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Travel views of Cuba and Guatemala

Travel views of Cuba and Guatemala

Purchase; Genthe Estate; 1942 or 1943. ID: Cathedral of Havana; see Weiss, p. 254

Judge William C. Cochrane House, 3600 Fifteenth Street, Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa County, AL

Judge William C. Cochrane House, 3600 Fifteenth Street, Tuscaloosa, Tu...

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Nathanael Greene Monument, Johnson Square, Savannah, Chatham County, GA

Nathanael Greene Monument, Johnson Square, Savannah, Chatham County, G...

Significance: Designed by William Strickland (1788-1854), one of the principal architects responsible for popularizing the Greek Revival Style in America. The monument, with its finely proportioned obelisk desi... More

Nathanael Greene Monument, Johnson Square, Savannah, Chatham County, GA

Nathanael Greene Monument, Johnson Square, Savannah, Chatham County, G...

Significance: Designed by William Strickland (1788-1854), one of the principal architects responsible for popularizing the Greek Revival Style in America. The monument, with its finely proportioned obelisk desi... More

Levi Gale House, 89 Touro Street (moved from Washington Square), Newport, Newport County, RI

Levi Gale House, 89 Touro Street (moved from Washington Square), Newpo...

Significance: This house was designed by Russell Warren, one of Rhode Island's most distinguished architects of the 19th century. With its strong cubic shape and rich Corinthian decoration, it is an important ... More

Melrose, Carriage House, 1 Melrose-Montebello Parkway, Natchez, Adams County, MS

Melrose, Carriage House, 1 Melrose-Montebello Parkway, Natchez, Adams ...

Significance: The Carriage House at Melrose Plantation was built ca. 1848, concurrent with the completion of the main house. A two-story rectangular building, the Carriage House originally consisted of a large ... More

Ingleside, House & Outbuildings, Second Street (State Highway 14), Aliceville, Pickens County, AL

Ingleside, House & Outbuildings, Second Street (State Highway 14), Ali...

Survey number: HABS AL-395 Public domain photograph - historical image of Alabama, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Lincoln Memorial, West Potomac Park, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Lincoln Memorial, West Potomac Park, Washington, District of Columbia,...

Significance: One of Washington's largest and most well known monuments, it serves as an anchor to the western end of the Mall. Statue of Lincoln on interior is one of the most famous works by noted sculpture D... More

Lincoln Memorial, West Potomac Park, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Lincoln Memorial, West Potomac Park, Washington, District of Columbia,...

Significance: One of Washington's largest and most well known monuments, it serves as an anchor to the western end of the Mall. Statue of Lincoln on interior is one of the most famous works by noted sculpture D... More

The Hermitage, U.S. Highway 70 North (4580 Rachel's Lane), Nashville, Davidson County, TN

The Hermitage, U.S. Highway 70 North (4580 Rachel's Lane), Nashville, ...

Significance: The Hermitage and five hundred acres of adjoining land were bought by the State in 1856. It is believed that the brick building was begun in 1818. There is no record of the architect. ... Much f... More

Monumental Church, 1224 East Broad Street, Richmond, Independent City, Virginia

Monumental Church, 1224 East Broad Street, Richmond, Independent City,...

Significance: Monumental Church (1812-14) was designed by architect Robert Mills to commemorate the deaths of seventy-two persons, including Virginia Governor George William Smith, who perished in an 1811 fire ... More

Diary in photos, vol. III, 1938

Diary in photos, vol. III, 1938

Photographs show John D. Whiting's trips around the Middle East region from January 4th to June 26th, 1938. Whiting, a member of the American Colony in Jerusalem, worked as a tour guide, businessman, writer and... 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

Philadelphia Exchange Company, 143 South Third Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Philadelphia Exchange Company, 143 South Third Street, Philadelphia, P...

