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[Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Vertical section and plan of skylights]

[Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Vertical section and plan of sk...

Reference copy in LOT 4249 (R). Public domain photograph of building plan, architecture design drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Interior, Industrial Bldg., Aafhus Exposition, Denmark

Interior, Industrial Bldg., Aafhus Exposition, Denmark

Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. General information about the George Grantha... More

[Side view of glider flying as a kite near the ground, Wilbur at left and Orville at right, glider turned forward to right and tipped downward]

[Side view of glider flying as a kite near the ground, Wilbur at left ...

Title from: Wilbur & Orville Wright, pictorial materials: a documentary guide / Arthur G. Renstrom. Washington: Library of Congress, 1982, p. 48. Attributed to Wilbur and/or Orville Wright. Reference copy in LO... More

Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information photo.

Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information photo.

To identify this image it may help to search for images that have neighboring call numbers, are similar in appearance, and have titles. There was no caption for this image in the FSA/OWI shelflist. Transfer; Un... More

Trans World Airlines Terminal, John F. Kennedy (originally Idlewild) Airport, New York, New York, 1956-62. Information desk

Trans World Airlines Terminal, John F. Kennedy (originally Idlewild) A...

Box. no. 3. No. 584. Title and date from Eero Saarinen by De Long and Peatross, 2008. Credit line: Balthazar Korab collection of photographs showing Eero Saarinen architecture, Library of Congress, Prints and P... More

Trans World Airlines Terminal, John F. Kennedy (originally Idlewild) Airport, New York, New York, 1956-62. Study model

Trans World Airlines Terminal, John F. Kennedy (originally Idlewild) A...

Box. no. 3. No. 535. Title and date from Eero Saarinen by De Long and Peatross, 2008. Credit line: Balthazar Korab collection of photographs showing Eero Saarinen architecture, Library of Congress, Prints and P... More

[Endo Laboratories, Garden City, Long Island, New York. Executive desk large]

[Endo Laboratories, Garden City, Long Island, New York. Executive desk...

Forms part of: The Paul Rudolph Archive. Public domain scan of settlement or building architecture plan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Headquarters building of the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission, Laurel, Maryland

Headquarters building of the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission, ...

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. The Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission, or WSSC, t... More

[Wisma Dharmala building, Jakarta, Indonesia. Perspective plan]

[Wisma Dharmala building, Jakarta, Indonesia. Perspective plan]

Forms part of: The Paul Rudolph Archive. Unprocessed in PR 13 CN 2001:126.

The 1852 Miller House in Barboursville, West Virginia, was likely the home of a local businessman, since it bears the same name and double-row, sawtooth-brick cornice design as the stagecoach stop, now a store, down the street in town

The 1852 Miller House in Barboursville, West Virginia, was likely the ...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: West Virginia Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Pur... More

Design drawing for stained glass two-window abstract design with binary symmetry

Design drawing for stained glass two-window abstract design with binar...

Annotations on drawing: JW. DGS Slide no. 117. Sticker: Stained Glass Association of America, 20thN. Purchase, Donald Samick, 2003 (DLC/PP-2003:109). Forms part of: Lamb Design Collection.

Naval Ordnance Test Station Inyokern, Dispensary, Main Site, Lauritsen Road at McIntyre Street, Ridgecrest, Kern County, CA

Naval Ordnance Test Station Inyokern, Dispensary, Main Site, Lauritsen...

Significance: The Dispensary (Building 3) is significant as an example at Naval Air Weapons Station (NAWS) China Lake of the original International Style design for the facility. The building embodies the char... More

Estate Hammer Farms, Windmill Tower Ruins, Cruz Bay, St. John, VI

Estate Hammer Farms, Windmill Tower Ruins, Cruz Bay, St. John, VI

Significance: Estate Hammer Farm is recorded as early as the 1720s. It was under cultivation before 1733. Its sugar factory site predates 1780. The windmill was constructed sometime between 1800 and 1833, pro... More

MacDill Air Force Base, Signal & Ordnance Warehouse, 7620 Hanger Loop Drive, Tampa, Hillsborough County, FL

MacDill Air Force Base, Signal & Ordnance Warehouse, 7620 Hanger Loop ...

