San Gregorio House, San Gregorio Road, San Gregorio, San Mateo County,...
Significance: A second floor was added to the existing house here in about 1865 when G.W.T. Carter opened a hotel. When John Evans acquired the building in 1875 he added seven bays to the three-bay house. Jes... More
Montello Mercantile Company, 12 Main Street, Montello, Marquette Count...
Significance: The Montello Mercantile Company was constructed during a period of unprecedented growth in Montello, when the nearby granite quarry started exerting an influence in the activities of the town. Th... More
P. B. Cornwall Building, 1011-1013 Second Street, Sacramento, Sacrame...
Significance: While P.B. Cornwall never owned or occupied the existing so-called P.B. Cornwall Building, he had owned and occupied two earlier buildings presumably on the same site; the first being destroyed in... More
Content Corner, Southwest corner of Wallace & Jackson Streets, Virgini...
Significance: This is one of the earliest (1864) 2 story stone buildings built in Virginia City. The 2nd floor was leased to serve as the Territorial Administrative Offices for the newly formed Territory of Mon... More
Content Corner, Southwest corner of Wallace & Jackson Streets, Virgini...
Significance: This is one of the earliest (1864) 2 story stone buildings built in Virginia City. The 2nd floor was leased to serve as the Territorial Administrative Offices for the newly formed Territory of Mon... More
Content Corner, Southwest corner of Wallace & Jackson Streets, Virgini...
Significance: This is one of the earliest (1864) 2 story stone buildings built in Virginia City. The 2nd floor was leased to serve as the Territorial Administrative Offices for the newly formed Territory of Mon... More
Clifton Townsite, Confluence of Chase Creek & San Francisco River, Cli...
Survey number: HABS AZ-165 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 90000339
West Wazee Street Warehouse District, 1100-1300 blocks of Wazee Street...
Survey number: HABS CO-70 Building/structure dates: ca. 1915 Initial Construction
West Wazee Street Warehouse District, 1100-1300 blocks of Wazee Street...
Survey number: HABS CO-70 Building/structure dates: ca. 1915 Initial Construction
West Wazee Street Warehouse District, 1100-1300 blocks of Wazee Street...
Survey number: HABS CO-70 Building/structure dates: ca. 1915 Initial Construction
First Presbyterian Church, Sag Harbor, Suffolk County, NY
Documentation prepared prior to September 1938 when the steeple was destroyed in a hurricane. (Information provided by a researcher and confirmed by LC photo curator Carol Johnson.) Survey number: HABS NY-6318 ... 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
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
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
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
Old Bank Building, Main Street, Concord, Middlesex County, MA
Survey number: HABS MA-2-4 Building/structure dates: 1834 Initial Construction
Santa Rosa Post Office & Federal Building, 401 Fifth Street (moved to ...
Significance: The Santa Rosa Post Office and Federal Building, constructed 1909, was designed by James Knox Taylor, FAIA of the Treasury Department. It was the first Federal structure built in Santa Rosa. Sur... More
Saltus-Habersham House, 802 Bay Street, Beaufort, Beaufort County, SC
Significance: exceptionally tall, this tabby structure originally incorporating three full stories over an elevated basement. It is a rare example of a late eighteenth-century merchant's house constructed along... 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
Mill House No. 3, Sullivan Avenue, Newton, Middlesex County, MA
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-147 Survey number: HABS MA-388-C
Otsego County Bank, 19 Main Street, Otsego Township, Cooperstown, Otse...
Significance: This two-story stone building, erected in 1831, has been used as a bank, as quarters for the Y.M.C.A., and as offices for the Clark Estate. Survey number: HABS NY-255 Building/structure dates: ... More
U.S. Post Office, Highway 85, Grassy Butte, McKenzie County, ND
Significance: Built by pioneer settlers in the small community of Grassy Butte. Logs hauled by John Hoffman and others, laid by John Marucheck, plastered by Carl Jagol, who learned his trade in Russia. First ... More
Mayfield, 600 North New Street, West Chester, Chester County, PA
Significance: A handsome Classic Revival mansion, built by a Pittsburgh industrialist and lived in by his descendants for many years. Survey number: HABS PA-1104 Building/structure dates: 1848-1851 Initial C... More
Germond Crandell Building, 401-407 Seventh Street Northwest, Washingto...
