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Lehigh Valley Railroad, Easton Station, Corner of Canal Street & Smith Avenue at Third Street Bridge over Lehigh River, Easton, Northampton County, PA

Lehigh Valley Railroad, Easton Station, Corner of Canal Street & Smith...

Significance: Combination REA, freight depot, and passenger station laid out beneath the main line viaduct of the Lehigh Valley Railroad (LVRR). An interlocking tower marks the west end of the station, adjacen... More

National City Bank, 55 Wall Street, New York County, NY

National City Bank, 55 Wall Street, New York County, NY

Survey number: HABS NY-400 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 78001875

Batione Block, 1720 Larimer Street, Denver, Denver County, CO

Batione Block, 1720 Larimer Street, Denver, Denver County, CO

Survey number: HABS CO-117 Public domain photograph of a hotel building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

McCarthy Warehouse, Edwards Annex, Syracuse, Onondaga County, NY

McCarthy Warehouse, Edwards Annex, Syracuse, Onondaga County, NY

Survey number: HABS NY-6203 Public domain photograph - city, downtown, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

78-86 Grand Street (Houses), Newburgh, Orange County, NY

78-86 Grand Street (Houses), Newburgh, Orange County, NY

Survey number: HABS NY-6223 Public domain photograph - city, downtown, New York, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Tennessee Avenue, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Tennessee Avenue, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Significance: The avenue remains largely faithful to its design on the L'Enfant and Ellicott city plans. All the reservations on the avenue remain basically intact since their official recognition in 1894, and ... More

San Francisco Civic Center, Civic Auditorium, Civic Center, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

San Francisco Civic Center, Civic Auditorium, Civic Center, San Franci...

Survey number: HABS CA-2222-C National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 78000757

626 Harper Avenue, Detroit, Wayne County, MI

626 Harper Avenue, Detroit, Wayne County, MI

Survey number: HABS MI-440 Public domain photograph - historical image of Michigan, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

1124 East Capitol Street, Southeast (House), Washington, District of Columbia, DC

1124 East Capitol Street, Southeast (House), Washington, District of C...

1988 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Honorable Mention Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-89 Survey number: HABS DC-626 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 76002127

Harvey Cedars Hotel, Cedars Avenue, Harvey Cedars, Ocean County, NJ

Harvey Cedars Hotel, Cedars Avenue, Harvey Cedars, Ocean County, NJ

Significance: The Harvey Cedars is the last surviving late 19th century hotel on Long Beach Island. Before significant enlargement in 1887, the building served as sportsmen's and seamen's lodge; from 1921-1935,... More

Oak Creek Historic Complex, Equipment Shop, Springdale, Washington County, UT

Oak Creek Historic Complex, Equipment Shop, Springdale, Washington Cou...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-59 Survey number: HABS UT-110-P Building/structure dates: 1938 Initial Construction

White Rock Lookout Tower, On Mount Cammerer near the Appalachian Trail, Cosby, Cocke County, TN

White Rock Lookout Tower, On Mount Cammerer near the Appalachian Trail...

2012 Leicester B. Holland Prize, First Place Significance: The White Rock Lookout Tower, built between 1937 and 1939 by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), is representative of that time's fire management po... More

266-276 South Third Street (Houses), Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

266-276 South Third Street (Houses), Philadelphia, Philadelphia County...

Survey number: HABS PA-1936 Public domain photograph of car, historic place, automobile, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, Marion Branch, Building No. 24, 1700 East 38th Street, Marion, Grant County, IN

National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, Marion Branch, Building...

See HABS No. IN-306 for overview documentation. Additional individual building documentation in HABS No. IN-306-A through HABS No. IN-306-AR. STORED OFF SITE AND ON SITE. mchr Significance: Building No. 24 was... More

Oak Creek Historic Complex, Two Stall Garage, Springdale, Washington County, UT

Oak Creek Historic Complex, Two Stall Garage, Springdale, Washington C...

Survey number: HABS UT-110-J Building/structure dates: ca. 1939 Initial Construction

Hershberger Farm, Privy, .4 mile East of Business Route 220, .35 mile Southeast of Cessna, Cessna, Bedford County, PA

Hershberger Farm, Privy, .4 mile East of Business Route 220, .35 mile ...

