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U.S. Coast Guard Cutter WHITE PINE, U.S. Coast Guard 8th District Base, South Broad Street, Mobile, Mobile County, AL

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter WHITE PINE, U.S. Coast Guard 8th District Base...

See HAER DC-56, U.S. Coast Guard Buoy Tenders, 133' Class for overview. Significance: WHITE PINE was originally constructed as a yard lighter YF 448 for the U.S. Navy YF 257 class. This class of vessel provide... More

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter WHITE PINE, U.S. Coast Guard 8th District Base, South Broad Street, Mobile, Mobile County, AL

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter WHITE PINE, U.S. Coast Guard 8th District Base...

See HAER DC-56, U.S. Coast Guard Buoy Tenders, 133' Class for overview. Significance: WHITE PINE was originally constructed as a yard lighter YF 448 for the U.S. Navy YF 257 class. This class of vessel provide... More

Blue Ridge Railroad, Greenwood Tunnel, Highway 690 vicinity, Greenwood, Albemarle County, Virginia

Blue Ridge Railroad, Greenwood Tunnel, Highway 690 vicinity, Greenwood...

Significance: The Greenwood Tunnel was the easternmost of the four tunnels designed by Claudius Crozet for the Blue Ridge Railroad. The brick, elliptical arched tunnel is a representative example of 19th centu... More

Atlantic City Union Station, 2121-2125 Arctic Avenue, Atlantic City, Atlantic County, NJ

Atlantic City Union Station, 2121-2125 Arctic Avenue, Atlantic City, A...

Significance: Atlantic City Union Station is significant as an expression of corporate architecture from the second quarter of the 20th century. Its classic facade, art deco detailing, and substantial presence ... More

Gull Street Bridge, Spanning Kalamazoo River, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MI

Gull Street Bridge, Spanning Kalamazoo River, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo Cou...

Significance: The Gull Street Bridge is an early example of a large, earth-filled concrete arch bridge. It has been officially determined to be eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places ... More

Bath-Haverhill Bridge, Spanning Ammonoosuc River, bypassed section of Ammanoosuc Street (SR 135), Woodsville, Grafton County, NH

Bath-Haverhill Bridge, Spanning Ammonoosuc River, bypassed section of ...

Significance: Bath-Haverhill Bridge is the oldest existing Town lattice truss, and one of the oldest covered bridges in the country. The Town lattice truss was one of the most widely used wooden truss forms. ... More

Standard Gold Mill, East of Bodie Creek, Northeast of Bodie, Bodie, Mono County, CA

Standard Gold Mill, East of Bodie Creek, Northeast of Bodie, Bodie, Mo...

Significance: The Standard mill is significant as an intact example of the "model California stamp mill" that developed from the flowering of nineteenth-century developments in mining and milling technologies i... More

Standard Gold Mill, East of Bodie Creek, Northeast of Bodie, Bodie, Mono County, CA

Standard Gold Mill, East of Bodie Creek, Northeast of Bodie, Bodie, Mo...

Significance: The Standard mill is significant as an intact example of the "model California stamp mill" that developed from the flowering of nineteenth-century developments in mining and milling technologies i... More

Standard Gold Mill, East of Bodie Creek, Northeast of Bodie, Bodie, Mono County, CA

Standard Gold Mill, East of Bodie Creek, Northeast of Bodie, Bodie, Mo...

Significance: The Standard mill is significant as an intact example of the "model California stamp mill" that developed from the flowering of nineteenth-century developments in mining and milling technologies i... More

Standard Gold Mill, East of Bodie Creek, Northeast of Bodie, Bodie, Mono County, CA

Standard Gold Mill, East of Bodie Creek, Northeast of Bodie, Bodie, Mo...

Significance: The Standard mill is significant as an intact example of the "model California stamp mill" that developed from the flowering of nineteenth-century developments in mining and milling technologies i... More

R. K. LeBlond Machine Tool Company, Ornamental Landscape Pavilion, 2980 Madison Road, Norwood, Hamilton County, OH

R. K. LeBlond Machine Tool Company, Ornamental Landscape Pavilion, 298...

Significance: This folly in the middle of the pond is a remnant of the original 1917 landscaped garden area created around the excavation created to obtain fill for construction of the factory. It is significa... More

Illinois Waterway, Thomas J. O'Brien Lock and Control Works, East 130th Street, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Illinois Waterway, Thomas J. O'Brien Lock and Control Works, East 130t...

