Governor Henry Lippitt House, 199 Hope Street, Providence, Providence ...
Significance: This large, elaborately decorated house, was built for Henry Lippett, governor of Rhode Island in 1874-1875. Survey number: HABS RI-239 Building/structure dates: 1875 Initial Construction Build... More
Melrose Plantation, African House, State Highway 119, Melrose, Natchit...
Significance: A small structure with an interesting roof reminiscent of an African design; one of the earliest buildings built by blacks. The building may originally have been used for utilitarian purposes. S... More
Melrose Plantation, African House, State Highway 119, Melrose, Natchit...
Significance: A small structure with an interesting roof reminiscent of an African design; one of the earliest buildings built by blacks. The building may originally have been used for utilitarian purposes. S... More
Melrose Plantation, African House, State Highway 119, Melrose, Natchit...
Significance: A small structure with an interesting roof reminiscent of an African design; one of the earliest buildings built by blacks. The building may originally have been used for utilitarian purposes. S... More
Melrose Plantation, African House, State Highway 119, Melrose, Natchit...
Significance: A small structure with an interesting roof reminiscent of an African design; one of the earliest buildings built by blacks. The building may originally have been used for utilitarian purposes. S... More
Melrose Plantation, African House, State Highway 119, Melrose, Natchit...
Significance: A small structure with an interesting roof reminiscent of an African design; one of the earliest buildings built by blacks. The building may originally have been used for utilitarian purposes. S... More
Melrose Plantation, African House, State Highway 119, Melrose, Natchit...
Significance: A small structure with an interesting roof reminiscent of an African design; one of the earliest buildings built by blacks. The building may originally have been used for utilitarian purposes. S... More
Old State House, 155 North Main Street, Providence, Providence County,...
Significance: This building is one of the two eighteenth century colony houses in Rhode Island, the other being in Newport. It was one of the seats of Rhode Island government from 1762 until the erection of th... More
Old State House, 155 North Main Street, Providence, Providence County,...
Significance: This building is one of the two eighteenth century colony houses in Rhode Island, the other being in Newport. It was one of the seats of Rhode Island government from 1762 until the erection of th... More
Battersea, 793 Appomattox Street, Petersburg, Petersburg, Virginia
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-66, FN-67, FN-68, FN-69, FN-70, FN-71, FN-72, FN-73, FN-74, FN-75 Survey number: HABS VA-136 Building/structure dates: ca. 1768 Initial Construction
Ebenezer Knight Dexter House, 300 Angell Street, Providence, Providenc...
Significance: This is a moderately large frame house with brick ends, built about 1800. Survey number: HABS RI-178 Building/structure dates: 1805 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: ca. 1820 Subse... More
Shirley, Charles City County, Virginia
Public domain image of a historic building, 16th, 17th, 18th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.
Edward S. Underwood House, 28 John Street, Providence, Providence Coun...
Significance: This is an example of a smaller, two-story, frame house of the 1820s. Survey number: HABS RI-244 Building/structure dates: 1827 Initial Construction
William Greenman House, 24 Thayer Street, Providence, Providence Count...
Significance: This is a typical, small frame house of the 1820s. Survey number: HABS RI-179 Building/structure dates: 1826 Initial Construction
William Binney House, 72 Prospect Street, Providence, Providence Count...
Significance: This large brick house is a typical example of the architecture of the mid-19th Century in Providence. It was built for a prominent Providence lawyer and banker. Survey number: HABS RI-224 Buil... More
Joseph Russell House, 118 North Main Street (fragments in Brooklyn Mus...
Significance: This was an early, elegant mansion, but only its general form and some exterior detail have been preserved. Survey number: HABS RI-242 Building/structure dates: 1772 Initial Construction Nation... More
108 Broad Street, New Bern, Craven County, North Carolina
Public domain photograph of a historic place in North Carolina, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Lacoste Plantation House, St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana
Picryl description: Public domain image of a residential building, colonial house, 19th-20th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Matthew Bell house, Franklin, St. Mary Parish, Louisiana
Public domain photograph of Louisiana in 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Labatut, New Roads, Point Coupee Parish, Louisiana
Picryl description: Public domain image of a residential building, house, 19th-20th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Elgin Fire Barn No. 5, 533 Saint Charles Street, Elgin, Kane County, I...
