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Captain Thomas Paine House, East Shore Road, Jamestown, Newport County, RI

Captain Thomas Paine House, East Shore Road, Jamestown, Newport County...

Significance: Pictured in a 1882 drawing by Edwin Whitefield, and restored in 1950-52 under the direction of architect John Hutchins Cady, the Captain Thomas Paine House is a two-story, three-bay, wood frame, s... More

Curtis Freewill Baptist Church, Harpers Ferry, Jefferson County, WV

Curtis Freewill Baptist Church, Harpers Ferry, Jefferson County, WV

Significance: The Curtis Freewill Baptist Church served as both a religious building for students of Storer College and as its own congregational church for African American residents of Harpers Ferry and nearb... More

Curtis Freewill Baptist Church, Harpers Ferry, Jefferson County, WV

Curtis Freewill Baptist Church, Harpers Ferry, Jefferson County, WV

Significance: The Curtis Freewill Baptist Church served as both a religious building for students of Storer College and as its own congregational church for African American residents of Harpers Ferry and nearb... More

Stark Brothers Mercantile Company & Home Comfort Hotel, North side, West Main Street, Saint Elmo (historical), Chaffee County, CO

Stark Brothers Mercantile Company & Home Comfort Hotel, North side, We...

Significance: Probably the buildings most closely identified with St. Elmo during its final boom of c.1908-17 and during its decline after 1926. The Stark family was responsible for keeping the identity of St.... More

Stark Brothers Mercantile Company & Home Comfort Hotel, North side, West Main Street, Saint Elmo (historical), Chaffee County, CO

Stark Brothers Mercantile Company & Home Comfort Hotel, North side, We...

Significance: Probably the buildings most closely identified with St. Elmo during its final boom of c.1908-17 and during its decline after 1926. The Stark family was responsible for keeping the identity of St.... More

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

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

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

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

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

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

Kendall Grove, State Route 674, Eastville, Northampton County, Virginia

Kendall Grove, State Route 674, Eastville, Northampton County, Virgini...

Significance: Interesting Vernacular/Federal design with series of existing dependencies. Kendall Grove was built about 1813, and is a two-story, Federal style wood-frame house with two-story projecting pavili... More

St. Michael's Catholic Church, 15 Homestead Avenue, Smithfield, Providence County, RI

St. Michael's Catholic Church, 15 Homestead Avenue, Smithfield, Provid...

Significance: Determined eligible for the National Register as a contributing structure within the Georgiaville Historic District. Survey number: HABS RI-110 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 85002734

Johnson & McCallum Houses, McCallum House, 212 State Street, Natchez, Adams County, MS

Johnson & McCallum Houses, McCallum House, 212 State Street, Natchez, ...

Survey number: HABS MS-270-C Building/structure dates: 1840 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: ca. 1970 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: ca. 1980 Subsequent Work

Lazaretto Quarantine Station, Wanamaker Avenue and East Second Street, Essington, Delaware County, PA

Lazaretto Quarantine Station, Wanamaker Avenue and East Second Street,...

See also HABS No. PA-125 for additional documentation. Significance: Built between 1799 and 1801, the Lazaretto Quarantine Station was among the earliest purpose-built, and is the oldest extant, quarantine-rela... More

Lazaretto Quarantine Station, Wanamaker Avenue and East Second Street, Essington, Delaware County, PA

Lazaretto Quarantine Station, Wanamaker Avenue and East Second Street,...

See also HABS No. PA-125 for additional documentation. Significance: Built between 1799 and 1801, the Lazaretto Quarantine Station was among the earliest purpose-built, and is the oldest extant, quarantine-rela... More

Lazaretto Quarantine Station, Wanamaker Avenue and East Second Street, Essington, Delaware County, PA

Lazaretto Quarantine Station, Wanamaker Avenue and East Second Street,...

See also HABS No. PA-125 for additional documentation. Significance: Built between 1799 and 1801, the Lazaretto Quarantine Station was among the earliest purpose-built, and is the oldest extant, quarantine-rela... More

Lazaretto Quarantine Station, Wanamaker Avenue and East Second Street, Essington, Delaware County, PA

Lazaretto Quarantine Station, Wanamaker Avenue and East Second Street,...

