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Middlesex Sampling Plant, Process Building, 239 Mountain Avenue, Middlesex, Middlesex County, NJ

Middlesex Sampling Plant, Process Building, 239 Mountain Avenue, Middl...

Significance: The process building was used between 1943-67 for sampling uranium, beryllium, and thorium ore for the Manhattan Engineer District/Atomic Energy Commission for use in the development of atomic wea... More

State Bridge No. 424, Wiggins Mill Road (Road 446) spanning Wiggins Mill Pond Outlet, Townsend, New Castle County, DE

State Bridge No. 424, Wiggins Mill Road (Road 446) spanning Wiggins Mi...

Significance: Bridge No. 424 is a rare surviving representative of the Warren pony-truss bridge type, a form of metal truss that was commonly employed for small-scale rural crossings in Delaware during the late... More

Comstock Road Bridge, Comstock Road spanning Black River, 0.2 mile southeast of Graham Road intersection, Yale, St. Clair County, MI

Comstock Road Bridge, Comstock Road spanning Black River, 0.2 mile sou...

Significance: This bridge is one of very few examples of a cast-in-place concrete closed spandrel (non-filled) deck arch structure found in Michigan. The attention to cosmetic detail (such as the precast concr... More

Comstock Road Bridge, Comstock Road spanning Black River, 0.2 mile southeast of Graham Road intersection, Yale, St. Clair County, MI

Comstock Road Bridge, Comstock Road spanning Black River, 0.2 mile sou...

Significance: This bridge is one of very few examples of a cast-in-place concrete closed spandrel (non-filled) deck arch structure found in Michigan. The attention to cosmetic detail (such as the precast concr... More

Comstock Road Bridge, Comstock Road spanning Black River, 0.2 mile southeast of Graham Road intersection, Yale, St. Clair County, MI

Comstock Road Bridge, Comstock Road spanning Black River, 0.2 mile sou...

Significance: This bridge is one of very few examples of a cast-in-place concrete closed spandrel (non-filled) deck arch structure found in Michigan. The attention to cosmetic detail (such as the precast concr... More

Comstock Road Bridge, Comstock Road spanning Black River, 0.2 mile southeast of Graham Road intersection, Yale, St. Clair County, MI

Comstock Road Bridge, Comstock Road spanning Black River, 0.2 mile sou...

Significance: This bridge is one of very few examples of a cast-in-place concrete closed spandrel (non-filled) deck arch structure found in Michigan. The attention to cosmetic detail (such as the precast concr... More

Inselrue Bridge, Inselrue Avenue spanning Nashua Canal, Belle Isle Park, Detroit, Wayne County, MI

Inselrue Bridge, Inselrue Avenue spanning Nashua Canal, Belle Isle Par...

Significance: This is one of more than a dozen small bridges built to carry traffic across the lagoons and canals which crisscross Belle Isle, Detroit's major public park in the late nineteenth and early twenti... More

Inselrue Bridge, Inselrue Avenue spanning Nashua Canal, Belle Isle Park, Detroit, Wayne County, MI

Inselrue Bridge, Inselrue Avenue spanning Nashua Canal, Belle Isle Par...

Significance: This is one of more than a dozen small bridges built to carry traffic across the lagoons and canals which crisscross Belle Isle, Detroit's major public park in the late nineteenth and early twenti... More

New Jersey State Tuberculosis Sanatorium, Children's Unit, Pavilion Road, .4 mile west of intersection with Sanatorium Road, Glen Gardner, Hunterdon County, NJ

New Jersey State Tuberculosis Sanatorium, Children's Unit, Pavilion Ro...

Significance: The Children's Unit brings together under one roof the typical tuberculosis sanatorium design features and functions usually located in multiple buildings in sanatoria through the United States du... More

New Jersey State Tuberculosis Sanatorium, Children's Unit, Pavilion Road, .4 mile west of intersection with Sanatorium Road, Glen Gardner, Hunterdon County, NJ

New Jersey State Tuberculosis Sanatorium, Children's Unit, Pavilion Ro...

Significance: The Children's Unit brings together under one roof the typical tuberculosis sanatorium design features and functions usually located in multiple buildings in sanatoria through the United States du... More

New Jersey State Tuberculosis Sanatorium, Children's Unit, Pavilion Road, .4 mile west of intersection with Sanatorium Road, Glen Gardner, Hunterdon County, NJ

New Jersey State Tuberculosis Sanatorium, Children's Unit, Pavilion Ro...

Significance: The Children's Unit brings together under one roof the typical tuberculosis sanatorium design features and functions usually located in multiple buildings in sanatoria through the United States du... More

New Jersey State Tuberculosis Sanatorium, Employee Dormitory, Pavilion Road, .3 mile west of intersection with Sanatorium Road, Glen Gardner, Hunterdon County, NJ

New Jersey State Tuberculosis Sanatorium, Employee Dormitory, Pavilion...

