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Cyclorama Building, 125 Taneytown Road, Gettysburg, Adams County, PA

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 County, CA

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 County, CA

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 County, CA

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 County, CA

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

Huey P. Long Bridge, Administration Building, 5100 Jefferson Highway, Jefferson, Jefferson Parish, LA

Huey P. Long Bridge, Administration Building, 5100 Jefferson Highway, ...

Significance: The Huey P. Long Bridge, Administration was built as part of the Huey P. Long Bridge project and designated as Contract No. 10. It was built to house the administrative offices of the Louisiana Hi... More

Huey P. Long Bridge, Administration Building, 5100 Jefferson Highway, Jefferson, Jefferson Parish, LA

Huey P. Long Bridge, Administration Building, 5100 Jefferson Highway, ...

Significance: The Huey P. Long Bridge, Administration was built as part of the Huey P. Long Bridge project and designated as Contract No. 10. It was built to house the administrative offices of the Louisiana Hi... More

The Commons of McLean, 1601-35 Anderson Road & 7500-36 Ambergate Place, McLean, Fairfax County, Virginia

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

Dr. William B. Wiener Jr. House, 228 Ridge Drive, Jackson, Hinds County, MS

Dr. William B. Wiener Jr. House, 228 Ridge Drive, Jackson, Hinds Count...

2016 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: The Dr. William B. Wiener Jr. house was designed in 1950 by half-brother Shreveport architects Samuel G. Wiener and William B. Wiener Sr. Of the two brothers,... More

Fulton Mall, Fulton Street between Tuolumne Street and Inyo Street, Fresno, Fresno County, CA

Fulton Mall, Fulton Street between Tuolumne Street and Inyo Street, Fr...

Significance: Fulton Mall was built in 1964 to revitalize Fresno's downtown retail core. It is significant as a work of landscape architecture and urban design, representative of modernist landscape design. It ... More

Eames House, 203 Chautauqua Boulevard, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA

Eames House, 203 Chautauqua Boulevard, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County...

Significance: The Eames House is significant as an exemplary and influential example of post-World War II modern architecture and for its association with the lives of notable designers and residents Charles an... More

Bell Laboratories, Holmdel, Bell Laboratories Road, Holmdel, Monmouth County, NJ

Bell Laboratories, Holmdel, Bell Laboratories Road, Holmdel, Monmouth ...

Significance: Bell Laboratories Holmdel was constructed from 1959 to 1966 according to a plan and design of Finnish-American architect Eero Saarinen (1910-61). Although Saarinen passed away in September 1961 be... More

Dr. William B. Wiener Jr. House, 228 Ridge Drive, Jackson, Hinds County, MS

Dr. William B. Wiener Jr. House, 228 Ridge Drive, Jackson, Hinds Count...

2016 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: The Dr. William B. Wiener Jr. house was designed in 1950 by half-brother Shreveport architects Samuel G. Wiener and William B. Wiener Sr. Of the two brothers,... More

Harold S. Gladwin Residence, 780 El Bosque Road, Montecito, Santa Barbara County, CA

Harold S. Gladwin Residence, 780 El Bosque Road, Montecito, Santa Barb...

The field records include this book: Documentation of the Lovelace Garden Designed by Isabelle Greene (Ventura, CA: Schaf Photo & Design, 2017). ISBN #978-0-9823707-97. Significance: The Lovelace garden is si... More

Fitzsimons General Hospital, Transformer House, North Page Street, immediately North of Building No. 217, Aurora, Adams County, CO

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

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

Trans World Airlines Flight Center, John F. Kennedy International Airport, Jamaica Bay, Queens (subdivision), Queens County, NY

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 Airport, Jamaica Bay, Queens (subdivision), Queens County, NY

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

Sixth Street Bridge, Spanning 101 Freeway at Sixth Street, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA

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, Los Angeles County, CA

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, Los Angeles County, CA

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, Los Angeles County, CA

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, Los Angeles County, CA

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, Los Angeles County, CA

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, Virginia

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, Virginia

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

Warren Segraves Residence, 217 Oklahoma Way, Fayetteville, Washington County, AR

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 County, AR

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

Woodhills, Prospect Road, Cupertino, Santa Clara County, CA

Woodhills, Prospect Road, Cupertino, Santa Clara County, CA

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

Woodhills, Prospect Road, Cupertino, Santa Clara County, CA

Woodhills, Prospect Road, Cupertino, Santa Clara County, CA

Public domain scan of an architecture diagram, plan, or drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

Paul Rudolph's Louis Micheels House, 16 Minute Man Hill, Westport, Fairfield County, CT

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 Center, I Street, terminus west of Cedar Avenue, Vallejo, Solano County, CA

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 Center, I Street, terminus west of Cedar Avenue, Vallejo, Solano County, CA

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

Margaret Esherick House, 204 Sunrise Lane, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Margaret Esherick House, 204 Sunrise Lane, Philadelphia, Philadelphia ...

Significance: Designed and constructed between 1959 and 1962, the Margaret Esherick House in Chestnut Hill, Pennsylvania is a masterwork of modern architecture and craftsmanship. Internationally renowned Philad... More

U.S. Coast Guard Support Center Alameda, Warehouse, Spencer Road & Icarrus Drive, Coast Guard Island, Alameda, Alameda County, CA

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

O'Brien House, 4740 Richmond Avenue, Shreveport, Caddo Parish, LA

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

O'Brien House, 4740 Richmond Avenue, Shreveport, Caddo Parish, LA

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, & Route 9A, New York, New York County, NY

World Trade Center Site, Bounded by Vesey, Church, Liberty Streets, & ...

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World Trade Center Site, Bounded by Vesey, Church, Liberty Streets, & Route 9A, New York, New York County, NY

World Trade Center Site, Bounded by Vesey, Church, Liberty Streets, & ...

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World Trade Center Site, Bounded by Vesey, Church, Liberty Streets, & Route 9A, New York, New York County, NY

World Trade Center Site, Bounded by Vesey, Church, Liberty Streets, & ...

Public domain photograph of industrial architecture, factory building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

World Trade Center Site, Bounded by Vesey, Church, Liberty Streets, & Route 9A, New York, New York County, NY

World Trade Center Site, Bounded by Vesey, Church, Liberty Streets, & ...

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World Trade Center Site, Bounded by Vesey, Church, Liberty Streets, & Route 9A, New York, New York County, NY

World Trade Center Site, