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Ellsworth Air Force Base, Delta Flight, Launch Facility D-6, 4 miles north of Badlands National Park Headquarters, 4.5 miles east of Jackson County line on county road, Interior, Jackson County, SD

Ellsworth Air Force Base, Delta Flight, Launch Facility D-6, 4 miles n...

Survey number: HAER SD-50-E Public domain photograph of a monument, memorial, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Fort Raleigh, Fort, U.S. 64-264, Manteo, Dare County, NC

Fort Raleigh, Fort, U.S. 64-264, Manteo, Dare County, NC

Survey number: HABS NC-389-D Public domain photograph - historical image of North Carolina, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Fort McHenry, Soldiers' Barracks No. 1, East Fort Avenue at Whetstone Point, Baltimore, Independent City, MD

Fort McHenry, Soldiers' Barracks No. 1, East Fort Avenue at Whetstone ...

Significance: This structure, in its original form, served as one of the Soldiers' Barracks for the garrison during the historic bombardment of Fort McHenry, September 13-14, 1814. Unprocessed Field note mater... More

Frankford Arsenal, Building Nos. 213-214, Bridge & Tacony Streets, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Frankford Arsenal, Building Nos. 213-214, Bridge & Tacony Streets, Phi...

Significance: Building 213, constructed in 1903 as a box and packing shop, and Building 214, constructed in 1918 as a small arms ammunition storehouse, are connected buildings associated with the expansion of f... More

MacDill Air Force Base, Photographic Laboratory, 7718 Hanger Loop Drive, Tampa, Hillsborough County, FL

MacDill Air Force Base, Photographic Laboratory, 7718 Hanger Loop Driv...

Significance: The Photographic Laboratory, due to its architectural integrity and its contribution to the Second World War-era infrastructure, forms an integral part of MacDill Air Force Base's historic charact... More

MacDill Air Force Base, Photographic Laboratory, 7718 Hanger Loop Drive, Tampa, Hillsborough County, FL

MacDill Air Force Base, Photographic Laboratory, 7718 Hanger Loop Driv...

Significance: The Photographic Laboratory, due to its architectural integrity and its contribution to the Second World War-era infrastructure, forms an integral part of MacDill Air Force Base's historic charact... More

Ellsworth Air Force Base, Delta Flight, Missile Roll Transfer Building, 920 Kennedy Road, Interior, Jackson County, SD

Ellsworth Air Force Base, Delta Flight, Missile Roll Transfer Building...

Survey number: HAER SD-50-D Public domain photograph of a car, automobile, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Frankford Arsenal, Building No. 207, Northwest corner Baker Street & Hagner Road, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Frankford Arsenal, Building No. 207, Northwest corner Baker Street & H...

Significance: Building 207 is associated with the expansion of Frankford Arsenal, the U.S. Army's principal manufacturer of small arms ammunition, that followed the United States' entry into World War I. Surve... More

Fort Union, Commanding Officer's Quarters, State Highway No. 161, Watrous, Mora County, NM

Fort Union, Commanding Officer's Quarters, State Highway No. 161, Watr...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N859 Survey number: HABS NM-164-E Building/structure dates: 1864-1867 Initial Construction

Lee's Ferry, Fort, U.S. Route Alternate 89, Page, Coconino County, AZ

Lee's Ferry, Fort, U.S. Route Alternate 89, Page, Coconino County, AZ

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-14 Survey number: HABS AZ-58-A Building/structure dates: 1874 Initial Construction

Ellsworth Air Force Base, Administration Office, 2704 George Drive, Blackhawk, Meade County, SD

Ellsworth Air Force Base, Administration Office, 2704 George Drive, Bl...

Significance: The Administration Office (Building No. 4612) was one of a small number of buildings completed at the base in 1943; these buildings matched the base's 1942 buildings in style and construction. Thi... More

Frankford Arsenal, Building No. 301, Southeast corner of Hagner Road & Thomas Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Frankford Arsenal, Building No. 301, Southeast corner of Hagner Road &...

Significance: Building 301 was constructed as the principal power plant for Frankford Arsenal, the U.S. Army's main supplier of ammunition throughout the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The buil... More

Frankford Arsenal, Building No. 301, Southeast corner of Hagner Road & Thomas Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Frankford Arsenal, Building No. 301, Southeast corner of Hagner Road &...