Significance: The Employee Dormitory is representative of early 20th century design changes that were made in tuberculosis treatment facilities to safeguard the physical and mental health of employees. Survey... More

College Hill, Bounded roughly by Olney, Hope, Governor Streets, & Seekonk & Providence Rivers, Providence, Providence County, RI

College Hill, Bounded roughly by Olney, Hope, Governor Streets, & Seek...

Significance: College Hill is significant at the national level as a well preserved collection of historic residential, commercial, educational, and religious buildings dating from the early eighteenth century ... More

Raritan Arsenal, Fire Station, 2890 Woodbridge Avenue, Bonhamtown, Middlesex County, NJ

Raritan Arsenal, Fire Station, 2890 Woodbridge Avenue, Bonhamtown, Mid...

Significance: Building 228 is significant as the main fire station at the Raritan Arsenal. Because of the potential fire danger of munitions stored at the installation, it played a critical role in maintaining ... More

National Institutes of Health, Industrial Hygiene Laboratory, 9000 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, Montgomery County, MD

National Institutes of Health, Industrial Hygiene Laboratory, 9000 Roc...

Significance: The Industrial Hygeine Laboratory, constructed in 1938, is one of the original laboratory buildings built for the National Institute of Health (NIH) in Bethesda, and the first laboratory built sol... More

Lyter Road Bridge, Lyter Road Spanning Little Swan Creek, Bronson, Branch County, MI

Lyter Road Bridge, Lyter Road Spanning Little Swan Creek, Bronson, Bra...

Significance: The Lyter Road Bridge is one of only four steel through girder bridges left on the Michigan Department of Transportation inventory list and is over 79 years old. Survey number: HAER MI-101 Build... More

Lyter Road Bridge, Lyter Road Spanning Little Swan Creek, Bronson, Branch County, MI

Lyter Road Bridge, Lyter Road Spanning Little Swan Creek, Bronson, Bra...

Significance: The Lyter Road Bridge is one of only four steel through girder bridges left on the Michigan Department of Transportation inventory list and is over 79 years old. Survey number: HAER MI-101 Build... More

Route 7 Bridge, Route 7 (1AG) over Passaic River, Belleville, Essex County, NJ

Route 7 Bridge, Route 7 (1AG) over Passaic River, Belleville, Essex Co...

Significance: The bridge has been determined eligible for the National Register of Historic Places due to its well-preserved state and its significance as an example of an uncommon bascule bridge type built by ... More

DeStefano Farmhouse, 86 Union Street, Medford, Burlington County, NJ

DeStefano Farmhouse, 86 Union Street, Medford, Burlington County, NJ

Survey number: HABS NJ-1229 Public domain photograph - New Jersey, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

DeStefano Farmhouse, 86 Union Street, Medford, Burlington County, NJ

DeStefano Farmhouse, 86 Union Street, Medford, Burlington County, NJ

Survey number: HABS NJ-1229 Public domain photograph - New Jersey, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

DeStefano Farmhouse, 86 Union Street, Medford, Burlington County, NJ

DeStefano Farmhouse, 86 Union Street, Medford, Burlington County, NJ

Survey number: HABS NJ-1229 Public domain photograph - New Jersey, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Locke Avenue Bridge, Locke Avenue (County Route 671) Spanning Raccoon Creek, Swedesboro, Gloucester County, NJ

Locke Avenue Bridge, Locke Avenue (County Route 671) Spanning Raccoon ...

Significance: The Locke Avenue Bridge, constructed in 1911, is the only swing span and the oldest of three movable span bridges extant in Gloucester County, New Jersey. The bridge is distinctive as a small sca... More

Locke Avenue Bridge, Locke Avenue (County Route 671) Spanning Raccoon Creek, Swedesboro, Gloucester County, NJ

Locke Avenue Bridge, Locke Avenue (County Route 671) Spanning Raccoon ...

Significance: The Locke Avenue Bridge, constructed in 1911, is the only swing span and the oldest of three movable span bridges extant in Gloucester County, New Jersey. The bridge is distinctive as a small sca... More

Christian Admiral Hotel, 1401 Beach Avenue, Cape May, Cape May County, NJ

Christian Admiral Hotel, 1401 Beach Avenue, Cape May, Cape May County,...

Significance: The Cape May Hotel was constructed in 1908 as the anchor for an ambitious real estate venture to create a new town in East Cape May to replace the aging center. The development was designed to rej... More

Armour & Company Building, 100 Harris Avenue, Providence, Providence County, RI

Armour & Company Building, 100 Harris Avenue, Providence, Providence C...