Significance: The Signal and Ordnance Warehouse, due to its architectural integrity and its contribution to the Second World War-era infrastructure, forms an integral part of MacDill Air Force Base's historic c... More

Marshall Space Flight Center, Saturn V Dynamic Test Facility, East Test Area, Huntsville, Madison County, AL

Marshall Space Flight Center, Saturn V Dynamic Test Facility, East Tes...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N474 Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N1102 Survey number: HAER AL-129-C National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 85002806

Marshall Space Flight Center, Saturn V Dynamic Test Facility, East Test Area, Huntsville, Madison County, AL

Marshall Space Flight Center, Saturn V Dynamic Test Facility, East Tes...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N474 Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N1102 Survey number: HAER AL-129-C National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 85002806

Central Railroad of New Jersey, Newark Bay Lift Bridge, Spanning Newark Bay, Newark, Essex County, NJ

Central Railroad of New Jersey, Newark Bay Lift Bridge, Spanning Newar...

Significance: The Newark Bay Bridge was constructed near the end of J.A.L. Waddell's career. He was an early proponent of the vertical lift bridge, designing and building his first in 1892. Waddell's landmark... More

Mississippi River 9-Foot Channel Project, Lock & Dam No. 15, Upper Mississipi River (Arsenal Island), Rock Island, Rock Island County, IL

Mississippi River 9-Foot Channel Project, Lock & Dam No. 15, Upper Mis...

Significance: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nine-Foot Channel Project (1927-1940) represents the culmination of a 100-year effort to improve the navigability of the Upper Mississippi River between the mouth ... More

Yonkers Public Library, Nepperhan Avenue & South Broadway, Yonkers, Westchester County, NY

Yonkers Public Library, Nepperhan Avenue & South Broadway, Yonkers, We...

Significance: The Yonkers Library Building was built by the City upon the receipt of a Carnegie donation of $50,000, and so is a part of the physical evidence of that worldwide benefaction. It is an example of ... More

James R. Hay House, 385 Passaic Avenue, Nutley, Essex County, NJ

James R. Hay House, 385 Passaic Avenue, Nutley, Essex County, NJ

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-117 Survey number: HABS NJ-186 Building/structure dates: 1806 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: ca. 1890 Subsequent Work

First Presbyterian Church, West Innis & Jackson Streets, Salisbury, Rowan County, NC

First Presbyterian Church, West Innis & Jackson Streets, Salisbury, Ro...

Significance: The church was organized on August 4, 1821, with 13 members. The corner stone of the original church was laid in 1826. This original structure was built in the Classic Revival style with 4 wooden ... More

Fort McCoy, Building T-635, Sparta, Monroe County, WI

Fort McCoy, Building T-635, Sparta, Monroe County, WI

Significance: Building T-635 is of interest historically as a nearly unaltered example of a mess hall at Fort McCoy. One of 172 such buildings erected at the cantonment, the 635 hall illustrates the setting in... More

Seventh Ward Chapel, 116 West Fifth South Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, UT

Seventh Ward Chapel, 116 West Fifth South Street, Salt Lake City, Salt...

Significance: This was one of the original 19 Ward Chapels in Salt Lake City, Utah. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-11 Survey number: HABS UT-22 Building/structure dates: 1877 I... More

Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Fire House Annex, Vallejo, Solano County, CA

Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Fire House Annex, Vallejo, Solano County, ...

Significance: Building 99 was constructed in 1905 on the southwest corner of California Avenue and 7th Street at its present site. The facade of Building 99A, like the three south of it on the west site of Cal... More

Ellsworth Air Force Base, Rushmore Air Force Station, Steam Plant Building, Menoher Road & Dyess Street, Blackhawk, Meade County, SD

Ellsworth Air Force Base, Rushmore Air Force Station, Steam Plant Buil...

