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Weaverville Joss House, Oregon Street, Weaverville, Trinity County, CA

Weaverville Joss House, Oregon Street, Weaverville, Trinity County, CA

Significance: The Temple of the Forest and the Clouds, or as it is popularly known, the Chinese Joss House, is an important historical record of the Chinese culture that flourished in California beginning in th... More

Weaverville Joss House, Oregon Street, Weaverville, Trinity County, CA

Weaverville Joss House, Oregon Street, Weaverville, Trinity County, CA

Significance: The Temple of the Forest and the Clouds, or as it is popularly known, the Chinese Joss House, is an important historical record of the Chinese culture that flourished in California beginning in th... More

Weaverville Joss House, Oregon Street, Weaverville, Trinity County, CA

Weaverville Joss House, Oregon Street, Weaverville, Trinity County, CA

Significance: The Temple of the Forest and the Clouds, or as it is popularly known, the Chinese Joss House, is an important historical record of the Chinese culture that flourished in California beginning in th... More

Weaverville Joss House, Oregon Street, Weaverville, Trinity County, CA

Weaverville Joss House, Oregon Street, Weaverville, Trinity County, CA

Significance: The Temple of the Forest and the Clouds, or as it is popularly known, the Chinese Joss House, is an important historical record of the Chinese culture that flourished in California beginning in th... More

Weaverville Joss House, Oregon Street, Weaverville, Trinity County, CA

Weaverville Joss House, Oregon Street, Weaverville, Trinity County, CA

Significance: The Temple of the Forest and the Clouds, or as it is popularly known, the Chinese Joss House, is an important historical record of the Chinese culture that flourished in California beginning in th... More

Weaverville Joss House, Oregon Street, Weaverville, Trinity County, CA

Weaverville Joss House, Oregon Street, Weaverville, Trinity County, CA

Significance: The Temple of the Forest and the Clouds, or as it is popularly known, the Chinese Joss House, is an important historical record of the Chinese culture that flourished in California beginning in th... More

Weaverville Joss House, Oregon Street, Weaverville, Trinity County, CA

Weaverville Joss House, Oregon Street, Weaverville, Trinity County, CA

Significance: The Temple of the Forest and the Clouds, or as it is popularly known, the Chinese Joss House, is an important historical record of the Chinese culture that flourished in California beginning in th... More

World War I Monument, Memorial Square, Providence, Providence County, RI

World War I Monument, Memorial Square, Providence, Providence County, ...

Significance: The World War I Monument (1929), designed by noted architect Paul P. Cret and sculpted by Carl P. Jennewien, reflects the late 1920's popularity of Greek Revivalism in the use of a Doric column as... More

Pension Building, 440 G Street Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Pension Building, 440 G Street Northwest, Washington, District of Colu...

Significance: The Pension Building was erected in 1883 at a cost of $900,000, as a memorial to the veterans of the Civil War. From 1885 until 1926 it was occupied by the Bureau of Pensions. The latter years t... More

Pension Building, 440 G Street Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Pension Building, 440 G Street Northwest, Washington, District of Colu...

Significance: The Pension Building was erected in 1883 at a cost of $900,000, as a memorial to the veterans of the Civil War. From 1885 until 1926 it was occupied by the Bureau of Pensions. The latter years t... More

Pension Building, 440 G Street Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Pension Building, 440 G Street Northwest, Washington, District of Colu...

Significance: The Pension Building was erected in 1883 at a cost of $900,000, as a memorial to the veterans of the Civil War. From 1885 until 1926 it was occupied by the Bureau of Pensions. The latter years t... More

Pension Building, 440 G Street Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Pension Building, 440 G Street Northwest, Washington, District of Colu...

Significance: The Pension Building was erected in 1883 at a cost of $900,000, as a memorial to the veterans of the Civil War. From 1885 until 1926 it was occupied by the Bureau of Pensions. The latter years t... More

Pension Building, 440 G Street Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Pension Building, 440 G Street Northwest, Washington, District of Colu...