Significance: Constructed in 1943, during the final phase of development for the Provisions Warehouse Historic District, the Armour & Company Building is the only contributing building in the district that was ... More

Brookrace Estate, Patrol Cottage One, Located 0.1 mile north of Pleasant Valley Road & 0.3 mile east of Union School House Road, Morristown, Morris County, NJ

Brookrace Estate, Patrol Cottage One, Located 0.1 mile north of Pleasa...

Significance: Patrol Cottages One and Three are dormitories built in 1947. These buildings have identical plan and elevation. Patrol Cottage Two is similar to these two buildings except for exterior wall claddi... More

Downtown Short Pump Grocery, West Broad Street (State Route 250) & Three Chopt Road, Short Pump, Henrico County, Virginia

Downtown Short Pump Grocery, West Broad Street (State Route 250) & Thr...

Significance: The Downtown Short Pump Grocery is a largely intact, representative example of a small scale, mixed use rural commercial building from the turn of the century. The building's unique stylistic fea... More

Downtown Short Pump Grocery, West Broad Street (State Route 250) & Three Chopt Road, Short Pump, Henrico County, Virginia

Downtown Short Pump Grocery, West Broad Street (State Route 250) & Thr...

Significance: The Downtown Short Pump Grocery is a largely intact, representative example of a small scale, mixed use rural commercial building from the turn of the century. The building's unique stylistic fea... More

Brookrace Estate, Patrol Cottage Five, Located 0.1 mile north of Pleasant Valley Road & 0.5 mile east of Union School House Road, Morristown, Morris County, NJ

Brookrace Estate, Patrol Cottage Five, Located 0.1 mile north of Pleas...

Significance: Patrol Cottages Four and Five are dormitories built in 1948. Both have identical plans and elevations. Survey number: HABS NJ-1216-I Building/structure dates: 1948 Initial Construction

Brookrace Estate, Patrol Cottage Five, Located 0.1 mile north of Pleasant Valley Road & 0.5 mile east of Union School House Road, Morristown, Morris County, NJ

Brookrace Estate, Patrol Cottage Five, Located 0.1 mile north of Pleas...

Significance: Patrol Cottages Four and Five are dormitories built in 1948. Both have identical plans and elevations. Survey number: HABS NJ-1216-I Building/structure dates: 1948 Initial Construction

Magnolia Avenue Viaduct, Magnolia Avenue over U.S. Route 1 & 9, Elizabeth, Union County, NJ

Magnolia Avenue Viaduct, Magnolia Avenue over U.S. Route 1 & 9, Elizab...

Significance: The bridge has been determined eligible for the National Register of Historic Places due to its association with the Route 1 & 9 construction campaign during the 1920s and 1930s. Routes 1 & 9 wer... More

Terminal Building, 184 Kinsley Avenue & 11-25 Terminal Way, Providence, Providence County, RI

Terminal Building, 184 Kinsley Avenue & 11-25 Terminal Way, Providence...

Significance: The Terminal Building is significant for its associations with the development of the Provisions Warehouse District of Providence. It was constructed in 1917 by the Merchants' Cold Storage & Ware... More

Terminal Building, 184 Kinsley Avenue & 11-25 Terminal Way, Providence, Providence County, RI

Terminal Building, 184 Kinsley Avenue & 11-25 Terminal Way, Providence...

Significance: The Terminal Building is significant for its associations with the development of the Provisions Warehouse District of Providence. It was constructed in 1917 by the Merchants' Cold Storage & Ware... More

P. C. O'Brien Building, 801-813 Prospect Avenue, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, OH

P. C. O'Brien Building, 801-813 Prospect Avenue, Cleveland, Cuyahoga C...

Significance: The P. C. O'Brien (Standard Theatre) Building is significant for containing the oldest extant theater in Cleveland. Opened in 1914, the 700-seat Standard Theatre showed silent moving pictures to t... More

P. C. O'Brien Building, 801-813 Prospect Avenue, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, OH

P. C. O'Brien Building, 801-813 Prospect Avenue, Cleveland, Cuyahoga C...

Significance: The P. C. O'Brien (Standard Theatre) Building is significant for containing the oldest extant theater in Cleveland. Opened in 1914, the 700-seat Standard Theatre showed silent moving pictures to t... More

United States Radium Corporation, 422-432 Alden Street, Orange, Essex County, NJ

United States Radium Corporation, 422-432 Alden Street, Orange, Essex ...

Significance: The U.S. Radium Corporation site, including the surviving structural components dating to the period 1917-1926, were associated with nationally significant developments in health and safety standa... More

New Jersey State Tuberculosis Sanatorium, Sanatorium Road, 1 mile east of intersection of Main Street & Sanitorium Road, Glen Gardner, Hunterdon County, NJ

New Jersey State Tuberculosis Sanatorium, Sanatorium Road, 1 mile east...