Significance: The Thomas J. O'Brien Lock and Control Works is significant as a component of the Illinois Waterway, a navigable route linking Lake Michigan with the Mississippi River and beyond. The lock and co... More

Illinois Waterway, Thomas J. O'Brien Lock and Control Works, East 130th Street, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Illinois Waterway, Thomas J. O'Brien Lock and Control Works, East 130t...

Significance: The Thomas J. O'Brien Lock and Control Works is significant as a component of the Illinois Waterway, a navigable route linking Lake Michigan with the Mississippi River and beyond. The lock and co... More

Arlington Memorial Bridge, Spanning Potomac River between Lincoln Memorial & Arlington National Cemetery, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Arlington Memorial Bridge, Spanning Potomac River between Lincoln Memo...

Significance: As the final link in the chain of monuments which start at the Capitol building, the Arlington Memorial Bridge connects the Mall in Washington, DC with Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia. De... More

Arlington Memorial Bridge, Spanning Potomac River between Lincoln Memorial & Arlington National Cemetery, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Arlington Memorial Bridge, Spanning Potomac River between Lincoln Memo...

Significance: As the final link in the chain of monuments which start at the Capitol building, the Arlington Memorial Bridge connects the Mall in Washington, DC with Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia. De... More

Bunker Hill Bridge, Spanning Lyle Creek, bypassed section of Island Ford Road, Claremont, Catawba County, NC

Bunker Hill Bridge, Spanning Lyle Creek, bypassed section of Island Fo...

Significance: The Bunker Hill Bridge is the only surviving historic covered bridge in North Carolina and the only surviving Haupt truss covered bridge in the United States. Though it never reached the mainstre... More

Bunker Hill Bridge, Spanning Lyle Creek, bypassed section of Island Ford Road, Claremont, Catawba County, NC

Bunker Hill Bridge, Spanning Lyle Creek, bypassed section of Island Fo...

Significance: The Bunker Hill Bridge is the only surviving historic covered bridge in North Carolina and the only surviving Haupt truss covered bridge in the United States. Though it never reached the mainstre... More

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter BRAMBLE, Waterfront at Lincoln Avenue, Port Huron, St. Clair County, MI

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter BRAMBLE, Waterfront at Lincoln Avenue, Port Hu...

Significance: This vessel was built to serve as a 180' U.S. Coast Guard cutter. The federal government purchased or built thirty-nine of these vessels, built in three sub-classes, from 1942-1944. The United S... More

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter BRAMBLE, Waterfront at Lincoln Avenue, Port Huron, St. Clair County, MI

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter BRAMBLE, Waterfront at Lincoln Avenue, Port Hu...

Significance: This vessel was built to serve as a 180' U.S. Coast Guard cutter. The federal government purchased or built thirty-nine of these vessels, built in three sub-classes, from 1942-1944. The United S... More

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter FIR, Puget Sound Area, Seattle, King County, WA

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter FIR, Puget Sound Area, Seattle, King County, W...

Photos 1-33 were taken while the FIR was mothballed at the Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet in Benicia, California. Significance: Designed a National Historic Landmark for her exceptional national significance, the FIR... More

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter FIR, Puget Sound Area, Seattle, King County, WA

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter FIR, Puget Sound Area, Seattle, King County, W...

Photos 1-33 were taken while the FIR was mothballed at the Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet in Benicia, California. Significance: Designed a National Historic Landmark for her exceptional national significance, the FIR... More

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter FIR, Puget Sound Area, Seattle, King County, WA

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter FIR, Puget Sound Area, Seattle, King County, W...

Photos 1-33 were taken while the FIR was mothballed at the Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet in Benicia, California. Significance: Designed a National Historic Landmark for her exceptional national significance, the FIR... More

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter FIR, Puget Sound Area, Seattle, King County, WA

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter FIR, Puget Sound Area, Seattle, King County, W...

Photos 1-33 were taken while the FIR was mothballed at the Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet in Benicia, California. Significance: Designed a National Historic Landmark for her exceptional national significance, the FIR... More

Victoria Dam, West branch of Ontonagon River, 4.5 miles southwest of Rockland, Rockland, Ontonagon County, MI

Victoria Dam, West branch of Ontonagon River, 4.5 miles southwest of R...

Significance: The reinforced-concrete, multiple-arch buttressed dam was never a very common type in the United States, and it was particularly uncommon in the eastern half of the country. Very few dams of this ... 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

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

Historic Columbia River Highway, Bridal Veil Falls Bridge, Spanning Bridal Veil Creek, Troutdale, Multnomah County, OR

Historic Columbia River Highway, Bridal Veil Falls Bridge, Spanning Br...