Significance: The Pension Building was erected in 1883 at a cost of $900,000, as a memorial to the veterans of the Civil War. From 1885 until 1926 it was occupied by the Bureau of Pensions. The latter years t... More

Pension Building, 440 G Street Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Pension Building, 440 G Street Northwest, Washington, District of Colu...

Significance: The Pension Building was erected in 1883 at a cost of $900,000, as a memorial to the veterans of the Civil War. From 1885 until 1926 it was occupied by the Bureau of Pensions. The latter years t... More

Andalusia, State Road vicinity (Bensalem Township), Andalusia, Bucks County, PA

Andalusia, State Road vicinity (Bensalem Township), Andalusia, Bucks C...

Significance: The house is the work of Thomas U. Walter, architect of the Capitol Dome in Washington, D.C. He enlarged a smaller and earlier house to create this Greek Revival masterpiece. The house is one of t... More

Andalusia, State Road vicinity (Bensalem Township), Andalusia, Bucks County, PA

Andalusia, State Road vicinity (Bensalem Township), Andalusia, Bucks C...

Significance: The house is the work of Thomas U. Walter, architect of the Capitol Dome in Washington, D.C. He enlarged a smaller and earlier house to create this Greek Revival masterpiece. The house is one of t... More

Andalusia, State Road vicinity (Bensalem Township), Andalusia, Bucks County, PA

Andalusia, State Road vicinity (Bensalem Township), Andalusia, Bucks C...

Significance: The house is the work of Thomas U. Walter, architect of the Capitol Dome in Washington, D.C. He enlarged a smaller and earlier house to create this Greek Revival masterpiece. The house is one of t... More

Andalusia, State Road vicinity (Bensalem Township), Andalusia, Bucks County, PA

Andalusia, State Road vicinity (Bensalem Township), Andalusia, Bucks C...

Significance: The house is the work of Thomas U. Walter, architect of the Capitol Dome in Washington, D.C. He enlarged a smaller and earlier house to create this Greek Revival masterpiece. The house is one of t... More

Stamford Post Office, 421 Atlantic Street, Stamford, Fairfield County, CT

Stamford Post Office, 421 Atlantic Street, Stamford, Fairfield County,...

Significance: Designed in 1914 and completed in 1916, the Stamford Post Office is an excellent example of an eclectic Neo-Renaissance style federal building constructed in the early twentieth century. As empha... More

Stamford Post Office, 421 Atlantic Street, Stamford, Fairfield County, CT

Stamford Post Office, 421 Atlantic Street, Stamford, Fairfield County,...

Significance: Designed in 1914 and completed in 1916, the Stamford Post Office is an excellent example of an eclectic Neo-Renaissance style federal building constructed in the early twentieth century. As empha... More

Stamford Post Office, 421 Atlantic Street, Stamford, Fairfield County, CT

Stamford Post Office, 421 Atlantic Street, Stamford, Fairfield County,...

Significance: Designed in 1914 and completed in 1916, the Stamford Post Office is an excellent example of an eclectic Neo-Renaissance style federal building constructed in the early twentieth century. As empha... More

Stamford Post Office, 421 Atlantic Street, Stamford, Fairfield County, CT

Stamford Post Office, 421 Atlantic Street, Stamford, Fairfield County,...

Significance: Designed in 1914 and completed in 1916, the Stamford Post Office is an excellent example of an eclectic Neo-Renaissance style federal building constructed in the early twentieth century. As empha... More

Stamford Post Office, 421 Atlantic Street, Stamford, Fairfield County, CT

Stamford Post Office, 421 Atlantic Street, Stamford, Fairfield County,...

Significance: Designed in 1914 and completed in 1916, the Stamford Post Office is an excellent example of an eclectic Neo-Renaissance style federal building constructed in the early twentieth century. As empha... More

Stamford Post Office, 421 Atlantic Street, Stamford, Fairfield County, CT

Stamford Post Office, 421 Atlantic Street, Stamford, Fairfield County,...