Significance: Building 301 was constructed as the principal power plant for Frankford Arsenal, the U.S. Army's main supplier of ammunition throughout the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The buil... More

Frankford Arsenal, Building No. 301, Southeast corner of Hagner Road & Thomas Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Frankford Arsenal, Building No. 301, Southeast corner of Hagner Road &...

Significance: Building 301 was constructed as the principal power plant for Frankford Arsenal, the U.S. Army's main supplier of ammunition throughout the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The buil... More

Frankford Arsenal, Building No. 301, Southeast corner of Hagner Road & Thomas Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Frankford Arsenal, Building No. 301, Southeast corner of Hagner Road &...

Significance: Building 301 was constructed as the principal power plant for Frankford Arsenal, the U.S. Army's main supplier of ammunition throughout the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The buil... More

Frankford Arsenal, Building No. 301, Southeast corner of Hagner Road & Thomas Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Frankford Arsenal, Building No. 301, Southeast corner of Hagner Road &...

Significance: Building 301 was constructed as the principal power plant for Frankford Arsenal, the U.S. Army's main supplier of ammunition throughout the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The buil... More

Frankford Arsenal, Building Nos. 242-246A, South side Craig Road between Eakin & Walbach Streets, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Frankford Arsenal, Building Nos. 242-246A, South side Craig Road betwe...

Significance: These nine buildings are part of a thirteen-building complex associated with the original and most elemental purpose of Frankford Arsenal, the production and storage of powder and munitions for th... More

Frankford Arsenal, Building Nos. 242-246A, South side Craig Road between Eakin & Walbach Streets, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Frankford Arsenal, Building Nos. 242-246A, South side Craig Road betwe...

Significance: These nine buildings are part of a thirteen-building complex associated with the original and most elemental purpose of Frankford Arsenal, the production and storage of powder and munitions for th... More

Fort Lawton, Post Exchange & Gymnasium, Discovery Park, Seattle, King County, WA

Fort Lawton, Post Exchange & Gymnasium, Discovery Park, Seattle, King ...

Significance: Architecturally the most formal non-residential building on the post. Originally included amenities such as billiard room, lunch counter, reading room, store, and gym. Completed May 2, 1905, fro... More

Eglin Air Force Base, Hangar No. 1, 505 Choctawhatchee Avenue, Valparaiso, Okaloosa County, FL

Eglin Air Force Base, Hangar No. 1, 505 Choctawhatchee Avenue, Valpara...

Significance: As one of the original buildings constructed at Eglin Air Force Base, HANGAR 1 (Building No. 66) has played a crucial role during the World War II, Korean War, Cold War, and post Cold War eras. T... More

Eglin Air Force Base, Hangar No. 1, 505 Choctawhatchee Avenue, Valparaiso, Okaloosa County, FL

Eglin Air Force Base, Hangar No. 1, 505 Choctawhatchee Avenue, Valpara...

Significance: As one of the original buildings constructed at Eglin Air Force Base, HANGAR 1 (Building No. 66) has played a crucial role during the World War II, Korean War, Cold War, and post Cold War eras. T... More

Eglin Air Force Base, Hangar No. 1, 505 Choctawhatchee Avenue, Valparaiso, Okaloosa County, FL

Eglin Air Force Base, Hangar No. 1, 505 Choctawhatchee Avenue, Valpara...

Significance: As one of the original buildings constructed at Eglin Air Force Base, HANGAR 1 (Building No. 66) has played a crucial role during the World War II, Korean War, Cold War, and post Cold War eras. T... More

Fort Lawton, Quartermaster Work Shops, Discovery Park, Seattle, King County, WA

Fort Lawton, Quartermaster Work Shops, Discovery Park, Seattle, King C...

Significance: Of three early service buildings on the post, this one remains closest to its original configuration. Converted to a Quartermaster Corps barracks in 1916, an ordnance storehouse in 1920, and offi... More

Fort Lawton, Administration Building, Discovery Park, Seattle, King County, WA

Fort Lawton, Administration Building, Discovery Park, Seattle, King Co...