Survey number: HABS PA-5392-E Building/structure dates: ca. 1930- ca. 1940 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: ca. 1930- ca. 1940 Initial Construction

Spangler Farm, Emmitsburg Road (U.S. 15), Gettysburg, Adams County, PA

Spangler Farm, Emmitsburg Road (U.S. 15), Gettysburg, Adams County, PA

Significance: The farm is located approximately 2 miles south of Gettysburg, and 300 yards west of the Emmitsburg Road. The farm house was originally a rectangular log structure with a stone summer kitchen dire... More

Frame House, U.S. Route 40, Danville, Montgomery County, MO

Frame House, U.S. Route 40, Danville, Montgomery County, MO

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-122 Survey number: HABS MO-1541 Building/structure dates: ca. 1840 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: ca. 1940 Demolished

Kemble Coal & Iron Company, Riddlesburg Works, Riddlesburg, Bedford County, PA

Kemble Coal & Iron Company, Riddlesburg Works, Riddlesburg, Bedford Co...

Significance: Although this site contained an iron furnace as early as 1807, the remnants of the pig-iron producing operation date from the 1910s through the 1940s. This includes a (ca. 1906) building that lik... More

Wendler Building, 400 D Street, Anchorage, Anchorage, AK

Wendler Building, 400 D Street, Anchorage, Anchorage, AK

Survey number: HABS AK-158 Public domain photograph - historical image of Alaska, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Saints Sergius & Herman of Valaam Russian Orthodox Chapel, Well House, Spruce Island, Ouzinkie, Kodiak Island Borough, AK

Saints Sergius & Herman of Valaam Russian Orthodox Chapel, Well House,...

Survey number: HABS AK-52-C Public domain photograph - historical image of Alaska, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Merchant & Nuuanu Streets, T. R. Foster Building, 902 Nuuanu Street, Honolulu, Honolulu County, HI

Merchant & Nuuanu Streets, T. R. Foster Building, 902 Nuuanu Street, H...

Significance: The T.R. Foster building was commissioned by the Inter-Island Steamship Navigation Company, one of the most successful steamship companies of the late nineteenth century, as a memorial to its foun... More

St. Matthew's Episcopal Church, 1022 First Avenue, Fairbanks, Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK

St. Matthew's Episcopal Church, 1022 First Avenue, Fairbanks, Fairbank...

Survey number: HABS AK-133 Public domain photograph of a church building, chapel, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Sheep Camp, Building S4, Skagway, Skagway, AK

Sheep Camp, Building S4, Skagway, Skagway, AK

This survey was originally located in the Skagway-Hoonah-Angoon Census Area. The name of the county was changed to Skagway. Survey number: HABS AK-29-A

Van Gilder Hotel, Seward, Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK

Van Gilder Hotel, Seward, Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK

Survey number: HABS AK-45-D Public domain photograph of a hotel building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Elevation of the Holy Cross Russian Orthodox Churches, Russian Mission, Wade Hampton Census Area, AK

Elevation of the Holy Cross Russian Orthodox Churches, Russian Mission...

Survey number: HABS AK-65 Public domain photograph - historical image of Alaska, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Bailey-Estelle Farm, Glenn Highway & Marsh Road, Palmer, Matanuska-Susitna Borough, AK

Bailey-Estelle Farm, Glenn Highway & Marsh Road, Palmer, Matanuska-Sus...

Survey number: HABS AK-142 Public domain photograph - historical image of Alaska, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Six-Car Garage, Sandy Lane, Saint Paul, Aleutians West Census Area, AK

Six-Car Garage, Sandy Lane, Saint Paul, Aleutians West Census Area, AK

Survey number: HABS AK-219 Public domain photograph - historical image of Minnesota, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

City of Juneau, Juneau, Juneau Borough, AK
Staff Row, Garage, Moloka'i Island, Kalaupapa, Kalawao County, HI

Staff Row, Garage, Moloka'i Island, Kalaupapa, Kalawao County, HI

Survey number: HABS HI-88-C National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 76002145

Clair F. & Jean Shank House, 300 Wordsworth Avenue, Altoona, Blair County, PA

Clair F. & Jean Shank House, 300 Wordsworth Avenue, Altoona, Blair Cou...

