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Kenmore, 1201 Washington Avenue, Fredericksburg, Fredericksburg, Virginia

Kenmore, 1201 Washington Avenue, Fredericksburg, Fredericksburg, Virgi...

Significance: Kenmore was built as a plantation house by Fielding Lewis and his wife, Betty Washington Lewis, soon after they acquired the property in 1752. The original 863-acre plantation extended to the wes... More

Kenmore, 1201 Washington Avenue, Fredericksburg, Fredericksburg, Virginia

Kenmore, 1201 Washington Avenue, Fredericksburg, Fredericksburg, Virgi...

Significance: Kenmore was built as a plantation house by Fielding Lewis and his wife, Betty Washington Lewis, soon after they acquired the property in 1752. The original 863-acre plantation extended to the wes... More

Kenmore, 1201 Washington Avenue, Fredericksburg, Fredericksburg, Virginia

Kenmore, 1201 Washington Avenue, Fredericksburg, Fredericksburg, Virgi...

Significance: Kenmore was built as a plantation house by Fielding Lewis and his wife, Betty Washington Lewis, soon after they acquired the property in 1752. The original 863-acre plantation extended to the wes... More

Tyre House, 220 South U.S. Highway 341, Odum, Wayne County, GA

Tyre House, 220 South U.S. Highway 341, Odum, Wayne County, GA

For additional written historical and descriptive information, please see entry for Odum, Town of, HABS No. GA-2267. Significance: The Tyre House is historically significant as a c. 1938 bungalow house type loc... More

U.S. Grant House, Bouthillier & Fourth Street, Galena, Jo Daviess County, IL

U.S. Grant House, Bouthillier & Fourth Street, Galena, Jo Daviess Coun...

2006 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: The U.S. Grant Home State Historic Site comprises several structures, the most important of which is the Italianate style house, constructed in 1859 and given... More

First White House of the Confederacy, 625 Washington Street (moved from Bibb & Lee Streets), Montgomery, Montgomery County, AL

First White House of the Confederacy, 625 Washington Street (moved fro...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-52 Survey number: HABS AL-624 Building/structure dates: 1852 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: after 1920 National Register of His... More

Alexander Ramsey House, 265 South Exchange Street, Saint Paul, Ramsey County, MN

Alexander Ramsey House, 265 South Exchange Street, Saint Paul, Ramsey ...

Significance: The Alexander Ramsey "Mansion House" is an excellent example of the large private residence being built in St. Paul during the latter half of the 19th century, and is a symbol of the rapid economi... More

Alexander Ramsey House, 265 South Exchange Street, Saint Paul, Ramsey County, MN

Alexander Ramsey House, 265 South Exchange Street, Saint Paul, Ramsey ...

Significance: The Alexander Ramsey "Mansion House" is an excellent example of the large private residence being built in St. Paul during the latter half of the 19th century, and is a symbol of the rapid economi... More

Amstel House, 2 East Fourth Street, New Castle, New Castle County, DE

Amstel House, 2 East Fourth Street, New Castle, New Castle County, DE

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-1, FN-2 Survey number: HABS DE-9-3 Building/structure dates: ca. 1728 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 77000386

Henry W. Longfellow Place, 105 Brattle Street, Cambridge, Middlesex County, MA

Henry W. Longfellow Place, 105 Brattle Street, Cambridge, Middlesex Co...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-27 Survey number: HABS MA-169 Building/structure dates: 1759 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1793 Subsequent Work Building/struct... More

Henry W. Longfellow Place, 105 Brattle Street, Cambridge, Middlesex County, MA

Henry W. Longfellow Place, 105 Brattle Street, Cambridge, Middlesex Co...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-27 Survey number: HABS MA-169 Building/structure dates: 1759 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1793 Subsequent Work Building/struct... More

Henry W. Longfellow Place, 105 Brattle Street, Cambridge, Middlesex County, MA

Henry W. Longfellow Place, 105 Brattle Street, Cambridge, Middlesex Co...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-27 Survey number: HABS MA-169 Building/structure dates: 1759 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1793 Subsequent Work Building/struct... More

