sho...

Site contains fog signal house, fog bells & fog whistle house. Significance: One of only four lighthouses authorized by President Washington, Portland Head Light was the first lighted by the federal government.... More

Missouri Botanical Garden, 2345 Tower Grove Avenue, Saint Louis, Independent City, MO

Missouri Botanical Garden, 2345 Tower Grove Avenue, Saint Louis, Indep...

Significance: The site of important botanical research since its inception, the Garden was one of the first institutions in the country for horticultural display and education. Just ten years after it was found... More

Missouri Botanical Garden, 2345 Tower Grove Avenue, Saint Louis, Independent City, MO

Missouri Botanical Garden, 2345 Tower Grove Avenue, Saint Louis, Indep...

Significance: The site of important botanical research since its inception, the Garden was one of the first institutions in the country for horticultural display and education. Just ten years after it was found... More

Missouri Botanical Garden, 2345 Tower Grove Avenue, Saint Louis, Independent City, MO

Missouri Botanical Garden, 2345 Tower Grove Avenue, Saint Louis, Indep...

Significance: The site of important botanical research since its inception, the Garden was one of the first institutions in the country for horticultural display and education. Just ten years after it was found... More

Missouri Botanical Garden, 2345 Tower Grove Avenue, Saint Louis, Independent City, MO

Missouri Botanical Garden, 2345 Tower Grove Avenue, Saint Louis, Indep...

Significance: The site of important botanical research since its inception, the Garden was one of the first institutions in the country for horticultural display and education. Just ten years after it was found... More

Missouri Botanical Garden, 2345 Tower Grove Avenue, Saint Louis, Independent City, MO

Missouri Botanical Garden, 2345 Tower Grove Avenue, Saint Louis, Indep...

Significance: The site of important botanical research since its inception, the Garden was one of the first institutions in the country for horticultural display and education. Just ten years after it was found... More

Missouri Botanical Garden, 2345 Tower Grove Avenue, Saint Louis, Independent City, MO

Missouri Botanical Garden, 2345 Tower Grove Avenue, Saint Louis, Indep...

Significance: The site of important botanical research since its inception, the Garden was one of the first institutions in the country for horticultural display and education. Just ten years after it was found... More

Missouri Botanical Garden, 2345 Tower Grove Avenue, Saint Louis, Independent City, MO

Missouri Botanical Garden, 2345 Tower Grove Avenue, Saint Louis, Indep...

Significance: The site of important botanical research since its inception, the Garden was one of the first institutions in the country for horticultural display and education. Just ten years after it was found... More

John Calvin Stevens House, 52 Bowdoin Street, Portland, Cumberland County, ME

John Calvin Stevens House, 52 Bowdoin Street, Portland, Cumberland Cou...

Significance: House was built in 1884 in the "shingle style" by the Portland architect John Calvin Stevens, 1855-1940, as his own residence and has an early example of revived use of the gambrel roof. Survey ... 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

Old York County Gaol, Lindsay Road, York Village, York County, ME

Old York County Gaol, Lindsay Road, York Village, York County, ME

Significance: Traditionally built in 1653 and reputedly the oldest public building in English America, the Gaol, although evidently an 18th century construction, is nevertheless of major significance as a very ... More

U. S. Post Office & Old Courthouse, 169 Middle Street, Portland, Cumberland County, ME

U. S. Post Office & Old Courthouse, 169 Middle Street, Portland, Cumbe...

Significance: The Old Post Office and Courthouse was a distinguished example of the Renaissance Revival style. Careful workmanship and a lavish use of fine marble, generous scale, carefully calculated proportio... More

U. S. Post Office & Old Courthouse, 169 Middle Street, Portland, Cumberland County, ME

U. S. Post Office & Old Courthouse, 169 Middle Street, Portland, Cumbe...

Significance: The Old Post Office and Courthouse was a distinguished example of the Renaissance Revival style. Careful workmanship and a lavish use of fine marble, generous scale, carefully calculated proportio... More

U. S. Post Office & Old Courthouse, 169 Middle Street, Portland, Cumberland County, ME

U. S. Post Office & Old Courthouse, 169 Middle Street, Portland, Cumbe...

Significance: The Old Post Office and Courthouse was a distinguished example of the Renaissance Revival style. Careful workmanship and a lavish use of fine marble, generous scale, carefully calculated proportio... More

Fox Theatre, 20 Flatbush Avenue & 1 Nevins Street, Brooklyn, Kings County, NY

Fox Theatre, 20 Flatbush Avenue & 1 Nevins Street, Brooklyn, Kings Cou...

