Washington., D.C. Washington DC sterescope card, 19th century.
Public domain photograph of 19th-century stereoscopic card, Washington DC, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Architectural drawing for the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Fl...
Competition drawing showing library as plan. UNIT title devised. Library of Congress design competition proposal no. 11 (from Library of Congress Archives, Records of the Library of Congress, Buildings and Grou... More
Congressional Library. In the gallery
Photo shows the statues in the Main Reading Room of the Library of Congress. In album: Congressional Library, Washington, D.C., p. 10.
Library and City Hall, Burlington, Vt
"1192" on negative. Corresponding glass transparency (with same series code) available on videodisc frame 1A-29859. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 016104. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
Carnegie Library, Tufts College, Medford, Massachusetts First floor pl...
Print from The Western architect, June 1908. Forms part of: [U.S. Treasury Department Office of the Supervising Architect and General Services Administration resource volumes and scrapbooks]. Accession box no.... More
Basement floor plan, New York Public Library (fig. 146)
Illus. in: Library planning, bookstacks and shelving, with contributions from the architects' and librarians' points of view. Illustrated. / Snead & Co. Iron Works. Jersey City, N.J. : The Snead & Company Iro... More
Leon Chatelain Jr., architect. Library
Picryl description: Public domain image of a basement, underground, lobby, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Frank Stewart Library, Market & Hunter Streets, Stockton, San Joaquin ...
Survey number: HABS CA-1631 Public domain photograph of theater building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
George C. Thomas Memorial Library, 901 First Avenue, Fairbanks, Fairba...
Survey number: HABS AK-136 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 72001542
Morgan Library, E. 36th St., New York City. Exhibition room IV
Sleeve annotation: Alexander P. Morgan, architect for remodelling. Public domain photograph of a city hall, public building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Tourist Attraction - Handley Library, Winchester, Virginia
Judge John Handley of Scranton, Pa. left $250,000 to open this Public Library. Architects J. Stewart Barney and Henry Otis Chapman of New York designed the building in the Beaux-Arts style. The building opened ... More
Clifton Branch of the Enoch Pratt Library System located on the corner...
The site was donated by Frank and Florence Novak in 1914. The branch was later erected in 1916 with funds given by Andrew Carnegie. Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit l... More
George Peabody Library, formerly the Library of the Peabody Institute ...
In 1857 George Peabody, a Massachusetts-born philanthropist, dedicated the Peabody Institute to the citizens of Baltimore in appreciation of their ""kindness and hospitality."" The Peabody Library building, whi... More
Tenley-Friendship branch of the D.C. Public Library, 4450 Wisconsin Av...
Dedicated on October 27, 1960. It was designed by architect Clark T. Harmon, and constructed by the B.F. Rodney Company. Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: Photog... More
Carol M. Highsmith - Germantown Library, Germantown, Maryland
Built in 2007 by architect Luk Mire Partnership. Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: Photographs in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and... More
Carol M. Highsmith - Germantown Library, Germantown, Maryland
Built in 2007 by architect Luk Mire Partnership. Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: Photographs in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and... More
Abraham Glen House, 14 Mohawk Avenue, Scotia, Schenectady County, NY
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-138 Survey number: HABS NY-338 Building/structure dates: 1730 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 04000708
National Park Seminary, Miller Library, 2801 Woodstock Avenue, Silver ...
Significance: The Miller Library was constructed to house the rare book library and archives of Jahu DeWitt Miller, a friend of the Cassedys who was a Chautauqua circuit speaker and a part-time NPS lecturer. T... More
Tobacco Warehouse, State Route 1002, Urbanna, Middlesex County, Virgin...
Significance: Built originally as a storehouse. This building is a striking survival of a colonial mercantile establishment of a succession of Scots merchants. It is undoubtedly one of the earliest extant build... More
Tobacco Warehouse, State Route 1002, Urbanna, Middlesex County, Virgin...
Significance: Built originally as a storehouse. This building is a striking survival of a colonial mercantile establishment of a succession of Scots merchants. It is undoubtedly one of the earliest extant build... More
Paxton Carnegie Library, 254 South Market Street, Paxton, Ford County,...
STORED ON SITE. mchr 2012 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: The Paxton Carnegie Library is locally significant under Criterion A and C. It is significant for educational purposes in its role in pr... More
Maria Mitchell Association, Science Library, 2 Vestal Street, Nantucke...
Significance: The Maria Mitchell Science Library came into existence in 1902 upon the founding of the association commemorating her as America's first woman astronomer. On July 15, 1920 the first permanent hom... More
Maria Mitchell Association, Science Library, 2 Vestal Street, Nantucke...
