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Historic homes facing LaFayette Park, located directly north of the White House on H Street between 15th and 17th Streets, N.W., Washington, D.C.

Historic homes facing LaFayette Park, located directly north of the Wh...

Lafayette Square is a seven-acre public park. The Square and the surrounding structures were designated a National Historic Landmark District in 1970. Originally planned as part of the pleasure grounds surround... More

Graceland mansion on the campus of Davis & Elkins College in Elkins, West Virginia

Graceland mansion on the campus of Davis & Elkins College in Elkins, W...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Completed in 1893, Graceland served as the summer home of Senator Henry Gassaway Davis. The mansion was acquired in 1941 by the West V... More

Chasley, Monroe County, Alabama

Chasley, Monroe County, Alabama

Built with slave labor and finished by Arthur Foster, Jr., and George Washington Foster, sons of the original owner. The late Dr. Rutherford (the great-great-grandson of the original owner) painstakingly restor... More

Chasley, Monroe County, Alabama

Chasley, Monroe County, Alabama

Built with slave labor and finished by Arthur Foster, Jr., and George Washington Foster, sons of the original owner. The late Dr. Rutherford (the great-great-grandson of the original owner) painstakingly restor... More

Chasley, Monroe County, Alabama

Chasley, Monroe County, Alabama

Built with slave labor and finished by Arthur Foster, Jr., and George Washington Foster, sons of the original owner. The late Dr. Rutherford (the great-great-grandson of the original owner) painstakingly restor... More

Interior, Bragg-Mitchell mansion, Mobile, Alabama

Interior, Bragg-Mitchell mansion, Mobile, Alabama

The Bragg-Mitchell mansion was built in 1855 by Judge John Bragg, who was the brother of Confederate general Braxton Bragg. The Mansion is now owned by the city of Mobile. Title, date, subject note, and keyword... More

This house was built in 1864 for Belgian native Felis Van Der Stricken in Fredericksburg, Texas

This house was built in 1864 for Belgian native Felis Van Der Stricken...

Public domain photograph of a hotel, inn, tourism, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Chasley, Monroe County, Alabama

Chasley, Monroe County, Alabama

Built with slave labor and finished by Arthur Foster, Jr., and George Washington Foster, sons of the original owner. The late Dr. Rutherford (the great-great-grandson of the original owner) painstakingly restor... More

Chasley, Monroe County, Alabama

Chasley, Monroe County, Alabama

Built with slave labor and finished by Arthur Foster, Jr., and George Washington Foster, sons of the original owner. The late Dr. Rutherford (the great-great-grandson of the original owner) painstakingly restor... More

Grand Victorian home in Cape May, New Jersey

Grand Victorian home in Cape May, New Jersey

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

The High Gate Mansion in Fairmont, West Virginia

The High Gate Mansion in Fairmont, West Virginia

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. James Erwin Watson, pioneer coal baron, banker and businessman, purchased land in Fairmont to erect one of the most magnificent homes ... More

The McGrew Mansion, also known as "The Pines," built in 1841, was the home of James Clark and Persis Hagans McGrew in Kingwood, West Virginia

The McGrew Mansion, also known as "The Pines," built in 1841, was the ...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: West Virginia Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Pur... More

Drish House in Tuscaloosa, Alabama

Drish House in Tuscaloosa, Alabama

Moved from its original lot, it now sits abandoned in an empty lot. The Drish House ca. 1825-32 was built by Mr. John Drish. It is brick and stucco built with slave labor. It was originally a plantation house a... More

Chasley, Monroe County, Alabama

Chasley, Monroe County, Alabama

Built with slave labor and finished by Arthur Foster, Jr., and George Washington Foster, sons of the original owner. The late Dr. Rutherford (the great-great-grandson of the original owner) painstakingly restor... More

An historic home in Edenton, North Carolina

An historic home in Edenton, North Carolina

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Purchase; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2017; (DLC/PP-2016:103-7). Forms part of: Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the ... More

Parlor, Miles Brewton House, Charleston, South Carolina

Parlor, Miles Brewton House, Charleston, South Carolina

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

Sitting room at the 1882 Hearthstone Mansion, the world's first home to be lighted by a central hydroelectric station, Appleton, Wisconsin

Sitting room at the 1882 Hearthstone Mansion, the world's first home t...