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Reading-Large House, 119 Main Street, Flemington, Hunterdon County, NJ

Reading-Large House, 119 Main Street, Flemington, Hunterdon County, NJ

Significance: One of the most elaborate of the Greek Revival dwellings built in mid-19th century by Mehlon Fisher, designer and master builder. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-29... More

Christ Church, State Route 3, Kilmarnock, Lancaster County, Virginia

Christ Church, State Route 3, Kilmarnock, Lancaster County, Virginia

Significance: Finished in 1735, Christ Church is one of the most sophisticated works of architecture produced in colonial Virginia. The entire structure displays a craftsmanship unparalleled in the annals of ch... More

White House, 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

White House, 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, Northwest, Washington, District...

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White House, 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

White House, 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, Northwest, Washington, District...

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White House, 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

White House, 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, Northwest, Washington, District...

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White House, 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

White House, 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, Northwest, Washington, District...

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White House, 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

White House, 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, Northwest, Washington, District...

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White House, 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

White House, 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, Northwest, Washington, District...

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Choragic monument of Lycicratus

Choragic monument of Lycicratus

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Forks of Cypress, also known as Forks of the Cypress, a Greek Revival plantation house near Florence in Lauderdale County, Alabama

Forks of Cypress, also known as Forks of the Cypress, a Greek Revival ...

Designed by William Nichols for James Jackson and his wife, Sally Moore Jackson with construction completed in 1830. It features a two-story colonnade around the entire house, composed of twenty-four Ionic colu... More

Monumental Church, 1224 East Broad Street, Richmond, Independent City, Virginia

Monumental Church, 1224 East Broad Street, Richmond, Independent City,...

Significance: Monumental Church (1812-14) was designed by architect Robert Mills to commemorate the deaths of seventy-two persons, including Virginia Governor George William Smith, who perished in an 1811 fire ... More

Captain William Webb Wakeman House, 478 Harbor Road (formerly 137 Rose Hill Road), Southport, Fairfield County, CT

Captain William Webb Wakeman House, 478 Harbor Road (formerly 137 Rose...

Significance: The Wakeman residence was erected atop Rose Hill, overlooking the harbor circa 1828-33. Designed in the high Greek Revival manner, the structure's prototypical details and generous classical prop... More

Captain David Stearns House, 3 Gardiner Street, Richmond, Sagadahoc County, ME

Captain David Stearns House, 3 Gardiner Street, Richmond, Sagadahoc Co...

Significance: The Captain David Stearns House is an example of Richmond, Maine's distinctive and varied wooden Greek Revival temple style homes. Many of these, including the Stearns House, were built for sea ca... 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

Dutch Reformed Church, 132 Grand Street, Newburgh, Orange County, NY

Dutch Reformed Church, 132 Grand Street, Newburgh, Orange County, NY

Significance: Exceptionally fine Greek Revival Church, designed by Alexander Jackson Davis, and the only known remaining Greek Revival Church designed by Davis. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this... More

Austin Perry House, 712 Harbor Road, Southport, Fairfield County, CT

Austin Perry House, 712 Harbor Road, Southport, Fairfield County, CT

Significance: The Austin Perry house is a highly stylized classical Greek design of the 1830s. A symmetrical and balanced composition, the correctly detailed Doric cornice and bold proportions of the Corinthia... More

Lincoln Memorial, West Potomac Park, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Lincoln Memorial, West Potomac Park, Washington, District of Columbia,...

Significance: One of Washington's largest and most well known monuments, it serves as an anchor to the western end of the Mall. Statue of Lincoln on interior is one of the most famous works by noted sculpture D... More

Lincoln Memorial, West Potomac Park, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Lincoln Memorial, West Potomac Park, Washington, District of Columbia,...

Significance: One of Washington's largest and most well known monuments, it serves as an anchor to the western end of the Mall. Statue of Lincoln on interior is one of the most famous works by noted sculpture D... More

William Scarborough House, 41 West Broad Street, Savannah, Chatham County, GA

William Scarborough House, 41 West Broad Street, Savannah, Chatham Cou...

Significance: An unusual Regency-Greek Revival house designed by Savannah architect William Jay. The house was built for a prominent merchant, planter, and inventor, William Scarbrough. Unprocessed Field note ... 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

White House, 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

White House, 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, Northwest, Washington, District...

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White House, 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

White House, 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, Northwest, Washington, District...

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White House, 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

White House, 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, Northwest, Washington, District...

