2,811 Housing Images: LOC's Public Domain Archive Public Domain Search

Selfridge Field, Building No. 3566, Ammo Road northeast of Taxiway A, ...

Significance: This hangar complex is the best preserved and most directly related to Selfridge's Cold War Air Defense Command mission of any facility on base: its aircraft bays still include "Scrambia" monitors... More

Camp H.M. Smith and Navy Public Works Center Manana Title VII (Capehar...

Significance: The housing area was constructed as a Capehart project in 1959 for Marine Corps and Navy personnel. It was one of many similar projects built throughout Hawaii and the nation under the Capehart Ac... More

Camp H.M. Smith and Navy Public Works Center Manana Title VII (Capehar...

Significance: The housing area was constructed as a Capehart project in 1959 for Marine Corps and Navy personnel. It was one of many similar projects built throughout Hawaii and the nation under the Capehart Ac... More

201-215 Bonneville Avenue (Houses), Pocomoke City, Worcester County, M...

Significance: These buildings are unaltered examples of the simplest form of vernacular, working class housing of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. They are located within a potential historic... More

Naval Air Station Barbers Point, Officer House with Garage Type, Frank...

Significance: These housing units are significant as the quarters of the senior officers of the Naval Air Station. Two of the three garages are historic buildings that contribute to this historic group of stru... More

Naval Air Station Barbers Point, Officer House with Garage Type, Frank...

Significance: These housing units are significant as the quarters of the senior officers of the Naval Air Station. Two of the three garages are historic buildings that contribute to this historic group of stru... More

Camp H.M. Smith and Navy Public Works Center Manana Title VII (Capehar...

Significance: The housing area was constructed as a Capehart project in 1959 for Marine Corps and Navy personnel. It was one of many similar projects built throughout Hawaii and the nation under the Capehart Ac... More

Camp H.M. Smith and Navy Public Works Center Manana Title VII (Capehar...

Significance: The housing area was constructed as a Capehart project in 1959 for Marine Corps and Navy personnel. It was one of many similar projects built in Hawaii and throughout the nation under the Capehart... More

Schofield Barracks Military Reservation, Duplex Housing Type with Corn...

Significance: The wood Craftsman housing designs show a conscious response to popular and regional architectural styles, and to the tropical environment of the site. These houses at Schofield combine some of t... More

Israel Putnam School, School & Oak Streets, Putnam, Windham County, CT

Significance: Israel Putnam School has historical significance as the town's first modern school building. Completed in 1902, the grammar school embodied early 20th-century concerns for fire safety, generous l... More

Israel Putnam School, School & Oak Streets, Putnam, Windham County, CT

Significance: Israel Putnam School has historical significance as the town's first modern school building. Completed in 1902, the grammar school embodied early 20th-century concerns for fire safety, generous l... More

Fort Washington, Commandant's House, Fort Washington Road, Fort Washin...

Survey number: HABS MD-307-E Building/structure dates: ca. 1820 Initial Construction

Big Creek Hydroelectric System, Big Creek Town, Operator House, Orchar...

Significance: Operator house (building 105) was one of four operator houses built in Cascada (later Big Creek) adjacent to Powerhouse No. 1 in 1912-1913. These were the first permanent operator houses in the B... More

Big Creek Hydroelectric System, Big Creek Town, Operator House, Orchar...

Significance: Operator house (building 105) was one of four operator houses built in Cascada (later Big Creek) adjacent to Powerhouse No. 1 in 1912-1913. These were the first permanent operator houses in the B... More

Camp H.M. Smith and Navy Public Works Center Manana Title VII (Capehar...

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

Wellton-Mohawk Irrigation System, Building No. 14 A-B (Duplex), 30672 ...

Significance: Building 14 A-B, as part of the former Wellton Government Camp, is associated with the Wellton-Mohawk Division of the Gila Project. Construction of the Wellton-Mohawk irrigation system began in 19... More

Wellton-Mohawk Irrigation System, Building No. 1 (House), 30601 Wellto...

Significance: Building 1, as part of the former Willton Government Camp, is associated with the Wellton-Mohawk Division of the Gila Project. Construction of the Wellton-Mohawk irrigation system began in 1949 an... More

Camp H.M. Smith and Navy Public Works Center Manana Title VII (Capehar...

