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Seaboard Airline Railway, Freight Depot, Front Avenue, 1200-1300 Block...

Significance: In 1902 the Seaboard Airline Railway built this freight terminal to serve the industries and businesses along Front Avenue. The building continued to function in that capacity until 1971. Since ... More

San Luis Yacht Club, Avila Pier, South of Front Street, Avila Beach, S...

Significance: The Yacht Club has had a historically significant role in the development of the community of Avila Beach and during the United States involvement in World War II. Members of the San Luis Yacht C... More

North Front Street Area Study, 2-66 North Front Street (Commercial Bui...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a historic building in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Unidentified young sailor in Union uniform with American flag in fron...

Frame: Berg, 2-2. Digital photo with mat removed by Mike O'Donnell. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105). Exhibited: "The Last Full Measure : Civil War Photographs from the Liljenquist Family Collect... More

Parson Thorne Mansion, 501 Northwest Front Street, Milford, Sussex Cou...

Significance: This house, clearly altered in the late nineteenth century, features exquisite Georgian paneling on the interior. An early owner was Rev. Sydenham Thorne, a co-founder of the town of Milford and ... More

[Bank building ("2nd Bank of the United States"), Philadelphia, Pennsy...

Inscription: North & South Front including the Streets East & West B. Henry Latrobe 1818. Exhibit loan 4105-L.

[Bank building ("2nd Bank of the United States"), Philadelphia, Pennsy...

Inscription: North & South Front including the Streets East & West B. Henry Latrobe 1818. Exhibit loan 4105-L.

[Corporal Sidney S. Goodridge of Company K, 20th Massachusetts Infantr...

Photo shows identified soldier in Union uniform. Public domain photograph of a military, American Civil War, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Petersburg, Virginia Chevaux-de-frise in front of Fort Sedgwick]

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, the siege of Petersburg, June 1864-April 1865.

Fountain in front of Union Station, St. Louis, Missouri

Public domain photograph - historical image of Missouri, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Group of camels and four men posed in front of piles of sacks, logs i...

Public domain image of cattle, livestock, farm animals, agriculture, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Thomas A. Edison Birthplace, Front Street & Choate Avenue, Milan, Erie...

Significance: From the Nat'l Register nomination: Thomas Alva Edison, one of America's most illustrious inventors, was born in this house on February 11, 1847. Although he left Milan in 1854, before this struct... More

Front of Boston Library, Franklin place

Architectural drawing showing partial elevation of the front of the Boston Library at Franklin Place. Central pavilion of Tontine Crescent features pedimented central portico with in-antis Ionic columns framing... More

Woonsocket Company, Number 2 Mill, 115 Front Street, Woonsocket, Provi...

Part of New England Textile Mill Survey, 1967-68, sponsored by HABS, Smithsonian, and Merrimack Valley Textile Museum Significance: Built in 1833, the Woonsocket Company's No. 2 Mill is an unusually fine early ... More

[Rembrandt Lockwood, half-length portrait, three-quarters to right, ey...

Scratched on face of plate: 210; Lockwood, artist. Scratched on back of plate: 140. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920. (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Produce... More

Mrs. Mary Rena, 46 Laight St., 3d floor front, picking nuts with dirty...

Public domain photograph of kitchen, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Adrian Van Slyck House, 114 Front Street, Schenectady, Schenectady Cou...

Significance: A mid-18th century Dutch house with interesting architectural features. Survey number: HABS NY-3273 Building/structure dates: ca. 1745 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: ca. 1795 Su... More

Isaac Snedecker House, 359 Front Street, Hempstead, Nassau County, NY

Survey number: HABS NY-4-407 Building/structure dates: 1810 Initial Construction

Master's Reading Room, Dickenson & Front Streets, Lahaina, Maui County...

Significance: The two-story structure, completed in 1834, was built as a meeting place for use by the officers of visiting ships. The upper area was the Masters Reading Room; the lower space was used for stora... More

[Couple in Colonial attire in front of plantation house]

Title devised by cataloger. (DLC/PP-1934:0109). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "A Daughter of Old Sharon" by Nicholas Roosevelt, Delineator, 100:12 (July 1922).

Brannon Building, 106-110 J & Front Streets, Sacramento, Sacramento Co...

Significance: Sam Brannan was a Mormon merchant who was instrumental in the development of "Sacramento City," as Sacramento was first called. Survey number: HABS CA-181 Building/structure dates: 1853 Initial ... More

Captain John Woods House, Front & Lombard Streets, Philadelphia, Phila...

Survey number: HABS PA-1111 Public domain photograph - historical image of Pennsylvania, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Captain John Woods House, Front & Lombard Streets, Philadelphia, Phila...