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

Littlepage Stone Mansion in Charleston, West Virginia

Littlepage Stone Mansion in Charleston, West Virginia

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The house was built in 1845 for Major Robert Thornton by Charleston builders Harrop L. Joy and J. Carson, whose names are carved on bl... More

The Governor's Mansion in Montgomery, Alabama

The Governor's Mansion in Montgomery, Alabama

Picryl description: Public domain image of a residential building, house, 19th-20th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Chasley, Monroe County, Alabama

Chasley, Monroe County, Alabama

Built with slave labor and finished by Arthur Foster, Jr., and George Washington Foster, sons of the original owner. The late Dr. Rutherford (the great-great-grandson of the original owner) painstakingly restor... More

Chasley, Monroe County, Alabama

Chasley, Monroe County, Alabama

Built with slave labor and finished by Arthur Foster, Jr., and George Washington Foster, sons of the original owner. The late Dr. Rutherford (the great-great-grandson of the original owner) painstakingly restor... More

Fine home in Lydonville, Vermont

Fine home in Lydonville, Vermont

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Purchase; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2017; (DLC/PP-2016:103-9). Forms part of: Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the ... More

Chasley, Monroe County, Alabama

Chasley, Monroe County, Alabama

Built with slave labor and finished by Arthur Foster, Jr., and George Washington Foster, sons of the original owner. The late Dr. Rutherford (the great-great-grandson of the original owner) painstakingly restor... More

Home in Hampton Heights, the oldest neighborhood in Spartanburg, South Carolina, a city in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains roughly midway between Atlanta, Georgia, and Charlotte, North Carolina

Home in Hampton Heights, the oldest neighborhood in Spartanburg, South...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Developed in the late 19th Century and featuring a significant collection of Queen Anne, Bungalow, Craftsman, Four-Square, and Neo-Cla... More

Chasley, Monroe County, Alabama

Chasley, Monroe County, Alabama

Built with slave labor and finished by Arthur Foster, Jr., and George Washington Foster, sons of the original owner. The late Dr. Rutherford (the great-great-grandson of the original owner) painstakingly restor... More

Tourist Attraction - Chasley, Monroe County, Alabama

Tourist Attraction - Chasley, Monroe County, Alabama

Built with slave labor and finished by Arthur Foster, Jr., and George Washington Foster, sons of the original owner. The late Dr. Rutherford (the great-great-grandson of the original owner) painstakingly restor... More

Chasley, Monroe County, Alabama

Chasley, Monroe County, Alabama

Built with slave labor and finished by Arthur Foster, Jr., and George Washington Foster, sons of the original owner. The late Dr. Rutherford (the great-great-grandson of the original owner) painstakingly restor... More

Drish House in Tuscaloosa, Alabama

Drish House in Tuscaloosa, Alabama

Moved from its original lot, it now sits abandoned in an empty lot. The Drish House ca. 1825-32 was built by Mr. John Drish. It is brick and stucco built with slave labor. It was originally a plantation house a... More

Chasley, Monroe County, Alabama

Chasley, Monroe County, Alabama

Built with slave labor and finished by Arthur Foster, Jr., and George Washington Foster, sons of the original owner. The late Dr. Rutherford (the great-great-grandson of the original owner) painstakingly restor... More

Chasley, Monroe County, Alabama

Chasley, Monroe County, Alabama

Built with slave labor and finished by Arthur Foster, Jr., and George Washington Foster, sons of the original owner. The late Dr. Rutherford (the great-great-grandson of the original owner) painstakingly restor... More