Significance: The housing area was constructed as a Capehart project in 1959 for Marine Corps and Navy personnel. It was one of many similar projects built throughout Hawaii and the nation under the Capehart Ac... More

Camp H.M. Smith and Navy Public Works Center Manana Title VII (Capehar...

Significance: The housing area was constructed as a Capehart project in 1959 for Marine Corps and Navy personnel. It was one of many similar projects built throughout Hawaii and the nation under the Capehart Ac... More

Camp H.M. Smith and Navy Public Works Center Manana Title VII (Capehar...

Significance: The housing area was constructed as a Capehart project in 1959 for Marine Corps and Navy personnel. It was one of many similar projects built throughout Hawaii and the nation under the Capehart Ac... More

Camp H.M. Smith and Navy Public Works Center Manana Title VII (Capehar...

Significance: The housing area was constructed as a Capehart project in 1959 for Marine Corps and Navy personnel. It was one of many similar projects built throughout Hawaii and the nation under the Capehart Ac... More

Hickam Field, Officers' Housing Type K, 304 Sixth Street, Honolulu, Ho...

Public domain photograph of apartment building, architectural plan, architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Tucson Plant Materials Center, Superintendent's Cottage, 3241 North Ro...

Survey number: HABS AZ-159-D Building/structure dates: 1936 Initial Construction

Tucson Plant Materials Center, Superintendent's Cottage, 3241 North Ro...

Survey number: HABS AZ-159-D Building/structure dates: 1936 Initial Construction

Alexandria Housing Authority, Cameron Virginialley Housing, Alexandria...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N1073 Survey number: HABS VA-1371

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Bachelor Enlisted Quarters, Cromwell Ci...

Significance: The U.S. Naval Base at Pearl Harbor was designated as a National Historic Landmark in 1964; due to the crucial role it played in the Nation's defense during the twentieth century and the calamitou... More

U.S. Coast Guard Air Station San Francisco, Bachelor Officer Quarters,...

Significance: Air Station San Francisco is significant locally for its associations with the development of the San Francisco International Airport. Regionally, it is important as one of the first three Coast ... More

U.S. Coast Guard Air Station San Francisco, Bachelor Officer Quarters,...

Significance: Air Station San Francisco is significant locally for its associations with the development of the San Francisco International Airport. Regionally, it is important as one of the first three Coast ... More

Rush Creek Hydroelectric System, Worker Cottage, Rush Creek, June Lake...

Significance: Building 104 is one of the earliest Rush Creek worker cottages. Designed by the Riverside, California architect, W.C. Tanner, it combines Craftsman Bungalow and English Cottage styles. The Rush ... More

Rush Creek Hydroelectric System, Worker Cottage, Rush Creek, June Lake...

Significance: Building 104 is one of the earliest Rush Creek worker cottages. Designed by the Riverside, California architect, W.C. Tanner, it combines Craftsman Bungalow and English Cottage styles. The Rush ... More

Rush Creek Hydroelectric System, Worker Cottage, Rush Creek, June Lake...

Significance: Building 104 is one of the earliest Rush Creek worker cottages. Designed by the Riverside, California architect, W.C. Tanner, it combines Craftsman Bungalow and English Cottage styles. The Rush ... More

Bishop Creek Hydroelectric System, Plant 4, Worker Cottage, Bishop Cre...

Significance: Building 105 Plant 4 (formerly Building No. 4, Plant 4), a small bungalow cottage, is a rare, surviving example of early worker's housing at the Bishop Creek Hydroelectric System. Built in 1905, ... More

Fort McPherson, World War II Station Hospital, G. U. Treatment Unit Ba...

Significance: Building 126 is a barracks signifying the expansion of the Fort McPherson Station Hospital during World War II and the role of T.O. 700-series, temporary construction during mobilization. Building... More

Bishop Creek Hydroelectric System, Plant 4, Worker Cottage, Bishop Cre...

Significance: Building 117, Plant 4 (formerly Building No. 24, Plant 4), is significant because of its contribution to an understanding of the historic character of the physical and social environment of the Pl... More

Bishop Creek Hydroelectric System, Plant 4, Worker Cottage, Bishop Cre...