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White House, 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

White House, 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, Northwest, Washington, District...

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National Capitol columns at the United States National Arboretum located in NE, Washington, D.C.

National Capitol columns at the United States National Arboretum locat...

The National Capitol Columns originally supported the old East Portico of the United States Capitol (1828). The columns were removed during expansion of the Capitol in 1958, and placed at the National Arboretum... More

Rattle & Snap, U.S. Route 43 (Andrew Jackson Highway), Columbia, Maury County, TN

Rattle & Snap, U.S. Route 43 (Andrew Jackson Highway), Columbia, Maury...

Significance: Often referred to as "the most monumental house in Tennessee," this house is fine example of the lavish scale on which many Southern houses were built in the period 1845-1860. It is particularly ... More

Rock Island Arsenal, Building No. 56, North Avenue & East Avenue, Rock Island, Rock Island County, IL

Rock Island Arsenal, Building No. 56, North Avenue & East Avenue, Rock...

Significance: After taking command of Rock Island Arsenal in 1865, General Thomas Jefferson Rodman devised a master plan for the installation calling for the construction of ten, stone Greek Revival manufacturi... 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

Girard College, Founder's Hall, Girard & Corinthian Avenues, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Girard College, Founder's Hall, Girard & Corinthian Avenues, Philadelp...

Significance: Founder's Hall at Girard College is one of the greatest expressions of nineteenth-century Greek Revival architecture in the United States. As a civic ensemble, it ranks among the most notable in ... More

Lincoln Memorial, West Potomac Park, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Lincoln Memorial, West Potomac Park, Washington, District of Columbia,...

Significance: One of Washington's largest and most well known monuments, it serves as an anchor to the western end of the Mall. Statue of Lincoln on interior is one of the most famous works by noted sculpture D... More

Evergreen, 4545 North Charles Street, Baltimore, Independent City, MD

Evergreen, 4545 North Charles Street, Baltimore, Independent City, MD

Significance: Evergreen is best known as the home of the Ambassador John Work Garrett (1872-1942) and his wife Alice Warder Garrett (1877-1952) who made their estate into an artistic and cultural center soon af... More

Evergreen, 4545 North Charles Street, Baltimore, Independent City, MD

Evergreen, 4545 North Charles Street, Baltimore, Independent City, MD

Significance: Evergreen is best known as the home of the Ambassador John Work Garrett (1872-1942) and his wife Alice Warder Garrett (1877-1952) who made their estate into an artistic and cultural center soon af... More

The Hermitage, U.S. Highway 70 North (4580 Rachel's Lane), Nashville, Davidson County, TN

The Hermitage, U.S. Highway 70 North (4580 Rachel's Lane), Nashville, ...

Significance: The Hermitage and five hundred acres of adjoining land were bought by the State in 1856. It is believed that the brick building was begun in 1818. There is no record of the architect. ... Much f... More

White House, 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

White House, 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, Northwest, Washington, District...

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White House, 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

White House, 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, Northwest, Washington, District...

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National Capitol columns at the United States National Arboretum located in NE, Washington, D.C.

National Capitol columns at the United States National Arboretum locat...

The National Capitol columns originally supported the old East Portico of the United States Capitol (1828). The columns were removed during expansion of the Capitol in 1958, and placed at the National Arboretum... More

Monumental Church, 1224 East Broad Street, Richmond, Independent City, Virginia

Monumental Church, 1224 East Broad Street, Richmond, Independent City,...

Significance: Monumental Church (1812-14) was designed by architect Robert Mills to commemorate the deaths of seventy-two persons, including Virginia Governor George William Smith, who perished in an 1811 fire ... More

Monumental Church, 1224 East Broad Street, Richmond, Independent City, Virginia

Monumental Church, 1224 East Broad Street, Richmond, Independent City,...

Significance: Monumental Church (1812-14) was designed by architect Robert Mills to commemorate the deaths of seventy-two persons, including Virginia Governor George William Smith, who perished in an 1811 fire ... More

Melrose, Carriage House, 1 Melrose-Montebello Parkway, Natchez, Adams County, MS

Melrose, Carriage House, 1 Melrose-Montebello Parkway, Natchez, Adams ...

