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Jeudevine Memorial Library, 93 North Main Street, Hardwick, Caledonia County, VT

Jeudevine Memorial Library, 93 North Main Street, Hardwick, Caledonia ...

Significance: Jeudevine Memorial Library is a Richardsonian Romanesque structure completed in 1897. It was designed by local architect Lambert Packard. Survey number: HABS VT-109

Grace Cathedral, George William Gibbs Memorial Hall, 1051 Taylor Street, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

Grace Cathedral, George William Gibbs Memorial Hall, 1051 Taylor Stree...

Significance: Constructed in 1911, George William Gibbs Memorial Hall (hereinafter referred to by its common name, Cathedral House) is significant as the first permanent structure built in the Grace Cathedral c... More

Grace Cathedral, George William Gibbs Memorial Hall, 1051 Taylor Street, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

Grace Cathedral, George William Gibbs Memorial Hall, 1051 Taylor Stree...

Significance: Constructed in 1911, George William Gibbs Memorial Hall (hereinafter referred to by its common name, Cathedral House) is significant as the first permanent structure built in the Grace Cathedral c... More

Arlington National Cemetery, USS Maine Memorial, Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia

Arlington National Cemetery, USS Maine Memorial, Arlington, Arlington ...

Significance: "Remember the Maine" was the popular call of the "yellow" or sensational press, Congress, and private citizens throughout the United States as they rallied around the tragedy of 1898. The sinking ... More

Arlington National Cemetery, USS Maine Memorial, Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia

Arlington National Cemetery, USS Maine Memorial, Arlington, Arlington ...

Significance: "Remember the Maine" was the popular call of the "yellow" or sensational press, Congress, and private citizens throughout the United States as they rallied around the tragedy of 1898. The sinking ... More

District of Columbia War Memorial, West Potomac Park, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

District of Columbia War Memorial, West Potomac Park, Washington, Dist...

Significance: The District of Columbia War Memorial was built to commemorate the citizens of the District of Columbia who served in World War I. Authorized by an Act of Congress in 1924, funds to construct the... More

District of Columbia War Memorial, West Potomac Park, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

District of Columbia War Memorial, West Potomac Park, Washington, Dist...

Significance: The District of Columbia War Memorial was built to commemorate the citizens of the District of Columbia who served in World War I. Authorized by an Act of Congress in 1924, funds to construct the... More

District of Columbia War Memorial, West Potomac Park, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

District of Columbia War Memorial, West Potomac Park, Washington, Dist...

Significance: The District of Columbia War Memorial was built to commemorate the citizens of the District of Columbia who served in World War I. Authorized by an Act of Congress in 1924, funds to construct the... More

District of Columbia War Memorial, West Potomac Park, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

District of Columbia War Memorial, West Potomac Park, Washington, Dist...

Significance: The District of Columbia War Memorial was built to commemorate the citizens of the District of Columbia who served in World War I. Authorized by an Act of Congress in 1924, funds to construct the... More

District of Columbia War Memorial, West Potomac Park, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

District of Columbia War Memorial, West Potomac Park, Washington, Dist...

Significance: The District of Columbia War Memorial was built to commemorate the citizens of the District of Columbia who served in World War I. Authorized by an Act of Congress in 1924, funds to construct the... More

District of Columbia War Memorial, West Potomac Park, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

District of Columbia War Memorial, West Potomac Park, Washington, Dist...

Significance: The District of Columbia War Memorial was built to commemorate the citizens of the District of Columbia who served in World War I. Authorized by an Act of Congress in 1924, funds to construct the... More

Municipal Memorial Auditorium, 705 Elvis Presley Avenue, Shreveport, Caddo Parish, LA

Municipal Memorial Auditorium, 705 Elvis Presley Avenue, Shreveport, C...

2012 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: Designed in 1928 and built in 1929, the Municipal Memorial Auditorium in Shreveport is considered to be the finest example of Art Deco architecture in the sta... More

John Fox Slater Memorial Museum, 108 Crescent Street, Norwich, New London County, CT

John Fox Slater Memorial Museum, 108 Crescent Street, Norwich, New Lon...