Significance: The first post administration buildings, designed for a one-company post. Commands a strategic hillside view of original post, parade ground, Puget Sound and Olympic Mountains. Completed April 2... More

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

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

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

Fort Hamilton, Rose Island, Newport, Newport County, RI

Fort Hamilton, Rose Island, Newport, Newport County, RI

Significance: Fort Hamilton contains a mixture of military fortification buildings from the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, as well as twentieth century storage facilities and torpedo warhead ar... More

Fort Pulaski, Cockspur Island, Savannah, Chatham County, GA

Fort Pulaski, Cockspur Island, Savannah, Chatham County, GA

Significance: Fort Pulaski was built in the second quarter of the nineteenth century by U.S. military engineers who hoped to guard against unwanted river approaches to the nearby port city of Savannah. It was p... More

Fort Pulaski, Cockspur Island, Savannah, Chatham County, GA

Fort Pulaski, Cockspur Island, Savannah, Chatham County, GA

Significance: Fort Pulaski was built in the second quarter of the nineteenth century by U.S. military engineers who hoped to guard against unwanted river approaches to the nearby port city of Savannah. It was p... More

Fort Pulaski, Cockspur Island, Savannah, Chatham County, GA

Fort Pulaski, Cockspur Island, Savannah, Chatham County, GA

Significance: Fort Pulaski was built in the second quarter of the nineteenth century by U.S. military engineers who hoped to guard against unwanted river approaches to the nearby port city of Savannah. It was p... More

Fort Pulaski, Cockspur Island, Savannah, Chatham County, GA

Fort Pulaski, Cockspur Island, Savannah, Chatham County, GA

Significance: Fort Pulaski was built in the second quarter of the nineteenth century by U.S. military engineers who hoped to guard against unwanted river approaches to the nearby port city of Savannah. It was p... More

Fort Pulaski, Cockspur Island, Savannah, Chatham County, GA

Fort Pulaski, Cockspur Island, Savannah, Chatham County, GA

Significance: Fort Pulaski was built in the second quarter of the nineteenth century by U.S. military engineers who hoped to guard against unwanted river approaches to the nearby port city of Savannah. It was p... More

Fort Pulaski, Cockspur Island, Savannah, Chatham County, GA

Fort Pulaski, Cockspur Island, Savannah, Chatham County, GA

Significance: Fort Pulaski was built in the second quarter of the nineteenth century by U.S. military engineers who hoped to guard against unwanted river approaches to the nearby port city of Savannah. It was p... More

Fort Pulaski, Cockspur Island, Savannah, Chatham County, GA

Fort Pulaski, Cockspur Island, Savannah, Chatham County, GA

Significance: Fort Pulaski was built in the second quarter of the nineteenth century by U.S. military engineers who hoped to guard against unwanted river approaches to the nearby port city of Savannah. It was p... More

Fort Pulaski, Cockspur Island, Savannah, Chatham County, GA

Fort Pulaski, Cockspur Island, Savannah, Chatham County, GA

Significance: Fort Pulaski was built in the second quarter of the nineteenth century by U.S. military engineers who hoped to guard against unwanted river approaches to the nearby port city of Savannah. It was p... More

Fort Pulaski, Cockspur Island, Savannah, Chatham County, GA

Fort Pulaski, Cockspur Island, Savannah, Chatham County, GA

Significance: Fort Pulaski was built in the second quarter of the nineteenth century by U.S. military engineers who hoped to guard against unwanted river approaches to the nearby port city of Savannah. It was p... More

Fort Pulaski, Cockspur Island, Savannah, Chatham County, GA

Fort Pulaski, Cockspur Island, Savannah, Chatham County, GA

Significance: Fort Pulaski was built in the second quarter of the nineteenth century by U.S. military engineers who hoped to guard against unwanted river approaches to the nearby port city of Savannah. It was p... More

Fort Pulaski, Cockspur Island, Savannah, Chatham County, GA

Fort Pulaski, Cockspur Island, Savannah, Chatham County, GA

Significance: Fort Pulaski was built in the second quarter of the nineteenth century by U.S. military engineers who hoped to guard against unwanted river approaches to the nearby port city of Savannah. It was p... More

Fort Pulaski, Cockspur Island, Savannah, Chatham County, GA

Fort Pulaski, Cockspur Island, Savannah, Chatham County, GA

Significance: Fort Pulaski was built in the second quarter of the nineteenth century by U.S. military engineers who hoped to guard against unwanted river approaches to the nearby port city of Savannah. It was p... More