See also HABS No. PA-125 for additional documentation. Significance: Built between 1799 and 1801, the Lazaretto Quarantine Station was among the earliest purpose-built, and is the oldest extant, quarantine-rela... More

Jacob Tome Institute, Memorial Hall, Tome Road, Port Deposit, Cecil County, MD

Jacob Tome Institute, Memorial Hall, Tome Road, Port Deposit, Cecil Co...

Last 10 b/w photos are photogrammetric images. Significance: Memorial Hall, the main structure of the Tome School for Boys, is a notable example of the Beaux-Arts or American Renaissance style effectively used ... More

Jacob Tome Institute, Memorial Hall, Tome Road, Port Deposit, Cecil County, MD

Jacob Tome Institute, Memorial Hall, Tome Road, Port Deposit, Cecil Co...

Last 10 b/w photos are photogrammetric images. Significance: Memorial Hall, the main structure of the Tome School for Boys, is a notable example of the Beaux-Arts or American Renaissance style effectively used ... More

Jacob Tome Institute, Memorial Hall, Tome Road, Port Deposit, Cecil County, MD

Jacob Tome Institute, Memorial Hall, Tome Road, Port Deposit, Cecil Co...

Last 10 b/w photos are photogrammetric images. Significance: Memorial Hall, the main structure of the Tome School for Boys, is a notable example of the Beaux-Arts or American Renaissance style effectively used ... More

Jacob Tome Institute, Memorial Hall, Tome Road, Port Deposit, Cecil County, MD

Jacob Tome Institute, Memorial Hall, Tome Road, Port Deposit, Cecil Co...

Last 10 b/w photos are photogrammetric images. Significance: Memorial Hall, the main structure of the Tome School for Boys, is a notable example of the Beaux-Arts or American Renaissance style effectively used ... More

First Congregational Church, 301 Benefit Street, Providence, Providence County, RI

First Congregational Church, 301 Benefit Street, Providence, Providenc...

Significance: This is a large, attractive stone church, built 1815-1816, and designed by an important Providence architect, John Holden Greene. Very few alteration have been made to the church, and the buildin... More

First Congregational Church, 301 Benefit Street, Providence, Providence County, RI

First Congregational Church, 301 Benefit Street, Providence, Providenc...

Significance: This is a large, attractive stone church, built 1815-1816, and designed by an important Providence architect, John Holden Greene. Very few alteration have been made to the church, and the buildin... More

Littleton Denver & Rio Grande Western Depot, 2199 West Littleton Boulevard, Littleton, Arapahoe County, CO

Littleton Denver & Rio Grande Western Depot, 2199 West Littleton Boule...

Significance: Architecturally, the D & RGW Depot is characteristic of the railroad style of building developed in the Victorian Age. It is one of the oldest railroad depots in Colorado and one of the few surviv... More

Grace Methodist Episcopal Church, Lanvale & Carrollton Streets, Baltimore, Independent City, MD

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

Old Frisco Depot, 550 West Dickson, Fayetteville, Washington County, AR

Old Frisco Depot, 550 West Dickson, Fayetteville, Washington County, A...

1995 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: The numbers nailed above the front door give the street address 550 West Dickson not well known as addresses go, but surely affixed to one of the most popular... More

Franklin House Hotel, 32 Market Square, Providence, Providence County, RI

Franklin House Hotel, 32 Market Square, Providence, Providence County,...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-22 Survey number: HABS RI-22 Building/structure dates: 1823 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1935-1936 Demolished

St. John's Church, 271 North Main Street, Providence, Providence County, RI

St. John's Church, 271 North Main Street, Providence, Providence Count...

Significance: This church is the second building erected by the first Episcopal parish in Providence, and has been the Cathedral church of the Rhode Island Diocese since 1929. It is an important work of the Pr... More

Fitzsimons General Hospital, Nurses' Mess & Kitchen, Nurses' Recreation, West McAfee Avenue, North of Building 507, Aurora, Adams County, CO

Fitzsimons General Hospital, Nurses' Mess & Kitchen, Nurses' Recreatio...