Significance: This large masonry building, built in 1886, is characteristic of the period. Survey number: HABS CT-251 Building/structure dates: 1886 Initial Construction

Memorial House and Colonial Kitchen Complex, Off of State Route 3, Warsaw, Richmond, Virginia

Memorial House and Colonial Kitchen Complex, Off of State Route 3, War...

Significance: The Memorial House and Colonial Kitchen were constructed in 1931 to recreate the domestic setting in which George Washington was born. They are representative of the home quarters of a moderately ... More

Smith-Welch Memorial Library, Hearne, Robertson County, TX

Smith-Welch Memorial Library, Hearne, Robertson County, TX

Significance: The north end of downtown Hearne developed after the arrival of the second railroad (The International & Great Northern) in 1871. The building now known as the Smith-Welch Memorial Library was ere... More

Smith-Welch Memorial Library, Hearne, Robertson County, TX

Smith-Welch Memorial Library, Hearne, Robertson County, TX

Significance: The north end of downtown Hearne developed after the arrival of the second railroad (The International & Great Northern) in 1871. The building now known as the Smith-Welch Memorial Library was ere... More

Channing Memorial Church, 135 Pelham Street, Newport, Newport County, RI

Channing Memorial Church, 135 Pelham Street, Newport, Newport County, ...

Significance: The church was built in 1880 by Elbridge Boyden. The Gothic Revival sanctuary was built for William Ellery Channing, the founder of Unitarianism in America. The major stained glass windows were de... More

Flagler Memorial Presbyterian Church, Parsonage, 39 Sevilla Street, Saint Augustine, St. Johns County, FL

Flagler Memorial Presbyterian Church, Parsonage, 39 Sevilla Street, Sa...

Significance: Henry M. Flagler donated this structure, along with the Memorial Presbyterian Church, to the First Presbyterian Church in 1890. A more detailed history of the entire "complex" at Valencia and Sev... More

Greenlawn, U.S. Highway 431 (Memorial Parkway), Huntsville, Madison County, AL

Greenlawn, U.S. Highway 431 (Memorial Parkway), Huntsville, Madison Co...

Survey number: HABS AL-476 Building/structure dates: ca. 1850 Initial Construction

William H. Brett Memorial School, 876 Royal Road, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, OH

William H. Brett Memorial School, 876 Royal Road, Cleveland, Cuyahoga ...

Significance: The William H. Brett Memorial School, named after the longtime librarian of the Cleveland Public Library, was the first one-story school erected by the Cleveland Board of Education and the first "... More

William H. Brett Memorial School, 876 Royal Road, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, OH

William H. Brett Memorial School, 876 Royal Road, Cleveland, Cuyahoga ...

Significance: The William H. Brett Memorial School, named after the longtime librarian of the Cleveland Public Library, was the first one-story school erected by the Cleveland Board of Education and the first "... More

Newton Memorial Hospital, Children's Pavilion, Terminus of Rathburn Drive, .3 mile southwest of intersection with Glasgow Road, Cassadaga, Chautauqua County, NY

Newton Memorial Hospital, Children's Pavilion, Terminus of Rathburn Dr...

Significance: The Walter L. Rathbun Children's Pavilion is historically significant for its association with the early 20th century tuberculosis treatment movement. The building is architecturally significant a... More

Sheldon Jackson College, Richard H. Allen Memorial Hall, Lincoln Street, Sitka, Sitka Borough, AK

Sheldon Jackson College, Richard H. Allen Memorial Hall, Lincoln Stree...

Significance: The Richard H. Allen Memorial Hall is the main building in the campus design of the Sheldon Jackson College. The building is one of six original campus structures designed by the New York firm of ... More

All-War Memorial, Albany & Atlantic Avenues, Atlantic City, Atlantic County, NJ

All-War Memorial, Albany & Atlantic Avenues, Atlantic City, Atlantic C...

Survey number: HABS NJ-1128 Public domain photograph - United States during 1930s Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Hershey Memorial Hospital, 1810 Mulberry Avenue, Muscatine, Muscatine County, IA

Hershey Memorial Hospital, 1810 Mulberry Avenue, Muscatine, Muscatine ...