Significance: A post-Civil War commercial building of interesting architectural design, illustrating the character of Seventh Street in the early days of its commercial development. Survey number: HABS DC-224... More
Travers Block, 166-184 Bellevue Avenue, Newport, Newport County, RI
Significance: The Travers Block was built in 1870-1871 for William R. Travers and was designed by Richard Morris Hunt. It is significant as one of four buildings that comprise a distinguished commercial street... More
1908-1916 G Street Northwest (Row Houses), Washington, District of Col...
Survey number: HABS DC-404 Public domain photograph of historic place in Washington DC, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
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
First Presbyterian Church, 91 Public Square, Cleveland, Cuyahoga Count...
Significance: Preceded only a few months by Trinity Church (Episcopal), "The Old Stone Church" is Cleveland's second oldest. Established under "Plan of Union" of the Presbyterian and Congregational Churches, it... More
Public Square Commercial Area, 212, 214, 216 Public Square, Nashville,...
Significance: These three three-story commercial buildings adjoin the Morgan-Reeves Building (see HABS No. TN-16) and face south into the Public Square. The cornice of 212 reads "A.G. Adams, 1875" while the ne... More
Public Square Commercial Area, 212, 214, 216 Public Square, Nashville,...
Significance: These three three-story commercial buildings adjoin the Morgan-Reeves Building (see HABS No. TN-16) and face south into the Public Square. The cornice of 212 reads "A.G. Adams, 1875" while the ne... More
Claremont High School Historic District, Roughly bounded by Fifth & Th...
Significance: One of the two most intact residential neighborhoods in Hickory today and contains the homes of three generations of businessmen, professionals, and educators, many of whom played key roles in the... More
Claremont High School Historic District, Roughly bounded by Fifth & Th...
Significance: One of the two most intact residential neighborhoods in Hickory today and contains the homes of three generations of businessmen, professionals, and educators, many of whom played key roles in the... More
1903-1911 F Street Northwest (Row Houses), Washington, District of Col...
Public domain photograph of historic place in Washington DC, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
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
Episcopal Church, D Street, Virginia City, Storey County, NV
Survey number: HABS NV-15-30 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000458
William Dorsheimer House, 438 Delaware Avenue, Buffalo, Erie County, N...
Significance: The William Dorsheimer House of 1868 although not constructed in H.H. Richardson's identifiable Romanesque Revival Style presents a severe dignified facade which perhaps illustrates the influenc... More
Gerrish Warehouse, Pepperrell Cove, Southwest of State Route 103, Kitt...
Significance: This structure is a rare example of an early store and warehouse. Goods were brought here to be stored and sold to settlers dependent on river traffic. Important features include strap iron hinges... More
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
37 South Street (Commercial Building), Baltimore, Independent City, MD
Significance: Representative of small commercial structures built in the downtown section of Baltimore following the 1904 fire which destroyed 140 acres in the center of the city, including the area where this ... More
Joshua Grindle House, 44800 Little Lake Road, Mendocino, Mendocino Cou...
Significance: One of the oldest and most elaborate of the early homes in Mendocino, the Grindle House was the residence of a prominent local businessman and philanthropist. Survey number: HABS CA-2230 Buildin... More
Christ Episcopal Church, Main & Taylor Streets, Jefferson, Marion Coun...
Significance: This building is typical of many small, but dignified, churches built throughout the west and southwest by Episcopalians. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-64 Survey ... More
Tennessee School for the Deaf, Summit Hill Drive & Broadway, Knoxville...