Survey number: HABS PA-5912 Building/structure dates: 1966 Initial Construction

Phelps House, 329 Divisadero Street, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

Phelps House, 329 Divisadero Street, San Francisco, San Francisco Coun...

Significance: Represents an exotic intrusion into the simple early traditions of the city and is often referred to as the oldest frame house in San Francisco. Its Louisiana oriented ( and it came from the area ... More

YWCA Building, 1040 Richards Street, Honolulu, Honolulu County, HI

YWCA Building, 1040 Richards Street, Honolulu, Honolulu County, HI

Survey number: HABS HI-528 Building/structure dates: 1927 Initial Construction

Bellmawr Park Mutual Housing Corporation, 38 & 40 Victory Drive, 38 & 40 Victory Drive, Bellmawr, Camden County, NJ

Bellmawr Park Mutual Housing Corporation, 38 & 40 Victory Drive, 38 & ...

Significance: Bellmawr Park was constructed in 1941 and consisted of 500 units, as part of a joint federal program with the Congress of Industrial Organizations for workers at local shipyards who could not affo... More

407-413, 421-429 Main Street (Commercial Buildings), Warsaw, Hancock County, IL

407-413, 421-429 Main Street (Commercial Buildings), Warsaw, Hancock C...

Survey number: HABS IL-249-E Public domain photograph - historical image of Illinois, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Yucca House Ruin, Canyon del Muerto, Chinle, Apache County, AZ

Yucca House Ruin, Canyon del Muerto, Chinle, Apache County, AZ

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N555 Survey number: HABS AZ-212 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 70000066

First Presbyterian Church of Niobrara, Southeast corner of Sixth & Maple Streets, Niobrara, Knox County, NE

First Presbyterian Church of Niobrara, Southeast corner of Sixth & Map...

Significance: The Presbyterian Church, built in 1882, was the first church to be constructed in what was then the "new" townsite of Niobrara (established 1881). The congregation itself is believed to be the ol... More

Fulgencio Higuera Adobe, Fremont, Alameda County, CA

Fulgencio Higuera Adobe, Fremont, Alameda County, CA

Survey number: HABS CA-1665 Public domain photograph - 1930s California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers - Battle Mountain Sanitarium, East Campus Residential Block, 500 North Fifth Street, Hot Springs, Fall River County, SD

National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers - Battle Mountain Sanita...

The name of the overall site and some individual buildings were edited after the initial photographic survey was transmitted. Previously the site was incompletely called Battle Mountain Sanitarium, and these bu... More

Fort Lawton, Double Non-Commissioned Officers Quarters, Discovery Park, Seattle, King County, WA

Fort Lawton, Double Non-Commissioned Officers Quarters, Discovery Park...

Significance: One of second two NCO Quarters, this duplex is identical in plan to #903. Completed March 31, 1904, from QMGO Plan No. 82-E. Original cost: $5,108. Two and one-half story and basement frame str... More

Whitefield Chapel, 9520 Ferguson Avenue, Savannah, Chatham County, GA

Whitefield Chapel, 9520 Ferguson Avenue, Savannah, Chatham County, GA

2014 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: Constructed between 1916 and 1925, Whitefield Chapel was presented to Bethesda Academy by the Georgia Society of Colonial Dames in memorial of Bethesda's foun... More

Fort Totten, Hospital, 12 miles southwest of Devils Lake City off Route 57, Devils Lake, Ramsey County, ND

Fort Totten, Hospital, 12 miles southwest of Devils Lake City off Rout...

Significance: An excellent, well-preserved example of a military post of the Indian War period in the trans-Mississippi West. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-4 Survey number: HAB... More

Evans Wall House, Fort Adams, Wilkinson County, MS

Evans Wall House, Fort Adams, Wilkinson County, MS

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-17, FN-36 Survey number: HABS MS-52 Building/structure dates: 1798 Initial Construction

Ranch Architecture of Northeastern Nevada, Deeth, Elko County, NV

Ranch Architecture of Northeastern Nevada, Deeth, Elko County, NV

Survey number: HABS NV-40 Public domain photograph - historical image of Nevada, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Eugene Rourke Ranch, Cattle Barn, Southwest of residence, Model, Las Animas County, CO

Eugene Rourke Ranch, Cattle Barn, Southwest of residence, Model, Las A...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N390 Survey number: HABS CO-91-G

Rigg-Buckley House, 12410 Braddock Road, Centreville, Fairfax County, Virginia

Rigg-Buckley House, 12410 Braddock Road, Centreville, Fairfax County, ...

