Montauk Point Lighthouse on Long Island, New York
Built in 1796. Commissioned by George Washington, it was the first sight of America by many arriving immigrants approaching New York Harbor. Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her origina... More
Cape Poge Light is at the northeast tip of Chappaquiddick, an island t...
Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More
Buchroe Beach Amusement Park lighthouse, Hampton, Virginia
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Margolies category: Atlantic coast. Purchase; John Margolies 2015 (DLC/PP-2015:142). Credit line: John Margolies Roadside America phot... More
Trinidad Memorial Lighthouse in Trinidad, California
Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More
Lighthouse, Monhegan Bluffs, Block Island, Rhode Island
Index data: 1-4, Views of southeast lighthouse; 5-9, Views of Mohegan Bluffs; 10-13, Cliff areas and favorite occupation of sitting on the beach watching the water; 14-15, The crags of the bluffed; 16-17, Telep... More
Ham's Bluff Lighthouse, Assistant Keeper's Quarters, Maroon Ridge of H...
Significance: The significance of the two auxiliary buildings is their association with the Ham's Bluff Lighthouse. The Lighthouse was put into operation in 1913 by the Danish government in response to the bui... More
Block Island Southeast Light, Spring Street & Mohegan Trail at Mohegan...
Significance: The Block Island Southeast Lighthouse is significant as a primary aid to the navigation of an otherwise dangerous area, once referred to as the "stumbling block" of the New England coast. It mark... More
Land Lighthouse, Front Street, Land Lighthouse Park, Erie, Erie County...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-48 Survey number: HABS PA-517 Building/structure dates: 1867 Initial Construction
Castillo de San Felipe del Morro, Northwest end of San Juan, San Juan,...
Significance: This fort is one of the three defenses erected to protect Spain's first permanent colony in the present territory of the United States. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: ... More
Castillo de San Felipe del Morro, Northwest end of San Juan, San Juan,...
Significance: This fort is one of the three defenses erected to protect Spain's first permanent colony in the present territory of the United States. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: ... More
Castillo de San Felipe del Morro, Northwest end of San Juan, San Juan,...
Significance: This fort is one of the three defenses erected to protect Spain's first permanent colony in the present territory of the United States. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: ... More
Castillo de San Felipe del Morro, Northwest end of San Juan, San Juan,...
Significance: This fort is one of the three defenses erected to protect Spain's first permanent colony in the present territory of the United States. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: ... More
Castillo de San Felipe del Morro, Northwest end of San Juan, San Juan,...
Significance: This fort is one of the three defenses erected to protect Spain's first permanent colony in the present territory of the United States. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: ... More
Castillo de San Felipe del Morro, Northwest end of San Juan, San Juan,...
Significance: This fort is one of the three defenses erected to protect Spain's first permanent colony in the present territory of the United States. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: ... More
Castillo de San Felipe del Morro, Northwest end of San Juan, San Juan,...
Significance: This fort is one of the three defenses erected to protect Spain's first permanent colony in the present territory of the United States. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: ... More
Castillo de San Felipe del Morro, Northwest end of San Juan, San Juan,...
Significance: This fort is one of the three defenses erected to protect Spain's first permanent colony in the present territory of the United States. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: ... More
Castillo de San Felipe del Morro, Northwest end of San Juan, San Juan,...
Significance: This fort is one of the three defenses erected to protect Spain's first permanent colony in the present territory of the United States. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: ... More
Castillo de San Felipe del Morro, Northwest end of San Juan, San Juan,...
Significance: This fort is one of the three defenses erected to protect Spain's first permanent colony in the present territory of the United States. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: ... More
Grosse Point Lighthouse, 2601 Sheridan Road, Evanston, Cook County, IL
2003 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: The Grosse Point lighthouse played a significant role in the development of maritime commerce on the Great Lakes. It was the leading historic navigational ai... More
Cape Canaveral Air Station, Launch Complex 17, Facility 28402, East en...
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Cape Canaveral Air Station, Launch Complex 17, Facility 28402, East en...
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Cape Canaveral Air Station, Launch Complex 17, Facility 28402, East en...