Significance: The Maria Mitchell Science Library came into existence in 1902 upon the founding of the association commemorating her as America's first woman astronomer. On July 15, 1920 the first permanent hom... More
University of South Carolina, Library, South Sumter Street, Columbia, ...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-3 Survey number: HABS SC-13-11 Building/structure dates: 1825 Initial Construction
University of South Carolina, Library, South Sumter Street, Columbia, ...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-3 Survey number: HABS SC-13-11 Building/structure dates: 1825 Initial Construction
University of South Carolina, Library, South Sumter Street, Columbia, ...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-3 Survey number: HABS SC-13-11 Building/structure dates: 1825 Initial Construction
University of Wyoming Campus, Library, East of Ninth Street & North of...
Significance: The University of Wyoming Library, erected in 1923, is historically important for its former role as the main repository for the institution's book collection, as its primary student research faci... More
University of Wyoming Campus, Library, East of Ninth Street & North of...
Significance: The University of Wyoming Library, erected in 1923, is historically important for its former role as the main repository for the institution's book collection, as its primary student research faci... More
University of Wyoming Campus, Library, East of Ninth Street & North of...
Significance: The University of Wyoming Library, erected in 1923, is historically important for its former role as the main repository for the institution's book collection, as its primary student research faci... More
Shaker Meetinghouse (second), Shaker Road, New Lebanon, Columbia Count...
Significance: The Mount Lebanon Meetinghouse was the main place of worship for the most important and influential of the Shaker communities. Survey number: HABS NY-3254 Building/structure dates: 1824 Initial... More
Shaker Meetinghouse (second), Shaker Road, New Lebanon, Columbia Count...
Significance: The Mount Lebanon Meetinghouse was the main place of worship for the most important and influential of the Shaker communities. Survey number: HABS NY-3254 Building/structure dates: 1824 Initial... More
U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Administration Building, Nimitz & Edge ...
Significance: The Naval Base at Pearl Harbor was designated as a National Historic Landmark in 1964. As a Category 3 facility, it has been determined that Building No. 697 functioned as part of the Pearl Harbo... More
U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Administration Building, Nimitz & Edge ...
Significance: The Naval Base at Pearl Harbor was designated as a National Historic Landmark in 1964. As a Category 3 facility, it has been determined that Building No. 697 functioned as part of the Pearl Harbo... More
Reynold's Tavern, 4 Church Circle at Franklin Street, Annapolis, Anne ...
Significance: An eighteenth century tavern with interesting brickwork typical of Annapolis architecture. // This mid-eighteenth century building, largely preserved in its original state, is representative of An... More
Reynold's Tavern, 4 Church Circle at Franklin Street, Annapolis, Anne ...
Significance: An eighteenth century tavern with interesting brickwork typical of Annapolis architecture. // This mid-eighteenth century building, largely preserved in its original state, is representative of An... More
Reynold's Tavern, 4 Church Circle at Franklin Street, Annapolis, Anne ...
Significance: An eighteenth century tavern with interesting brickwork typical of Annapolis architecture. // This mid-eighteenth century building, largely preserved in its original state, is representative of An... More
Free Library of Philadelphia, Chestnut Hill Branch, 8711 Germantown Av...
Significance: Chestnut Hill was one of twenty-five branch libraries constructed between 1904 and 1930 by the Free Library of Philadelphia using a $1.5 million grant from the Carnegie Corporation. Andrew Carneg... More
Free Library of Philadelphia, Germantown Branch, 5818 Germantown Avenu...
Significance: Germantown was one of twenty-five branch libraries constructed between 1904 and 1930 by the Free Library of Philadelphia using a $1.5 million grant from the Carnegie Corporation. Andrew Carnegie'... More
Carnegie Free Library, 301 South Pittsburgh Street, Connellsville, Fay...
Significance: Connellsville was the regional center of the world famous Connellsville coking fields that supplied the Pittsburgh steel industry during its peak in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Andrew ... More
Carnegie Free Library, 300 East South Street, Union, Union County, SC
Significance: The Carnegie Free LIbrary was one of the first of 15 libraries established in towns throughout South Carolina by iron and steel industrialist and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie. Andrew Carnegie p... More
Carnegie Free Library, 300 East South Street, Union, Union County, SC
Significance: The Carnegie Free LIbrary was one of the first of 15 libraries established in towns throughout South Carolina by iron and steel industrialist and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie. Andrew Carnegie p... More
Carnegie Free Library, 300 East South Street, Union, Union County, SC
Significance: The Carnegie Free LIbrary was one of the first of 15 libraries established in towns throughout South Carolina by iron and steel industrialist and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie. Andrew Carnegie p... More
Wayside Inn, Post Road & Wayside Lane, Scarsdale, Westchester County, ...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-83 Survey number: HABS NY-4-104 Building/structure dates: 17t1 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: after 1700 Subsequent Work Buildin... More
Free Library of Philadelphia, Manayunk Branch, Fleming and Dupont Stre...
