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National Zoological Park, Elephant House, 3001 Connecticut Avenue NW, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

National Zoological Park, Elephant House, 3001 Connecticut Avenue NW, ...

Significance: In William Mann's "A Brief History of the Zoo," penned in 1946 while he was director, he wrote that "in 1935 the Zoo had a great stroke of good luck [when] the Public Works Administration allotted... More

Kingsley Plantation, House, 11676 Palmetto Avenue, Jacksonville, Duval County, FL

Kingsley Plantation, House, 11676 Palmetto Avenue, Jacksonville, Duval...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N1018 Survey number: HABS FL-478-B National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 70000182

Kingsley Plantation, House, 11676 Palmetto Avenue, Jacksonville, Duval County, FL

Kingsley Plantation, House, 11676 Palmetto Avenue, Jacksonville, Duval...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N1018 Survey number: HABS FL-478-B National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 70000182

Kingsley Plantation, House, 11676 Palmetto Avenue, Jacksonville, Duval County, FL

Kingsley Plantation, House, 11676 Palmetto Avenue, Jacksonville, Duval...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N1018 Survey number: HABS FL-478-B National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 70000182

Murallas del Viejo San Juan, Baluarte de San Augustin, San Juan, San Juan Municipio, PR

Murallas del Viejo San Juan, Baluarte de San Augustin, San Juan, San J...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N511 Survey number: HABS PR-135-I National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000930

Stafford Plantation, Playhouse, Saint Marys, Camden County, GA

Stafford Plantation, Playhouse, Saint Marys, Camden County, GA

Significance: It is a small, one-room house, constructed ca. 1820 on the plantation of Robert Stafford, Jr., who was the largest landowner on Cumberland Island by the middle of the 19th century. The exterior wa... More

Blandair, 6651 Highway 175, Columbia, Howard County, MD

Blandair, 6651 Highway 175, Columbia, Howard County, MD

Significance: The Howard county property known today as Blandair dates to a land grant of 1087 acres, called Talbot's Resolution Manor, which was patented in 1714. The property, in various configurations, pass... More

Blandair, 6651 Highway 175, Columbia, Howard County, MD

Blandair, 6651 Highway 175, Columbia, Howard County, MD

Significance: The Howard county property known today as Blandair dates to a land grant of 1087 acres, called Talbot's Resolution Manor, which was patented in 1714. The property, in various configurations, pass... More

Blandair, 6651 Highway 175, Columbia, Howard County, MD

Blandair, 6651 Highway 175, Columbia, Howard County, MD

Significance: The Howard county property known today as Blandair dates to a land grant of 1087 acres, called Talbot's Resolution Manor, which was patented in 1714. The property, in various configurations, pass... More

Blandair, 6651 Highway 175, Columbia, Howard County, MD

Blandair, 6651 Highway 175, Columbia, Howard County, MD

Significance: The Howard county property known today as Blandair dates to a land grant of 1087 acres, called Talbot's Resolution Manor, which was patented in 1714. The property, in various configurations, pass... More

Weaverville Joss House, Oregon Street, Weaverville, Trinity County, CA

Weaverville Joss House, Oregon Street, Weaverville, Trinity County, CA

Significance: The Temple of the Forest and the Clouds, or as it is popularly known, the Chinese Joss House, is an important historical record of the Chinese culture that flourished in California beginning in th... More

Weaverville Joss House, Oregon Street, Weaverville, Trinity County, CA

Weaverville Joss House, Oregon Street, Weaverville, Trinity County, CA

Significance: The Temple of the Forest and the Clouds, or as it is popularly known, the Chinese Joss House, is an important historical record of the Chinese culture that flourished in California beginning in th... More

Weaverville Joss House, Oregon Street, Weaverville, Trinity County, CA

Weaverville Joss House, Oregon Street, Weaverville, Trinity County, CA

Significance: The Temple of the Forest and the Clouds, or as it is popularly known, the Chinese Joss House, is an important historical record of the Chinese culture that flourished in California beginning in th... More

Weaverville Joss House, Oregon Street, Weaverville, Trinity County, CA

Weaverville Joss House, Oregon Street, Weaverville, Trinity County, CA

Significance: The Temple of the Forest and the Clouds, or as it is popularly known, the Chinese Joss House, is an important historical record of the Chinese culture that flourished in California beginning in th... More