Significance: The Rrigg-Buckley House is thought to have been constructed by John Rigg about 1823. Originally a one-story log house, it was expanded with a wood frame second floor at an unknown date in the ear... More

Creel Cabin, Hodgenville, Larue County, KY

Creel Cabin, Hodgenville, Larue County, KY

Survey number: HABS KY-96 Building/structure dates: 1815 Initial Construction

Williams-Harrison House, 126 Eagle Rock Road, Roseland, Essex County, NJ

Williams-Harrison House, 126 Eagle Rock Road, Roseland, Essex County, ...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-80 Survey number: HABS NJ-109 Building/structure dates: 1824 Initial Construction

Alfred Bentley House, 1509 Fourth Avenue, Altoona, Blair County, PA

Alfred Bentley House, 1509 Fourth Avenue, Altoona, Blair County, PA

Survey number: HABS PA-5845 Building/structure dates: before 1870 Initial Construction

Effingham, State Route 646 vicinity, Aden, Prince William County, Virginia

Effingham, State Route 646 vicinity, Aden, Prince William County, Virg...

Significance: "Effingham" was the home of Colonel William Alexander (1744-1848) and a descendant of Philip Alexander, second son of the emigrant. This is the same family for whom the city of Alexandria was nam... More

Missouri Botanical Garden, 2345 Tower Grove Avenue, Saint Louis, Independent City, MO

Missouri Botanical Garden, 2345 Tower Grove Avenue, Saint Louis, Indep...

Significance: The site of important botanical research since its inception, the Garden was one of the first institutions in the country for horticultural display and education. Just ten years after it was found... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Instrument Shop & Electrical Shop Lean-to, Avenue E, between Sixth & Seventh Streets, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Instrument Shop & Electrical Shop Lean-...

Significance: These shops are significant for their association with the build-up of the Naval Shipyard facilities in years prior to the U.S. entry into WWII, as well as the Navy's response to the December 7th ... More

National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers - Battle Mountain Sanitarium, East Campus Residential Block, 500 North Fifth Street, Hot Springs, Fall River County, SD

National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers - Battle Mountain Sanita...

The name of the overall site and some individual buildings were edited after the initial photographic survey was transmitted. Previously the site was incompletely called Battle Mountain Sanitarium, and these bu... More

Hunn House, East Dover Hundred, 21 North State Street, Dover, Kent County, DE

Hunn House, East Dover Hundred, 21 North State Street, Dover, Kent Cou...

Significance: Built in the mid-1870s, the Hunn House and Carriage House significantly contribute to a street scape of Victorian homes built between 1860 and 1890. Survey number: HABS DE-316

Benjamin Rush Birthplace, Red Lion Road, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Benjamin Rush Birthplace, Red Lion Road, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co...

Significance: Benjamin Rush, a signer of the Declaration of Independence and a member of a socially prominent Philadelphia family, was born in this house. Survey number: HABS PA-1796

William Miller House, Elliott Road, Avondale, Chester County, PA

William Miller House, Elliott Road, Avondale, Chester County, PA

Significance: This house has sections dating 1730 and 1771 by early Chester County settlers. An 1806 addition burned in 1920. Survey number: HABS PA-5137 Building/structure dates: 1730 Initial Construction B... More

Ernest M. Wood Office and Studio, 126 North Eighth Street, Quincy, Adams County, IL

Ernest M. Wood Office and Studio, 126 North Eighth Street, Quincy, Ada...

2016 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: The building was designed by local Quincy architect Ernest M. Wood for his office and studio. Since the building was designed by the intended user, Wood was ... More

Hopewell Village, Harrison Lloyd House, St. Peter's vicinity, Hopewell, Chester County, PA

Hopewell Village, Harrison Lloyd House, St. Peter's vicinity, Hopewell...

Survey number: HABS PA-5168 Public domain photograph - historical image of Pennsylvania, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

North Beach Place, 431 Bay Street, 530 Francisco Street, 431 Bay Street, 530 Francisco Street, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

North Beach Place, 431 Bay Street, 530 Francisco Street, 431 Bay Stree...

