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Deer Brook Bridge, Spanning Deer Brook on Eagle Lake-Jordan Pond Carri...

Significance: The Deer Brook Bridge carries the Jordan Pond-Eagle Lake Carriage Road over its namesake stream, and provides a grade separation with the Deer Brook Trail. The bridge spans the stream on two tall ... More

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

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

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

Hancock-Clarke House, 35 Hancock Street, Lexington, Middlesex County, ...

Significance: The ell of this structure traditionally dates from 1698, when it was built by Reverend John Hancock. The front portion was built in 1734 by Thomas Hancock. Samuel Adams and John Hancock were sta... More

Blackwoods Bridge, Spanning Park Loop Road at Route 3 near Blackwoods,...

Significance: Blackwoods Bridge provides a separated grade crossing which allows the Park Loop Road to traverse underneath Maine Route 3. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N327 Survey... More

Jordan Pond Gate Lodge, Park Loop Road, 1 mile north of Seal Harbor, S...

Significance: Like its counterpart near what used to be called Brown Mountain, the Jordan Pond Gate Lodge was built by John D. Rockefeller, Jr. in 1931. It too was designed by Grosvenor Atterbury in the same F... More

Jordan Pond Gate Lodge, Park Loop Road, 1 mile north of Seal Harbor, S...

Significance: Like its counterpart near what used to be called Brown Mountain, the Jordan Pond Gate Lodge was built by John D. Rockefeller, Jr. in 1931. It too was designed by Grosvenor Atterbury in the same F... More

Erie Railway, Hancock Freight Station, Front & Leonard Streets, Hancoc...

Survey number: HAER NY-48 Public domain photograph of train tracks, railroad, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Carroll House, State Route 102, Mount Desert Island, Southwest Harbor,...

Significance: Built by John Carroll in 1825, this one and half story house typifies the early Mt. Desert homestead. Carroll, who had come to America in 1814 at the age of 24, purchased 24 acres at the base of S... More

Brigham Young House, Granger & Kimball Streets, Nauvoo, Hancock County...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-103 Survey number: HABS IL-250 Building/structure dates: ca. 1840 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000321

Thomas Cheely House, County Road S-1098, Sparta, Hancock County, GA

Survey number: HABS GA-1119 Public domain photograph - Georgia folklife collection, ethnography, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Sayre-Shivers House, Broad & Robins Streets, Sparta, Hancock County, G...

Survey number: HABS GA-179 Building/structure dates: 18h1 Initial Construction

Prospect Harbor Light Station, Off State Route 195 at end of road to P...

Survey number: HABS ME-201

Fort Hancock, Hospital Ward, On Pennington Drive west of Hartshorne Dr...

Survey number: HABS NJ-1209-H National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 80002505

Egg Rock Light Station, At entrance to Frenchman Bay, Winter Harbor, H...

Survey number: HABS ME-217

Talbird House (Ruins), Outbuilding, Corner of Hancock & Hamilton Stree...

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

Shaker Church Family Washhouse & Machine Shop, U.S. Route 20, Hancock,...

Public domain photograph of industrial architecture, factory building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Shaker Church Family Washhouse & Machine Shop, U.S. Route 20, Hancock,...

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Granite Hill Plantation, Silo, South side of State Route 16, 1.3 miles...

Significance: Granite Hill Plantation historically consisted of 1,547 acres amassed by Andrew Jackson Lane, a wealthy Hancock County planter. The plantation was one of the largest in the county and is associat... More

Granite Hill Plantation, Quarry No. 4, South side of State Route 16, 1...

Significance: Granite Hill Plantation historically consisted of 1,547 acres amassed by Andrew Jackson Lane, a wealthy Hancock County planter. The plantation was one of the largest in the county, and is associat... More

Granite Hill Plantation, Quarry No. 4, South side of State Route 16, 1...