Survey number: HABS CO-172-BO Building/structure dates: 1918 Initial Construction

Dan's Hill, State Route 1011 vicinity, Danville, Danville, Virginia

Dan's Hill, State Route 1011 vicinity, Danville, Danville, Virginia

Significance: Dan's Hill was built by the Wilson family and the house and outbuildings were completed by 1833. The large brick house with Federal style details remained in the family until the early twentieth c... More

Dan's Hill, State Route 1011 vicinity, Danville, Danville, Virginia

Dan's Hill, State Route 1011 vicinity, Danville, Danville, Virginia

Significance: Dan's Hill was built by the Wilson family and the house and outbuildings were completed by 1833. The large brick house with Federal style details remained in the family until the early twentieth c... More

Dan's Hill, State Route 1011 vicinity, Danville, Danville, Virginia

Dan's Hill, State Route 1011 vicinity, Danville, Danville, Virginia

Significance: Dan's Hill was built by the Wilson family and the house and outbuildings were completed by 1833. The large brick house with Federal style details remained in the family until the early twentieth c... More

Trinity Church, 141 Spring Street, Newport, Newport County, RI

Trinity Church, 141 Spring Street, Newport, Newport County, RI

Significance: Built in 1725-1726, to replace an earlier structure, Trinity Church served the congregation organized in 1698 by Francis Nicholson, Lieutenant-Governor of New York and later Governor of Virginia a... More

Trinity Church, 141 Spring Street, Newport, Newport County, RI

Trinity Church, 141 Spring Street, Newport, Newport County, RI

Significance: Built in 1725-1726, to replace an earlier structure, Trinity Church served the congregation organized in 1698 by Francis Nicholson, Lieutenant-Governor of New York and later Governor of Virginia a... More

George Riley Willis House & Kitchen, Portsmouth, Carteret County, NC

George Riley Willis House & Kitchen, Portsmouth, Carteret County, NC

Significance: This house is a typical example of vernacular architecture of Portsmouth Village in the first decade of the 20th Century. As a common house of the village in the early 1900's, this small home con... More

Congregational Church, Kingstown Road (State Route 138), Kingston, Washington County, RI

Congregational Church, Kingstown Road (State Route 138), Kingston, Was...

Survey number: HABS RI-64 Building/structure dates: 1820 Initial Construction

Protestant Episcopal Church of the Ascension, North Arlington & West Lafayette Avenues, southeast corner, Baltimore, Independent City, MD

Protestant Episcopal Church of the Ascension, North Arlington & West L...

Significance: The Protestant Episcopal Church of the Ascension holds the distinction of being the first church built on Lafayette Square, a distinction matched, if not altogether surpassed, by that of the prese... More

John J. Glessner House, 1800 South Prairie Avenue, Chicago, Cook County, IL

John J. Glessner House, 1800 South Prairie Avenue, Chicago, Cook Count...

Significance: Designed and built between May 1885 and December 1887, this house is considered the last of the fully personal works of the architect H.H. Richardson and one of his finest houses. The house was de... 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

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

Clark Howell Homes, Community Center, 528 Lovejoy Street, Atlanta, Fulton County, GA

Clark Howell Homes, Community Center, 528 Lovejoy Street, Atlanta, Ful...

Significance: Building GA-2309-A is the community center for Clark Howell Homes, which is considered eligible for the National Register of Historic Places by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development... More

Clark Howell Homes, Community Center, 528 Lovejoy Street, Atlanta, Fulton County, GA

Clark Howell Homes, Community Center, 528 Lovejoy Street, Atlanta, Ful...

Significance: Building GA-2309-A is the community center for Clark Howell Homes, which is considered eligible for the National Register of Historic Places by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development... More

Teresa Fenwick House, 3512 P Street, Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Teresa Fenwick House, 3512 P Street, Northwest, Washington, District o...

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

Wanton-Lyman-Hazard House, 17 Broadway, Newport, Newport County, RI

Wanton-Lyman-Hazard House, 17 Broadway, Newport, Newport County, RI

Significance: The dwelling was constructed by Stephen Mumford, a minister, but it is better known for its eighteenth-century occupants including Colonial Governor Richard Ward and Tory pamphleteer Martin Howard... More

Clement Weaver House, 125 Howland Road, East Greenwich, Kent County, RI

Clement Weaver House, 125 Howland Road, East Greenwich, Kent County, R...

Significance: The Clement Weaver House is one of Rhode Island's seventeenth-century treasures, with a construction history that began in 1679. Originally it was a one-room, end-chimney house type with a lean-to... More

Clement Weaver House, 125 Howland Road, East Greenwich, Kent County, RI

Clement Weaver House, 125 Howland Road, East Greenwich, Kent County, R...