Significance: Mara Hershey erected this building to the memory of her father, Benjamin Hershey (1813-1893). The use of gable parapets, since altered, made this building an interesting example of the Neo-Jacobe... More

Perry Memorial Building, Second & French Streets, Erie, Erie County, PA

Perry Memorial Building, Second & French Streets, Erie, Erie County, P...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-38, FN-39, FN-40, FN-42 Survey number: HABS PA-52 Building/structure dates: 1812 Initial Construction

Jacob Tome Institute, Memorial Hall, Tome Road, Port Deposit, Cecil County, MD

Jacob Tome Institute, Memorial Hall, Tome Road, Port Deposit, Cecil Co...

Last 10 b/w photos are photogrammetric images. Significance: Memorial Hall, the main structure of the Tome School for Boys, is a notable example of the Beaux-Arts or American Renaissance style effectively used ... More

Jacob Tome Institute, Memorial Hall, Tome Road, Port Deposit, Cecil County, MD

Jacob Tome Institute, Memorial Hall, Tome Road, Port Deposit, Cecil Co...

Last 10 b/w photos are photogrammetric images. Significance: Memorial Hall, the main structure of the Tome School for Boys, is a notable example of the Beaux-Arts or American Renaissance style effectively used ... More

Jacob Tome Institute, Memorial Hall, Tome Road, Port Deposit, Cecil County, MD

Jacob Tome Institute, Memorial Hall, Tome Road, Port Deposit, Cecil Co...

Last 10 b/w photos are photogrammetric images. Significance: Memorial Hall, the main structure of the Tome School for Boys, is a notable example of the Beaux-Arts or American Renaissance style effectively used ... More

Jacob Tome Institute, Memorial Hall, Tome Road, Port Deposit, Cecil County, MD

Jacob Tome Institute, Memorial Hall, Tome Road, Port Deposit, Cecil Co...

Last 10 b/w photos are photogrammetric images. Significance: Memorial Hall, the main structure of the Tome School for Boys, is a notable example of the Beaux-Arts or American Renaissance style effectively used ... More

Jacob Tome Institute, Memorial Hall, Tome Road, Port Deposit, Cecil County, MD

Jacob Tome Institute, Memorial Hall, Tome Road, Port Deposit, Cecil Co...

Last 10 b/w photos are photogrammetric images. Significance: Memorial Hall, the main structure of the Tome School for Boys, is a notable example of the Beaux-Arts or American Renaissance style effectively used ... More

Memorial Hall, Memorial Road, Deerfield, Franklin County, MA

Memorial Hall, Memorial Road, Deerfield, Franklin County, MA

Significance: The first building of the Deerfield Academy, occupied by them nearly 80 years; for another 80 years the home of a museum noted for its study and preservation of local history and associated artifa... More

Colonel Alexander Scammell Memorial Bridge, Spanning Bellamy River at U.S. Route 4, Dover, Strafford County, NH

Colonel Alexander Scammell Memorial Bridge, Spanning Bellamy River at ...

Significance: The bridge is a representative example of a single leaf bascule lift bridge with a vertical overhead counterweight. It is the oldest of the state's three remaining bascule bridges and is the only ... More

World War I Monument, Memorial Square, Providence, Providence County, RI

World War I Monument, Memorial Square, Providence, Providence County, ...

Significance: The World War I Monument (1929), designed by noted architect Paul P. Cret and sculpted by Carl P. Jennewien, reflects the late 1920's popularity of Greek Revivalism in the use of a Doric column as... More

World War I Monument, Memorial Square, Providence, Providence County, RI

World War I Monument, Memorial Square, Providence, Providence County, ...

Significance: The World War I Monument (1929), designed by noted architect Paul P. Cret and sculpted by Carl P. Jennewien, reflects the late 1920's popularity of Greek Revivalism in the use of a Doric column as... More

Fort Snelling, Department of the Dakota, Memorial Chapel, Cloverleaf off West Seventh Street, Route 5, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, MN

Fort Snelling, Department of the Dakota, Memorial Chapel, Cloverleaf o...

