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Olive Beach House, 603 Ohio, Lawrence, Douglas County, KS

Olive Beach House, 603 Ohio, Lawrence, Douglas County, KS

Survey number: HABS KS-32 Public domain photograph of architecture design, diagram, drawing, building plan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Weeks House, Greenland, Rockingham County, NH

Weeks House, Greenland, Rockingham County, NH

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-61 Survey number: HABS NH-40 Building/structure dates: ca. 1710 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 75000131

John Thomson Mason House, 3425 Prospect Street, Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

John Thomson Mason House, 3425 Prospect Street, Northwest, Washington,...

Significance: The grey and stately ruin which crowns the highest ridge of Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Island was once the hoe of General John Mason. Built in the last decade of the eighteenth century, this bui... More

Conant-Hubbard House, 52 Main Street, Windsor, Windsor County, VT

Conant-Hubbard House, 52 Main Street, Windsor, Windsor County, VT

Significance: This large frame house with a decorated facade originally stood near two houses designed by the architect Asher Benjamin who was in Windsor around 1800. The two Benjamin houses no longer exist, b... More

Conant-Hubbard House, 52 Main Street, Windsor, Windsor County, VT

Conant-Hubbard House, 52 Main Street, Windsor, Windsor County, VT

Significance: This large frame house with a decorated facade originally stood near two houses designed by the architect Asher Benjamin who was in Windsor around 1800. The two Benjamin houses no longer exist, b... More

Mother's kiss - Drawing. Public domain image.

Mother's kiss - Drawing. Public domain image.

Print shows a woman holding and kissing a nude child. Title from Beall. Signed in pencil on lower right, below plate. Signed with artist's monogram stamp on bottom center of plate. Inscribed in pencil on lower ... More

Benjamin A. Fahnestock House, 408 Penn Avenue, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA

Benjamin A. Fahnestock House, 408 Penn Avenue, Pittsburgh, Allegheny C...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-45 Survey number: HABS PA-45 Building/structure dates: after. 1835- before. 1840 Initial Construction

Croghan House, Stanton Heights, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA

Croghan House, Stanton Heights, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA

Public domain scan of a technical diagram, plan, or drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

726 Walton Way (House), Augusta, Richmond County, GA

726 Walton Way (House), Augusta, Richmond County, GA

Public domain photograph - Georgia folklife collection, ethnography, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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

Andrew-Safford Place, 13 Washington Square, Salem, Essex County, MA

Andrew-Safford Place, 13 Washington Square, Salem, Essex County, MA

See also HABS MA-281 for additional information. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-67 Survey number: HABS MA-281-A Building/structure dates: 1818 Initial Construction Building/str... More

Zimmerman House, 303 Indiana Street, Lawrence, Douglas County, KS

Zimmerman House, 303 Indiana Street, Lawrence, Douglas County, KS

Survey number: HABS KS-46 Public domain photograph of architectural diagram, building plan, section, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Reid-White House, 208 West Nelson Street, Lexington, Lexington, Virginia

Reid-White House, 208 West Nelson Street, Lexington, Lexington, Virgin...

Significance: The Reid-White House is a two-story, Federal style brick dwelling. It features an early entry porch supported by Ionic order columns A two-story brick addition was made to the left-hand gable end ... More

Redcrest, 345 Elm Street, Canton, Fulton County, IL

Redcrest, 345 Elm Street, Canton, Fulton County, IL

2001 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Third Place Significance: Redcrest, the U.G. Orendorff House is located in the Town of Canton...Canton established itself early as an industrial producer because of its abundant ... More

Ocean Hall, Bushwood, St. Mary's County, MD

Ocean Hall, Bushwood, St. Mary's County, MD

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

1208-1210-1212 Reddour Street (House), Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA

1208-1210-1212 Reddour Street (House), Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, P...