Significance: Building 117, Plant 4 (formerly Building No. 24, Plant 4), is significant because of its contribution to an understanding of the historic character of the physical and social environment of the Pl... More

Bishop Creek Hydroelectric System, Plant 4, Worker Cottage, Bishop Cre...

Significance: Building 117, Plant 4 (formerly Building No. 24, Plant 4), is significant because of its contribution to an understanding of the historic character of the physical and social environment of the Pl... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Naval Housing Area Hospital Point, Phar...

Facility No. 363 was moved to its current location sometime between 1932 & 1944. Significance: This type is significant to the Hospital Point neighborhood, as it is associated with the development of the naval ... More

Bishop Creek Hydroelectric System, Plant 4, Cottage No. 1, Bishop Cree...

Significance: Building 102 Plant 4 (formerly Cottage, Building No. 1, Plant 4), a small bungalow cottage, is a rare, surviving example of early worker's housing at the Bishop Creek Hydroelectric System. Built ... More

Bishop Creek Hydroelectric System, Plant 4, Cottage No. 1, Bishop Cree...

Significance: Building 102 Plant 4 (formerly Cottage, Building No. 1, Plant 4), a small bungalow cottage, is a rare, surviving example of early worker's housing at the Bishop Creek Hydroelectric System. Built ... More

Watervliet Arsenal, Building No. 22, Westervelt Avenue & Buffington St...

Significance: One of two similar structures apparently built in 1839 as carriage storehouses, this building represents one of the few remaining vestiges of carriage making and storage, an important element of n... More

Crow Agency, Employee's Quarters, East of north end of Weaver Drive Cr...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a great depression era, migrant workers, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Schofield Barracks Military Reservation, Corner-Entry Single-Family Ho...

Significance: The wood Craftsman housing designs show a conscious response to popular and regional architectural styles, and to the tropical environment of the site. These houses at Schofield combine some of t... More

Stone House and Quarters, Berryville vic., Clarke County, Virginia

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

Camp H.M. Smith and Navy Public Works Center Manana Title VII (Capehar...

Significance: The housing area was constructed as a Capehart project in 1959 for Marine Corps and Navy personnel. It was one of many similar projects built throughout Hawaii and the nation under the Capehart Ac... More

Hickam Field, Officers' Housing Type J, 701 Beard Street, Honolulu, Ho...

Significance: The housing planned for the new Air Base was designed "in keeping with the Hawaiian atmosphere and traditions" with some buildings placed on curving streets and amidst extensive landscaping plants... More

5201 12th Street, South (Lustron House), Arlington, Arlington County, ...

Significance: Conceived, promoted, and manufactured by the Lustron Corporation out of Ohio and built only for a short time, between 1948 and 1950, in the United States, Lustron houses were one answer to the pos... More

5201 12th Street, South (Lustron House), Arlington, Arlington County, ...

Significance: Conceived, promoted, and manufactured by the Lustron Corporation out of Ohio and built only for a short time, between 1948 and 1950, in the United States, Lustron houses were one answer to the pos... More

Rush Creek Hydroelectric System, Worker Cottage, Rush Creek, June Lake...

Significance: Building 103 is one of the earliest Rush Creek worker cottages. Designed by the Riverside, California architect, W.C. Tanner, it combines Craftsman Bungalow and English Cottage styles. The Rush ... More

Rush Creek Hydroelectric System, Worker Cottage, Rush Creek, June Lake...

Significance: Building 103 is one of the earliest Rush Creek worker cottages. Designed by the Riverside, California architect, W.C. Tanner, it combines Craftsman Bungalow and English Cottage styles. The Rush ... More

Camp H.M. Smith and Navy Public Works Center Manana Title VII (Capehar...

Significance: The housing area was constructed as a Capehart project in 1959 for Marine Corps and Navy personnel. It was one of many similar projects built throughout Hawaii and the nation under the Capehart Ac... More

Hickam Field, Officers' Housing Type D, 111 Beard Avenue, Honolulu, Ho...

Significance: The housing planned for the new Air Base was designed "in keeping with the Hawaiian atmosphere and traditions" with some buildings placed on curving streets and amidst extensive landscaping plants... More

Quigley Cabin, Cantwell, Denali Borough, AK

See also the Little Annie Mine Cabin (HABS AK-247). Survey number: HAER AK-40

Hickam Field, Officers' Housing Type B, 704 Julian Avenue, Honolulu, H...