2016 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: Built in 1903 after designs by local architect Smith Hoag, Elgin Fire Barn No. 5 was one of a series of public firehouses built in Elgin, Illinois in the late... More
Pohick Church, 9301 Richmond Highway, Lorton, Fairfax County, Virginia
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N1072 Survey number: HABS VA-190
Pohick Church, 9301 Richmond Highway, Lorton, Fairfax County, Virginia
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N1072 Survey number: HABS VA-190
Gillis House, 513 East Beach Boulevard (moved to), Biloxi, Harrison Co...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a small palace, chateau, villa, residential historic building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Housing Area 1, Two-Story Duplex Type, ...
Public domain photograph of living room, apartment, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Kent County Courthouse, Main Street (Post Road), East Greenwich, Kent ...
Significance: This courthouse replaced the earlier (1770-71) building in 1805; the interiors were altered in the 1860s and restored in 1909. The wood frame building was embellished by an entrance porch in the D... More
Hampton, Stable No. One, 535 Hampton Lane, Towson, Baltimore County, M...
Significance: This structure is an excellent example of an early stable which is used for the interpretation of the Hampton estate. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-74 Survey num... More
518 North Twelfth Street (House), Saint Joseph, Buchanan County, MO
Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
St. Elizabeths Hospital, M Building, 654-674 Redwood Street, Southeast...
For an overview of the Lettered Buildings, see HABS DC-349-BY Significance: The M Building (Building 72) is significant for its association with the treatment of mental illness on the St. Elizabeths Campus. As ... More
St. Elizabeths Hospital, M Building, 654-674 Redwood Street, Southeast...
For an overview of the Lettered Buildings, see HABS DC-349-BY Significance: The M Building (Building 72) is significant for its association with the treatment of mental illness on the St. Elizabeths Campus. As ... More
Public Records Office, 428 Duke of Gloucester Street, Williamsburg, Wi...
Significance: Construction of this small brick building was begun in 1747, shortly after the Capitol Building burned. The new structure was intended to safely house government records. The designer is not kno... More
Fitzsimons General Hospital, Operating Pavilion, West McAfee Avenue, E...
Survey number: HABS CO-172-BT Building/structure dates: 1918 Initial Construction
St. Elizabeths Hospital, K Building, 2700 Martin Luther King Jr. Avenu...
For an overview of the Lettered Buildings, see HABS DC-349-BY Significance: The K Building (Building 66) is significant for its association with the treatment of mental illness on the St. Elizabeths Campus. As ... More
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,...
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,...
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
Commodore William Edgar House, 29 Old Beach Road, Newport, Newport Cou...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a living room, fireplace, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Tillinghast Tompkins House, 11 Redwood Street, Newport, Newport County...
Significance: This large frame house was built for Tillinghast Tompkins about 1854-1855. It is a well-preserved example of the formal Italianate house of the mid-19th century with a central hall plan and richl... More
Tillinghast Tompkins House, 11 Redwood Street, Newport, Newport County...
Significance: This large frame house was built for Tillinghast Tompkins about 1854-1855. It is a well-preserved example of the formal Italianate house of the mid-19th century with a central hall plan and richl... More
St. Elizabeths Hospital, Center Building, 539-559 Cedar Drive, Southea...
For an overview of the Center Building Group, see HABS DC-349-BT Significance: The Center Building (Buildings 1 and 2) is significant for its association with the treatment of mental illness at the St. Elizabet... More
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
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
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
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
Stenton, Courtland & Eighteenth Streets, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co...
See also HALS PA-24 for additional documentation. Survey number: HABS PA-1714 Building/structure dates: ca. 1728 Initial Construction
Fitzsimons General Hospital, Office Building, Northwest Corner of West...
