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407-413, 421-429 Main Street (Commercial Buildings), Warsaw, Hancock County, IL

407-413, 421-429 Main Street (Commercial Buildings), Warsaw, Hancock C...

Survey number: HABS IL-249-E Public domain photograph - historical image of Illinois, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Montana Post, Northeast corner of Wallace & Jackson Streets, Virginia City, Madison County, MT

Montana Post, Northeast corner of Wallace & Jackson Streets, Virginia ...

Survey number: HABS MT-90 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000435

Ivinson Mansion, 603 Ivinson Avenue, Laramie, Albany County, WY

Ivinson Mansion, 603 Ivinson Avenue, Laramie, Albany County, WY

Survey number: HABS WY-74 Building/structure dates: 1892 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 72001295

Highland Junior College, Irvin Hall, Highland Junior College Campus, Highland, Doniphan County, KS

Highland Junior College, Irvin Hall, Highland Junior College Campus, H...

Significance: This Territorial brick structure has an interesting architectural treatment and was the first building of the oldest institution of higher learning in Kansas. Survey number: HABS KS-9 Building/s... More

Blaubelt Mansion, Virginia City, Storey County, NV

Blaubelt Mansion, Virginia City, Storey County, NV

Survey number: HABS NV-15-5 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000458

Consolidated Building, 1328 North Main Street, Columbia, Richland County, SC

Consolidated Building, 1328 North Main Street, Columbia, Richland Coun...

Significance: The Consolidated Building has an intricately detailed glazed and colored terra cotta facade that is unique in Columbia, South Carolina. It is constructed of polychrome terra cotta and has a cartou... More

229 Meeting Street (Commercial Building), Charleston, Charleston County, SC

229 Meeting Street (Commercial Building), Charleston, Charleston Count...

Significance: A mid-nineteenth century commercial-front building of interesting architectural character, utilizing standard cast-iron elements. Cast iron bears the name "Pheonix Iron Works. John F. Taylor & Co.... More

Townsend-Foreman Building, 56 Saint Francis Street, Mobile, Mobile County, AL

Townsend-Foreman Building, 56 Saint Francis Street, Mobile, Mobile Cou...

Survey number: HABS AL-805 Public domain photograph of theater building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Shaker South Union Tavern, East side of Route 73, South Union, Logan County, KY

Shaker South Union Tavern, East side of Route 73, South Union, Logan C...

Survey number: HABS KY-111 Building/structure dates: ca. 1869 Initial Construction

J. C. Penney Department Store, 5403-5407 1/2  Ballard Avenue, Seattle, King County, WA

J. C. Penney Department Store, 5403-5407 1/2 Ballard Avenue, Seattle,...

Significance: Category 1 building in the Ballard Avenue Landmark District, a well preserved commercial section of an historic neighborhood community. / The J.C. Penney Department Store is a typical brick buildi... More

Farmers' & Stockgrowers' Bank, Broadway & Main Streets, Montour, Gem County, ID

Farmers' & Stockgrowers' Bank, Broadway & Main Streets, Montour, Gem C...

Significance: The building is the only remaining commercial building in Montour, and is an example of vernacular commercial architecture. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-32 Surve... More

Trenton House Hotel, 20-24 North Warren Street & 1-19 East Hanover Street, Trenton, Mercer County, NJ

Trenton House Hotel, 20-24 North Warren Street & 1-19 East Hanover Str...

Significance: The Trenton House was one of Trenton's most famous and prestigious hotels in the 19th century, serving politicians in town for the work of the state legislature and travelers who arrive at the nea... More

Downtown Boscobel, 826-1120 Wisconsin Avenue, Boscobel, Grant County, WI

Downtown Boscobel, 826-1120 Wisconsin Avenue, Boscobel, Grant County, ...

Significance: The proposed Boscobel Downtown Historic District is of local significance as a fine collection of primarily mid and late nineteenth century and early twentieth century commercial buildings that ar... More

National Park Seminary, Miller Library, 2801 Woodstock Avenue, Silver Spring, Montgomery County, MD

National Park Seminary, Miller Library, 2801 Woodstock Avenue, Silver ...