Written data includes photocopies of location maps & floor plans. Significance: 1208-1210-1212 Reddour Street is believed to be a substantially altered cluster of brick rowhouses which would originally have res... More

Jane Dillon House, Rock House Road, Easton, Fairfield County, CT

Jane Dillon House, Rock House Road, Easton, Fairfield County, CT

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-13 Survey number: HABS CT-73 Building/structure dates: ca. 1710 Initial Construction

Pitner House, Route 332, 550'  West of Upper Silver Lake Road, Newtown, Bucks County, PA

Pitner House, Route 332, 550' West of Upper Silver Lake Road, Newtown...

Significance: This is a good example of an 18th century, stone Bucks County farmhouse, with characteristic features such as the cropped roof, corner fireplace, and additive quality. Survey number: HABS PA-549... More

Fort Larned, Officers' Quarters (South), Larned, Pawnee County, KS

Fort Larned, Officers' Quarters (South), Larned, Pawnee County, KS

Significance: Fort Larned was originally built of adobe. In 1865 the first stone structure was erected. By 1868 there were ten permanent sandstone buildings. Nine of these still stand to be viewed by the pub... More

Squire William Sever House, 2 Linden Street, Kingston, Plymouth County, MA

Squire William Sever House, 2 Linden Street, Kingston, Plymouth County...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-12 Survey number: HABS MA-135 Building/structure dates: 1760 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1890 Subsequent Work Building/struct... More

Pierce-Knapp-Perry Place, 47 High Street, Newburyport, Essex County, MA

Pierce-Knapp-Perry Place, 47 High Street, Newburyport, Essex County, M...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-47 Survey number: HABS MA-236 Building/structure dates: ca. 1815 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1850 Subsequent Work Building/st... More

Captain Joseph Bonner House, Front & Main Streets, Bath, Beaufort County, NC

Captain Joseph Bonner House, Front & Main Streets, Bath, Beaufort Coun...

Survey number: HABS NC-206 Building/structure dates: 1830-1840 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: after 1959 Subsequent Work

Wynne House, 209 Ashe Avenue, Raleigh, Wake County, NC
Wynne House, 209 Ashe Avenue, Raleigh, Wake County, NC

Wynne House, 209 Ashe Avenue, Raleigh, Wake County, NC

Public domain scan of a technical diagram, plan, or drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

Winterview Farm Log Cabin, Interstate Highway 81, Lexington, Lexington, Virginia

Winterview Farm Log Cabin, Interstate Highway 81, Lexington, Lexington...

Survey number: HABS VA-956 Public domain photograph - historical image of Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Richard Alsop House, Middletown, Middlesex County, CT

Richard Alsop House, Middletown, Middlesex County, CT

Sometimes referred to architecturally as "Empire Style." Survey number: HABS CT-3-4 Building/structure dates: 1838- 1839 Initial Construction

Copper Canyon Camp of the International Smelting & Refining Company, Staff House, Copper Canyon, Battle Mountain, Lander County, NV

Copper Canyon Camp of the International Smelting & Refining Company, S...

Survey number: HAER NV-21-H Public domain photograph of wooden church building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Norris Farm, House, .5 mile west of County Road 857 & .25 mile east of County Road 88/1, Cheat Neck, Monongalia County, WV

Norris Farm, House, .5 mile west of County Road 857 & .25 mile east of...

Significance: Constructed in three different periods between ca. 1780 and ca. 1935, the main house on the Norris Farm demonstrates the development of mid-Atlantic farm architecture. The dwelling was constructe... More

School Street-Monroe Street Neighborhood, Bounded on north by Quincy & Monroe Streets, on south by Jefferson Street, on west by Hope Avenue, & on east by Parker Avenue & site of Canal Street, Passaic, Passaic County, NJ

School Street-Monroe Street Neighborhood, Bounded on north by Quincy &...

Significance: The School Street-Monroe Street Neighborhood is centered on the School Street Apartments and St. Joseph's Polish Church and School. The School Street Apartments are a group of eleven matching bric... More

Forks of Cypress, Savannah Road (Jackson Road), Florence, Lauderdale County, AL

Forks of Cypress, Savannah Road (Jackson Road), Florence, Lauderdale C...

