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Low, Son & Haydon's pure toilet soaps / F. Opper.

Low, Son & Haydon's pure toilet soaps / F. Opper.

Illustration shows three women bathing putti with bars of soap and hanging them by their wings on a line to dry.

Apaches at home / Gentry, pho. - Public domain portrait drawing

Apaches at home / Gentry, pho. - Public domain portrait drawing

A group of Apache Indians in front of their thatched huts. H123798 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 409. Copyright by Charles N. Payne, Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Scene of family working at home surrounded by scenes of forest animals

Scene of family working at home surrounded by scenes of forest animals

General information about the Popular and Applied Graphic Art print materials is available at: https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.pga Title devised by Library staff or Junior Fellows, 2005-2017. Category designatio... More

A Zuni doorway, Native American woman portrait

A Zuni doorway, Native American woman portrait

Public domain photograph - New Mexico, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Eskimos Refreshments, Alaska

Eskimos Refreshments, Alaska

Photograph shows an Eskimo woman sitting outside a tent, breastfeeding a baby.

Edward S. Curtis - A winter day--Apsaroke

Edward S. Curtis - A winter day--Apsaroke

Apsaroke woman standing in snow scooping water from a stream with a can, bucket beside her. H113105 U.S. Copyright Office. Curtis no. 2777-08. On verso: A sunny day. Forms part of: Edward S. Curtis Collection (... More

Mark Twain House, Division & Spear Streets, Carson City, Carson City, NV

Mark Twain House, Division & Spear Streets, Carson City, Carson City, ...

Survey number: HABS NV-13-2 Public domain photograph of a house, residential property, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Dr. John Brockenbrough House, 1201 East Clay Street, Richmond, Independent City, Virginia

Dr. John Brockenbrough House, 1201 East Clay Street, Richmond, Indepen...

Significance: The White House of the Confederacy served as the Executive Mansion for Confederate President Jefferson Davis and his family from August 1861 to April 1865. Survey number: HABS VA-861 Building/s... More

Makepeace, Johnson Creek vicinity, Crisfield, Somerset County, MD

Makepeace, Johnson Creek vicinity, Crisfield, Somerset County, MD

Survey number: HABS MD-698 Building/structure dates: before 1700 Initial Construction

Makepeace, Johnson Creek vicinity, Crisfield, Somerset County, MD

Makepeace, Johnson Creek vicinity, Crisfield, Somerset County, MD

Survey number: HABS MD-698 Building/structure dates: before 1700 Initial Construction

Storer House, 8161 Hollywood Boulevard, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA

Storer House, 8161 Hollywood Boulevard, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Count...

Structure incorporates FLW's "Textile Blocks." Significance: One of several of Frank Lloyd Wright's concrete block houses built in southern California. The John Storer residence, built in 1923, is one of severa... More

Blandair, Slave Quarters, 6651 Highway 175, Columbia, Howard County, MD

Blandair, Slave Quarters, 6651 Highway 175, Columbia, Howard County, M...

Significance: The slave quarters at Blandair was built ca. 1845, predating the adjacent brick manor house. Supported by a rubble stone foundation, the building's walls were constructed of 2 1/2" thick sawn wood... More

Workman House, Workman & Temple Family Homestead Museum, 15415 East Don Julian Road, Industry, Los Angeles County, CA

Workman House, Workman & Temple Family Homestead Museum, 15415 East Do...

Survey number: HABS CA-2736 Building/structure dates: 1842 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: ca. 1870 Subsequent Work National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 74000519

Morse-Libby House, 109 Danforth Street, Portland, Cumberland County, ME

Morse-Libby House, 109 Danforth Street, Portland, Cumberland County, M...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-23 Survey number: HABS ME-53 Building/structure dates: ca. 1859 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 70000074

David Lambert House, Danbury Post Road, Wilton, Fairfield County, CT

David Lambert House, Danbury Post Road, Wilton, Fairfield County, CT

Survey number: HABS CT-29 Building/structure dates: 1725 Initial Construction

Richmond Hill Plantation, Ford Mansion, East of Richmond Hill on Ford Neck Road, Richmond Hill, Bryan County, GA

Richmond Hill Plantation, Ford Mansion, East of Richmond Hill on Ford ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a small palace, chateau, villa, residential historic building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Keith-Brown House, 529 East South Temple, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, UT

Keith-Brown House, 529 East South Temple, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake Co...