Survey number: HABS CA-2727-G Public domain photograph - 1930s California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Aull House, Lexington, Lafayette County, MO

Aull House, Lexington, Lafayette County, MO

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-117 Survey number: HABS MO-234 Building/structure dates: ca. 1850 Initial Construction

Shaker West Family Sisters' Shop, North side of Village Road, North of U.S. Route 68 & State Route 33 intersection, Shakertown, Mercer County, KY

Shaker West Family Sisters' Shop, North side of Village Road, North of...

Survey number: HABS KY-80 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 71000353

Standard Oil Bulk Depot, West Shed, Along Burlington Northern Railroad near Burlington Avenue, Cody, Park County, WY

Standard Oil Bulk Depot, West Shed, Along Burlington Northern Railroad...

Significance: Simply massed and detailed without any architectural style, the West Shed, like all of the site's structures, illustrates the utilitarianism of Wyoming industrial construction. Survey number: HAB... More

Longview Farm, South Dairy Barn-Milkhouse, Longview Road, Lees Summit, Jackson County, MO

Longview Farm, South Dairy Barn-Milkhouse, Longview Road, Lees Summit,...

Significance: Completed in 1914, it was an elaborate estate built for Robert A. Long, a wealthy Kansas City lumberman. Located just 20 miles south of Kansas City, Longview was intended to be both a rural retrea... More

Welfare Island, Church, New York County, NY

Welfare Island, Church, New York County, NY

Survey number: HABS NY-6078 Public domain photograph - New York, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Heermann Store, 4308 West Loop 1604, Somerset, Bexar County, TX

Heermann Store, 4308 West Loop 1604, Somerset, Bexar County, TX

2010 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Third Place Significance: It stands as a rare surviving example of early commercial buildings in rural South Texas. Throughout its early history, the building was part of a small... More

John Howard Payne Memorial, James Lane, East Hampton, Suffolk County, NY

John Howard Payne Memorial, James Lane, East Hampton, Suffolk County, ...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-199 Survey number: HABS NY-547 Building/structure dates: 1660 Initial Construction

Montana Post, Northeast corner of Wallace & Jackson Streets, Virginia City, Madison County, MT

Montana Post, Northeast corner of Wallace & Jackson Streets, Virginia ...

Survey number: HABS MT-90 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000435

Custom House, Custom House Street, Frederiksted, St. Croix, VI

Custom House, Custom House Street, Frederiksted, St. Croix, VI

Significance: Although the original 18th-century design of the Custom House is discernible, both in the building's over-all form and in its details, the addition of a front gallery and a hipped roof above the p... More

Rocky Mountain Laboratories, Building No. 4, 903 South Fourth Street, center rear, Hamilton, Ravalli County, MT

Rocky Mountain Laboratories, Building No. 4, 903 South Fourth Street, ...

Significance: The Rocky Mountain Laboratories possess national significance due to the pioneering research conducted at these laboratories from 1921-1945 toward the development of vaccines for insect-borne dise... More

Occidental Building (Commercial Building), 41-47 West Washington Street, Indianapolis, Marion County, IN

Occidental Building (Commercial Building), 41-47 West Washington Stree...

Significance: The Occidental Building is the work of one of Indianapolis' most famous and prolific architectural firms, Rubush & Hunter. Founded in 1905, the firm mastered the office and commercial building fo... More

Aull House, Lexington, Lafayette County, MO

Aull House, Lexington, Lafayette County, MO

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-117 Survey number: HABS MO-234 Building/structure dates: ca. 1850 Initial Construction

Aspendale, Route 300 (Downs Chapel), Kenton, Kent County, DE

Aspendale, Route 300 (Downs Chapel), Kenton, Kent County, DE

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-36 Survey number: HABS DE-143 Building/structure dates: 1773 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 70000170

Franklin Township Hall, 218 Gougler Avenue, Kent, Portage County, OH

Franklin Township Hall, 218 Gougler Avenue, Kent, Portage County, OH

Significance: This building was built in 1839 as an office for the Franklin Land Company. The Land Company went bankrupt before completion and the township took possession and completed it as their meeting hall... More

U.S. Naval Hospital, Administration Building, Park Boulevard, Balboa Park, San Diego, San Diego County, CA

U.S. Naval Hospital, Administration Building, Park Boulevard, Balboa P...