Survey number: HABS AL-375 Building/structure dates: 1818-1820 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 97001166

Forks of Cypress, Savannah Road (Jackson Road), Florence, Lauderdale County, AL

Forks of Cypress, Savannah Road (Jackson Road), Florence, Lauderdale C...

Survey number: HABS AL-375 Building/structure dates: 1818-1820 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 97001166

Forks of Cypress, Savannah Road (Jackson Road), Florence, Lauderdale County, AL

Forks of Cypress, Savannah Road (Jackson Road), Florence, Lauderdale C...

Survey number: HABS AL-375 Building/structure dates: 1818-1820 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 97001166

I. Snow House, 9 Water Street, Rockland, Knox County, ME

I. Snow House, 9 Water Street, Rockland, Knox County, ME

Significance: This is an example of a large, frame house from the mid-19th century. Survey number: HABS ME-96 Building/structure dates: ca. 1861 Initial Construction

Joseph Sherrick Farm, House, Burnside Bridge Road (Rural Route 1), Sharpsburg, Washington County, MD

Joseph Sherrick Farm, House, Burnside Bridge Road (Rural Route 1), Sha...

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

Lycurgus Johnson House, State Highway 142, Lake Village, Chicot County, AR

Lycurgus Johnson House, State Highway 142, Lake Village, Chicot County...

1985 Charles E. Peterson Prize, First Place Significance: The Lycurgus Johnson House on Lakeport Plantation is an historic treasure. This antebellum grande dame is found in the southeast corner of Arkansas fac... More

Lycurgus Johnson House, State Highway 142, Lake Village, Chicot County, AR

Lycurgus Johnson House, State Highway 142, Lake Village, Chicot County...

1985 Charles E. Peterson Prize, First Place Significance: The Lycurgus Johnson House on Lakeport Plantation is an historic treasure. This antebellum grande dame is found in the southeast corner of Arkansas fac... More

Thomas N. Berry Estate, U.S. Route 177, Stillwater, Payne County, OK

Thomas N. Berry Estate, U.S. Route 177, Stillwater, Payne County, OK

1989 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Honorable Mention Significance: The estate is an excellent example of a Colonial Revival architecture located in a naturalistic landscape of the English "Landscape Garden" School... More

Chesapeake & Ohio Canal, Lockhouse at Lock 24, Tidewater Vicinity, Seneca, Montgomery County, MD

Chesapeake & Ohio Canal, Lockhouse at Lock 24, Tidewater Vicinity, Sen...

Survey number: HABS MD-56-T Public domain photograph - historical image of Ohio, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Maplewood, 7676 Old Springhouse Road, McLean, Fairfax County, Virginia

Maplewood, 7676 Old Springhouse Road, McLean, Fairfax County, Virginia

Significance: Good example of the Second Empire style; before demolition, was the only extant Second Empire residence in Fairfax County. Survey number: HABS VA-739 Building/structure dates: 1884-1912 Subseque... More

Judge A. V. Parson Mansion, 5 East Fourth Street, Williamsport, Lycoming County, PA

Judge A. V. Parson Mansion, 5 East Fourth Street, Williamsport, Lycomi...

Survey number: HABS PA-326 Building/structure dates: 1840 Initial Construction

W. Taylor Birch House, 3099 Q Street, Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

W. Taylor Birch House, 3099 Q Street, Northwest, Washington, District ...

Significance: This home is a good example of the "baronial" type residence that was so often built by wealthy businessmen of the period to proclaim their new status. The heavy fortress-like expression of the e... More

Ash Grove, 8900 Ash Grove Lane, Vienna, Fairfax County, Virginia

Ash Grove, 8900 Ash Grove Lane, Vienna, Fairfax County, Virginia

Significance: "Ash Grove" is said to have been named for an older Fairfax house in England. Some historians state that the nucleus of the structure began as a hunting lodge, built either by Lord Fairfax of Gre... More

Ash Grove, 8900 Ash Grove Lane, Vienna, Fairfax County, Virginia

Ash Grove, 8900 Ash Grove Lane, Vienna, Fairfax County, Virginia

Significance: "Ash Grove" is said to have been named for an older Fairfax house in England. Some historians state that the nucleus of the structure began as a hunting lodge, built either by Lord Fairfax of Gre... More

Washington Place, 320 South Beretania Street, Honolulu, Honolulu County, HI

Washington Place, 320 South Beretania Street, Honolulu, Honolulu Count...