Significance: The Keith-Brown House, home of Utah mining millionaire David Keith, is one of the few remaining mansions on the once fashionable South Temple Street. The design by Salt Lake City architect Frederi... More

D. V. Cain House, Green & Fuller Streets, Bodie, Mono County, CA

D. V. Cain House, Green & Fuller Streets, Bodie, Mono County, CA

Significance: The Ghost Town of Bodie is a Registered Historic Landmark and California Historical Landmark #341. Placer gold was first discovered here in July, 1859 and a quartz vein was located in August, 185... More

Dr. Alexander Glass Strachan House, 302 Cross Street, Petersburg, Petersburg, Virginia

Dr. Alexander Glass Strachan House, 302 Cross Street, Petersburg, Pete...

Significance: The main portion of this house was probably built by Dr. Alexander Glass Strachan, a physician, and graduate of the University of Edinburgh, about the middle of the eighteenth century. Strachan w... More

Eslava House, 152 Tuthill Lane, Spring Hill, Mobile County, AL

Eslava House, 152 Tuthill Lane, Spring Hill, Mobile County, AL

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

McLean House, Appomattox, Appomattox County, Virginia

McLean House, Appomattox, Appomattox County, Virginia

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-335 Survey number: HABS VA-240 Building/structure dates: ca. 1850 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1893 Demolished Building/struct... More

Isaac N. Hagan House, Kentuck Knob, U.S. Route 40 vicinity (Stewart Township), Chalkhill, Fayette County, PA

Isaac N. Hagan House, Kentuck Knob, U.S. Route 40 vicinity (Stewart To...

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

Isaac N. Hagan House, Kentuck Knob, U.S. Route 40 vicinity (Stewart Township), Chalkhill, Fayette County, PA

Isaac N. Hagan House, Kentuck Knob, U.S. Route 40 vicinity (Stewart To...

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

Elias Olcott House, Upper Meadows Settlement on old, colonial Connecticut Turnpike, Rockingham, Windham County, VT

Elias Olcott House, Upper Meadows Settlement on old, colonial Connecti...

Significance: This is a typical example of the earliest frame building style in the area, surviving in comparatively unaltered condition. Survey number: HABS VT-42 Building/structure dates: ca. 1763 Initial C... More

Indian Agency House, U.S. Route 1, Silver Lake, Shawnee County, KS

Indian Agency House, U.S. Route 1, Silver Lake, Shawnee County, KS

Significance: This stone house, said to be a former Indian Agency building, is perhaps the earliest structure built by white men still standing in Kansas. Survey number: HABS KS-12 Building/structure dates: c... More

Palo Alto Plantation House, Donaldsonville, Ascension Parish, LA

Palo Alto Plantation House, Donaldsonville, Ascension Parish, LA

2003 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: Palo Alto is an Anglo-Creole type Louisiana plantation cottage decorated in Greek Revival style. Its name commemorates a famous battle in the Mexican War, Ma... More

Gamble House, 4 Westmoreland Place, Pasadena, Los Angeles County, CA

Gamble House, 4 Westmoreland Place, Pasadena, Los Angeles County, CA

Significance: The Gamble House is the most complete and best preserved example of the work of Architects Greene and Greene. Built in 1908, during the architects most refined period, it embodies the highest lev... More

Fort Spokane, Indian School & Officers' Quarters, Lincoln, Lincoln County, WA

Fort Spokane, Indian School & Officers' Quarters, Lincoln, Lincoln Cou...

Survey number: HABS WA-111-H Public domain image related to President Abraham Lincoln, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Lovell Beach House, 1242 West Ocean Front, Newport Beach, Orange County, CA

Lovell Beach House, 1242 West Ocean Front, Newport Beach, Orange Count...

Structure is associated with the DeStijl Movement & Brutalist design. Significance: The Lovell Beach House is generally considered one of the greatest works of pioneering modern architect, R.M. Schindler. It d... More

Erasmus Gill House, 53 South Market Street, Petersburg, Petersburg, Virginia

Erasmus Gill House, 53 South Market Street, Petersburg, Petersburg, Vi...

Significance: This simple clapboard house, the central portion of which was probably built c. 1785-1791, shows a classic influence in its pediment on the porch. It is particularly noteworthy for its fine inter... More

William H. Bowers House, 254 North Sycamore Street, Petersburg, Petersburg, Virginia

William H. Bowers House, 254 North Sycamore Street, Petersburg, Peters...