Significance: Site constraints forced Multnomah County and the Oregon State Highway Commission to select a skewed reinforced-concrete deck girder span for this location. The span's angled bents and its tall an... More

Third Avenue Bridge, Spanning Olentangy River of West Third Avenue, Columbus, Franklin County, OH

Third Avenue Bridge, Spanning Olentangy River of West Third Avenue, Co...

Significance: The 1913 flood destroyed or damaged many bridges and buildings along the riverfront in Columbus. While the West Third Avenue Bridge was not among those that were, it was replaced as a result of t... More

Military Street Bridge, Spanning Black River at Military Street, Port Huron, St. Clair County, MI

Military Street Bridge, Spanning Black River at Military Street, Port ...

Significance: The Military Street Bridge is the oldest surviving bascule highway bridge in Michigan and is an excellent example of the underneath counterweight trunnion design developed by Jospeh B. Strauss, an... More

Waterways Experiment Station, Hydraulics Laboratory, Halls Ferry Road, 2 miles south of I-20, Vicksburg, Warren County, MS

Waterways Experiment Station, Hydraulics Laboratory, Halls Ferry Road,...

Significance: Established in response to a campaign to create a national hydraulics laboratory during the 1920s, the Waterways Experiment Station's activities include the resolution of hydraulic problems in wat... More

Waterways Experiment Station, Hydraulics Laboratory, Halls Ferry Road, 2 miles south of I-20, Vicksburg, Warren County, MS

Waterways Experiment Station, Hydraulics Laboratory, Halls Ferry Road,...

Significance: Established in response to a campaign to create a national hydraulics laboratory during the 1920s, the Waterways Experiment Station's activities include the resolution of hydraulic problems in wat... More

Waterways Experiment Station, Hydraulics Laboratory, Halls Ferry Road, 2 miles south of I-20, Vicksburg, Warren County, MS

Waterways Experiment Station, Hydraulics Laboratory, Halls Ferry Road,...

Significance: Established in response to a campaign to create a national hydraulics laboratory during the 1920s, the Waterways Experiment Station's activities include the resolution of hydraulic problems in wat... More

Going-to-the-Sun Road, West Glacier, Flathead County, MT

Going-to-the-Sun Road, West Glacier, Flathead County, MT

Significance: Going-to-the-Sun Road is a 51-mile stretch of scenic mountain road in Glacier National Park. The road is significant as a unique engineering accomplishment of the early twentieth century, in that... More

Going-to-the-Sun Road, West Glacier, Flathead County, MT

Going-to-the-Sun Road, West Glacier, Flathead County, MT

Significance: Going-to-the-Sun Road is a 51-mile stretch of scenic mountain road in Glacier National Park. The road is significant as a unique engineering accomplishment of the early twentieth century, in that... More

Going-to-the-Sun Road, West Glacier, Flathead County, MT

Going-to-the-Sun Road, West Glacier, Flathead County, MT

Significance: Going-to-the-Sun Road is a 51-mile stretch of scenic mountain road in Glacier National Park. The road is significant as a unique engineering accomplishment of the early twentieth century, in that... More

Going-to-the-Sun Road, West Glacier, Flathead County, MT

Going-to-the-Sun Road, West Glacier, Flathead County, MT

Significance: Going-to-the-Sun Road is a 51-mile stretch of scenic mountain road in Glacier National Park. The road is significant as a unique engineering accomplishment of the early twentieth century, in that... More

Going-to-the-Sun Road, West Glacier, Flathead County, MT

Going-to-the-Sun Road, West Glacier, Flathead County, MT

Significance: Going-to-the-Sun Road is a 51-mile stretch of scenic mountain road in Glacier National Park. The road is significant as a unique engineering accomplishment of the early twentieth century, in that... More

Going-to-the-Sun Road, West Glacier, Flathead County, MT

Going-to-the-Sun Road, West Glacier, Flathead County, MT

Significance: Going-to-the-Sun Road is a 51-mile stretch of scenic mountain road in Glacier National Park. The road is significant as a unique engineering accomplishment of the early twentieth century, in that... More

Going-to-the-Sun Road, West Glacier, Flathead County, MT

Going-to-the-Sun Road, West Glacier, Flathead County, MT

Significance: Going-to-the-Sun Road is a 51-mile stretch of scenic mountain road in Glacier National Park. The road is significant as a unique engineering accomplishment of the early twentieth century, in that... More