Survey number: HABS PA-1111 Public domain photograph of architectural diagram, building plan, section, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Houses and a church ("Buildings Erected or Proposed to be Built in Vi...

Inscription on recto: "26." Reference copy available in LOT 4249. Forms part of: Benjamin Henry Latrobe Archive (Library of Congress).

Naval Air Station Key West, Truman Annex, Fresh Water Cistern, Interse...

Significance: Poured concrete fresh water cistern. Survey number: HABS FL-530-C Building/structure dates: 1904 Initial Construction

[Crowd at the inauguration of Rutherford B. Hayes, on the east front g...

Stereograph by Brady's National Portrait Gallery, Washington, D.C. The original U.S. Capitol building, known as the "Old Capitol," was a small brick building that was completed in 1800. It served as the Capito... More

[Theater and hotel building ("Theatre, Assembly Rooms and an hotel"), ...

Inscriptions on recto: "Elevation of the South-East FRONT." "Elevation of the PRINCIPAL, OR N.West, FRONT." "VII." Reference copy available in LOT 4249. Forms part of: Benjamin Henry Latrobe Archive (Librar... More

Fontaine Home, 1044 Front Avenue, Columbus, Muscogee County, GA

Survey number: HABS GA-140 Building/structure dates: 1830 Initial Construction

[United States Capitol, Washington, D.C., east front elevation]

Purchase; 1972; (DLC/PP-1972:R01.4). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Published in: Viewpoints; a selection from the pictorial collections of the Library of Congress .... Washingt... More

U.S. Barracks, Riverside Mall, Capitol Avenue, Front Street, Spanish T...

Significance: Situated adjacent to the Mississippi River, the United States Barracks were a significant military post from the 1820s to the 1870s, during which time numerous military and political figures eithe... More

In front of 170 W 130 St., March on Washington, l t[o] r Bayard Rustin...

NYWT&S staff photograph. Forms part of: New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). Exhibited: "A Day Like No Other: Commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the Mar... More

In front of 170 W 130 St., March on Washington, l t[o] r Bayard Rustin...

NYWT&S staff photograph. Forms part of: New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). Exhibited: "A Day Like No Other: Commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the Mar... More

Group of soldiers of Company G, 71st New York Vols. In front of 'Sible...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo, American history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Erie Railway, Hancock Station, Front Street, Hancock, Delaware County,...

Survey number: HAER NY-47 Public domain photograph - city, downtown, New York, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

James S. Mason & Company Store, 138-140 North Front Street, Philadelph...

Significance: Good example of mid-19th century wholesale store. James S. Mason and Company, a prominent manufacturer of blacking and inks, occupied the building until 1919. Survey number: HABS PA-1442

James S. Mason & Company Store, 138-140 North Front Street, Philadelph...

Significance: Good example of mid-19th century wholesale store. James S. Mason and Company, a prominent manufacturer of blacking and inks, occupied the building until 1919. Survey number: HABS PA-1442

Where old glory is waving down the front line

For voice and piano. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. (additional physical form) Staff notation. (language)

Recompense Stanberry Inn, East Front Street & Park Avenue, Scotch Plai...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-309 Survey number: HABS NJ-414 Building/structure dates: 1737 Initial Construction

[Five soldiers, four unidentified, in Union uniforms of the 6th Regime...

Photo shows soldiers wearing frock coats and standing at ease with their Enfield Rifles. An encampment is visible in the background. (Source: Matthew R. Gross and Elizabeth T. Lewin, 2010) Photo shows one ident... More

Odd Fellows Hall, Front & Vine Streets, Mineral Point, Iowa County, WI

Survey number: HABS WI-237 Building/structure dates: 1835 Initial Construction

Odd Fellows Hall, Front & Vine Streets, Mineral Point, Iowa County, WI

Survey number: HABS WI-237 Building/structure dates: 1835 Initial Construction

David P. Forrest House, 39 Front Street, Schenectady, Schenectady Coun...

Significance: A late 19th century house of interesting architectural character. Survey number: HABS NY-3278 Building/structure dates: ca. 1865 Initial Construction

Leggett Ale House, 1023 Front Street, Sacramento, Sacramento County, C...

Significance: Ale house. Survey number: HABS CA-183 Building/structure dates: 1852 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1965 Demolished

[Unidentified soldier in Union uniform and forage cap with bayoneted m...

Case: Leather vase floral arrangement interior with geometric scroll exterior. Digital photo with mat removed by Mike O'Donnell. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105). Published in: Military images. H... More

Jeremiah DeGraaf House, 25-27 Front Street, Schenectady, Schenectady C...

