Schweikher-Langsdorf House & Studio Museum, 645 South Meacham Road, Sc...
2017 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: The Schweikher-Langsdorf House & Studio is an exemplary built work designed by noted Modernist architect, Paul Schweikher of Chicago, Illinois. Schweikher bui... More
Quarry Visitor Center, U.S. Highway 40, 8 miles north of Jensen, Jense...
Significance: The visitor center is one of the four most significant visitor centers produced by the "Mission 66" program, which transformed the American National Park system to meet postwar conditions. The pro... More
Storer College, Lewis Anthony Library, Camp Hill, Harpers Ferry, Jeffe...
Significance: Currently recognized by the National Park Service (NPS) as the "Lewis Anthony Building," this two-story stone building was an integral part of Storer College and its evolution as an educational in... More
Fitzsimons General Hospital, Transformer House, North Page Street, imm...
Survey number: HABS CO-172-AU Building/structure dates: 1944 Initial Construction
Hantz House, 855 Fairview Drive, Fayetteville, Washington County, AR
2012 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: It was designed by Eunie Fay Jones and Ernest "Ernie" Jacks in 1950. At that time, Jones and Jacks were students of the Architecture School at the University ... More
Hollyhock House, 4800 Hollywood Boulevard, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Co...
See also HABS CA-1938 drawing sheet 4 of 5 for "Hilltop Plot Plan." Structure has been referred to stylistically as "Mayan Eclectic." Significance: The Hollyhock House was considered by Frank Lloyd Wright to be... More
Trans World Airlines Flight Center, John F. Kennedy International Airp...
Significance: The TWA Flight Center at JFK Airport, opened in May 1962, is a significant example of mid-twentieth-century modern architecture, engineering, and airline terminal planning. A masterpiece of expres... More
Trans World Airlines Flight Center, John F. Kennedy International Airp...
Significance: The TWA Flight Center at JFK Airport, opened in May 1962, is a significant example of mid-twentieth-century modern architecture, engineering, and airline terminal planning. A masterpiece of expres... More
Trans World Airlines Flight Center, John F. Kennedy International Airp...
Significance: The TWA Flight Center at JFK Airport, opened in May 1962, is a significant example of mid-twentieth-century modern architecture, engineering, and airline terminal planning. A masterpiece of expres... More
Willow Beach Ranger Station, Willow Beach Access Road, Kingman, Mohave...
Significance: The 1963 Willow Beach Ranger Station is an intact Mission 66-era facility that exhibits the character defining features of a secondary visitor center as defined in Sara Allaback's Mission 66 Visit... More
Belgian Building, Lombardy Street & Brook Road, Richmond, Independent ...
Significance: The Belgian Building was originally built as part of the Belgian exposition center for the 1939 New York World's Fair then reconstructed in 1941 on the campus of Virginia Union University in Richm... More
Los Angeles Music Center, 135 North Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, Los Ang...
Significance: The Los Angeles Music Center is important to the cultural history of Los Angeles as a post-World War II cultural center for the performing arts and as a physical and spiritual symbol that helped d... More
Sixth Street Bridge, Spanning 101 Freeway at Sixth Street, Los Angeles...
Significance: Sixth Street Viaduct is an example of Moderne design, with the detailing referred to as "starved Classicism." Sixth Street Viaduct was the last and the most monumental of the twelve City of Los A... More
Sixth Street Bridge, Spanning 101 Freeway at Sixth Street, Los Angeles...
Significance: Sixth Street Viaduct is an example of Moderne design, with the detailing referred to as "starved Classicism." Sixth Street Viaduct was the last and the most monumental of the twelve City of Los A... More
Sixth Street Bridge, Spanning 101 Freeway at Sixth Street, Los Angeles...
Significance: Sixth Street Viaduct is an example of Moderne design, with the detailing referred to as "starved Classicism." Sixth Street Viaduct was the last and the most monumental of the twelve City of Los A... More
Bob Peck Chevrolet, 800 North Glebe Road, Arlington, Arlington County,...
Significance: When it opened in 1964, the Bob Peck Chevrolet dealership at the corner of Glebe and Wilson, one of Ballston's major transportation crossroads, quickly became one of Arlington's landmarks. Making ... More
Bob Peck Chevrolet, 800 North Glebe Road, Arlington, Arlington County,...
Significance: When it opened in 1964, the Bob Peck Chevrolet dealership at the corner of Glebe and Wilson, one of Ballston's major transportation crossroads, quickly became one of Arlington's landmarks. Making ... More
5201 12th Street, South (Lustron House), Arlington, Arlington County, ...