Chasley, Monroe County, Alabama

Chasley, Monroe County, Alabama

Built with slave labor and finished by Arthur Foster, Jr., and George Washington Foster, sons of the original owner. The late Dr. Rutherford (the great-great-grandson of the original owner) painstakingly restor... More

Row mansions, loaded with "gingerbread," San Francisco, California

Row mansions, loaded with "gingerbread," San Francisco, California

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

Oakdale, the onetime home of Virginia Governor Joseph Johnson in Bridgeport, West Virginia, when Bridgeport was part of far-western Virginia

Oakdale, the onetime home of Virginia Governor Joseph Johnson in Bridg...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The house was constructed in 1818 for then-state assemblyman Joseph Johnson. The structure was the home of the only governor of Virgin... More

Chasley, Monroe County, Alabama

Chasley, Monroe County, Alabama

Built with slave labor and finished by Arthur Foster, Jr., and George Washington Foster, sons of the original owner. The late Dr. Rutherford (the great-great-grandson of the original owner) painstakingly restor... More

Tourist Attraction - Chasley, Monroe County, Alabama

Tourist Attraction - Chasley, Monroe County, Alabama

Built with slave labor and finished by Arthur Foster, Jr., and George Washington Foster, sons of the original owner. The late Dr. Rutherford (the great-great-grandson of the original owner) painstakingly restor... More

Home in Hampton Heights, the oldest neighborhood in Spartanburg, South Carolina, a city in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains roughly midway between Atlanta, Georgia, and Charlotte, North Carolina

Home in Hampton Heights, the oldest neighborhood in Spartanburg, South...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Developed in the late 19th Century and featuring a significant collection of Queen Anne, Bungalow, Craftsman, Four-Square, and Neo-Cla... More

Chasley, Monroe County, Alabama

Chasley, Monroe County, Alabama

Built with slave labor and finished by Arthur Foster, Jr., and George Washington Foster, sons of the original owner. The late Dr. Rutherford (the great-great-grandson of the original owner) painstakingly restor... More

Elegant home in Chester, Vermont

Elegant home in Chester, Vermont

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Purchase; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2017; (DLC/PP-2016:103-9). Forms part of: Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the ... More

Chasley, Monroe County, Alabama

Chasley, Monroe County, Alabama

Built with slave labor and finished by Arthur Foster, Jr., and George Washington Foster, sons of the original owner. The late Dr. Rutherford (the great-great-grandson of the original owner) painstakingly restor... More

Chasley, Monroe County, Alabama

Chasley, Monroe County, Alabama

Public domain photograph of a barn, farm, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Row mansions, loaded with "gingerbread," San Francisco, California

Row mansions, loaded with "gingerbread," San Francisco, California

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

The Evans Bontura House in historic Natchez, Mississippi was once operated as an inn by Portuguese merchant Jose Bontura

The Evans Bontura House in historic Natchez, Mississippi was once oper...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Built in 1851 by free African-American, Robert D. Smith, the building is an example of the Greek Revival style of homes Gift; Ben May ... More

Standrod,Mansion, built for Judge D.W. Standrod, Pocatello, Idaho

Standrod,Mansion, built for Judge D.W. Standrod, Pocatello, Idaho

Built in 1902. 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, subject note, and keywords ... More

Home in Hampton Heights, the oldest neighborhood in Spartanburg, South Carolina, a city in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains roughly midway between Atlanta, Georgia, and Charlotte, North Carolina

Home in Hampton Heights, the oldest neighborhood in Spartanburg, South...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Developed in the late 19th Century and featuring a significant collection of Queen Anne, Bungalow, Craftsman, Four-Square, and Neo-Cla... More

Tourist Attraction - Chasley, Monroe County, Alabama

Tourist Attraction - Chasley, Monroe County, Alabama

Public domain photo of a monument, historic place, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Fine home in Lydonville, Vermont

Fine home in Lydonville, Vermont

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Purchase; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2017; (DLC/PP-2016:103-9). Forms part of: Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the ... More