This structure was demolished in 1996. Significance: The Rushmore Air Force Station Steam Plant Building is significant for its association with American Military policy during the Cold War years of the early 1... More

P. J. Heilman House, 401 East Cleveland Avenue, Guthrie, Logan County, OK

P. J. Heilman House, 401 East Cleveland Avenue, Guthrie, Logan County,...

Significance: This picturesquely massed house of 1895, built of local red sandstone and brick, was a point of pride in many of the early promotional publications of Guthrie, pointed out as a stately home and th... More

West Quoddy Head Light Station, At eastern tip of West Quaddy Head, Lubec, Washington County, ME
Southern Pacific Railroad Shasta Route, Bridge No. 310.58, Milepost 310.58, Sims, Shasta County, CA

Southern Pacific Railroad Shasta Route, Bridge No. 310.58, Milepost 31...

Significance: The Southern Pacific Railroad Shasta Route, built as the California and Oregon Railroad and the Central Pacific Railroad between Roseville, California and Portland, Oregon was the first thrust nor... More

Ash Avenue Bridge, Spanning Salt River at Foot of Ash Avenue, Tempe, Maricopa County, AZ

Ash Avenue Bridge, Spanning Salt River at Foot of Ash Avenue, Tempe, M...

Significance: Constructed over the Salt River on the Pheonix-Tempe Highway, the Ash Avenue Bridge is the first concrete multi-arch bridge erected in Arizona. The structure is comprised of eleven spans of two-ri... More

First Unitarian Church, Franklin & Charles Streets, Baltimore, Independent City, MD

First Unitarian Church, Franklin & Charles Streets, Baltimore, Indepen...

Survey number: HABS MD-229 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 72001495

The Four Seasons Garden, Oldfields, 4000 Michigan Road, Indianapolis, Marion County, IN

The Four Seasons Garden, Oldfields, 4000 Michigan Road, Indianapolis, ...

2013 HALS Challenge Entry: Documenting the Cultural Landscapes of Women Significance: The Four Seasons Garden is a contemplative space designed in 1939 by landscape architect Anne Bruce Haldeman. The well-prese... More

St. Mary's Seminary Chapel, North Paca Street & Druid Hill Avenue, Baltimore, Independent City, MD

St. Mary's Seminary Chapel, North Paca Street & Druid Hill Avenue, Bal...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-21, FN-22 Survey number: HABS MD-13 Building/structure dates: 1806-1808 Building/structure dates: 1840 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates... More

Oriana Bridge, Spanning Salt Fork of Brazos Rivrer at Old County Route 207, Peacock, Stonewall County, TX

Oriana Bridge, Spanning Salt Fork of Brazos Rivrer at Old County Route...

Significance: An increasingly rare example of the once-common camelback truss, the Oriana Bridge is locally significant as an all-weather link in an early road connecting Stonewall County with Jayton, the princ... More

Alabama Theatre, 1811 Third Avenue North, Birmingham, Jefferson County, AL

Alabama Theatre, 1811 Third Avenue North, Birmingham, Jefferson County...

Significance: The Alabama Theatre, designed by Chicago architects Graven & Mayger, was erected in 1927 by Paramount's Publix Theatre chain as its flagship theatre for the southeastern region of the United State... More

Unity Temple, 875 Lake Street, Oak Park, Cook County, IL

Unity Temple, 875 Lake Street, Oak Park, Cook County, IL

Significance: Frank Lloyd Wright's design for Unity Church was conceived with the prime objective of giving exterior expression to a room of worship by subordinating the smaller auxiliary functions to the main ... More

Kaymoor Coal Mine, South side of New River, upstream of New River Gorge Bridge, Fayetteville, Fayette County, WV

Kaymoor Coal Mine, South side of New River, upstream of New River Gorg...

Significance: Kay Moor coal mine exhibits important examples of early 20th century mining technology. Its two extant inclines and headhouse are examples of specialized adaptations to mining coal from outcrops ... More

U.S. Naval Academy, Griffin Hall, Annapolis, Anne Arundel County, MD

U.S. Naval Academy, Griffin Hall, Annapolis, Anne Arundel County, MD

Significance: Griffin Hall was built in 1917 as an extension to Isherwood Hall by Flagg's disciple Jules de Sibour who had become consulting architect to the Academy. Griffin is a skinny rectangle (56' x 181')... More

Frankford Arsenal, Building No. 227, South side of Hagner Road between Ripley & Mellon Streets, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Frankford Arsenal, Building No. 227, South side of Hagner Road between...