Significance: The building complex was originally constructed for the Tennessee School for the Deaf and was occupied by TSD until 1924 when the City of Knoxville purchased the complex for office use. One other... More
Prudential Building, 28 Church Street, Buffalo, Erie County, NY
Survey number: HABS NY-5487 Building/structure dates: 1895 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1969 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: after 1970 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: ... More
Prudential Building, 28 Church Street, Buffalo, Erie County, NY
Survey number: HABS NY-5487 Building/structure dates: 1895 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1969 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: after 1970 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: ... More
Wheatley Row House, 1018 Twenty-ninth Street Northwest, Washington, Di...
1994 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: An attractive example of a type of multiple dwelling common in the late 19th century. Several groups of row houses are found in this area. Unprocessed Field ... More
Chaille Commercial Building, 425-429 North Miami Avenue, Miami, Miami-...
Significance: The Chaille Commercial Building is one of the few commercial buildings remaining in Miami from the period before the development boom of the 1920s. Built in the masonry vernacular style, the stucc... More
William Allen White House, 923-927 North Exchange Street, Emporia, Lyo...
Significance: This site was the home of William Allen White, nationally revered and internationally influential editor of The Emporia Gazette, from 1899 until his death in 1944. It was here that White and his ... More
420-422 North Washington Street (Houses), Baltimore, Independent City,...
Significance: The two buildings at 420-422 North Washington Street are significant as contributing elements to the Butcher's Hill/East Baltimore area which has been determined eligible for the National Register... More
Deetjen's Big Sur Inn, Antique Building, East Side of State Highway 1,...
Survey number: HABS CA-2611-C Building/structure dates: 1941 Initial Construction
7 North Commerce Street (Commercial Building), Mobile, Mobile County, ...
Significance: Before the Civil War, three old adjoining buildings were renovated, creating the single existing structure. The facades were reworked, unifying the exterior, cast-iron decorative elements were ad... More
Arlington Place, 331 Cotton Avenue, Southwest, Birmingham, Jefferson C...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a small palace, chateau, villa, residential historic building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
Lahore - the Great Mosque of Vazir Khan
Published as halftone in Harper's Weekly, 1895, p. 894. Photographic print made by LC from Jackson's vintage film negative. Gift; Colorado Historical Society; 1949. Forms part of: Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1... More
4 Garfield Place (Commercial Building), Cincinnati, Hamilton County, O...
Significance: Italianate late-nineteenth-century commercial building contributing in size, scale, and date to the older commercial homogeneity of the area. Survey number: HABS OH-2349 Building/structure dates... More
Bear Block, 404 South Palafox Street, Pensacola, Escambia County, FL
Significance: This structure is an excellent example of Pensacola's late nineteenth century commercial architecture, which retains its original sheet metal finish materials, timber and cast iron structural elem... More
486-490 South Meyer Avenue (Commercial), Tucson, Pima County, AZ
Significance: The building, 486 S. Meyer Ave., located at the corner of S. Meyer Avenue and W. Kennedy Street, has been a grocery store since the 1910s. Originally constructed as an adobe dwelling, it was remo... More
1329 N Street, Northwest (Rowhouse), Washington, District of Columbia,...
Significance: 1329 N Street, NW, was designed by architect C.A. Didden in 1883 as one of a block of four identical brick rowhouses constructed for landowner A. Heitmuller. (See HABS DC-784, HABS DC-785, and HAB... More
Horsepasture Store, U.S. Route 58 & State Route 687, Horse Pasture, He...
Significance: The Horsepasture Store is a good example of a traditional general retail establishment serving a largely rural population. The property has played an important role in the social and commercial l... More
District Building, Fourteenth & E Streets Northwest (Southeast Corner)...
Significance: Has housed the municipal government of the District of Columbia, in its various forms, since the building's erection. Survey number: HABS DC-314 Building/structure dates: 1908 Initial Construction
Merchants & Mechanics Bank Building, 56-62 North Water Street, New Bed...
Significance: A commercial building forming part of the old waterfront district of New Bedford, designed by Russell Warren in the form of a Greek Ionic temple. Survey number: HABS MA-683 Building/structure da... More
University of Virginia, Pavilions & Hotels, University Avenue & Rugby ...