Significance: Designed in 1914 and completed in 1916, the Stamford Post Office is an excellent example of an eclectic Neo-Renaissance style federal building constructed in the early twentieth century. As empha... More

University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Albemarle County, Virginia

University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Albemarle County, Virginia

Public domain photograph of 1930s-1940s house, porch, 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

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

Newport Casino, 186-202 Bellevue Avenue, Newport, Newport County, RI

Newport Casino, 186-202 Bellevue Avenue, Newport, Newport County, RI

Significance: The Newport Casino was built in 1880 for James Gordon Bennett, publisher of the "New York Herald." Designed by McKim, Mead, and White, it was the fist of the suburban and resort country clubs whi... More

Weaverville Joss House, Oregon Street, Weaverville, Trinity County, CA

Weaverville Joss House, Oregon Street, Weaverville, Trinity County, CA

Significance: The Temple of the Forest and the Clouds, or as it is popularly known, the Chinese Joss House, is an important historical record of the Chinese culture that flourished in California beginning in th... More

Weaverville Joss House, Oregon Street, Weaverville, Trinity County, CA

Weaverville Joss House, Oregon Street, Weaverville, Trinity County, CA

Significance: The Temple of the Forest and the Clouds, or as it is popularly known, the Chinese Joss House, is an important historical record of the Chinese culture that flourished in California beginning in th... More

Weaverville Joss House, Oregon Street, Weaverville, Trinity County, CA

Weaverville Joss House, Oregon Street, Weaverville, Trinity County, CA

Significance: The Temple of the Forest and the Clouds, or as it is popularly known, the Chinese Joss House, is an important historical record of the Chinese culture that flourished in California beginning in th... More

Weaverville Joss House, Oregon Street, Weaverville, Trinity County, CA

Weaverville Joss House, Oregon Street, Weaverville, Trinity County, CA

Significance: The Temple of the Forest and the Clouds, or as it is popularly known, the Chinese Joss House, is an important historical record of the Chinese culture that flourished in California beginning in th... More

Weaverville Joss House, Oregon Street, Weaverville, Trinity County, CA

Weaverville Joss House, Oregon Street, Weaverville, Trinity County, CA

Significance: The Temple of the Forest and the Clouds, or as it is popularly known, the Chinese Joss House, is an important historical record of the Chinese culture that flourished in California beginning in th... More

Weaverville Joss House, Oregon Street, Weaverville, Trinity County, CA

Weaverville Joss House, Oregon Street, Weaverville, Trinity County, CA

Significance: The Temple of the Forest and the Clouds, or as it is popularly known, the Chinese Joss House, is an important historical record of the Chinese culture that flourished in California beginning in th... More

Weaverville Joss House, Oregon Street, Weaverville, Trinity County, CA

Weaverville Joss House, Oregon Street, Weaverville, Trinity County, CA

Significance: The Temple of the Forest and the Clouds, or as it is popularly known, the Chinese Joss House, is an important historical record of the Chinese culture that flourished in California beginning in th... More

Weaverville Joss House, Oregon Street, Weaverville, Trinity County, CA

Weaverville Joss House, Oregon Street, Weaverville, Trinity County, CA

Significance: The Temple of the Forest and the Clouds, or as it is popularly known, the Chinese Joss House, is an important historical record of the Chinese culture that flourished in California beginning in th... More

Weaverville Joss House, Oregon Street, Weaverville, Trinity County, CA

Weaverville Joss House, Oregon Street, Weaverville, Trinity County, CA

Significance: The Temple of the Forest and the Clouds, or as it is popularly known, the Chinese Joss House, is an important historical record of the Chinese culture that flourished in California beginning in th... More

Weaverville Joss House, Oregon Street, Weaverville, Trinity County, CA

Weaverville Joss House, Oregon Street, Weaverville, Trinity County, CA

Significance: The Temple of the Forest and the Clouds, or as it is popularly known, the Chinese Joss House, is an important historical record of the Chinese culture that flourished in California beginning in th... More

Weaverville Joss House, Oregon Street, Weaverville, Trinity County, CA

Weaverville Joss House, Oregon Street, Weaverville, Trinity County, CA

Significance: The Temple of the Forest and the Clouds, or as it is popularly known, the Chinese Joss House, is an important historical record of the Chinese culture that flourished in California beginning in th... More

Weaverville Joss House, Oregon Street, Weaverville, Trinity County, CA

Weaverville Joss House, Oregon Street, Weaverville, Trinity County, CA

Significance: The Temple of the Forest and the Clouds, or as it is popularly known, the Chinese Joss House, is an important historical record of the Chinese culture that flourished in California beginning in th... More

Weaverville Joss House, Oregon Street, Weaverville, Trinity County, CA

Weaverville Joss House, Oregon Street, Weaverville, Trinity County, CA

Significance: The Temple of the Forest and the Clouds, or as it is popularly known, the Chinese Joss House, is an important historical record of the Chinese culture that flourished in California beginning in th... More

Weaverville Joss House, Oregon Street, Weaverville, Trinity County, CA

Weaverville Joss House, Oregon Street, Weaverville, Trinity County, CA

Significance: The Temple of the Forest and the Clouds, or as it is popularly known, the Chinese Joss House, is an important historical record of the Chinese culture that flourished in California beginning in th... More

Weaverville Joss House, Oregon Street, Weaverville, Trinity County, CA

Weaverville Joss House, Oregon Street, Weaverville, Trinity County, CA

Significance: The Temple of the Forest and the Clouds, or as it is popularly known, the Chinese Joss House, is an important historical record of the Chinese culture that flourished in California beginning in th... More

Pension Building, 440 G Street Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Pension Building, 440 G Street Northwest, Washington, District of Colu...

Significance: The Pension Building was erected in 1883 at a cost of $900,000, as a memorial to the veterans of the Civil War. From 1885 until 1926 it was occupied by the Bureau of Pensions. The latter years t... More

Pension Building, 440 G Street Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Pension Building, 440 G Street Northwest, Washington, District of Colu...

Significance: The Pension Building was erected in 1883 at a cost of $900,000, as a memorial to the veterans of the Civil War. From 1885 until 1926 it was occupied by the Bureau of Pensions. The latter years t... More

Pension Building, 440 G Street Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Pension Building, 440 G Street Northwest, Washington, District of Colu...

Significance: The Pension Building was erected in 1883 at a cost of $900,000, as a memorial to the veterans of the Civil War. From 1885 until 1926 it was occupied by the Bureau of Pensions. The latter years t... More

Pension Building, 440 G Street Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Pension Building, 440 G Street Northwest, Washington, District of Colu...

Significance: The Pension Building was erected in 1883 at a cost of $900,000, as a memorial to the veterans of the Civil War. From 1885 until 1926 it was occupied by the Bureau of Pensions. The latter years t... More

Andalusia, State Road vicinity (Bensalem Township), Andalusia, Bucks County, PA

Andalusia, State Road vicinity (Bensalem Township), Andalusia, Bucks C...

Significance: The house is the work of Thomas U. Walter, architect of the Capitol Dome in Washington, D.C. He enlarged a smaller and earlier house to create this Greek Revival masterpiece. The house is one of t... More

Andalusia, State Road vicinity (Bensalem Township), Andalusia, Bucks County, PA

Andalusia, State Road vicinity (Bensalem Township), Andalusia, Bucks C...

Significance: The house is the work of Thomas U. Walter, architect of the Capitol Dome in Washington, D.C. He enlarged a smaller and earlier house to create this Greek Revival masterpiece. The house is one of t... More

Andalusia, State Road vicinity (Bensalem Township), Andalusia, Bucks County, PA

Andalusia, State Road vicinity (Bensalem Township), Andalusia, Bucks C...

Significance: The house is the work of Thomas U. Walter, architect of the Capitol Dome in Washington, D.C. He enlarged a smaller and earlier house to create this Greek Revival masterpiece. The house is one of t... More

Andalusia, State Road vicinity (Bensalem Township), Andalusia, Bucks County, PA

Andalusia, State Road vicinity (Bensalem Township), Andalusia, Bucks C...