Significance: The Miller Library was constructed to house the rare book library and archives of Jahu DeWitt Miller, a friend of the Cassedys who was a Chautauqua circuit speaker and a part-time NPS lecturer. T... More

National Park Seminary, Miller Library, 2801 Woodstock Avenue, Silver Spring, Montgomery County, MD

National Park Seminary, Miller Library, 2801 Woodstock Avenue, Silver ...

Significance: The Miller Library was constructed to house the rare book library and archives of Jahu DeWitt Miller, a friend of the Cassedys who was a Chautauqua circuit speaker and a part-time NPS lecturer. T... More

Second Congregational Church, 13-17 Clarke Street, Newport, Newport County, RI

Second Congregational Church, 13-17 Clarke Street, Newport, Newport Co...

Significance: The building was completed September 15, 1735. It served as barracks for British troops 1776-1779 during their occupation and as a hospital for the French while they were in Newport. The buildin... More

Faribault House, Minnesota River Vicinity, Mendota, Dakota County, MN

Faribault House, Minnesota River Vicinity, Mendota, Dakota County, MN

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-5 Survey number: HABS MN-29-7 Building/structure dates: 1836 Initial Construction

[Exterior view of wooden church]

[Exterior view of wooden church]

In album (disbound): Negro life in Georgia, U.S.A., compiled and prepared by W.E.B. Du Bois, v. 4, no. 361. B&w copy prints for LOT 11930 are provided as surrogates of original photographs for reference use in ... More

Methodist Church, Green & Fuller Streets, Bodie, Mono County, CA

Methodist Church, 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 located in August, 1859; bu... More

Conesville General Store & Post Office, North side of Schohaire County Route 3, 25' west of intersection of Schohaire County Route 3 & Schohaire County 18, Bearkill Road, Conesville, Schoharie County, NY

Conesville General Store & Post Office, North side of Schohaire County...

Significance: The former Conesville General Store and Post Office, built ca 1840-1850, is an intact representative example of rural 19th century commercial architecture. The Greek Revival style building retains... More

Conesville General Store & Post Office, North side of Schohaire County Route 3, 25' west of intersection of Schohaire County Route 3 & Schohaire County 18, Bearkill Road, Conesville, Schoharie County, NY

Conesville General Store & Post Office, North side of Schohaire County...

Significance: The former Conesville General Store and Post Office, built ca 1840-1850, is an intact representative example of rural 19th century commercial architecture. The Greek Revival style building retains... More

Tobacco Warehouse, State Route 1002, Urbanna, Middlesex County, Virginia

Tobacco Warehouse, State Route 1002, Urbanna, Middlesex County, Virgin...

Significance: Built originally as a storehouse. This building is a striking survival of a colonial mercantile establishment of a succession of Scots merchants. It is undoubtedly one of the earliest extant build... More

Third Street Historic District, Paff Building, 200 Third Street, Wausau, Marathon County, WI

Third Street Historic District, Paff Building, 200 Third Street, Wausa...

Significance: Part of the Third St. Historic District. This was the first brick building built on Third St. It was built by Jacob Paff an early German immigrant to Wausau who opened a tailor shop (Paff Buildi... More

Statesville Commercial Historic District, Madison Building, Between 125 & 145 East Broad Street, Statesville, Iredell County, NC

Statesville Commercial Historic District, Madison Building, Between 12...

Significance: This single-story commercial building constructed ca. 1925, is an example of Statesville's early 20th century commercial development. It is unimposing in appearance, with modest interior and exter... More

Hart & Thrift Building, 401-407 East Weber Avenue, Stockton, San Joaquin County, CA

Hart & Thrift Building, 401-407 East Weber Avenue, Stockton, San Joaqu...

