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Templo de Porta Coeli, San German, San German Municipio, PR

Templo de Porta Coeli, San German, San German Municipio, PR

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-4 Survey number: HABS PR-45 Building/structure dates: ca. 1571 Initial Construction

Lincoln County Jail, East side of Federal Street (State Route 218), North of Main Street (U.S. Route 1), Wiscasset, Lincoln County, ME

Lincoln County Jail, East side of Federal Street (State Route 218), No...

Significance: Built for $6,000, in 1809-1811 as principal penitentiary in the state, capacity of 40 prisoners, operated until 1953. The granite for the building, quarried at the mouth of the Sheepscott River, p... More

Arsenal, 615 Saint Peter Street, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, LA

Arsenal, 615 Saint Peter Street, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, LA

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-6 Survey number: HABS LA-18-6 Building/structure dates: 1839 Initial Construction

Villa Philbrook, 2727 South Rockford Road, Tulsa, Tulsa County, OK

Villa Philbrook, 2727 South Rockford Road, Tulsa, Tulsa County, OK

1993 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Honorable Mention Significance: The 1920s was a flamboyant period in Oklahoma, as well as elsewhere in the U.S. It was a time when wealthy oilmen built lavish estates. Waite Phil... More

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Area B, Building 4, Modification Hangar & Flight Research Lab, South end of flightline between Thirteenth Street & Loop Road, Dayton, Montgomery County, OH

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Area B, Building 4, Modification Hang...

Significance: This southernmost anchor of the Wright Field flightline complex provided a multi-bay facility for aircraft modification and flight research functions during World War II. Unprocessed Field note m... More

Shaker Church Family Dwelling House (second), Shaker Road, Harvard, Worcester County, MA

Shaker Church Family Dwelling House (second), Shaker Road, Harvard, Wo...

Significance: This is a good example of an early Shaker dwelling house. Survey number: HABS MA-810 Building/structure dates: 1795 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1860 Subsequent Work

Shaker Church Family Dwelling House (second), Shaker Road, Harvard, Worcester County, MA

Shaker Church Family Dwelling House (second), Shaker Road, Harvard, Wo...

Significance: This is a good example of an early Shaker dwelling house. Survey number: HABS MA-810 Building/structure dates: 1795 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1860 Subsequent Work

McCabe College, End of Seventh Avenue, East of Broadway Avenue, Skagway, Skagway, AK

McCabe College, End of Seventh Avenue, East of Broadway Avenue, Skagwa...

This survey was originally located in the Skagway-Hoonah-Angoon Census Area. The name of the borough was changed to Skagway. There is no sheet #1 in the drawing set. Significance: One of the few stone buildings... More

Palatine Church, State Route 5, Nelliston, Montgomery County, NY

Palatine Church, State Route 5, Nelliston, Montgomery County, NY

Significance: Built in 1770, this is one of the churches built by the Germans from the Rhine Valley who settled this area, and is maintained as a shrine to them by the owners. Unprocessed Field note material ... More

Custom House, Custom House Plaza, Monterey, Monterey County, CA

Custom House, Custom House Plaza, Monterey, Monterey County, CA

Significance: The Custom House historically illustrates, marks and combines the political, economic, and social conflicts under the Spanish, Mexican and American regimes, as no other California building does. ... More

Bird Cage Theatre, Allen Street, near Sixth Street, Tombstone, Cochise County, AZ

Bird Cage Theatre, Allen Street, near Sixth Street, Tombstone, Cochise...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-10 Survey number: HABS AZ-10 Building/structure dates: 1881 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000171

Carver Museum, Old Montgomery Road, Tuskegee Institute Campus, Tuskegee, Macon County, AL

Carver Museum, Old Montgomery Road, Tuskegee Institute Campus, Tuskege...

Significance: Constructed in 1915 as a laundry facility for Tuskegee Institute, the building was apparently remodeled to a large extent in the same year, after which it assumed much of its present exterior appe... More

State Bank of Alabama, Decatur Branch, Bank Street & Wilson Avenue, Decatur, Morgan County, AL

State Bank of Alabama, Decatur Branch, Bank Street & Wilson Avenue, De...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-27, FN-28 Survey number: HABS AL-348 Building/structure dates: ca. 1830 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 72000176

State Bank of Alabama, Decatur Branch, Bank Street & Wilson Avenue, Decatur, Morgan County, AL

State Bank of Alabama, Decatur Branch, Bank Street & Wilson Avenue, De...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-27, FN-28 Survey number: HABS AL-348 Building/structure dates: ca. 1830 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 72000176

Louisana State Capitol, North Boulevard, Saint Philip, America & Front Streets, Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, LA

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

Farmington, 3033 Bardstown Road, Louisville, Jefferson County, KY

Farmington, 3033 Bardstown Road, Louisville, Jefferson County, KY

Significance: Farmington is one of the few houses constructed after a design by Thomas Jefferson. Its history of preservation has been remarkable. It now remains virtually as originally constructed, with the ... More

Schooner "Lettie G. Howard", South Street Seaport Museum, New York, New York County, NY

Schooner "Lettie G. Howard", South Street Seaport Museum, New York, Ne...

