lodging houses

Shaker Centre Family Dwelling House (Third), North side of Village Roa...

Significance: The Third Shaker Centre Family House is preserved as part of the Pleasant Hill Shaker Community. This was the third largest Shaker community within the United States, active between 1805 and 1910.... More

Lodge in the woods - Detroit publishing company. Public domain.

Date based on Detroit, Thistle Publications (1912). Photo of painting by H.W. Ranger. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 48067. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

[St. Francis of the Bunk-House]

"This is genuine material done on the spot in Chatham Square for McClures magazine...." pencilled on verso by W. Patten. (DLC/PP-1935:0006). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress)... More

N.Y. Municipal Lodging House - registering

Men in line registering at New York City municipal lodging house. George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).

Boarding House, Ellendale, Polk County, OR

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

Mitchell, Marsh & Ireton Ranch, House, Montour, Gem County, ID

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

Empire Stores, 501-505 State Street, Erie, Erie County, PA

Picryl description: Public domain image of a department store, commerce, shopping, main street, city downtown, early 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Empire Stores, 501-505 State Street, Erie, Erie County, PA

Picryl description: Public domain image of a department store, commerce, shopping, main street, city downtown, early 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

John Tremper House, 3 North Front Street, Kingston, Ulster County, NY

Significance: This is a large, formally elegant building typical of the Federal houses with classical details built after the turn of the 19th century. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structur... More

Broadway Livery, West of North Broadway Street, Montour, Gem County, I...

Significance: In nearly original condition, the livery barn is an unusual surviving example of a structure integral to an earlier mode of transportation. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structu... More

Gokakoku jinbutsu - dontaku no zu - Ukiyo e print

Japanese triptych print shows the interior of a foreign settlement house with several women and men enjoying a tea party, and a view of ships in the harbor in the background, Yokohama, Japan. Signature: Yoshit... More

Cueto House, 1822 East Fourteenth Street, Tampa, Hillsborough County, ...

Significance: This building's architectural and historical significance is derived form its contribution to the Ybor City National Historic Landmark District. Ybor City is a section of Tampa founded and built ... More

Broadway Livery, House, West of North Broadway Street, Montour, Gem Co...

See HABS No. ID-38 for written data. Significance: The house is an example of a simple vernacular adaptation of the bungalow and Queen Anne styles. It served as a boarding house for patrons of the livery. Unp... More

Broadway Livery, House, West of North Broadway Street, Montour, Gem Co...

See HABS No. ID-38 for written data. Significance: The house is an example of a simple vernacular adaptation of the bungalow and Queen Anne styles. It served as a boarding house for patrons of the livery. Unp... More

Rappite Community House No. 2, North Main Street between Church & Gran...

Formerly HABS No. IN-24-5. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-5 Survey number: HABS IN-5 Building/structure dates: 1822 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NR... More

Rappite Community House No. 2, North Main Street between Church & Gran...

Formerly HABS No. IN-24-5. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-5 Survey number: HABS IN-5 Building/structure dates: 1822 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NR... More

1212 East Twelfth Avenue (Boarding House), 1212 East Twelfth Avenue, T...

Significance: This building's architectural and historical significance is derived from its contribution to the Ybor City National Historic Landmark District. Ybor City is a section of Tampa founded and built b... More

Samuel Tilton House, 12 Sunnyside Place, Newport, Newport County, RI

Significance: This house is an outstanding early building of the architects McKim, Mead, and White. An example of their "Shingle Style" work, it is characterized by open planning and richly textured surfaces on... More

Samuel Tilton House, 12 Sunnyside Place, Newport, Newport County, RI

Significance: This house is an outstanding early building of the architects McKim, Mead, and White. An example of their "Shingle Style" work, it is characterized by open planning and richly textured surfaces on... More

Samuel Tilton House, 12 Sunnyside Place, Newport, Newport County, RI

Significance: This house is an outstanding early building of the architects McKim, Mead, and White. An example of their "Shingle Style" work, it is characterized by open planning and richly textured surfaces on... More

Bird-Brady House, Camp Hill, Harpers Ferry, Jefferson County, WV

Significance: Built between 1895 and 1897, the Bird-Brady House served as a private residence for teachers and families associated with Storer College, a historically black school founded in 1867 by missionarie... More

Bird-Brady House, Camp Hill, Harpers Ferry, Jefferson County, WV

Significance: Built between 1895 and 1897, the Bird-Brady House served as a private residence for teachers and families associated with Storer College, a historically black school founded in 1867 by missionarie... More

Shaker Centre Family Dwelling House (First), North side of Village Roa...