Weaverville Joss House, Oregon Street, Weaverville, Trinity County, CA

Weaverville Joss House, Oregon Street, Weaverville, Trinity County, CA

Significance: The Temple of the Forest and the Clouds, or as it is popularly known, the Chinese Joss House, is an important historical record of the Chinese culture that flourished in California beginning in th... More

Weaverville Joss House, Oregon Street, Weaverville, Trinity County, CA

Weaverville Joss House, Oregon Street, Weaverville, Trinity County, CA

Significance: The Temple of the Forest and the Clouds, or as it is popularly known, the Chinese Joss House, is an important historical record of the Chinese culture that flourished in California beginning in th... More

Weaverville Joss House, Oregon Street, Weaverville, Trinity County, CA

Weaverville Joss House, Oregon Street, Weaverville, Trinity County, CA

Significance: The Temple of the Forest and the Clouds, or as it is popularly known, the Chinese Joss House, is an important historical record of the Chinese culture that flourished in California beginning in th... More

Weaverville Joss House, Oregon Street, Weaverville, Trinity County, CA

Weaverville Joss House, Oregon Street, Weaverville, Trinity County, CA

Significance: The Temple of the Forest and the Clouds, or as it is popularly known, the Chinese Joss House, is an important historical record of the Chinese culture that flourished in California beginning in th... More

Weaverville Joss House, Oregon Street, Weaverville, Trinity County, CA

Weaverville Joss House, Oregon Street, Weaverville, Trinity County, CA

Significance: The Temple of the Forest and the Clouds, or as it is popularly known, the Chinese Joss House, is an important historical record of the Chinese culture that flourished in California beginning in th... More

Weaverville Joss House, Oregon Street, Weaverville, Trinity County, CA

Weaverville Joss House, Oregon Street, Weaverville, Trinity County, CA

Significance: The Temple of the Forest and the Clouds, or as it is popularly known, the Chinese Joss House, is an important historical record of the Chinese culture that flourished in California beginning in th... More

Weaverville Joss House, Oregon Street, Weaverville, Trinity County, CA

Weaverville Joss House, Oregon Street, Weaverville, Trinity County, CA

Significance: The Temple of the Forest and the Clouds, or as it is popularly known, the Chinese Joss House, is an important historical record of the Chinese culture that flourished in California beginning in th... More

Weaverville Joss House, Oregon Street, Weaverville, Trinity County, CA

Weaverville Joss House, Oregon Street, Weaverville, Trinity County, CA

Significance: The Temple of the Forest and the Clouds, or as it is popularly known, the Chinese Joss House, is an important historical record of the Chinese culture that flourished in California beginning in th... More

Weaverville Joss House, Oregon Street, Weaverville, Trinity County, CA

Weaverville Joss House, Oregon Street, Weaverville, Trinity County, CA

Significance: The Temple of the Forest and the Clouds, or as it is popularly known, the Chinese Joss House, is an important historical record of the Chinese culture that flourished in California beginning in th... More

Weaverville Joss House, Oregon Street, Weaverville, Trinity County, CA

Weaverville Joss House, Oregon Street, Weaverville, Trinity County, CA

Significance: The Temple of the Forest and the Clouds, or as it is popularly known, the Chinese Joss House, is an important historical record of the Chinese culture that flourished in California beginning in th... More

Weaverville Joss House, Oregon Street, Weaverville, Trinity County, CA

Weaverville Joss House, Oregon Street, Weaverville, Trinity County, CA

Significance: The Temple of the Forest and the Clouds, or as it is popularly known, the Chinese Joss House, is an important historical record of the Chinese culture that flourished in California beginning in th... More

Cherokee, High & Wall Streets, Natchez, Adams County, MS

Cherokee, High & Wall Streets, Natchez, Adams County, MS

Survey number: HABS MS-275 Building/structure dates: ca. 1794- 1810 Initial Construction

James Minano Cabin, Slate Creek at Koyukuk River, Bettles Vicinity, Coldfoot, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, AK

James Minano Cabin, Slate Creek at Koyukuk River, Bettles Vicinity, Co...

Significance: Although prospectors had begun venturing up the Koyukuk River by the mid-1880s, the first surge of settlement in the region occurred with the overflow of Klondike stampeders in the late 1890s. By ... More

The Hermitage, Alfred's Cabin, 4580 Rachel's Lane, Hermitage, Davidson County, TN

The Hermitage, Alfred's Cabin, 4580 Rachel's Lane, Hermitage, Davidson...