Significance: The Fort Snelling chapel was built as a memorial to Minnesota's soldiers. The construction project was funded from donations solicited from agencies and individuals from across the country. It s... More

Fort Snelling, Department of the Dakota, Memorial Chapel, Cloverleaf off West Seventh Street, Route 5, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, MN

Fort Snelling, Department of the Dakota, Memorial Chapel, Cloverleaf o...

Significance: The Fort Snelling chapel was built as a memorial to Minnesota's soldiers. The construction project was funded from donations solicited from agencies and individuals from across the country. It s... More

Giani-Mumaugh Memorial, Main & High Streets, Lancaster, Fairfield County, OH

Giani-Mumaugh Memorial, Main & High Streets, Lancaster, Fairfield Coun...

Survey number: HABS OH-419 Building/structure dates: ca. 1820 Initial Construction

Joseph R. Brown House, Sam Brown Memorial Park (moved from Dakota Territory), Browns Valley, Traverse County, MN

Joseph R. Brown House, Sam Brown Memorial Park (moved from Dakota Terr...

Survey number: HABS MN-1-3 Building/structure dates: 1863 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1866

Joseph R. Brown House, Sam Brown Memorial Park (moved from Dakota Territory), Browns Valley, Traverse County, MN

Joseph R. Brown House, Sam Brown Memorial Park (moved from Dakota Terr...

Survey number: HABS MN-1-3 Building/structure dates: 1863 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1866

Lancaster County Center, Memorial Hall & Courthouse/Library, 4845 Cedar Avenue, Lancaster, Los Angeles County, CA

Lancaster County Center, Memorial Hall & Courthouse/Library, 4845 Ceda...

Survey number: HABS CA-2350-B Public domain photograph - 1930s California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Lancaster County Center, Memorial Hall & Courthouse/Library, 4845 Cedar Avenue, Lancaster, Los Angeles County, CA

Lancaster County Center, Memorial Hall & Courthouse/Library, 4845 Ceda...

Survey number: HABS CA-2350-B Public domain photograph - 1930s California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

U. S. Military Academy, Cullum Memorial Hall, West Point, Orange County, NY

U. S. Military Academy, Cullum Memorial Hall, West Point, Orange Count...

Significance: Cullum Hall is associated with with Brevet Major General George W. Cullum, its founder, and with McKim, Mead and White, its architects. The building represents a short lived period of American Ren... More

Hale Memorial Methodist-Episcopal Church, Peoria, Peoria County, IL

Hale Memorial Methodist-Episcopal Church, Peoria, Peoria County, IL

1991 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Honorable Mention Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-190 Survey number: HABS IL-1165 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 76000725

Hale Memorial Methodist-Episcopal Church, Peoria, Peoria County, IL

Hale Memorial Methodist-Episcopal Church, Peoria, Peoria County, IL

1991 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Honorable Mention Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-190 Survey number: HABS IL-1165 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 76000725

New Jersey Memorial Home, Main Building, 524 Northwest Boulevard, Vineland, Cumberland County, NJ

New Jersey Memorial Home, Main Building, 524 Northwest Boulevard, Vine...

Significance: The Main Building of the New Jersey Memorial Home is significant as an early example of the use of the Second Empire style for an institutional building. The building is also significant for its a... More

New Jersey Memorial Home, Main Building, 524 Northwest Boulevard, Vineland, Cumberland County, NJ

New Jersey Memorial Home, Main Building, 524 Northwest Boulevard, Vine...

Significance: The Main Building of the New Jersey Memorial Home is significant as an early example of the use of the Second Empire style for an institutional building. The building is also significant for its a... More

New Jersey Memorial Home, Main Building, 524 Northwest Boulevard, Vineland, Cumberland County, NJ

New Jersey Memorial Home, Main Building, 524 Northwest Boulevard, Vine...

Significance: The Main Building of the New Jersey Memorial Home is significant as an early example of the use of the Second Empire style for an institutional building. The building is also significant for its a... More

Memorial Continental Hall, Seventeenth Street between C & D Streets Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Memorial Continental Hall, Seventeenth Street between C & D Streets No...