Survey number: HABS KY-77 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 71000353

Town of Locke, The Tules, River Road, Locke, Sacramento County, CA

Significance: This wooden structure, built in 1912 by Tin San Chan, was one of the first three structures erected in Locke, and has served as a bar, boarding house and gambling parlor. Survey number: HABS CA-2... More

Town of Locke, The Tules, River Road, Locke, Sacramento County, CA

Significance: This wooden structure, built in 1912 by Tin San Chan, was one of the first three structures erected in Locke, and has served as a bar, boarding house and gambling parlor. Survey number: HABS CA-2... More

Adams & Company Building, 1014 Second Street, Sacramento, Sacramento C...

Significance: The Adams & Co. Building, Express and Banking House, built in 1853, was the center of a compact group of fire-proof brick structures in Sacramento, California's old "West End." This was Sacrament... More

Adams & Company Building, 1014 Second Street, Sacramento, Sacramento C...

Significance: The Adams & Co. Building, Express and Banking House, built in 1853, was the center of a compact group of fire-proof brick structures in Sacramento, California's old "West End." This was Sacrament... More

Ross & Getty Building, 3005-3011 M Street Northwest, Washington, Distr...

Significance: This early 19th century building in combination with its late 18th century neighbor, 3001-3003, forms the finest remaining example of early architecture in the commercial district of Georgetown. ... More

Ross & Getty Building, 3005-3011 M Street Northwest, Washington, Distr...

Significance: This early 19th century building in combination with its late 18th century neighbor, 3001-3003, forms the finest remaining example of early architecture in the commercial district of Georgetown. ... More

Shaker Centre Family Trustees' Office, South side of Village Road, Nor...

Survey number: HABS KY-81 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 71000353

Lady Adams Building, 113-115 K Street, Sacramento, Sacramento County, ...

Significance: Built as wholesale and import house for four German immigrants who arrived on the brigantine "Lady Adams." Ballast brick said to have been used in structure. Only building to survive fire of 185... More

Executive House, 27-35 Saybrook Place, Newark, Essex County, NJ

Significance: The Executive House, a name given to these five contiguous rowhouses when they were used together as one rooming house (ca. 1950) represents an important architectural ensemble of late 19th centur... More

Executive House, 27-35 Saybrook Place, Newark, Essex County, NJ

Significance: The Executive House, a name given to these five contiguous rowhouses when they were used together as one rooming house (ca. 1950) represents an important architectural ensemble of late 19th centur... More

Mary Surratt Boarding House, 604 H Street, Northwest, Washington, Dist...

Significance: The Mary Surratt Boarding House, along with her home in Maryland, is known for its part in the plot of and flight from the assassination of Abraham Lincoln by John Wilkes Booth. Survey number: HA... More

John Jackson House, 410 High Street, Petersburg, Petersburg, Virginia

Significance: This Victorian house with Italianate details was built c. 1867-1868 for John Jackson, a wealthy tobacco merchant, and his wife, Ann E. Jackson. It is particularly noteworthy for its mansard roof,... More

John Jackson House, 410 High Street, Petersburg, Petersburg, Virginia

Significance: This Victorian house with Italianate details was built c. 1867-1868 for John Jackson, a wealthy tobacco merchant, and his wife, Ann E. Jackson. It is particularly noteworthy for its mansard roof,... More

Old Stone House, Brownington Center Road at Derby Line, Brownington Ce...

Significance: This is a large 4-story granite building erected as a dormitory for the Orleans County Grammar School in the second quarter of the nineteenth century. An unusually well-preserved institutional bu... More

University of Virginia, Hotel C, West Range, University of Virginia, C...

Significance: Hotel C, located on the West Range of the University of Virginia was completed and ready for use as a boarding house by October, 1822. It now serves as the meeting hall for the Jefferson Society.... More

Laurel Valley Sugar Plantation, Boarding House, 2 miles South of Thibo...