Public domain photograph of church building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

William H. Bowers House, 254 North Sycamore Street, Petersburg, Petersburg, Virginia

William H. Bowers House, 254 North Sycamore Street, Petersburg, Peters...

Public domain photograph of church building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Cape Hatteras Lighthouse, Principal Keeper's Dwelling, Point of Cape Hatteras, Access Road from Route 12, Buxton, Dare County, NC

Cape Hatteras Lighthouse, Principal Keeper's Dwelling, Point of Cape H...

Significance: Following the completion of the new Cape Hatteras Lighthouse in 1870, the construction of a dwelling for the lighthouse's third keeper was approved, making use of the surplus of 50,000 bricks at t... More

Jimmy Carter Boyhood Home, Old Plains Highway (Lebanon Cemetery Road), Plains, Sumter County, GA

Jimmy Carter Boyhood Home, Old Plains Highway (Lebanon Cemetery Road),...

Significance: This was Jimmy Carter's childhood home from age 3 until he left Plains to attend college. The farm included a bungalow, commissary (see HABS No. GA-245-A), tenant houses (see HABS No. GA-245-B), a... More

McIntire-Garrison House, South Berwick Road (State Route 91), Scotland, York County, ME

McIntire-Garrison House, South Berwick Road (State Route 91), Scotland...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-7 Survey number: HABS ME-9 Building/structure dates: 1660-1692 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: after. 1775- before. 1800 Subsequen... More

Lindenshade, House, Furness Lane, Wallingford, Delaware County, PA

Lindenshade, House, Furness Lane, Wallingford, Delaware County, PA

Significance: Home of Horace Howard Furness, brother of architect, Frank Furness, and a noted Shakespeare scholar. Survey number: HABS PA-1245-A Building/structure dates: after. 1890- before. 1900 Initial Co... More

Mulberry, U.S. Route 521, Camden, Kershaw County, SC

Mulberry, U.S. Route 521, Camden, Kershaw County, SC

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

Frances Snow Pryor House, Jefferson Street, Athens, Limestone County, AL

Frances Snow Pryor House, Jefferson Street, Athens, Limestone County, ...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-5 Survey number: HABS AL-304 Building/structure dates: ca. 1826 Initial Construction

Syr-Dar'inskaia oblast'. Kibitka zhilishche Kirgiza

Syr-Dar'inskaia oblast'. Kibitka zhilishche Kirgiza

Photograph shows a kibitka dwelling of Kyrgyz. Includes four people, a horse, sheep and camel around tent. Illus. in: Turkestanskii al'bom, chast' étnograficheskaia︢: ..., 1871-1872, part 2, vol. 1, p. 34.

Bodie Island Light Station, Off Highway 12, Nags Head, Dare County, NC

Bodie Island Light Station, Off Highway 12, Nags Head, Dare County, NC

Significance: Bodie Island Light Station served as an important aid to navigation in a system of lighthouses guiding mariners along the hazardous waters of the Outer Banks of North Carolina, often referred to a... More

Horseshoe Ranger Station, 15 miles South of Parshall, Parshall, Grand County, CO

Horseshoe Ranger Station, 15 miles South of Parshall, Parshall, Grand ...

Public domain scan of architectural drawing, architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Anthony Carlin House, 3233 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, OH

Anthony Carlin House, 3233 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, ...

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

Emlen Physick House, 1048 Washington Street, Cape May, Cape May County, NJ

Emlen Physick House, 1048 Washington Street, Cape May, Cape May County...

Significance: Excellent stick style/shingle style villa Survey number: HABS NJ-746 Building/structure dates: 1879 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 70000383

Emlen Physick House, 1048 Washington Street, Cape May, Cape May County, NJ

Emlen Physick House, 1048 Washington Street, Cape May, Cape May County...

Significance: Excellent stick style/shingle style villa Survey number: HABS NJ-746 Building/structure dates: 1879 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 70000383

Peter Dalton Ranch, Ferretto House, 9005 South Virginia Street, Reno, Washoe County, NV

Peter Dalton Ranch, Ferretto House, 9005 South Virginia Street, Reno, ...

