420 Lackawanna Avenue (Commercial Building), Scranton, Lackawanna Coun...
Significance: 420 Lackawanna Avenue is one of a row of late 19th and early 20th century commercial buildings that made up the heart of Scranton's business district during the city's greatest period of prosperit... More
Occidental Building, 107-111 North Wacker Drive, Chicago, Cook County,...
Significance: This is an example of a large, late nineteenth century brick building, designed by John Van Osdel, II. Survey number: HABS IL-1028 Building/structure dates: 1895 Initial Construction
Hotchkiss Block (Irving Block), 11 East Main Street, Waterbury, New Ha...
Significance: The Hotchkiss Block was the first major office block built in Waterbury. It is central to the commercial district, and the halls on the upper floors served as meeting places for many local frater... More
Fitzsimons General Hospital, Nurses' Quarters, Southwest Corner of Wes...
Survey number: HABS CO-172-BP Building/structure dates: 1918 Initial Construction
Alex. Brown & Sons Company Building, 135 East Baltimore Street, Baltim...
Significance: The building was built for Alex. (Alexander) Brown & Sons (founded 1800), the first and oldest continually operating investment banking firm in the United States. As such, the building represents ... More
Alex. Brown & Sons Company Building, 135 East Baltimore Street, Baltim...
Significance: The building was built for Alex. (Alexander) Brown & Sons (founded 1800), the first and oldest continually operating investment banking firm in the United States. As such, the building represents ... More
Alex. Brown & Sons Company Building, 135 East Baltimore Street, Baltim...
Significance: The building was built for Alex. (Alexander) Brown & Sons (founded 1800), the first and oldest continually operating investment banking firm in the United States. As such, the building represents ... More
Alex. Brown & Sons Company Building, 135 East Baltimore Street, Baltim...
Significance: The building was built for Alex. (Alexander) Brown & Sons (founded 1800), the first and oldest continually operating investment banking firm in the United States. As such, the building represents ... More
Alex. Brown & Sons Company Building, 135 East Baltimore Street, Baltim...
Significance: The building was built for Alex. (Alexander) Brown & Sons (founded 1800), the first and oldest continually operating investment banking firm in the United States. As such, the building represents ... More
121-125 North Main Street (Commercial Building), Mishawaka, St. Joseph...
Survey number: HABS IN-143 Public domain photograph - historical image of Indiana, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
111 West Second Street (Alley Building), Crookston, Polk County, MN
Significance: In 1891, construction began on the commercial building located at 111 West Second St. The building materials and distinctive architectural style of the structure are unique to the area and set th... More
Eastern Bank of Alabama, 201 Broad Street, Eufaula, Barbour County, AL
Survey number: HABS AL-592 Public domain photograph - historical image of Alabama, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Richfield Oil Building, 555 South Flower Street, Los Angeles, Los Ange...
Significance: An excellent example of the "Modern Style" of the 1920s, a short-lived heroic style with roots in late Art Nouveau and German Expressionism with emphasis on masses rather than volumes. A more dire... More
15 East Pleasant Street (House), Baltimore, Independent City, MD
Survey number: HABS MD-43-D Building/structure dates: 1817 Building/structure dates: before 1936 Demolished
710-714 East Main Street (Row Houses), Madison, Jefferson County, IN
Significance: These three row houses were built of rubble masonry prior to 1839, and were stuccoed and scored to resemble ashlar. The row houses may have been built by John Marx and Frederick Jahries, who owne... More
Field-Pacheco Complex, 1049 East Monroe Street, Brownsville, Cameron C...
Significance: The Field-Pacheo Complex is a commercial and residential complex covering half a block. The two-story, brick corner Field-Pacheco building was built after 1894 as a combination store and residence... More
Organ Evangelical Lutheran Church, State Route 1006, Rockwell, Rowan C...
Survey number: HABS NC-259 Public domain photograph of church architecture, religious building, monument, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Free Library of Philadelphia, Germantown Branch, 5818 Germantown Avenu...
Significance: Germantown was one of twenty-five branch libraries constructed between 1904 and 1930 by the Free Library of Philadelphia using a $1.5 million grant from the Carnegie Corporation. Andrew Carnegie'... More
Centennial Block, 57-62 North Main Street, Concord, Merrimack County, ...