Significance: The New Jersey State Sanatorium is an excellent example of a typical state sanatorium because it contains all of the textbook design features considered essential by experts of the day. Thomas Spe... More

New Jersey State Tuberculosis Sanatorium, Sanatorium Road, 1 mile east of intersection of Main Street & Sanitorium Road, Glen Gardner, Hunterdon County, NJ

New Jersey State Tuberculosis Sanatorium, Sanatorium Road, 1 mile east...

Significance: The New Jersey State Sanatorium is an excellent example of a typical state sanatorium because it contains all of the textbook design features considered essential by experts of the day. Thomas Spe... More

19 Grant Street (House), Montclair, Essex County, NJ

19 Grant Street (House), Montclair, Essex County, NJ

Significance: 19 Grant Street is a contributing component of the Pine Street Historic District. The Pine Street District is significant as an intact working class neighborhood developed primarily by Italian-Ame... More

Water Street Bridge, County Route 119/26, over Guyandotte River, Logan, Logan County, WV

Water Street Bridge, County Route 119/26, over Guyandotte River, Logan...

Significance: The Water Street Bridge is significant for its association with the civil and economic development of the city of Logan, West Virginia. Since its construction in 1934 the bridge has been a primar... More

School Street-Monroe Street Neighborhood, Bounded on north by Quincy & Monroe Streets, on south by Jefferson Street, on west by Hope Avenue, & on east by Parker Avenue & site of Canal Street, Passaic, Passaic County, NJ

School Street-Monroe Street Neighborhood, Bounded on north by Quincy &...

Significance: The School Street-Monroe Street Neighborhood is centered on the School Street Apartments and St. Joseph's Polish Church and School. The School Street Apartments are a group of eleven matching bric... More

Blackstone River Railroad Bridge, New Haven Railroad over Blackstone River & Branch Street, Pawtucket, Providence County, RI

Blackstone River Railroad Bridge, New Haven Railroad over Blackstone R...

Significance: Erected in 1897, the five-span, 376-foot Blackstone River Railroad Bridge carries both main line tracks of the Amtrak Northeast Corridor over the Blackstone River and Branch Street. This riveted ... More

Route 206 Raritan River Bridge, U.S. Route 206 over Raritan River, Somerville, Somerset County, NJ

Route 206 Raritan River Bridge, U.S. Route 206 over Raritan River, Som...

Significance: The Route 206 Raritan River Bridge is a well-preserved example of a concrete open-spandrel, barrel-arch bridge, representative of the early work of New Jersey State Highway Department Chief Bridge... More

Route 206 Raritan River Bridge, U.S. Route 206 over Raritan River, Somerville, Somerset County, NJ

Route 206 Raritan River Bridge, U.S. Route 206 over Raritan River, Som...

Significance: The Route 206 Raritan River Bridge is a well-preserved example of a concrete open-spandrel, barrel-arch bridge, representative of the early work of New Jersey State Highway Department Chief Bridge... More

Bostwick-Braun Warehouse, 22-46 Summit Street, Toledo, Lucas County, OH

Bostwick-Braun Warehouse, 22-46 Summit Street, Toledo, Lucas County, O...

Significance: The Bostwick-Braun Warehouse is significant both for its association with the Bostwick-Braun Company and for the company's implementation of new engineering techniques. Architect George S. Mills u... More

Bostwick-Braun Warehouse, 22-46 Summit Street, Toledo, Lucas County, OH

Bostwick-Braun Warehouse, 22-46 Summit Street, Toledo, Lucas County, O...

Significance: The Bostwick-Braun Warehouse is significant both for its association with the Bostwick-Braun Company and for the company's implementation of new engineering techniques. Architect George S. Mills u... More

Bostwick-Braun Warehouse, 22-46 Summit Street, Toledo, Lucas County, OH

Bostwick-Braun Warehouse, 22-46 Summit Street, Toledo, Lucas County, O...

Significance: The Bostwick-Braun Warehouse is significant both for its association with the Bostwick-Braun Company and for the company's implementation of new engineering techniques. Architect George S. Mills u... More

Bostwick-Braun Warehouse, 22-46 Summit Street, Toledo, Lucas County, OH

Bostwick-Braun Warehouse, 22-46 Summit Street, Toledo, Lucas County, O...

Significance: The Bostwick-Braun Warehouse is significant both for its association with the Bostwick-Braun Company and for the company's implementation of new engineering techniques. Architect George S. Mills u... More

Greenville Yard, Transfer Bridge System, Port of New York/New Jersey, Upper New York Bay, Jersey City, Hudson County, NJ

Greenville Yard, Transfer Bridge System, Port of New York/New Jersey, ...

Significance: The Greenville Yard Transfer Bridge System is the last surviving example in New York Harbor of a suspended-type car float transfer bridge. The innovative design of the transfer bridge was introdu... More

Jackson's Ferry Bridge, Route 52 over New River, 6.3 miles south of Route 94, Austinville, Wythe County, Virginia

Jackson's Ferry Bridge, Route 52 over New River, 6.3 miles south of Ro...