Henry W. Longfellow Place, 105 Brattle Street, Cambridge, Middlesex County, MA

Henry W. Longfellow Place, 105 Brattle Street, Cambridge, Middlesex Co...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-27 Survey number: HABS MA-169 Building/structure dates: 1759 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1793 Subsequent Work Building/struct... More

Henry W. Longfellow Place, 105 Brattle Street, Cambridge, Middlesex County, MA

Henry W. Longfellow Place, 105 Brattle Street, Cambridge, Middlesex Co...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-27 Survey number: HABS MA-169 Building/structure dates: 1759 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1793 Subsequent Work Building/struct... More

Robinson-Aiken House, 48 Elizabeth Street, Charleston, Charleston County, SC

Robinson-Aiken House, 48 Elizabeth Street, Charleston, Charleston Coun...

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

Robinson-Aiken House, 48 Elizabeth Street, Charleston, Charleston County, SC

Robinson-Aiken House, 48 Elizabeth Street, Charleston, Charleston Coun...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a historic place interior, salon, hall lobby, living room, 18th-19th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Robinson-Aiken House, 48 Elizabeth Street, Charleston, Charleston County, SC

Robinson-Aiken House, 48 Elizabeth Street, Charleston, Charleston Coun...

Public domain scan of an architecture diagram, plan, or drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

Lawrence Cabin, State Route 3, Havertown, Delaware County, PA

Lawrence Cabin, State Route 3, Havertown, Delaware County, PA

Significance: Log cabin resembles those built by Swedish settlers in the area. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N1077 Survey number: HABS PA-1238 Building/structure dates: after. 1... More

J. Paul Getty Museum, Ranch House, 17985 Pacific Coast Highway, Malibu, Los Angeles County, CA

J. Paul Getty Museum, Ranch House, 17985 Pacific Coast Highway, Malibu...

Significance: The Getty property, including the Ranch House, was originally part of an early nineteenth century Spanish land grant. In the 1920s, Claude I. Parker, a Los Angeles attorney, purchased a portion o... More

J. Paul Getty Museum, Ranch House, 17985 Pacific Coast Highway, Malibu, Los Angeles County, CA

J. Paul Getty Museum, Ranch House, 17985 Pacific Coast Highway, Malibu...

Significance: The Getty property, including the Ranch House, was originally part of an early nineteenth century Spanish land grant. In the 1920s, Claude I. Parker, a Los Angeles attorney, purchased a portion o... More

J. Paul Getty Museum, Ranch House, 17985 Pacific Coast Highway, Malibu, Los Angeles County, CA

J. Paul Getty Museum, Ranch House, 17985 Pacific Coast Highway, Malibu...

Significance: The Getty property, including the Ranch House, was originally part of an early nineteenth century Spanish land grant. In the 1920s, Claude I. Parker, a Los Angeles attorney, purchased a portion o... More

Woodrow Wilson House, 2340 South S Street, Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Woodrow Wilson House, 2340 South S Street, Northwest, Washington, Dist...

For additional documentation, see also HALS DC-133 (Woodrow Wilson House, Garden Parterre) Significance: The Woodraw Wilson House was the Home of Thomas Woodrow Wilson 28th president of the United States from t... More

General Hugh Mercer Apothecary Shop, 1020 Caroline Street, Fredericksburg, Fredericksburg, Virginia

General Hugh Mercer Apothecary Shop, 1020 Caroline Street, Fredericksb...

Survey number: HABS VA-1080 Public domain photograph of architecture design drawing, building plan, diagram, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Public domain photograph of buil... More

Rockwood, 610 Shipley Road, Wilmington, New Castle County, DE

Rockwood, 610 Shipley Road, Wilmington, New Castle County, DE

Significance: Designed for Joseph Shipley, a member of one of the leading Quaker mill-owning families in the area, Rockwood is an unusually complete and effective statement of early Victorian taste in the tradi... More

Rockwood, 610 Shipley Road, Wilmington, New Castle County, DE

Rockwood, 610 Shipley Road, Wilmington, New Castle County, DE

Significance: Designed for Joseph Shipley, a member of one of the leading Quaker mill-owning families in the area, Rockwood is an unusually complete and effective statement of early Victorian taste in the tradi... More