Significance: The Centennial Block was built for James R. Hill, founder of the company that manufactured the Concord Harness, a superior stage and farm harness. In addition to the Centennial Block, Hill was re... More
Chapin & Gore Building, 63 East Adams Street, Chicago, Cook County, IL
Significance: The Chapin and Gore Building, 1904, was built for a Chicago firm which specialized in the making and distribution of wines and whiskies. The architect, Richard E. Schmidt, was one of a group of C... More
Medina Hoff (Südostecke) der heiligen Moschee mit dem Garten der Fâṭme...
Courtyard of the Masjid al-Nabawī al-Sharīf (Mosque of the Prophet) showing the tomb of the Prophet Muḥammad and the Garden of Fāṭima, Medina, Saudi Arabia. No. 71 in portfolio: Bilder aus Palästina, Nord Arab... More
Carnegie Free Library, 300 East South Street, Union, Union County, SC
Significance: The Carnegie Free LIbrary was one of the first of 15 libraries established in towns throughout South Carolina by iron and steel industrialist and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie. Andrew Carnegie p... More
Carnegie Free Library, 300 East South Street, Union, Union County, SC
Significance: The Carnegie Free LIbrary was one of the first of 15 libraries established in towns throughout South Carolina by iron and steel industrialist and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie. Andrew Carnegie p... More
Carnegie Free Library, 300 East South Street, Union, Union County, SC
Significance: The Carnegie Free LIbrary was one of the first of 15 libraries established in towns throughout South Carolina by iron and steel industrialist and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie. Andrew Carnegie p... More
Wayside Inn, Post Road & Wayside Lane, Scarsdale, Westchester County, ...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-83 Survey number: HABS NY-4-104 Building/structure dates: 17t1 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: after 1700 Subsequent Work Buildin... More
Mulberry Street Block (Commercial Buildings), 301-315 Mulberry Street,...
Significance: The Mulberry Street Block is the best surviving example of Madison's waterfront area of a nineteenth century business district. These eight brick row buildings were erected intermittently between... More
Mulberry Street Block (Commercial Buildings), 301-315 Mulberry Street,...
Significance: The Mulberry Street Block is the best surviving example of Madison's waterfront area of a nineteenth century business district. These eight brick row buildings were erected intermittently between... More
100-104 Broadway (Commercial), Frankfort, Franklin County, KY
Significance: The structure is a contributing element in the Old State House Historic District. It was built as a multi-unit commercial building. Survey number: HABS KY-292 Building/structure dates: 1900 Ini... More
West Lexington Street, Number 314 (Commercial Building), 314 West Lexi...
Significance: A good example of Early 20th Century commercial design with later sympathetic first floor alterations. Designed as a store, later leased by Hochschild Kohn c. 1930 (then Red Cross Shoes (1960's))... More
Warner Plaza, 8 Warner Plaza, Kansas City, Jackson County, MO
Survey number: HABS MO-1893-B Building/structure dates: 1926 Initial Construction
A black and white photo of a group of sheep in front of a building. Ph...
Photographs show John D. Whiting's trips in Syria, Lebanon, and Turkey in the 1930s. Whiting, a member of the American Colony in Jerusalem worked as a tour guide, businessman, writer and photographer. Album pag... More
Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church, 1046 North Ninth Street, Milwauke...
Significance: Trinity is the mother church or Lutheranism in Milwaukee, its congregation having been organized in 1847. The fabric is a beautifully preserved example of Victorian Gothic design, and the woodwor... More
First Congregational Church, 62 Centre Street, Nantucket, Nantucket Co...
Significance: The First Congregational Church's architecture illustrates the conflict of carpenter classic and carpenter gothic styles of the mid-nineteenth century; trompe l'oeil painting on interior west wall... More
26 North Fifth Street, Reading, Berks County, PA
Written data includes floor plans. Significance: Structure appears to have been originally used as an apartment house and store, later adapted to offices. Survey number: HABS PA-5146 Building/structure dates... More
16-22 South Sixh Street (Commercial), Fort Dodge, Webster County, IA
Significance: 16, 18, 20, and 22 South Sixth Street compose a rare (for Fort Dodge) surviving business block retaining a set of first-floor, Queen-Anne-Revival-style, cast-iron store fronts. No. 16, which pred... More
16-22 South Sixh Street (Commercial), Fort Dodge, Webster County, IA
Significance: 16, 18, 20, and 22 South Sixth Street compose a rare (for Fort Dodge) surviving business block retaining a set of first-floor, Queen-Anne-Revival-style, cast-iron store fronts. No. 16, which pred... More
Tuckerton Library, 380 Bay Avenue, Tuckerton, Ocean County, NJ
Survey number: HABS NJ-1119 Building/structure dates: 1875 Initial Construction
Bank of the United States, 80 Broad Street, Charleston, Charleston Cou...