Significance: Granite Hill Plantation historically consisted of 1,547 acres amassed by Andrew Jackson Lane, a wealthy Hancock County planter. The plantation was one of the largest in the county, and is associat... More

Granite Hill Plantation, Quarry No. 4, South side of State Route 16, 1...

Significance: Granite Hill Plantation historically consisted of 1,547 acres amassed by Andrew Jackson Lane, a wealthy Hancock County planter. The plantation was one of the largest in the county, and is associat... More

Mansion House, Main & Water Streets, Nauvoo, Hancock County, IL

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-33 Survey number: HABS IL-26-24 Building/structure dates: 1843 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000321

Mansion House, Main & Water Streets, Nauvoo, Hancock County, IL

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-33 Survey number: HABS IL-26-24 Building/structure dates: 1843 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000321

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Fallout Shelter, West end of Hancock Av...

Significance: The Naval Base at Pearl Harbor, including Ford Island, was designated as a National Historic Landmark in 1964, due to the crucial role it played in the Nation's defense during the twentieth centur... More

Almon W. Babbitt House, Main & Kimball Streets, Nauvoo, Hancock County...

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Granite Hill Plantation, Quarry No. 2, South side of State Route 16, 1...

Significance: Granite Hill Plantation historically consisted of 1,547 acres amassed by Andrew Jackson Lane, a wealthy Hancock County planter. The plantation was one of the largest in the county, and is associa... More

Granite Hill Plantation, Quarry No. 2, South side of State Route 16, 1...

Significance: Granite Hill Plantation historically consisted of 1,547 acres amassed by Andrew Jackson Lane, a wealthy Hancock County planter. The plantation was one of the largest in the county, and is associa... More

Stetson-Sanford House, Wilkinson & Hancock Streets, Milledgeville, Bal...

Survey number: HABS GA-136 Building/structure dates: ca. 1813 Initial Construction

Rockefeller Carriage Roads, Mount Desert Island, Bar Harbor, Hancock C...

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Rockefeller Carriage Roads, Mount Desert Island, Bar Harbor, Hancock C...

Eagle Lake Little Bridges, Spanning Duck Brook & Breakneck Brook on Ea...

Significance: These four small bridges carry the Eagle Lake Loop Carriage Road over Duck Brook and Bubble Brook. Three of the structures are small concrete (originally plank) deck bridges supported on steel gi... More

Quincy Mining Company, Hancock, Houghton County, MI

Significance: Quincy was Michigan's second largest copper producer, and one of national and international importance. The mine was extremely long-lived and profitable. Unprocessed Field note material exists f... More

Quincy Mining Company, Hancock, Houghton County, MI

Significance: Quincy was Michigan's second largest copper producer, and one of national and international importance. The mine was extremely long-lived and profitable. Unprocessed Field note material exists f... More

Quincy Mining Company, Hancock, Houghton County, MI

Significance: Quincy was Michigan's second largest copper producer, and one of national and international importance. The mine was extremely long-lived and profitable. Unprocessed Field note material exists f... More

Quincy Mining Company, Hancock, Houghton County, MI

Significance: Quincy was Michigan's second largest copper producer, and one of national and international importance. The mine was extremely long-lived and profitable. Unprocessed Field note material exists f... More

Quincy Mining Company, Hancock, Houghton County, MI

Significance: Quincy was Michigan's second largest copper producer, and one of national and international importance. The mine was extremely long-lived and profitable. Unprocessed Field note material exists f... More

Quincy Mining Company, Hancock, Houghton County, MI

Significance: Quincy was Michigan's second largest copper producer, and one of national and international importance. The mine was extremely long-lived and profitable. Unprocessed Field note material exists f... More

Quincy Mining Company, Hancock, Houghton County, MI

Significance: Quincy was Michigan's second largest copper producer, and one of national and international importance. The mine was extremely long-lived and profitable. Unprocessed Field note material exists f... More

Quincy Mining Company, Hancock, Houghton County, MI

Significance: Quincy was Michigan's second largest copper producer, and one of national and international importance. The mine was extremely long-lived and profitable. Unprocessed Field note material exists f... More