Significance: Conceived, promoted, and manufactured by the Lustron Corporation out of Ohio and built only for a short time, between 1948 and 1950, in the United States, Lustron houses were one answer to the pos... More
5201 12th Street, South (Lustron House), Arlington, Arlington County, ...
Significance: Conceived, promoted, and manufactured by the Lustron Corporation out of Ohio and built only for a short time, between 1948 and 1950, in the United States, Lustron houses were one answer to the pos... More
Woodhills, Prospect Road, Cupertino, Santa Clara County, CA
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Camp Hofnung, Dormitory No. 1, Old Easton Road at Tohickon Creek, Pipe...
1996 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: A Jewish Union-sponsored children's camp (1927-67), it is home to 2 dormitories designed by Louis I. Kahn, an American architect of Post-War Modernism. Kahn (... More
Camp Hofnung, Dormitory No. 1, Old Easton Road at Tohickon Creek, Pipe...
1996 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: A Jewish Union-sponsored children's camp (1927-67), it is home to 2 dormitories designed by Louis I. Kahn, an American architect of Post-War Modernism. Kahn (... More
Camp Hofnung, Dormitory No. 1, Old Easton Road at Tohickon Creek, Pipe...
1996 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: A Jewish Union-sponsored children's camp (1927-67), it is home to 2 dormitories designed by Louis I. Kahn, an American architect of Post-War Modernism. Kahn (... More
Phoenix Indian School, Elementary School, Northeast Corner of Central ...
Significance: The Elementary School was an example of Moderne style institutional building. Its combination of stucco finish with brick trim and three-part compositions on each facade was totally characteristi... More
Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Defense Electronics Equipment Operating Ce...
Significance: Building 505 is a contributing element of the Mare Island Historic District. Building 505 is significant for its association with the communications facility at Mare Island, one of many non-shipy... More
Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Defense Electronics Equipment Operating Ce...
Significance: Building 505 is a contributing element of the Mare Island Historic District. Building 505 is significant for its association with the communications facility at Mare Island, one of many non-shipy... More
U.S. Coast Guard Support Center Alameda, Warehouse, Spencer Road & Ica...
Significance: According to a HABS survey prepared by Ana Beth Koval in 1992: "This building is one of the fourteen 1930s buildings on Coast Guard Island which appear to be eligible to the National Register as ... More
World Trade Center Site, Bounded by Vesey, Church, Liberty Streets, & ...
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World Trade Center Site, Bounded by Vesey, Church, Liberty Streets, & ...
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World Trade Center Site, Bounded by Vesey, Church, Liberty Streets, & ...
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World Trade Center Site, Bounded by Vesey, Church, Liberty Streets, & ...
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World Trade Center Site, Bounded by Vesey, Church, Liberty Streets, & ...
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World Trade Center Site, Bounded by Vesey, Church, Liberty Streets, & ...
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Cyclorama Building, 125 Taneytown Road, Gettysburg, Adams County, PA
Significance: One of a handful of high profile new visitor centers designed by famous architects as part of the larger Mission 66 initiative. Mission 66 was a NPS-wide effort to upgrade park visitor facilities ... More
Cyclorama Building, 125 Taneytown Road, Gettysburg, Adams County, PA
Significance: One of a handful of high profile new visitor centers designed by famous architects as part of the larger Mission 66 initiative. Mission 66 was a NPS-wide effort to upgrade park visitor facilities ... More
Cyclorama Building, 125 Taneytown Road, Gettysburg, Adams County, PA
Significance: One of a handful of high profile new visitor centers designed by famous architects as part of the larger Mission 66 initiative. Mission 66 was a NPS-wide effort to upgrade park visitor facilities ... More
Cyclorama Building, 125 Taneytown Road, Gettysburg, Adams County, PA
Significance: One of a handful of high profile new visitor centers designed by famous architects as part of the larger Mission 66 initiative. Mission 66 was a NPS-wide effort to upgrade park visitor facilities ... More
Cyclorama Building, 125 Taneytown Road, Gettysburg, Adams County, PA
Significance: One of a handful of high profile new visitor centers designed by famous architects as part of the larger Mission 66 initiative. Mission 66 was a NPS-wide effort to upgrade park visitor facilities ... More
Kaiser Center, 300 Lakeside Drive, Oakland, Alameda County, CA
Significance: First private roof garden built after WWII, largest continuous roof garden in the world in 1960; first major example of post-war modernism on a rooftop; technological innovations in roof garden de... More
Kaiser Center, 300 Lakeside Drive, Oakland, Alameda County, CA
Significance: First private roof garden built after WWII, largest continuous roof garden in the world in 1960; first major example of post-war modernism on a rooftop; technological innovations in roof garden de... More
Kaiser Center, 300 Lakeside Drive, Oakland, Alameda County, CA
Significance: First private roof garden built after WWII, largest continuous roof garden in the world in 1960; first major example of post-war modernism on a rooftop; technological innovations in roof garden de... More
Kaiser Center, 300 Lakeside Drive, Oakland, Alameda County, CA
Significance: First private roof garden built after WWII, largest continuous roof garden in the world in 1960; first major example of post-war modernism on a rooftop; technological innovations in roof garden de... More
Berkeley Public Library, 2090 Kittredge Street, Berkeley, Alameda Coun...