Significance: Built as national headquarters and assembly hall for the Daughters of the American Revolution. Assembly room was the site of the Washington Conference in 1921, a pioneering effort at internationa... More

Flagler Memorial Presbyterian Church, Valencia & Sevilla Streets, Saint Augustine, St. Johns County, FL

Flagler Memorial Presbyterian Church, Valencia & Sevilla Streets, Sain...

Significance: The Memorial Presbyterian Church was donated in 1890 to the St. Augustine First Presbyterian Church by Henry M. Flagler as a memorial to his recently deceased daughter. Flagler, a millionaire phi... More

Ross Memorial Library Building, Main Street between Sixth & Seventh Avenues, 1 mile north of Interstate 80, Exit 9, Clarion, Clarion County, PA

Ross Memorial Library Building, Main Street between Sixth & Seventh Av...

Significance: Excellent example of Carnegiesque influence in civic architecture of the period. Small stone building with flat roof and pedimented portico. The roof edge is balustraded and the pediment features ... More

Cabbagetown District (General Views), Boulevard, Pearl Street, Memorial Drive, & Railroad tracks, Atlanta, Fulton County, GA

Cabbagetown District (General Views), Boulevard, Pearl Street, Memoria...

Survey number: HABS GA-1121 Public domain photograph - Georgia folklife collection, ethnography, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Mount Vernon, Mount Vernon Memorial Highway, Mount Vernon, Fairfax County, Virginia

Mount Vernon, Mount Vernon Memorial Highway, Mount Vernon, Fairfax Cou...

Significance: Originally home of Augustine Washington, George Washington's father, it became the first president's home from 1754 until his death in 1799. Became the object of America's first successful nation... More

Smith Memorial Arch, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Smith Memorial Arch, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Survey number: HABS PA-1666 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 72001151

Adams Memorial, Rock Creek Cemetery, Section E, entrance at Webster Street & Rock Creek Church Road Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Adams Memorial, Rock Creek Cemetery, Section E, entrance at Webster St...

Significance: By noted sculptor Saint-Gaudens, this famous memorial was erected by writer and historian Henry Adams as a memorial to his wife, Clover, who had committed suicide. Setting designed by architect W... More

Samuel Adair Cabin, John Brown Memorial Park (moved from original site), Osawatomie, Miami County, KS

Samuel Adair Cabin, John Brown Memorial Park (moved from original site...

Significance: Not only is this structure a typical frontier cabin but is also notable because John Brown made his headquarters here. Survey number: HABS KS-18 Building/structure dates: 1854 Initial Constructi... More

Knowles Memorial Chapel, 1100 Holt Avenue, Winter Park, Orange County, FL

Knowles Memorial Chapel, 1100 Holt Avenue, Winter Park, Orange County,...

Significance: Knowles Memorial Chapel was designed by notable architect, Ralph Adam Cram. This building is his only example in Florida. Survey number: HABS FL-407

Knowles Memorial Chapel, 1100 Holt Avenue, Winter Park, Orange County, FL

Knowles Memorial Chapel, 1100 Holt Avenue, Winter Park, Orange County,...

Significance: Knowles Memorial Chapel was designed by notable architect, Ralph Adam Cram. This building is his only example in Florida. Survey number: HABS FL-407

Knowles Memorial Chapel, 1100 Holt Avenue, Winter Park, Orange County, FL

Knowles Memorial Chapel, 1100 Holt Avenue, Winter Park, Orange County,...

Significance: Knowles Memorial Chapel was designed by notable architect, Ralph Adam Cram. This building is his only example in Florida. Survey number: HABS FL-407

Alexandria Memorial Public Library, Hartslog & Main Streets, Alexandria, Huntingdon County, PA

Alexandria Memorial Public Library, Hartslog & Main Streets, Alexandri...

Significance: The Alexandria Memorial Public Library is one of the most formal and high-style buildings in town. Two of Alexandria's leading citizens and philanthropists, William Woolverton and William Thompson... More

Bangor Park Swimming Pool, Bangor Memorial Park, Broadway at South Tenth Street, Bangor, Northampton County, PA

Bangor Park Swimming Pool, Bangor Memorial Park, Broadway at South Ten...