Significance: Building 227, constructed in 1941 as a blank ammunition loading plant, is associated with the large-scale expansion of Frankford Arsenal, the United States' principal manufacturer of small arms am... More

Catawissa Bridge, Spanning north branch of Susquehanna River, 3.5 miles south of Bloomsburg, Catawissa, Columbia County, PA

Catawissa Bridge, Spanning north branch of Susquehanna River, 3.5 mile...

Significance: The existing Catawissa Bridge, built in 1898 by the Pennsylvania Bridge Company of Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, consists of four (4) steel through-truss spans, each 304 feet long, for a total lengt... More

Livingston County Courthouse, Pontiac, Livingston County, IL

Livingston County Courthouse, Pontiac, Livingston County, IL

2000 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: ...Construction began in 1875 at a cost of approximately $75,000. The architect was John C. Cochrane (1833-1887) of Chicago who was associated at the time wit... More

Idaho National Engineering Laboratory, Test Area North, Scoville, Butte County, ID

Idaho National Engineering Laboratory, Test Area North, Scoville, Butt...

Significance: Test Area North (TAN) was a site of the Aircraft Nuclear Propulsion (ANP) Project of the U.S. Air Force and the Atomic Energy Commission. Its Cold War mission was to develop a turbojet bomber prop... More

Idaho National Engineering Laboratory, Test Area North, Scoville, Butte County, ID

Idaho National Engineering Laboratory, Test Area North, Scoville, Butt...

Significance: Test Area North (TAN) was a site of the Aircraft Nuclear Propulsion (ANP) Project of the U.S. Air Force and the Atomic Energy Commission. Its Cold War mission was to develop a turbojet bomber prop... More

Idaho National Engineering Laboratory, Test Area North, Scoville, Butte County, ID

Idaho National Engineering Laboratory, Test Area North, Scoville, Butt...

Significance: Test Area North (TAN) was a site of the Aircraft Nuclear Propulsion (ANP) Project of the U.S. Air Force and the Atomic Energy Commission. Its Cold War mission was to develop a turbojet bomber prop... More

Dr. Ezekiel Lovejoy House, 100 Front Street, Owego, Tioga County, NY

Dr. Ezekiel Lovejoy House, 100 Front Street, Owego, Tioga County, NY

Significance: Believed to be the largest Greek revival house in Owego, the central block has a two-story pedimented tetrastyle portico. Survey number: HABS NY-5428 Building/structure dates: 1837 Initial Cons... More

Christ Church, 22-26 North Second Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Christ Church, 22-26 North Second Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia C...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-294 Survey number: HABS PA-1071 Building/structure dates: 1744 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1834 Subsequent Work Building/stru... More

Bardwell's Ferry Bridge, Spanning Deerfield River on Bardwell's Ferry Road, Shelburne, Franklin County, MA

Bardwell's Ferry Bridge, Spanning Deerfield River on Bardwell's Ferry ...

Significance: The Bardwell's Ferry Bridge is an excellent, virtually unaltered, example of William Douglas's 1878 patent for a wrought-rion lenticular truss bridge. It is one of approximately fifty lenticular ... More

Stanley R. Mickelsen Safeguard Complex, Universal Missile Building, Between Tactical Road South & Patrol Road, Nekoma, Cavalier County, ND

Stanley R. Mickelsen Safeguard Complex, Universal Missile Building, Be...

Significance: Universal Missile Building (UMB) operations centered around initial preparation of missile sections, with space for unpacking, assembly, and checkout of SPARTAN and SPRINT missile components. It ... More

Anglo & London Paris National Bank, One Sansome Street, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

Anglo & London Paris National Bank, One Sansome Street, San Francisco,...

Significance: One of a group of historically and architecturally important bank buildings in downtown San Francisco. Within this group, it is particularly notable for is monumental size, prominent location, and... More

Vulcan Statue & Park, Atop Red Mountain off Vulcan Road, Birmingham, Jefferson County, AL

Vulcan Statue & Park, Atop Red Mountain off Vulcan Road, Birmingham, J...

Significance: The Vulcan statue is significant as an unusual American colossus created from local material, under technological constraints, to promote regional industry. The Vulcan statue was cast from Birmin... More

Hill Field, Engine Test No. 2, 5822 Engine Lane, Layton, Davis County, UT

Hill Field, Engine Test No. 2, 5822 Engine Lane, Layton, Davis County,...