Going-to-the-Sun Road, West Glacier, Flathead County, MT

Going-to-the-Sun Road, West Glacier, Flathead County, MT

Significance: Going-to-the-Sun Road is a 51-mile stretch of scenic mountain road in Glacier National Park. The road is significant as a unique engineering accomplishment of the early twentieth century, in that... More

Going-to-the-Sun Road, West Glacier, Flathead County, MT

Going-to-the-Sun Road, West Glacier, Flathead County, MT

Significance: Going-to-the-Sun Road is a 51-mile stretch of scenic mountain road in Glacier National Park. The road is significant as a unique engineering accomplishment of the early twentieth century, in that... More

Going-to-the-Sun Road, West Glacier, Flathead County, MT

Going-to-the-Sun Road, West Glacier, Flathead County, MT

Significance: Going-to-the-Sun Road is a 51-mile stretch of scenic mountain road in Glacier National Park. The road is significant as a unique engineering accomplishment of the early twentieth century, in that... More

Douglas Aircraft Company Long Beach Plant, Aircraft Parts Sub-Assembly Building, 3855 Lakewood Boulevard, Long Beach, Los Angeles County, CA

Douglas Aircraft Company Long Beach Plant, Aircraft Parts Sub-Assembly...

Significance: Building No. 4 is one of 18 contributing buildings and two features to the Douglas Aircraft Company Long Beach Plant historic district. Activities associated with the district significantly contr... More

Douglas Aircraft Company Long Beach Plant, Aircraft Parts Sub-Assembly Building, 3855 Lakewood Boulevard, Long Beach, Los Angeles County, CA

Douglas Aircraft Company Long Beach Plant, Aircraft Parts Sub-Assembly...

Significance: Building No. 4 is one of 18 contributing buildings and two features to the Douglas Aircraft Company Long Beach Plant historic district. Activities associated with the district significantly contr... More

Pension Building, 440 G Street Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Pension Building, 440 G Street Northwest, Washington, District of Colu...

Significance: The Pension Building was erected in 1883 at a cost of $900,000, as a memorial to the veterans of the Civil War. From 1885 until 1926 it was occupied by the Bureau of Pensions. The latter years t... More

Pension Building, 440 G Street Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Pension Building, 440 G Street Northwest, Washington, District of Colu...

Significance: The Pension Building was erected in 1883 at a cost of $900,000, as a memorial to the veterans of the Civil War. From 1885 until 1926 it was occupied by the Bureau of Pensions. The latter years t... More

Pension Building, 440 G Street Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Pension Building, 440 G Street Northwest, Washington, District of Colu...

Significance: The Pension Building was erected in 1883 at a cost of $900,000, as a memorial to the veterans of the Civil War. From 1885 until 1926 it was occupied by the Bureau of Pensions. The latter years t... More

Pension Building, 440 G Street Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Pension Building, 440 G Street Northwest, Washington, District of Colu...

Significance: The Pension Building was erected in 1883 at a cost of $900,000, as a memorial to the veterans of the Civil War. From 1885 until 1926 it was occupied by the Bureau of Pensions. The latter years t... More

Penobscot Bridge, Spanning Penobscot River at Route 15, Bangor, Penobscot County, ME

Penobscot Bridge, Spanning Penobscot River at Route 15, Bangor, Penobs...

Significance: This bridge is the last remaining Baltimore (Petit) through-truss bridge in the state. The current structure represents three different phases of construction: Phase 1 - the center span was erec... More

Penobscot Bridge, Spanning Penobscot River at Route 15, Bangor, Penobscot County, ME

Penobscot Bridge, Spanning Penobscot River at Route 15, Bangor, Penobs...

Significance: This bridge is the last remaining Baltimore (Petit) through-truss bridge in the state. The current structure represents three different phases of construction: Phase 1 - the center span was erec... More

Penobscot Bridge, Spanning Penobscot River at Route 15, Bangor, Penobscot County, ME

Penobscot Bridge, Spanning Penobscot River at Route 15, Bangor, Penobs...

Significance: This bridge is the last remaining Baltimore (Petit) through-truss bridge in the state. The current structure represents three different phases of construction: Phase 1 - the center span was erec... More

Maritime Child Development Center, 1014 Florida Avenue, Richmond, Contra Costa County, CA

Maritime Child Development Center, 1014 Florida Avenue, Richmond, Cont...

Significance: The Maritime Child Development Center was one of approximately thirty-five nursery school units of varying sizes established in the Richmond area during World War II in order to provide child care... More

Maritime Child Development Center, 1014 Florida Avenue, Richmond, Contra Costa County, CA

Maritime Child Development Center, 1014 Florida Avenue, Richmond, Cont...