Survey number: HABS NY-3271 Building/structure dates: ca. 1790 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: ca. 1850 Subsequent Work

In front of Warren, Grant and Meade in foreground

Rough sketch: officers on horseback from behind, looking toward battlefield landscape. Title inscribed lower left. Inscribed below image: Lacy house. Inscribed within image on right: Signal Flag; green and red ... More

Archie Roosevelt, full-length portrait, on his calico Shetland pony "A...

Published in: Presidential Pets / Niall Kelly (1992), p. 49. Public domain photograph of historic place in Washington DC, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[United States Capitol, Washington, D.C. West front, partial elevation...

Inscription on recto: "Study for a west front." Verso obscured by lining; mounted on paper on linen. Reference copy available in LOT 4249. Forms part of Benjamin Henry Latrobe Archive (Library of Congress).

Governor Yates House, 17 Front Street, Schenectady, Schenectady County...

Survey number: HABS NY-6250 Public domain photograph - city, downtown, New York, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Governor Yates House, 17 Front Street, Schenectady, Schenectady County...

Survey number: HABS NY-6250 Public domain photograph of Victorian style building, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Boardman Noble House, 671 Front Avenue Northwest, Grand Rapids, Kent C...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-35 Survey number: HABS MI-22 Building/structure dates: ca. 1848 Initial Construction

Seaford Bridge, Spanning Nanticoke River at Front Street, Seaford, Sus...

Public domain photograph - historical image of Delaware, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[United States Capitol (Washington, D.C.). East front elevation, archi...

Referred to as "The Fancy Piece" by Hallet. Exhibited: Unbuilt Washington, National Building Museum, Washington, D.C., Nov. 2011-May 2012. Exhibited: "Capitol Visitor's Center" at the U.S. Capitol, Washington, ... More

[United States Capitol (Washington, D.C.). East front elevation, archi...

Referred to as "The Fancy Piece" by Hallet. Exhibited: Unbuilt Washington, National Building Museum, Washington, D.C., Nov. 2011-May 2012. Exhibited: "Capitol Visitor's Center" at the U.S. Capitol, Washington, ... More

Erie Railway, Deposit Station, Front Street, Deposit, Broome County, N...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N1380 Survey number: HAER NY-26 Building/structure dates: 1861 Initial Construction

Eagle & Phenix Mills, Front Street (1200-1300 Blocks), Columbus, Musco...

STORED OFF SITE AND ON SITE. mchr Significance: From its inception in 1851 the dynamic growth of the Eagle Mill represented the most important factor in Columbus's industrial development. In 1860 the Eagle Mil... More

Eagle & Phenix Mills, Front Street (1200-1300 Blocks), Columbus, Musco...

STORED OFF SITE AND ON SITE. mchr Significance: From its inception in 1851 the dynamic growth of the Eagle Mill represented the most important factor in Columbus's industrial development. In 1860 the Eagle Mil... More

Eagle & Phenix Mills, Front Street (1200-1300 Blocks), Columbus, Musco...

STORED OFF SITE AND ON SITE. mchr Significance: From its inception in 1851 the dynamic growth of the Eagle Mill represented the most important factor in Columbus's industrial development. In 1860 the Eagle Mil... More

Eagle & Phenix Mills, Front Street (1200-1300 Blocks), Columbus, Musco...

STORED OFF SITE AND ON SITE. mchr Significance: From its inception in 1851 the dynamic growth of the Eagle Mill represented the most important factor in Columbus's industrial development. In 1860 the Eagle Mil... More

Eagle & Phenix Mills, Front Street (1200-1300 Blocks), Columbus, Musco...

STORED OFF SITE AND ON SITE. mchr Significance: From its inception in 1851 the dynamic growth of the Eagle Mill represented the most important factor in Columbus's industrial development. In 1860 the Eagle Mil... More

Thomas Jefferson Southard Block, 25 Front Street, Richmond, Sagadahoc ...

Significance: The Southard Block is a late example of a small town mansard-roofed commercial building with an original bank and counting house room surviving. The first story has a cast iron front of Boston ori... More

Thomas Jefferson Southard Block, 25 Front Street, Richmond, Sagadahoc ...

Significance: The Southard Block is a late example of a small town mansard-roofed commercial building with an original bank and counting house room surviving. The first story has a cast iron front of Boston ori... More

[Unidentified African American soldier in Union uniform with a rifle a...

Frame: Berg 7-18. Photographer's name attribution based on article: Ertzgaard, John. "The elusive photographer of Benton Barracks." Military images, 10.6 (1989): pp. 24-25. Digital photo with mat removed by Mi... More

Bridges-LaTour House, 509 South Front Street, Philadelphia, Philadelph...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a historic building in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Bridges-LaTour House, 509 South Front Street, Philadelphia, Philadelph...