The Breakers, Ochre Point Avenue, Newport, Newport County, RI

The Breakers, Ochre Point Avenue, Newport, Newport County, RI

Significance: Modeled on the north Italian Villas of Genoa and Turin, "The Breakers" was designed by Richard Morris Hunt. The last of the great Vanderbilt houses he designed, it was erected between 1893 and 18... More

The Breakers, Ochre Point Avenue, Newport, Newport County, RI

The Breakers, Ochre Point Avenue, Newport, Newport County, RI

Significance: Modeled on the north Italian Villas of Genoa and Turin, "The Breakers" was designed by Richard Morris Hunt. The last of the great Vanderbilt houses he designed, it was erected between 1893 and 18... More

The Breakers, Ochre Point Avenue, Newport, Newport County, RI

The Breakers, Ochre Point Avenue, Newport, Newport County, RI

Significance: Modeled on the north Italian Villas of Genoa and Turin, "The Breakers" was designed by Richard Morris Hunt. The last of the great Vanderbilt houses he designed, it was erected between 1893 and 18... More

The Breakers, Ochre Point Avenue, Newport, Newport County, RI

The Breakers, Ochre Point Avenue, Newport, Newport County, RI

Significance: Modeled on the north Italian Villas of Genoa and Turin, "The Breakers" was designed by Richard Morris Hunt. The last of the great Vanderbilt houses he designed, it was erected between 1893 and 18... More

The Breakers, Ochre Point Avenue, Newport, Newport County, RI

The Breakers, Ochre Point Avenue, Newport, Newport County, RI

Significance: Modeled on the north Italian Villas of Genoa and Turin, "The Breakers" was designed by Richard Morris Hunt. The last of the great Vanderbilt houses he designed, it was erected between 1893 and 18... More

Ximenez-Fatio House, 22 Aviles Street, Saint Augustine, St. Johns County, FL

Ximenez-Fatio House, 22 Aviles Street, Saint Augustine, St. Johns Coun...

Survey number: HABS FL-116 Building/structure dates: ca. 1802 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: ca. 1942 Subsequent Work

Ximenez-Fatio House, 22 Aviles Street, Saint Augustine, St. Johns County, FL

Ximenez-Fatio House, 22 Aviles Street, Saint Augustine, St. Johns Coun...

Survey number: HABS FL-116 Building/structure dates: ca. 1802 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: ca. 1942 Subsequent Work

Stephen Hopkins House, 12 Hopkins Street, Providence, Providence County, RI

Stephen Hopkins House, 12 Hopkins Street, Providence, Providence Count...

Significance: Stephen Hopkins, Governor of Rhode Island, Chief Justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court, Chancellor of Brown University, member of the Continental Congress, signer of the Declaration of Indepen... More

Stephen Hopkins House, 12 Hopkins Street, Providence, Providence County, RI

Stephen Hopkins House, 12 Hopkins Street, Providence, Providence Count...

Significance: Stephen Hopkins, Governor of Rhode Island, Chief Justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court, Chancellor of Brown University, member of the Continental Congress, signer of the Declaration of Indepen... More

Stephen Hopkins House, 12 Hopkins Street, Providence, Providence County, RI

Stephen Hopkins House, 12 Hopkins Street, Providence, Providence Count...

Significance: Stephen Hopkins, Governor of Rhode Island, Chief Justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court, Chancellor of Brown University, member of the Continental Congress, signer of the Declaration of Indepen... More

Stephen Hopkins House, 12 Hopkins Street, Providence, Providence County, RI

Stephen Hopkins House, 12 Hopkins Street, Providence, Providence Count...

Significance: Stephen Hopkins, Governor of Rhode Island, Chief Justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court, Chancellor of Brown University, member of the Continental Congress, signer of the Declaration of Indepen... More

Samuel Cupples House, 3673 West Pine Boulevard, Saint Louis, Independent City, MO

Samuel Cupples House, 3673 West Pine Boulevard, Saint Louis, Independe...