Significance: The Boarding House, built around 1898 by Barker-Lepine, is a two-story balloon framed structure and the largest multiple living unit on the plantation. It housed seasonal workers during the grind... More

1318 Vermont Avenue, Northwest (House), Washington, District of Columb...

Significance: The row house at 1318 Vermont Avenue, NW, attained its prestige as the headquarters of the National Council of Negro Women (NCNW) as as the Washington residence of Mary McLeod Bethune, the educato... More

1318 Vermont Avenue, Northwest (House), Washington, District of Columb...

Significance: The row house at 1318 Vermont Avenue, NW, attained its prestige as the headquarters of the National Council of Negro Women (NCNW) as as the Washington residence of Mary McLeod Bethune, the educato... More

1318 Vermont Avenue, Northwest (House), Washington, District of Columb...

Significance: The row house at 1318 Vermont Avenue, NW, attained its prestige as the headquarters of the National Council of Negro Women (NCNW) as as the Washington residence of Mary McLeod Bethune, the educato... More

1318 Vermont Avenue, Northwest (House), Washington, District of Columb...

Significance: The row house at 1318 Vermont Avenue, NW, attained its prestige as the headquarters of the National Council of Negro Women (NCNW) as as the Washington residence of Mary McLeod Bethune, the educato... More

1318 Vermont Avenue, Northwest (House), Washington, District of Columb...

Significance: The row house at 1318 Vermont Avenue, NW, attained its prestige as the headquarters of the National Council of Negro Women (NCNW) as as the Washington residence of Mary McLeod Bethune, the educato... More

1318 Vermont Avenue, Northwest (House), Washington, District of Columb...

Significance: The row house at 1318 Vermont Avenue, NW, attained its prestige as the headquarters of the National Council of Negro Women (NCNW) as as the Washington residence of Mary McLeod Bethune, the educato... More

1318 Vermont Avenue, Northwest (House), Washington, District of Columb...

Significance: The row house at 1318 Vermont Avenue, NW, attained its prestige as the headquarters of the National Council of Negro Women (NCNW) as as the Washington residence of Mary McLeod Bethune, the educato... More

Benjamin Campbell House, Troup & South Fitzhugh Streets, Rochester, Mo...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-20 Survey number: HABS NY-5-R-6 Building/structure dates: 1836 Initial Construction

Benjamin Campbell House, Troup & South Fitzhugh Streets, Rochester, Mo...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-20 Survey number: HABS NY-5-R-6 Building/structure dates: 1836 Initial Construction

Shaker East Family Dwelling House, North side of Village Road, North o...

Significance: This building, it is said, bears the stamp of the old Pennsylvania brick houses, and contains twenty-two rooms; two of which are in the attic. There are five rooms, or compartments, in the baseme... More

Augustine Ottenstein House, 207-209 North Jackson Street, Mobile, Mobi...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-10 Survey number: HABS AL-27 Building/structure dates: 1836 Initial Construction

Augustine Ottenstein House, 207-209 North Jackson Street, Mobile, Mobi...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-10 Survey number: HABS AL-27 Building/structure dates: 1836 Initial Construction

Augustine Ottenstein House, 207-209 North Jackson Street, Mobile, Mobi...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-10 Survey number: HABS AL-27 Building/structure dates: 1836 Initial Construction

Leesburg Townsite, Boarding House, Napias Creek, Salmon, Lemhi County,...

Clifton Farm, Off Baker Road, Frederick, Frederick County, MD

See also HALS MD-12 for related documentation. Significance: Built ca. 1851, the Clifton House is representative of a rural house type which was common among the substantial farmers in Frederick County and the ... More

Clifton Farm, Off Baker Road, Frederick, Frederick County, MD

See also HALS MD-12 for related documentation. Significance: Built ca. 1851, the Clifton House is representative of a rural house type which was common among the substantial farmers in Frederick County and the ... More

Clifton Farm, Off Baker Road, Frederick, Frederick County, MD

See also HALS MD-12 for related documentation. Significance: Built ca. 1851, the Clifton House is representative of a rural house type which was common among the substantial farmers in Frederick County and the ... More

Clifton Farm, Off Baker Road, Frederick, Frederick County, MD

See also HALS MD-12 for related documentation. Significance: Built ca. 1851, the Clifton House is representative of a rural house type which was common among the substantial farmers in Frederick County and the ... More

Clifton Farm, Off Baker Road, Frederick, Frederick County, MD

See also HALS MD-12 for related documentation. Significance: Built ca. 1851, the Clifton House is representative of a rural house type which was common among the substantial farmers in Frederick County and the ... More

Longview Farm, Boarding House, Lees Summit, Jackson County, MO

Significance: Commonly called the hotel, served as the principal residence for single men working on the farm. Three meals a day were provided for the men who lived in other locations on the farm as well as for... More

Longview Farm, Boarding House, Lees Summit, Jackson County, MO

Significance: Commonly called the hotel, served as the principal residence for single men working on the farm. Three meals a day were provided for the men who lived in other locations on the farm as well as for... More

Shaker Centre Family Dwelling House (Third), North side of Village Roa...