Fort Pulaski, Cockspur Island, Savannah, Chatham County, GA

Fort Pulaski, Cockspur Island, Savannah, Chatham County, GA

Significance: Fort Pulaski was built in the second quarter of the nineteenth century by U.S. military engineers who hoped to guard against unwanted river approaches to the nearby port city of Savannah. It was p... More

Fort Pulaski, Cockspur Island, Savannah, Chatham County, GA

Fort Pulaski, Cockspur Island, Savannah, Chatham County, GA

Significance: Fort Pulaski was built in the second quarter of the nineteenth century by U.S. military engineers who hoped to guard against unwanted river approaches to the nearby port city of Savannah. It was p... More

Nevada Test Site, Pluto Facility, Disassembly Building, Area 26, Wahmonie Flats, Cane Spring Road, Mercury, Nye County, NV

Nevada Test Site, Pluto Facility, Disassembly Building, Area 26, Wahmo...

Significance: Building 2201 is significant for its role in the scientific experiments associated with the Pluto program at the Nevada Test Site in the development and testing of a nuclear reactor for a ramjet p... More

Titan One Missile Complex 2A, .3 miles west of 129 Road and 1.5 miles north of County Line Road, Aurora, Adams County, CO

Titan One Missile Complex 2A, .3 miles west of 129 Road and 1.5 miles ...

Significance: Beginning in 1962, the US deployed its first Inter-continental Ballistic Missiles (ICBM) - the Atlas and the Titan I. These powerful weapons dramatically altered the Cold War by introducing the ca... More

Titan One Missile Complex 2A, .3 miles west of 129 Road and 1.5 miles north of County Line Road, Aurora, Adams County, CO

Titan One Missile Complex 2A, .3 miles west of 129 Road and 1.5 miles ...

Significance: Beginning in 1962, the US deployed its first Inter-continental Ballistic Missiles (ICBM) - the Atlas and the Titan I. These powerful weapons dramatically altered the Cold War by introducing the ca... More

Titan One Missile Complex 2A, .3 miles west of 129 Road and 1.5 miles north of County Line Road, Aurora, Adams County, CO

Titan One Missile Complex 2A, .3 miles west of 129 Road and 1.5 miles ...

Significance: Beginning in 1962, the US deployed its first Inter-continental Ballistic Missiles (ICBM) - the Atlas and the Titan I. These powerful weapons dramatically altered the Cold War by introducing the ca... More

Titan One Missile Complex 2A, .3 miles west of 129 Road and 1.5 miles north of County Line Road, Aurora, Adams County, CO

Titan One Missile Complex 2A, .3 miles west of 129 Road and 1.5 miles ...

Significance: Beginning in 1962, the US deployed its first Inter-continental Ballistic Missiles (ICBM) - the Atlas and the Titan I. These powerful weapons dramatically altered the Cold War by introducing the ca... More

Grissom Air Force Base, Building No. 747, Peru, Miami County, IN

Grissom Air Force Base, Building No. 747, Peru, Miami County, IN

Significance: Building 747 was used by the United States Air Force to support three major Cold War missions: the Strategic Air Command (SAC) ground alert, to act as a deterrent to Soviet attack; the Post Attack... More

Grissom Air Force Base, Building No. 747, Peru, Miami County, IN

Grissom Air Force Base, Building No. 747, Peru, Miami County, IN

Significance: Building 747 was used by the United States Air Force to support three major Cold War missions: the Strategic Air Command (SAC) ground alert, to act as a deterrent to Soviet attack; the Post Attack... More

Grissom Air Force Base, Building No. 747, Peru, Miami County, IN

Grissom Air Force Base, Building No. 747, Peru, Miami County, IN

Significance: Building 747 was used by the United States Air Force to support three major Cold War missions: the Strategic Air Command (SAC) ground alert, to act as a deterrent to Soviet attack; the Post Attack... More

Grissom Air Force Base, Building No. 747, Peru, Miami County, IN

Grissom Air Force Base, Building No. 747, Peru, Miami County, IN

Significance: Building 747 was used by the United States Air Force to support three major Cold War missions: the Strategic Air Command (SAC) ground alert, to act as a deterrent to Soviet attack; the Post Attack... More

Stanley R. Mickelsen Safeguard Complex, Missile Site Control Building, Northeast of Tactical Road; southeast of Tactical Road South, Nekoma, Cavalier County, ND

Stanley R. Mickelsen Safeguard Complex, Missile Site Control Building,...