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

Samuel Cupples House, 3673 West Pine Boulevard, Saint Louis, Independent City, MO

Samuel Cupples House, 3673 West Pine Boulevard, Saint Louis, Independe...

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

Hammond-Harwood House, 19 Maryland Avenue & King George Street, Annapolis, Anne Arundel County, MD

Hammond-Harwood House, 19 Maryland Avenue & King George Street, Annapo...

Significance: One of the most impressive Georgian mansions in Annapolis. The house was designed by William Buckland. Survey number: HABS MD-251 Building/structure dates: after. 1774- before. 1777 Initial Cons... More

Hammond-Harwood House, 19 Maryland Avenue & King George Street, Annapolis, Anne Arundel County, MD

Hammond-Harwood House, 19 Maryland Avenue & King George Street, Annapo...

Significance: One of the most impressive Georgian mansions in Annapolis. The house was designed by William Buckland. Survey number: HABS MD-251 Building/structure dates: after. 1774- before. 1777 Initial Cons... More

Hammond-Harwood House, 19 Maryland Avenue & King George Street, Annapolis, Anne Arundel County, MD

Hammond-Harwood House, 19 Maryland Avenue & King George Street, Annapo...

Significance: One of the most impressive Georgian mansions in Annapolis. The house was designed by William Buckland. Survey number: HABS MD-251 Building/structure dates: after. 1774- before. 1777 Initial Cons... More

Hammond-Harwood House, 19 Maryland Avenue & King George Street, Annapolis, Anne Arundel County, MD

Hammond-Harwood House, 19 Maryland Avenue & King George Street, Annapo...

Significance: One of the most impressive Georgian mansions in Annapolis. The house was designed by William Buckland. Survey number: HABS MD-251 Building/structure dates: after. 1774- before. 1777 Initial Cons... More

Sewall-Belmont House, 144 Constitution Avenue, Northeast, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Sewall-Belmont House, 144 Constitution Avenue, Northeast, Washington, ...

Since March 2016, the house is the site of the Belmont-Paul Women's Equality National Monument. Significance: The Sewall-Belmont House, built ca. 1800 for Robert Sewall in the newly formed city of Washington, h... More

Sewall-Belmont House, 144 Constitution Avenue, Northeast, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Sewall-Belmont House, 144 Constitution Avenue, Northeast, Washington, ...

Since March 2016, the house is the site of the Belmont-Paul Women's Equality National Monument. Significance: The Sewall-Belmont House, built ca. 1800 for Robert Sewall in the newly formed city of Washington, h... More

Zane Grey House, West side of Scenic Drive, Lackawaxen, Pike County, PA

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, PA

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

Adams Mansion Flower Garden, 135 Adams Street, Quincy, Norfolk County, MA

Adams Mansion Flower Garden, 135 Adams Street, Quincy, Norfolk County,...

Public domain scan of an architecture diagram, plan, or drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

David Davis Mansion, Monroe & Davis Streets, Bloomington, McLean County, IL

David Davis Mansion, Monroe & Davis Streets, Bloomington, McLean Count...

Significance: Built by Judge David Davis, an associate of Abraham Lincoln in law and politics for more than twenty years, member of the United States Supreme Court (1862-1877), and U.S. Senator (1877-1883). Un... More

Charles Lavalle House, 203 East Church Street (moved from 111 West Government Street), Pensacola, Escambia County, FL

Charles Lavalle House, 203 East Church Street (moved from 111 West Gov...

Significance: This building is an excellent example of a raised wood frame cottage typical of the Gulf coast area. The building is under restoration, and it contains much structural and finish materials of the... More

Charles Lavalle House, 203 East Church Street (moved from 111 West Government Street), Pensacola, Escambia County, FL

Charles Lavalle House, 203 East Church Street (moved from 111 West Gov...

