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Easley Bridge, Spanning Norfolk Southern Corporation railroad tracks on Poplar Street, Bluefield, Mercer County, WV

Easley Bridge, Spanning Norfolk Southern Corporation railroad tracks o...

Significance: The 14-span Easley Bridge is representative of the many mid-scale urban bridges built throughout West Virginia during the first half of the twentieth century which emphasized reduced material requ... 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

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

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

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

Carter's Bridge, Still Road (Road 211), spanning Choptank River, Sandtown, Kent County, DE

Carter's Bridge, Still Road (Road 211), spanning Choptank River, Sandt...

Significance: Carter's Bridge (State Bridge No. 211A) is Delaware's only surviving highway span representative of the steel I-beam and lally column bridge form. The four-span length of the structure is unusual... 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

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

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

Easley Bridge, Spanning Norfolk Southern Corporation railroad tracks on Poplar Street, Bluefield, Mercer County, WV

Easley Bridge, Spanning Norfolk Southern Corporation railroad tracks o...

Significance: The 14-span Easley Bridge is representative of the many mid-scale urban bridges built throughout West Virginia during the first half of the twentieth century which emphasized reduced material requ... 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

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

Brookrace Estate, Patrol Cottage Seven, Located 0.3 mile north of Pleasant Valley Road & 0.5 mile east of Union School House Road, Morristown, Morris County, NJ

Brookrace Estate, Patrol Cottage Seven, Located 0.3 mile north of Plea...

Significance: Patrol Cottages Six and Seven are dormitories. Patrol Cottage Six was built in 1951 and Patrol Cottage Seven was built in 1955. Plan and elevation of both cottages are the same except that the fac... 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

Brookrace Estate, Troop Lodge, Located 0.3 mile north of Pleasant Valley Road, & 0.7 mile east of Union School House Road, Morristown, Morris County, NJ

Brookrace Estate, Troop Lodge, Located 0.3 mile north of Pleasant Vall...

Significance: Built between 1948 and 1962, the Troop Lodge was the heart of the Winter Camp complex and used by local troops as well as the training center. Survey number: HABS NJ-1216-C Building/structure d... 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

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

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

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

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

Significance: Patrol Cottage Two is a dormitory built in 1947. The exterior stone veneer may be a later addition. Its plan and elevation are similar to Patrol Cottages One and Three except for the exterior ston... 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Brookrace Estate, Sheep Barn, Located 0.3 mile north of Pleasant Valley Road, & 0.5 mile east of Union School House Road, Morristown, Morris County, NJ

Brookrace Estate, Sheep Barn, Located 0.3 mile north of Pleasant Valle...

Significance: Originally the sheep barn (ca. 1914) for Brookrace Estate, this barn was adaptively reused and remodeled as a residence for Boy Scouts of American publication director, William Hillcourt. Its evol... 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

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

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

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