Significance: Built in 1937 and dedicated in 1939, this Art Moderne Style swimming pool and bath house was constructed by the WPA and the Borough of Bangor as part of a work relief project that included this st... More

Bangor Park Swimming Pool, Bangor Memorial Park, Broadway at South Tenth Street, Bangor, Northampton County, PA

Bangor Park Swimming Pool, Bangor Memorial Park, Broadway at South Ten...

Significance: Built in 1937 and dedicated in 1939, this Art Moderne Style swimming pool and bath house was constructed by the WPA and the Borough of Bangor as part of a work relief project that included this st... More

Bangor Park Swimming Pool, Bangor Memorial Park, Broadway at South Tenth Street, Bangor, Northampton County, PA

Bangor Park Swimming Pool, Bangor Memorial Park, Broadway at South Ten...

Significance: Built in 1937 and dedicated in 1939, this Art Moderne Style swimming pool and bath house was constructed by the WPA and the Borough of Bangor as part of a work relief project that included this st... More

Clara Barton House, 5801 Oxford Road, George Washington Memorial Parkway, Glen Echo, Montgomery County, MD

Clara Barton House, 5801 Oxford Road, George Washington Memorial Parkw...

Significance: The Clara Barton House, dating from 1892-3, is a wood frame, three story structure built originally as a warehouse and headquarters for the American Red Cross. The house is partially constructed ... More

Clara Barton House, 5801 Oxford Road, George Washington Memorial Parkway, Glen Echo, Montgomery County, MD

Clara Barton House, 5801 Oxford Road, George Washington Memorial Parkw...

Significance: The Clara Barton House, dating from 1892-3, is a wood frame, three story structure built originally as a warehouse and headquarters for the American Red Cross. The house is partially constructed ... More

Clara Barton House, 5801 Oxford Road, George Washington Memorial Parkway, Glen Echo, Montgomery County, MD

Clara Barton House, 5801 Oxford Road, George Washington Memorial Parkw...

Significance: The Clara Barton House, dating from 1892-3, is a wood frame, three story structure built originally as a warehouse and headquarters for the American Red Cross. The house is partially constructed ... More

Jefferson Memorial, East Potomac Park, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Jefferson Memorial, East Potomac Park, Washington, District of Columbi...

Significance: One of Washington's largest and most famous memorials, this structure serves as the southern anchor of the city's monumental plan, the other elements of which include the Capitol, Washington Monum... More

Jefferson Memorial, East Potomac Park, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Jefferson Memorial, East Potomac Park, Washington, District of Columbi...

Significance: One of Washington's largest and most famous memorials, this structure serves as the southern anchor of the city's monumental plan, the other elements of which include the Capitol, Washington Monum... More

Jefferson Memorial, East Potomac Park, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Jefferson Memorial, East Potomac Park, Washington, District of Columbi...

Significance: One of Washington's largest and most famous memorials, this structure serves as the southern anchor of the city's monumental plan, the other elements of which include the Capitol, Washington Monum... More

Jefferson Memorial, East Potomac Park, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Jefferson Memorial, East Potomac Park, Washington, District of Columbi...

Significance: One of Washington's largest and most famous memorials, this structure serves as the southern anchor of the city's monumental plan, the other elements of which include the Capitol, Washington Monum... More

Jefferson Memorial, East Potomac Park, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Jefferson Memorial, East Potomac Park, Washington, District of Columbi...

Significance: One of Washington's largest and most famous memorials, this structure serves as the southern anchor of the city's monumental plan, the other elements of which include the Capitol, Washington Monum... More

Jefferson Memorial, East Potomac Park, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Jefferson Memorial, East Potomac Park, Washington, District of Columbi...

Significance: One of Washington's largest and most famous memorials, this structure serves as the southern anchor of the city's monumental plan, the other elements of which include the Capitol, Washington Monum... More

Lockwood-Mathews House, Veterans' Memorial Park, Southeast, Norwalk, Fairfield County, CT

Lockwood-Mathews House, Veterans' Memorial Park, Southeast, Norwalk, F...

Significance: This is a large and interesting example of the mansions built in the United States in the second half of the nineteenth century, and is the largest private house designed by the architect, Detlef ... More

Lincoln Memorial, West Potomac Park, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Lincoln Memorial, West Potomac Park, Washington, District of Columbia,...