Significance: This building is an excellent example of a raised wood frame cottage typical of the Gulf coast area. The building is under restoration, and it contains much structural and finish materials of the... More

George Caleb Bingham House, Arrow Rock State Park, Arrow Rock, Saline County, MO

George Caleb Bingham House, Arrow Rock State Park, Arrow Rock, Saline ...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-129 Survey number: HABS MO-221 Building/structure dates: 1837 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000423

Sweetbriar, 1 Sweetbriar Drive, West Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Sweetbriar, 1 Sweetbriar Drive, West Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, Phi...

Significance: Samuel Breck, a merchant with a future in state and national politics, built Sweetbrier in 1797. Like other Philadelphians in his social and financial position, Breck wished to escape the city's l... More

Sweetbriar, 1 Sweetbriar Drive, West Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Sweetbriar, 1 Sweetbriar Drive, West Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, Phi...

Significance: Samuel Breck, a merchant with a future in state and national politics, built Sweetbrier in 1797. Like other Philadelphians in his social and financial position, Breck wished to escape the city's l... More

Sweetbriar, 1 Sweetbriar Drive, West Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Sweetbriar, 1 Sweetbriar Drive, West Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, Phi...

Significance: Samuel Breck, a merchant with a future in state and national politics, built Sweetbrier in 1797. Like other Philadelphians in his social and financial position, Breck wished to escape the city's l... More

Samuel Whitehorne House, 414 Thames Street, Newport, Newport County, RI

Samuel Whitehorne House, 414 Thames Street, Newport, Newport County, R...

Significance: This house built in 1810-1800, was the residence of Samuel Whitehorne, a prosperous Newport merchant in partnership with his brother, John, until they went bankrupt in 1843. It is a fine example ... More

The Mansion, Old Fort Harrod State Park, formerly Pioneer Memorial State Park, Harrodsburg, Mercer County, KY

The Mansion, Old Fort Harrod State Park, formerly Pioneer Memorial Sta...

Survey number: HABS KY-50 Public domain photograph - historical image of Kentucky, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

James Whallon House, 11000 Winton Road, Greenhills, Hamilton County, OH

James Whallon House, 11000 Winton Road, Greenhills, Hamilton County, O...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-16 Survey number: HABS OH-6-17 Building/structure dates: 1816 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1917 Subsequent Work National Regis... More

James Whallon House, 11000 Winton Road, Greenhills, Hamilton County, OH

James Whallon House, 11000 Winton Road, Greenhills, Hamilton County, O...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-16 Survey number: HABS OH-6-17 Building/structure dates: 1816 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1917 Subsequent Work National Regis... More

James Whallon House, 11000 Winton Road, Greenhills, Hamilton County, OH

James Whallon House, 11000 Winton Road, Greenhills, Hamilton County, O...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-16 Survey number: HABS OH-6-17 Building/structure dates: 1816 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1917 Subsequent Work National Regis... More

Gray Gables, 142 College Avenue, Holly Springs, Marshall County, MS

Gray Gables, 142 College Avenue, Holly Springs, Marshall County, MS

Survey number: HABS MS-221 Public domain photograph - historical image of Mississippi, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

York Hall, State Route 1005 & Main Street, Yorktown, York County, Virginia

York Hall, State Route 1005 & Main Street, Yorktown, York County, Virg...

Survey number: HABS VA-58 Building/structure dates: ca. 1750 Initial Construction

York Hall, State Route 1005 & Main Street, Yorktown, York County, Virginia

York Hall, State Route 1005 & Main Street, Yorktown, York County, Virg...

Survey number: HABS VA-58 Building/structure dates: ca. 1750 Initial Construction

York Hall, State Route 1005 & Main Street, Yorktown, York County, Virginia

York Hall, State Route 1005 & Main Street, Yorktown, York County, Virg...