Significance: Aircraft engines were completely overhauled at Ogden Air Depot/Ogden Air Materiel Command (OOAMA) Hill Field/Air Force Base, and then tested for safety and effectiveness in the Engine Test Cells, ... More

Orient Bridge, Spanning Kettle River at Richardson Road, Orient, Ferry County, WA

Orient Bridge, Spanning Kettle River at Richardson Road, Orient, Ferry...

Significance: The 180-foot-long, steel Parker truss Orient Bridge is one of only five bridges of this type built before 1910 remaining in Washington State. The arched top chord of the Parker truss design (a va... More

Idaho National Engineering Laboratory, Army Reactors Experimental Area, Scoville, Butte County, ID

Idaho National Engineering Laboratory, Army Reactors Experimental Area...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N867 Survey number: HAER ID-33-D Building/structure dates: 1957-1965 Initial Construction

Bird-Sawyer House, 41 Humphreys Street, Dorchester, Suffolk County, MA

Bird-Sawyer House, 41 Humphreys Street, Dorchester, Suffolk County, MA

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-81 Survey number: HABS MA-278 Building/structure dates: 16h1 Initial Construction

Beale Air Force Base, Perimeter Acquisition Vehicle Entry Phased-Array Warning System, Techinical Equipment Building, End of Spencer Paul Road, north of Warren Shingle Road (14th Street), Marysville, Yuba County, CA

Beale Air Force Base, Perimeter Acquisition Vehicle Entry Phased-Array...

Significance: Building 5760 is the primary structure at the PAVE PAWS compound on Beale Air Force Base Survey number: HAER CA-319-A Building/structure dates: after. 1977- before. 1979 Initial Construction Bu... More

Murphy-Dannelly House, 410 Delte Street, Jefferson, Marion County, TX

Murphy-Dannelly House, 410 Delte Street, Jefferson, Marion County, TX

Significance: As originally constructed, this house was typical of two-story residences built in east Texas in the mid-nineteenth century. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-69 Surv... More

St. George's Methodist Episcopal Church, 235 North Fourth Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

St. George's Methodist Episcopal Church, 235 North Fourth Street, Phil...

Survey number: HABS PA-1473 Public domain photograph - historical image of Pennsylvania, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Outer Island Light Station, Lighthouse & Keeper's Quarters, La Pointe, Ashland County, WI

Outer Island Light Station, Lighthouse & Keeper's Quarters, La Pointe,...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N46 Survey number: HABS WI-318-A

St. Croix Island National Monument, Lighthouse & Residence, Bar Harbor, Hancock County, ME

St. Croix Island National Monument, Lighthouse & Residence, Bar Harbor...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-59 Survey number: HABS ME-168-A

Pan Pacific Auditorium, 1600 Beverly Boulevard, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA

Pan Pacific Auditorium, 1600 Beverly Boulevard, Los Angeles, Los Angel...

Significance: Essentially this building is a shed with an image-imparting entrance facade. The Pan Pacific Auditorium achieves not just the styling of the great streamlined World's Fairs of the 1930's, but the... More

Dice's Head Light Station, Southwest end of Water Street, Castine, Hancock County, ME
St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, Langer Avenue & Third Street Northwest, Casselton, Cass County, ND

St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, Langer Avenue & Third Street Northwest...

1999 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: Early services at Casselton, Dakota Territory, were conducted by Revered B.F. Cooley, a priest stationed at Fargo, who had attended the High Church Episcopal ... More

Foster-Shirley House, 1600 Dearing Place, Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa County, AL

Foster-Shirley House, 1600 Dearing Place, Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa Count...

Survey number: HABS AL-216 Building/structure dates: ca. 1835 Initial Construction

Fort McCoy, Building No. T-2307, Approximately 300' West of Building T-2139, Sparta, Monroe County, WI

Fort McCoy, Building No. T-2307, Approximately 300' West of Building T...