Stairway to an elegant home in downtown Portland, Maine. Note the carved faces on the front door

Stairway to an elegant home in downtown Portland, Maine. Note the carv...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Purchase; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2017; (DLC/PP-2016:103-11). Forms part of: Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the... More

Chasley, Monroe County, Alabama

Chasley, Monroe County, Alabama

Picryl description: Public domain image of a small palace, chateau, villa, residential historic building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Home in Hampton Heights, the oldest neighborhood in Spartanburg, South Carolina, a city in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains roughly midway between Atlanta, Georgia, and Charlotte, North Carolina

Home in Hampton Heights, the oldest neighborhood in Spartanburg, South...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Developed in the late 19th Century and featuring a significant collection of Queen Anne, Bungalow, Craftsman, Four-Square, and Neo-Cla... More

Carol M. Highsmith - Belvedere Mansion, Galena, Illinois

Carol M. Highsmith - Belvedere Mansion, Galena, Illinois

Built in 1857 for J. Russell Jones, then the ambassador to Belgium. Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the dig... More

Chasley, Monroe County, Alabama

Chasley, Monroe County, Alabama

Public domain photograph of park, trees, outdoors, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Row mansions, loaded with "gingerbread," San Francisco, California

Row mansions, loaded with "gingerbread," San Francisco, California

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

Chasley, Monroe County, Alabama

Chasley, Monroe County, Alabama

Built with slave labor and finished by Arthur Foster, Jr., and George Washington Foster, sons of the original owner. The late Dr. Rutherford (the great-great-grandson of the original owner) painstakingly restor... More

Chasley, Monroe County, Alabama

Chasley, Monroe County, Alabama

Built with slave labor and finished by Arthur Foster, Jr., and George Washington Foster, sons of the original owner. The late Dr. Rutherford (the great-great-grandson of the original owner) painstakingly restor... More

Ryerss Victorian Mansion in Burholme Park in the Fox Chase neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Ryerss Victorian Mansion in Burholme Park in the Fox Chase neighborhoo...

Built in 1859, the house became a public museum and free library. Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digit... More

Chasley, Monroe County, Alabama

Chasley, Monroe County, Alabama

Built with slave labor and finished by Arthur Foster, Jr., and George Washington Foster, sons of the original owner. The late Dr. Rutherford (the great-great-grandson of the original owner) Burnt Corn is locate... More

Lovely home in Fort Wayne, Indiana, that is now (2016) a cardiologist's office

Lovely home in Fort Wayne, Indiana, that is now (2016) a cardiologist'...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Photographs in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Purchase; Carol M. H... More

Home in Hampton Heights, the oldest neighborhood in Spartanburg, South Carolina, a city in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains roughly midway between Atlanta, Georgia, and Charlotte, North Carolina

Home in Hampton Heights, the oldest neighborhood in Spartanburg, South...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Developed in the late 19th Century and featuring a significant collection of Queen Anne, Bungalow, Craftsman, Four-Square, and Neo-Cla... More

Home in Hampton Heights, the oldest neighborhood in Spartanburg, South Carolina, a city in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains roughly midway between Atlanta, Georgia, and Charlotte, North Carolina

Home in Hampton Heights, the oldest neighborhood in Spartanburg, South...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Developed in the late 19th Century and featuring a significant collection of Queen Anne, Bungalow, Craftsman, Four-Square, and Neo-Cla... More

Bedroom in Theodore Roosevelt's birth home on East Twentieth Street, New York, New York

Bedroom in Theodore Roosevelt's birth home on East Twentieth Street, N...

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. The house is operated by the National Park Service. Tit... More

Chasley, Monroe County, Alabama

Chasley, Monroe County, Alabama

Public domain photograph of park, trees, outdoors, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Elegant home in Chester, Vermont

Elegant home in Chester, Vermont

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Purchase; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2017; (DLC/PP-2016:103-9). Forms part of: Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the ... More