Significance: The Fox Theatre in Brooklyn represented the moving picture theatre in its prodigious phase. With a 4,305 seating capacity, the theatre was one of the largest ever built. Stylistically, it exemplif... More

U. S. Customhouse & Post Office Building (Old), 17 School Street, Rockland, Knox County, ME

U. S. Customhouse & Post Office Building (Old), 17 School Street, Rock...

Structure contains post office screens (teller windows). Significance: The Rockland Customhouse and Post Office is an excellent example of Government building of the Grant era and is notable for its restrained ... More

Boon Island Light Tower, Cape Neddick, York County, ME

Boon Island Light Tower, Cape Neddick, York County, ME

Significance: Site has been in continuous use as light station since 1812. Tower is typical mid 19th century lighthouse structure of a kind rapidly becoming obsolete. Survey number: HABS ME-122 Building/stru... More

Tracy Building, 532-527 French Street, Erie, Erie County, PA

Tracy Building, 532-527 French Street, Erie, Erie County, PA

Written data includes a site plan. Significance: Site was purchased in 1826 by John A. Tracy, who erected a wooden commercial and residential building that was replaced after a fire by a brick commercial struct... More

Tracy Building, 532-527 French Street, Erie, Erie County, PA

Tracy Building, 532-527 French Street, Erie, Erie County, PA

Written data includes a site plan. Significance: Site was purchased in 1826 by John A. Tracy, who erected a wooden commercial and residential building that was replaced after a fire by a brick commercial struct... More

Tracy Building, 532-527 French Street, Erie, Erie County, PA

Tracy Building, 532-527 French Street, Erie, Erie County, PA

Written data includes a site plan. Significance: Site was purchased in 1826 by John A. Tracy, who erected a wooden commercial and residential building that was replaced after a fire by a brick commercial struct... More

George W. Bourne House, 104 Summer Street (State Route 35), Kennebunk, York County, ME

George W. Bourne House, 104 Summer Street (State Route 35), Kennebunk,...

Significance: The conventional late Federal style brick house was built in 1826 for George W. Bourne, a shipbuilder at a Kennebunk River shipyard. In 1855, Bourne designed and added the elaborate Gothic Reviva... More

George W. Bourne House, 104 Summer Street (State Route 35), Kennebunk, York County, ME

George W. Bourne House, 104 Summer Street (State Route 35), Kennebunk,...

Significance: The conventional late Federal style brick house was built in 1826 for George W. Bourne, a shipbuilder at a Kennebunk River shipyard. In 1855, Bourne designed and added the elaborate Gothic Reviva... More

George W. Bourne House, 104 Summer Street (State Route 35), Kennebunk, York County, ME

George W. Bourne House, 104 Summer Street (State Route 35), Kennebunk,...

Significance: The conventional late Federal style brick house was built in 1826 for George W. Bourne, a shipbuilder at a Kennebunk River shipyard. In 1855, Bourne designed and added the elaborate Gothic Reviva... More

Pavilion Hotel, State Street, Montpelier, Washington County, VT

Pavilion Hotel, State Street, Montpelier, Washington County, VT

Significance: The Pavilion Hotel, erected partly on the foundations of the original hotel of 1808, is a fine example of American hotel architecture of the post-Civil War period with a particularly handsome two-... More

Pavilion Hotel, State Street, Montpelier, Washington County, VT

Pavilion Hotel, State Street, Montpelier, Washington County, VT

Significance: The Pavilion Hotel, erected partly on the foundations of the original hotel of 1808, is a fine example of American hotel architecture of the post-Civil War period with a particularly handsome two-... More

Indiana Theatre, 134 West Washington Street, Indianapolis, Marion County, IN

Indiana Theatre, 134 West Washington Street, Indianapolis, Marion Coun...