Significance: Alfred's Cabin is an important part of General Andrew Jackson's plantation, The Hermitage, because it is the only remaining dwelling on the property that can be directly linked to its slaves. Rece... More

Fort McDowell, Non-Commissioned Officers' Quarters, Angel Island State Park, Angel Island, Marin County, CA

Fort McDowell, Non-Commissioned Officers' Quarters, Angel Island State...

Significance: Building No. 36 was built to house one non-commissioned officer and his family at the East Garrison of Fort McDowell. This wood frame dwelling was built after the major concrete building campaign... More

The Hermitage, East Cabin, 4580 Rachel's Lane, Hermitage, Davidson County, TN

The Hermitage, East Cabin, 4580 Rachel's Lane, Hermitage, Davidson Cou...

Significance: Between 1804 and 1821, Andrew Jackson and his wife Rachel lived in the First Hermitage, in a structure now known as the West Cabin. The East Cabin is also part of the First Hermitage; it served as... More

Employee's Cottage, Gorbatch Street, Saint Paul, Aleutians West Census Area, AK

Employee's Cottage, Gorbatch Street, Saint Paul, Aleutians West Census...

Significance: The Employee's Cottage is one of three identical houses built in 1924 by the United States Bureau of Fisheries for its employees on Saint Paul Island. Known locally as the Teacher's House, since t... More

Cape Hatteras Lighthouse, Principal Keeper's Dwelling, Point of Cape Hatteras, Access Road from Route 12, Buxton, Dare County, NC

Cape Hatteras Lighthouse, Principal Keeper's Dwelling, Point of Cape H...

Significance: Following the completion of the new Cape Hatteras Lighthouse in 1870, the construction of a dwelling for the lighthouse's third keeper was approved, making use of the surplus of 50,000 bricks at t... More

St. Elizabeths Hospital, Cow Barn, 2700 Martin Luther King Jr Avenue SE, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

St. Elizabeths Hospital, Cow Barn, 2700 Martin Luther King Jr Avenue S...

Significance: According to the 1884 Annual Report for St. Elizabeths Hospital, "the new barn, a building 120 x 60 feet, with foundations and basement of brick and superstructure of wood, now drawing towards com... More

St. Elizabeths Hospital, Cow Barn, 2700 Martin Luther King Jr Avenue SE, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

St. Elizabeths Hospital, Cow Barn, 2700 Martin Luther King Jr Avenue S...

Significance: According to the 1884 Annual Report for St. Elizabeths Hospital, "the new barn, a building 120 x 60 feet, with foundations and basement of brick and superstructure of wood, now drawing towards com... More

Arlington National Cemetery, Old Amphitheater, Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia

Arlington National Cemetery, Old Amphitheater, Arlington, Arlington Co...

Significance: In 1868, General John Logan from the Headquarters of the Grand Army of the Republic (G.A.R.) declared May 30th a day of remembrance for Union soldiers who had died in the Civil War. President Joh... More

Henry House, Sudley Road, Manassas, Manassas, Virginia

Henry House, Sudley Road, Manassas, Manassas, Virginia

Significance: The first house on the Henry Hill site was built by Thomas King in 1812. In 1822 the property was acquired by the Henry family. On 21 July 1861 the First Battle of Bull Run was fought in the imm... More

Kingsley Plantation, Slave Quarters, 11676 Palmetto Avenue, Jacksonville, Duval County, FL

Kingsley Plantation, Slave Quarters, 11676 Palmetto Avenue, Jacksonvil...

Significance: Among the most notable of the surviving structures at Kingsley Plantation are the ruins of 25 (of 32) tabby slave houses. Most likely erected by Zephaniah Kingsley ca. 1822-30 the quarters were in... More

Kingsley Plantation, Slave Quarters, 11676 Palmetto Avenue, Jacksonville, Duval County, FL

Kingsley Plantation, Slave Quarters, 11676 Palmetto Avenue, Jacksonvil...

Significance: Among the most notable of the surviving structures at Kingsley Plantation are the ruins of 25 (of 32) tabby slave houses. Most likely erected by Zephaniah Kingsley ca. 1822-30 the quarters were in... More

Kingsley Plantation, Slave Quarters, 11676 Palmetto Avenue, Jacksonville, Duval County, FL

Kingsley Plantation, Slave Quarters, 11676 Palmetto Avenue, Jacksonvil...