Significance: The Maritime Child Development Center was one of approximately thirty-five nursery school units of varying sizes established in the Richmond area during World War II in order to provide child care... More

Maritime Child Development Center, 1014 Florida Avenue, Richmond, Contra Costa County, CA

Maritime Child Development Center, 1014 Florida Avenue, Richmond, Cont...

Significance: The Maritime Child Development Center was one of approximately thirty-five nursery school units of varying sizes established in the Richmond area during World War II in order to provide child care... More

University of Mississippi, Skipworth House, 508 University Avenue, Oxford, Lafayette County, MS

University of Mississippi, Skipworth House, 508 University Avenue, Oxf...

Additional research shows that the name of the structure was actually "Skipwith House," named after well-known resident Kate Skipwith. The name was corrected from "Skipworth House" to "Skipwith House," 11/2014... More

Dreibelbis Station Bridge, Spanning Maiden Creek, Balthaser Road (TR 745), Lenhartsville, Berks County, PA

Dreibelbis Station Bridge, Spanning Maiden Creek, Balthaser Road (TR 7...

Significance: Local craftsmen Simon Dreibelbis and Charles Kutz built the Dreibelbis Station Bridge in 1869. It is a 172' long, single span bridge with a double Burr-arch truss. One of only five covered bridg... More

Dreibelbis Station Bridge, Spanning Maiden Creek, Balthaser Road (TR 745), Lenhartsville, Berks County, PA

Dreibelbis Station Bridge, Spanning Maiden Creek, Balthaser Road (TR 7...

Significance: Local craftsmen Simon Dreibelbis and Charles Kutz built the Dreibelbis Station Bridge in 1869. It is a 172' long, single span bridge with a double Burr-arch truss. One of only five covered bridg... More

DeSoto Press Shop, 9400 McGraw Avenue, Detroit, Wayne County, MI

DeSoto Press Shop, 9400 McGraw Avenue, Detroit, Wayne County, MI

Survey number: HAER MI-357 Public domain photograph of a car, history of automobile design, car model, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Contoocook Railroad Bridge, Spanning Contoocook River at former Boston & Maine Railroad (originally Concord & Claremont Railroad), Hopkinton, Merrimack County, NH

Contoocook Railroad Bridge, Spanning Contoocook River at former Boston...

See HABS No. NH-21, Contoocook Covered Bridge, for further information: 6 drawings, 1 b&w photo, 5 data pages. Town lattice truss, 2 spans Significance: The Contoocook Railroad Bridge is one of eight surviving... More

Contoocook Railroad Bridge, Spanning Contoocook River at former Boston & Maine Railroad (originally Concord & Claremont Railroad), Hopkinton, Merrimack County, NH

Contoocook Railroad Bridge, Spanning Contoocook River at former Boston...

See HABS No. NH-21, Contoocook Covered Bridge, for further information: 6 drawings, 1 b&w photo, 5 data pages. Town lattice truss, 2 spans Significance: The Contoocook Railroad Bridge is one of eight surviving... More

Arthur M. Huddell, James River Reserve Fleet, Newport News, Newport News, Virginia

Arthur M. Huddell, James River Reserve Fleet, Newport News, Newport Ne...

Significance: The Arthur M. Huddell is significant as an example of the Liberty class, which have been described as the workhorses of World War II. The mass production of the Liberty class was possible because... More

St. Paul's Episcopal Church, 11 Fair Street, Nantucket, Nantucket County, MA

St. Paul's Episcopal Church, 11 Fair Street, Nantucket, Nantucket Coun...

Significance: St. Paul's Episcopal Church was commissioned by Miss Caroline L.W. French of Boston in memory of her father. The structure was designed by J.W. Northrup of Bridgeport, CT. The cornerstone was laid... More

Colonial Parkway, Yorktown to Jamestown Island, Yorktown, York County, Virginia

Colonial Parkway, Yorktown to Jamestown Island, Yorktown, York County,...

For additional documentation, see also HALS VA-74. Significance: The establishment of the Colonial Parkway in the 1930s made the historic sites at Jamestown, Williamsburg, and Yorktown more accessible to the ev... More

Colonial Parkway, Yorktown to Jamestown Island, Yorktown, York County, Virginia

Colonial Parkway, Yorktown to Jamestown Island, Yorktown, York County,...