Significance: This structure is one of four Type PBP-81 buildings constructed at Fort McCoy (then known as Camp McCoy) as a result of the mobilization effort that was undertaken by the United States during Worl... More

Peter Allen House, State Route 7, Kinsman, Trumbull County, OH

Peter Allen House, State Route 7, Kinsman, Trumbull County, OH

Survey number: HABS OH-248 Building/structure dates: 1821 Initial Construction

Henry W. Longfellow Place, 105 Brattle Street, Cambridge, Middlesex County, MA

Henry W. Longfellow Place, 105 Brattle Street, Cambridge, Middlesex Co...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-27 Survey number: HABS MA-169 Building/structure dates: 1759 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1793 Subsequent Work Building/struct... More

South Fork Trinity River Bridge, State Highway 299 spanning South Fork Trinity River, Salyer, Trinity County, CA

South Fork Trinity River Bridge, State Highway 299 spanning South Fork...

Significance: The South Fork Trinity River Bridge is one of a very limited number of cantilever truss highway bridges in California. Best suited to specific terrain conditions such as deep canyons to be crosse... More

Salt River Bridge, Spanning Salt River at Dillon Road, Ferndale, Humboldt County, CA

Salt River Bridge, Spanning Salt River at Dillon Road, Ferndale, Humbo...

Significance: The Salt River Bridge, also known as the Valley Flower Bridge, determined eligible for inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places in 1987, represents a major example of the work of a si... More

Glenn L. Martin Company, Titan Missile Test Facilities, Captive Test Stand D-2, Waterton Canyon Road & Colorado Highway 121, Lakewood, Jefferson County, CO

Glenn L. Martin Company, Titan Missile Test Facilities, Captive Test S...

Significance: By providing a facility where the Titan I and Titan II intercontinental ballistic missiles could be "flown on the ground" under controlled conditions prior to actual launch, Captive Test Stand D-2... More

Mississippi River 9-Foot Channel Project, Lock & Dam No. 17, Upper Mississippi River, New Boston, Mercer County, IL

Mississippi River 9-Foot Channel Project, Lock & Dam No. 17, Upper Mis...

Significance: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nine-Foot Channel Project (1927-1940) represents the culmination of a 100-year effort to improve the navigability of the Upper Mississippi River between the mouth ... More

Hezekiah Chaffee House, 108 Palisado Avenue, Windsor, Hartford County, CT

Hezekiah Chaffee House, 108 Palisado Avenue, Windsor, Hartford County,...

Survey number: HABS CT-34 Building/structure dates: after 1760 Initial Construction

Augustine Bridge, Brandywine River,Augustine Cutoff, Wilmington, New Castle County, DE

Augustine Bridge, Brandywine River,Augustine Cutoff, Wilmington, New C...

Significance: Wrought iron, pin-connected, Pratt-type truss superstructure mounted on granite masonry piers; originally served as bridge for the B&O Railroad. Survey number: HAER DE-20 Building/structure date... More

Meetinghouse, Phillips Road, Sandown, Rockingham County, NH

Meetinghouse, Phillips Road, Sandown, Rockingham County, NH

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-29 Survey number: HABS NH-17 Building/structure dates: 1774 Initial Construction

Colorado County Courthouse, Courthouse Square, Columbus, Colorado County, TX

Colorado County Courthouse, Courthouse Square, Columbus, Colorado Coun...

1993 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Second Place Significance: Built in 1890 by prominent Texas architect Eugene T. Heiner, it is a production of the political atmosphere in Texas and the prosperity of the communit... More

San Bernardino Valley College, Auditorium, 701 South Mount Vernon Avenue, San Bernardino, San Bernardino County, CA

San Bernardino Valley College, Auditorium, 701 South Mount Vernon Aven...

Significance: The San Bernadino Valley College contains the core complex of the first junior college in California, built under 1921 legislative guidelines and standards established for junior colleges. These ... More

Interpretive Design Center, 67 Mather Place, Harpers Ferry, Jefferson County, WV

Interpretive Design Center, 67 Mather Place, Harpers Ferry, Jefferson ...

Survey number: HABS WV-305 Public domain photograph - historical image of West Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

New Almaden Quicksilver Mine, New Almaden Quicksilver Mine County Park, New Almaden, Santa Clara County, CA

New Almaden Quicksilver Mine, New Almaden Quicksilver Mine County Park...