Significance: As a major civic work designed by distinguished local architect James Plachek, the Berkeley Public Library is both architecturally and culturally significant. The building, which is sited promine... More
Berkeley Public Library, 2090 Kittredge Street, Berkeley, Alameda Coun...
Significance: As a major civic work designed by distinguished local architect James Plachek, the Berkeley Public Library is both architecturally and culturally significant. The building, which is sited promine... More
Berkeley Public Library, 2090 Kittredge Street, Berkeley, Alameda Coun...
Significance: As a major civic work designed by distinguished local architect James Plachek, the Berkeley Public Library is both architecturally and culturally significant. The building, which is sited promine... More
Berkeley Public Library, 2090 Kittredge Street, Berkeley, Alameda Coun...
Significance: As a major civic work designed by distinguished local architect James Plachek, the Berkeley Public Library is both architecturally and culturally significant. The building, which is sited promine... More
Wolf House, 3821 Arbor Way, Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, NC
2011 Leicester B. Holland Prize, Entry Significance: From http://www.trianglemodernisthouses.com/charlotte.htm Built:1958 - The Harry C. and Rebecca Wolf, Jr. House, 3821 Arborway, Charlotte. Harry's son Harry ... More
Neiman House, 1930 Providence Road, Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, NC
2011 Leicester B. Holland Prize, Entry Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N1778 Survey number: HABS NC-411 Building/structure dates: 1954 Initial Construction
Sunset Headquarters, 80 Willow Road, Menlo Park, San Mateo County, CA
1st Place Winner - 2015 HALS Challenge: Documenting Modernist Landscapes Significance: The property is closely associated with the influential landscape architect Thomas Dolliver Church; Church designed the lan... More
The Commons of McLean, 1601-35 Anderson Road & 7500-36 Ambergate Place...
Significance: The garden apartment complex known as The Commons of McLean was constructed in five phases between 1965 and 1973 by the Westgate Corporation, in the rapidly developing area of Tysons Corner, Virgi... More
Storer College, Lewis Anthony Library, Camp Hill, Harpers Ferry, Jeffe...
Significance: Currently recognized by the National Park Service (NPS) as the "Lewis Anthony Building," this two-story stone building was an integral part of Storer College and its evolution as an educational in... More
Montana-Dakota Utilities Building, 2603 2nd Avenue North, Billings, Ye...
STORED ON SITE. mchr Significance: It is significant for the supportive role the growing power company played in the development of Billings and for the strong clarity of architectural expression typical of the... More
Durst House, 857 Fairview Drive, Fayetteville, Washington County, AR
2012 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: It was designed by John G. Williams in 1952, is located on a sloping site adjacent to the University of Arkansas. The site overlooks the scenic Boston Mountai... More
Oaklawn Avenue Waiting Station, Oaklawn Avenue at Fair Oaks Avenue, So...
1988 Charles E. Peterson Prize, First Place Significance: The Oaklawn Avenue Waiting Station, designed by Charles and Henry Greene and built in 1906 is an amazing combination of redwood timber, brick, cobblesto... More
Hollyhock House, 4800 Hollywood Boulevard, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Co...
See also HABS CA-1938 drawing sheet 4 of 5 for "Hilltop Plot Plan." Structure has been referred to stylistically as "Mayan Eclectic." Significance: The Hollyhock House was considered by Frank Lloyd Wright to be... More
Trans World Airlines Flight Center, John F. Kennedy International Airp...