Significance: The Clement Weaver House is one of Rhode Island's seventeenth-century treasures, with a construction history that began in 1679. Originally it was a one-room, end-chimney house type with a lean-to... More

Dexter Avenue King Memorial Baptist Church, 454 Dexter Avenue, Montgomery, Montgomery County, AL

Dexter Avenue King Memorial Baptist Church, 454 Dexter Avenue, Montgom...

Significance: The Dexter Avenue King Memorial Baptist Church is a nationally significant site for its association with Martin Luther King, Jr. and the civil rights movement. The church was formally established... More

Dexter Avenue King Memorial Baptist Church, 454 Dexter Avenue, Montgomery, Montgomery County, AL

Dexter Avenue King Memorial Baptist Church, 454 Dexter Avenue, Montgom...

Significance: The Dexter Avenue King Memorial Baptist Church is a nationally significant site for its association with Martin Luther King, Jr. and the civil rights movement. The church was formally established... More

Dexter Avenue King Memorial Baptist Church, 454 Dexter Avenue, Montgomery, Montgomery County, AL

Dexter Avenue King Memorial Baptist Church, 454 Dexter Avenue, Montgom...

Significance: The Dexter Avenue King Memorial Baptist Church is a nationally significant site for its association with Martin Luther King, Jr. and the civil rights movement. The church was formally established... More

Comstock Block, 265-277 South Main Street, Providence, Providence County, RI

Comstock Block, 265-277 South Main Street, Providence, Providence Coun...

Significance: This building is an example of a small block of large row houses built about 1810. Survey number: HABS RI-228 Building/structure dates: ca. 1810 Initial Construction

Curtis Freewill Baptist Church, Harpers Ferry, Jefferson County, WV

Curtis Freewill Baptist Church, Harpers Ferry, Jefferson County, WV

Significance: The Curtis Freewill Baptist Church served as both a religious building for students of Storer College and as its own congregational church for African American residents of Harpers Ferry and nearb... More

Clark Howell Homes, Building 12-B, 516 Lovejoy Street, Atlanta, Fulton County, GA

Clark Howell Homes, Building 12-B, 516 Lovejoy Street, Atlanta, Fulton...

Significance: Building 12-B is a typical residential building in Clark Howell Homes, which is considered eligible for the National Register of Historic Places by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Develop... More

Storer College, Anthony Hall, Camp Hill, Harpers Ferry, Jefferson County, WV

Storer College, Anthony Hall, Camp Hill, Harpers Ferry, Jefferson Coun...

Significance: From 1881 to 1955, Anthony Hall served as the main building for Harpers Ferry's Storer College, a historically black school founded in 1867 by missionaries of the Freewill Baptist Church. In addit... More

Storer College, Anthony Hall, Camp Hill, Harpers Ferry, Jefferson County, WV

Storer College, Anthony Hall, Camp Hill, Harpers Ferry, Jefferson Coun...

Significance: From 1881 to 1955, Anthony Hall served as the main building for Harpers Ferry's Storer College, a historically black school founded in 1867 by missionaries of the Freewill Baptist Church. In addit... More

Storer College, Anthony Hall, Camp Hill, Harpers Ferry, Jefferson County, WV

Storer College, Anthony Hall, Camp Hill, Harpers Ferry, Jefferson Coun...

Significance: From 1881 to 1955, Anthony Hall served as the main building for Harpers Ferry's Storer College, a historically black school founded in 1867 by missionaries of the Freewill Baptist Church. In addit... More

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

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

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

Kendall Grove, State Route 674, Eastville, Northampton County, Virginia

Kendall Grove, State Route 674, Eastville, Northampton County, Virgini...

Significance: Interesting Vernacular/Federal design with series of existing dependencies. Kendall Grove was built about 1813, and is a two-story, Federal style wood-frame house with two-story projecting pavili... More

Kendall Grove, State Route 674, Eastville, Northampton County, Virginia

Kendall Grove, State Route 674, Eastville, Northampton County, Virgini...

Significance: Interesting Vernacular/Federal design with series of existing dependencies. Kendall Grove was built about 1813, and is a two-story, Federal style wood-frame house with two-story projecting pavili... More

Veterans Administration Medical Center, Building 52, 200 East Beach Boulevard, Gulfport, Harrison County, MS

Veterans Administration Medical Center, Building 52, 200 East Beach Bo...