Significance: The New Almaden mine is the site of the first mercury deposit discovered on the American continent and has yielded metal of greater value than that of any other mine in the State, producing nearly... More

Early Iron Work, Mobile, Mobile County, AL

Early Iron Work, Mobile, Mobile County, AL

See also HABS AL-3, AL-815, AL-7-B, AL-7-C, AL-7-D, AL-845, AL-29, AL-77 for additional documentation. Survey number: HABS AL-7

Old Eight-Square Stone School, Hope, Warren County, NJ

Old Eight-Square Stone School, Hope, Warren County, NJ

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-317 Survey number: HABS NJ-429 Building/structure dates: 1835 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 77000916

Castlewood, U.S. Route 25, Richmond, Madison County, KY

Castlewood, U.S. Route 25, Richmond, Madison County, KY

Significance: Castlewood remains today practically as it was built. Very few changes have been made. The plan and exterior are typical of the Colonial Georgian style in Kentucky, having a center hall flanked by... More

Tayco Street Bridge, Spanning Government Canal at Tayco & Water Streets, Menasha, Winnebago County, WI

Tayco Street Bridge, Spanning Government Canal at Tayco & Water Street...

Significance: The Tayco Street Bridge is a double leaf, Strauss Underneath Counterweight bascule bridge. It is significant as the only bridge of this type in Menasha. With its symmetrical design and four hous... More

Whittier Theatre, 11602-11612 East Whittier Boulevard, Whittier, Los Angeles County, CA

Whittier Theatre, 11602-11612 East Whittier Boulevard, Whittier, Los A...

Significance: The Whittier Theatre was the largest and most elaborate movie theater complex in Whittier. It was significant as an example of a local architect's interpretation both of the prevailing trend towa... More

Strawberry Valley Project, Payson, Utah County, UT

Strawberry Valley Project, Payson, Utah County, UT

Significance: As the first project built by the U.S. Reclamation Service in Utah, the Strawberry Valley Project had a major impact on the State. It represents the beginning of Federal assistance in water devel... More

Grace Memorial Bridge, U.S. Highway 17 spanning Cooper River & Town Creek , Charleston, Charleston County, SC

Grace Memorial Bridge, U.S. Highway 17 spanning Cooper River & Town Cr...

Significance: At 1.9 miles long, the bridge is one of the major river crossings in the American South and the largest steel truss bridge in South Carolina. At the time of its construction, it was the fifth lon... More

Fitger Brewery Complex, Stable & Garage, 600 East Superior Street, Duluth, St. Louis County, MN

Fitger Brewery Complex, Stable & Garage, 600 East Superior Street, Dul...

Significance: The stable and garage building was constructed in 1911 by McLeod & Smith for an original cost of $24,000. The architect was Mr. L. Lehle. The building was constructed where a previous barn and s... More

John Woodward House, 238 Woodward Street, Newton, Middlesex County, MA

John Woodward House, 238 Woodward Street, Newton, Middlesex County, MA

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-13 Survey number: HABS MA-146 Building/structure dates: 1681 Initial Construction

Sons of Zebedee Evangelical Lutheran Church, 422 Salt Street, Saltsburg, Indiana County, PA

Sons of Zebedee Evangelical Lutheran Church, 422 Salt Street, Saltsbur...

Significance: The Sons of Zebedee church represents a modest example of vernacular Carpenter Gothic styling, including such features as a center steeple with bell tower, pointed-arch stained-glass windows, and ... More

Wheeling Suspension Bridge, Spanning East channel of Ohio River at U.S. Route 40, Wheeling, Ohio County, WV

Wheeling Suspension Bridge, Spanning East channel of Ohio River at U.S...

Significance: Oldest vehicular suspension bridge still in operation in the world; span in excess of 1,0000 feet. First bridge built crossing the Ohio River. Originally designed and built by Charles Ellet in 1... More

Frame Grist Mill, Route 30, Ringoes, Hunterdon County, NJ

Frame Grist Mill, Route 30, Ringoes, Hunterdon County, NJ

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-388 Survey number: HABS NJ-451 Building/structure dates: 1736 Initial Construction

Pioneer Post Office, 700 SW Sixth Avenue, Portland, Multnomah County, OR

Pioneer Post Office, 700 SW Sixth Avenue, Portland, Multnomah County, ...