Significance: It is believed that the plans for deployment and initiation of construction of this facility were instrumental in obtaining Soviet agreement to the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty and a subsequent d... More

Stanley R. Mickelsen Safeguard Complex, Missile Site Control Building, Northeast of Tactical Road; southeast of Tactical Road South, Nekoma, Cavalier County, ND

Stanley R. Mickelsen Safeguard Complex, Missile Site Control Building,...

Significance: It is believed that the plans for deployment and initiation of construction of this facility were instrumental in obtaining Soviet agreement to the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty and a subsequent d... More

Stanley R. Mickelsen Safeguard Complex, Missile Site Control Building, Northeast of Tactical Road; southeast of Tactical Road South, Nekoma, Cavalier County, ND

Stanley R. Mickelsen Safeguard Complex, Missile Site Control Building,...

Significance: It is believed that the plans for deployment and initiation of construction of this facility were instrumental in obtaining Soviet agreement to the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty and a subsequent d... More

Stanley R. Mickelsen Safeguard Complex, Missile Site Control Building, Northeast of Tactical Road; southeast of Tactical Road South, Nekoma, Cavalier County, ND

Stanley R. Mickelsen Safeguard Complex, Missile Site Control Building,...

Significance: It is believed that the plans for deployment and initiation of construction of this facility were instrumental in obtaining Soviet agreement to the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty and a subsequent d... More

Stanley R. Mickelsen Safeguard Complex, Missile Site Control Building, Northeast of Tactical Road; southeast of Tactical Road South, Nekoma, Cavalier County, ND

Stanley R. Mickelsen Safeguard Complex, Missile Site Control Building,...

Significance: It is believed that the plans for deployment and initiation of construction of this facility were instrumental in obtaining Soviet agreement to the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty and a subsequent d... More

Stanley R. Mickelsen Safeguard Complex, Missile Site Control Building, Northeast of Tactical Road; southeast of Tactical Road South, Nekoma, Cavalier County, ND

Stanley R. Mickelsen Safeguard Complex, Missile Site Control Building,...

Significance: It is believed that the plans for deployment and initiation of construction of this facility were instrumental in obtaining Soviet agreement to the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty and a subsequent d... More

Ellsworth Air Force Base, Readiness Hangar, Kenny Road, southeast corner of interstction with G Avenue, Blackhawk, Meade County, SD

Ellsworth Air Force Base, Readiness Hangar, Kenny Road, southeast corn...

Public domain photograph - historical image of South Dakota, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Ellsworth Air Force Base, Readiness Hangar, Kenny Road, southeast corner of interstction with G Avenue, Blackhawk, Meade County, SD

Ellsworth Air Force Base, Readiness Hangar, Kenny Road, southeast corn...

Public domain scan of architectural drawing, architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

De re militari. Italy, 14th century

De re militari. Italy, 14th century

Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. Manuscript on paper. Signatures (with catchwords at end of each): [a-s¹⁰, t²⁺]. Humanistic script. Illuminated initials; headings in red; sepi... More

De re militari. Italy, 14th century

De re militari. Italy, 14th century

Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. Manuscript on paper. Signatures (with catchwords at end of each): [a-s¹⁰, t²⁺]. Humanistic script. Illuminated initials; headings in red; sepi... More

[Underwater breathing apparatus]. Book illustration from Library of Congress

[Underwater breathing apparatus]. Book illustration from Library of Co...

Print shows a device with a long tube for breathing, worn over the head, to allow a soldier to walk underwater; also shows the device being used in the background. Illus. in: Fl. Vegetii Renati De re militari ... More

[Typical bow used by a samurai]

[Typical bow used by a samurai]

Inscribed in pencil on lower left corner of paper mount: Kano Sep. 1878. From the "Military arts" series. Gift; Mrs. David Murray; 1909. Forms part of: David Murray collection. Forms part of: Japanese prints a... More

British Barracks Complex, Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, VI

British Barracks Complex, Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, VI

Significance: The ruins of the British Barracks Complex are a significant component of the British military fortifications on Hassel Island built during the Napoleonic War era (1793-1815). The barracks were bu... More

Frankford Arsenal, Building No. 117, East side Montgomery Street between Worth & Crozier Roads, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Frankford Arsenal, Building No. 117, East side Montgomery Street betwe...