Significance: Among the most notable of the surviving structures at Kingsley Plantation are the ruins of 25 (of 32) tabby slave houses. Most likely erected by Zephaniah Kingsley ca. 1822-30 the quarters were in... More

Murallas del Viejo San Juan, Baluarte de San Antonio, San Juan, San Juan Municipio, PR

Murallas del Viejo San Juan, Baluarte de San Antonio, San Juan, San Ju...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N508 Survey number: HABS PR-135-F National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000930

Fort Simcoe, Officer's Quarters, Fort Simcoe Road, White Swan, Yakima County, WA

Fort Simcoe, Officer's Quarters, Fort Simcoe Road, White Swan, Yakima ...

Significance: The Officer's Quarters was one of three identical houses constructed in 1857 as part of the Officer's Row at Fort Simcoe. Together with the Commanding Officer's Quarters, these four buildings def... More

Homewood, North Charles & Thirty-fourth Streets, Baltimore, Independent City, MD

Homewood, North Charles & Thirty-fourth Streets, Baltimore, Independen...

Significance: Built between 1801 and 1803, Homewood is significant historically for its association with the prominent Carroll family of Maryland and architecturally as one of the most refined and well-articula... More

Homewood, North Charles & Thirty-fourth Streets, Baltimore, Independent City, MD

Homewood, North Charles & Thirty-fourth Streets, Baltimore, Independen...

Significance: Built between 1801 and 1803, Homewood is significant historically for its association with the prominent Carroll family of Maryland and architecturally as one of the most refined and well-articula... More

Homewood, North Charles & Thirty-fourth Streets, Baltimore, Independent City, MD

Homewood, North Charles & Thirty-fourth Streets, Baltimore, Independen...

Significance: Built between 1801 and 1803, Homewood is significant historically for its association with the prominent Carroll family of Maryland and architecturally as one of the most refined and well-articula... More

Homewood, North Charles & Thirty-fourth Streets, Baltimore, Independent City, MD

Homewood, North Charles & Thirty-fourth Streets, Baltimore, Independen...

Significance: Built between 1801 and 1803, Homewood is significant historically for its association with the prominent Carroll family of Maryland and architecturally as one of the most refined and well-articula... More

Homewood, North Charles & Thirty-fourth Streets, Baltimore, Independent City, MD

Homewood, North Charles & Thirty-fourth Streets, Baltimore, Independen...

Significance: Built between 1801 and 1803, Homewood is significant historically for its association with the prominent Carroll family of Maryland and architecturally as one of the most refined and well-articula... More

Homewood, North Charles & Thirty-fourth Streets, Baltimore, Independent City, MD

Homewood, North Charles & Thirty-fourth Streets, Baltimore, Independen...

Significance: Built between 1801 and 1803, Homewood is significant historically for its association with the prominent Carroll family of Maryland and architecturally as one of the most refined and well-articula... More

Homewood, North Charles & Thirty-fourth Streets, Baltimore, Independent City, MD

Homewood, North Charles & Thirty-fourth Streets, Baltimore, Independen...

Significance: Built between 1801 and 1803, Homewood is significant historically for its association with the prominent Carroll family of Maryland and architecturally as one of the most refined and well-articula... More

Homewood, North Charles & Thirty-fourth Streets, Baltimore, Independent City, MD

Homewood, North Charles & Thirty-fourth Streets, Baltimore, Independen...

Significance: Built between 1801 and 1803, Homewood is significant historically for its association with the prominent Carroll family of Maryland and architecturally as one of the most refined and well-articula... More

Homewood, North Charles & Thirty-fourth Streets, Baltimore, Independent City, MD

Homewood, North Charles & Thirty-fourth Streets, Baltimore, Independen...

Significance: Built between 1801 and 1803, Homewood is significant historically for its association with the prominent Carroll family of Maryland and architecturally as one of the most refined and well-articula... More

Homewood, North Charles & Thirty-fourth Streets, Baltimore, Independent City, MD

Homewood, North Charles & Thirty-fourth Streets, Baltimore, Independen...