Significance: The Carriage House at Melrose Plantation was built ca. 1848, concurrent with the completion of the main house. A two-story rectangular building, the Carriage House originally consisted of a large ... 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

Rosemount, County Road 19, Forkland, Greene County, AL

Rosemount, County Road 19, Forkland, Greene County, AL

Survey number: HABS AL-212 Building/structure dates: 1832 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 71000099

White House, 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

White House, 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, Northwest, Washington, District...

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White House, 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

White House, 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, Northwest, Washington, District...

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White House, 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

White House, 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, Northwest, Washington, District...

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[Interior detail. Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building, Washington, D.C.]

[Interior detail. Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building, Washi...

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

Forks of Cypress, also known as Forks of the Cypress, a Greek Revival plantation house near Florence in Lauderdale County, Alabama

Forks of Cypress, also known as Forks of the Cypress, a Greek Revival ...

Designed by William Nichols for James Jackson and his wife, Sally Moore Jackson with construction completed in 1830. It features a two-story colonnade around the entire house, composed of twenty-four Ionic colu... More

Rock Island Arsenal, Building No. 56, North Avenue & East Avenue, Rock Island, Rock Island County, IL

Rock Island Arsenal, Building No. 56, North Avenue & East Avenue, Rock...

Significance: After taking command of Rock Island Arsenal in 1865, General Thomas Jefferson Rodman devised a master plan for the installation calling for the construction of ten, stone Greek Revival manufacturi... More

Kingston Bank, 27 Main Street, Kingston, Ulster County, NY

Kingston Bank, 27 Main Street, Kingston, Ulster County, NY

Significance: A fine Greek Revival bank, which has been used continuously for that purpose since 1839, was combined with a residence in the same building thus illustrating an example of early 19th century small... More

Levi Gale House, 89 Touro Street (moved from Washington Square), Newport, Newport County, RI

Levi Gale House, 89 Touro Street (moved from Washington Square), Newpo...

Significance: This house was designed by Russell Warren, one of Rhode Island's most distinguished architects of the 19th century. With its strong cubic shape and rich Corinthian decoration, it is an important ... More

Duplantier Family Tomb, North Claiborne Street, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, LA

Duplantier Family Tomb, North Claiborne Street, New Orleans, Orleans P...

Significance: A typical Greek Revival family tomb in New Orleans, Louisiana. Survey number: HABS LA-1107 Building/structure dates: ca. 1850 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Numb... More

Rock Island Arsenal, Building No. 64, Rodman Avenue between Second & Third Streets, Rock Island, Rock Island County, IL

Rock Island Arsenal, Building No. 64, Rodman Avenue between Second & T...

Significance: After taking command of Rock Island Arsenal in 1865, General Thomas Jefferson Rodman devised a master plan for the installation calling for the construction of ten large, Greek Revival, manufactur... More

Wardlaw-Smith House, Washington Street, Madison, Madison County, FL

Wardlaw-Smith House, Washington Street, Madison, Madison County, FL

Significance: This structure was built during the 1850's by William A. Hammerly, architect from Virginia. It is a two-story wood structure of Greek Revival style with pillared porches on four sides. Survey nu... More

Lincoln Memorial, West Potomac Park, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Lincoln Memorial, West Potomac Park, Washington, District of Columbia,...

Significance: One of Washington's largest and most well known monuments, it serves as an anchor to the western end of the Mall. Statue of Lincoln on interior is one of the most famous works by noted sculpture D... More

Evergreen, 4545 North Charles Street, Baltimore, Independent City, MD

Evergreen, 4545 North Charles Street, Baltimore, Independent City, MD

Significance: Evergreen is best known as the home of the Ambassador John Work Garrett (1872-1942) and his wife Alice Warder Garrett (1877-1952) who made their estate into an artistic and cultural center soon af... More

Gaineswood, 805 South Cedar Street, Demopolis, Marengo County, AL

Gaineswood, 805 South Cedar Street, Demopolis, Marengo County, AL

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-29 Survey number: HABS AL-211 Building/structure dates: 1842 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: ca. 1910 Subsequent Work National R... More

Christ Church, State Route 3, Kilmarnock, Lancaster County, Virginia

Christ Church, State Route 3, Kilmarnock, Lancaster County, Virginia

Significance: Finished in 1735, Christ Church is one of the most sophisticated works of architecture produced in colonial Virginia. The entire structure displays a craftsmanship unparalleled in the annals of ch... More

White House, 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

White House, 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, Northwest, Washington, District...