Significance: Completed in 1908, the Manayunk Branch of the Free Library of Philadelphia was the tenth of twenty-five branch libraries built through an endowment from industrialist-turned-philanthropist Andrew ... More
Tuckerton Library, 380 Bay Avenue, Tuckerton, Ocean County, NJ
Survey number: HABS NJ-1119 Building/structure dates: 1875 Initial Construction
Sears, Roebuck Department Store, West 906 Main Avenue, Spokane, Spokan...
Significance: The property is architecturally significant as a well-preserved large-scale department store building. The Art Deco building represents the top-of-the-line store in the Sears, Roebuck and Company... More
Sears, Roebuck Department Store, West 906 Main Avenue, Spokane, Spokan...
Significance: The property is architecturally significant as a well-preserved large-scale department store building. The Art Deco building represents the top-of-the-line store in the Sears, Roebuck and Company... More
Town Hall, State Routes 41 & 17, South Egremont, Berkshire County, MA
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-39A Survey number: HABS MA-220
Brown University, Robinson Hall, Waterman & Prospect Streets, Providen...
Significance: This large brick building, built in 1878 and originally used as a library, is one of the few large examples of post-Civil War "Victorian Gothic" in Providence. Survey number: HABS RI-185 Buildin... More
Gamble House, 4 Westmoreland Place, Pasadena, Los Angeles County, CA
Significance: The Gamble House is the most complete and best preserved example of the work of Architects Greene and Greene. Built in 1908, during the architects most refined period, it embodies the highest lev... More
Vernon, Germantown Avenue, Vernon Park, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Cou...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-2, FN-3 Survey number: HABS PA-7-2 Building/structure dates: 17h1 Initial Construction
Vernon, Germantown Avenue, Vernon Park, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Cou...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-2, FN-3 Survey number: HABS PA-7-2 Building/structure dates: 17h1 Initial Construction
Smithsonian Institution Building, 1000 Jefferson Drive, between Ninth ...
Significance: First building of the Smithsonian Institution and a foremost example of medieval revivalism. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-71 Survey number: HABS DC-141 Buildin... More
Smithsonian Institution Building, 1000 Jefferson Drive, between Ninth ...
Significance: First building of the Smithsonian Institution and a foremost example of medieval revivalism. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-71 Survey number: HABS DC-141 Buildin... More
Smithsonian Institution Building, 1000 Jefferson Drive, between Ninth ...
Significance: First building of the Smithsonian Institution and a foremost example of medieval revivalism. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-71 Survey number: HABS DC-141 Buildin... More
Smithsonian Institution Building, 1000 Jefferson Drive, between Ninth ...
Significance: First building of the Smithsonian Institution and a foremost example of medieval revivalism. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-71 Survey number: HABS DC-141 Buildin... More
Smithsonian Institution Building, 1000 Jefferson Drive, between Ninth ...
Significance: First building of the Smithsonian Institution and a foremost example of medieval revivalism. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-71 Survey number: HABS DC-141 Buildin... More
Smithsonian Institution Building, 1000 Jefferson Drive, between Ninth ...
Significance: First building of the Smithsonian Institution and a foremost example of medieval revivalism. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-71 Survey number: HABS DC-141 Buildin... More
Smithsonian Institution Building, 1000 Jefferson Drive, between Ninth ...
Significance: First building of the Smithsonian Institution and a foremost example of medieval revivalism. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-71 Survey number: HABS DC-141 Buildin... More
Smithsonian Institution Building, 1000 Jefferson Drive, between Ninth ...
Significance: First building of the Smithsonian Institution and a foremost example of medieval revivalism. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-71 Survey number: HABS DC-141 Buildin... More
Smithsonian Institution Building, 1000 Jefferson Drive, between Ninth ...
Significance: First building of the Smithsonian Institution and a foremost example of medieval revivalism. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-71 Survey number: HABS DC-141 Buildin... More
Smithsonian Institution Building, 1000 Jefferson Drive, between Ninth ...
Significance: First building of the Smithsonian Institution and a foremost example of medieval revivalism. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-71 Survey number: HABS DC-141 Buildin... More
Smithsonian Institution Building, 1000 Jefferson Drive, between Ninth ...