For additional documentation, see also HALS VA-74. Significance: The establishment of the Colonial Parkway in the 1930s made the historic sites at Jamestown, Williamsburg, and Yorktown more accessible to the ev... More

Colonial Parkway, Yorktown to Jamestown Island, Yorktown, York County, Virginia

Colonial Parkway, Yorktown to Jamestown Island, Yorktown, York County,...

For additional documentation, see also HALS VA-74. Significance: The establishment of the Colonial Parkway in the 1930s made the historic sites at Jamestown, Williamsburg, and Yorktown more accessible to the ev... More

Colonial Parkway, Yorktown to Jamestown Island, Yorktown, York County, Virginia

Colonial Parkway, Yorktown to Jamestown Island, Yorktown, York County,...

For additional documentation, see also HALS VA-74. Significance: The establishment of the Colonial Parkway in the 1930s made the historic sites at Jamestown, Williamsburg, and Yorktown more accessible to the ev... More

Lamsom-Goodnow Manufacturing Company, 45 Conway Street, Shelburne Falls, Franklin County, MA

Lamsom-Goodnow Manufacturing Company, 45 Conway Street, Shelburne Fall...

STORED OFF SITE AND ON SITE. mchr Significance: In 1851 the new cutlery factory of Lamson & Goodnow introduced the "American system" of interchangeable parts. By the mid-1850s, with 340 workers they became the ... More

Bucks County Bridge No. 313, Spanning Delaware Canal at Letchworth Avenue, Yardley, Bucks County, PA

Bucks County Bridge No. 313, Spanning Delaware Canal at Letchworth Ave...

Significance: Bucks County Bridge 313 is a single span Pratt pony truss crossing over the Delaware Canal. The bridge is temporally associated with the Delaware Canal, a resource currently listed on the Nationa... More

New Haven Rail Yard, Interlocking Control Building, Vicinity of Union Avenue, New Haven, New Haven County, CT

New Haven Rail Yard, Interlocking Control Building, Vicinity of Union ...

Significance: The Interlocking Control Building is significant because its console, relays and other internal components represent an early use of centralized train control on a major railroad. The console mon... More

Chicago River Bascule Bridge, Franklin Street, Spanning Chicago River at North Franklin Street, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Chicago River Bascule Bridge, Franklin Street, Spanning Chicago River ...

Significance: The development of the Chicago trunnion bascule bridge occurred during the first three decades of the twentieth century. Despite the controversy over patent infringement Joseph E. Strauss charg... More

Canada Dry Bottling Plant, 4370 Northeast Halsey Street, Portland, Multnomah County, OR

Canada Dry Bottling Plant, 4370 Northeast Halsey Street, Portland, Mul...

Significance: The bottling plant is an example of a prototypical design by Walter Monroe Cory for Canada Dry Ginger Ale, Inc, probably designed between 1936-43. Canada Dry used the Art Moderne building type as ... More

Canada Dry Bottling Plant, 4370 Northeast Halsey Street, Portland, Multnomah County, OR

Canada Dry Bottling Plant, 4370 Northeast Halsey Street, Portland, Mul...

Significance: The bottling plant is an example of a prototypical design by Walter Monroe Cory for Canada Dry Ginger Ale, Inc, probably designed between 1936-43. Canada Dry used the Art Moderne building type as ... More

Douglas Aircraft Company Long Beach Plant, Final Aircraft Assembly Building, 3855 Lakewood Boulevard, Long Beach, Los Angeles County, CA

Douglas Aircraft Company Long Beach Plant, Final Aircraft Assembly Bui...

Significance: Building No. 2 is one of 18 contributing buildings and two features to the Douglas Aircraft Company Long Beach Plant historic district. Activities associated with the district significantly contr... More

Douglas Aircraft Company Long Beach Plant, Final Aircraft Assembly Building, 3855 Lakewood Boulevard, Long Beach, Los Angeles County, CA

Douglas Aircraft Company Long Beach Plant, Final Aircraft Assembly Bui...

Significance: Building No. 2 is one of 18 contributing buildings and two features to the Douglas Aircraft Company Long Beach Plant historic district. Activities associated with the district significantly contr... More

Main Street Bridge, Spanning Israels River, Lancaster, Coos County, NH

Main Street Bridge, Spanning Israels River, Lancaster, Coos County, NH

Significance: The bridge is one of approximately 40 concrete arch bridges extant in New Hampshire. It is one of 11 extant bridges built by Daniel B. Luten in New Hampshire between 1927-1931. Constructed in 1929... More

Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, Bollman Truss Bridge, Spanning Little Patuxent River, Savage, Howard County, MD

Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, Bollman Truss Bridge, Spanning Little Patux...

