education

Federal School House, End of Allgates Drive (Haverford Township), Have...

Significance: This one room schoolhouse is the oldest extant building in Delaware County erected specifically for educational purposes. It also was the location of the first public school in Haverford Township.... More

[Girl in dress with white collar]

African American girl at elementary school affiliated with the Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute.

[Girl in dress with white collar]

African American girl at elementary school affiliated with the Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute.

Illustrated price list of day school reward cards / / issued by Gibson...

Catalog displaying numbered samples of cards with color lithographed illustrations. Exhibited (variant copy): American Treasures of the Library of Congress, 2005.

Illustrated price list of day school reward cards / / issued by Gibson...

Catalog displaying numbered samples of cards with color lithographed illustrations. Exhibited (variant copy): American Treasures of the Library of Congress, 2005.

Illustrated price list of day school reward cards / / issued by Gibson...

Catalog displaying numbered samples of cards with color lithographed illustrations. Exhibited (variant copy): American Treasures of the Library of Congress, 2005.

Illustrated price list of day school reward cards / / issued by Gibson...

Catalog displaying numbered samples of cards with color lithographed illustrations. Exhibited (variant copy): American Treasures of the Library of Congress, 2005.

Illustrated price list of day school reward cards / / issued by Gibson...

Catalog displaying numbered samples of cards with color lithographed illustrations. Exhibited (variant copy): American Treasures of the Library of Congress, 2005.

Albany Schoolhouse, 2 miles north of Sebetha, Sabetha, Nemaha County, ...

Significance: The present limestone building of local stone was built at the close of the Civil War in 1866-1867 by the settlers who came here from New York State in late 1850. Survey number: HABS KS-20 Build... More

Article by Alexander Graham Bell, 1910

Article by Alexander Graham Bell, 1910

National Park Seminary, Gymnasium, North of Linden Lane, south of Aloh...

Significance: Housing the gymnasium in one of the campus' most prominent and ornate building illustrated the importance of athletics at the school. It was, perhaps, an attempt to relate the ancient world's cel... More

National Park Seminary, Gymnasium, North of Linden Lane, south of Aloh...

Significance: Housing the gymnasium in one of the campus' most prominent and ornate building illustrated the importance of athletics at the school. It was, perhaps, an attempt to relate the ancient world's cel... More

University of Alabama, Josiah Gorgas House, Ninth Avenue & Capstone Dr...

Significance: Gorgas House served as the last residence of General Josiah Gorges, the Pennsylvania-born chief of the Confederate Bureau of Ordnance, and is the "only" known shrine to this Confederate General. ... More

University of Alabama, Josiah Gorgas House, Ninth Avenue & Capstone Dr...

Significance: Gorgas House served as the last residence of General Josiah Gorges, the Pennsylvania-born chief of the Confederate Bureau of Ordnance, and is the "only" known shrine to this Confederate General. ... More

University of Alabama, Josiah Gorgas House, Ninth Avenue & Capstone Dr...

Significance: Gorgas House served as the last residence of General Josiah Gorges, the Pennsylvania-born chief of the Confederate Bureau of Ordnance, and is the "only" known shrine to this Confederate General. ... More

Jacob Tome Institute, Monroe Hall, Tome Road, Port Deposit, Cecil Coun...

Significance: This finely scaled Georgian Revival building was one of the original Tome School buildings, used as dining hall and then a gymnasium during Tome School occupancy, later as an officers' club by the... More

Washington & Lee University, Washington Hall, Jefferson Street, Lexing...

Significance: The central building of the university complex, this building was erected in 1822-1824 and probably designed by John Jordan, prominent local builder who introduced the Classical Revival style to t... More

MacDill Air Force Base, WAC Mess Hall, 8714 Hillsborough Loop Drive, T...

Significance: The former Women's Army Corps Mess Hall, due to its architectural integrity and its contribution to the Second World War-era infrastructure, is an integral part of MacDill Air Force Base's histori... More

MacDill Air Force Base, WAC Mess Hall, 8714 Hillsborough Loop Drive, T...