Significance: The Hart & Thrift Building, designed in a vernacular interpretation of the Renaissance Revival style, was built in 1869 and is one of the oldest buildings in Stockton. Although the building has un... More

North Eutaw Street, Nos. 207-209 (Commercial Buildings), Baltimore, Independent City, MD

North Eutaw Street, Nos. 207-209 (Commercial Buildings), Baltimore, In...

Significance: Austere example of period commercial/loft construction. Survey number: HABS MD-40-D Building/structure dates: ca. 1910 Building/structure dates: ca. 1950 Subsequent Work Building/structure da... More

Bank of Wheeling, 1229 Main Street, Wheeling, Ohio County, WV

Bank of Wheeling, 1229 Main Street, Wheeling, Ohio County, WV

Significance: Built in 1892 for the Bank of Wheeling this rusticated stone facade was a good example of Richardsonian Romanesque architecture. The firm of Edward B. Franzheim, one of Wheeling's most successful... More

Bank of Wheeling, 1229 Main Street, Wheeling, Ohio County, WV

Bank of Wheeling, 1229 Main Street, Wheeling, Ohio County, WV

Significance: Built in 1892 for the Bank of Wheeling this rusticated stone facade was a good example of Richardsonian Romanesque architecture. The firm of Edward B. Franzheim, one of Wheeling's most successful... More

Boise County Courthouse, Northeast corner, Main & Wall Streets, Idaho City, Boise County, ID

Boise County Courthouse, Northeast corner, Main & Wall Streets, Idaho ...

Significance: As an excellent example of fire prevention measure, the "brick" was built to be fireproof in 1873 following Idaho City's most destructive fires in 1865, 1867, 1868 and 1871. It is also the most f... More

Sunday School House, 111-113 Washington Street, Portsmouth, Rockingham County, NH

Sunday School House, 111-113 Washington Street, Portsmouth, Rockingham...

Significance: This building was erected to house the vault of the New Hampshire Union Bank after the bank was destroyed in the Great Fire of 1813. Later owned by South (Unitarian) Parish, and Pleasant Street C... More

Price House, Intersection of SC Routes 199, 200 & 86, Moore, Spartanburg County, SC

Price House, Intersection of SC Routes 199, 200 & 86, Moore, Spartanbu...

Significance: Architecturally significant as an unusual type in the southern piedmont; historically significant as one of the earliest extant post offices in the South Carolina upcountry. Survey number: HABS S... More

3200 Block Diamond Street (Houses & Storefront), North side, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

3200 Block Diamond Street (Houses & Storefront), North side, Philadelp...

Significance: The 3200 block of Diamond Street is representative of the high quality residential construction along that premier thoroughfare near the end of its development stage. Fashionable ashlar-coursed b... More

S. C. Ashby House, 642 Dearborn Street, Helena, Lewis and Clark County, MT

S. C. Ashby House, 642 Dearborn Street, Helena, Lewis and Clark County...

Significance: Shirley C. Ashby was one of the leading financiers and citizens of early-day Helena. He came to Montana in 1867, and was employed by I.G. Baker & Bros. of Fort Benton to help in their Indian trad... More

Lake Hotel, .5 mile East of Grand Loop Road & 1.3 miles southwest of Lake Junction, Lake, Teton County, WY

Lake Hotel, .5 mile East of Grand Loop Road & 1.3 miles southwest of L...

Significance: As the oldest remaining hotel within Yellowstone National Park, Lake Hotel reflects the changes in visitor needs since its opening in 1891. It also represents the changes in architectural tastes ... More

Marcus McGraw House, Main Street, McGraw, Cortland County, NY

Marcus McGraw House, Main Street, McGraw, Cortland County, NY

Significance: The rear portion of the building is said to be one of the first eleven houses built in McGraw Village by 1813. The front or "Greek Temple" part of the house was occupied by John Lamont, whose son,... More

Santa Fe Land Improvement Company, Headquarters Building, 6015 Paseo Delicias, Rancho Santa Fe, San Diego County, CA

Santa Fe Land Improvement Company, Headquarters Building, 6015 Paseo D...