Significance: One of Washington's largest and most well known monuments, it serves as an anchor to the western end of the Mall. Statue of Lincoln on interior is one of the most famous works by noted sculpture D... More

Lincoln Memorial, West Potomac Park, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Lincoln Memorial, West Potomac Park, Washington, District of Columbia,...

Significance: One of Washington's largest and most well known monuments, it serves as an anchor to the western end of the Mall. Statue of Lincoln on interior is one of the most famous works by noted sculpture D... More

Lincoln Memorial, West Potomac Park, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Lincoln Memorial, West Potomac Park, Washington, District of Columbia,...

Significance: One of Washington's largest and most well known monuments, it serves as an anchor to the western end of the Mall. Statue of Lincoln on interior is one of the most famous works by noted sculpture D... More

Lincoln Memorial, West Potomac Park, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Lincoln Memorial, West Potomac Park, Washington, District of Columbia,...

Significance: One of Washington's largest and most well known monuments, it serves as an anchor to the western end of the Mall. Statue of Lincoln on interior is one of the most famous works by noted sculpture D... More

Lincoln Memorial, West Potomac Park, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Lincoln Memorial, West Potomac Park, Washington, District of Columbia,...

Significance: One of Washington's largest and most well known monuments, it serves as an anchor to the western end of the Mall. Statue of Lincoln on interior is one of the most famous works by noted sculpture D... More

Lincoln Memorial, West Potomac Park, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Lincoln Memorial, West Potomac Park, Washington, District of Columbia,...

Significance: One of Washington's largest and most well known monuments, it serves as an anchor to the western end of the Mall. Statue of Lincoln on interior is one of the most famous works by noted sculpture D... More

Lincoln Memorial, West Potomac Park, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Lincoln Memorial, West Potomac Park, Washington, District of Columbia,...

Significance: One of Washington's largest and most well known monuments, it serves as an anchor to the western end of the Mall. Statue of Lincoln on interior is one of the most famous works by noted sculpture D... More

Lincoln Memorial, West Potomac Park, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Lincoln Memorial, West Potomac Park, Washington, District of Columbia,...

Significance: One of Washington's largest and most well known monuments, it serves as an anchor to the western end of the Mall. Statue of Lincoln on interior is one of the most famous works by noted sculpture D... More

Lincoln Memorial, West Potomac Park, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Lincoln Memorial, West Potomac Park, Washington, District of Columbia,...

Significance: One of Washington's largest and most well known monuments, it serves as an anchor to the western end of the Mall. Statue of Lincoln on interior is one of the most famous works by noted sculpture D... More

Lincoln Memorial, West Potomac Park, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Lincoln Memorial, West Potomac Park, Washington, District of Columbia,...

Significance: One of Washington's largest and most well known monuments, it serves as an anchor to the western end of the Mall. Statue of Lincoln on interior is one of the most famous works by noted sculpture D... More

Luther Place Memorial Church, 1226 Vermont Avenue, Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Luther Place Memorial Church, 1226 Vermont Avenue, Northwest, Washingt...

Significance: An interesting example of Gothic Revival church architecture, the church serves as an architectural focal point of Thomas Circle. Survey number: HABS DC-446

Grand Central Post Office Annex, Forty-fifth Street & Lexington Avenue, Southwest corner, New York, New York County, NY

Grand Central Post Office Annex, Forty-fifth Street & Lexington Avenue...

Significance: The Grand Central Post Office Annex was envisioned as a key element of the Grand Central Station complex, one of the most important example of monumental urban planning in the United States. Desig... More

Ives Memorial Library, 133 Elm Street, New Haven, New Haven County, CT

Ives Memorial Library, 133 Elm Street, New Haven, New Haven County, CT

Significance: The Ives Memorial Building of the Free Public Library is New Haven's most important example of architecture and design influenced by the early twentieth century civic improvement, or "City Beautif... More

Ives Memorial Library, 133 Elm Street, New Haven, New Haven County, CT

Ives Memorial Library, 133 Elm Street, New Haven, New Haven County, CT

Significance: The Ives Memorial Building of the Free Public Library is New Haven's most important example of architecture and design influenced by the early twentieth century civic improvement, or "City Beautif... More