Significance: The former Women's Army Corps Mess Hall, due to its architectural integrity and its contribution to the Second World War-era infrastructure, is an integral part of MacDill Air Force Base's histori... More

St. Peter's Convent, 88 Main Street, Danbury, Fairfield County, CT

Significance: St. Peter's Convent reflects the growth of Danbury's Catholic immigrant communities at the end of the nineteenth century. The convent was built in 1895 to accommodate nuns who taught in the paris... More

St. Peter's Convent, 88 Main Street, Danbury, Fairfield County, CT

Significance: St. Peter's Convent reflects the growth of Danbury's Catholic immigrant communities at the end of the nineteenth century. The convent was built in 1895 to accommodate nuns who taught in the paris... More

National Park Seminary, Swiss Chalet, 2802 Woodstock Avenue, Silver Sp...

Significance: The Swiss chalet was the home of the Zeta Eta Theta sorority. The Swiss chalet was a common form of bungalow design. The form appeared in A.J. Downing's "Architecture of Country Houses," 1850, a... More

National Park Seminary, Swiss Chalet, 2802 Woodstock Avenue, Silver Sp...

Significance: The Swiss chalet was the home of the Zeta Eta Theta sorority. The Swiss chalet was a common form of bungalow design. The form appeared in A.J. Downing's "Architecture of Country Houses," 1850, a... More

National Park Seminary, Swiss Chalet, 2802 Woodstock Avenue, Silver Sp...

Significance: The Swiss chalet was the home of the Zeta Eta Theta sorority. The Swiss chalet was a common form of bungalow design. The form appeared in A.J. Downing's "Architecture of Country Houses," 1850, a... More

Johnstown Public Library, 304 Washington Street, Johnstown, Cambria Co...

Significance: The library owes its original existence and reconstruction to the steel industry. In 1877, the Cambria Iron Company gave the Washington Street site to the Cambria Library Association, and two year... More

Indian School, Cherokee, N.C. - Public domain portrait print

H122856 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; H. W. Pelton; February 11, 1909. Copyright claimant's address: Asheville, N.C.

Palace of Education, N. E., over fountains and heroic statues, from Fe...

H55080 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 8. Public domain photograph of a sculpture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

St. Augustine School, 923 Bank Street, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, OH

Significance: This is a large, three story school building whose architectural character evidences the last phases of the vernacular nineteenth century classical revival. It is the only such building in what is... More

Fruita School House, State Route 24, Fruita, Wayne County, UT

Significance: The Fruita School House is one of the few remaining early structures in this region of Utah. Because of the geographical isolation of the valleys of Sulphur Creek and Fremont River, this section ... More

Westlake Public School, 900 Lorenz Avenue, Pittsburgh, Allegheny Count...

Photo caption pages include a site plan. Written data includes floor plans & photocopies of location maps & site plans. Survey number: HABS PA-6640 Building/structure dates: 1885 Initial Construction Building... More

Joint High School, 625 Pontiac Street, Rochester, Fulton County, IN

Significance: The Joint High School is significant in architectural style and educational/cultural attitudes of the period. This two story with basement building is an example of the Eclectic Revival style. T... More

Joint High School, 625 Pontiac Street, Rochester, Fulton County, IN

Significance: The Joint High School is significant in architectural style and educational/cultural attitudes of the period. This two story with basement building is an example of the Eclectic Revival style. T... More

District School Number 9, Marcellus, Onondaga County, NY

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-121 Survey number: HABS NY-227 Building/structure dates: 1866 Initial Construction

Wellesley College, Wellesley, Massachusetts., Panoramic Photograph

H32481 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; E. Chickering & Co.; October 30, 1903; DLC/PP-1903:41961. On front: "Copyright by E. Chickering & Co., 1903, reproduction forbidden".

Rock Schoolhouse, First West & First South Streets, Fillmore, Millard ...

Significance: This is the last remaining of three small school buildings erected in 1867, the first buildings financed by the taxpayers of Fillmore. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: ... More

Old Greenbelt, Crescent Road and Southway, Greenbelt, Prince George's ...

Significance: The community of Greenbelt, Maryland, was created through a landmark federal planning initiative in the 1930s and exhibits thoughtful integration of transportation, housing, retail, government ser... More

Old Greenbelt, Crescent Road and Southway, Greenbelt, Prince George's ...