Significance: The Jackson's Ferry Bridge is a representative example of a riveted steel simple triangular through truss and a riveted steel continuous cantilever triangular through truss, typical of early to mi... More

Jackson's Ferry Bridge, Route 52 over New River, 6.3 miles south of Route 94, Austinville, Wythe County, Virginia

Jackson's Ferry Bridge, Route 52 over New River, 6.3 miles south of Ro...

Significance: The Jackson's Ferry Bridge is a representative example of a riveted steel simple triangular through truss and a riveted steel continuous cantilever triangular through truss, typical of early to mi... More

Jackson's Ferry Bridge, Route 52 over New River, 6.3 miles south of Route 94, Austinville, Wythe County, Virginia

Jackson's Ferry Bridge, Route 52 over New River, 6.3 miles south of Ro...

Significance: The Jackson's Ferry Bridge is a representative example of a riveted steel simple triangular through truss and a riveted steel continuous cantilever triangular through truss, typical of early to mi... More

Shoal Harbor, Intersection of Port Monmouth Road & Main Street, Belford, Monmouth County, NJ

Shoal Harbor, Intersection of Port Monmouth Road & Main Street, Belfor...

Significance: The Shoal Harbor fishing community is one of the last remaining traditional fisheries in New Jersey and the last such community on Raritan Bay. The community is a distinctive, vernacular built env... More

Shoal Harbor, Intersection of Port Monmouth Road & Main Street, Belford, Monmouth County, NJ

Shoal Harbor, Intersection of Port Monmouth Road & Main Street, Belfor...

Significance: The Shoal Harbor fishing community is one of the last remaining traditional fisheries in New Jersey and the last such community on Raritan Bay. The community is a distinctive, vernacular built env... More

Shoal Harbor, Intersection of Port Monmouth Road & Main Street, Belford, Monmouth County, NJ

Shoal Harbor, Intersection of Port Monmouth Road & Main Street, Belfor...

Significance: The Shoal Harbor fishing community is one of the last remaining traditional fisheries in New Jersey and the last such community on Raritan Bay. The community is a distinctive, vernacular built env... More

Shoal Harbor, Intersection of Port Monmouth Road & Main Street, Belford, Monmouth County, NJ

Shoal Harbor, Intersection of Port Monmouth Road & Main Street, Belfor...

Significance: The Shoal Harbor fishing community is one of the last remaining traditional fisheries in New Jersey and the last such community on Raritan Bay. The community is a distinctive, vernacular built env... More

Shoal Harbor, Intersection of Port Monmouth Road & Main Street, Belford, Monmouth County, NJ

Shoal Harbor, Intersection of Port Monmouth Road & Main Street, Belfor...

Significance: The Shoal Harbor fishing community is one of the last remaining traditional fisheries in New Jersey and the last such community on Raritan Bay. The community is a distinctive, vernacular built env... More

Middlesex Sampling Plant, Process Building, 239 Mountain Avenue, Middlesex, Middlesex County, NJ

Middlesex Sampling Plant, Process Building, 239 Mountain Avenue, Middl...

Significance: The process building was used between 1943-67 for sampling uranium, beryllium, and thorium ore for the Manhattan Engineer District/Atomic Energy Commission for use in the development of atomic wea... More

State Bridge No. 424, Wiggins Mill Road (Road 446) spanning Wiggins Mill Pond Outlet, Townsend, New Castle County, DE

State Bridge No. 424, Wiggins Mill Road (Road 446) spanning Wiggins Mi...

Significance: Bridge No. 424 is a rare surviving representative of the Warren pony-truss bridge type, a form of metal truss that was commonly employed for small-scale rural crossings in Delaware during the late... More

Comstock Road Bridge, Comstock Road spanning Black River, 0.2 mile southeast of Graham Road intersection, Yale, St. Clair County, MI

Comstock Road Bridge, Comstock Road spanning Black River, 0.2 mile sou...

Significance: This bridge is one of very few examples of a cast-in-place concrete closed spandrel (non-filled) deck arch structure found in Michigan. The attention to cosmetic detail (such as the precast concr... More

Inselrue Bridge, Inselrue Avenue spanning Nashua Canal, Belle Isle Park, Detroit, Wayne County, MI

Inselrue Bridge, Inselrue Avenue spanning Nashua Canal, Belle Isle Par...

Significance: This is one of more than a dozen small bridges built to carry traffic across the lagoons and canals which crisscross Belle Isle, Detroit's major public park in the late nineteenth and early twenti... More

New Jersey State Tuberculosis Sanatorium, Employee Dormitory, Pavilion Road, .3 mile west of intersection with Sanatorium Road, Glen Gardner, Hunterdon County, NJ

New Jersey State Tuberculosis Sanatorium, Employee Dormitory, Pavilion...