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White House, 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

White House, 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, Northwest, Washington, District...

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Lloyd Street Synagogue, Lloyd & Watson Streets, Baltimore, Independent City, MD

Lloyd Street Synagogue, Lloyd & Watson Streets, Baltimore, Independent...

Significance: This simple Greek Revival building was designed by Robert Carey Long, Jr. and is the first synagogue ever built in Maryland. Survey number: HABS MD-190 Building/structure dates: ca. 1844- 1845 ... More

Central of Georgia Railway, Gray Building, 227 West Broad Street, Savannah, Chatham County, GA

Central of Georgia Railway, Gray Building, 227 West Broad Street, Sava...

See HAER GA-1, Central of Georgia Railway, Savannah Repair Shops, for additional information, and HABS GA-2168. This building is now part of Savannah College of Art and Design. Significance: Finished in 1856, t... More

Library Company of Philadelphia, Ridgway Branch, 900 South Broad Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Library Company of Philadelphia, Ridgway Branch, 900 South Broad Stree...

Significance: The structure is one of America's last Greek Revival building built in the late 19th century. Survey number: HABS PA-1616

map of louisiana, Louisiana

map of louisiana, Louisiana

2005 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: Isaac Delgado established the Delgado Trade School. Delgado Hall was built in 1921 and designed by architect Edward Angelo Christy and built by John A. Chisol... More

Benjamin Conklin House, 302 East Main Street, Cambridge City, Wayne County, IN

Benjamin Conklin House, 302 East Main Street, Cambridge City, Wayne Co...

Significance: This handsome Greek Revival house was built in 1839-40. It has a particularly fine recessed entrance surmounted by a balcony, and a distinctive roof, hipped on the west side and stepped gable to t... More

Thalia Hall, 1215-1225 West Eighteenth Street, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Thalia Hall, 1215-1225 West Eighteenth Street, Chicago, Cook County, I...

2005 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: In 1892, John Dusek, an immigrant from Bohemia, began to make plans to develop the corner of 18th St. and Allport St. as a public gathering place, no known as... More

Sailors' Snug Harbor, Richmond Terrace, Staten Island, New Brighton, Richmond County, NY

Sailors' Snug Harbor, Richmond Terrace, Staten Island, New Brighton, R...

Significance: The Sailors' Snug Harbor, a home for aged seamen opened in 1833, occupies a spacious site on Staten Island overlooking the Kill Van Kull which leads into New York Harbor. Buildings on the property... More

Lindley M. Moore House, 22 Lake View Park, Rochester, Monroe County, NY

Lindley M. Moore House, 22 Lake View Park, Rochester, Monroe County, N...

Significance: Fine example of a Greek Revival style residence, despite alterations, marks the growth of Rochester's first architecturally significant neighborhood, the Third Ward. Unprocessed Field note materi... More

Lincoln Memorial, West Potomac Park, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Lincoln Memorial, West Potomac Park, Washington, District of Columbia,...

Significance: One of Washington's largest and most well known monuments, it serves as an anchor to the western end of the Mall. Statue of Lincoln on interior is one of the most famous works by noted sculpture D... More

Gaineswood, 805 South Cedar Street, Demopolis, Marengo County, AL

Gaineswood, 805 South Cedar Street, Demopolis, Marengo County, AL

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-29 Survey number: HABS AL-211 Building/structure dates: 1842 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: ca. 1910 Subsequent Work National R... More

Gaineswood, 805 South Cedar Street, Demopolis, Marengo County, AL

Gaineswood, 805 South Cedar Street, Demopolis, Marengo County, AL

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-29 Survey number: HABS AL-211 Building/structure dates: 1842 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: ca. 1910 Subsequent Work National R... More

Christ Church, State Route 3, Kilmarnock, Lancaster County, Virginia

Christ Church, State Route 3, Kilmarnock, Lancaster County, Virginia

Significance: Finished in 1735, Christ Church is one of the most sophisticated works of architecture produced in colonial Virginia. The entire structure displays a craftsmanship unparalleled in the annals of ch... More

White House, 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

White House, 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, Northwest, Washington, District...