Survey number: HABS CO-172-O Building/structure dates: 1919 Initial Construction
Menokin, Menokin Bay, Warsaw, Richmond, Virginia
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-110 Survey number: HABS VA-156 Building/structure dates: ca. 1769 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 69000276
Menokin, Menokin Bay, Warsaw, Richmond, Virginia
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-110 Survey number: HABS VA-156 Building/structure dates: ca. 1769 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 69000276
Menokin, Menokin Bay, Warsaw, Richmond, Virginia
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-110 Survey number: HABS VA-156 Building/structure dates: ca. 1769 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 69000276
Menokin, Menokin Bay, Warsaw, Richmond, Virginia
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-110 Survey number: HABS VA-156 Building/structure dates: ca. 1769 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 69000276
Menokin, Menokin Bay, Warsaw, Richmond, Virginia
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-110 Survey number: HABS VA-156 Building/structure dates: ca. 1769 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 69000276
Menokin, Menokin Bay, Warsaw, Richmond, Virginia
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-110 Survey number: HABS VA-156 Building/structure dates: ca. 1769 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 69000276
Henry A. Dike House, 101 Prospect Street, Providence, Providence Count...
Significance: This is an example of a large, elegant house of the 1860s. It has been the home of several locally prominent people including Albert Harkness, Stephen Metcalf, and the present owner. Survey numb... More
Clardy-Lee House, State Highway 26, Center Point, Howard County, AR
1983 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Honorable Mention Significance: The Clardy-Lee House is a large two-story frame mansion with Palladian ambitions. It has been a landmark in the Center Point community (Howard co... More
Weaverville Joss House, Oregon Street, Weaverville, Trinity County, CA
Significance: The Temple of the Forest and the Clouds, or as it is popularly known, the Chinese Joss House, is an important historical record of the Chinese culture that flourished in California beginning in th... More
Weaverville Joss House, Oregon Street, Weaverville, Trinity County, CA
Significance: The Temple of the Forest and the Clouds, or as it is popularly known, the Chinese Joss House, is an important historical record of the Chinese culture that flourished in California beginning in th... More
Weaverville Joss House, Oregon Street, Weaverville, Trinity County, CA
Significance: The Temple of the Forest and the Clouds, or as it is popularly known, the Chinese Joss House, is an important historical record of the Chinese culture that flourished in California beginning in th... More
Weaverville Joss House, Oregon Street, Weaverville, Trinity County, CA
Significance: The Temple of the Forest and the Clouds, or as it is popularly known, the Chinese Joss House, is an important historical record of the Chinese culture that flourished in California beginning in th... More
Weaverville Joss House, Oregon Street, Weaverville, Trinity County, CA
Significance: The Temple of the Forest and the Clouds, or as it is popularly known, the Chinese Joss House, is an important historical record of the Chinese culture that flourished in California beginning in th... More
Weaverville Joss House, Oregon Street, Weaverville, Trinity County, CA
Significance: The Temple of the Forest and the Clouds, or as it is popularly known, the Chinese Joss House, is an important historical record of the Chinese culture that flourished in California beginning in th... More
Weaverville Joss House, Oregon Street, Weaverville, Trinity County, CA
Significance: The Temple of the Forest and the Clouds, or as it is popularly known, the Chinese Joss House, is an important historical record of the Chinese culture that flourished in California beginning in th... More
Weaverville Joss House, Oregon Street, Weaverville, Trinity County, CA
Significance: The Temple of the Forest and the Clouds, or as it is popularly known, the Chinese Joss House, is an important historical record of the Chinese culture that flourished in California beginning in th... More
Weaverville Joss House, Oregon Street, Weaverville, Trinity County, CA
Significance: The Temple of the Forest and the Clouds, or as it is popularly known, the Chinese Joss House, is an important historical record of the Chinese culture that flourished in California beginning in th... More
Weaverville Joss House, Oregon Street, Weaverville, Trinity County, CA
Significance: The Temple of the Forest and the Clouds, or as it is popularly known, the Chinese Joss House, is an important historical record of the Chinese culture that flourished in California beginning in th... More
Weaverville Joss House, Oregon Street, Weaverville, Trinity County, CA
Significance: The Temple of the Forest and the Clouds, or as it is popularly known, the Chinese Joss House, is an important historical record of the Chinese culture that flourished in California beginning in th... More
Weaverville Joss House, Oregon Street, Weaverville, Trinity County, CA
Significance: The Temple of the Forest and the Clouds, or as it is popularly known, the Chinese Joss House, is an important historical record of the Chinese culture that flourished in California beginning in th... More
William Wilkinson House, 69 College Street, Providence, Providence Cou...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-24 Survey number: HABS RI-24 Building/structure dates: 1818 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1954 Demolished
William Wilkinson House, 69 College Street, Providence, Providence Cou...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-24 Survey number: HABS RI-24 Building/structure dates: 1818 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1954 Demolished
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 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
George Champlin Mason House, 31 Old Beach Road, Newport, Newport Count...