Significance: The Employee Dormitory is representative of early 20th century design changes that were made in tuberculosis treatment facilities to safeguard the physical and mental health of employees. Survey... More

New Jersey State Tuberculosis Sanatorium, Employee Dormitory, Pavilion Road, .3 mile west of intersection with Sanatorium Road, Glen Gardner, Hunterdon County, NJ

New Jersey State Tuberculosis Sanatorium, Employee Dormitory, Pavilion...

Significance: The Employee Dormitory is representative of early 20th century design changes that were made in tuberculosis treatment facilities to safeguard the physical and mental health of employees. Survey... More

College Hill, Bounded roughly by Olney, Hope, Governor Streets, & Seekonk & Providence Rivers, Providence, Providence County, RI

College Hill, Bounded roughly by Olney, Hope, Governor Streets, & Seek...

Significance: College Hill is significant at the national level as a well preserved collection of historic residential, commercial, educational, and religious buildings dating from the early eighteenth century ... More

Gilbert Bridge, U.S. Route 52, spanning Guyandotte River near confluence of Gilbert Creek, Gilbert, Mingo County, WV

Gilbert Bridge, U.S. Route 52, spanning Guyandotte River near confluen...

Significance: The Gilbert Bridge, which was constructed during the "Good Roads Movement" of the 1920s, allowed for the economic and geographic expansion of Gilbert, West Virginia by providing safe and convenien... More

21 Grant Street (House), Montclair, Essex County, NJ

21 Grant Street (House), Montclair, Essex County, NJ

Significance: 21 Grant Street is a contributing component of the Pine Street Historic District. The Pine Street District is significant as an intact working class neighborhood developed primarily by Italian-Ame... More

United States Radium Corporation, Paint Application Building, 422 Alden Street, Orange, Essex County, NJ

United States Radium Corporation, Paint Application Building, 422 Alde...

Significance: The U.S. Radium Corporation site, including the surviving structural components dating to the period 1917-1926, were associated with nationally significant developments in health and safety standa... More

National Institutes of Health, Industrial Hygiene Laboratory, 9000 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, Montgomery County, MD

National Institutes of Health, Industrial Hygiene Laboratory, 9000 Roc...

Significance: The Industrial Hygeine Laboratory, constructed in 1938, is one of the original laboratory buildings built for the National Institute of Health (NIH) in Bethesda, and the first laboratory built sol... More

National Institutes of Health, Industrial Hygiene Laboratory, 9000 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, Montgomery County, MD

National Institutes of Health, Industrial Hygiene Laboratory, 9000 Roc...

Significance: The Industrial Hygeine Laboratory, constructed in 1938, is one of the original laboratory buildings built for the National Institute of Health (NIH) in Bethesda, and the first laboratory built sol... More

National Institutes of Health, Industrial Hygiene Laboratory, 9000 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, Montgomery County, MD

National Institutes of Health, Industrial Hygiene Laboratory, 9000 Roc...

Significance: The Industrial Hygeine Laboratory, constructed in 1938, is one of the original laboratory buildings built for the National Institute of Health (NIH) in Bethesda, and the first laboratory built sol... More

Locke Avenue Bridge, Bridge Tender's House, East side of Locke Avenue, 12 feet south of Locke Avenue Bridge, Swedesboro, Gloucester County, NJ

Locke Avenue Bridge, Bridge Tender's House, East side of Locke Avenue,...

Significance: The Bridge Tender's House is significant for its association with the adjoining highway crossing carrying Lock Avenue over Raccoon Creek. The construction of the house circa 1890 corresponded wit... More

Lyter Road Bridge, Lyter Road Spanning Little Swan Creek, Bronson, Branch County, MI

Lyter Road Bridge, Lyter Road Spanning Little Swan Creek, Bronson, Bra...

Significance: The Lyter Road Bridge is one of only four steel through girder bridges left on the Michigan Department of Transportation inventory list and is over 79 years old. Survey number: HAER MI-101 Build... More

Lyter Road Bridge, Lyter Road Spanning Little Swan Creek, Bronson, Branch County, MI

Lyter Road Bridge, Lyter Road Spanning Little Swan Creek, Bronson, Bra...

Significance: The Lyter Road Bridge is one of only four steel through girder bridges left on the Michigan Department of Transportation inventory list and is over 79 years old. Survey number: HAER MI-101 Build... More

New Jersey Route 35 Bridge, U.S. Route 9, Spanning U.S. Route 1, Woodbridge, Middlesex County, NJ

New Jersey Route 35 Bridge, U.S. Route 9, Spanning U.S. Route 1, Woodb...