Significance: The house is the work of Thomas U. Walter, architect of the Capitol Dome in Washington, D.C. He enlarged a smaller and earlier house to create this Greek Revival masterpiece. The house is one of t... More

Andalusia, State Road vicinity (Bensalem Township), Andalusia, Bucks County, PA

Andalusia, State Road vicinity (Bensalem Township), Andalusia, Bucks C...

Significance: The house is the work of Thomas U. Walter, architect of the Capitol Dome in Washington, D.C. He enlarged a smaller and earlier house to create this Greek Revival masterpiece. The house is one of t... More

Andalusia, State Road vicinity (Bensalem Township), Andalusia, Bucks County, PA

Andalusia, State Road vicinity (Bensalem Township), Andalusia, Bucks C...

Significance: The house is the work of Thomas U. Walter, architect of the Capitol Dome in Washington, D.C. He enlarged a smaller and earlier house to create this Greek Revival masterpiece. The house is one of t... More

Stamford Post Office, 421 Atlantic Street, Stamford, Fairfield County, CT

Stamford Post Office, 421 Atlantic Street, Stamford, Fairfield County,...

Significance: Designed in 1914 and completed in 1916, the Stamford Post Office is an excellent example of an eclectic Neo-Renaissance style federal building constructed in the early twentieth century. As empha... More

Stamford Post Office, 421 Atlantic Street, Stamford, Fairfield County, CT

Stamford Post Office, 421 Atlantic Street, Stamford, Fairfield County,...

Significance: Designed in 1914 and completed in 1916, the Stamford Post Office is an excellent example of an eclectic Neo-Renaissance style federal building constructed in the early twentieth century. As empha... More

Stamford Post Office, 421 Atlantic Street, Stamford, Fairfield County, CT

Stamford Post Office, 421 Atlantic Street, Stamford, Fairfield County,...

Significance: Designed in 1914 and completed in 1916, the Stamford Post Office is an excellent example of an eclectic Neo-Renaissance style federal building constructed in the early twentieth century. As empha... More

[Great Hall. Detail of relief and capitals. Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building, Washington, D.C.]

[Great Hall. Detail of relief and capitals. Library of Congress Thomas...

Forms part of the Library of Congress Series in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.

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

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

Newport Casino, 186-202 Bellevue Avenue, Newport, Newport County, RI

Newport Casino, 186-202 Bellevue Avenue, Newport, Newport County, RI

Significance: The Newport Casino was built in 1880 for James Gordon Bennett, publisher of the "New York Herald." Designed by McKim, Mead, and White, it was the fist of the suburban and resort country clubs whi... More

Weaverville Joss House, Oregon Street, Weaverville, Trinity County, CA

Weaverville Joss House, Oregon Street, Weaverville, Trinity County, CA

Significance: The Temple of the Forest and the Clouds, or as it is popularly known, the Chinese Joss House, is an important historical record of the Chinese culture that flourished in California beginning in th... More

Weaverville Joss House, Oregon Street, Weaverville, Trinity County, CA

Weaverville Joss House, Oregon Street, Weaverville, Trinity County, CA

Significance: The Temple of the Forest and the Clouds, or as it is popularly known, the Chinese Joss House, is an important historical record of the Chinese culture that flourished in California beginning in th... More

Weaverville Joss House, Oregon Street, Weaverville, Trinity County, CA

Weaverville Joss House, Oregon Street, Weaverville, Trinity County, CA

Significance: The Temple of the Forest and the Clouds, or as it is popularly known, the Chinese Joss House, is an important historical record of the Chinese culture that flourished in California beginning in th... More

Weaverville Joss House, Oregon Street, Weaverville, Trinity County, CA

Weaverville Joss House, Oregon Street, Weaverville, Trinity County, CA

Significance: The Temple of the Forest and the Clouds, or as it is popularly known, the Chinese Joss House, is an important historical record of the Chinese culture that flourished in California beginning in th... More