Significance: This Swiss-style chalet was the personal residence of the Newport architect, George Champlin Mason (1820-1894). The exterior and interior illustrate Mason's interest in the revival of architectur... More
Linden Gate, Old Beach Road, Newport, Newport County, RI
Significance: A small, picturesque building with a deep-set balcony and decorative timber and brick work, the Linden Gate Porter's Lodge was part of the Henry G. Marquand estate called Linden Place. The main ho... More
Linden Gate, Old Beach Road, Newport, Newport County, RI
Significance: A small, picturesque building with a deep-set balcony and decorative timber and brick work, the Linden Gate Porter's Lodge was part of the Henry G. Marquand estate called Linden Place. The main ho... More
St. Elizabeths Hospital, P Building, 2700 Martin Luther King Jr. Avenu...
Survey number: HABS DC-349-I National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 79003101
Edward Carrington House, 66 Williams Street, Providence, Providence Co...
Significance: This brick mansion was the home of General Edward Carrington, a very successful merchant and trader who assembled an outstanding collection of furnishings, including many Chinese things, for this ... More
Edward Carrington House, 66 Williams Street, Providence, Providence Co...
Significance: This brick mansion was the home of General Edward Carrington, a very successful merchant and trader who assembled an outstanding collection of furnishings, including many Chinese things, for this ... More
Edward Carrington House, 66 Williams Street, Providence, Providence Co...
Significance: This brick mansion was the home of General Edward Carrington, a very successful merchant and trader who assembled an outstanding collection of furnishings, including many Chinese things, for this ... More
Edward Carrington House, 66 Williams Street, Providence, Providence Co...
Significance: This brick mansion was the home of General Edward Carrington, a very successful merchant and trader who assembled an outstanding collection of furnishings, including many Chinese things, for this ... More
Edward Carrington House, 66 Williams Street, Providence, Providence Co...
Significance: This brick mansion was the home of General Edward Carrington, a very successful merchant and trader who assembled an outstanding collection of furnishings, including many Chinese things, for this ... More
Edward Carrington House, 66 Williams Street, Providence, Providence Co...
Significance: This brick mansion was the home of General Edward Carrington, a very successful merchant and trader who assembled an outstanding collection of furnishings, including many Chinese things, for this ... More
Edward Carrington House, 66 Williams Street, Providence, Providence Co...
Significance: This brick mansion was the home of General Edward Carrington, a very successful merchant and trader who assembled an outstanding collection of furnishings, including many Chinese things, for this ... More
Bird-Brady House, Camp Hill, Harpers Ferry, Jefferson County, WV
Significance: Built between 1895 and 1897, the Bird-Brady House served as a private residence for teachers and families associated with Storer College, a historically black school founded in 1867 by missionarie... More
Bird-Brady House, Camp Hill, Harpers Ferry, Jefferson County, WV
Significance: Built between 1895 and 1897, the Bird-Brady House served as a private residence for teachers and families associated with Storer College, a historically black school founded in 1867 by missionarie... More
St. Peter's Convent, 88 Main Street, Danbury, Fairfield County, CT
Significance: St. Peter's Convent reflects the growth of Danbury's Catholic immigrant communities at the end of the nineteenth century. The convent was built in 1895 to accommodate nuns who taught in the paris... More
Benoni Cooke House, 110 South Main Street, Providence, Providence Coun...