Significance: The Bollman Truss Bridge at Savage is the last of its type in the United States. The Bollman Truss is usually credited with being the first type of iron truss bridge used in large numbers on an A... More

Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, Bollman Truss Bridge, Spanning Little Patuxent River, Savage, Howard County, MD

Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, Bollman Truss Bridge, Spanning Little Patux...

Significance: The Bollman Truss Bridge at Savage is the last of its type in the United States. The Bollman Truss is usually credited with being the first type of iron truss bridge used in large numbers on an A... More

Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, Bollman Truss Bridge, Spanning Little Patuxent River, Savage, Howard County, MD

Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, Bollman Truss Bridge, Spanning Little Patux...

Significance: The Bollman Truss Bridge at Savage is the last of its type in the United States. The Bollman Truss is usually credited with being the first type of iron truss bridge used in large numbers on an A... More

Lassen Park Road, Mineral, Tehama County, CA

Lassen Park Road, Mineral, Tehama County, CA

Significance: The Lassen Park Road a thirty mile stretch of scenic mountain road through Lassen Volcanic National Park is a classic example of early twentieth century park road design. The road, which is the so... More

Erie Railway, Delaware Division, Bridge 189.46, Spanning Starucca Creek, East of Susquehanna River, Lanesboro, Susquehanna County, PA

Erie Railway, Delaware Division, Bridge 189.46, Spanning Starucca Cree...

Significance: The Starrucca Viaduct was built by the Erie Railway in 1848, under the supervision of the engineers J.P. Kirkwood and J.W. Adams, and has been recognized, from the time of its construction, as one... More

Erie Railway, Delaware Division, Bridge 189.46, Spanning Starucca Creek, East of Susquehanna River, Lanesboro, Susquehanna County, PA

Erie Railway, Delaware Division, Bridge 189.46, Spanning Starucca Cree...

Significance: The Starrucca Viaduct was built by the Erie Railway in 1848, under the supervision of the engineers J.P. Kirkwood and J.W. Adams, and has been recognized, from the time of its construction, as one... More

Erie Railway, Delaware Division, Bridge 189.46, Spanning Starucca Creek, East of Susquehanna River, Lanesboro, Susquehanna County, PA

Erie Railway, Delaware Division, Bridge 189.46, Spanning Starucca Cree...

Significance: The Starrucca Viaduct was built by the Erie Railway in 1848, under the supervision of the engineers J.P. Kirkwood and J.W. Adams, and has been recognized, from the time of its construction, as one... More

Larrabee & Hingston Company, Main Shop Building, 19 Howley Street, Peabody, Essex County, MA

Larrabee & Hingston Company, Main Shop Building, 19 Howley Street, Pea...

Significance: The Larrabee & Hingston Company Main Shop Building (ca. 1840-ca. 1914) is significant for its association with Peabody's most important historic industry, the tanning of animal hides. The Main Sh... More

Steam Tug HERCULES, Hyde Street Pier, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

Steam Tug HERCULES, Hyde Street Pier, San Francisco, San Francisco Cou...

Significance: The Steam Tug HERCULES is a National Historic Landmark, significant as the only oceangoing steam tug on the West Coast. Typical in the early 20th century, this steam tug hauled log floats, large ... More

Steam Tug HERCULES, Hyde Street Pier, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

Steam Tug HERCULES, Hyde Street Pier, San Francisco, San Francisco Cou...

Significance: The Steam Tug HERCULES is a National Historic Landmark, significant as the only oceangoing steam tug on the West Coast. Typical in the early 20th century, this steam tug hauled log floats, large ... More

Steam Tug HERCULES, Hyde Street Pier, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

Steam Tug HERCULES, Hyde Street Pier, San Francisco, San Francisco Cou...

Significance: The Steam Tug HERCULES is a National Historic Landmark, significant as the only oceangoing steam tug on the West Coast. Typical in the early 20th century, this steam tug hauled log floats, large ... More

Steam Tug HERCULES, Hyde Street Pier, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

Steam Tug HERCULES, Hyde Street Pier, San Francisco, San Francisco Cou...

Significance: The Steam Tug HERCULES is a National Historic Landmark, significant as the only oceangoing steam tug on the West Coast. Typical in the early 20th century, this steam tug hauled log floats, large ... More

Steam Tug HERCULES, Hyde Street Pier, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

Steam Tug HERCULES, Hyde Street Pier, San Francisco, San Francisco Cou...