Public domain photograph of stairs, steps, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Valentine Delmas House, Front Street, Pascagoula, Jackson County, MS

Survey number: HABS MS-17 Building/structure dates: 1812 Initial Construction

[Two portraits of women seated in front of hut, shaking rattles, taken...

Title devised by Library staff based on caption information and inventory lists. Photos taken during Lomax-Hurston-Barnicle recording expedition to Georgia, Florida, and the Bahamas. Forms part of: Lomax collec... More

[Unidentified soldier in Confederate shell jacket and slouch hat with ...

Case: Berg, no. 1-54. Digital photo with mat removed by Mike O'Donnell. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105). Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs (Library of Congres... More

[Unidentified soldier in Confederate shell jacket and slouch hat with ...

Case: Berg, no. 1-54. Digital photo with mat removed by Mike O'Donnell. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105). Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs (Library of Congres... More

[Arlington, Virginia Capt. Nevins and officers in front of headquarter...

Photograph of Washington, 1862-1865, view of the defenses of Washington.

Columbus Iron Works, Front Avenue between Eighth & Tenth Streets, Colu...

Significance: For over a century (1853-1965) the Columbus Iron works supplied the city and surrounding area with a wide assortment of cast iron goods, agricultural implements, industrial and building supplies, ... More

Columbus Iron Works, Front Avenue between Eighth & Tenth Streets, Colu...

Significance: For over a century (1853-1965) the Columbus Iron works supplied the city and surrounding area with a wide assortment of cast iron goods, agricultural implements, industrial and building supplies, ... More

Columbus Iron Works, Front Avenue between Eighth & Tenth Streets, Colu...

Significance: For over a century (1853-1965) the Columbus Iron works supplied the city and surrounding area with a wide assortment of cast iron goods, agricultural implements, industrial and building supplies, ... More

Louisana State Capitol, North Boulevard, Saint Philip, America & Front...

Significance: The Old Louisiana State Capitol is a sham castle, belonging to the early picturesque, or romantic, phase of the Gothic Revival. It represents the castle type, which rarely occurred in the America... More

Louisana State Capitol, North Boulevard, Saint Philip, America & Front...

Significance: The Old Louisiana State Capitol is a sham castle, belonging to the early picturesque, or romantic, phase of the Gothic Revival. It represents the castle type, which rarely occurred in the America... More

J. H. Wilkerson & Sons Brick Works, Front Street (Road 409), Milford, ...

Significance: J.H. Wilkerson and Son was one of the last local brick works to operate in Delaware. IN 1975, all the original machinery, as well as some later additions, were still in operational positions, pro... More

J. H. Wilkerson & Sons Brick Works, Front Street (Road 409), Milford, ...

Significance: J.H. Wilkerson and Son was one of the last local brick works to operate in Delaware. IN 1975, all the original machinery, as well as some later additions, were still in operational positions, pro... More

J. H. Wilkerson & Sons Brick Works, Front Street (Road 409), Milford, ...

Significance: J.H. Wilkerson and Son was one of the last local brick works to operate in Delaware. IN 1975, all the original machinery, as well as some later additions, were still in operational positions, pro... More

Picket in front of Ft. Mahone - Public domain scenic drawing

Guard in canvas-covered trench in foreground, fort in background. Title inscribed below image. Rough sketch of trench or breastworks on verso. See also Waud, No. 120. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.2... More

Siasconset Neighborhood Study, Broadway, Shell, New, Center & Front St...

Significance: Siasconset began in 1676 as a fishing village on Nantucket's east shore. Fishermen, often using material salvaged from shipwrecks or other buildings, added shed-roofed warts to their one room sha... More

Siasconset Neighborhood Study, Broadway, Shell, New, Center & Front St...

Significance: Siasconset began in 1676 as a fishing village on Nantucket's east shore. Fishermen, often using material salvaged from shipwrecks or other buildings, added shed-roofed warts to their one room sha... More

Siasconset Neighborhood Study, Broadway, Shell, New, Center & Front St...

Significance: Siasconset began in 1676 as a fishing village on Nantucket's east shore. Fishermen, often using material salvaged from shipwrecks or other buildings, added shed-roofed warts to their one room sha... More

Siasconset Neighborhood Study, Broadway, Shell, New, Center & Front St...

Significance: Siasconset began in 1676 as a fishing village on Nantucket's east shore. Fishermen, often using material salvaged from shipwrecks or other buildings, added shed-roofed warts to their one room sha... More