Significance: Building 117 is one of many small sheds scattered throughout the grounds of Frankford Arsenal, the U.S. Army's principal manufacturer of small arms ammunition. Survey number: HAER PA-74-AR Build... More

Fort Union, Mechanics' Shops, State Highway No. 161, Watrous, Mora County, NM

Fort Union, Mechanics' Shops, State Highway No. 161, Watrous, Mora Cou...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N875 Survey number: HABS NM-164-V Building/structure dates: 1867 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1876 Subsequent Work Building/struc... More

Fort Union, Mechanics' Shops, State Highway No. 161, Watrous, Mora County, NM

Fort Union, Mechanics' Shops, State Highway No. 161, Watrous, Mora Cou...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N875 Survey number: HABS NM-164-V Building/structure dates: 1867 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1876 Subsequent Work Building/struc... More

Fort McHenry National Monument & Historic Shrine, East Fort Avenue at Whetstone Point, Baltimore, Independent City, MD

Fort McHenry National Monument & Historic Shrine, East Fort Avenue at ...

Significance: The pentagonal fort is the most important, least changed, surviving feature of the historic bombardment of Fort McHenry, September 13-14, 1814. The sally port, casemates, and guard rooms were bui... More

Fort McHenry National Monument & Historic Shrine, East Fort Avenue at Whetstone Point, Baltimore, Independent City, MD

Fort McHenry National Monument & Historic Shrine, East Fort Avenue at ...

Significance: The pentagonal fort is the most important, least changed, surviving feature of the historic bombardment of Fort McHenry, September 13-14, 1814. The sally port, casemates, and guard rooms were bui... More

Fort McHenry National Monument & Historic Shrine, East Fort Avenue at Whetstone Point, Baltimore, Independent City, MD

Fort McHenry National Monument & Historic Shrine, East Fort Avenue at ...

Significance: The pentagonal fort is the most important, least changed, surviving feature of the historic bombardment of Fort McHenry, September 13-14, 1814. The sally port, casemates, and guard rooms were bui... More

Fort McHenry National Monument & Historic Shrine, East Fort Avenue at Whetstone Point, Baltimore, Independent City, MD

Fort McHenry National Monument & Historic Shrine, East Fort Avenue at ...

Significance: The pentagonal fort is the most important, least changed, surviving feature of the historic bombardment of Fort McHenry, September 13-14, 1814. The sally port, casemates, and guard rooms were bui... More

Stanley R. Mickelsen Safeguard Complex, Nekoma, Cavalier County, ND

Stanley R. Mickelsen Safeguard Complex, Nekoma, Cavalier County, ND

Significance: The SRMSC was the only operational Anti-Ballistic Missile (ABM) facility ever completed in the United States. The SRMSC was the culmination of 15 years of research and development in anti-ballist... More

Stanley R. Mickelsen Safeguard Complex, Missile Launch Area, Within Exclusion Area, Nekoma, Cavalier County, ND

Stanley R. Mickelsen Safeguard Complex, Missile Launch Area, Within Ex...

Significance: The Missile Launch Area comprised the Spartan (facilities 501-530) and Sprint (facilities 541-556) Launch Stations, allowing for both long- and short-range defense against every Intercontinental B... More

Fort Belknap Indian Agency, Employees Club, Fort Belknap, Blaine County, MT

Fort Belknap Indian Agency, Employees Club, Fort Belknap, Blaine Count...

Significance: The Employee's Club building is significant because of its association with 1920s construction at Fort Belknap and the development of standardized plans for agency buildings. The Employee's Club ... More

U.S. Barracks, Building A, Pentagon Barracks, Riverside Mall at Spanish Town Road, Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, LA

U.S. Barracks, Building A, Pentagon Barracks, Riverside Mall at Spanis...

2000 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Third Place Significance: The Pentagon Barracks were built between the years 1819 and 1823 by the United States Army to provide quarters for officers and soldiers stationed at wh... More

Frankford Arsenal, Building No. 309, South of Hagner Road to west of Clay Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Frankford Arsenal, Building No. 309, South of Hagner Road to west of C...