Quincy Mining Company, Hancock, Houghton County, MI

Significance: Quincy was Michigan's second largest copper producer, and one of national and international importance. The mine was extremely long-lived and profitable. Unprocessed Field note material exists f... More

Quincy Mining Company, Hancock, Houghton County, MI

Significance: Quincy was Michigan's second largest copper producer, and one of national and international importance. The mine was extremely long-lived and profitable. Unprocessed Field note material exists f... More

Quincy Mining Company, Hancock, Houghton County, MI

Significance: Quincy was Michigan's second largest copper producer, and one of national and international importance. The mine was extremely long-lived and profitable. Unprocessed Field note material exists f... More

Quincy Mining Company, Hancock, Houghton County, MI

Significance: Quincy was Michigan's second largest copper producer, and one of national and international importance. The mine was extremely long-lived and profitable. Unprocessed Field note material exists f... More

Quincy Mining Company, Hancock, Houghton County, MI

Significance: Quincy was Michigan's second largest copper producer, and one of national and international importance. The mine was extremely long-lived and profitable. Unprocessed Field note material exists f... More

Quincy Mining Company, Hancock, Houghton County, MI

Significance: Quincy was Michigan's second largest copper producer, and one of national and international importance. The mine was extremely long-lived and profitable. Unprocessed Field note material exists f... More

Quincy Mining Company, Hancock, Houghton County, MI

Significance: Quincy was Michigan's second largest copper producer, and one of national and international importance. The mine was extremely long-lived and profitable. Unprocessed Field note material exists f... More

Quincy Mining Company, Hancock, Houghton County, MI

Significance: Quincy was Michigan's second largest copper producer, and one of national and international importance. The mine was extremely long-lived and profitable. Unprocessed Field note material exists f... More

Quincy Mining Company, Hancock, Houghton County, MI

Significance: Quincy was Michigan's second largest copper producer, and one of national and international importance. The mine was extremely long-lived and profitable. Unprocessed Field note material exists f... More

Quincy Mining Company, Hancock, Houghton County, MI

Significance: Quincy was Michigan's second largest copper producer, and one of national and international importance. The mine was extremely long-lived and profitable. Unprocessed Field note material exists f... More

Quincy Mining Company, Hancock, Houghton County, MI

Significance: Quincy was Michigan's second largest copper producer, and one of national and international importance. The mine was extremely long-lived and profitable. Unprocessed Field note material exists f... More

Quincy Mining Company, Hancock, Houghton County, MI

Significance: Quincy was Michigan's second largest copper producer, and one of national and international importance. The mine was extremely long-lived and profitable. Unprocessed Field note material exists f... More

Quincy Mining Company, Hancock, Houghton County, MI

Significance: Quincy was Michigan's second largest copper producer, and one of national and international importance. The mine was extremely long-lived and profitable. Unprocessed Field note material exists f... More

Quincy Mining Company, Hancock, Houghton County, MI

Significance: Quincy was Michigan's second largest copper producer, and one of national and international importance. The mine was extremely long-lived and profitable. Unprocessed Field note material exists f... More

Quincy Mining Company, Hancock, Houghton County, MI

Significance: Quincy was Michigan's second largest copper producer, and one of national and international importance. The mine was extremely long-lived and profitable. Unprocessed Field note material exists f... More

Quincy Mining Company, Hancock, Houghton County, MI

Significance: Quincy was Michigan's second largest copper producer, and one of national and international importance. The mine was extremely long-lived and profitable. Unprocessed Field note material exists f... More

Quincy Mining Company, Hancock, Houghton County, MI

Significance: Quincy was Michigan's second largest copper producer, and one of national and international importance. The mine was extremely long-lived and profitable. Unprocessed Field note material exists f... More

Shaker Church Family Main Dwelling House, U.S. Route 20, Hancock, Berk...

Survey number: HABS MA-723 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 68000037

Shaker Church Family Main Dwelling House, U.S. Route 20, Hancock, Berk...