Significance: Built between 1801 and 1803, Homewood is significant historically for its association with the prominent Carroll family of Maryland and architecturally as one of the most refined and well-articula... More

Homewood, North Charles & Thirty-fourth Streets, Baltimore, Independent City, MD

Homewood, North Charles & Thirty-fourth Streets, Baltimore, Independen...

Significance: Built between 1801 and 1803, Homewood is significant historically for its association with the prominent Carroll family of Maryland and architecturally as one of the most refined and well-articula... More

Homewood, North Charles & Thirty-fourth Streets, Baltimore, Independent City, MD

Homewood, North Charles & Thirty-fourth Streets, Baltimore, Independen...

Significance: Built between 1801 and 1803, Homewood is significant historically for its association with the prominent Carroll family of Maryland and architecturally as one of the most refined and well-articula... More

Homewood, North Charles & Thirty-fourth Streets, Baltimore, Independent City, MD

Homewood, North Charles & Thirty-fourth Streets, Baltimore, Independen...

Significance: Built between 1801 and 1803, Homewood is significant historically for its association with the prominent Carroll family of Maryland and architecturally as one of the most refined and well-articula... More

Homewood, North Charles & Thirty-fourth Streets, Baltimore, Independent City, MD

Homewood, North Charles & Thirty-fourth Streets, Baltimore, Independen...

Significance: Built between 1801 and 1803, Homewood is significant historically for its association with the prominent Carroll family of Maryland and architecturally as one of the most refined and well-articula... More

Homewood, North Charles & Thirty-fourth Streets, Baltimore, Independent City, MD

Homewood, North Charles & Thirty-fourth Streets, Baltimore, Independen...

Significance: Built between 1801 and 1803, Homewood is significant historically for its association with the prominent Carroll family of Maryland and architecturally as one of the most refined and well-articula... More

Homewood, North Charles & Thirty-fourth Streets, Baltimore, Independent City, MD

Homewood, North Charles & Thirty-fourth Streets, Baltimore, Independen...

Significance: Built between 1801 and 1803, Homewood is significant historically for its association with the prominent Carroll family of Maryland and architecturally as one of the most refined and well-articula... More

Homewood, North Charles & Thirty-fourth Streets, Baltimore, Independent City, MD

Homewood, North Charles & Thirty-fourth Streets, Baltimore, Independen...

Significance: Built between 1801 and 1803, Homewood is significant historically for its association with the prominent Carroll family of Maryland and architecturally as one of the most refined and well-articula... More

Old Fort Rosalie Gift Shop, 500 South Canal Street, Natchez, Adams County, MS

Old Fort Rosalie Gift Shop, 500 South Canal Street, Natchez, Adams Cou...

Significance: Although not initially envisioned as a restaurant, the plan for the building was always tied to the tourist trade. It served as the gift shop and visitors' entrance for Jefferson Davis Dickson's 1... More

Old Fort Rosalie Gift Shop, 500 South Canal Street, Natchez, Adams County, MS

Old Fort Rosalie Gift Shop, 500 South Canal Street, Natchez, Adams Cou...

Significance: Although not initially envisioned as a restaurant, the plan for the building was always tied to the tourist trade. It served as the gift shop and visitors' entrance for Jefferson Davis Dickson's 1... More

Joseph Poffenberger Farm, Barn, 17834 Mansfield Avenue, Sharpsburg, Washington County, MD

Joseph Poffenberger Farm, Barn, 17834 Mansfield Avenue, Sharpsburg, Wa...

Significance: The Joseph Poffenberger Farm was originally part of a large estate owned by James Chapline, who rented farm-size parcels to various tenants. The original Poffenberger Barn was most likely constru... More

Joseph Poffenberger Farm, Barn, 17834 Mansfield Avenue, Sharpsburg, Washington County, MD

Joseph Poffenberger Farm, Barn, 17834 Mansfield Avenue, Sharpsburg, Wa...

Significance: The Joseph Poffenberger Farm was originally part of a large estate owned by James Chapline, who rented farm-size parcels to various tenants. The original Poffenberger Barn was most likely constru... More

Joseph Poffenberger Farm, Barn, 17834 Mansfield Avenue, Sharpsburg, Washington County, MD

Joseph Poffenberger Farm, Barn, 17834 Mansfield Avenue, Sharpsburg, Wa...