Significance: The N.J. Route 35 Bridge is a typical example of a single span, steel encased thru-girder highway overpass built during the tenure of Morris Goodkind, chief bridge engineer for the New Jersey Stat... More

Route 7 Bridge, Route 7 (1AG) over Passaic River, Belleville, Essex County, NJ

Route 7 Bridge, Route 7 (1AG) over Passaic River, Belleville, Essex Co...

Significance: The bridge has been determined eligible for the National Register of Historic Places due to its well-preserved state and its significance as an example of an uncommon bascule bridge type built by ... More

Route 7 Bridge, Route 7 (1AG) over Passaic River, Belleville, Essex County, NJ

Route 7 Bridge, Route 7 (1AG) over Passaic River, Belleville, Essex Co...

Significance: The bridge has been determined eligible for the National Register of Historic Places due to its well-preserved state and its significance as an example of an uncommon bascule bridge type built by ... More

Route 7 Bridge, Route 7 (1AG) over Passaic River, Belleville, Essex County, NJ

Route 7 Bridge, Route 7 (1AG) over Passaic River, Belleville, Essex Co...

Significance: The bridge has been determined eligible for the National Register of Historic Places due to its well-preserved state and its significance as an example of an uncommon bascule bridge type built by ... More

Middlesex Sampling Plant, Garage, 239 Mountain Avenue, Middlesex, Middlesex County, NJ

Middlesex Sampling Plant, Garage, 239 Mountain Avenue, Middlesex, Midd...

Significance: This six-car garage was part of the Middlesex Sampling Plant used between 1943-67 for sampling uranium, beryllium, and thorium for the Manhattan Engineer District/Atomic Energy Commission for use ... More

17 Grant Street (House), Montclair, Essex County, NJ

17 Grant Street (House), Montclair, Essex County, NJ

Significance: 17 Grant Street is a contributing component of the Pine Street Historic District. The Pine Street District is significant as an intact working class neighborhood developed primarily by Italian-Ame... More

17 Grant Street (House), Montclair, Essex County, NJ

17 Grant Street (House), Montclair, Essex County, NJ

Significance: 17 Grant Street is a contributing component of the Pine Street Historic District. The Pine Street District is significant as an intact working class neighborhood developed primarily by Italian-Ame... More

Middlesex Sampling Plant, Administration Building, 239 Mountain Avenue, Middlesex, Middlesex County, NJ

Middlesex Sampling Plant, Administration Building, 239 Mountain Avenue...

Significance: The administration building was part of the Middlesex Sampling Plant used between 1943-67 for sampling uranium, beryllium, and thorium for the Manhattan Engineer District/Atomic Energy Commission ... More

DeStefano Farmhouse, 86 Union Street, Medford, Burlington County, NJ

DeStefano Farmhouse, 86 Union Street, Medford, Burlington County, NJ

Survey number: HABS NJ-1229 Public domain photograph - New Jersey, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

DeStefano Farmhouse, 86 Union Street, Medford, Burlington County, NJ

DeStefano Farmhouse, 86 Union Street, Medford, Burlington County, NJ

Survey number: HABS NJ-1229 Public domain photograph - New Jersey, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

DeStefano Farmhouse, 86 Union Street, Medford, Burlington County, NJ

DeStefano Farmhouse, 86 Union Street, Medford, Burlington County, NJ

Survey number: HABS NJ-1229 Public domain photograph - New Jersey, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Brookrace Estate, Bounded to north by Roxiticus Road, west by Union School House Road, south by Pleasant Valley Road, & east by private lands, Morristown, Morris County, NJ

Brookrace Estate, Bounded to north by Roxiticus Road, west by Union Sc...

Significance: Bookrace Estate includes buildings and structural remains from three centuries of use. 18th century land uses included two homes, a grist mill and structures related to an adjacent iron forge. In ... More

Locke Avenue Bridge, Locke Avenue (County Route 671) Spanning Raccoon Creek, Swedesboro, Gloucester County, NJ

Locke Avenue Bridge, Locke Avenue (County Route 671) Spanning Raccoon ...

Significance: The Locke Avenue Bridge, constructed in 1911, is the only swing span and the oldest of three movable span bridges extant in Gloucester County, New Jersey. The bridge is distinctive as a small sca... More

Armour & Company Building, 100 Harris Avenue, Providence, Providence County, RI

Armour & Company Building, 100 Harris Avenue, Providence, Providence C...

Significance: Constructed in 1943, during the final phase of development for the Provisions Warehouse Historic District, the Armour & Company Building is the only contributing building in the district that was ... More

22 Grant Street (House), Montclair, Essex County, NJ

22 Grant Street (House), Montclair, Essex County, NJ

Significance: 22 Grant Street is a contributing component of the Pine Street Historic District. The Pine Street District is significant as an intact working class neighborhood developed primarily by Italian-Ame... More

Fort Delaware, Sea Wall, Pea Patch Island, Delaware City, New Castle County, DE

Fort Delaware, Sea Wall, Pea Patch Island, Delaware City, New Castle C...