Significance: Architecturally the residences are nondescript, but classic, incorporating features and trim still being accepted from the pre-WWII period. The structure was constructed for use as a residence an... More

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

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

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

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

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

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

Lazaretto Quarantine Station, Wanamaker Avenue and East Second Street, Essington, Delaware County, PA

Lazaretto Quarantine Station, Wanamaker Avenue and East Second Street,...

See also HABS No. PA-125 for additional documentation. Significance: Built between 1799 and 1801, the Lazaretto Quarantine Station was among the earliest purpose-built, and is the oldest extant, quarantine-rela... More

Lazaretto Quarantine Station, Wanamaker Avenue and East Second Street, Essington, Delaware County, PA

Lazaretto Quarantine Station, Wanamaker Avenue and East Second Street,...

See also HABS No. PA-125 for additional documentation. Significance: Built between 1799 and 1801, the Lazaretto Quarantine Station was among the earliest purpose-built, and is the oldest extant, quarantine-rela... More

Lazaretto Quarantine Station, Wanamaker Avenue and East Second Street, Essington, Delaware County, PA

Lazaretto Quarantine Station, Wanamaker Avenue and East Second Street,...

See also HABS No. PA-125 for additional documentation. Significance: Built between 1799 and 1801, the Lazaretto Quarantine Station was among the earliest purpose-built, and is the oldest extant, quarantine-rela... More

Lazaretto Quarantine Station, Wanamaker Avenue and East Second Street, Essington, Delaware County, PA

Lazaretto Quarantine Station, Wanamaker Avenue and East Second Street,...

See also HABS No. PA-125 for additional documentation. Significance: Built between 1799 and 1801, the Lazaretto Quarantine Station was among the earliest purpose-built, and is the oldest extant, quarantine-rela... More

Lazaretto Quarantine Station, Wanamaker Avenue and East Second Street, Essington, Delaware County, PA

Lazaretto Quarantine Station, Wanamaker Avenue and East Second Street,...

See also HABS No. PA-125 for additional documentation. Significance: Built between 1799 and 1801, the Lazaretto Quarantine Station was among the earliest purpose-built, and is the oldest extant, quarantine-rela... More

Lazaretto Quarantine Station, Wanamaker Avenue and East Second Street, Essington, Delaware County, PA

Lazaretto Quarantine Station, Wanamaker Avenue and East Second Street,...

See also HABS No. PA-125 for additional documentation. Significance: Built between 1799 and 1801, the Lazaretto Quarantine Station was among the earliest purpose-built, and is the oldest extant, quarantine-rela... More

Lazaretto Quarantine Station, Wanamaker Avenue and East Second Street, Essington, Delaware County, PA

Lazaretto Quarantine Station, Wanamaker Avenue and East Second Street,...

See also HABS No. PA-125 for additional documentation. Significance: Built between 1799 and 1801, the Lazaretto Quarantine Station was among the earliest purpose-built, and is the oldest extant, quarantine-rela... More

Blair House, Harrison Street, Scottsville, Albemarle County, Virginia

Blair House, Harrison Street, Scottsville, Albemarle County, Virginia

1993 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: Set atop one of Scottsville's highest gradients, the Blair (Tipton) House plainly characterizes the style most prevalent in vernacular architecture during the... More

Brown University, Robinson Hall, Waterman & Prospect Streets, Providence, Providence County, RI

Brown University, Robinson Hall, Waterman & Prospect Streets, Providen...

Significance: This large brick building, built in 1878 and originally used as a library, is one of the few large examples of post-Civil War "Victorian Gothic" in Providence. Survey number: HABS RI-185 Buildin... More

Jacob Tome Institute, Memorial Hall, Tome Road, Port Deposit, Cecil County, MD

Jacob Tome Institute, Memorial Hall, Tome Road, Port Deposit, Cecil Co...

Last 10 b/w photos are photogrammetric images. Significance: Memorial Hall, the main structure of the Tome School for Boys, is a notable example of the Beaux-Arts or American Renaissance style effectively used ... More

Jacob Tome Institute, Memorial Hall, Tome Road, Port Deposit, Cecil County, MD

Jacob Tome Institute, Memorial Hall, Tome Road, Port Deposit, Cecil Co...