Survey number: HABS VA-58 Building/structure dates: ca. 1750 Initial Construction

Liberty Hall, Main & Wilkinson Streets, Frankfort, Franklin County, KY

Liberty Hall, Main & Wilkinson Streets, Frankfort, Franklin County, KY

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-2, FN-62 Survey number: HABS KY-20-2 Building/structure dates: 1797 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: ca. 1835 Subsequent Work Buil... More

Liberty Hall, Main & Wilkinson Streets, Frankfort, Franklin County, KY

Liberty Hall, Main & Wilkinson Streets, Frankfort, Franklin County, KY

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-2, FN-62 Survey number: HABS KY-20-2 Building/structure dates: 1797 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: ca. 1835 Subsequent Work Buil... More

Liberty Hall, Main & Wilkinson Streets, Frankfort, Franklin County, KY

Liberty Hall, Main & Wilkinson Streets, Frankfort, Franklin County, KY

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-2, FN-62 Survey number: HABS KY-20-2 Building/structure dates: 1797 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: ca. 1835 Subsequent Work Buil... More

Fair Lane Mansion, 4901 Evergreen Road, Dearborn, Wayne County, MI

Fair Lane Mansion, 4901 Evergreen Road, Dearborn, Wayne County, MI

2001 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Second Place Significance: One of the most stunning yet controversial architectural masterpieces of the 20th century belonged to one of the most influential men in the world duri... More

Fair Lane Mansion, 4901 Evergreen Road, Dearborn, Wayne County, MI

Fair Lane Mansion, 4901 Evergreen Road, Dearborn, Wayne County, MI

2001 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Second Place Significance: One of the most stunning yet controversial architectural masterpieces of the 20th century belonged to one of the most influential men in the world duri... More

Mason's Ordinary (Coffee House), 128 North Royal Street, Alexandria, Independent City, Virginia

Mason's Ordinary (Coffee House), 128 North Royal Street, Alexandria, I...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-86, FN-87, FN-88 Survey number: HABS VA-100 Building/structure dates: 1752 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1792 Subsequent Work N... More

Mason's Ordinary (Coffee House), 128 North Royal Street, Alexandria, Independent City, Virginia

Mason's Ordinary (Coffee House), 128 North Royal Street, Alexandria, I...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-86, FN-87, FN-88 Survey number: HABS VA-100 Building/structure dates: 1752 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1792 Subsequent Work N... More

Casa Cautino, 1 Calle Santiago Palmer, Guayama, Guayama Municipio, PR

Casa Cautino, 1 Calle Santiago Palmer, Guayama, Guayama Municipio, PR

2014 Charles E. Peterson Prize, First Place Significance: The Cautiño House is striking due to the ornamental and detailed nature of its Spanish colonial architecture. This home represents the cultural and hist... More

Casa Cautino, 1 Calle Santiago Palmer, Guayama, Guayama Municipio, PR

Casa Cautino, 1 Calle Santiago Palmer, Guayama, Guayama Municipio, PR

2014 Charles E. Peterson Prize, First Place Significance: The Cautiño House is striking due to the ornamental and detailed nature of its Spanish colonial architecture. This home represents the cultural and hist... More

John Brown House, 52 Power Street, Providence, Providence County, RI

John Brown House, 52 Power Street, Providence, Providence County, RI

Survey number: HABS RI-75 Building/structure dates: 1788 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 68000007

McNamara House, 502 North Liberty Street, Victoria, Victoria County, TX

McNamara House, 502 North Liberty Street, Victoria, Victoria County, T...

Significance: The McNamara House Museum is a 1-1/2 story frame building built in 1876 for William John McNamara, his wife Mary Ann Buckley McNamara and daughters Mary Ellen, Elizabeth, Margaret, and Catherine. ... More

Paul Revere House, 19 North Square, Boston, Suffolk County, MA

Paul Revere House, 19 North Square, Boston, Suffolk County, MA

Significance: Paul Revere silversmith, pioneer, industrialist and a leading Revolutionary activist owned this house in North Square from 1770 to 1800. Constructed c. 1678=1680, the building is the sole survivo... More

Rothschild House, 836 Jefferson Street, Port Townsend, Jefferson County, WA

Rothschild House, 836 Jefferson Street, Port Townsend, Jefferson Count...