Survey number: HABS MA-723 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 68000037

Colonel Joshua Wentworth House, 121 Hanover Street (moved to Hancock S...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-3 Survey number: HABS NH-3 Building/structure dates: 1770 Initial Construction

Colonel Joshua Wentworth House, 121 Hanover Street (moved to Hancock S...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-3 Survey number: HABS NH-3 Building/structure dates: 1770 Initial Construction

Colonel Joshua Wentworth House, 121 Hanover Street (moved to Hancock S...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-3 Survey number: HABS NH-3 Building/structure dates: 1770 Initial Construction

Colonel Joshua Wentworth House, 121 Hanover Street (moved to Hancock S...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-3 Survey number: HABS NH-3 Building/structure dates: 1770 Initial Construction

Colonel Joshua Wentworth House, 121 Hanover Street (moved to Hancock S...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-3 Survey number: HABS NH-3 Building/structure dates: 1770 Initial Construction

Colonel Joshua Wentworth House, 121 Hanover Street (moved to Hancock S...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-3 Survey number: HABS NH-3 Building/structure dates: 1770 Initial Construction

Autobiography of John E. Massey; ed. by Elizabeth H. Hancock.

Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site and on the Internet Archive Web site.

Hancock, American Civil War Photograph, Glass Negative.

A black and white photo of a man in uniform. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Major General Winfield S. Hancock, three-quarter length portrait, sea...

Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

A Busy Hour--The steamer Class in the Hancock School. Boston 1915 Exhi...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a classroom, college auditorium, school, students, teaching, education, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Filibusters captured near Fort Hancock by E Troop, 13th Cav., 8/2/15

Photograph shows a group of twenty-four unauthorized Mexican soldiers captured near Fort Hancock, Texas by Major General Frederick Funston and the 13th Cavalry E Troop in August 1915. (Source: Flickr Commons pr... More

Hancock Statue - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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Looking down Pennsylvania Ave. from 109th U.S. Inf., Camp Hancock, Agu...

J228548 U.S. Copyright Office No. 10. Copyright deposit; Isaac Shulman; February 27, 1918; DLC/PP-1918:45723.

Four Lines of Transportation near Hancock, Md.

Photoprint copyrighted by Gilbert. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card.

Hands working in rag ends / Samuel Kravitt.

Photograph shows Sister Alice Smith working with textiles at the Hancock Shaker village near Pittsfield, Massachusetts. Photographer stamp on verso visible through paper mount; mounted on paper with Kravitt le... More

St. Martin de Tours Church, 1288 Hancock St., Brooklyn, New York. Inte...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a church, cathedral, religious building, 17th,18th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Maine Lobster Boat Maddy Sue, Cranberry Isles, Hancock County, ME

Picryl description: Public domain image of a fishing boat, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Chesapeake & Ohio Canal, Lock 54, Deneen Road, Hancock, Washington Cou...

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

Laundry and ironing room in Hancock Shaker Village, founded by "Believ...

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More

Acadia National Park Motor Roads, Bar Harbor, Hancock County, ME

Significance: Motorists visiting Acadia National Park enjoy a variety of experiences on the park's acclaimed road system. The principal park road is the Park Loop Road, a 20-mile circuit around the eastern hal... More

Acadia National Park Motor Roads, Bar Harbor, Hancock County, ME

Significance: Motorists visiting Acadia National Park enjoy a variety of experiences on the park's acclaimed road system. The principal park road is the Park Loop Road, a 20-mile circuit around the eastern hal... More

Sieur de Monts Springhouse, Route 3 & Park Road, Mount Desert Island, ...

Significance: On November 8, 1603, King Henry IV of France granted a patent to Pierre de Gua, Sieur de Monts, giving him full authority over La Cadie (L'Acadie or Acadia French for the Indian name "The Place"... More

Sieur de Monts Springhouse, Route 3 & Park Road, Mount Desert Island, ...