Significance: The buildings of the original US Naval Hospital in San Diego, considered as a landscaped ensemble, form a regionally significant work of historical architecture. The groups is noteworthy for its h... More

Ruin 5MT1805, Approximately 1 mile North of County Road G, Cortez, Montezuma County, CO

Ruin 5MT1805, Approximately 1 mile North of County Road G, Cortez, Mon...

Survey number: HABS CO-211 Public domain photograph of ruins in United States, 20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Doe Garrison, Lamprey River & Great Bay, Newmarket, Rockingham County, NH

Doe Garrison, Lamprey River & Great Bay, Newmarket, Rockingham County,...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-37 Survey number: HABS NH-37 Building/structure dates: ca. 1650 Initial Construction

Old Madison County Court House, Court Square, Huntsville, Madison County, AL

Old Madison County Court House, Court Square, Huntsville, Madison Coun...

Survey number: HABS AL-437 Building/structure dates: 1835- 1840 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1914 Demolished

Wilkins Farm, Barn, South side of Dove Hollow Road, 6000 feet east of State Route 259, Lost City, Hardy County, WV

Wilkins Farm, Barn, South side of Dove Hollow Road, 6000 feet east of ...

Significance: As an agricultural outbuilding, this large structure contributes to the character of the Wilkins Farm, with log construction techniques and roof shapes similar to other buildings on the property. ... More

Frederick Plummer House, 1242 South Front Street, Camden, Camden County, NJ

Frederick Plummer House, 1242 South Front Street, Camden, Camden Count...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-327 Survey number: HABS NJ-446 Building/structure dates: ca. 1818 Initial Construction

Desert Queen Ranch, Machine Shop, Twentynine Palms, San Bernardino County, CA

Desert Queen Ranch, Machine Shop, Twentynine Palms, San Bernardino Cou...

Significance: The Keys Desert Queen Ranch in the Joshua Tree National Monument is an outstanding historical site of desert-based vernacular technologies displaying a range of architectural and engineering artif... More

U.S. Naval Academy, Mahan, Maury & Sampson Halls, Annapolis, Anne Arundel County, MD

U.S. Naval Academy, Mahan, Maury & Sampson Halls, Annapolis, Anne Arun...

Significance: The Academic Group is one of the three centerpieces of Ernest Flagg's grandiose plan for the Naval Academy. The interconnected group of three buildings closes off the northwest end of the quadran... More

National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers - Battle Mountain Sanitarium, Administration Building, 500 North Fifth Street, Hot Springs, Fall River County, SD

National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers - Battle Mountain Sanita...

See overview historical context HABS No. SD-24 for additional information on the Battle Mountain Sanitarium and the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers. Significance: The Administration Building is th... More

Walter Luther Dodge House, 950 North Kings Road, West Hollywood District, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA

Walter Luther Dodge House, 950 North Kings Road, West Hollywood Distri...

Significance: The Dodge House is an unusually well-preserved example of the architecture of Irving Gill; it is a culmination of his genius, a rare example of the early manifestations of the International Style,... More

Eames House, 203 Chautauqua Boulevard, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA

Eames House, 203 Chautauqua Boulevard, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County...

Significance: The Eames House is significant as an exemplary and influential example of post-World War II modern architecture and for its association with the lives of notable designers and residents Charles an... More

Doe Garrison, Lamprey River & Great Bay, Newmarket, Rockingham County, NH

Doe Garrison, Lamprey River & Great Bay, Newmarket, Rockingham County,...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-37 Survey number: HABS NH-37 Building/structure dates: ca. 1650 Initial Construction

William Miller House, Elliott Road, Avondale, Chester County, PA

William Miller House, Elliott Road, Avondale, Chester County, PA

Significance: This house has sections dating 1730 and 1771 by early Chester County settlers. An 1806 addition burned in 1920. Survey number: HABS PA-5137 Building/structure dates: 1730 Initial Construction B... More

Effingham, State Route 646 vicinity, Aden, Prince William County, Virginia

Effingham, State Route 646 vicinity, Aden, Prince William County, Virg...