Significance: This is a large brick house, a typical late work of the architect John Holden Greene. Survey number: HABS RI-213 Building/structure dates: ca. 1828 Initial Construction
Hawes House, 506 East Leigh Street, Richmond, Independent City, Virgin...
Significance: This house was at one time the home of Mary Virginia Hawes Terhune, who wrote under the pen-name of Marion Harland. The following is a description taken from Marion Harland's Autobiography: "In t... More
Milwaukee Light, Heat & Traction Company, 8336 West Lapham Street, Wes...
Significance: A turn of the century objective of The Milwaukee Electric Railway and Light Company, through its subsidiary The Milwaukee Light Heat and Traction Company, was to establish an interurban rail syste... More
Milwaukee Light, Heat & Traction Company, 8336 West Lapham Street, Wes...
Significance: A turn of the century objective of The Milwaukee Electric Railway and Light Company, through its subsidiary The Milwaukee Light Heat and Traction Company, was to establish an interurban rail syste... More
Milwaukee Light, Heat & Traction Company, 8336 West Lapham Street, Wes...
Significance: A turn of the century objective of The Milwaukee Electric Railway and Light Company, through its subsidiary The Milwaukee Light Heat and Traction Company, was to establish an interurban rail syste... More
Ellis Island, Contagious Disease Hospital Measles Ward A, New York Har...
Significance: Measles Ward A, later known as Wards 17 and 18, was one of eight identical measles pavilions constructed for the Contagious Disease Hospital complex on Island 3 of the Ellis Island U. S. Immigrati... More
University of Nevada, Reno, Dairy Building, North of East Ninth Street...
Significance: The University of Nevada, Reno, Dairy Building (Veterinary Science Building) is significant as a contributing structure to the University of Nevada Reno Historic District listed on the National Re... More
Zane Grey House, West side of Scenic Drive, Lackawaxen, Pike County, P...
Significance: Zane Grey (1872-1939), a noted fisherman and author of novels about the American West, began his professional writing career in Lackawaxen, Pennsylvania where he lived from 1906 until 1918. The ho... More
Zane Grey House, West side of Scenic Drive, Lackawaxen, Pike County, P...
Significance: Zane Grey (1872-1939), a noted fisherman and author of novels about the American West, began his professional writing career in Lackawaxen, Pennsylvania where he lived from 1906 until 1918. The ho... More
U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Housing Area 1, Single Story Duplex Typ...
Significance: The Hale Moku neighborhood is significant as an example of military housing built just before the United States' entry into World War II, reflecting the build-up of defenses and the related need f... More
Albert F. Madlener House, 4 West Burton Place, Chicago, Cook County, I...
Significance: This is one of the finest residential works of the Chicaog Architect Richard E. Schmidt, and an example of the work of the Prairie School. With its simple cubic volume and strong horizontality, it... More
U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Housing Area 1, Fourplex Type, Bounded ...
Significance: The Hale Moku neighborhood is significant as an example of military housing built just before the United States' entry into World War II, reflecting the build-up of defenses and the related need f... More
U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Housing Area 1, Fourplex Type, Bounded ...
Significance: The Hale Moku neighborhood is significant as an example of military housing built just before the United States' entry into World War II, reflecting the build-up of defenses and the related need f... More
U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Housing Area 1, Fourplex Type, Bounded ...
Significance: The Hale Moku neighborhood is significant as an example of military housing built just before the United States' entry into World War II, reflecting the build-up of defenses and the related need f... More
Drum Barracks Officers' Quarters, 1053-1955 Cary Avenue, Los Angeles, ...
Significance: The Officers' Quarters and nearby Powder Magazine of Drum Barracks are all that remain of the Federal Army Post built in Wilmington in 1862 to protect Union interests in the Southwest - mainly as ... More
Eliza Ward House, 2 George Street, Providence, Providence County, RI
Significance: This is a large, brick house, built soon after 1814, with very elegant interiors. Survey number: HABS RI-207 Building/structure dates: after 1814 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: ... More