Public domain photograph of a column monument, city square, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

White House, 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

White House, 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, Northwest, Washington, District...

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Forks of Cypress, also known as Forks of the Cypress, a Greek Revival plantation house near Florence in Lauderdale County, Alabama

Forks of Cypress, also known as Forks of the Cypress, a Greek Revival ...

Designed by William Nichols for James Jackson and his wife, Sally Moore Jackson with construction completed in 1830. It features a two-story colonnade around the entire house, composed of twenty-four Ionic colu... More

Governor's Mansion, 316 East Capitol Street, Jackson, Hinds County, MS

Governor's Mansion, 316 East Capitol Street, Jackson, Hinds County, MS

Significance: The Governor's Mansion is the finest example of the work of William Nichols in the domestic Greek Revival style. One of only four continuously used governor's mansions in the U.S. that dates befo... More

Borough House, School, State Route 261 & Garners Ferry Road, Stateburg, Sumter County, SC

Borough House, School, State Route 261 & Garners Ferry Road, Stateburg...

Significance: The School building is a Greek Revival dependency of the Borough House plantation complex. Built of rammed earth c. 1821, it is one of six dependencies (in addition to portions of the main house) ... More

Captain William Webb Wakeman House, 478 Harbor Road (formerly 137 Rose Hill Road), Southport, Fairfield County, CT

Captain William Webb Wakeman House, 478 Harbor Road (formerly 137 Rose...

Significance: The Wakeman residence was erected atop Rose Hill, overlooking the harbor circa 1828-33. Designed in the high Greek Revival manner, the structure's prototypical details and generous classical prop... More

Blandair, 6651 Highway 175, Columbia, Howard County, MD

Blandair, 6651 Highway 175, Columbia, Howard County, MD

Significance: The Howard county property known today as Blandair dates to a land grant of 1087 acres, called Talbot's Resolution Manor, which was patented in 1714. The property, in various configurations, pass... More

Solomon Siler House, U.S. Highway 231, Orion, Pike County, AL

Solomon Siler House, U.S. Highway 231, Orion, Pike County, AL

Survey number: HABS AL-597 Building/structure dates: ca. 1845 Initial Construction

Philadelphia Exchange Company, 143 South Third Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Philadelphia Exchange Company, 143 South Third Street, Philadelphia, P...

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Evergreen, 4545 North Charles Street, Baltimore, Independent City, MD

Evergreen, 4545 North Charles Street, Baltimore, Independent City, MD

Significance: Evergreen is best known as the home of the Ambassador John Work Garrett (1872-1942) and his wife Alice Warder Garrett (1877-1952) who made their estate into an artistic and cultural center soon af... More

Courtview, 505 North Court Street, University of North Alabama Campus, Florence, Lauderdale County, AL

Courtview, 505 North Court Street, University of North Alabama Campus,...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-27, FN-28 Survey number: HABS AL-329 Building/structure dates: ca. 1855 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 74000415

Shaker Church Family Dwelling House, State Route 4A, Enfield, Grafton County, NH

Shaker Church Family Dwelling House, State Route 4A, Enfield, Grafton ...

Significance: Unusually large and heavy masonry structure for this area. The largest of several remaining buildings of a defunct Shaker colony. Characteristically Shaker in its lack of decoration and austerit... More

Stone-Young-Baggett House, County Road 54 (Old Selma Road), Montgomery, Montgomery County, AL

Stone-Young-Baggett House, County Road 54 (Old Selma Road), Montgomery...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-43, FN-50, FN-54 Survey number: HABS AL-650 Building/structure dates: 1856 Initial Construction

White House, 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

White House, 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, Northwest, Washington, District...

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White House, 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

White House, 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, Northwest, Washington, District...

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White House, 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

White House, 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, Northwest, Washington, District...

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

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