Significance: The Dalton-Ferretto Ranch is eligible to the National Register as a district; the four major buildings and the ten outbuildings located on approximately six acres with fencing, an orchard, and oth... More

Bethel Sanctuary, Inman, McPherson County, KS

Bethel Sanctuary, Inman, McPherson County, KS

1993 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Honorable Mention Significance: The Bethel Sanctuary, built in 1880, is the sole remaining example of the Mennonite "Prayer House" in North America. The structure was constructe... More

Cadwalader Raines House, Macon, Bibb County, GA

Cadwalader Raines House, Macon, Bibb County, GA

Public domain photo of a monument, historic place, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Plaza del Cerro, State Routes 76 & 4 vicinity, Chimayo, Rio Arriba County, NM

Plaza del Cerro, State Routes 76 & 4 vicinity, Chimayo, Rio Arriba Cou...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-23 Survey number: HABS NM-128 Building/structure dates: before 1740 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1813-1816 Subsequent Work

Archibald Yell House, Fayetteville, Washington County, AR

Archibald Yell House, Fayetteville, Washington County, AR

Survey number: HABS AR-18 Building/structure dates: ca. 1830 Initial Construction

Colonel W.F. Sanders House, Idaho Street, Virginia City, Madison County, MT

Colonel W.F. Sanders House, Idaho Street, Virginia City, Madison Count...

Significance: 1-1/2 story frame building is now almost 100 years old and has been well maintained over the years. Although not the oldest house in town, it is probably the best preserved. The original owner, Co... More

Kerbaugh, Depot & College Streets, Greeneville, Greene County, TN

Kerbaugh, Depot & College Streets, Greeneville, Greene County, TN

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-28 Survey number: HABS TN-227 Building/structure dates: before 1830 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: ca. 1950 Subsequent Work

Bowie-Sevier House, 3124 Q Street, Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Bowie-Sevier House, 3124 Q Street, Northwest, Washington, District of ...

Public domain photograph of architecture design, diagram, drawing, building plan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Barker Lodge, Main House, Panther Junction, Brewster County, TX

Barker Lodge, Main House, Panther Junction, Brewster County, TX

1998 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: Barker Lodge significance comes from its long standing association with local and regional historical events in the Big Bend country of West Texas. Since the... More

Old Stone House, Brownington Center Road at Derby Line, Brownington Center, Orleans County, VT

Old Stone House, Brownington Center Road at Derby Line, Brownington Ce...

Significance: This is a large 4-story granite building erected as a dormitory for the Orleans County Grammar School in the second quarter of the nineteenth century. An unusually well-preserved institutional bu... More

Lawrence Lewis House, 815 Franklin Street (moved to 11701 River Drive, Lorton), Alexandria, Independent City, Virginia

Lawrence Lewis House, 815 Franklin Street (moved to 11701 River Drive,...

Significance: This building is important both from the standpoint of history and architectural details. It has long been dated circa 1800, but research among records of the Assurance Society of Virginia in Ric... More

George Riley Willis House & Kitchen, Portsmouth, Carteret County, NC

George Riley Willis House & Kitchen, Portsmouth, Carteret County, NC

Significance: This house is a typical example of vernacular architecture of Portsmouth Village in the first decade of the 20th Century. As a common house of the village in the early 1900's, this small home con... More

Bacon's Castle, State Route 617, Surry, Surry County, Virginia

Bacon's Castle, State Route 617, Surry, Surry County, Virginia

Significance: The fine old brick mansion in the lower part of the County, known as "Bacon's Castle", was built by Arthur Allen, ancestor of the Claremont Allens, in 1665. It was referred to as "Allen's Brick H... More

Sconnelltown House, Birmingham Road (East Bradford Township), Sconnelltown, Chester County, PA

Sconnelltown House, Birmingham Road (East Bradford Township), Sconnell...

Significance: This house, in the Battle of Brandywine area and dating probably from the mid-eighteenth century, represents a fairly rare example of a house type which was once very common. It incorporates a slo... More

John A. G. Davis House, 1201 Jefferson Street, Charlottesville, Charlottesville, Virginia

John A. G. Davis House, 1201 Jefferson Street, Charlottesville, Charlo...

1993 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: The John A.G. Davis House, one of two houses located on the estate known as The Farm, stands today as a landmark of the rich history of Charlottesville, Virgi... More

Reverend Jessie R. Ziegler House, 509 Shelby Street, Frankfort, Franklin County, KY

Reverend Jessie R. Ziegler House, 509 Shelby Street, Frankfort, Frankl...