Significance: Washington Place, built between 1841 and 1847, has an eclectic mix of Greek Revival and indigenous tropical architectural components. The original central portion is a good example of the classica... More

Techwood Homes (Public Housing), Bounded by North Avenue, Parker Street, William Street & Lovejoy Street, Atlanta, Fulton County, GA

Techwood Homes (Public Housing), Bounded by North Avenue, Parker Stree...

Significance: The first federally funded housing project in the United States, Techwood Homes represents the first large-scale attempt to eradicate slum housing in a socially humanitarian way in this country. T... More

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

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

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

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

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

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

Death Valley Ranch, Main House, Death Valley Junction, Inyo County, CA

Death Valley Ranch, Main House, Death Valley Junction, Inyo County, CA

Significance: Once fully designed and remodeled, the Main House/Annex became the largest and most beautifully appointed building of the Death Valley Ranch complex. It served as the home and residence for the J... More

Balcony House, Cortez, Montezuma County, CO

Balcony House, Cortez, Montezuma County, CO

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

George M. Murrell House, Murrell Road, at junction of Willis Road, Park Hill, Cherokee County, OK

George M. Murrell House, Murrell Road, at junction of Willis Road, Par...

Significance: The substantial house built circa 1844 for George Michael Murrell, merchant and postmaster of Park Hill and Tahlequah, was widely known as the center of genteel society before the Civil War. Murr... More

Mumma Farm, House, Smoketown Road, Sharpsburg, Washington County, MD

Mumma Farm, House, Smoketown Road, Sharpsburg, Washington County, MD

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-141 Survey number: HABS MD-950-A Building/structure dates: ca. 1790 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1862 Demolished Building/stru... More

Bartlett-Wheeler House, 827 Main Street, North Woburn, Middlesex County, MA

Bartlett-Wheeler House, 827 Main Street, North Woburn, Middlesex Count...

Significance: While the Bartlett-Wheeler house is an extant example of New England's Federal period architecture, its connection to the Massachusetts figure, Colonel Loammi Baldwin, gives it an enduring social ... More

Bartlett-Wheeler House, 827 Main Street, North Woburn, Middlesex County, MA

Bartlett-Wheeler House, 827 Main Street, North Woburn, Middlesex Count...

Significance: While the Bartlett-Wheeler house is an extant example of New England's Federal period architecture, its connection to the Massachusetts figure, Colonel Loammi Baldwin, gives it an enduring social ... More

Harmony Hall, 10500 Livingstone Road (10511 Livingstone Road), Friendly, Prince George's County, MD

Harmony Hall, 10500 Livingstone Road (10511 Livingstone Road), Friendl...

City/Vicinity has been changed twice. Original location was Broad Creek, the second location was Friendly vicinity, & the third location is Fort Washington, all in Prince George's County, Maryland. Significanc... More

Arlington House, Lee Drive, Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia

Arlington House, Lee Drive, Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Ar...

See also HALS VA-10 for related documentation. Significance: Arlington House, unique in its association with the Custis, Washington, and Lee families, is celebrated as one of the nation's most significant house... More

Arlington House, Lee Drive, Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia

Arlington House, Lee Drive, Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Ar...

See also HALS VA-10 for related documentation. Significance: Arlington House, unique in its association with the Custis, Washington, and Lee families, is celebrated as one of the nation's most significant house... More

Sespe Ranch, Bunkhouse, 2896 Telegraph Road, Fillmore, Ventura County, CA

Sespe Ranch, Bunkhouse, 2896 Telegraph Road, Fillmore, Ventura County,...