Significance: In 1817 Thomas Jefferson surveyed, with his own instruments, the plot of land on which he intended to build the University of Virginia. The plot was sited along the ridge of a low hill running in... More
S. S. Kresge Company, 712 E Street, Northwest, Washington, District of...
Significance: Constructed in 19118 by Frank L. Wagner and designed by A.B. Mullet and Company, S. S. Kresge's typifies construction methods for commercial buildings during the early 1900s. In particular, it sh... More
St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church, Main Street, Westphalia, Osage Cou...
Survey number: HABS MO-1794 Building/structure dates: 1883 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1905 Subsequent Work
Timothy Caldwell House, 2017 "Eye" Street Northwest, Washington, Distr...
Significance: The Timothy Caldwell house was begun in 1802 and has been continuously well maintained ever since. It was the Executive Mansion during the first months of James Monroe's Presidency, and is now co... More
Charleston Hotel, Meeting Street, Charleston, Charleston County, SC
Significance: This 1839 hotel designed by Charles F. Reichardt has been used by such famous personalities as Daniel Webster, Jenny Lind and W.M. Thackeray and is interesting architecturally because of its colos... More
817 Vine Street (Commercial Building), Cincinnati, Hamilton County, OH
Significance: Italianate late-nineteenth-century commercial building contributing in size, scale, and date to the older commercial homogeneity of the area. Building was notable for the fact that the original st... More
Thorson Block, 200 Main Street, Westby, Vernon County, WI
Significance: The Thorson Block was constructed in 1905 by the local firm of Theo. Thoreson. Significant design elements include the use of rusticated concrete block, symmetrical facade, the cross muntined sec... More
Free Library of Philadelphia, Cobbs Creek Branch, 5800 Cobbs Creek Par...
Significance: Completed in 1925, the Cobbs Creek Branch of the Free Library of Philadelphia was the next to last of twenty-five branch libraries built through an endowment from industrialist-turned-philanthropi... More
Main Store, 3520 196th Street Northwest, Alderwood Manor, Snohomish Co...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N348 Survey number: HABS WA-225
Rockefeller Building, 614 Superior Avenue, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County,...
Significance: The Rockefeller Building, built between 1903 and 1905, was the first large building employing a structural steel skeleton to be erected in Cleveland. A feature of this early skyscraper, which woul... More
Deetjen's Big Sur Inn, Champagne Building, East Side of State Highway ...
Survey number: HABS CA-2611-D Building/structure dates: 1941 Initial Construction
Cabot Building, 274 & 282 Tenth Street, Heron Lake, Jackson County, MN
Significance: The decorative design elements and integrity of the Cabot Building make it an excellent example of turn-of-the-century commercial architecture. The corner section of the building was completed in... More
Oakland Naval Supply Center, Academic Instruction Building, Off East K...
Survey number: HABS CA-2614-I Building/structure dates: 1943 Initial Construction
U. S. Post Office & Courthouse, 25 South Third Street, Yakima, Yakima ...
Significance: Historically the monumental Beaux Arts Structure has always served as Yakima Main Post Office and Federal Courthouse. The Federal Bureau of Investigation and the U.S. Immigration and Naturalizati... More
Old Country Jail, Village Green, Paris, Oxford County, ME
Suggested address, Village Green, is not verifiable in documentation. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-30 Survey number: HABS ME-37 Building/structure dates: 1822- 1828 Initial... More
Old Country Jail, Village Green, Paris, Oxford County, ME
Suggested address, Village Green, is not verifiable in documentation. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-30 Survey number: HABS ME-37 Building/structure dates: 1822- 1828 Initial... More
Old Country Jail, Village Green, Paris, Oxford County, ME
Suggested address, Village Green, is not verifiable in documentation. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-30 Survey number: HABS ME-37 Building/structure dates: 1822- 1828 Initial... More
Port Gibson Bank, Port Gibson, Claiborne County, MS
Survey number: HABS MS-25 Building/structure dates: 1840 Initial Construction
Roads Building II, South side, Gunnison Avenue, Saint Elmo (historical...