Significance: This vessel is the last remaining example of a FREDONIA model schooner, once the standard fishing boat type in North American offshore fisheries. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this s... More

Schooner "Lettie G. Howard", South Street Seaport Museum, New York, New York County, NY

Schooner "Lettie G. Howard", South Street Seaport Museum, New York, Ne...

Significance: This vessel is the last remaining example of a FREDONIA model schooner, once the standard fishing boat type in North American offshore fisheries. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this s... More

Schooner "Lettie G. Howard", South Street Seaport Museum, New York, New York County, NY

Schooner "Lettie G. Howard", South Street Seaport Museum, New York, Ne...

Significance: This vessel is the last remaining example of a FREDONIA model schooner, once the standard fishing boat type in North American offshore fisheries. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this s... More

Pontalba Buildings, 1850 House, Jackson Square, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, LA

Pontalba Buildings, 1850 House, Jackson Square, New Orleans, Orleans P...

1996 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N364 Survey number: HABS LA-1259-A National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 74000934

Belair, Tulip Grove Drive, Belair-at-Bowie, Bowie, Prince George's County, MD

Belair, Tulip Grove Drive, Belair-at-Bowie, Bowie, Prince George's Cou...

Significance: Initially completed ca. 1746, Belair is an outstanding example of Georgian architecture. It was also home to two Maryland governors and symbolizes more than 250 years of thoroughbred horse racing.... More

Potts-Fitzhugh House, 607 Oronoco Street, Alexandria, Independent City, Virginia

Potts-Fitzhugh House, 607 Oronoco Street, Alexandria, Independent City...

Significance: This structure was built contemporaneously with its twin next door at 609 Oronoco, later known as Hallowell School. Together these chaste Georgian buildings confer distinction to the block, a qua... More

Potts-Fitzhugh House, 607 Oronoco Street, Alexandria, Independent City, Virginia

Potts-Fitzhugh House, 607 Oronoco Street, Alexandria, Independent City...

Significance: This structure was built contemporaneously with its twin next door at 609 Oronoco, later known as Hallowell School. Together these chaste Georgian buildings confer distinction to the block, a qua... More

Hampton, Mansion, 535 Hampton Lane, Towson, Baltimore County, MD

Hampton, Mansion, 535 Hampton Lane, Towson, Baltimore County, MD

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Hampton, Mansion, 535 Hampton Lane, Towson, Baltimore County, MD

Hampton, Mansion, 535 Hampton Lane, Towson, Baltimore County, MD

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Decatur House, National Trust for Historic Preservation, 748 Jackson Place Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Decatur House, National Trust for Historic Preservation, 748 Jackson P...

Significance: Decatur is unique in this country: the work of a great architect Benjamin H. Latrobe, built for a great American naval commander Commodore Stephen Decatur, preserved the original drawings. This is... More

Decatur House, National Trust for Historic Preservation, 748 Jackson Place Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Decatur House, National Trust for Historic Preservation, 748 Jackson P...

Significance: Decatur is unique in this country: the work of a great architect Benjamin H. Latrobe, built for a great American naval commander Commodore Stephen Decatur, preserved the original drawings. This is... More

Decatur House, National Trust for Historic Preservation, 748 Jackson Place Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Decatur House, National Trust for Historic Preservation, 748 Jackson P...

Significance: Decatur is unique in this country: the work of a great architect Benjamin H. Latrobe, built for a great American naval commander Commodore Stephen Decatur, preserved the original drawings. This is... More

Villa Meilleur, 1418 Governor Nicholls Street, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, LA

Villa Meilleur, 1418 Governor Nicholls Street, New Orleans, Orleans Pa...

1989 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Second Place Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-57 Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N2023 Survey number: HABS LA-1216 Buil... More

Maitland Art Center, 231 West Packwood Avenue, Maitland, Orange County, FL

Maitland Art Center, 231 West Packwood Avenue, Maitland, Orange County...

1986 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Honorable Mention Significance: The Maitland Art Center, a compound of fourteen one-story stucco and concrete block buildings, serves the community as a public gallery and educat... More

Maitland Art Center, 231 West Packwood Avenue, Maitland, Orange County, FL

Maitland Art Center, 231 West Packwood Avenue, Maitland, Orange County...