This structure was relocated in 1937. Significance: The Sespe Ranch Bunkhouse is an historically significant structure due to its association with the Ventura County citrus industry between 1910-1940. As a str... More

Sespe Ranch, Bunkhouse, 2896 Telegraph Road, Fillmore, Ventura County, CA

Sespe Ranch, Bunkhouse, 2896 Telegraph Road, Fillmore, Ventura County,...

This structure was relocated in 1937. Significance: The Sespe Ranch Bunkhouse is an historically significant structure due to its association with the Ventura County citrus industry between 1910-1940. As a str... More

Mar-a-Lago, 1100 South Ocean Boulevard, Palm Beach, Palm Beach County, FL

Mar-a-Lago, 1100 South Ocean Boulevard, Palm Beach, Palm Beach County,...

Picryl description: Public domain image of park architecture, palace, chateau, open space, 18th, and 19th-century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Mar-a-Lago, 1100 South Ocean Boulevard, Palm Beach, Palm Beach County, FL

Mar-a-Lago, 1100 South Ocean Boulevard, Palm Beach, Palm Beach County,...

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

Mar-a-Lago, 1100 South Ocean Boulevard, Palm Beach, Palm Beach County, FL

Mar-a-Lago, 1100 South Ocean Boulevard, Palm Beach, Palm Beach County,...

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

Mar-a-Lago, 1100 South Ocean Boulevard, Palm Beach, Palm Beach County, FL

Mar-a-Lago, 1100 South Ocean Boulevard, Palm Beach, Palm Beach County,...

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

Chase-Lloyd House, 22 Maryland Avenue & King George Street, Annapolis, Anne Arundel County, MD

Chase-Lloyd House, 22 Maryland Avenue & King George Street, Annapolis,...

Significance: Construction of the Chase-Lloyd House was begun by Samuel Chase, jurist and signer of the Declaration of Independence; it was completed by Edward Lloyd IV. Unprocessed Field note material exists ... More

Chase-Lloyd House, 22 Maryland Avenue & King George Street, Annapolis, Anne Arundel County, MD

Chase-Lloyd House, 22 Maryland Avenue & King George Street, Annapolis,...

Significance: Construction of the Chase-Lloyd House was begun by Samuel Chase, jurist and signer of the Declaration of Independence; it was completed by Edward Lloyd IV. Unprocessed Field note material exists ... More

Dougal House, 3259 R Street, Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Dougal House, 3259 R Street, Northwest, Washington, District of Columb...

Significance: Andrew Jackson Downing, designer of a romantic vision of the National Mall (not implemented) and the most romantic figure of nineteenth-century American design, wrote in 1850 of the need for truth... More

John Marshall House, U.S. Route 17 vicinity, Marshall, Fauquier County, Virginia

John Marshall House, U.S. Route 17 vicinity, Marshall, Fauquier County...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a basement, underground, lobby, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Trump-Lilly Farm, Hinton, Summers County, WV

Trump-Lilly Farm, Hinton, Summers County, WV

Survey number: HABS WV-302 Public domain photograph of wooden church building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

3111 Grove Avenue (House), Richmond, Independent City, Virginia

3111 Grove Avenue (House), Richmond, Independent City, Virginia

This documentation was completed for a class at the University of Virginia & subsequently donated to the HABS collection. Significance: Overall, the technology, style, and decorative fixtures and moldings emplo... More

Bowman-Carney House, State Route 128, Cedar Grove, Lincoln County, ME

Bowman-Carney House, State Route 128, Cedar Grove, Lincoln County, ME

Suggested address, State Route 128, is not verifiable in documentation. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-15 Survey number: HABS ME-45 Building/structure dates: ca. 1761 Initial Co... More

Governor Christopher Gore Mansion, 52 Gore Street, Waltham, Middlesex County, MA

Governor Christopher Gore Mansion, 52 Gore Street, Waltham, Middlesex ...

Significance: From the National Historic Landmark Program: "Built in 1805-06, this is a noteworthy example of a five-part Federal house. Elaborately carved interior mantels contrast with simpler woodwork. In ad... More

Governor Christopher Gore Mansion, 52 Gore Street, Waltham, Middlesex County, MA

Governor Christopher Gore Mansion, 52 Gore Street, Waltham, Middlesex ...