Significance: Part of the "office block" of commercial buildings erected in 1922 by the Santa Fe Land Improvement Company on Block G in the Civic Center of Rancho Santa Fe, this structure was the local headquar... More

Bethel Baptist Church, 3233 Twenty-ninth Avenue, North, Birmingham, Jefferson County, AL

Bethel Baptist Church, 3233 Twenty-ninth Avenue, North, Birmingham, Je...

Significance: Located in a black working class neighborhood, near coal mines and industrial plants, Bethel Baptist Church provided the leadership to sustain the fight for civil rights in Birmingham. From 1953 ... More

191-193 Merrimack Street (House), 191-193 Merrimack Street, Manchester, Hillsborough County, NH

191-193 Merrimack Street (House), 191-193 Merrimack Street, Manchester...

Significance: Originally built as a single-family house and subsequently enlarged to contain a storefront and four residential apartments (ca. 1890-1910), the Furber House preserves several architectural elemen... More

Bank of San Mateo County, 2000-2002 Broadway, Redwood City, San Mateo County, CA

Bank of San Mateo County, 2000-2002 Broadway, Redwood City, San Mateo ...

Significance: The oldest stone-faced building in the county, this stately Renaissance Revival building dates from 1900. Incorporated in 1891, before moving to its present site, it is the earliest bank in San M... More

Storer College, Lewis Anthony Library, Camp Hill, Harpers Ferry, Jefferson County, WV

Storer College, Lewis Anthony Library, Camp Hill, Harpers Ferry, Jeffe...

Significance: Currently recognized by the National Park Service (NPS) as the "Lewis Anthony Building," this two-story stone building was an integral part of Storer College and its evolution as an educational in... More

Third Street Historic District, Gensmann Building, 225-227 Third Street, Wausau, Marathon County, WI

Third Street Historic District, Gensmann Building, 225-227 Third Stree...

Significance: Part of the Third Street Historic District. Jacob Gensmann operated a clothing, boot and shoe store here in the late nineteenth century. These businesses remained the same until the late 1960s. ... More

Carnegie Library of Atlanta, 126 Carnegie Way, Atlanta, Fulton County, GA

Carnegie Library of Atlanta, 126 Carnegie Way, Atlanta, Fulton County,...

Significance: Was one of the few extant examples of Beaux Arts Classicism in Atlanta. When built, was the first free public library supported by a Georgia city. Name derives from a $100,000 donation from Andrew... More

Carnegie Library of Atlanta, 126 Carnegie Way, Atlanta, Fulton County, GA

Carnegie Library of Atlanta, 126 Carnegie Way, Atlanta, Fulton County,...

Significance: Was one of the few extant examples of Beaux Arts Classicism in Atlanta. When built, was the first free public library supported by a Georgia city. Name derives from a $100,000 donation from Andrew... More

Powers Building, 16 Main Street West, Rochester, Monroe County, NY

Powers Building, 16 Main Street West, Rochester, Monroe County, NY

Significance: Architecturally innovative for its day due to its scale and metal structural system, has been the keystone of Rochester's downtown commercial area since its construction in 1869-70. It was acclaim... More

John Garth House, New London Gravel Road (Rural Route 1), Hannibal, Marion County, MO

John Garth House, New London Gravel Road (Rural Route 1), Hannibal, Ma...

Significance: Originally the summer home of the John H. Garth family, it is a locally significant example of the Second Empire style in Missouri. Garth played a prominent role in lumber, banking and other enter... More

Southeast Area Survey, 600-602 & 1100 G Street (House), 1002,1006 Eye Street (House), 808-810,812-814, & 1016 K Street (House), 817-819 L Street (House), Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Southeast Area Survey, 600-602 & 1100 G Street (House), 1002,1006 Eye ...

Survey number: HABS DC-73 Public domain photograph of historic place in Washington DC, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Southeast Area Survey, 600-602 & 1100 G Street (House), 1002,1006 Eye Street (House), 808-810,812-814, & 1016 K Street (House), 817-819 L Street (House), Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Southeast Area Survey, 600-602 & 1100 G Street (House), 1002,1006 Eye ...