Significance: Building 309 is associated with the continued growth of Frankford Arsenal, the United States Army's principal manufacturer of small arms ammunition, during the twentieth century. Survey number: H... More

Fort Lowell, Fort Lowell Road Vicinity, Tucson, Pima County, AZ

Fort Lowell, Fort Lowell Road Vicinity, Tucson, Pima County, AZ

Survey number: HABS AZ-17 Building/structure dates: 1874 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1882- 1883 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: 1885 Subsequent Work

Fort Lowell, Fort Lowell Road Vicinity, Tucson, Pima County, AZ

Fort Lowell, Fort Lowell Road Vicinity, Tucson, Pima County, AZ

Survey number: HABS AZ-17 Building/structure dates: 1874 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1882- 1883 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: 1885 Subsequent Work

Frankford Arsenal, Building No. 65, South of Tacony Street between Bridge Street & tracks of former Pennsylvania Railroad, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Frankford Arsenal, Building No. 65, South of Tacony Street between Bri...

Significance: Established in 1816, the Frankford Arsenal served for three decades as a depot for the storage and repair of arms, accoutrements, and ammunition for the United States Army. From 1849 to 1976, the... More

Fort McKinley, Battery Carpenter Observation Station, West side of East Side Drive, approximately 275 feet south of Weymouth Way, Great Diamond Island, Portland, Cumberland County, ME

Fort McKinley, Battery Carpenter Observation Station, West side of Eas...

Significance: Fort McKinley attains significance as the largest of Portland Harbor's five military complexes built in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The fort protected Maine's principal city with one ... More

Fort Simcoe, Fort Simcoe Road, White Swan, Yakima County, WA

Fort Simcoe, Fort Simcoe Road, White Swan, Yakima County, WA

Survey number: HABS WA-238 Public domain photograph - historical image of Washington State, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Fort Simcoe, Fort Simcoe Road, White Swan, Yakima County, WA

Fort Simcoe, Fort Simcoe Road, White Swan, Yakima County, WA

Survey number: HABS WA-238 Public domain photograph - historical image of Washington State, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Frankford Arsenal, Building No. 68, Southeast corner of Walbach Street & Benet Road, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Frankford Arsenal, Building No. 68, Southeast corner of Walbach Street...

Significance: Building 68, constructed as a fuze loading house, is associated with the expansion of Frankford Arsenal during World War II. Used as a laboratory after 1946, the building is also associated with ... More

Frankford Arsenal, Building No. 68, Southeast corner of Walbach Street & Benet Road, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Frankford Arsenal, Building No. 68, Southeast corner of Walbach Street...

Significance: Building 68, constructed as a fuze loading house, is associated with the expansion of Frankford Arsenal during World War II. Used as a laboratory after 1946, the building is also associated with ... More

Fort Willoughby, Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, VI

Fort Willoughby, Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, VI

Significance: Fort Willoughby is significant as both a Danish and British military defensive work on Hassel Island. Originally called Prince Frederik's Battery, it was built by the government of the Danish Wes... More

Frankford Arsenal, Building No. 216, Bridge & Tacony Streets, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Frankford Arsenal, Building No. 216, Bridge & Tacony Streets, Philadel...

Significance: Constructed in 1899, Building 216 is associated with the modest expansion of Frankford Arsenal that occurred at the turn of the century. The building originally served as coal storage for the adj... More

MacDill Air Force Base, Paint, Oil & Dope Building, 7716 Hanger Loop Drive, Tampa, Hillsborough County, FL

MacDill Air Force Base, Paint, Oil & Dope Building, 7716 Hanger Loop D...

Public domain scan of architectural drawing, architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Ellsworth Air Force Base, Delta Flight, Launch Control Facility, County Road CS23A, North of Exit 127, Interior, Jackson County, SD

Ellsworth Air Force Base, Delta Flight, Launch Control Facility, Count...

Significance: The Ellsworth Air Force Base, Delta Flight Launch Control Facility served as the security control center for the entire Delta Flight, and as the command post for the ten dispersed missiles of the ... More

Ellsworth Air Force Base, Delta Flight, Launch Control Facility, County Road CS23A, North of Exit 127, Interior, Jackson County, SD

Ellsworth Air Force Base, Delta Flight, Launch Control Facility, Count...

Significance: The Ellsworth Air Force Base, Delta Flight Launch Control Facility served as the security control center for the entire Delta Flight, and as the command post for the ten dispersed missiles of the ... More

Ellsworth Air Force Base, Delta Flight, Launch Control Facility, County Road CS23A, North of Exit 127, Interior, Jackson County, SD

Ellsworth Air Force Base, Delta Flight, Launch Control Facility, Count...