Significance: The Indiana Theatre is an outstanding example of the Spanish-style architecture in vogue in America during the 1920s. It is particularly noteworthy for its terra-cotta facade and its auditorium d... More

Indiana Theatre, 134 West Washington Street, Indianapolis, Marion County, IN

Indiana Theatre, 134 West Washington Street, Indianapolis, Marion Coun...

Significance: The Indiana Theatre is an outstanding example of the Spanish-style architecture in vogue in America during the 1920s. It is particularly noteworthy for its terra-cotta facade and its auditorium d... More

Orchestra Hall, 3711 Woodward Avenue, Detroit, Wayne County, MI

Orchestra Hall, 3711 Woodward Avenue, Detroit, Wayne County, MI

Significance: Orchestra Hall resembles the typical theatre of its day, with a restrained and elegant adaptation of Renaissance style that preceded the exuberant eclecticism of the next decade. It was designed ... More

Orchestra Hall, 3711 Woodward Avenue, Detroit, Wayne County, MI

Orchestra Hall, 3711 Woodward Avenue, Detroit, Wayne County, MI

Significance: Orchestra Hall resembles the typical theatre of its day, with a restrained and elegant adaptation of Renaissance style that preceded the exuberant eclecticism of the next decade. It was designed ... More

Orchestra Hall, 3711 Woodward Avenue, Detroit, Wayne County, MI

Orchestra Hall, 3711 Woodward Avenue, Detroit, Wayne County, MI

Significance: Orchestra Hall resembles the typical theatre of its day, with a restrained and elegant adaptation of Renaissance style that preceded the exuberant eclecticism of the next decade. It was designed ... More

Orchestra Hall, 3711 Woodward Avenue, Detroit, Wayne County, MI

Orchestra Hall, 3711 Woodward Avenue, Detroit, Wayne County, MI

Significance: Orchestra Hall resembles the typical theatre of its day, with a restrained and elegant adaptation of Renaissance style that preceded the exuberant eclecticism of the next decade. It was designed ... More

Paramount Theatre, 2025 Broadway, Oakland, Alameda County, CA

Paramount Theatre, 2025 Broadway, Oakland, Alameda County, CA

Significance: The Paramount Theatre is one of the finest remaining examples of Art Deco design in the United States. It was one of the first Depression-era buildings to incorporate and integrate the work of nu... More

Paramount Theatre, 2025 Broadway, Oakland, Alameda County, CA

Paramount Theatre, 2025 Broadway, Oakland, Alameda County, CA

Significance: The Paramount Theatre is one of the finest remaining examples of Art Deco design in the United States. It was one of the first Depression-era buildings to incorporate and integrate the work of nu... More

B. F. Keith Memorial Theatre, 539 Washington Street, Boston, Suffolk County, MA

B. F. Keith Memorial Theatre, 539 Washington Street, Boston, Suffolk C...

Significance: The B.F. Keith Memorial Theatre is one of the finest examples of the moving picture palace at its highest stage of development. Designed in the grand Baroque manner by Thomas W. Lamb, one of the ... More

B. F. Keith Memorial Theatre, 539 Washington Street, Boston, Suffolk County, MA

B. F. Keith Memorial Theatre, 539 Washington Street, Boston, Suffolk C...

Significance: The B.F. Keith Memorial Theatre is one of the finest examples of the moving picture palace at its highest stage of development. Designed in the grand Baroque manner by Thomas W. Lamb, one of the ... More

B. F. Keith Memorial Theatre, 539 Washington Street, Boston, Suffolk County, MA

B. F. Keith Memorial Theatre, 539 Washington Street, Boston, Suffolk C...

Significance: The B.F. Keith Memorial Theatre is one of the finest examples of the moving picture palace at its highest stage of development. Designed in the grand Baroque manner by Thomas W. Lamb, one of the ... More

B. F. Keith Memorial Theatre, 539 Washington Street, Boston, Suffolk County, MA

B. F. Keith Memorial Theatre, 539 Washington Street, Boston, Suffolk C...

Significance: The B.F. Keith Memorial Theatre is one of the finest examples of the moving picture palace at its highest stage of development. Designed in the grand Baroque manner by Thomas W. Lamb, one of the ... More

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