Last 10 b/w photos are photogrammetric images. Significance: Memorial Hall, the main structure of the Tome School for Boys, is a notable example of the Beaux-Arts or American Renaissance style effectively used ... More

Jacob Tome Institute, Memorial Hall, Tome Road, Port Deposit, Cecil County, MD

Jacob Tome Institute, Memorial Hall, Tome Road, Port Deposit, Cecil Co...

Last 10 b/w photos are photogrammetric images. Significance: Memorial Hall, the main structure of the Tome School for Boys, is a notable example of the Beaux-Arts or American Renaissance style effectively used ... More

Jacob Tome Institute, Memorial Hall, Tome Road, Port Deposit, Cecil County, MD

Jacob Tome Institute, Memorial Hall, Tome Road, Port Deposit, Cecil Co...

Last 10 b/w photos are photogrammetric images. Significance: Memorial Hall, the main structure of the Tome School for Boys, is a notable example of the Beaux-Arts or American Renaissance style effectively used ... More

Jacob Tome Institute, Memorial Hall, Tome Road, Port Deposit, Cecil County, MD

Jacob Tome Institute, Memorial Hall, Tome Road, Port Deposit, Cecil Co...

Last 10 b/w photos are photogrammetric images. Significance: Memorial Hall, the main structure of the Tome School for Boys, is a notable example of the Beaux-Arts or American Renaissance style effectively used ... More

Jacob Tome Institute, Memorial Hall, Tome Road, Port Deposit, Cecil County, MD

Jacob Tome Institute, Memorial Hall, Tome Road, Port Deposit, Cecil Co...

Last 10 b/w photos are photogrammetric images. Significance: Memorial Hall, the main structure of the Tome School for Boys, is a notable example of the Beaux-Arts or American Renaissance style effectively used ... More

Littleton Denver & Rio Grande Western Depot, 2199 West Littleton Boulevard, Littleton, Arapahoe County, CO

Littleton Denver & Rio Grande Western Depot, 2199 West Littleton Boule...

Significance: Architecturally, the D & RGW Depot is characteristic of the railroad style of building developed in the Victorian Age. It is one of the oldest railroad depots in Colorado and one of the few surviv... More

Horsepasture Store, U.S. Route 58 & State Route 687, Horse Pasture, Henry County, Virginia

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

Horsepasture Store, U.S. Route 58 & State Route 687, Horse Pasture, Henry County, Virginia

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

Greater Straightaway Baptist Church, 1717 North Seventh Street, east side between Cecil B. Moore & Montgomery Avenues, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Greater Straightaway Baptist Church, 1717 North Seventh Street, east s...

Significance: The Greater Straightaway Baptist Church underscores the movement of various ethnic and racial groups in and out of North Philadelphia throughout its history. The church was constructed as a Jewis... More

Christopher Johnson Cottage, State Route 126, Lynchburg, Lynchburg, Virginia

Christopher Johnson Cottage, State Route 126, Lynchburg, Lynchburg, Vi...

Significance: The Christopher Johnson Cottage is a one and one-half story frame building dating to about 1764-74. Sometime between the HABS photographs of the 1930s and the image taken in 1979, a door opening o... More

Warren-Bache House, 86 State Street, Bristol, Bristol County, RI

Warren-Bache House, 86 State Street, Bristol, Bristol County, RI

Significance: 86 State Street was designed by well known regional architect Russell Warren in 1807. Warren lived in the house from 1814 until 1823. This residence as interpreted by Warren is an example of the... More

Grace Methodist Episcopal Church, Lanvale & Carrollton Streets, Baltimore, Independent City, MD

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

Samuel P. Grindle House, 13 School Street, Castine, Hancock County, ME

Samuel P. Grindle House, 13 School Street, Castine, Hancock County, ME

Significance: The Samuel P. Grindle House is significant as a mid nineteenth-century, Greek Revival, domestic structure contributing to the cultural landscape of the Town Common in the coastal village of Castin... More

Samuel P. Grindle House, 13 School Street, Castine, Hancock County, ME

Samuel P. Grindle House, 13 School Street, Castine, Hancock County, ME

Significance: The Samuel P. Grindle House is significant as a mid nineteenth-century, Greek Revival, domestic structure contributing to the cultural landscape of the Town Common in the coastal village of Castin... More

Providence Marine Corps Arsenal, 176 Benefit Street, Providence, Providence County, RI

Providence Marine Corps Arsenal, 176 Benefit Street, Providence, Provi...