Significance: From the National Historic Landmark Program: "Built in 1805-06, this is a noteworthy example of a five-part Federal house. Elaborately carved interior mantels contrast with simpler woodwork. In ad... More

Stone House, Manassas, Manassas, Virginia during American Civil War

Stone House, Manassas, Manassas, Virginia during American Civil War

Significance: This structure of reddish brown native stone is located on the north side of Lee Highway, near its junction with the Manassas-Sudley Road. Two and a half stories with inside end chimneys and gabl... More

Roaring Springs, State Route 616 vicinity, Gloucester, Gloucester County, Virginia

Roaring Springs, State Route 616 vicinity, Gloucester, Gloucester Coun...

Significance: It is a distinctive example of Tidewater Virginia vernacular architecture evolved to its present form through remodeling by various owners. Its western end began as a 1-room, with side passage, pr... More

Roaring Springs, State Route 616 vicinity, Gloucester, Gloucester County, Virginia

Roaring Springs, State Route 616 vicinity, Gloucester, Gloucester Coun...

Significance: It is a distinctive example of Tidewater Virginia vernacular architecture evolved to its present form through remodeling by various owners. Its western end began as a 1-room, with side passage, pr... More

Carter's Grove, U.S. Route 60 vicinity, Williamsburg, Williamsburg, Virginia

Carter's Grove, U.S. Route 60 vicinity, Williamsburg, Williamsburg, Vi...

For additional documentation, see also HALS VA-75. Significance: Carter's Grove was built by Carter Burwell, grandson of Robert "King" Carter, between 1749 and 1756. David Minetree, a Williamsburg brick mason,... More

Chesapeake & Ohio Canal, Lockhouse at Lock 9, Cabin John, Montgomery County, MD

Chesapeake & Ohio Canal, Lockhouse at Lock 9, Cabin John, Montgomery C...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-40 Survey number: HABS MD-56-E

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

Pueblo of Acoma, Casa Blanca vicinity, Acoma Pueblo, Cibola County, NM

Pueblo of Acoma, Casa Blanca vicinity, Acoma Pueblo, Cibola County, NM

Significance: The Acoma Pueblo is situated on top of a mesa like rock which rises abruptly from a once fertile valley about 75 miles to the west and south of Albuquerque. A site chosen because it provided prote... More

Pueblo of Acoma, Casa Blanca vicinity, Acoma Pueblo, Cibola County, NM

Pueblo of Acoma, Casa Blanca vicinity, Acoma Pueblo, Cibola County, NM

Significance: The Acoma Pueblo is situated on top of a mesa like rock which rises abruptly from a once fertile valley about 75 miles to the west and south of Albuquerque. A site chosen because it provided prote... More

Pueblo of Acoma, Casa Blanca vicinity, Acoma Pueblo, Cibola County, NM

Pueblo of Acoma, Casa Blanca vicinity, Acoma Pueblo, Cibola County, NM

Significance: The Acoma Pueblo is situated on top of a mesa like rock which rises abruptly from a once fertile valley about 75 miles to the west and south of Albuquerque. A site chosen because it provided prote... More

Pueblo of Acoma, Casa Blanca vicinity, Acoma Pueblo, Cibola County, NM

Pueblo of Acoma, Casa Blanca vicinity, Acoma Pueblo, Cibola County, NM

Significance: The Acoma Pueblo is situated on top of a mesa like rock which rises abruptly from a once fertile valley about 75 miles to the west and south of Albuquerque. A site chosen because it provided prote... More

Pueblo of Acoma, Casa Blanca vicinity, Acoma Pueblo, Cibola County, NM

Pueblo of Acoma, Casa Blanca vicinity, Acoma Pueblo, Cibola County, NM

Significance: The Acoma Pueblo is situated on top of a mesa like rock which rises abruptly from a once fertile valley about 75 miles to the west and south of Albuquerque. A site chosen because it provided prote... More