Significance: The Third Shaker Centre Family House is preserved as part of the Pleasant Hill Shaker Community. This was the third largest Shaker community within the United States, active between 1805 and 1910.... More

Shaker Centre Family Dwelling House (Third), North side of Village Roa...

Significance: The Third Shaker Centre Family House is preserved as part of the Pleasant Hill Shaker Community. This was the third largest Shaker community within the United States, active between 1805 and 1910.... More

Shaker Centre Family Dwelling House (Third), North side of Village Roa...

Significance: The Third Shaker Centre Family House is preserved as part of the Pleasant Hill Shaker Community. This was the third largest Shaker community within the United States, active between 1805 and 1910.... More

Shaker Centre Family Dwelling House (Third), North side of Village Roa...

Significance: The Third Shaker Centre Family House is preserved as part of the Pleasant Hill Shaker Community. This was the third largest Shaker community within the United States, active between 1805 and 1910.... More

Noah Parker House, Portsmouth, N.H.

Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Mission where Elsie Sigel met her slayer, [Chinatown, New York City, N...

Photograph shows exterior view of a building with lodging above the Portland Restaurant "Chinese American chop suey" on the first floor where Elsie Sigel apparently met Leon Ling, a waiter, in Chinatown, New Yo... More

Judge Crawford House, Thirteenth Street, Columbus, Muscogee County, GA

Survey number: HABS GA-1142 Building/structure dates: ca. 1858 Initial Construction

Floweree, 2309 Pearl Street, Vicksburg, Warren County, MS

Significance: Floweree, as it is called today, is on the National Register. It is named for Charles C. Floweree who was born on October 26, 1842 in Fauquier County Virginia. After serving with distinction in ... More

Floweree, 2309 Pearl Street, Vicksburg, Warren County, MS

Significance: Floweree, as it is called today, is on the National Register. It is named for Charles C. Floweree who was born on October 26, 1842 in Fauquier County Virginia. After serving with distinction in ... More

Mitchell, Marsh & Ireton Ranch, House, Montour, Gem County, ID

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

Empire Stores, 501-505 State Street, Erie, Erie County, PA

Picryl description: Public domain image of a department store, commerce, shopping, main street, city downtown, early 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Empire Stores, 501-505 State Street, Erie, Erie County, PA

Picryl description: Public domain image of a department store, commerce, shopping, main street, city downtown, early 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Empire Stores, 501-505 State Street, Erie, Erie County, PA

Public domain photograph of hotel lobby, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Empire Stores, 501-505 State Street, Erie, Erie County, PA

Picryl description: Public domain image of a department store, commercial building, downtown, shopping center, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

John Tremper House, 3 North Front Street, Kingston, Ulster County, NY

Significance: This is a large, formally elegant building typical of the Federal houses with classical details built after the turn of the 19th century. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structur... More

John Tremper House, 3 North Front Street, Kingston, Ulster County, NY

Significance: This is a large, formally elegant building typical of the Federal houses with classical details built after the turn of the 19th century. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structur... More

Garcia-Dummitt House, 279 Saint George Street, Saint Augustine, St. Jo...

Significance: The house was probably built by Caspar Garcia between 1791 and 1798. In 1836 the building was bought by Colonel Thomas Henry Dummitt, a wealthy sugar planter from Barbadoes and New Haven, Connect... More

Garcia-Dummitt House, 279 Saint George Street, Saint Augustine, St. Jo...

Significance: The house was probably built by Caspar Garcia between 1791 and 1798. In 1836 the building was bought by Colonel Thomas Henry Dummitt, a wealthy sugar planter from Barbadoes and New Haven, Connect... More

Shaker West Family Dwelling House (Second), North side of Village Road...

Survey number: HABS KY-91 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 71000353

Shaker West Family Dwelling House (Second), North side of Village Road...

Survey number: HABS KY-91 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 71000353

The Casa Jacovitz [i.e., Jankowitz] - Whistler's rooms in Venice / Jo ...