Survey number: HABS DC-73 Public domain photograph of historic place in Washington DC, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Philip H. Folger Block, 56 & 58 Main Street, Nantucket, Nantucket County, MA

Philip H. Folger Block, 56 & 58 Main Street, Nantucket, Nantucket Coun...

Significance: Unusual and elaborate for a small island town, it is one of the nine brick mansions of considerable elegance and cost built here between 1828 and 1845 at the peak of Nantucket's success as the fir... More

Courthouse Plaza (Row Houses), Tucson, Pima County, AZ

Courthouse Plaza (Row Houses), Tucson, Pima County, AZ

Survey number: HABS AZ-131 Public domain photograph - historical image of Arizona, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Henry S. Linn House, North Allegheny Street, Bellefonte, Centre County, PA

Henry S. Linn House, North Allegheny Street, Bellefonte, Centre County...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-14 Survey number: HABS PA-8-5 Building/structure dates: 1810 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1841 Subsequent Work Building/struct... More

Union Pacific Passenger Station, 121 West Fifteenth Street, Cheyenne, Laramie County, WY

Union Pacific Passenger Station, 121 West Fifteenth Street, Cheyenne, ...

Survey number: HABS WY-80 Building/structure dates: 1887 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: ca. 1929 Subsequent Work National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 73001934

Union Pacific Passenger Station, 121 West Fifteenth Street, Cheyenne, Laramie County, WY

Union Pacific Passenger Station, 121 West Fifteenth Street, Cheyenne, ...

Survey number: HABS WY-80 Building/structure dates: 1887 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: ca. 1929 Subsequent Work National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 73001934

Inauguration of President Hoover, Washington, D.C., March 4, 1929

Inauguration of President Hoover, Washington, D.C., March 4, 1929

Transfer; White House; July 9, 1929. Panoramic photo by DeSouza Bros., 467 Pa. Ave. N.W., Washington, D.C. Portraits at left and right by Harris & Ewing.

Front Street (Commercial Buildings), Natchitoches, Natchitoches Parish, LA

Front Street (Commercial Buildings), Natchitoches, Natchitoches Parish...

Significance: The architectural history of Front Street closely resembles the outline of Louisiana's economic history with most buildings stemming from high economic plateaus. Thus there are three buildings fro... More

Front Street (Commercial Buildings), Natchitoches, Natchitoches Parish, LA

Front Street (Commercial Buildings), Natchitoches, Natchitoches Parish...

Significance: The architectural history of Front Street closely resembles the outline of Louisiana's economic history with most buildings stemming from high economic plateaus. Thus there are three buildings fro... More

Front Street (Commercial Buildings), Natchitoches, Natchitoches Parish, LA

Front Street (Commercial Buildings), Natchitoches, Natchitoches Parish...

Significance: The architectural history of Front Street closely resembles the outline of Louisiana's economic history with most buildings stemming from high economic plateaus. Thus there are three buildings fro... More

Front Street (Commercial Buildings), Natchitoches, Natchitoches Parish, LA

Front Street (Commercial Buildings), Natchitoches, Natchitoches Parish...

Significance: The architectural history of Front Street closely resembles the outline of Louisiana's economic history with most buildings stemming from high economic plateaus. Thus there are three buildings fro... More

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

Henry M. Flagler Mansion, Whitehall Way, Palm Beach, Palm Beach County, FL

Henry M. Flagler Mansion, Whitehall Way, Palm Beach, Palm Beach County...

Significance: The Mansion called "Whitehall" was designed for a wedding present to Mary Lily Kenan of North Carolina by her husband, Henry Morrison Flagler, one of the most important men in the early developmen... More

Elias Baker House, Allegheny Furnace, Union Avenue & Cresent Road, Altoona, Blair County, PA

Elias Baker House, Allegheny Furnace, Union Avenue & Cresent Road, Alt...