Significance: Fort Delaware served as the primary defense of the Delaware River from the second quarter of the 19th century until the start of World War II. The Fort played an important role during the Civil W... More

Magnolia Avenue Viaduct, Magnolia Avenue over U.S. Route 1 & 9, Elizabeth, Union County, NJ

Magnolia Avenue Viaduct, Magnolia Avenue over U.S. Route 1 & 9, Elizab...

Significance: The bridge has been determined eligible for the National Register of Historic Places due to its association with the Route 1 & 9 construction campaign during the 1920s and 1930s. Routes 1 & 9 wer... More

Magnolia Avenue Viaduct, Magnolia Avenue over U.S. Route 1 & 9, Elizabeth, Union County, NJ

Magnolia Avenue Viaduct, Magnolia Avenue over U.S. Route 1 & 9, Elizab...

Significance: The bridge has been determined eligible for the National Register of Historic Places due to its association with the Route 1 & 9 construction campaign during the 1920s and 1930s. Routes 1 & 9 wer... More

Enterprise Pottery, Straw Storage Building, 650 New York Avenue, Trenton, Mercer County, NJ

Enterprise Pottery, Straw Storage Building, 650 New York Avenue, Trent...

Significance: The Straw Storage Building of the Enterprise Pottery is significant as the former repository for straw used to pack sanitary pottery for shipment. Enterprise Pottery, one of more than a dozen san... More

M. T. Marcello Company Building, 105 Harris Avenue, Providence, Providence County, RI

M. T. Marcello Company Building, 105 Harris Avenue, Providence, Provid...

Significance: The M.T. Marcello Company Building is significant for its associations with the history of the Providence food provisions industry. Established in 1918, the company was one of the leading local p... More

32 Sherman Street (House), Montclair, Essex County, NJ

32 Sherman Street (House), Montclair, Essex County, NJ

Significance: 32 Sherman Street is a contributing component of the Pine Street Historic District. The Pine Street District is significant as an intact working class neighborhood developed primarily by Italian-A... More

School Street-Monroe Street Neighborhood, Bounded on north by Quincy & Monroe Streets, on south by Jefferson Street, on west by Hope Avenue, & on east by Parker Avenue & site of Canal Street, Passaic, Passaic County, NJ

School Street-Monroe Street Neighborhood, Bounded on north by Quincy &...

Significance: The School Street-Monroe Street Neighborhood is centered on the School Street Apartments and St. Joseph's Polish Church and School. The School Street Apartments are a group of eleven matching bric... More

School Street-Monroe Street Neighborhood, Bounded on north by Quincy & Monroe Streets, on south by Jefferson Street, on west by Hope Avenue, & on east by Parker Avenue & site of Canal Street, Passaic, Passaic County, NJ

School Street-Monroe Street Neighborhood, Bounded on north by Quincy &...

Significance: The School Street-Monroe Street Neighborhood is centered on the School Street Apartments and St. Joseph's Polish Church and School. The School Street Apartments are a group of eleven matching bric... More

Chittenden Nursery Extractory, 1070 Nursery Road, Wellston, Manistee County, MI

Chittenden Nursery Extractory, 1070 Nursery Road, Wellston, Manistee C...

Significance: Served as seed extractory and processing plant for Chittenden Nursery from 1936 to 1973. The Extractory is a unique representation of depression era architecture specifically designed for forest ... More

Blackstone River Railroad Bridge, New Haven Railroad over Blackstone River & Branch Street, Pawtucket, Providence County, RI

Blackstone River Railroad Bridge, New Haven Railroad over Blackstone R...

Significance: Erected in 1897, the five-span, 376-foot Blackstone River Railroad Bridge carries both main line tracks of the Amtrak Northeast Corridor over the Blackstone River and Branch Street. This riveted ... More

Greenville Yard, Transfer Bridge System, Port of New York/New Jersey, Upper New York Bay, Jersey City, Hudson County, NJ

Greenville Yard, Transfer Bridge System, Port of New York/New Jersey, ...

Significance: The Greenville Yard Transfer Bridge System is the last surviving example in New York Harbor of a suspended-type car float transfer bridge. The innovative design of the transfer bridge was introdu... More

Greenville Yard, Transfer Bridge System, Port of New York/New Jersey, Upper New York Bay, Jersey City, Hudson County, NJ

Greenville Yard, Transfer Bridge System, Port of New York/New Jersey, ...

Significance: The Greenville Yard Transfer Bridge System is the last surviving example in New York Harbor of a suspended-type car float transfer bridge. The innovative design of the transfer bridge was introdu... More

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