Ives Memorial Library, 133 Elm Street, New Haven, New Haven County, CT

Ives Memorial Library, 133 Elm Street, New Haven, New Haven County, CT

Significance: The Ives Memorial Building of the Free Public Library is New Haven's most important example of architecture and design influenced by the early twentieth century civic improvement, or "City Beautif... More

Ives Memorial Library, 133 Elm Street, New Haven, New Haven County, CT

Ives Memorial Library, 133 Elm Street, New Haven, New Haven County, CT

Significance: The Ives Memorial Building of the Free Public Library is New Haven's most important example of architecture and design influenced by the early twentieth century civic improvement, or "City Beautif... More

Ives Memorial Library, 133 Elm Street, New Haven, New Haven County, CT

Ives Memorial Library, 133 Elm Street, New Haven, New Haven County, CT

Significance: The Ives Memorial Building of the Free Public Library is New Haven's most important example of architecture and design influenced by the early twentieth century civic improvement, or "City Beautif... More

Ives Memorial Library, 133 Elm Street, New Haven, New Haven County, CT

Ives Memorial Library, 133 Elm Street, New Haven, New Haven County, CT

Significance: The Ives Memorial Building of the Free Public Library is New Haven's most important example of architecture and design influenced by the early twentieth century civic improvement, or "City Beautif... More

National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, Northwestern Branch, Ward Memorial Hall, 5000 West National Avenue, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, WI

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

The original drawings transmitted the the Library of Congress in 2010 contained errors and were replaced by corrected drawings in 2013. Significance: Ward Memorial Hall was built in 1881-82 during a period of e... More

National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, Northwestern Branch, Ward Memorial Hall, 5000 West National Avenue, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, WI

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

The original drawings transmitted the the Library of Congress in 2010 contained errors and were replaced by corrected drawings in 2013. Significance: Ward Memorial Hall was built in 1881-82 during a period of e... More

National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, Northwestern Branch, Ward Memorial Hall, 5000 West National Avenue, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, WI

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

The original drawings transmitted the the Library of Congress in 2010 contained errors and were replaced by corrected drawings in 2013. Significance: Ward Memorial Hall was built in 1881-82 during a period of e... More

Vietnam Veterans Memorial, West Potomac Park, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Vietnam Veterans Memorial, West Potomac Park, Washington, District of ...

Significance: It was built to honor the veterans of the Vietnam War (1959-1975). As a memorial for a controversial and unpopular war, it was intended both to commemorate those who served, as well as provide a v... More

Vietnam Veterans Memorial, West Potomac Park, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Vietnam Veterans Memorial, West Potomac Park, Washington, District of ...

Significance: It was built to honor the veterans of the Vietnam War (1959-1975). As a memorial for a controversial and unpopular war, it was intended both to commemorate those who served, as well as provide a v... More

Vietnam Veterans Memorial, West Potomac Park, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Vietnam Veterans Memorial, West Potomac Park, Washington, District of ...

Significance: It was built to honor the veterans of the Vietnam War (1959-1975). As a memorial for a controversial and unpopular war, it was intended both to commemorate those who served, as well as provide a v... More

Vietnam Veterans Memorial, West Potomac Park, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Vietnam Veterans Memorial, West Potomac Park, Washington, District of ...

Significance: It was built to honor the veterans of the Vietnam War (1959-1975). As a memorial for a controversial and unpopular war, it was intended both to commemorate those who served, as well as provide a v... More

Vietnam Veterans Memorial, West Potomac Park, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Vietnam Veterans Memorial, West Potomac Park, Washington, District of ...

Significance: It was built to honor the veterans of the Vietnam War (1959-1975). As a memorial for a controversial and unpopular war, it was intended both to commemorate those who served, as well as provide a v... More

Vietnam Veterans Memorial, West Potomac Park, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Vietnam Veterans Memorial, West Potomac Park, Washington, District of ...

Significance: It was built to honor the veterans of the Vietnam War (1959-1975). As a memorial for a controversial and unpopular war, it was intended both to commemorate those who served, as well as provide a v... More

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