Significance: Designed by Baltimore architect Robert Carey for Elias Baker, a prominent ironmaster who operated Allegheny Furnace, near the Baker house, and Indiana Furnace, near Armagh in Indiana County. Sur... More

Jarboe Family Hotel, 1010 Washington Street (501 West Tenth Street), Kansas City, Jackson County, MO

Jarboe Family Hotel, 1010 Washington Street (501 West Tenth Street), K...

Significance: This property is significant for its contribution to the integrity of a neighborhood district representing early twentieth century styles of residential, ecclesiastical and small commercial archit... More

W.P. Story Building, 610 South Broadway, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA

W.P. Story Building, 610 South Broadway, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Coun...

Significance: Designed by a firm equally skillful with the Zigzag or Streamlined modes (not to mention the Aztec Assyrian Revivals), the Story Garage is Los Angeles' purest example of Zigzag Moderne (Art Deco) ... More

309-319 Seventh Street, Northwest (Commercial Building), Washington, District of Columbia, DC

309-319 Seventh Street, Northwest (Commercial Building), Washington, D...

Significance: The HUB Furniture Store is an example of the influence of suburban shopping mall architecture on urban retail buildings. Its present monolithic facade, constructed in 1958 encloses six smaller 19... More

Shaker Meetinghouse (second), Shaker Road, New Lebanon, Columbia County, NY

Shaker Meetinghouse (second), Shaker Road, New Lebanon, Columbia Count...

Significance: The Mount Lebanon Meetinghouse was the main place of worship for the most important and influential of the Shaker communities. Survey number: HABS NY-3254 Building/structure dates: 1824 Initial... More

Aaron Burleson House, Webberville, Travis County, TX

Aaron Burleson House, Webberville, Travis County, TX

Survey number: HABS TX-3126 Building/structure dates: after 1860 Initial Construction

College Hill, Bounded roughly by Olney, Hope, Governor Streets, & Seekonk & Providence Rivers, Providence, Providence County, RI

College Hill, Bounded roughly by Olney, Hope, Governor Streets, & Seek...

Significance: College Hill is significant at the national level as a well preserved collection of historic residential, commercial, educational, and religious buildings dating from the early eighteenth century ... More

College Hill, Bounded roughly by Olney, Hope, Governor Streets, & Seekonk & Providence Rivers, Providence, Providence County, RI

College Hill, Bounded roughly by Olney, Hope, Governor Streets, & Seek...

Significance: College Hill is significant at the national level as a well preserved collection of historic residential, commercial, educational, and religious buildings dating from the early eighteenth century ... More

College Hill, Bounded roughly by Olney, Hope, Governor Streets, & Seekonk & Providence Rivers, Providence, Providence County, RI

College Hill, Bounded roughly by Olney, Hope, Governor Streets, & Seek...

Significance: College Hill is significant at the national level as a well preserved collection of historic residential, commercial, educational, and religious buildings dating from the early eighteenth century ... More

11 Pernod Street (House), Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA

11 Pernod Street (House), Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA

Written data includes photocopies of location maps & floor plans. Significance: 11 Pernod Street is representative of the smaller scale brick rowhouses that were constructed in this section of Allegheny between... More

Eureka Swimming Baths, 908-910 Second Street, Sacramento, Sacramento County, CA

Eureka Swimming Baths, 908-910 Second Street, Sacramento, Sacramento C...

Significance: Typical commercial structure of the mid 1880s, there were 14 rooms in the public baths, including a barber shop. Survey number: HABS CA-177 Building/structure dates: ca. 1854 Initial Construction

First Bank Building, 800 East Street (moved from original Pittsfield site), Pittsfield, Berkshire County, MA

First Bank Building, 800 East Street (moved from original Pittsfield s...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-76 Survey number: HABS MA-2-46 Building/structure dates: 1806 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: ca. 1833 Subsequent Work

Knickerbocker Rowhouse Complex, Altoona, Blair County, PA

Knickerbocker Rowhouse Complex, Altoona, Blair County, PA

Survey number: HABS PA-5785 Building/structure dates: ca. 1904 Initial Construction

Delhi - Jumma Musjid, or Great Mosque - front view

Delhi - Jumma Musjid, or Great Mosque - front view

Published as halftone in Harper's Weekly, 1895, p. 938. Similar to lantern slide W7-518. Photographic print made by LC from Jackson's vintage film negative. Gift; Colorado Historical Society; 1949. Forms part o... More

Mount Vernon Apartments, 922-924 Ninth Street Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Mount Vernon Apartments, 922-924 Ninth Street Northwest, Washington, D...