Significance: The Joseph Poffenberger Farm was originally part of a large estate owned by James Chapline, who rented farm-size parcels to various tenants. The original Poffenberger Barn was most likely constru... More

Northern Commercial Company Store, Koyukuk River at Wiseman Creek, Bettles Vicinity, Wiseman, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, AK

Northern Commercial Company Store, Koyukuk River at Wiseman Creek, Bet...

Significance: Following the purchase of Alaska by the United States in 1867, the assets of the Russian-American Company were acquired the following year by the newly founded Alaska Commercial Company. The Alask... More

Illinois Supreme Court Building, 200 East Capitol Avenue, Springfield, Sangamon County, IL

Illinois Supreme Court Building, 200 East Capitol Avenue, Springfield,...

2013 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Third Place Significance: The Illinois Supreme Court Building is determined eligible for the National Register of Historic Places. It embodies significant and distinctive charact... More

Illinois Supreme Court Building, 200 East Capitol Avenue, Springfield, Sangamon County, IL

Illinois Supreme Court Building, 200 East Capitol Avenue, Springfield,...

2013 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Third Place Significance: The Illinois Supreme Court Building is determined eligible for the National Register of Historic Places. It embodies significant and distinctive charact... More

Illinois Supreme Court Building, 200 East Capitol Avenue, Springfield, Sangamon County, IL

Illinois Supreme Court Building, 200 East Capitol Avenue, Springfield,...

2013 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Third Place Significance: The Illinois Supreme Court Building is determined eligible for the National Register of Historic Places. It embodies significant and distinctive charact... More

Illinois Supreme Court Building, 200 East Capitol Avenue, Springfield, Sangamon County, IL

Illinois Supreme Court Building, 200 East Capitol Avenue, Springfield,...

2013 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Third Place Significance: The Illinois Supreme Court Building is determined eligible for the National Register of Historic Places. It embodies significant and distinctive charact... More

Fort Washington, Fort, 13551 Fort Washington Road, Fort Washington Forest, Prince George's County, MD

Fort Washington, Fort, 13551 Fort Washington Road, Fort Washington For...

Significance: Fort Washington's predecessor, Fort Warburton, was completed in December 1809 to guard the Potomac River entrance to the Capital City. During the War of 1812, on August 27, 1814, it was destroyed... More

Fort Washington, Fort, 13551 Fort Washington Road, Fort Washington Forest, Prince George's County, MD

Fort Washington, Fort, 13551 Fort Washington Road, Fort Washington For...

Significance: Fort Washington's predecessor, Fort Warburton, was completed in December 1809 to guard the Potomac River entrance to the Capital City. During the War of 1812, on August 27, 1814, it was destroyed... More

Fort Washington, Fort, 13551 Fort Washington Road, Fort Washington Forest, Prince George's County, MD

Fort Washington, Fort, 13551 Fort Washington Road, Fort Washington For...

Significance: Fort Washington's predecessor, Fort Warburton, was completed in December 1809 to guard the Potomac River entrance to the Capital City. During the War of 1812, on August 27, 1814, it was destroyed... More

Fort McDowell, Angel Island State Park, Angel Island, Marin County, CA

Fort McDowell, Angel Island State Park, Angel Island, Marin County, CA

Significance: The growth of the U.S. military in the early twentieth century precipitated expansion of the Army presence on Angel Island. After nearly forty years of maintaining a modest Army installation at C... More

Fort McDowell, Angel Island State Park, Angel Island, Marin County, CA

Fort McDowell, Angel Island State Park, Angel Island, Marin County, CA

Significance: The growth of the U.S. military in the early twentieth century precipitated expansion of the Army presence on Angel Island. After nearly forty years of maintaining a modest Army installation at C... More

Fort McDowell, Angel Island State Park, Angel Island, Marin County, CA

Fort McDowell, Angel Island State Park, Angel Island, Marin County, CA

Significance: The growth of the U.S. military in the early twentieth century precipitated expansion of the Army presence on Angel Island. After nearly forty years of maintaining a modest Army installation at C... More

Melrose, Carriage House, 1 Melrose-Montebello Parkway, Natchez, Adams County, MS

Melrose, Carriage House, 1 Melrose-Montebello Parkway, Natchez, Adams ...

Significance: The Carriage House at Melrose Plantation was built ca. 1848, concurrent with the completion of the main house. A two-story rectangular building, the Carriage House originally consisted of a large ... More

Melrose, Carriage House, 1 Melrose-Montebello Parkway, Natchez, Adams County, MS

Melrose, Carriage House, 1 Melrose-Montebello Parkway, Natchez, Adams ...