Significance: One of two commercial buildings surviving from secondary business district of 1880's on Gunnison Avenue. The applied moldings and careful remodeling of facade to create pediment show the refineme... More
Wawona Hotel, Long Brown, Wawona, Mariposa County, CA
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-240 Survey number: HABS CA-1805-F Building/structure dates: ca. 1900 Initial Construction
Vista del Arroyo Hotel, Hinds & Conner Bungalow, 125 South Grand Avenu...
Significance: The Vista del Arroyo bungalows are significant as an integral part of the hotel complex, of which the main building is the centerpiece. Historically, the hotel-bungalow idea, originated in Pasade... More
Main Street (Row Houses), Old Washington, Mason County, KY
Significance: These simple clapboard row houses, with their characteristic stair halls and flanking rooms, were built as speculative properties and investments, and were later used as residences. Unprocessed F... More
Photographs of architectural monuments in Jerusalem, Syria, and Egypt
Photographs show architectural monuments in Jerusalem, Syria, and Egypt. Album page image number: 1-19: (p. 1-21) Photographs in Jerusalem include: the Damascus Gate, St. Stephen's Gate, Saracenic arch at Bab E... More
Photographs of architectural monuments in Jerusalem, Syria, and Egypt
Photographs show architectural monuments in Jerusalem, Syria, and Egypt. Album page image number: 1-19: (p. 1-21) Photographs in Jerusalem include: the Damascus Gate, St. Stephen's Gate, Saracenic arch at Bab E... More
Photographs of architectural monuments in Jerusalem, Syria, and Egypt
Photographs show architectural monuments in Jerusalem, Syria, and Egypt. Album page image number: 1-19: (p. 1-21) Photographs in Jerusalem include: the Damascus Gate, St. Stephen's Gate, Saracenic arch at Bab E... More
Grace Methodist Episcopal Church, Lanvale & Carrollton Streets, Baltim...
Significance: The landmark Metropolitan United Methodist congregation dates back to 1825, the year formerly enslaved Truman Pratt began organizing prayer meetings in the Scrabble Town section of south Baltimore... More
Hotel Torino, 301 West St. John Street, San Jose, Santa Clara County, ...
Significance: The Hotel Torino, due to its architectural integrity and contribution to the urban fabric, forms an integral part of the River Street Historic District, a rare intact late nineteenth century and e... More
Kalaheo School, Library, Maka Road & Puu Road, Kalaheo, Kauai County, ...
Significance: The significance of this building relates to developments in public education in the Territory of Hawaii, the architecture of Kauai's public schools, and the specific history of the settlement of ... More
Washington Hotel, Corner Main & Telegraph Streets, Clarksville, Montgo...
Significance: The Washington Hotel is an extensively altered structure dating from the mid-1820s. It has association with Clarksville's mid-19th century prominence as a port on the Cumberland River. The hotel... More
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Public domain scan of architectural drawing, architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
I. Jenkins Mikell House, Rutledge Avenue & Montague Street, Charleston...
Survey number: HABS SC-43 Public domain photograph - historical image of South Carolina, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Fox Building, 107-111 Huron Avenue, Port Huron, St. Clair County, MI
Significance: The Fox Building is a substantial alteration of the National Bank Building, a Neo-Classical Revival style commercial building constructed on this site in 1903-1904. The original building interior... More
127 Main Street Southeast (Building), Minneapolis, Hennepin County, MN
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-6 Survey number: HABS MN-29-8 Building/structure dates: ca. 1860 Initial Construction
Mishawaka Trust & Savings Company, North Main Street & Lincolnway West...
Survey number: HABS IN-137 Public domain photograph - historical image of Indiana, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Mechetʹ v Vladikavkazi︠e︡ - Color separation negative, public domain
Public domain photograph of Russian Empire, color separation negatives, by Prokudin Gorsky, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description