Significance: "Effingham" was the home of Colonel William Alexander (1744-1848) and a descendant of Philip Alexander, second son of the emigrant. This is the same family for whom the city of Alexandria was nam... More

Pierce Mill, Tilden Street & Beach Drive Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Pierce Mill, Tilden Street & Beach Drive Northwest, Washington, Distri...

Significance: Pierce Mill was erected in 1829 on the West Bank of Rock Creek by millwright and farmer, Isaac Pierce, and stonemason, Abner Pierce. The milling industry along rock creek was beginning to expand ... More

English Camp (Remains), Garrison Bay, San Juan Island, Friday Harbor, San Juan County, WA

English Camp (Remains), Garrison Bay, San Juan Island, Friday Harbor, ...

Survey number: HABS WA-39-W-17 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000369

Stroud Building, 31-33 North Central Avenue, Phoenix, Maricopa County, AZ

Stroud Building, 31-33 North Central Avenue, Phoenix, Maricopa County,...

Significance: The Stroud Building, constructed in 1900 and 1901, typifies the Queen Anne-style commercial buildings built at the turn of the century. It is one of the last buildings constructed in the style in... More

Wagner Free Institute of Science, 1700 West Montgomery Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Wagner Free Institute of Science, 1700 West Montgomery Avenue, Philade...

Significance: The Wagner Free Institute of Science exists as a rare, if not entirely peerless, relic of American Victorian educational-institutional architecture. The Institute remains essentially unaltered in... More

Oregon Inlet Coast Guard Station, Northern end of Pea Island, East side of State Road 1257, 0.3 mile North of North Carolina Highway 12, Rodanthe, Dare County, NC

Oregon Inlet Coast Guard Station, Northern end of Pea Island, East sid...

Significance: The existing Oregon Inlet Station was a continuation of the original Bodie Island and Oregon Inlet Life Boat Stations. The Bodie Island Station (actually located south of Oregon Inlet) was one of ... More

Crawford-Governor Porter House, 407 Dunlap Street, Paris, Henry County, TN

Crawford-Governor Porter House, 407 Dunlap Street, Paris, Henry County...

Significance: This town residence was constructed by Thomas W. Crawford about 1850. It is most notable as being the residence of James Davis Porter between 1887 and 1912, after he served two terms as Governor ... More

Wagner Free Institute of Science, 1700 West Montgomery Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Wagner Free Institute of Science, 1700 West Montgomery Avenue, Philade...

Significance: The Wagner Free Institute of Science exists as a rare, if not entirely peerless, relic of American Victorian educational-institutional architecture. The Institute remains essentially unaltered in... More

Doe Garrison, Lamprey River & Great Bay, Newmarket, Rockingham County, NH

Doe Garrison, Lamprey River & Great Bay, Newmarket, Rockingham County,...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-37 Survey number: HABS NH-37 Building/structure dates: ca. 1650 Initial Construction

Advance Base Depot Davisville, Building T-17, Ninth Street southeast of Davisville Road, Davisville, Washington County, RI

Advance Base Depot Davisville, Building T-17, Ninth Street southeast o...

Significance: Based on research conducted at Davisville, and the documentation contained in the United States Navy's own historical accounts of its construction activities during World War II, it is apparent th... More

John Howard Payne Memorial, James Lane, East Hampton, Suffolk County, NY

John Howard Payne Memorial, James Lane, East Hampton, Suffolk County, ...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-199 Survey number: HABS NY-547 Building/structure dates: 1660 Initial Construction

Old Oscar Pepper Distillery, 7855 McCracken Pike, Versailles, Woodford County, KY

Old Oscar Pepper Distillery, 7855 McCracken Pike, Versailles, Woodford...

2016 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: Labrot & Graham's Old Oscar Pepper Distillery is associated with the foundation of the bourbon distilling industry, a distinctly national spirit with its hist... More

Nicholson (Abel) House, Hancocks Bridge, Salem County, NJ

Nicholson (Abel) House, Hancocks Bridge, Salem County, NJ

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-181 Survey number: HABS NJ-305 Building/structure dates: 1722 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1859 Subsequent Work National Regis... More

Wagner Free Institute of Science, 1700 West Montgomery Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Wagner Free Institute of Science, 1700 West Montgomery Avenue, Philade...

Significance: The Wagner Free Institute of Science exists as a rare, if not entirely peerless, relic of American Victorian educational-institutional architecture. The Institute remains essentially unaltered in... More

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