Significance: Charleston's City Hall is significant for many reasons. First, it is important for its original, graceful architectural design and its perfect execution of detail. It fits nobly into a highly dist... More
Sears, Roebuck Department Store, West 906 Main Avenue, Spokane, Spokan...
Significance: The property is architecturally significant as a well-preserved large-scale department store building. The Art Deco building represents the top-of-the-line store in the Sears, Roebuck and Company... More
Sears, Roebuck Department Store, West 906 Main Avenue, Spokane, Spokan...
Significance: The property is architecturally significant as a well-preserved large-scale department store building. The Art Deco building represents the top-of-the-line store in the Sears, Roebuck and Company... More
New Yorker Hotel, 1611 Collins Avenue, Miami, Miami-Dade County, FL
Survey number: HABS FL-322-S Public domain photograph of a hotel building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
New Yorker Hotel, 1611 Collins Avenue, Miami, Miami-Dade County, FL
Survey number: HABS FL-322-S Public domain photograph of city center, downtown, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Euclid Realty Flats, 4901-4911 Page Boulevard, Saint Louis, Independen...
Significance: The Kingsway Center Area is locally significant for its architectural significance as an important representative illustration of neighborhood development and urban vernacular building traditions ... More
1101 Chestnut Avenue (Commercial Building), Altoona, Blair County, PA
Photo caption pages & written data include a site plan. Significance: It is one of the oldest remaining structures in the Altoona area in addition to possessing an unique stone facade. Survey number: HABS PA-... More
14 North Warren Street (Commercial Building), True American Building, ...
Significance: The True American, a Trenton newspaper founded in 1801, was published in this building from 1893 until it went out of business in 1913. This is the only remaining building associated with the long... More
Fort Sheridan, Quartermaster Stable, Lyster Road, Lake Forest, Lake Co...
Significance: The building was designed by Holabird and Roche as Quartermaster Stables but was utilized for many years as a Veterinary Hospital. It has a distinctive design which is different from the other sta... More
626-628 North Eutaw Street (Commercial Building), 626-628 North Eutaw ...
Significance: These seven building housed the headquarters of the "Afro-American," the largest and most influential Black newspaper chain in the country. The buildings were built before 1850 and passed through... More
C Street Area Survey (Commercial Buildings), Virginia City, Storey Cou...
Survey number: HABS NV-15-1 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000458
C Street Area Survey (Commercial Buildings), Virginia City, Storey Cou...
Survey number: HABS NV-15-1 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000458
S. & W. B. Fitch Depot & Office Building, Abeel Street, Kingston, Ulst...
Significance: This is a unique example of a small Victorian office building which exemplified the use of North River bluestone, the industry it served. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structur... More
Pritchard Building, 207-211 Bank Street, Waterbury, New Haven County, ...
Significance: The Pritchard Building, built for and initially operated by one of Waterbury's older and wealthier families, is one of three city buildings built in the Richardsonian Romanesque style. The buildi... More
Eastern Outfitting Company, 849-851 South Broadway, Los Angeles, Los A...
Significance: The Eastern Columbia Building represents the largest remaining example of a brilliantly clad (turquoise and gold) terracotta office tower still remaining in Los Angeles. The Building presents the... More
Kaahumanu Church, South High Street, Wailuku, Maui County, HI
Survey number: HABS HI-36 Public domain photograph of church architecture, religious building, monument, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Lee Gardens Shopping Center, 2200 Pershing , Arlington, Arlington Coun...
Significance: The shopping center was built in 1949 and designed by architect Alan J. Dickey. Today the center is slated to be demolished despite its location in the Lyon Park Historic District. A contributing ... More
J. O. Banks House & Smokehouse, Springfield Avenue & Pickens Street, E...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-68 Survey number: HABS AL-246 Building/structure dates: 1856 Initial Construction
Kamm Building, 111 North Main Street, Mishawaka, St. Joseph County, IN
Survey number: HABS IN-139 Public domain photograph of theater building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Casa Grande, 21350 Almaden Road, New Almaden, Santa Clara County, CA
Significance: Casa Grande was built in 1854 as the residence of the general manager of the New Almaden Mining Company, the richest and most productive mining enterprise in North America. Designed by San Franci... More
Eugenio Rodriguez House & Post Office, Farm Road 649, Cuevitas, Jim Ho...