Significance: The Carriage House at Melrose Plantation was built ca. 1848, concurrent with the completion of the main house. A two-story rectangular building, the Carriage House originally consisted of a large ... More

Melrose, Carriage House, 1 Melrose-Montebello Parkway, Natchez, Adams County, MS

Melrose, Carriage House, 1 Melrose-Montebello Parkway, Natchez, Adams ...

Significance: The Carriage House at Melrose Plantation was built ca. 1848, concurrent with the completion of the main house. A two-story rectangular building, the Carriage House originally consisted of a large ... More

Washington Monument, High ground West of Fifteenth Street, Northwest, between Independence & Constitution Avenues, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Washington Monument, High ground West of Fifteenth Street, Northwest, ...

See also HAER DC-5 for additional documentation. Significance: Built to commemorate the first president of the United States, the monument has also become a hallowed symbol of the nation's government and the ci... More

Washington Monument, High ground West of Fifteenth Street, Northwest, between Independence & Constitution Avenues, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Washington Monument, High ground West of Fifteenth Street, Northwest, ...

See also HAER DC-5 for additional documentation. Significance: Built to commemorate the first president of the United States, the monument has also become a hallowed symbol of the nation's government and the ci... More

Washington Monument, High ground West of Fifteenth Street, Northwest, between Independence & Constitution Avenues, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Washington Monument, High ground West of Fifteenth Street, Northwest, ...

See also HAER DC-5 for additional documentation. Significance: Built to commemorate the first president of the United States, the monument has also become a hallowed symbol of the nation's government and the ci... More

Washington Monument, High ground West of Fifteenth Street, Northwest, between Independence & Constitution Avenues, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Washington Monument, High ground West of Fifteenth Street, Northwest, ...

See also HAER DC-5 for additional documentation. Significance: Built to commemorate the first president of the United States, the monument has also become a hallowed symbol of the nation's government and the ci... More

Washington Monument, High ground West of Fifteenth Street, Northwest, between Independence & Constitution Avenues, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Washington Monument, High ground West of Fifteenth Street, Northwest, ...

See also HAER DC-5 for additional documentation. Significance: Built to commemorate the first president of the United States, the monument has also become a hallowed symbol of the nation's government and the ci... More

Washington Monument, High ground West of Fifteenth Street, Northwest, between Independence & Constitution Avenues, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Washington Monument, High ground West of Fifteenth Street, Northwest, ...

See also HAER DC-5 for additional documentation. Significance: Built to commemorate the first president of the United States, the monument has also become a hallowed symbol of the nation's government and the ci... More

Washington Monument, High ground West of Fifteenth Street, Northwest, between Independence & Constitution Avenues, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Washington Monument, High ground West of Fifteenth Street, Northwest, ...

See also HAER DC-5 for additional documentation. Significance: Built to commemorate the first president of the United States, the monument has also become a hallowed symbol of the nation's government and the ci... More

Washington Monument, High ground West of Fifteenth Street, Northwest, between Independence & Constitution Avenues, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Washington Monument, High ground West of Fifteenth Street, Northwest, ...

See also HAER DC-5 for additional documentation. Significance: Built to commemorate the first president of the United States, the monument has also become a hallowed symbol of the nation's government and the ci... More

Washington Monument, High ground West of Fifteenth Street, Northwest, between Independence & Constitution Avenues, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Washington Monument, High ground West of Fifteenth Street, Northwest, ...

See also HAER DC-5 for additional documentation. Significance: Built to commemorate the first president of the United States, the monument has also become a hallowed symbol of the nation's government and the ci... More

Washington Monument, High ground West of Fifteenth Street, Northwest, between Independence & Constitution Avenues, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Washington Monument, High ground West of Fifteenth Street, Northwest, ...

See also HAER DC-5 for additional documentation. Significance: Built to commemorate the first president of the United States, the monument has also become a hallowed symbol of the nation's government and the ci... More

Washington Monument, High ground West of Fifteenth Street, Northwest, between Independence & Constitution Avenues, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Washington Monument, High ground West of Fifteenth Street, Northwest, ...