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Cape Canaveral Air Station, Launch Complex 17, Facility 28402, East en...
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Cape Canaveral Air Station, Launch Complex 17, Facility 28402, East en...
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Grindle Point Light Station, Western end of Ferry Road on Grindle Poin...
Survey number: HABS ME-181
Grindle Point Light Station, Western end of Ferry Road on Grindle Poin...
Survey number: HABS ME-181
U.S. Coast Guard Base San Juan, Store House, San Juan, San Juan Munici...
Significance: The Store House (Building 101), was constructed in 1922 for the U.S. Lighthouse Service's San Juan Lighthouse Depot, which was located at the southern tip of La Puntilla, in San Juan, Puerto Rico.... More
Faro de Puerto Ferro, Isla de Vieques, Vieques, Vieques Municipio, PR
Significance: Puerto Ferro Light was established in 1896 as an octagonal tower on top of a rectangular dwelling. Its primary characteristics were a 5th order white flashing light every 5 seconds and a 12 mile ... More
Pensacola Lighthouse, San Carlos Road, Pensacola, Escambia County, FL
Significance: This structure was built in 1826. It was bombarded by Union forces during the War Between the States. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-60 Survey number: HABS FL-147... More
Pensacola Lighthouse, San Carlos Road, Pensacola, Escambia County, FL
Significance: This structure was built in 1826. It was bombarded by Union forces during the War Between the States. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-60 Survey number: HABS FL-147... More
Pensacola Lighthouse, San Carlos Road, Pensacola, Escambia County, FL
Significance: This structure was built in 1826. It was bombarded by Union forces during the War Between the States. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-60 Survey number: HABS FL-147... More
Saybrook Breakwater Light, South tip of west end of Saybrook Breakwate...
Significance: Saybrook Breakwater Light is a significant example of a prefabricated, cast-iron lighthouse built on a concrete foundation. This design was developed by the U.S. Lighthouse Board in 1873 as a les... More
Essex Town Hall, Martin Street, Essex, Essex County, MA
Significance: Very well maintained example of the shingle style. Survey number: HABS MA-1222 Building/structure dates: 1894 Initial Construction
Cape Hatteras Lighthouse, Double Keeper's Dwelling, Point of Cape Hatt...
Significance: The Double Keeper's Quarters at Cape Hatteras was constructed in 1854, at the same time as the nearby Lighthouse was raised in height. Built of wood frame construction, and resting on brick pier f... More
Hunting Island Lighthouse, Lighthouse, Hunting Island State Park, U.S....
Significance: Guide to sailing vessels, used until 1933 by United States Lighthouse Service, now used as an observation platform. One of few surviving historic lighthouses in South Carolina. Survey number: HAB... More
Hunting Island Lighthouse, Lighthouse, Hunting Island State Park, U.S....
Significance: Guide to sailing vessels, used until 1933 by United States Lighthouse Service, now used as an observation platform. One of few surviving historic lighthouses in South Carolina. Survey number: HAB... More
Cockspur Lighthouse, Cockspur Island, Savannah River, Savannah, Chatha...
Significance: The lighthouse, which was extinguished in 1909, is one of only five remaining lighthouses in the state of Georgia having withstood the battle between Union and Confederate forces on April 10-11, 1... More
Frank's Island Lighthouse, North East Pass, Mississippi River, Boothvi...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N735 Survey number: HABS LA-19 Building/structure dates: 1823 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 18q2 Subsequent Work
Pemaquid Point Light Station, End of State Highway 130 south of Bristo...
Survey number: HABS ME-187 Public domain image related to President Abraham Lincoln, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Pigeon Point Lighthouse, State Highway 1, Pescadero, San Mateo County,...
Original working drawings are located at the National Archives. Lighthouse has rotating gear, & the complex has a watch house. Significance: This was the earliest lighthouse on the west coast to have a First-ir... More
Pigeon Point Lighthouse, State Highway 1, Pescadero, San Mateo County,...