Significance: The Pioneer Courthouse is one of the most important federally-funded buildings in the Pacific Northwest. Built in 1875, the Italianate building is styled with classic, restrained architectural det... More

Cape Canaveral Air Station, Launch Complex 17, Facility 28417, East end of Lighthouse Road, Cape Canaveral, Brevard County, FL

Cape Canaveral Air Station, Launch Complex 17, Facility 28417, East en...

Survey number: HAER FL-8-5-G Building/structure dates: 1956 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 84003872

Prado Dam, Embankment, Santa Ana River near junction of State Highways 71 & 91, Corona, Riverside County, CA

Prado Dam, Embankment, Santa Ana River near junction of State Highways...

Significance: The construction of Prado Dam was a significant event in the history of flood control in southern California and specifically Orange County. The Dam has played a vital role in the economies and d... More

Waddell Dam, On Agua Fria River, 35 miles northwest of Phoenix, Phoenix, Maricopa County, AZ

Waddell Dam, On Agua Fria River, 35 miles northwest of Phoenix, Phoeni...

Significance: It is the only storage dam constructed by private interests in central Arizona. It became the largest multiple arch dam in the world upon completion. Survey number: HAER AZ-11 Building/structure... More

Waddell Dam, On Agua Fria River, 35 miles northwest of Phoenix, Phoenix, Maricopa County, AZ

Waddell Dam, On Agua Fria River, 35 miles northwest of Phoenix, Phoeni...

Significance: It is the only storage dam constructed by private interests in central Arizona. It became the largest multiple arch dam in the world upon completion. Survey number: HAER AZ-11 Building/structure... More

Waddell Dam, On Agua Fria River, 35 miles northwest of Phoenix, Phoenix, Maricopa County, AZ

Waddell Dam, On Agua Fria River, 35 miles northwest of Phoenix, Phoeni...

Significance: It is the only storage dam constructed by private interests in central Arizona. It became the largest multiple arch dam in the world upon completion. Survey number: HAER AZ-11 Building/structure... More

Anthony Beam House, 14 Mulberry Place, Newark, Essex County, NJ

Anthony Beam House, 14 Mulberry Place, Newark, Essex County, NJ

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-182 Survey number: HABS NJ-310 Building/structure dates: after 1860 Initial Construction

Benjamin Wade House, 22 Jefferson Street, Jefferson, Ashtabula County, OH

Benjamin Wade House, 22 Jefferson Street, Jefferson, Ashtabula County,...

Survey number: HABS OH-2237 Public domain photograph - historical image of Ohio, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Frederick Haring House, Old Tappan & DeWolfe Roads, Old Tappan, Bergen County, NJ

Frederick Haring House, Old Tappan & DeWolfe Roads, Old Tappan, Bergen...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-400 Survey number: HABS NJ-487 Building/structure dates: 17q3 Initial Construction

Romeo Road, Sanitary & Ship Canal Bridge, Spanning Sanitary & Ship Canal, Romeoville, Will County, IL

Romeo Road, Sanitary & Ship Canal Bridge, Spanning Sanitary & Ship Can...

Significance: Of the original fifteen bridges built across the Sanitary and Ship Canal, only seven survive; the Romeo Road Bridge is the oldest of the highway swing spans constructed by the Sanitary District of... More

Salinas Dam, Salinas River near Pozo Road, Santa Margarita, San Luis Obispo County, CA

Salinas Dam, Salinas River near Pozo Road, Santa Margarita, San Luis O...

Significance: The Salinas Dam, a "hoof" type, inclined, variable radius arch cam, was designed by Raymond A. Hill, an important structural engineer who worked in Los Angeles, California between 1919 and the 196... More

Navajo Bridge, Spanning Colorado River at U.S. Highway 89 Alternate, Page, Coconino County, AZ

Navajo Bridge, Spanning Colorado River at U.S. Highway 89 Alternate, P...

Significance: As the only crossing of the Colorado River for some 600 miles, the Navajo Bridge has had a profound impact on the commerce and transportation of a rugged, remote and isolated part of Arizona. Its ... More

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