Weaverville Joss House, Oregon Street, Weaverville, Trinity County, CA

Weaverville Joss House, Oregon Street, Weaverville, Trinity County, CA

Significance: The Temple of the Forest and the Clouds, or as it is popularly known, the Chinese Joss House, is an important historical record of the Chinese culture that flourished in California beginning in th... More

Weaverville Joss House, Oregon Street, Weaverville, Trinity County, CA

Weaverville Joss House, Oregon Street, Weaverville, Trinity County, CA

Significance: The Temple of the Forest and the Clouds, or as it is popularly known, the Chinese Joss House, is an important historical record of the Chinese culture that flourished in California beginning in th... More

Weaverville Joss House, Oregon Street, Weaverville, Trinity County, CA

Weaverville Joss House, Oregon Street, Weaverville, Trinity County, CA

Significance: The Temple of the Forest and the Clouds, or as it is popularly known, the Chinese Joss House, is an important historical record of the Chinese culture that flourished in California beginning in th... More

Weaverville Joss House, Oregon Street, Weaverville, Trinity County, CA

Weaverville Joss House, Oregon Street, Weaverville, Trinity County, CA

Significance: The Temple of the Forest and the Clouds, or as it is popularly known, the Chinese Joss House, is an important historical record of the Chinese culture that flourished in California beginning in th... More

Weaverville Joss House, Oregon Street, Weaverville, Trinity County, CA

Weaverville Joss House, Oregon Street, Weaverville, Trinity County, CA

Significance: The Temple of the Forest and the Clouds, or as it is popularly known, the Chinese Joss House, is an important historical record of the Chinese culture that flourished in California beginning in th... More

Weaverville Joss House, Oregon Street, Weaverville, Trinity County, CA

Weaverville Joss House, Oregon Street, Weaverville, Trinity County, CA

Significance: The Temple of the Forest and the Clouds, or as it is popularly known, the Chinese Joss House, is an important historical record of the Chinese culture that flourished in California beginning in th... More

Weaverville Joss House, Oregon Street, Weaverville, Trinity County, CA

Weaverville Joss House, Oregon Street, Weaverville, Trinity County, CA

Significance: The Temple of the Forest and the Clouds, or as it is popularly known, the Chinese Joss House, is an important historical record of the Chinese culture that flourished in California beginning in th... More

Weaverville Joss House, Oregon Street, Weaverville, Trinity County, CA

Weaverville Joss House, Oregon Street, Weaverville, Trinity County, CA

Significance: The Temple of the Forest and the Clouds, or as it is popularly known, the Chinese Joss House, is an important historical record of the Chinese culture that flourished in California beginning in th... More

World War I Monument, Memorial Square, Providence, Providence County, RI

World War I Monument, Memorial Square, Providence, Providence County, ...

Significance: The World War I Monument (1929), designed by noted architect Paul P. Cret and sculpted by Carl P. Jennewien, reflects the late 1920's popularity of Greek Revivalism in the use of a Doric column as... More

Paper hanging 42. 19th century, Library of Congress collection

Paper hanging 42. 19th century, Library of Congress collection

Wallpaper design with eagle and garland frieze. Accompanied by printed label describing the pattern: "Number Forty Two. Top border for number forty one. Composed of a horizontal garland of green leaves, with a ... More

Pension Building, 440 G Street Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Pension Building, 440 G Street Northwest, Washington, District of Colu...

Significance: The Pension Building was erected in 1883 at a cost of $900,000, as a memorial to the veterans of the Civil War. From 1885 until 1926 it was occupied by the Bureau of Pensions. The latter years t... More

Pension Building, 440 G Street Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Pension Building, 440 G Street Northwest, Washington, District of Colu...

Significance: The Pension Building was erected in 1883 at a cost of $900,000, as a memorial to the veterans of the Civil War. From 1885 until 1926 it was occupied by the Bureau of Pensions. The latter years t... More

Andalusia, State Road vicinity (Bensalem Township), Andalusia, Bucks County, PA

Andalusia, State Road vicinity (Bensalem Township), Andalusia, Bucks C...