See also HAER DC-5 for additional documentation. Significance: Built to commemorate the first president of the United States, the monument has also become a hallowed symbol of the nation's government and the ci... More

Washington Monument, High ground West of Fifteenth Street, Northwest, between Independence & Constitution Avenues, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Washington Monument, High ground West of Fifteenth Street, Northwest, ...

See also HAER DC-5 for additional documentation. Significance: Built to commemorate the first president of the United States, the monument has also become a hallowed symbol of the nation's government and the ci... More

Washington Monument, High ground West of Fifteenth Street, Northwest, between Independence & Constitution Avenues, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Washington Monument, High ground West of Fifteenth Street, Northwest, ...

See also HAER DC-5 for additional documentation. Significance: Built to commemorate the first president of the United States, the monument has also become a hallowed symbol of the nation's government and the ci... More

Joseph Poffenberger Farm, Wash House, 17834 Mansfield Avenue, Sharpsburg, Washington County, MD

Joseph Poffenberger Farm, Wash House, 17834 Mansfield Avenue, Sharpsbu...

Significance: It is a 1-room outbuilding, which was built in 2 phases. The western section of the building, thought to be earlier, was built of horizontal hewn log construction, with a large exterior fieldstone... More

Joseph Poffenberger Farm, Wash House, 17834 Mansfield Avenue, Sharpsburg, Washington County, MD

Joseph Poffenberger Farm, Wash House, 17834 Mansfield Avenue, Sharpsbu...

Significance: It is a 1-room outbuilding, which was built in 2 phases. The western section of the building, thought to be earlier, was built of horizontal hewn log construction, with a large exterior fieldstone... More

Joseph Poffenberger Farm, Wash House, 17834 Mansfield Avenue, Sharpsburg, Washington County, MD

Joseph Poffenberger Farm, Wash House, 17834 Mansfield Avenue, Sharpsbu...

Significance: It is a 1-room outbuilding, which was built in 2 phases. The western section of the building, thought to be earlier, was built of horizontal hewn log construction, with a large exterior fieldstone... More

Joseph Poffenberger Farm, Wash House, 17834 Mansfield Avenue, Sharpsburg, Washington County, MD

Joseph Poffenberger Farm, Wash House, 17834 Mansfield Avenue, Sharpsbu...

Significance: It is a 1-room outbuilding, which was built in 2 phases. The western section of the building, thought to be earlier, was built of horizontal hewn log construction, with a large exterior fieldstone... More

National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, Northwestern Branch, Chapel, 5000 West National Avenue, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, WI

National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, Northwestern Branch, Ch...

Significance: The Chapel was built in 1889 during a period of expansion for the Northwestern Branch of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers. Originally a chapel for resident veterans was located a... More

National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, Northwestern Branch, Governor's Residence, 5000 West National Avenue, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, WI

National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, Northwestern Branch, Go...

Significance: Governor's Residence is thought to have been built in 1868-69 and designed by prominent Milwaukee architect Edward Townsend Mix, concurrent with construction of the Main Building. It housed the G... More

National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, Northwestern Branch, Governor's Residence, 5000 West National Avenue, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, WI

National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, Northwestern Branch, Go...

Significance: Governor's Residence is thought to have been built in 1868-69 and designed by prominent Milwaukee architect Edward Townsend Mix, concurrent with construction of the Main Building. It housed the G... More

National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, Northwestern Branch, Governor's Residence, 5000 West National Avenue, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, WI

National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, Northwestern Branch, Go...

Significance: Governor's Residence is thought to have been built in 1868-69 and designed by prominent Milwaukee architect Edward Townsend Mix, concurrent with construction of the Main Building. It housed the G... More

Casa Cautino, 1 Calle Santiago Palmer, Guayama, Guayama Municipio, PR

Casa Cautino, 1 Calle Santiago Palmer, Guayama, Guayama Municipio, PR

2014 Charles E. Peterson Prize, First Place Significance: The Cautiño House is striking due to the ornamental and detailed nature of its Spanish colonial architecture. This home represents the cultural and hist... More

Rothschild House, 836 Jefferson Street, Port Townsend, Jefferson County, WA

Rothschild House, 836 Jefferson Street, Port Townsend, Jefferson Count...

Significance: D.C.H. (Henry) Rothschild (1824-86) was a German immigrant by way of Kentucky and California. He settled in Port Townsend in 1858, establishing the Kentucky Store on the town's waterfront. One o... More

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