Significance: The community of Greenbelt, Maryland, was created through a landmark federal planning initiative in the 1930s and exhibits thoughtful integration of transportation, housing, retail, government ser... More

Shaker Church Family Schoolhouse, Shaker Village Road, Canterbury, Mer...

Survey number: HABS NH-188 Building/structure dates: 1823 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1862-1863 Subsequent Work

University of Nevada, Reno, Dairy Building, North of East Ninth Street...

Significance: The University of Nevada, Reno, Dairy Building (Veterinary Science Building) is significant as a contributing structure to the University of Nevada Reno Historic District listed on the National Re... More

University of Nevada, Reno, Dairy Building, North of East Ninth Street...

Significance: The University of Nevada, Reno, Dairy Building (Veterinary Science Building) is significant as a contributing structure to the University of Nevada Reno Historic District listed on the National Re... More

University of Nevada, Reno, Dairy Building, North of East Ninth Street...

Significance: The University of Nevada, Reno, Dairy Building (Veterinary Science Building) is significant as a contributing structure to the University of Nevada Reno Historic District listed on the National Re... More

Oak Park Elementary School, 4916 East Tenth Avenue, Tampa, Hillsboroug...

Significance: The Oak Park Elementary School is significant as an example of the Mediterranean Revival style adapted to academic architecture. The remaining historic portion of the school building, designed by ... More

Jacob Tome Institute, Master's Cottage, Tome Road, Port Deposit, Cecil...

Significance: One of the second group of three faculty residences (masters' cottages) built for the Tome School for Boys in a linear grouping of six houses along Tome Road, as set out in the master plan of 1900... More

Kent State Normal School, "Summer Term", 1914

J194327 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright claimant's address: Newark, Ohio. Copyright deposit; Passman & Wheeler; July 13, 1914.

Iowa Institution for the Education of the Blind, Vinton, Benton County...

Significance: After the University of Iowa, the Iowa institution for the Education of the Blind is the oldest state educational institution in Iowa. Its main building is the oldest of those of any state "chari... More

Spooner Hall, Fourteenth Street & Jayhawk Road, Lawrence, Douglas Coun...

1995 Charles E. Peterson Prize, First Place Significance: Spooner Hall was financed by William B. Spooner, a Boston merchant, with a bequest of $91,000. In 1893, "Van Brunt & Howe Architects" of Kansas City we... More

Photograph album, Christian Herald Orphanage

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

Photograph album, Christian Herald Orphanage

Public domain photograph related to history of Israel, Palestine, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Photograph album, Christian Herald Orphanage

Public domain photograph related to history of Israel, Palestine, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Photograph album, Christian Herald Orphanage

Public domain photograph related to history of Israel, Palestine, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Cohen and his ward comedy sketch

Picryl description: Public domain copy of a script, performing arts, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

McKim Free School, 1120 East Baltimore Street, Baltimore, Independent ...

Significance: This Greek Doric structure, the most archeologically accurate example in Baltimore, set the standards for the city's early school architecture. Founded and endowed by John McKim, the private McKi... More

McKim Free School, 1120 East Baltimore Street, Baltimore, Independent ...

Significance: This Greek Doric structure, the most archeologically accurate example in Baltimore, set the standards for the city's early school architecture. Founded and endowed by John McKim, the private McKi... More

Town of Locke, Christian Center, 13937 Key Street, Locke, Sacramento C...

Public domain image of a large historic building, city hall, urban architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Town of Locke, Christian Center, 13937 Key Street, Locke, Sacramento C...

Public domain image of a large historic building, city hall, urban architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Convent of the Sacred Heart, Chapel, 1821 Academy Road, Grand Coteau, ...

2009 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Honorable Mention Significance: Constructed in 1851, the chapel served as the religious center for the oldest continuously operating educational institution west of the Mississip... More

First steps to usefulness during World War I

Exhibit poster showing two scenes of men in hospitals recovering from war wounds - "simple designing while still in bed" ; "an American soldier begins again to take an interest in life." Poster caption: Bedsid... More

[84 broadsides issued through the U. S. employment service U. S. Depar...

84 broadsides. Page Order: Multipage Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 242, Folder 6.