Significance: The house is the work of Thomas U. Walter, architect of the Capitol Dome in Washington, D.C. He enlarged a smaller and earlier house to create this Greek Revival masterpiece. The house is one of t... More

Andalusia, State Road vicinity (Bensalem Township), Andalusia, Bucks County, PA

Andalusia, State Road vicinity (Bensalem Township), Andalusia, Bucks C...

Significance: The house is the work of Thomas U. Walter, architect of the Capitol Dome in Washington, D.C. He enlarged a smaller and earlier house to create this Greek Revival masterpiece. The house is one of t... More

Andalusia, State Road vicinity (Bensalem Township), Andalusia, Bucks County, PA

Andalusia, State Road vicinity (Bensalem Township), Andalusia, Bucks C...

Significance: The house is the work of Thomas U. Walter, architect of the Capitol Dome in Washington, D.C. He enlarged a smaller and earlier house to create this Greek Revival masterpiece. The house is one of t... More

Andalusia, State Road vicinity (Bensalem Township), Andalusia, Bucks County, PA

Andalusia, State Road vicinity (Bensalem Township), Andalusia, Bucks C...

Significance: The house is the work of Thomas U. Walter, architect of the Capitol Dome in Washington, D.C. He enlarged a smaller and earlier house to create this Greek Revival masterpiece. The house is one of t... More

Stamford Post Office, 421 Atlantic Street, Stamford, Fairfield County, CT

Stamford Post Office, 421 Atlantic Street, Stamford, Fairfield County,...

Significance: Designed in 1914 and completed in 1916, the Stamford Post Office is an excellent example of an eclectic Neo-Renaissance style federal building constructed in the early twentieth century. As empha... More

Stamford Post Office, 421 Atlantic Street, Stamford, Fairfield County, CT

Stamford Post Office, 421 Atlantic Street, Stamford, Fairfield County,...

Significance: Designed in 1914 and completed in 1916, the Stamford Post Office is an excellent example of an eclectic Neo-Renaissance style federal building constructed in the early twentieth century. As empha... More

Stamford Post Office, 421 Atlantic Street, Stamford, Fairfield County, CT

Stamford Post Office, 421 Atlantic Street, Stamford, Fairfield County,...

Significance: Designed in 1914 and completed in 1916, the Stamford Post Office is an excellent example of an eclectic Neo-Renaissance style federal building constructed in the early twentieth century. As empha... More

Stamford Post Office, 421 Atlantic Street, Stamford, Fairfield County, CT

Stamford Post Office, 421 Atlantic Street, Stamford, Fairfield County,...

Significance: Designed in 1914 and completed in 1916, the Stamford Post Office is an excellent example of an eclectic Neo-Renaissance style federal building constructed in the early twentieth century. As empha... More

Marcus Sadeler - Menses XII anni solaris Egidius Sadeler

Marcus Sadeler - Menses XII anni solaris Egidius Sadeler

Print shows the figure of a man carrying a sword and keys, and trailing a banner labeled "Menses XII Anni Solaris", stepping through an archway in a gallery with statues of the seasons to the right and left; ab... More

Cyrus Cooke House, West Wrentham Road, Cumberland Hill, Providence County, RI

Cyrus Cooke House, West Wrentham Road, Cumberland Hill, Providence Cou...

Significance: The early nineteenth-century dwelling was constructed of wood and covered by a gable roof. Architectural detailing includes a doorway that is typical of the period with its top lights, sidelights ... More

[Main Reading Room. Detail of frieze of winged half figures with torch of learning. Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building, Washington, D.C.]