Original working drawings are located at the National Archives. Lighthouse has rotating gear, & the complex has a watch house. Significance: This was the earliest lighthouse on the west coast to have a First-ir... More
Fort Jefferson, Garden Key, Key West, Monroe County, FL
Fort Jefferson was part of Fort Jefferson National Monument from 1935 to 1992. Since then it has been part of Dry Tortugas National Park. The address for the survey has been updated to reflect this change. Sign... More
Fort Jefferson, Garden Key, Key West, Monroe County, FL
Fort Jefferson was part of Fort Jefferson National Monument from 1935 to 1992. Since then it has been part of Dry Tortugas National Park. The address for the survey has been updated to reflect this change. Sign... More
Saddleback Ledge Lighthouse, On Saddleback Ledge in Penobscot Bay, Roc...
Significance: This structure, built in 1839, is an outstanding example of the lighthouses built on the New England coast. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-40 Survey number: HABS ... More
Saddleback Ledge Lighthouse, On Saddleback Ledge in Penobscot Bay, Roc...
Significance: This structure, built in 1839, is an outstanding example of the lighthouses built on the New England coast. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-40 Survey number: HABS ... More
Faro de los Morillos de Cabo Rojo, Los Morillos de Cabo Rojo, Cabo Roj...
Significance: Cabo Rojo Light was built in 1882 as a 3rd order light with 18 miles range that showed a white light eclipsed every minute. The present structure stands very much as it was back in 1882; although... More
Rock Harbor Lighthouse, Copper Harbor, Keweenaw County, MI
Significance: After the signing of the Treaty of LaPointe in 1843 with the Chippewa Nation, Isle Royale was opened to copper exploration and mining. By 1847 more than one dozen mining companies had established... More
Cape Canaveral Air Station, Launch Complex 17, Facility 36004, East en...
Survey number: HAER FL-8-5-BB Building/structure dates: 1956 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 84003872
Cape Canaveral Air Station, Launch Complex 17, Facility 36004, East en...
Survey number: HAER FL-8-5-BB Building/structure dates: 1956 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 84003872
Cape Canaveral Air Station, Launch Complex 17, Facility 36004, East en...
Survey number: HAER FL-8-5-BB Building/structure dates: 1956 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 84003872
Mount Desert Rock Light Station, Twenty miles south of Mount Desert Is...
Survey number: HABS ME-204
Whitlock's Mill Light Station, On south bank of St. Croix River, Calai...
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Cape Hatteras Lighthouse, Point of Cape Hatteras, access road from Rou...
Public domain photo of a monument, historic place, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Cape Hatteras Lighthouse, Point of Cape Hatteras, access road from Rou...
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Cape Hatteras Lighthouse, Point of Cape Hatteras, access road from Rou...
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Cape Hatteras Lighthouse, Point of Cape Hatteras, access road from Rou...
Public domain photograph - historical image of North Carolina, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Cape Hatteras Lighthouse, Point of Cape Hatteras, access road from Rou...
Public domain photograph - historical image of North Carolina, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Cape Hatteras Lighthouse, Point of Cape Hatteras, access road from Rou...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a park, trees, outdoors, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Cape Hatteras Lighthouse, Point of Cape Hatteras, access road from Rou...
Public domain photograph - historical image of North Carolina, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Great Point Lighthouse, Great Point, Nantucket, Nantucket County, MA
Significance: One of the oldest and most important lighthouses on the coast. The stone tower of Great Point Light was built in 1818 to mark an offshore rip and bar, replacing a 1784 structure which had burned i... More
Matinicus Rock Light Station, Matinicus Island, on Matinicus Rock, Mat...
Survey number: HABS ME-210
Point Reyes Lighthouse, Point Reyes Station, Marin County, CA
Complex has a fog building. Survey number: HABS CA-2250 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 91001100
Point Reyes Lighthouse, Point Reyes Station, Marin County, CA
Complex has a fog building. Survey number: HABS CA-2250 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 91001100
Bodie Island Light Station, Off Highway 12, Nags Head, Dare County, NC
Significance: Bodie Island Light Station served as an important aid to navigation in a system of lighthouses guiding mariners along the hazardous waters of the Outer Banks of North Carolina, often referred to a... More
Bodie Island Light Station, Off Highway 12, Nags Head, Dare County, NC
Significance: Bodie Island Light Station served as an important aid to navigation in a system of lighthouses guiding mariners along the hazardous waters of the Outer Banks of North Carolina, often referred to a... More
Bodie Island Light Station, Off Highway 12, Nags Head, Dare County, NC
Significance: Bodie Island Light Station served as an important aid to navigation in a system of lighthouses guiding mariners along the hazardous waters of the Outer Banks of North Carolina, often referred to a... More
Cape Canaveral Air Station, Launch Complex 17, Facility 28420, East en...