Survey number: HABS TX-3138 Building/structure dates: ca. 18q4 Initial Construction
Clifton Townsite, Confluence of Chase Creek & San Francisco River, Cli...
Survey number: HABS AZ-165 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 90000339
Clifton Townsite, Confluence of Chase Creek & San Francisco River, Cli...
Survey number: HABS AZ-165 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 90000339
Clifton Townsite, Confluence of Chase Creek & San Francisco River, Cli...
Survey number: HABS AZ-165 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 90000339
Clifton Townsite, Confluence of Chase Creek & San Francisco River, Cli...
Survey number: HABS AZ-165 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 90000339
Kupol mecheti Gur-Ėmir s vostochnoĭ storony. Samarkand
Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Metropolitan Building, 25-107 John R Street, Detroit, Wayne County, MI
Significance: This is a significant example of the kind of speculative commercial construction commonplace in Detroit during the city's period of rapid growth brought about by the success of the automobile indu... More
Metropolitan Building, 25-107 John R Street, Detroit, Wayne County, MI
Significance: This is a significant example of the kind of speculative commercial construction commonplace in Detroit during the city's period of rapid growth brought about by the success of the automobile indu... More
Metropolitan Building, 25-107 John R Street, Detroit, Wayne County, MI
Significance: This is a significant example of the kind of speculative commercial construction commonplace in Detroit during the city's period of rapid growth brought about by the success of the automobile indu... More
Vernon, Germantown Avenue, Vernon Park, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Cou...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-2, FN-3 Survey number: HABS PA-7-2 Building/structure dates: 17h1 Initial Construction
Smithsonian Institution Building, 1000 Jefferson Drive, between Ninth ...
Significance: First building of the Smithsonian Institution and a foremost example of medieval revivalism. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-71 Survey number: HABS DC-141 Buildin... More
Smithsonian Institution Building, 1000 Jefferson Drive, between Ninth ...
Significance: First building of the Smithsonian Institution and a foremost example of medieval revivalism. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-71 Survey number: HABS DC-141 Buildin... More
Smithsonian Institution Building, 1000 Jefferson Drive, between Ninth ...
Significance: First building of the Smithsonian Institution and a foremost example of medieval revivalism. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-71 Survey number: HABS DC-141 Buildin... More
Smithsonian Institution Building, 1000 Jefferson Drive, between Ninth ...
Significance: First building of the Smithsonian Institution and a foremost example of medieval revivalism. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-71 Survey number: HABS DC-141 Buildin... More
King Street, 200 Block, 216 King Street (Commercial Building), Wilming...
Significance: One of thirteen nineteenth century, commercial buildings in the 200 block of King Street; served as a revenue service, boarding house, shoemaker's, fishmonger's saloon, milliner's, butcher's, pain... More
Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Bachelor Enlisted Quarters & Offices, Waln...
Significance: Building 459 is a contributing element of the Mare Island Historic District. Building 459 is significant as an example of the Mission Revival style, used in most construction at Mare Island durin... More
Menger Hotel, Alamo Plaza, San Antonio, Bexar County, TX
Survey number: HABS TX-35 Building/structure dates: 1859 Initial Construction
Menger Hotel, Alamo Plaza, San Antonio, Bexar County, TX
Survey number: HABS TX-35 Building/structure dates: 1859 Initial Construction
227 Meeting Street (Commercial Building), Charleston, Charleston Count...
Significance: A mid-19th century small commercial-front building with interesting architectural features, and cast-iron lower story of attractive design; in fairly good condition. Built c. 1840; lower story app... More
Don ce Sar Hotel, 3400 Gulf Boulevard, Saint Petersburg, Pinellas Coun...
Survey number: HABS FL-324 Public domain photograph of a hotel building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Louis Morgensen-William Rowan Building, 224-226 State Street, Racine, ...
Significance: The Louis Morgensen-William Rowan Building is eligible for HABS recordation and is significant because it contributes to the Old Main Historic District, a National Register of Historic Places hist... More
Fort Sheridan, Post Hospital, Bradley Loop, Lake Forest, Lake County, ...
Significance: The hospital, completed in 1893, was one of the original buildings at Fort Sheridan. It was constructed from standardized plans issued by the Office of Surgeon General in 1888 and is an excellent ... More
First National Bank, Jefferson Street & Fountain Road, Huntsville, Mad...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-36 Survey number: HABS AL-405 Building/structure dates: 1836 Initial Construction
Third Judicial District Courthouse, 425 Avenue of the Americas, New Yo...