Significance: This building represents an unusual transitional composition blending the Romanesque Revival Style with the emerging commercial style. Survey number: HABS DC-385 Building/structure dates: 1890... More

Mount Vernon Apartments, 922-924 Ninth Street Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Mount Vernon Apartments, 922-924 Ninth Street Northwest, Washington, D...

Significance: This building represents an unusual transitional composition blending the Romanesque Revival Style with the emerging commercial style. Survey number: HABS DC-385 Building/structure dates: 1890... More

Green Gables, 329 Albion Avenue, Woodside, San Mateo County, CA

Green Gables, 329 Albion Avenue, Woodside, San Mateo County, CA

Significance: Well-proportioned mansion which boasts an obvious sensitivity to its site. The English country house with distinctive roof has an interior more austere than the Greenes' usual, but still well cra... More

Charleston, South Carolina. Exterior view of Fort Sumter showing result of bombardment from August 17 to September 23, 1863 and chevaux-de-frise  for protection against assault

Charleston, South Carolina. Exterior view of Fort Sumter showing resul...

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

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 vintage artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Indiana National Bank Building, 3 Virginia Avenue, Indianapolis, Marion County, IN

Indiana National Bank Building, 3 Virginia Avenue, Indianapolis, Mario...

Survey number: HABS IN-62 Building/structure dates: 1897 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1912 Subsequent Work

Leesburg Townsite, Hotel & Post Office, Napias Creek, Salmon, Lemhi County, ID

Leesburg Townsite, Hotel & Post Office, Napias Creek, Salmon, Lemhi Co...

Survey number: HABS ID-106-N Public domain photograph of a hotel building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Security First National Bank, 5207-5209 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA

Security First National Bank, 5207-5209 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angele...

Significance: A single floor bank structure, externally sheathed in glazed black terracotta, with bright gold accented terracotta detailings. In a reserve fashion Zigzag Moderne (Art Deco) ornament has been int... More

Hahn Shoe Building, 3101 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia

Hahn Shoe Building, 3101 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, Arlington County...

Significance: The Hahn Shoe Building is one of several structures built in the 1940s during Clarendon's second building boom. Because of its siting at the corner of an unusual intersection at the east end of th... More

Glenn & Ida May Moore Rowhouse, 6126 Paseo Delicias, Rancho Santa Fe, San Diego County, CA

Glenn & Ida May Moore Rowhouse, 6126 Paseo Delicias, Rancho Santa Fe, ...

Significance: This building, commissioned by the Santa Fe Land Improvement Company as a small-scale pre-sold speculative housing in the midst of the commercial center of the town, is one of a group of four rowh... More

Glenn & Ida May Moore Rowhouse, 6126 Paseo Delicias, Rancho Santa Fe, San Diego County, CA

Glenn & Ida May Moore Rowhouse, 6126 Paseo Delicias, Rancho Santa Fe, ...

Significance: This building, commissioned by the Santa Fe Land Improvement Company as a small-scale pre-sold speculative housing in the midst of the commercial center of the town, is one of a group of four rowh... More

Lisbon-Paoli Hotel, 45121 Ukiah Street, Mendocino, Mendocino County, CA

Lisbon-Paoli Hotel, 45121 Ukiah Street, Mendocino, Mendocino County, C...

Significance: This early Mendocino structure bears the signature decorative balcony railing of local builder John D. Johnson. In its early years, the hotel catered primarily to the Portuguese population. Gues... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Post Office, Pearl Harbor Boulevard near Willamette Street, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Post Office, Pearl Harbor Boulevard nea...