Significance: While on passage to Italy in the summer of 1910, Frank Lloyd Wright met and prepared sketches for the house at 509 Shelby Street in Frankfort, KY for Jesse R. Ziegler, a young Presbyterian ministe... More

Zashiki no yūjo to kamuro - A painting of two women reading a book

Zashiki no yūjo to kamuro - A painting of two women reading a book

Two girls in an interior, one seated reading a scroll, the other standing up looking into an insect cage.

Mark Twain House, 351 Farmington Avenue (corrected from original address of 531 Farmington Avenue), Hartford, Hartford County, CT

Mark Twain House, 351 Farmington Avenue (corrected from original addre...

Sometimes architecturally referred to as "Mississippi Steamboat" style. Significance: Completed in 1874, the Mark Twain house was designed by Edward Tuckerman Potter and Alfred H. Thorp for noted American autho... More

Mark Twain House, 351 Farmington Avenue (corrected from original address of 531 Farmington Avenue), Hartford, Hartford County, CT

Mark Twain House, 351 Farmington Avenue (corrected from original addre...

Sometimes architecturally referred to as "Mississippi Steamboat" style. Significance: Completed in 1874, the Mark Twain house was designed by Edward Tuckerman Potter and Alfred H. Thorp for noted American autho... More

Fallingwater, State Route 381 (Stewart Township), Ohiopyle, Fayette County, PA

Fallingwater, State Route 381 (Stewart Township), Ohiopyle, Fayette Co...

2010 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: Designed late in the architect's career, Fallingwater exemplifies Frank Lloyd Wright's conception of integrating buildings and their sites. Completed in 1937,... More

Fallingwater, State Route 381 (Stewart Township), Ohiopyle, Fayette County, PA

Fallingwater, State Route 381 (Stewart Township), Ohiopyle, Fayette Co...

2010 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: Designed late in the architect's career, Fallingwater exemplifies Frank Lloyd Wright's conception of integrating buildings and their sites. Completed in 1937,... More

[Two women gathering lotus blossoms], Harunobu Suzuki, Woodblock Print, Japan

[Two women gathering lotus blossoms], Harunobu Suzuki, Woodblock Print...

Adachi modern reprint (Showa). Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress).

[A Camp of skin tents at the mouth of the Coppermine River, Northwest Territories, Canada]

[A Camp of skin tents at the mouth of the Coppermine River, Northwest ...

Group of Eskimo(?) men, women, and children among tents. Photo by National Museum of Canada. Frank and Frances Carpenter Collection.

Na-dhi-tia-nav, Native Americans

Na-dhi-tia-nav, Native Americans

Two Indian women grinding corn. H118747 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Milton E. Porter.

"Ding dong" - Print, Library of Congress collection

"Ding dong" - Print, Library of Congress collection

General information about the Popular and Applied Graphic Art print materials is available at: https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.pga Title information compiled by Junior Fellows, 2005-2017. Sackett & Wilhelms Co.,... More

Mary Wilson House, 708-710 Lexington Avenue, Altoona, Blair County, PA

Mary Wilson House, 708-710 Lexington Avenue, Altoona, Blair County, PA

Survey number: HABS PA-5799 Building/structure dates: 1873 Initial Construction

[African American man at his car, waving goodbye to family member who is in the doorway of a house in the suburbs] / Freeman.

[African American man at his car, waving goodbye to family member who ...

Contact sheet folder caption: "Blacks in suburbia, Freeman 12/16/69." U.S. News & World Report Magazine Photograph Collection. Shot for article published in December 29, 1969, issue: "From Inner City to Suburb... More

3357 Oak Valley Road (House), Atlanta, Fulton County, GA

3357 Oak Valley Road (House), Atlanta, Fulton County, GA

Public domain photograph of a house, cottage, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Kemp's vegetable pastilles for expelling worms from the system / lith. of Snyder, Black & Sturn 92 William St. New York.

Kemp's vegetable pastilles for expelling worms from the system / lith....

Print shows an interior scene in a parlor, with a man offering pills to a woman who is sitting in a chair with an infant on her lap. 512 U.S. Copyright Office. Inscribed in ink at bottom: 512. Deposited in the... More

Dr. William B. Wiener Jr. House, 228 Ridge Drive, Jackson, Hinds County, MS

Dr. William B. Wiener Jr. House, 228 Ridge Drive, Jackson, Hinds Count...