Old Springdale High School, U.S. Highway 71B, Springdale, Washington C...

1995 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: The Old Springdale High School is located on the south half of a lot consisting of 8.06 acres on what was some miles outside of Springdale Arkansas in 1910 wh... More

Old Springdale High School, U.S. Highway 71B, Springdale, Washington C...

1995 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: The Old Springdale High School is located on the south half of a lot consisting of 8.06 acres on what was some miles outside of Springdale Arkansas in 1910 wh... More

[Formal class in liberal arts and sciences Hampton Institute, Hampton,...

Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress). LOT subdivision subject: Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute - Liberal Arts & Science... More

Pim Hexagonal School, Caln Township Municipal Park (moved from North B...

Significance: The only extant hexagonal schoolhouse in the county. it was built in 1841 by Richard Pim as a family and neighborhood school. Survey number: HABS PA-5136 Building/structure dates: 1841 Initial ... More

A "Reader" in cigar factory, Tampa, Fla. He reads books and newspapers...

Public domain illustrated book page scan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A "Reader" in cigar factory, Tampa, Fla. He reads books and newspapers...

Public domain illustrated book page scan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Louis Firetail (Sioux, Crow Creek), wearing tribal clothing, in Ameri...

Forms part of: Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress). Public domain photograph of native Americans, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Thompson Building, 163-167 East Main Street (Lincoln Highway), Coatesv...

Written data includes sketched floor plans. Significance: The Thompson Building was a commercial structure, with retail space, offices and a school, built for banker John W. Thompson. It is a handsome transitio... More

Thompson Building, 163-167 East Main Street (Lincoln Highway), Coatesv...

Written data includes sketched floor plans. Significance: The Thompson Building was a commercial structure, with retail space, offices and a school, built for banker John W. Thompson. It is a handsome transitio... More

Marshall University, Northcott Hall, 400 Hal Greer Boulevard, Huntingt...

Significance: Northcott Hall, consisting of 41,768 sq. ft. was constructed in 1915 and served as the Science Building until 1947 at which time a new Science Building was constructed. During the past 47 years, ... More

General Dynamics Corporation Shipyard, Apprentice School, 97 East Howa...

Significance: Constructed in 1916 and enlarged in 1943, the Apprentice School housed the Quincy-Fore River Shipyard training school for nearly 70 years. With the exception of welding, the courses of instructio... More

[Students, private school, Envâr-i Marifet] / Abdullah Frères, photogr...

Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French. No. 3. In album: Student portraits, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire. Forms part of: Abdul-Hamid II Collection (Library of Congress).

Phillis Wheatley Elementary School, 2300 Dumaine Street, New Orleans, ...

Significance: The Phillis Wheatley Elementary School located at 2300 Dumaine Street, New Orleans, exemplified International Style educational buildings in the state of Louisiana. Built between 1953 and 1955, th... More

Balboa Park, California Tower, Balboa Park, El Prado Area, San Diego, ...

Significance: One of the most outstanding examples of Spanish Baroque reproduction in North America. The Tower was designed in the Spanish Chereguesque style to express the Spanish heritage of California by Be... More

William A. Todd House, 330 East Lancaster Avenue, Downingtown, Chester...

Survey number: HABS PA-169 Building/structure dates: 1800 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1817 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: 1912 Subsequent Work

Lavelle School, Township Road 905, Main Street, Village of Lavelle, La...

Significance: The Lavelle School is an attractive brick and wood frame structure with an impressive projecting tower on the north elevation, facing the street. Although much of its detailing is gone, some of it... More

Applicants for working papers at Department of Education Building. Lo...

Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

McKinley High School, 1500 M Street, Lincoln, Lancaster County, NE

Public domain scan of an architecture diagram, architectural drawing, building plan, or design, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

McKinley High School, 1500 M Street, Lincoln, Lancaster County, NE

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

Moraine Lodge, Bear Lake Road, Estes Park, Larimer County, CO

Significance: The Moraine Lodge, built in 1923, served until 1931 as the central building of Mrs. Imogene McPherson's summer resort and as the center of social activities by the summer residents of Maraine Park... More

Nash Law Office, 143 West Margaret Lane, Hillsborough, Orange County, ...