Significance: The Steam Tug HERCULES is a National Historic Landmark, significant as the only oceangoing steam tug on the West Coast. Typical in the early 20th century, this steam tug hauled log floats, large ... More

Poletown Historic District, Chene Street Commercial District, Chene Street between Interstate 94 & Grand Boulevard, Detroit, Wayne County, MI

Poletown Historic District, Chene Street Commercial District, Chene St...

Significance: The Chene Street Commercial District achieves its significance from its role as an early Polish immigrant community in Detroit. Polish settlement along the street began in the 1860's and was grea... More

Poletown Historic District, Chene Street Commercial District, Chene Street between Interstate 94 & Grand Boulevard, Detroit, Wayne County, MI

Poletown Historic District, Chene Street Commercial District, Chene St...

Significance: The Chene Street Commercial District achieves its significance from its role as an early Polish immigrant community in Detroit. Polish settlement along the street began in the 1860's and was grea... More

Williams Road Bridge, Spanning Sugar Creek Middle Branch, Chapmanville, Venango County, PA

Williams Road Bridge, Spanning Sugar Creek Middle Branch, Chapmanville...

Significance: Williams Road Bridge is a unique vernacular example of a late-nineteenth century pin-connected Pratt through truss adapted for re-use as a county bridge in the late twentieth century. It is of en... More

Bailey Island Bridge, Bailey Island, Cumberland County, ME

Bailey Island Bridge, Bailey Island, Cumberland County, ME

Significance: This is an unusual stone bridge built in the early 20th century to provide passage over a tidal inlet. The form of stone cribwork was chosen so that water could pass through the structure in resp... More

Lippitt Mill, 825 Main Street, West Warwick, Kent County, RI

Lippitt Mill, 825 Main Street, West Warwick, Kent County, RI

Part of New England Textile Mill Survey, 1967-68, sponsored by HABS, Smithsonian, and Merrimack Valley Textile Museum Significance: The Lippitt Mill has continuously produced cotton textiles since it began oper... More

Barrackville Covered Bridge, Spanning Buffalo Creek on Pike Street , Barrackville, Marion County, WV

Barrackville Covered Bridge, Spanning Buffalo Creek on Pike Street , B...

Significance: The Barrackville Covered Bridge was built in 1853 as part of the Fairmont & Wheeling Turnpike. It is architecturally significant as an outstanding example of a Burr arch-truss, a system patented ... More

Hogback Bridge, Spanning North River at bypassed section of Douglas Township Road, Winterset, Madison County, IA

Hogback Bridge, Spanning North River at bypassed section of Douglas To...

Significance: Hogback Bridge is one of nineteen covered bridges built in Madison County, Iowa, in the late nineteenth century, and the youngest of five that survive. Survey number: HAER IA-93 Building/structu... More

Governor's House, 149 Kearny Avenue, Perth Amboy, Middlesex County, NJ

Governor's House, 149 Kearny Avenue, Perth Amboy, Middlesex County, NJ

The Proprietary House added as secondary name in November 2014. Significance: The house was erected by the Lord Proprietors for His Excellency William Franklin, Captain General and Governor-in-Chief of the Prov... More

Governor's House, 149 Kearny Avenue, Perth Amboy, Middlesex County, NJ

Governor's House, 149 Kearny Avenue, Perth Amboy, Middlesex County, NJ

The Proprietary House added as secondary name in November 2014. Significance: The house was erected by the Lord Proprietors for His Excellency William Franklin, Captain General and Governor-in-Chief of the Prov... More

Governor's House, 149 Kearny Avenue, Perth Amboy, Middlesex County, NJ

Governor's House, 149 Kearny Avenue, Perth Amboy, Middlesex County, NJ

The Proprietary House added as secondary name in November 2014. Significance: The house was erected by the Lord Proprietors for His Excellency William Franklin, Captain General and Governor-in-Chief of the Prov... More

Governor's House, 149 Kearny Avenue, Perth Amboy, Middlesex County, NJ

Governor's House, 149 Kearny Avenue, Perth Amboy, Middlesex County, NJ

The Proprietary House added as secondary name in November 2014. Significance: The house was erected by the Lord Proprietors for His Excellency William Franklin, Captain General and Governor-in-Chief of the Prov... More

Governor's House, 149 Kearny Avenue, Perth Amboy, Middlesex County, NJ

Governor's House, 149 Kearny Avenue, Perth Amboy, Middlesex County, NJ

The Proprietary House added as secondary name in November 2014. Significance: The house was erected by the Lord Proprietors for His Excellency William Franklin, Captain General and Governor-in-Chief of the Prov... More

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