2016 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: The Dr. William B. Wiener Jr. house was designed in 1950 by half-brother Shreveport architects Samuel G. Wiener and William B. Wiener Sr. Of the two brothers,... More

Cherry Walk, Dunbrooke Road (Route 620), 2.25 miles north of Richmond Highway (U.S. Route 360), Millers Tavern, Essex County, Virginia

Cherry Walk, Dunbrooke Road (Route 620), 2.25 miles north of Richmond ...

Significance: Erected largely between 1810 and 1830, Cherry Walk is representative of the well-crafted Chesapeake region farmstead. With prim farmer's house and large collection of carefully constructed support... More

Eames House, 203 Chautauqua Boulevard, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA

Eames House, 203 Chautauqua Boulevard, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County...

Significance: The Eames House is significant as an exemplary and influential example of post-World War II modern architecture and for its association with the lives of notable designers and residents Charles an... More

Casa Vives, 88 Calle Paseo Atocha, Ponce, Ponce Municipio, PR

Casa Vives, 88 Calle Paseo Atocha, Ponce, Ponce Municipio, PR

2017 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Third Place Significance: Casa Vives was constructed during the second half of the nineteenth century, a period when the urban center of Ponce was undergoing myriad transformatio... More

Aurora Business College, 1206 Thirteenth Street, Aurora, Hamilton County, NE

Aurora Business College, 1206 Thirteenth Street, Aurora, Hamilton Coun...

Significance: Developed in the early part of the 20th Century, this three story brick commercial structure lies on the northeast corner of the Aurora Courthouse Square at the corner of 13th and M Streets. The ... More

Dr. John Brockenbrough House, 1201 East Clay Street, Richmond, Independent City, Virginia

Dr. John Brockenbrough House, 1201 East Clay Street, Richmond, Indepen...

Significance: The White House of the Confederacy served as the Executive Mansion for Confederate President Jefferson Davis and his family from August 1861 to April 1865. Survey number: HABS VA-861 Building/s... More

Cherokee Plantation, Highway 494, Natchez, Natchitoches Parish, LA

Cherokee Plantation, Highway 494, Natchez, Natchitoches Parish, LA

Significance: Built by 1839, Cherokee is an important example of French creole architecture and retains remarkable integrity in both materials and plan. Most Likely constructed by Charles Emile Sompeyrac around... More

Kuenzi Barn, County Trunk EM, Watertown, Jefferson County, WI

Kuenzi Barn, County Trunk EM, Watertown, Jefferson County, WI

Significance: This barn is one of few remaining examples of farm outbuildings built of German half-timber (Fachwerkbau) construction. The barn was built ca. 1850 of native white oak timbers held by mortise and ... More

Makepeace, Johnson Creek vicinity, Crisfield, Somerset County, MD

Makepeace, Johnson Creek vicinity, Crisfield, Somerset County, MD

Survey number: HABS MD-698 Building/structure dates: before 1700 Initial Construction

Storer House, 8161 Hollywood Boulevard, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA

Storer House, 8161 Hollywood Boulevard, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Count...

Structure incorporates FLW's "Textile Blocks." Significance: One of several of Frank Lloyd Wright's concrete block houses built in southern California. The John Storer residence, built in 1923, is one of severa... More

Workman House, Workman & Temple Family Homestead Museum, 15415 East Don Julian Road, Industry, Los Angeles County, CA

Workman House, Workman & Temple Family Homestead Museum, 15415 East Do...

Survey number: HABS CA-2736 Building/structure dates: 1842 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: ca. 1870 Subsequent Work National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 74000519

Willow Dale Farm, Brick House, Paxtang, Dauphin County, PA

Willow Dale Farm, Brick House, Paxtang, Dauphin County, PA

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-21, FN-22 Survey number: HABS PA-35 Building/structure dates: ca. 1758 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1860 Subsequent Work Build... More

J. S. Cain House, Green & Park Streets, Bodie, Mono County, CA

J. S. Cain House, Green & Park Streets, Bodie, Mono County, CA

Significance: The Ghost Town of Bodie is a Registered Historic Landmark and California Historical Landmark #341. Placer gold was first discovered here in July 1859 and a quartz vein was located in August, 1859... More

Fort Riley, Building No. 24, 24 Sheridan Avenue, Riley, Riley County, KS

Fort Riley, Building No. 24, 24 Sheridan Avenue, Riley, Riley County, ...