Significance: The TWA Flight Center at JFK Airport, opened in May 1962, is a significant example of mid-twentieth-century modern architecture, engineering, and airline terminal planning. A masterpiece of expres... More
Trans World Airlines Flight Center, John F. Kennedy International Airp...
Significance: The TWA Flight Center at JFK Airport, opened in May 1962, is a significant example of mid-twentieth-century modern architecture, engineering, and airline terminal planning. A masterpiece of expres... More
Willow Beach Ranger Station, Willow Beach Access Road, Kingman, Mohave...
Significance: The 1963 Willow Beach Ranger Station is an intact Mission 66-era facility that exhibits the character defining features of a secondary visitor center as defined in Sara Allaback's Mission 66 Visit... More
Los Angeles Music Center, 135 North Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, Los Ang...
Significance: The Los Angeles Music Center is important to the cultural history of Los Angeles as a post-World War II cultural center for the performing arts and as a physical and spiritual symbol that helped d... More
Los Angeles Music Center, 135 North Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, Los Ang...
Significance: The Los Angeles Music Center is important to the cultural history of Los Angeles as a post-World War II cultural center for the performing arts and as a physical and spiritual symbol that helped d... More
Sixth Street Bridge, Spanning 101 Freeway at Sixth Street, Los Angeles...
Significance: Sixth Street Viaduct is an example of Moderne design, with the detailing referred to as "starved Classicism." Sixth Street Viaduct was the last and the most monumental of the twelve City of Los A... More
Sixth Street Bridge, Spanning 101 Freeway at Sixth Street, Los Angeles...
Significance: Sixth Street Viaduct is an example of Moderne design, with the detailing referred to as "starved Classicism." Sixth Street Viaduct was the last and the most monumental of the twelve City of Los A... More
Sixth Street Bridge, Spanning 101 Freeway at Sixth Street, Los Angeles...
Significance: Sixth Street Viaduct is an example of Moderne design, with the detailing referred to as "starved Classicism." Sixth Street Viaduct was the last and the most monumental of the twelve City of Los A... More
Sixth Street Bridge, Spanning 101 Freeway at Sixth Street, Los Angeles...
Significance: Sixth Street Viaduct is an example of Moderne design, with the detailing referred to as "starved Classicism." Sixth Street Viaduct was the last and the most monumental of the twelve City of Los A... More
Sixth Street Bridge, Spanning 101 Freeway at Sixth Street, Los Angeles...
Significance: Sixth Street Viaduct is an example of Moderne design, with the detailing referred to as "starved Classicism." Sixth Street Viaduct was the last and the most monumental of the twelve City of Los A... More
Warren Segraves Residence, 217 Oklahoma Way, Fayetteville, Washington ...
2011 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: Completed in 1959, the Warren Segraves Residence was designed by Warren Segraves and was one of the first houses in the Northwest Arkansas region to have an e... More
Warren Segraves Residence, 217 Oklahoma Way, Fayetteville, Washington ...
2011 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: Completed in 1959, the Warren Segraves Residence was designed by Warren Segraves and was one of the first houses in the Northwest Arkansas region to have an e... More
5201 12th Street, South (Lustron House), Arlington, Arlington County, ...
Significance: Conceived, promoted, and manufactured by the Lustron Corporation out of Ohio and built only for a short time, between 1948 and 1950, in the United States, Lustron houses were one answer to the pos... More
Woodhills, Prospect Road, Cupertino, Santa Clara County, CA
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Woodhills, Prospect Road, Cupertino, Santa Clara County, CA
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Woodhills, Prospect Road, Cupertino, Santa Clara County, CA
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Woodhills, Prospect Road, Cupertino, Santa Clara County, CA
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Camp Hofnung, Dormitory No. 1, Old Easton Road at Tohickon Creek, Pipe...
1996 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: A Jewish Union-sponsored children's camp (1927-67), it is home to 2 dormitories designed by Louis I. Kahn, an American architect of Post-War Modernism. Kahn (... More
Paul Rudolph's Louis Micheels House, 16 Minute Man Hill, Westport, Fai...
Significance: The house, built for Dr. and Mrs. Louis Micheels in 1972, was the creation of architect Paul Rudolph (1918-1997). Rudolph had been chairman of the Yale Department of Architecture from 1958-1965 an... More
Paul Rudolph's Louis Micheels House, 16 Minute Man Hill, Westport, Fai...
Significance: The house, built for Dr. and Mrs. Louis Micheels in 1972, was the creation of architect Paul Rudolph (1918-1997). Rudolph had been chairman of the Yale Department of Architecture from 1958-1965 an... More
Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Defense Electronics Equipment Operating Ce...