Significance: The housing planned for the new Air Base was designed "in keeping with the Hawaiian atmosphere and traditions" with some buildings placed on curving streets and amidst extensive landscaping plants... More

Camp H.M. Smith and Navy Public Works Center Manana Title VII (Capehar...

Significance: The housing area was constructed as a Capehart project in 1959 for Marine Corps and Navy personnel. It was one of many similar projects built throughout Hawaii and the nation under the Capehart Ac... More

Rush Creek Hydroelectric System, Worker Cottage, Rush Creek, June Lake...

Significance: Building 105 is one of the earliest Rush Creek worker cottages. Designed by the Riverside, California architect, W.C. Tanner, it combines Craftsman Bungalow and English Cottage styles. The Rush ... More

Schofield Barracks Military Reservation, Central-Entry Single-Family H...

Significance: The wood Craftsman housing designs show a conscious response to popular and regional architectural styles, and to the tropical environment of the site. These houses at Schofield combine some of t... More

Wellton-Mohawk Irrigation System, Building No. 7 (House), 30661 Wellto...

Significance: Building 7, as part of the former Willton Government Camp, is associated with the Wellton-Mohawk Division of the Gila Project. Construction of the Wellton-Mohawk irrigation system began in 1949 an... More

Arizona Copper Company, Chief Engineer's House, Park Avenue, Clifton, ...

Significance: Associated with the Arizona Copper Company and with the development of Clifton. Survey number: HABS AZ-174-E Building/structure dates: 1918 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Pl... More

Sullivan Machinery Company, Main Street between Pearl & Water Streets,...

Significance: The complex of buildings was built between 1868-1927 by the Sullivan Machinery Company, manufacturers of mining and quarrying equipment. The firm had been founded in 1868 by J.P. Upham, Albert Bal... More

Big Creek Hydroelectric System, Powerhouse 8, Operator Cottage, Big Cr...

Significance: Building 105, Powerhouse 8, is one of the few surviving examples of operator housing from the Big Creek System period of significance (1911-1929). Its significance derives from its contribution t... More

Big Creek Hydroelectric System, Powerhouse 8, Operator Cottage, Big Cr...

Significance: Building 105, Powerhouse 8, is one of the few surviving examples of operator housing from the Big Creek System period of significance (1911-1929). Its significance derives from its contribution t... More

Big Creek Hydroelectric System, Powerhouse 8, Operator Cottage, Big Cr...

Significance: Building 105, Powerhouse 8, is one of the few surviving examples of operator housing from the Big Creek System period of significance (1911-1929). Its significance derives from its contribution t... More

Big Creek Hydroelectric System, Powerhouse 8, Operator Cottage, Big Cr...

Significance: Building 105, Powerhouse 8, is one of the few surviving examples of operator housing from the Big Creek System period of significance (1911-1929). Its significance derives from its contribution t... More

Bishop Creek Hydroelectric System, Plant 6, Cashbaugh-Kilpatrick House...

Significance: Although greatly modified, the 19th Century Cashbaugh-era structures combined into Building 102 are reputed to be the oldest surviving houses in the Owens Valley. The Cashbaugh/Kilpatrick house's... More

Bishop Creek Hydroelectric System, Plant 6, Cashbaugh-Kilpatrick House...

Significance: Although greatly modified, the 19th Century Cashbaugh-era structures combined into Building 102 are reputed to be the oldest surviving houses in the Owens Valley. The Cashbaugh/Kilpatrick house's... More

Bishop Creek Hydroelectric System, Plant 4, Worker Cottage, Bishop Cre...

Significance: Building 16, Plant 4 (formerly Building No. 7 Plant 4), a small Craftsman Style cottage, is the oldest permanently built residence at Plant 4. Its significance lies in its contribution to an unde... More

Bishop Creek Hydroelectric System, Plant 4, Worker Cottage, Bishop Cre...

Significance: Building 16, Plant 4 (formerly Building No. 7 Plant 4), a small Craftsman Style cottage, is the oldest permanently built residence at Plant 4. Its significance lies in its contribution to an unde... More

Manzanar street scene, winter, Manzanar Relocation Center / photograph...