Significance: Originally the Third Judicial District Courthouse was part of a complex which included a police court, jail, and markets. An outstanding example of civic design, the complex occupied the entire tr... More
James Y. Davis Sons Building, 1201 Pennsylvania Avenue & 408 Twelfth S...
Significance: This brick commercial building was designed by a local architect in the late nineteenth century. In spite of twentieth century alterations, the irregular shape, use of ornamental terra cotta, pro... More
James Y. Davis Sons Building, 1201 Pennsylvania Avenue & 408 Twelfth S...
Significance: This brick commercial building was designed by a local architect in the late nineteenth century. In spite of twentieth century alterations, the irregular shape, use of ornamental terra cotta, pro... More
Cavert Building, 1207 Front Street, Sacramento, Sacramento County, CA
Significance: Characteristic commercial building of Old Sacramento, mid-1880's. Survey number: HABS CA-1254 Building/structure dates: ca. 1885 Initial Construction
Adams Building, 816 F Street, Northwest, Washington, District of Colum...
Significance: A building illustrating the commercial development of F Street during the 1870's, of interesting architectural character. Survey number: HABS DC-214 Building/structure dates: 1878 Initial Construction
Colonel John Cox House, 3339 N Street, Northwest, Washington, District...
Significance: The Colonel John Cox House, constructed in 1816-17 at 3339 N Street in Georgetown, is a handsome and imposing federal-era town house on a substantial corner lot. The house was built as the wester... More
Kupol mecheti Namazga. Samarkand
Public domain photograph of Russian Empire, color separation negatives, by Prokudin Gorsky, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Schnull & Company Building (Commercial), 110-116 South Meridian Street...
Significance: The Schnull & Co. Building was constructed for Henry Schnull as the home of his wholesale grocery firm. Schnull (1833-1905) was the founder of the Indianapolis Wholesale District. He erected the... More
William Tallman Warehouse, 106 North Front Street, New Bedford, Bristo...
Significance: One of the oldest remaining commercial buildings in the old waterfront area of New Bedford, with hoisting equipment preserved. Survey number: HABS MA-685 Building/structure dates: after 1790 Ini... More
Methodist Episcopal Church, Mossville, Peoria County, IL
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-110 Survey number: HABS IL-282 Building/structure dates: 1869 Initial Construction
408 Eighth Street (Commercial Building), Washington, District of Colum...
Significance: Building lacks any architectural detailing or historical association that would make it significant. It apparently dates to 1848 when the tax books how a structure built by Thomas McGuire, blacks... More
Monadnock-Upton Block, 1140-1160 Elm Street, Manchester, Hillsborough ...
Significance: The 4 story building was constructed in 1892, and was one of a number of brick commercial blocks built as the crest of a Manchester building boom. During this period many commercial blocks along E... More
First Baptist Church, Boston. Photochrom print, 1880-1890.
Historic Sites Public domain photograph of building in Boston, Massachusetts, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Episcopal Church, D Street, Virginia City, Storey County, NV
Survey number: HABS NV-15-30 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000458
Waverly Terrace, North Carey Street & Franklin Square, Baltimore, Inde...
Survey number: HABS MD-414 Public domain photograph of a house, residential property, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Slade Houses, 453 Walnut Street, Macon, Bibb County, GA
Survey number: HABS GA-168 Building/structure dates: ca. 1827 Initial Construction
Patee House Hotel, South Twelfth & Penn Streets, Saint Joseph, Buchana...
Significance: Served as the eastern terminus and headquarters for Russell, Majors & Waddell, the owners of the Pony Express. It also played a significant local role in St. Joseph as a luxurious hotel in a front... More
1 West Mount Vernon Place (House), Baltimore, Independent City, MD
Survey number: HABS MD-372 Public domain photograph - historical image of Maryland, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Rock Island Arsenal, Building No. 90, East Avenue between North Avenue...
Significance: After taking command of Rock Island Arsenal in 1865, General Thomas Jefferson Rodman devised a master plan for construction of ten large manufacturing shops, five on each side of the island's majo... More
Third Street Historic District, Baumann Building, 216-220 Third Street...
Significance: Part of the Third St. Historic District. In 1881, Richard Baumann built a hardware store with family residence on the second floor. The Baumann Building housed the Baumann Hardware store until t... More