Significance: Quarters #24 is one of only four buildings remaining from the initial phase of construction at Fort Riley in the 1850s. Constructed in 1855, this was one of the six double quarters built to house ... More

Eslava House, 152 Tuthill Lane, Spring Hill, Mobile County, AL

Eslava House, 152 Tuthill Lane, Spring Hill, Mobile County, AL

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

Albert L. Scott House, 29 South Market Street, Petersburg, Petersburg, Virginia

Albert L. Scott House, 29 South Market Street, Petersburg, Petersburg,...

Significance: This fine Victorian house, built c. 1860-1861, is particularly noteworthy on the exterior because of its paneled facade, heavy bracketed entablature, bold balusters on the balconies and entrance s... More

Albert L. Scott House, 29 South Market Street, Petersburg, Petersburg, Virginia

Albert L. Scott House, 29 South Market Street, Petersburg, Petersburg,...

Significance: This fine Victorian house, built c. 1860-1861, is particularly noteworthy on the exterior because of its paneled facade, heavy bracketed entablature, bold balusters on the balconies and entrance s... More

Crews Farm, Macclenny, Baker County, FL

Crews Farm, Macclenny, Baker County, FL

These drawings were donated to the H/H collection by the University of Florida's College of Architecture; the drawings were produced by architecture students at the University of Florida who chose to participat... More

Isaac N. Hagan House, Kentuck Knob, U.S. Route 40 vicinity (Stewart Township), Chalkhill, Fayette County, PA

Isaac N. Hagan House, Kentuck Knob, U.S. Route 40 vicinity (Stewart To...

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

Isaac N. Hagan House, Kentuck Knob, U.S. Route 40 vicinity (Stewart Township), Chalkhill, Fayette County, PA

Isaac N. Hagan House, Kentuck Knob, U.S. Route 40 vicinity (Stewart To...

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

Menokin, Menokin Bay, Warsaw, Richmond, Virginia

Menokin, Menokin Bay, Warsaw, Richmond, Virginia

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-110 Survey number: HABS VA-156 Building/structure dates: ca. 1769 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 69000276

Baker Island Light, Lightkeeper's House, Just east of Cranberry Isles, at entrance to Frenchman Bay, Bar Harbor, Hancock County, ME

Baker Island Light, Lightkeeper's House, Just east of Cranberry Isles,...

Significance: The first Baker Island Lighthouse began operation in 1828 with William Gilley as lightkeeper. With the election of a Whig president in 1848, Gilley was replaced, and by 1855 the light and the keep... More

Gamble House, 4 Westmoreland Place, Pasadena, Los Angeles County, CA

Gamble House, 4 Westmoreland Place, Pasadena, Los Angeles County, CA

Significance: The Gamble House is the most complete and best preserved example of the work of Architects Greene and Greene. Built in 1908, during the architects most refined period, it embodies the highest lev... More

Home washing machine & wringer - A painting of a woman washing a woman's hands

Home washing machine & wringer - A painting of a woman washing a woman...

Print shows an interior view of a kitchen with a woman using a washing machine as her employer watches. In the background, another woman washes clothes in a wash tub. Published in: Eyes of the nation : a visua... More

First Ward Neighborhood, Altoona, Blair County, PA

First Ward Neighborhood, Altoona, Blair County, PA

Public domain image of a train station in Boston, Massachusetts, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

James D. Roberts House, 1207 North Carson Street, Carson City, Carson City, NV

James D. Roberts House, 1207 North Carson Street, Carson City, Carson ...

Significance: Built by James D. Roberts in 1859, this wood frame house was moved on a V&T Railroad flatcar in 1873 from its original Washoe City location. With handsome Gothic Revival detailing and distinctive... More

Westbrook-Bell House, Old Mine Road, Sandyston Township, Hainesville, Sussex County, NJ

Westbrook-Bell House, Old Mine Road, Sandyston Township, Hainesville, ...

Significance: This small stone house is one of three still standing which formed the village of Minisink. It was was built in two different parts. The oldest, possibly predating 1730, contains what may be a sec... More

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