This structure was moved to its current location in 1945. (5/14/03, KEY) Significance: The Naval Base at Pearl Harbor was designated as a National Historic Landmark in 1964, due to the crucial role it played in... More

1207 Federal Street (House), Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA

1207 Federal Street (House), Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA

Written data includes photocopies of location maps & floor plans. Significance: 1207 Federal Street is representative of the commercial buildings that fronted on this section of Federal Street in Allegheny by t... More

Franklin Grocery Company Building, 1 South Main Street, Franklin, Merrimack County, NH

Franklin Grocery Company Building, 1 South Main Street, Franklin, Merr...

Survey number: HABS NH-219 Public domain photograph - historical image of New Hampshire, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Franklin Grocery Company Building, 1 South Main Street, Franklin, Merrimack County, NH

Franklin Grocery Company Building, 1 South Main Street, Franklin, Merr...

Survey number: HABS NH-219 Public domain photograph - historical image of New Hampshire, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Johnson & McCallum Houses, William Johnson House, 210 State Street, Natchez, Adams County, MS

Johnson & McCallum Houses, William Johnson House, 210 State Street, Na...

Survey number: HABS MS-270-A Building/structure dates: 1840-1841 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1977-1986 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: ca. 1925 Subsequent Work

Western Land & Improvement Company Rowhouses, South Fifth & Sixth Streets, Jeannette, Westmoreland County, PA

Western Land & Improvement Company Rowhouses, South Fifth & Sixth Stre...

Significance: A high concentration of window, tableware, bottle and specialty glass plants distinguished Jeannette as "The Glass City" early in its history. Significant housing stock consists of company-built r... More

Q Street Norhtwest, 1700 Block (Row Houses), Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Q Street Norhtwest, 1700 Block (Row Houses), Washington, District of C...

Significance: Designed and built as a speculative venture by architect Schneider, these row houses represent and the popular taste of the late 19th century. Many of the first owners were high military and gove... More

Congress Hall, Beach & Congress Streets, Cape May, Cape May County, NJ

Congress Hall, Beach & Congress Streets, Cape May, Cape May County, NJ

Significance: An excellent example of a mid-19th century hotel, the Congress Hall hosted many notable visitors, including several presidents, notably Benjamin Harrison, who establish executive offices there in ... More

United States Post Office, South Fifth Avenue & South Third Street, Clinton, Clinton County, IA

United States Post Office, South Fifth Avenue & South Third Street, Cl...

Survey number: HABS IA-112 Public domain photograph of a post office building, postal service, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Republic Building, 209 South State Street, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Republic Building, 209 South State Street, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Significance: The Republic Building was designed by the architectural firm of Holabird and Roche and built in 1905 by the Wells Bros. Company, General Contractors...Henry Strong, the original owner, and his son... More

Republic Building, 209 South State Street, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Republic Building, 209 South State Street, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Significance: The Republic Building was designed by the architectural firm of Holabird and Roche and built in 1905 by the Wells Bros. Company, General Contractors...Henry Strong, the original owner, and his son... More

Republic Building, 209 South State Street, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Republic Building, 209 South State Street, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Significance: The Republic Building was designed by the architectural firm of Holabird and Roche and built in 1905 by the Wells Bros. Company, General Contractors...Henry Strong, the original owner, and his son... More

Second Ward Savings Bank, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, WI

Second Ward Savings Bank, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, WI

Significance: Erected for the Second Ward Savings Bank in 1911-13, and since 1965 it has served as headquarters of the Milwaukee County Historical Society. This graceful structure is a fine example of the neo-... More

First United Methodist Church, 200 North Division Street, Carson City, Carson City, NV

First United Methodist Church, 200 North Division Street, Carson City,...

Significance: Carson City's Methodist Church is a substantial stone church of the mid-nineteenth century with well executed Gothic Revival details. The congregation it serves is the oldest of its denomination ... More

Dvoret︠s︡. Drugoĭ fasad. Bukhara

Dvoret︠s︡. Drugoĭ fasad. Bukhara

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

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