Pueblo of Acoma, Casa Blanca vicinity, Acoma Pueblo, Cibola County, NM

Pueblo of Acoma, Casa Blanca vicinity, Acoma Pueblo, Cibola County, NM

Significance: The Acoma Pueblo is situated on top of a mesa like rock which rises abruptly from a once fertile valley about 75 miles to the west and south of Albuquerque. A site chosen because it provided prote... More

Pueblo of Acoma, Casa Blanca vicinity, Acoma Pueblo, Cibola County, NM

Pueblo of Acoma, Casa Blanca vicinity, Acoma Pueblo, Cibola County, NM

Significance: The Acoma Pueblo is situated on top of a mesa like rock which rises abruptly from a once fertile valley about 75 miles to the west and south of Albuquerque. A site chosen because it provided prote... More

Breiding House, 1523 Thirty-first Street, Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Breiding House, 1523 Thirty-first Street, Northwest, Washington, Distr...

Significance: The Breiding House is significant as a rare, late, well-designed, urban expression of H.H. Richardson and McKim, Mead & White's interpretation primarily from the mid-1870s to the early 1880s of th... More

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Mary Washington House, 1200 Charles Street, Fredericksburg, Fredericksburg, Virginia

Mary Washington House, 1200 Charles Street, Fredericksburg, Fredericks...

Significance: In 1772, George Washington purchased a house from Michael Robinson in Fredericksburg, Virginia for his mother. Mary Ball Washington spent her last seventeen years in this comfortable home. The wh... More

Sotterly, State Route 245 & Vista Road Vicinity, Hollywood, St. Mary's County, MD

Sotterly, State Route 245 & Vista Road Vicinity, Hollywood, St. Mary's...

Survey number: HABS MD-181 Building/structure dates: after. 1717- before. 1727 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: ca. 1750 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: 1910 Subsequent Work Building... More

Captain Charles L. Shrewsbury House, 301 West First Street (High & Poplar Streets), Madison, Jefferson County, IN

Captain Charles L. Shrewsbury House, 301 West First Street (High & Pop...

Significance: The Shrewsbury house was designed by Madison architect Francis Costigan (1810-1865) and erected 1846-49. It is a stunning work of nineteenth century classical architecture. The structure's recti... More

Stietenroth House, 504 South Canal Street, Natchez, Adams County, MS

Stietenroth House, 504 South Canal Street, Natchez, Adams County, MS

Significance: The Stietenroth House was constructed circa 1871-74. It was built in the form of a traditional story-and-a-half "Creole Cottage," with gable ends on the sides and a porch across the front of the ... More

Stietenroth House, 504 South Canal Street, Natchez, Adams County, MS

Stietenroth House, 504 South Canal Street, Natchez, Adams County, MS

Significance: The Stietenroth House was constructed circa 1871-74. It was built in the form of a traditional story-and-a-half "Creole Cottage," with gable ends on the sides and a porch across the front of the ... 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

Westover, State Route 633, Westover, Charles City, Virginia

Westover, State Route 633, Westover, Charles City, Virginia

Significance: Westover was patented in 1637 and was purchased by William Byrd I in 1688. The present 18th century complex was erected for William Byrd II, the noted colonial leader, planter, diarist, and founde... More

Westover, State Route 633, Westover, Charles City, Virginia

Westover, State Route 633, Westover, Charles City, Virginia

Significance: Westover was patented in 1637 and was purchased by William Byrd I in 1688. The present 18th century complex was erected for William Byrd II, the noted colonial leader, planter, diarist, and founde... More

Veterans Administration Center, Officers Duplex Quarters, 5302 East Kellogg (Legal Address); 5500 East Kellogg (Common Address), Wichita, Sedgwick County, KS

Veterans Administration Center, Officers Duplex Quarters, 5302 East Ke...

Significance: The Georgian Colonial Style Officers Duplex Quarters, Building 8, is a contributing structure within the Veterans Affairs Medical and Regional Office Center complex which was historically named th... More

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