Significance: This small house is the only surviving structure of the famous Nash and Kollock School. The east wing is almost certainly a law office. Survey number: HABS NC-314 Building/structure dates: afte... More

Nash Law Office, 143 West Margaret Lane, Hillsborough, Orange County, ...

Significance: This small house is the only surviving structure of the famous Nash and Kollock School. The east wing is almost certainly a law office. Survey number: HABS NC-314 Building/structure dates: afte... More

Baptist Church, State Highway 4, Washington, Hempstead County, AR

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-1 Survey number: HABS AR-32-5 Building/structure dates: ca. 1830 Initial Construction

Clark Howell Homes, Anne Wallace Branch Carnegie Library, 538 Luckie S...

Significance: The Anne Wallace Branch Carnegie Library was the first branch library in Atlanta. Built in 1908, and named after the first librarian of the Carnegie Library System of Atlanta (predecessor to the F... More

Clark Howell Homes, Anne Wallace Branch Carnegie Library, 538 Luckie S...

Significance: The Anne Wallace Branch Carnegie Library was the first branch library in Atlanta. Built in 1908, and named after the first librarian of the Carnegie Library System of Atlanta (predecessor to the F... More

Barber Schoolhouse, Route 442, Clinton, Douglas County, KS

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

University of Florida, Floyd Hall, Gainesville, Alachua 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

Westernport Public School, West side Hammond Street south of Division ...

Significance: The Westernport School later known as the Hammond Street School is significant for its role in the education of generations of children from southwestern Allegany County and southeastern Garrett C... More

Westernport Public School, West side Hammond Street south of Division ...

Significance: The Westernport School later known as the Hammond Street School is significant for its role in the education of generations of children from southwestern Allegany County and southeastern Garrett C... More

MacDill Air Force Base, Storage & Training Facility, 7707 Hillsborough...

Significance: The Storage and Training Facility, due to its architectural integrity and its contribution to the Second World War-era infrastructure, is an integral part of MacDill Air Force Base's historic char... More

Maritime Child Development Center, 1014 Florida Avenue, Richmond, Cont...

Significance: The Maritime Child Development Center was one of approximately thirty-five nursery school units of varying sizes established in the Richmond area during World War II in order to provide child care... More

Samuel A. Lane School, 501 Howe Street, Akron, Summit County, OH

Significance: Lane School was constructed in 1902 as an elementary school and opened its doors in September, 1903. It was named after Samuel A. Lane, noted Historian and elected official of Akron. It was design... More

Samuel A. Lane School, 501 Howe Street, Akron, Summit County, OH

Significance: Lane School was constructed in 1902 as an elementary school and opened its doors in September, 1903. It was named after Samuel A. Lane, noted Historian and elected official of Akron. It was design... More

Hatch School, Corry, Erie County, PA

Survey number: HABS PA-515 Building/structure dates: 1870 Initial Construction

Colored School No. 9, 1431 North Carey Street, Baltimore, Independent ...

Significance: This building is significant for its architectural design, use as a school for black children, and its association with the architect, Alfred Mason. The building is notable for its size and desig... More

North Elementary School, 1500 Patterson Avenue, Winston-Salem, Forsyth...

Survey number: HABS NC-388 Building/structure dates: 1922-1923 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1952 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: 1967-1968 Subsequent Work

Judson College, Third Avenue & West Flemming Street, Hendersonville, H...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-1 Survey number: HABS NC-12-A-2 Building/structure dates: 1859 Initial Construction

White Hall of Bristol College, 701-721 Shadyside Avenue, Croydon, Buck...

Significance: Architecturally significant as representative of the early work of a renowned architect. Last remaining structure of Bristol College- the first college in Bucks Co. with a program that combined ma... More

La Princesse Public School, King Street, Christiansted, St. Croix, VI

Survey number: HABS VI-99 Public domain photograph of building plan, architecture design drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Tacony, Tacony Branch Library, Free Library of Philadelphia, 6700 bloc...

Significance: While not initially established-but partially funded-by the Disstons, education and social betterment were a key part of their concept of benevolent industrial paternalism. The Tacony Branch Libr... More

Letter from Emma Garrett to Alexander Graham Bell, October 29, 1883