Significance: The Ellsworth Air Force Base, Delta Flight Launch Control Facility served as the security control center for the entire Delta Flight, and as the command post for the ten dispersed missiles of the ... More

Ellsworth Air Force Base, Delta Flight, Launch Control Facility, County Road CS23A, North of Exit 127, Interior, Jackson County, SD

Ellsworth Air Force Base, Delta Flight, Launch Control Facility, Count...

Significance: The Ellsworth Air Force Base, Delta Flight Launch Control Facility served as the security control center for the entire Delta Flight, and as the command post for the ten dispersed missiles of the ... More

Ellsworth Air Force Base, Delta Flight, Launch Control Facility, County Road CS23A, North of Exit 127, Interior, Jackson County, SD

Ellsworth Air Force Base, Delta Flight, Launch Control Facility, Count...

Significance: The Ellsworth Air Force Base, Delta Flight Launch Control Facility served as the security control center for the entire Delta Flight, and as the command post for the ten dispersed missiles of the ... More

Ellsworth Air Force Base, Delta Flight, Launch Control Facility, County Road CS23A, North of Exit 127, Interior, Jackson County, SD

Ellsworth Air Force Base, Delta Flight, Launch Control Facility, Count...

Significance: The Ellsworth Air Force Base, Delta Flight Launch Control Facility served as the security control center for the entire Delta Flight, and as the command post for the ten dispersed missiles of the ... More

Ellsworth Air Force Base, Delta Flight, Launch Control Facility, County Road CS23A, North of Exit 127, Interior, Jackson County, SD

Ellsworth Air Force Base, Delta Flight, Launch Control Facility, Count...

Significance: The Ellsworth Air Force Base, Delta Flight Launch Control Facility served as the security control center for the entire Delta Flight, and as the command post for the ten dispersed missiles of the ... More

Fort Union, Commissary Storehouse, State Highway No. 161, Watrous, Mora County, NM

Fort Union, Commissary Storehouse, State Highway No. 161, Watrous, Mor...

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Ellsworth Air Force Base, Delta Flight, 10 mile radius around Exit 127 off Interstate 90, Interior, Jackson County, SD

Ellsworth Air Force Base, Delta Flight, 10 mile radius around Exit 127...

Significance: Ellsworth Air Force Base, Delta Flight (Minuteman II ICBM) is an important icon of the American participation in the arms race and the Cold War. When the Soviet Union began to expand its boundarie... More

Frankford Arsenal, Building No. 227, South side of Hagner Road between Ripley & Mellon Streets, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Frankford Arsenal, Building No. 227, South side of Hagner Road between...

Significance: Building 227, constructed in 1941 as a blank ammunition loading plant, is associated with the large-scale expansion of Frankford Arsenal, the United States' principal manufacturer of small arms am... More

Frankford Arsenal, Building No. 227, South side of Hagner Road between Ripley & Mellon Streets, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Frankford Arsenal, Building No. 227, South side of Hagner Road between...

Significance: Building 227, constructed in 1941 as a blank ammunition loading plant, is associated with the large-scale expansion of Frankford Arsenal, the United States' principal manufacturer of small arms am... More

Frankford Arsenal, Building No. 312, Northeast corner of Walbach Street & Monroe Road, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Frankford Arsenal, Building No. 312, Northeast corner of Walbach Stree...

Significance: Building 312 is associated with the extensive infrastructure of roads, utilities and services that supported the principal functions of Frankford Arsenal, the U.S. Army's principal manufacturer of... More

Ellsworth Air Force Base, Delta Flight, Launch Facility, On County Road T512, south of Exit 116 off I-90, Interior, Jackson County, SD

Ellsworth Air Force Base, Delta Flight, Launch Facility, On County Roa...

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Ellsworth Air Force Base, Delta Flight, Launch Facility, On County Road T512, south of Exit 116 off I-90, Interior, Jackson County, SD

Ellsworth Air Force Base, Delta Flight, Launch Facility, On County Roa...

Public domain photograph - historical image of South Dakota, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Ellsworth Air Force Base, Delta Flight, Launch Facility, On County Road T512, south of Exit 116 off I-90, Interior, Jackson County, SD

Ellsworth Air Force Base, Delta Flight, Launch Facility, On County Roa...

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