1986 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Honorable Mention Significance: The Maitland Art Center, a compound of fourteen one-story stucco and concrete block buildings, serves the community as a public gallery and educat... More

Maitland Art Center, 231 West Packwood Avenue, Maitland, Orange County, FL

Maitland Art Center, 231 West Packwood Avenue, Maitland, Orange County...

1986 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Honorable Mention Significance: The Maitland Art Center, a compound of fourteen one-story stucco and concrete block buildings, serves the community as a public gallery and educat... More

Rose Hill Manor, 1611 North Market Street, Frederick, Frederick County, MD

Rose Hill Manor, 1611 North Market Street, Frederick, Frederick County...

Public domain scan of an architecture diagram, plan, or drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

Tudor Place, 1644 Thirty-first Street, Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Tudor Place, 1644 Thirty-first Street, Northwest, Washington, District...

Significance: An unusual, perhaps unique, execution of late Federal period architecture, designed by William Thornton, Tudor Place also possesses outstanding historical significance for its association with pro... More

Captain Charles L. Shrewsbury House, 301 West First Street (High & Poplar Streets), Madison, Jefferson County, IN

Captain Charles L. Shrewsbury House, 301 West First Street (High & Pop...

Significance: The Shrewsbury house was designed by Madison architect Francis Costigan (1810-1865) and erected 1846-49. It is a stunning work of nineteenth century classical architecture. The structure's recti... More

Sloss-Sheffield Steel & Iron, First Avenue North Viaduct at Thirty-second Street, Birmingham, Jefferson County, AL

Sloss-Sheffield Steel & Iron, First Avenue North Viaduct at Thirty-sec...

STORED OFF SITE AND ON SITE. mchr Significance: The Sloss Company's city furnaces, built in what is now the center of Birmingham, Alabama, in 1881-1882, produced pig iron for the foundry market until their clos... More

Sloss-Sheffield Steel & Iron, First Avenue North Viaduct at Thirty-second Street, Birmingham, Jefferson County, AL

Sloss-Sheffield Steel & Iron, First Avenue North Viaduct at Thirty-sec...

STORED OFF SITE AND ON SITE. mchr Significance: The Sloss Company's city furnaces, built in what is now the center of Birmingham, Alabama, in 1881-1882, produced pig iron for the foundry market until their clos... More

Library of Congress, Northeast corner of First Street & Independence Avenue Southeast, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Library of Congress, Northeast corner of First Street & Independence A...

Significance: The nation's "main" library, the Library of Congress serves not only Congress but also acts as central source for resources collection and for copyright. Building is one of the world's largest an... More

Destrehan Plantation, 13034 River Road, Destrehan, St. Charles Parish, LA

Destrehan Plantation, 13034 River Road, Destrehan, St. Charles Parish,...

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Destrehan Plantation, 13034 River Road, Destrehan, St. Charles Parish, LA

Destrehan Plantation, 13034 River Road, Destrehan, St. Charles Parish,...

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Slater Mill, Pawtucket, Providence County, RI

Slater Mill, Pawtucket, Providence County, RI

For additional documentation, see also Slater Mill (HABS RI-82). Significance: The Slater Mill was the first successful cotton factory, and the first water powered spinning mill using the Arkwright system of ca... More

Slater Mill, Pawtucket, Providence County, RI

Slater Mill, Pawtucket, Providence County, RI

For additional documentation, see also Slater Mill (HABS RI-82). Significance: The Slater Mill was the first successful cotton factory, and the first water powered spinning mill using the Arkwright system of ca... More

Slater Mill, Pawtucket, Providence County, RI

Slater Mill, Pawtucket, Providence County, RI

For additional documentation, see also Slater Mill (HABS RI-82). Significance: The Slater Mill was the first successful cotton factory, and the first water powered spinning mill using the Arkwright system of ca... More

Slater Mill, Pawtucket, Providence County, RI

Slater Mill, Pawtucket, Providence County, RI

For additional documentation, see also Slater Mill (HABS RI-82). Significance: The Slater Mill was the first successful cotton factory, and the first water powered spinning mill using the Arkwright system of ca... More

Fenway Court, 280 The Fenway, Boston, Suffolk County, MA

Fenway Court, 280 The Fenway, Boston, Suffolk County, MA

Significance: It is significant for its association with the life of Isabella Stewart Gardner and as an example of an American residence designed to house a museum collection. Isabella Stewart Gardner contribut... More

Fenway Court, 280 The Fenway, Boston, Suffolk County, MA

Fenway Court, 280 The Fenway, Boston, Suffolk County, MA

Significance: It is significant for its association with the life of Isabella Stewart Gardner and as an example of an American residence designed to house a museum collection. Isabella Stewart Gardner contribut... More

Dumbarton House, 2715 Q Street, Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Dumbarton House, 2715 Q Street, Northwest, Washington, District of Col...