Significance: Built in 1840, this is an interesting example of an early armory, and was used by the Providence Marine Corps of Artillery for many years. Survey number: HABS RI-152 Building/structure dates: 18... More

Pig Alley Block Study, 703-713 Plum Street (Row Houses), Petersburg, Petersburg, Virginia

Pig Alley Block Study, 703-713 Plum Street (Row Houses), Petersburg, P...

Significance: This building, probably constructed c. 1835, is made up of a row of six workers' tenements. The complex was built for workers in the many flour and cotton mills which were located 500 feet north ... More

Kiskiack, Naval Mine Depot, State Route 238 vicinity, Yorktown, York County, Virginia

Kiskiack, Naval Mine Depot, State Route 238 vicinity, Yorktown, York C...

Significance: "Kiskiack" or the "Henry Lee House" exists as an eighteenth-century artifact characterized by extravagant brickwork popular in the mid 1720s. Kiskiack's most salient features are its T-shaped chi... More

Head Tide Church, 1838 Head Tide Church Road, Head Tide, Lincoln County, ME

Head Tide Church, 1838 Head Tide Church Road, Head Tide, Lincoln Count...

Significance: Good example of a small country Maine church. Interesting blend of a variety of stylistic elements. Integral part of the Head Tide National Register Historic District. Unprocessed Field note mat... More

Head Tide Church, 1838 Head Tide Church Road, Head Tide, Lincoln County, ME

Head Tide Church, 1838 Head Tide Church Road, Head Tide, Lincoln Count...

Significance: Good example of a small country Maine church. Interesting blend of a variety of stylistic elements. Integral part of the Head Tide National Register Historic District. Unprocessed Field note mat... More

Head Tide Church, 1838 Head Tide Church Road, Head Tide, Lincoln County, ME

Head Tide Church, 1838 Head Tide Church Road, Head Tide, Lincoln Count...

Significance: Good example of a small country Maine church. Interesting blend of a variety of stylistic elements. Integral part of the Head Tide National Register Historic District. Unprocessed Field note mat... More

Head Tide Church, 1838 Head Tide Church Road, Head Tide, Lincoln County, ME

Head Tide Church, 1838 Head Tide Church Road, Head Tide, Lincoln Count...

Significance: Good example of a small country Maine church. Interesting blend of a variety of stylistic elements. Integral part of the Head Tide National Register Historic District. Unprocessed Field note mat... More

Trinity Church, 141 Spring Street, Newport, Newport County, RI

Trinity Church, 141 Spring Street, Newport, Newport County, RI

Significance: Built in 1725-1726, to replace an earlier structure, Trinity Church served the congregation organized in 1698 by Francis Nicholson, Lieutenant-Governor of New York and later Governor of Virginia a... More

George Riley Willis House & Kitchen, Portsmouth, Carteret County, NC

George Riley Willis House & Kitchen, Portsmouth, Carteret County, NC

Significance: This house is a typical example of vernacular architecture of Portsmouth Village in the first decade of the 20th Century. As a common house of the village in the early 1900's, this small home con... More

George Riley Willis House & Kitchen, Portsmouth, Carteret County, NC

George Riley Willis House & Kitchen, Portsmouth, Carteret County, NC

Significance: This house is a typical example of vernacular architecture of Portsmouth Village in the first decade of the 20th Century. As a common house of the village in the early 1900's, this small home con... More

George Riley Willis House & Kitchen, Portsmouth, Carteret County, NC

George Riley Willis House & Kitchen, Portsmouth, Carteret County, NC

Significance: This house is a typical example of vernacular architecture of Portsmouth Village in the first decade of the 20th Century. As a common house of the village in the early 1900's, this small home con... More

Salem Church, State Route 3, Fredericksburg, Fredericksburg, Virginia

Salem Church, State Route 3, Fredericksburg, Fredericksburg, Virginia

Significance: "Old" Salem Church is the landmark of the Battle of Salem Church, a crucial phase of the Chancellorville campaign. Chancellorville is generally regarded as Lee's greatest achievement, and the Sal... More

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