Significance: First building of the Smithsonian Institution and a foremost example of medieval revivalism. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-71 Survey number: HABS DC-141 Buildin... More
Smithsonian Institution Building, 1000 Jefferson Drive, between Ninth ...
Significance: First building of the Smithsonian Institution and a foremost example of medieval revivalism. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-71 Survey number: HABS DC-141 Buildin... More
Smithsonian Institution Building, 1000 Jefferson Drive, between Ninth ...
Significance: First building of the Smithsonian Institution and a foremost example of medieval revivalism. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-71 Survey number: HABS DC-141 Buildin... More
Fort Sheridan, Post Hospital, Bradley Loop, Lake Forest, Lake County, ...
Significance: The hospital, completed in 1893, was one of the original buildings at Fort Sheridan. It was constructed from standardized plans issued by the Office of Surgeon General in 1888 and is an excellent ... More
Third Judicial District Courthouse, 425 Avenue of the Americas, New Yo...
Significance: Originally the Third Judicial District Courthouse was part of a complex which included a police court, jail, and markets. An outstanding example of civic design, the complex occupied the entire tr... More
Christ Episcopal Church, 405 South Adams Street, Pensacola, Escambia C...
Significance: This structure, erected in 1834, is the oldest church building in Pensacola. It was used as a hospital and barracks by Union forces during the War Between the States. It is a plain rectangular b... More
Princeton University, Library, Nassau Street between Witherspoon & Tul...
Survey number: HABS NJ-791 Public domain photograph - historic landmark, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Customhouse & Post Office, Christiansted Warf Square vicinity, Christi...
Significance: Christiansted, as the chief port of St. Croix, was an important trading center in the 18th and 19th centuries; it exported large quantities of sugar, rum, and molasses. This building, which was t... More
Customhouse & Post Office, Christiansted Warf Square vicinity, Christi...
Significance: Christiansted, as the chief port of St. Croix, was an important trading center in the 18th and 19th centuries; it exported large quantities of sugar, rum, and molasses. This building, which was t... More
First Methodist Episcopal Church, East side of Fourth Avenue, Niobrara...
Significance: The Methodist Episcopal Church was built circa 1880 in the original waterfront town of Niobrara. In 1881-82, the church, along with many other structures, was moved to a "new" townsite after the ... More
Juneau Public Library, 292 Marine Way, Juneau, Juneau Borough, AK
Survey number: HABS AK-113 Public domain photograph - historical image of Alaska, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Oliver Ames Free Library, 53 Main Street, North Easton, Bristol County...
Significance: The library was designed by Henry Hobson Richardson, one of America's greatest architects. Richardson's name has become synonymous with Romanesque design. Together with Landscape Architect, Fred... More
Kalaheo School, Library, Maka Road & Puu Road, Kalaheo, Kauai County, ...
Significance: The significance of this building relates to developments in public education in the Territory of Hawaii, the architecture of Kauai's public schools, and the specific history of the settlement of ... More
Kalaheo School, Library, Maka Road & Puu Road, Kalaheo, Kauai County, ...
Significance: The significance of this building relates to developments in public education in the Territory of Hawaii, the architecture of Kauai's public schools, and the specific history of the settlement of ... More
Redwood Library, 50 Bellevue Avenue, Newport, Newport County, RI
Significance: The Redwood Library is a notable specimen of the architectural taste of the early 18th century. As an important work of the architect Peter Harrison, it is a key building in the introduction of E... More
Redwood Library, 50 Bellevue Avenue, Newport, Newport County, RI
Significance: The Redwood Library is a notable specimen of the architectural taste of the early 18th century. As an important work of the architect Peter Harrison, it is a key building in the introduction of E... More
Frank B. Thompson House, State Route 130, Albion, Edwards County, IL
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-1, FN-169 Survey number: HABS IL-25-2 Building/structure dates: 1842 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1928 Subsequent Work
Frank B. Thompson House, State Route 130, Albion, Edwards County, IL
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-1, FN-169 Survey number: HABS IL-25-2 Building/structure dates: 1842 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1928 Subsequent Work
Nantucket Atheneum, Lower India & Federal Streets, Nantucket, Nantucke...
Significance: Intellectual center for Nantucket, originally built in 1825, it was rebuilt after the fire of 1846 with further embellishments to its Greek Revival design. The Nantucket Atheneum was erected in 18... More
Nantucket Atheneum, Lower India & Federal Streets, Nantucket, Nantucke...