Significance: Building 505 is a contributing element of the Mare Island Historic District. Building 505 is significant for its association with the communications facility at Mare Island, one of many non-shipy... More
Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Defense Electronics Equipment Operating Ce...
Significance: Building 505 is a contributing element of the Mare Island Historic District. Building 505 is significant for its association with the communications facility at Mare Island, one of many non-shipy... More
Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Defense Electronics Equipment Operating Ce...
Significance: Building 505 is a contributing element of the Mare Island Historic District. Building 505 is significant for its association with the communications facility at Mare Island, one of many non-shipy... More
O'Brien House, 4740 Richmond Avenue, Shreveport, Caddo Parish, LA
2008 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: The O'Brien House, located in the South Highlands Historic District of Shreveport, was built in 1950 for Mr. and Mrs. J.C. O'Brien. Their goal was to simplify... More
World Trade Center Site, Bounded by Vesey, Church, Liberty Streets, & ...
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World Trade Center Site, Bounded by Vesey, Church, Liberty Streets, & ...
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World Trade Center Site, Bounded by Vesey, Church, Liberty Streets, & ...
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World Trade Center Site, Bounded by Vesey, Church, Liberty Streets, & ...
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World Trade Center Site, Bounded by Vesey, Church, Liberty Streets, & ...
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Cyclorama Building, 125 Taneytown Road, Gettysburg, Adams County, PA
Significance: One of a handful of high profile new visitor centers designed by famous architects as part of the larger Mission 66 initiative. Mission 66 was a NPS-wide effort to upgrade park visitor facilities ... More
Cyclorama Building, 125 Taneytown Road, Gettysburg, Adams County, PA
Significance: One of a handful of high profile new visitor centers designed by famous architects as part of the larger Mission 66 initiative. Mission 66 was a NPS-wide effort to upgrade park visitor facilities ... More
Cyclorama Building, 125 Taneytown Road, Gettysburg, Adams County, PA
Significance: One of a handful of high profile new visitor centers designed by famous architects as part of the larger Mission 66 initiative. Mission 66 was a NPS-wide effort to upgrade park visitor facilities ... More
Cyclorama Building, 125 Taneytown Road, Gettysburg, Adams County, PA
Significance: One of a handful of high profile new visitor centers designed by famous architects as part of the larger Mission 66 initiative. Mission 66 was a NPS-wide effort to upgrade park visitor facilities ... More
Cyclorama Building, 125 Taneytown Road, Gettysburg, Adams County, PA
Significance: One of a handful of high profile new visitor centers designed by famous architects as part of the larger Mission 66 initiative. Mission 66 was a NPS-wide effort to upgrade park visitor facilities ... More
Cyclorama Building, 125 Taneytown Road, Gettysburg, Adams County, PA
Significance: One of a handful of high profile new visitor centers designed by famous architects as part of the larger Mission 66 initiative. Mission 66 was a NPS-wide effort to upgrade park visitor facilities ... More
Kaiser Center, 300 Lakeside Drive, Oakland, Alameda County, CA
Significance: First private roof garden built after WWII, largest continuous roof garden in the world in 1960; first major example of post-war modernism on a rooftop; technological innovations in roof garden de... More
Kaiser Center, 300 Lakeside Drive, Oakland, Alameda County, CA
Significance: First private roof garden built after WWII, largest continuous roof garden in the world in 1960; first major example of post-war modernism on a rooftop; technological innovations in roof garden de... More
Kaiser Center, 300 Lakeside Drive, Oakland, Alameda County, CA
Significance: First private roof garden built after WWII, largest continuous roof garden in the world in 1960; first major example of post-war modernism on a rooftop; technological innovations in roof garden de... More
Kaiser Center, 300 Lakeside Drive, Oakland, Alameda County, CA
Significance: First private roof garden built after WWII, largest continuous roof garden in the world in 1960; first major example of post-war modernism on a rooftop; technological innovations in roof garden de... More
Kaiser Center, 300 Lakeside Drive, Oakland, Alameda County, CA
Significance: First private roof garden built after WWII, largest continuous roof garden in the world in 1960; first major example of post-war modernism on a rooftop; technological innovations in roof garden de... More
Berkeley Public Library, 2090 Kittredge Street, Berkeley, Alameda Coun...
Significance: As a major civic work designed by distinguished local architect James Plachek, the Berkeley Public Library is both architecturally and culturally significant. The building, which is sited promine... More