Significance: D.C.H. (Henry) Rothschild (1824-86) was a German immigrant by way of Kentucky and California. He settled in Port Townsend in 1858, establishing the Kentucky Store on the town's waterfront. One o... More

Casa de Pio Pico, Whittier Boulevard & Guirado Street, Whittier, Los Angeles County, CA

Casa de Pio Pico, Whittier Boulevard & Guirado Street, Whittier, Los A...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-4 Survey number: HABS CA-37-24 Building/structure dates: 1832 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1867 Subsequent Work Building/struc... More

Lasource-Durand House, St. Mary's Road behind Bequet-Ribault House, Sainte Genevieve, Ste. Genevieve County, MO

Lasource-Durand House, St. Mary's Road behind Bequet-Ribault House, Sa...

Significance: This house presents an example of creole architecture constructed of vertical logs at various phases. Two early phases (1807 and 1814) preserve slightly different types of vertical log constructio... More

Mount Vernon, Mount Vernon Memorial Highway, Mount Vernon, Fairfax County, Virginia

Mount Vernon, Mount Vernon Memorial Highway, Mount Vernon, Fairfax Cou...

Significance: Originally home of Augustine Washington, George Washington's father, it became the first president's home from 1754 until his death in 1799. Became the object of America's first successful nation... More

Vanderbilt Mansion Roads & Bridges, Hyde Park, Dutchess County, NY

Vanderbilt Mansion Roads & Bridges, Hyde Park, Dutchess County, NY

Significance: Representative of carriage drive systems in parks and the country estates of the wealthy, the roads of Vanderbilt Mansion served both aesthetic and practical functions. The drives were laid out n... More

Marietta, 5626 Bell Station Road, Glenn Dale, Prince George's County, MD

Marietta, 5626 Bell Station Road, Glenn Dale, Prince George's County, ...

Significance: Marietta is one of the finest surviving examples of a late Federal-style brick plantation house found in Prince George's County. It is different from most of the plantation houses of its era in t... More

Marietta, 5626 Bell Station Road, Glenn Dale, Prince George's County, MD

Marietta, 5626 Bell Station Road, Glenn Dale, Prince George's County, ...

Significance: Marietta is one of the finest surviving examples of a late Federal-style brick plantation house found in Prince George's County. It is different from most of the plantation houses of its era in t... More

Marietta, 5626 Bell Station Road, Glenn Dale, Prince George's County, MD

Marietta, 5626 Bell Station Road, Glenn Dale, Prince George's County, ...

Significance: Marietta is one of the finest surviving examples of a late Federal-style brick plantation house found in Prince George's County. It is different from most of the plantation houses of its era in t... More

Marietta, 5626 Bell Station Road, Glenn Dale, Prince George's County, MD

Marietta, 5626 Bell Station Road, Glenn Dale, Prince George's County, ...

Significance: Marietta is one of the finest surviving examples of a late Federal-style brick plantation house found in Prince George's County. It is different from most of the plantation houses of its era in t... More

Montpelier, 13480 South Montpelier Road, Montpelier Station, Orange County, Virginia

Montpelier, 13480 South Montpelier Road, Montpelier Station, Orange Co...

Significance: Montpelier is situated on land granted by patent in 1723 to Ambrose Madison and his brother-in-law Thomas Chew. The patent was divided in 1732 at the death of Ambrose. The Madison family progeny... More

Kent Plantation House, 3601 Bayou Rapides Road, Alexandria, Rapides Parish, LA

Kent Plantation House, 3601 Bayou Rapides Road, Alexandria, Rapides Pa...

Moved in 1964 from original location, approximately 2 miles southeast of current location. 2001 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: The Kent House is the oldest known standing structure in central Lo... More

Kent Plantation House, 3601 Bayou Rapides Road, Alexandria, Rapides Parish, LA

Kent Plantation House, 3601 Bayou Rapides Road, Alexandria, Rapides Pa...

Moved in 1964 from original location, approximately 2 miles southeast of current location. 2001 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: The Kent House is the oldest known standing structure in central Lo... More

Harvey M. Vaile Mansion, 1500 North Liberty Street, Independence, Jackson County, MO

Harvey M. Vaile Mansion, 1500 North Liberty Street, Independence, Jack...