Significance: Intellectual center for Nantucket, originally built in 1825, it was rebuilt after the fire of 1846 with further embellishments to its Greek Revival design. The Nantucket Atheneum was erected in 18... More
Nantucket Atheneum, Lower India & Federal Streets, Nantucket, Nantucke...
Significance: Intellectual center for Nantucket, originally built in 1825, it was rebuilt after the fire of 1846 with further embellishments to its Greek Revival design. The Nantucket Atheneum was erected in 18... More
Carnegie Library, 402 East Oklahoma Avenue, Guthrie, Logan County, OK
Significance: This Second Renaissance Revival structure was the scene of numerous historic events: the inauguration of both the last of the territorial governors and the first Governor of Statehood Oklahoma. T... More
Carnegie Library, 402 East Oklahoma Avenue, Guthrie, Logan County, OK
Significance: This Second Renaissance Revival structure was the scene of numerous historic events: the inauguration of both the last of the territorial governors and the first Governor of Statehood Oklahoma. T... More
Carnegie Library, 402 East Oklahoma Avenue, Guthrie, Logan County, OK
Significance: This Second Renaissance Revival structure was the scene of numerous historic events: the inauguration of both the last of the territorial governors and the first Governor of Statehood Oklahoma. T... More
Carnegie Library, 402 East Oklahoma Avenue, Guthrie, Logan County, OK
Significance: This Second Renaissance Revival structure was the scene of numerous historic events: the inauguration of both the last of the territorial governors and the first Governor of Statehood Oklahoma. T... More
Carnegie Library, 402 East Oklahoma Avenue, Guthrie, Logan County, OK
Significance: This Second Renaissance Revival structure was the scene of numerous historic events: the inauguration of both the last of the territorial governors and the first Governor of Statehood Oklahoma. T... More
Spooner Hall, Fourteenth Street & Jayhawk Road, Lawrence, Douglas Coun...
1995 Charles E. Peterson Prize, First Place Significance: Spooner Hall was financed by William B. Spooner, a Boston merchant, with a bequest of $91,000. In 1893, "Van Brunt & Howe Architects" of Kansas City we... More
Free Library of Philadelphia, Thomas Holme Branch, 7810 Frankford Aven...
Significance: Completed in 1906, the Thomas Holme Branch of the Free Library of Philadelphia was the fifth of twenty-five branch libraries built through an endowment from industrialist-turned-philanthropist And... More
Malden Town Hall, Main & Pleasant Streets, Malden, Middlesex County, M...
Significance: The structure served as Malden's Town Hall (later City Hall) from 1857 until 1975. Designed by a Boston architect, it was the second brick building erected in the town. This prominent building, ... More
Army Medical Museum & Library, Seventh Street & Independence Avenue So...
Significance: Specially designed building, intended as the fireproof, permanent home of the Army Medical Museum, which was founded in 1862. Housed collection of surgical and medical specimens and a medical libr... More
Claflin College, Lee Library, College Avenue, Orangeburg, Orangeburg C...
Significance: The Lee Library has an unusual picturesque plan and classical details in its brickwork. It is a fine example of the inventive adaptations of classical precedents from the late Victorian period. It... More
Claflin College, Lee Library, College Avenue, Orangeburg, Orangeburg C...
Significance: The Lee Library has an unusual picturesque plan and classical details in its brickwork. It is a fine example of the inventive adaptations of classical precedents from the late Victorian period. It... More
Ross Memorial Library Building, Main Street between Sixth & Seventh Av...
Significance: Excellent example of Carnegiesque influence in civic architecture of the period. Small stone building with flat roof and pedimented portico. The roof edge is balustraded and the pediment features ... More
Ross Memorial Library Building, Main Street between Sixth & Seventh Av...
Significance: Excellent example of Carnegiesque influence in civic architecture of the period. Small stone building with flat roof and pedimented portico. The roof edge is balustraded and the pediment features ... More
Free Library of Philadelphia, Oak Lane Branch, 6614 North 12th Street,...
Significance: Oak Lane was one of twenty-five branch libraries constructed between 1904 and 1930 by the Free Library of Philadelphia using a $1.5 million grant from the Carnegie Corporation. Andrew Carnegie's ... More
William A. Todd House, 330 East Lancaster Avenue, Downingtown, Chester...
Survey number: HABS PA-169 Building/structure dates: 1800 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1817 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: 1912 Subsequent Work
Fort Vancouver, Post Library, Vancouver, Clark County, WA
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-23 Survey number: HABS WA-41-D National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 06001216
Fort Vancouver, Officers' Club, Vancouver, Clark County, WA
Survey number: HABS WA-39-W-14 Building/structure dates: 1849 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 06001216