[Main Reading Room. Detail of frieze of winged half figures with torch...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a classical or neoclassical building, architecture design, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Newport Casino, 186-202 Bellevue Avenue, Newport, Newport County, RI

Newport Casino, 186-202 Bellevue Avenue, Newport, Newport County, RI

Significance: The Newport Casino was built in 1880 for James Gordon Bennett, publisher of the "New York Herald." Designed by McKim, Mead, and White, it was the fist of the suburban and resort country clubs whi... More

Weaverville Joss House, Oregon Street, Weaverville, Trinity County, CA

Weaverville Joss House, Oregon Street, Weaverville, Trinity County, CA

Significance: The Temple of the Forest and the Clouds, or as it is popularly known, the Chinese Joss House, is an important historical record of the Chinese culture that flourished in California beginning in th... More

Weaverville Joss House, Oregon Street, Weaverville, Trinity County, CA

Weaverville Joss House, Oregon Street, Weaverville, Trinity County, CA

Significance: The Temple of the Forest and the Clouds, or as it is popularly known, the Chinese Joss House, is an important historical record of the Chinese culture that flourished in California beginning in th... More

Weaverville Joss House, Oregon Street, Weaverville, Trinity County, CA

Weaverville Joss House, Oregon Street, Weaverville, Trinity County, CA

Significance: The Temple of the Forest and the Clouds, or as it is popularly known, the Chinese Joss House, is an important historical record of the Chinese culture that flourished in California beginning in th... More

Weaverville Joss House, Oregon Street, Weaverville, Trinity County, CA

Weaverville Joss House, Oregon Street, Weaverville, Trinity County, CA

Significance: The Temple of the Forest and the Clouds, or as it is popularly known, the Chinese Joss House, is an important historical record of the Chinese culture that flourished in California beginning in th... More

Weaverville Joss House, Oregon Street, Weaverville, Trinity County, CA

Weaverville Joss House, Oregon Street, Weaverville, Trinity County, CA

Significance: The Temple of the Forest and the Clouds, or as it is popularly known, the Chinese Joss House, is an important historical record of the Chinese culture that flourished in California beginning in th... More

Weaverville Joss House, Oregon Street, Weaverville, Trinity County, CA

Weaverville Joss House, Oregon Street, Weaverville, Trinity County, CA

Significance: The Temple of the Forest and the Clouds, or as it is popularly known, the Chinese Joss House, is an important historical record of the Chinese culture that flourished in California beginning in th... More

Weaverville Joss House, Oregon Street, Weaverville, Trinity County, CA

Weaverville Joss House, Oregon Street, Weaverville, Trinity County, CA

Significance: The Temple of the Forest and the Clouds, or as it is popularly known, the Chinese Joss House, is an important historical record of the Chinese culture that flourished in California beginning in th... More

Weaverville Joss House, Oregon Street, Weaverville, Trinity County, CA

Weaverville Joss House, Oregon Street, Weaverville, Trinity County, CA

Significance: The Temple of the Forest and the Clouds, or as it is popularly known, the Chinese Joss House, is an important historical record of the Chinese culture that flourished in California beginning in th... More

Weaverville Joss House, Oregon Street, Weaverville, Trinity County, CA

Weaverville Joss House, Oregon Street, Weaverville, Trinity County, CA

Significance: The Temple of the Forest and the Clouds, or as it is popularly known, the Chinese Joss House, is an important historical record of the Chinese culture that flourished in California beginning in th... More

Weaverville Joss House, Oregon Street, Weaverville, Trinity County, CA

Weaverville Joss House, Oregon Street, Weaverville, Trinity County, CA

Significance: The Temple of the Forest and the Clouds, or as it is popularly known, the Chinese Joss House, is an important historical record of the Chinese culture that flourished in California beginning in th... More

World War I Monument, Memorial Square, Providence, Providence County, RI

World War I Monument, Memorial Square, Providence, Providence County, ...

Significance: The World War I Monument (1929), designed by noted architect Paul P. Cret and sculpted by Carl P. Jennewien, reflects the late 1920's popularity of Greek Revivalism in the use of a Doric column as... More

World War I Monument, Memorial Square, Providence, Providence County, RI

World War I Monument, Memorial Square, Providence, Providence County, ...

Significance: The World War I Monument (1929), designed by noted architect Paul P. Cret and sculpted by Carl P. Jennewien, reflects the late 1920's popularity of Greek Revivalism in the use of a Doric column as... More

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