Significance: House is a locally significant example of Second Empire Victorian architecture. The original owner, Col. Harvey M. Vaile, played a significant role in the business and social circles of turn-of-th... More

Harvey M. Vaile Mansion, 1500 North Liberty Street, Independence, Jackson County, MO

Harvey M. Vaile Mansion, 1500 North Liberty Street, Independence, Jack...

Significance: House is a locally significant example of Second Empire Victorian architecture. The original owner, Col. Harvey M. Vaile, played a significant role in the business and social circles of turn-of-th... More

Isaac Bell House, 70 Perry Street, Newport, Newport County, RI

Isaac Bell House, 70 Perry Street, Newport, Newport County, RI

Significance: This large house, built as a summer "cottage" in 1882-1883, is an early work of the architects McKim, Mead, and White. It is a typical example of the Shingle Style, and it is distinguished by the... More

Airliewood, 109 Salem Avenue, Holly Springs, Marshall County, MS

Airliewood, 109 Salem Avenue, Holly Springs, Marshall County, MS

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

Ronald-Brennan House, 631 South Fifth Street, Louisville, Jefferson County, KY

Ronald-Brennan House, 631 South Fifth Street, Louisville, Jefferson Co...

Significance: The Ronald-Brennan House, a good example of Italianate design, has been carefully preserved by the Brennan family, who have left the house with its excellent late 19th century and early 20th centu... More

Bacon's Castle, State Route 617, Surry, Surry County, Virginia

Bacon's Castle, State Route 617, Surry, Surry County, Virginia

Significance: The fine old brick mansion in the lower part of the County, known as "Bacon's Castle", was built by Arthur Allen, ancestor of the Claremont Allens, in 1665. It was referred to as "Allen's Brick H... More

Bacon's Castle, State Route 617, Surry, Surry County, Virginia

Bacon's Castle, State Route 617, Surry, Surry County, Virginia

Significance: The fine old brick mansion in the lower part of the County, known as "Bacon's Castle", was built by Arthur Allen, ancestor of the Claremont Allens, in 1665. It was referred to as "Allen's Brick H... More

Bacon's Castle, State Route 617, Surry, Surry County, Virginia

Bacon's Castle, State Route 617, Surry, Surry County, Virginia

Significance: The fine old brick mansion in the lower part of the County, known as "Bacon's Castle", was built by Arthur Allen, ancestor of the Claremont Allens, in 1665. It was referred to as "Allen's Brick H... More

Bacon's Castle, State Route 617, Surry, Surry County, Virginia

Bacon's Castle, State Route 617, Surry, Surry County, Virginia

Significance: The fine old brick mansion in the lower part of the County, known as "Bacon's Castle", was built by Arthur Allen, ancestor of the Claremont Allens, in 1665. It was referred to as "Allen's Brick H... More

Bacon's Castle, State Route 617, Surry, Surry County, Virginia

Bacon's Castle, State Route 617, Surry, Surry County, Virginia

Significance: The fine old brick mansion in the lower part of the County, known as "Bacon's Castle", was built by Arthur Allen, ancestor of the Claremont Allens, in 1665. It was referred to as "Allen's Brick H... More

Bacon's Castle, State Route 617, Surry, Surry County, Virginia

Bacon's Castle, State Route 617, Surry, Surry County, Virginia

Significance: The fine old brick mansion in the lower part of the County, known as "Bacon's Castle", was built by Arthur Allen, ancestor of the Claremont Allens, in 1665. It was referred to as "Allen's Brick H... More

Bacon's Castle, State Route 617, Surry, Surry County, Virginia

Bacon's Castle, State Route 617, Surry, Surry County, Virginia

Significance: The fine old brick mansion in the lower part of the County, known as "Bacon's Castle", was built by Arthur Allen, ancestor of the Claremont Allens, in 1665. It was referred to as "Allen's Brick H... More

Bacon's Castle, State Route 617, Surry, Surry County, Virginia

Bacon's Castle, State Route 617, Surry, Surry County, Virginia

Significance: The fine old brick mansion in the lower part of the County, known as "Bacon's Castle", was built by Arthur Allen, ancestor of the Claremont Allens, in 1665. It was referred to as "Allen's Brick H... More

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