Survey number: HAER FL-8-5-X Building/structure dates: 1956 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 84003872
Mispillion Lighthouse, Beacon Tower, South bank of Mispillion River at...
Significance: The beacon tower is associated with Mispillion Lighthouse, one of three surviving lighthouses in Delaware, and is an early example of the importance of steel-frame tower construction in providing ... More
Mispillion Lighthouse, Beacon Tower, South bank of Mispillion River at...
Significance: The beacon tower is associated with Mispillion Lighthouse, one of three surviving lighthouses in Delaware, and is an early example of the importance of steel-frame tower construction in providing ... More
Tenants Harbor Light Station, Southern Island, at entrance to Tenants ...
Survey number: HABS ME-215
Faro del Puerto de Guanica, Punta Meseta, Guanica, Guanica Municipio, ...
Significance: The Guanica Light is completely vandalized and in ruins, projected against the hills and dry mountains which form the east entrance to Guanica Harbor; one of the most important, busiest, and best ... More
Faro del Puerto de Guanica, Punta Meseta, Guanica, Guanica Municipio, ...
Significance: The Guanica Light is completely vandalized and in ruins, projected against the hills and dry mountains which form the east entrance to Guanica Harbor; one of the most important, busiest, and best ... More
Faro del Puerto de Guanica, Punta Meseta, Guanica, Guanica Municipio, ...
Significance: The Guanica Light is completely vandalized and in ruins, projected against the hills and dry mountains which form the east entrance to Guanica Harbor; one of the most important, busiest, and best ... More
Faro de las Cabezas de San Juan, Cabezas de San Juan, Las Croabas, Faj...
Significance: In 1782, one hundred years before the final construction of Cabo San Juan Lighthouse, Fray Inigo Abbad y Lasierra, who wrote the first formal history of Puerto Rico stated that: "The mountain peak... More
Cape Canaveral Air Station, Launch Complex 17, Facility 28417, East en...
Survey number: HAER FL-8-5-G Building/structure dates: 1956 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 84003872
Cape Canaveral Air Station, Launch Complex 17, Facility 28417, East en...
Survey number: HAER FL-8-5-G Building/structure dates: 1956 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 84003872
Moloka'i Light Station, Lighthouse, Makanalua,Moloka'i Island, Kalaupa...
Survey number: HABS HI-99-A National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 76002145
Hudson-Athens Lighthouse, Hudson River, Athens, Greene County, NY
1987 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Honorable Mention Significance: It was completed in 1874, and is one of 7 lighthouses built along the Hudson River by the Coast Guard to aid navigation. This Second-Empire buildi... More
Presque Isle Light Station, Off SR 405, At North end Grand Lake Road, ...
Significance: The significance of the Presque Isle Light Station stems from two sources. First, it played a role in the expansion of shipping and passenger travel on the Great Lakes and the subsequent developm... More
Port Mahon Lighthouse, Delaware Bay at mouth of Mahon River, on State ...
Significance: The currently lighthouse if the 4th lighthouse built at this location since 1831. It is considered to be a fine example of turn-of-the-century Chesapeake Bay-style lighthouse architecture the only... More
Port Mahon Lighthouse, Delaware Bay at mouth of Mahon River, on State ...
Significance: The currently lighthouse if the 4th lighthouse built at this location since 1831. It is considered to be a fine example of turn-of-the-century Chesapeake Bay-style lighthouse architecture the only... More
Doubling Point Light Station, End of Doubling Point Road, off State Hi...