Significance: Good example of late Georgian 5-part mansion. Early 19th century remodeling attributed to noted architect Benjamin Henry Latrobe. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N66... More

Fort Mifflin, Mud Island, Marine & Penrose Ferry Roads, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Fort Mifflin, Mud Island, Marine & Penrose Ferry Roads, Philadelphia, ...

Significance: Served as the primary fortification for the Americans in their blockade of British-occupied Philadelphia in 1777. Nearly destroyed in the British siege, Fort Mifflin was rebuilt as the first forti... More

Independence Hall Complex, Independence Hall, 500 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Independence Hall Complex, Independence Hall, 500 Chestnut Street, Phi...

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Independence Hall Complex, Independence Hall, 500 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Independence Hall Complex, Independence Hall, 500 Chestnut Street, Phi...

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Independence Hall Complex, Independence Hall, 500 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Independence Hall Complex, Independence Hall, 500 Chestnut Street, Phi...

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Independence Hall Complex, Independence Hall, 500 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Independence Hall Complex, Independence Hall, 500 Chestnut Street, Phi...

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Independence Hall Complex, Independence Hall, 500 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Independence Hall Complex, Independence Hall, 500 Chestnut Street, Phi...

The Architect of the Capitol (AOC) is the federal agency responsible for the maintenance, operation, development, and preservation of the United States Capitol Complex, which includes the U.S. Capitol building,... More

Independence Hall Complex, Independence Hall, 500 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Independence Hall Complex, Independence Hall, 500 Chestnut Street, Phi...

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Independence Hall Complex, Independence Hall, 500 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Independence Hall Complex, Independence Hall, 500 Chestnut Street, Phi...

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Independence Hall Complex, Independence Hall, 500 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Independence Hall Complex, Independence Hall, 500 Chestnut Street, Phi...

The Architect of the Capitol (AOC) is the federal agency responsible for the maintenance, operation, development, and preservation of the United States Capitol Complex, which includes the U.S. Capitol building,... More

Independence Hall Complex, Independence Hall, 500 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Independence Hall Complex, Independence Hall, 500 Chestnut Street, Phi...

The Architect of the Capitol (AOC) is the federal agency responsible for the maintenance, operation, development, and preservation of the United States Capitol Complex, which includes the U.S. Capitol building,... More

Independence Hall Complex, Independence Hall, 500 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Independence Hall Complex, Independence Hall, 500 Chestnut Street, Phi...

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Independence Hall Complex, Independence Hall, 500 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Independence Hall Complex, Independence Hall, 500 Chestnut Street, Phi...

The Architect of the Capitol (AOC) is the federal agency responsible for the maintenance, operation, development, and preservation of the United States Capitol Complex, which includes the U.S. Capitol building,... More

Independence Hall Complex, Independence Hall, 500 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Independence Hall Complex, Independence Hall, 500 Chestnut Street, Phi...

The Architect of the Capitol (AOC) is the federal agency responsible for the maintenance, operation, development, and preservation of the United States Capitol Complex, which includes the U.S. Capitol building,... More

Independence Hall Complex, Independence Hall, 500 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Independence Hall Complex, Independence Hall, 500 Chestnut Street, Phi...

The Architect of the Capitol (AOC) is the federal agency responsible for the maintenance, operation, development, and preservation of the United States Capitol Complex, which includes the U.S. Capitol building,... More

Independence Hall Complex, Independence Hall, 500 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Independence Hall Complex, Independence Hall, 500 Chestnut Street, Phi...

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Independence Hall Complex, Independence Hall, 500 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Independence Hall Complex, Independence Hall, 500 Chestnut Street, Phi...

The Architect of the Capitol (AOC) is the federal agency responsible for the maintenance, operation, development, and preservation of the United States Capitol Complex, which includes the U.S. Capitol building,... More

Independence Hall Complex, Independence Hall, 500 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Independence Hall Complex, Independence Hall, 500 Chestnut Street, Phi...

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Independence Hall Complex, Independence Hall, 500 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Independence Hall Complex, Independence Hall, 500 Chestnut Street, Phi...

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Independence Hall Complex, Independence Hall, 500 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Independence Hall Complex, Independence Hall, 500 Chestnut Street, Phi...

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