Drawing shows exterior view of the Casa Jankowitz on the edge of a canal. Title in pastel and pencil. Exhibit loan 2624-L. Inscribed on verso: Return to JPennell. Publisher's notes inscribed on verso. Signed i... More

The Casa Jacovitz [i.e., Jankowitz] - Whistler's rooms in Venice / Jo ...

Drawing shows exterior view of the Casa Jankowitz on the edge of a canal. Title in pastel and pencil. Exhibit loan 2624-L. Inscribed on verso: Return to JPennell. Publisher's notes inscribed on verso. Signed i... More

1216 East Twelfth Avenue (Boarding House), 1216 East Twelfth Avenue, T...

Significance: This building's architectural and historical significance is derived from its contribution to the Ybor City National Historic Landmark District. Ybor City is a section of Tampa founded and built b... More

1216 East Twelfth Avenue (Boarding House), 1216 East Twelfth Avenue, T...

Significance: This building's architectural and historical significance is derived from its contribution to the Ybor City National Historic Landmark District. Ybor City is a section of Tampa founded and built b... More

Gokakoku jinbutsu - dontaku no zu - Ukiyo e print

Japanese triptych print shows the interior of a foreign settlement house with several women and men enjoying a tea party, and a view of ships in the harbor in the background, Yokohama, Japan. Signature: Yoshit... More

Cueto House, 1822 East Fourteenth Street, Tampa, Hillsborough County, ...

Significance: This building's architectural and historical significance is derived form its contribution to the Ybor City National Historic Landmark District. Ybor City is a section of Tampa founded and built ... More

Shaker West Family Dwelling House (First), North side of Village Road,...

Survey number: HABS KY-90 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 71000353

Rappite Community House No. 2, North Main Street between Church & Gran...

Formerly HABS No. IN-24-5. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-5 Survey number: HABS IN-5 Building/structure dates: 1822 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NR... More

Jean Baptiste Roy House, 615 South Second Street, Saint Louis, Indepen...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-17, FN-18, FN-165 Survey number: HABS MO-13 Building/structure dates: ca. 1829 Initial Construction

1212 East Twelfth Avenue (Boarding House), 1212 East Twelfth Avenue, T...

Significance: This building's architectural and historical significance is derived from its contribution to the Ybor City National Historic Landmark District. Ybor City is a section of Tampa founded and built b... More

Samuel Tilton House, 12 Sunnyside Place, Newport, Newport County, RI

Significance: This house is an outstanding early building of the architects McKim, Mead, and White. An example of their "Shingle Style" work, it is characterized by open planning and richly textured surfaces on... More

Bird-Brady House, Camp Hill, Harpers Ferry, Jefferson County, WV

Significance: Built between 1895 and 1897, the Bird-Brady House served as a private residence for teachers and families associated with Storer College, a historically black school founded in 1867 by missionarie... More

Bird-Brady House, Camp Hill, Harpers Ferry, Jefferson County, WV

Significance: Built between 1895 and 1897, the Bird-Brady House served as a private residence for teachers and families associated with Storer College, a historically black school founded in 1867 by missionarie... More

Town of Locke, Commercial Building, 13952 Main Street, Locke, Sacramen...

Significance: This is one of the group of buildings that forms the Main Street and River Road street facades, separated by narrow alleyways and displaying a second floor balcony on the Main Street facade. Surv... More

Rappite Community House No. 4, Church Street between Brewery & East St...

Survey number: HABS IN-32 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000006

Adams & Company Building, 1014 Second Street, Sacramento, Sacramento C...

Significance: The Adams & Co. Building, Express and Banking House, built in 1853, was the center of a compact group of fire-proof brick structures in Sacramento, California's old "West End." This was Sacrament... More

Shaker Centre Family Trustees' Office, South side of Village Road, Nor...

Survey number: HABS KY-81 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 71000353

Shaker Centre Family Trustees' Office, South side of Village Road, Nor...

Survey number: HABS KY-81 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 71000353

Shaker Centre Family Trustees' Office, South side of Village Road, Nor...

Survey number: HABS KY-81 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 71000353

Lady Adams Building, 113-115 K Street, Sacramento, Sacramento County, ...

Significance: Built as wholesale and import house for four German immigrants who arrived on the brigantine "Lady Adams." Ballast brick said to have been used in structure. Only building to survive fire of 185... More