Significance: On November 8, 1603, King Henry IV of France granted a patent to Pierre de Gua, Sieur de Monts, giving him full authority over La Cadie (L'Acadie or Acadia French for the Indian name "The Place"... More

Great Duck Island Light Station, At southern tip of Great Duck Island ...

Survey number: HABS ME-207

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Fallout Shelter, Middle of Hancock Aven...

Significance: The Naval Base at Pearl Harbor, including Ford Island, was designated as a National Historic Landmark in 1964, due to the crucial role it played in the Nation's defense during the twentieth centur... More

Shaker Church Family Tannery, U.S. Route 20, Hancock, Berkshire County...

Significance: This building illustrates the importance of tanning as a Hancock Shaker industry. Survey number: HABS MA-727 Building/structure dates: 1835 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Pl... More

Shaker Church Family Tannery, U.S. Route 20, Hancock, Berkshire County...

Significance: This building illustrates the importance of tanning as a Hancock Shaker industry. Survey number: HABS MA-727 Building/structure dates: 1835 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Pl... More

Chasm Brook Bridge, Spanning Chasm Brook on West Sargent Mountain Carr...

Significance: Copied from a bridge in New York's Central Park, Chasm Bridge bears the Sargent Mountain carriage road loop across its namesake stream on a shallow segmental arch. The bridge design was previousl... More

John Hancock House, Third & Walnut Streets, Bentonsport, Van Buren Cou...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-1 Survey number: HABS IA-30-19

John Hancock House, Third & Walnut Streets, Bentonsport, Van Buren Cou...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-1 Survey number: HABS IA-30-19

Cliffside Bridge, Spanning Jordan Ravine on Amphitheatre Carriage Road...

Significance: This bold stone bridge displays a castellated appearance from its crenelated parapets and projecting turrets or viewing platforms. The asymmetrical structure is constructed across a dry ravine on... More

Cliffside Bridge, Spanning Jordan Ravine on Amphitheatre Carriage Road...

Significance: This bold stone bridge displays a castellated appearance from its crenelated parapets and projecting turrets or viewing platforms. The asymmetrical structure is constructed across a dry ravine on... More

Shaker Church Family Round Barn, U.S. Route 20, Hancock, Berkshire Cou...

Significance: The Hancock Shakers were organized between 1780 and 1790. The Round Stone Barn was built 1826, and was described thirty years later as a "grand architectural curiosity...visited as a curiosity by ... More

Shaker Church Family Round Barn, U.S. Route 20, Hancock, Berkshire Cou...

Significance: The Hancock Shakers were organized between 1780 and 1790. The Round Stone Barn was built 1826, and was described thirty years later as a "grand architectural curiosity...visited as a curiosity by ... More

Heber C. Kimball House, Ninth & Munson Streets, Nauvoo, Hancock County...

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

Pumpkin Island Light Station, Pumpkin Island, at northern end of Eggem...

Survey number: HABS ME-200

Colonel John Black House, West Main Street (State Route 172), Ellswort...

Significance: Interesting example of the Federal Style. Of exceptional quality for the area. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Interesting extant outbuildings are a Stables and Carriage House ... More

Otter Creek Cove Bridge & Causeway, Spanning Otter Creek Cove on Park ...

Significance: The triple-arched Otter Cove Causeway spans Otter Cove, connecting Otter Point with the Blackwoods section of the park. One of the most impressive structures along the Park Loop Motor Road, the c... More

Baker Island Light, Lightkeeper's House, Just east of Cranberry Isles,...

Significance: The first Baker Island Lighthouse began operation in 1828 with William Gilley as lightkeeper. With the election of a Whig president in 1848, Gilley was replaced, and by 1855 the light and the keep... More

Granite Hill Plantation, Provision House, South side of State Route 16...

Significance: Granite Hill Plantation historically consisted of 1,547 acres amassed by Andrew Jackson Lane, a wealthy Hancock County planter. The plantation was one of the largest in the county and is associat... More