Rows of camp housing, covered on the outside with tarpaper, snow-covered mountains in the distance. Title transcribed from Ansel Adams' caption on verso of print. Original neg. no.: LC-A351-3-M-25. Gift; Ansel ... More

[Oriental Masonic Gardens, Wilmot Road, New Haven, Connecticut. Bluepr...

Forms part of: The Paul Rudolph Archive. Staples removed from blueprint set to facilitate scanning, May 2007. Unprocessed in PR 13 CN 2001:126.

Rush Creek Hydroelectric System, Clubhouse Cottage, Rush Creek, June L...

Significance: Building 108 is one of the earliest Rush Creek worker cottages. Designed by the Riverside, California architect, W.C. Tanner, it combines Craftsman Bungalow and English Cottage styles. The Rush ... More

Rush Creek Hydroelectric System, Clubhouse Cottage, Rush Creek, June L...

Significance: Building 108 is one of the earliest Rush Creek worker cottages. Designed by the Riverside, California architect, W.C. Tanner, it combines Craftsman Bungalow and English Cottage styles. The Rush ... More

3602 Twenty-fourth Avenue (House), 3602 Twenty-fourth Avenue, Valley, ...

Significance: This textile mill worker's dwelling is typical of many pyramidal cottages built ca. 1907 in the Shawmut Mill's "city beautiful" village. Its simple, square plan originally contained three rooms a... More

Bad housing and congestion. Mikeal Wikbas [or Wikras?], (about 14 year...

Picryl description: Public domain image of boy workers, child labor, working children, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Nation's Business. Negro housing II

Public domain photograph of midcentury American architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Nation's Business. Negro housing, toilets backyard I

Public domain photograph of midcentury American architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Backyard of Negro dwelling in slum area near the House office building...

Public domain photograph of building construction site, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Furnished rooms to rent. Typical house which faces government clerk in...

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

Slum backyard water supply, Washington, D.C. Backyard typical to a gro...

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

One of few available houses for rent. Washington, D.C. One of the few ...

Public domain photograph of historic place in Washington DC, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Chevy Chase house. Washington, D.C

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc... More

Reveille House, 4200 Cary Street, Richmond, Henrico County, Virginia

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

Washington D.C. slum area. Washington DC in 1920s. Public domain.

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

Brick house in Northeast Washington, D.C.

Picryl description: Public domain image of a rural landscape with a watermill, water, decayed building, 18th, 19th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

North Central Arkansas along U.S. 62. Split-log fence

Picryl description: Public domain image of a rural countryside landscape, farmhouse, farm field, pasture free to use, no copyright restrictions.

North Fortieth Street housing group, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Exter...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a historic building in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

North Fortieth Street housing group, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Exter...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a commercial or residential multi-story building, condominium, 20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Red Hook Project, Brooklyn, New York. Wide view under canopy

Public domain photograph of midcentury American architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Harlem River Houses, 7th Ave. and 151 St., New York City. Exterior VII...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a mural painting, architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Red Hook Houses, Brooklyn, New York. View of exteriors

Picryl description: Public domain image of a commercial or residential multi-story building, condominium, 20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Williamsburg Houses, Brooklyn, New York. View VI

Annotation: Shreve, Lamb & Harmon, architects, with others. Item title devised. Public domain photograph - New York, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

War workers! are you looking for a - house? apartment? room? we can he...

Poster alerting defense workers to the availability of houses, apartments, and rooms through the Philadelphia Homes Registration Offices, showing a man dressed as a Quaker. Work Projects Administration Poster C... More

Farnham Court, New Haven, Connecticut. Sharp street view

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

Quinnipiac Terrace, New Haven, Connecticut. Living room II

Public domain photograph of bedroom or living room, interior decor, American, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Residence Halls, Arlington Farms, Arlington, Virginia. General view, o...

Public domain photograph of midcentury American architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Newark Housing Authority, Sussex St., Newark, New Jersey. Prince St.

Picryl description: Public domain image of bustling city downtown streets, commercial buildings, 20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Princeton Housing, Franklin Terrace, Princeton, New Jersey. Exterior I...

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

Albany Houses, Troy Ave., Brooklyn. General view IV

Picryl description: Public domain image of a commercial or residential multi-story building, condominium, 20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.