Survey number: HABS ME-188
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[Young George Wingate Weeks of Company D, 8th Maine Infantry Regiment ...
Photo shows identified soldier in Union uniform. More information is in "Glimpses of Soldiers' Lives," SoldierbiosWeeks.html Case: Berg, no. 7-10. Additional information in collections file. Associated manuscr... More
Faro de Punta de Las Figuras, Punta de las Figuras, Las Palmas, Arroyo...
Significance: The Punta Figuras Light was built as a local light to aid navigation into Arroyo and Patillas Ports in 1893. Originally it was a 5th order light, one of only two built, and showed a fixed white l... More
Key West Post Office, U.S. Customs House, U.S. Courthouse & Lighthouse...
Significance: A fine example of late nineteenth century eclectic architecture with features of both the Queen Anne and Richardsonian Romanesque styles. Survey number: HABS FL-187 Building/structure dates: ... More
Key West Post Office, U.S. Customs House, U.S. Courthouse & Lighthouse...
Significance: A fine example of late nineteenth century eclectic architecture with features of both the Queen Anne and Richardsonian Romanesque styles. Survey number: HABS FL-187 Building/structure dates: ... More
Key West Post Office, U.S. Customs House, U.S. Courthouse & Lighthouse...
Significance: A fine example of late nineteenth century eclectic architecture with features of both the Queen Anne and Richardsonian Romanesque styles. Survey number: HABS FL-187 Building/structure dates: ... More
Libby Island Light Station, At southern tip of Libby Island at entranc...
Survey number: HABS ME-218
Cape Canaveral Air Station, Launch Complex 17, Facility 36002, East en...
Survey number: HAER FL-8-5-Z Building/structure dates: 1956 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 84003872
Narraguagus Light Station, On eastern side of Pond Island at entrance ...
Survey number: HABS ME-195
Prospect Harbor Light Station, Off State Route 195 at end of road to P...
Survey number: HABS ME-201
Point Isabel Lighthouse, Northeast of Brownsville, Port Isabel, Camero...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-22, FN-23 Survey number: HABS TX-33-AB-1 Building/structure dates: 1858 Initial Construction
Mispillion Lighthouse, South bank of Mispillion River at its confluenc...
Significance: Mispillion Lighthouse is the sole surviving wood-frame lighthouse in Delaware and is one of only three Delaware Bay lighthouses still standing on Delaware soil. Unprocessed Field note material ex... More
Mispillion Lighthouse, South bank of Mispillion River at its confluenc...
Significance: Mispillion Lighthouse is the sole surviving wood-frame lighthouse in Delaware and is one of only three Delaware Bay lighthouses still standing on Delaware soil. Unprocessed Field note material ex... More
Mispillion Lighthouse, South bank of Mispillion River at its confluenc...
Significance: Mispillion Lighthouse is the sole surviving wood-frame lighthouse in Delaware and is one of only three Delaware Bay lighthouses still standing on Delaware soil. Unprocessed Field note material ex... More
Copper Harbor Light, Hays Pointat end of Norland Trail, Copper Harbor,...
Significance: This steel skeleton light tower is part of a system of 20th-century Lake Superior navigational aids. Situated just west of the existing 1866 Copper Harbor Lighthouse and on the approximate site o... More
Rock of Ages Lighthouse, Copper Harbor, Keweenaw County, MI
Significance: Situated five miles off the northwest tip of Isle Royale in Lake Superior, Rock of Ages Lighthouse stands as one of the tallest and most powerful beacons on the Great Lakes. The steel frame and b... More
Sandy Hook Lighthouse, Fort Hancock, Fort Hancock, Monmouth County, NJ
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-263 Survey number: HABS NJ-326 Building/structure dates: 1764 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000468
Cape Spencer Lighthouse, Lighthouse
Survey number: HAER AK-24-A Public domain photograph - historical image of Alaska, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Cape Arago Lighthouse, Gregory Point, Charleston, Coos County, OR
See also HAER OR-156 for footbridge leading to lighthouse Significance: Completed in 1934, the Cape Arago Lighthouse was the third light constructed at the Cape Arago Light Station that was established in 1866.... More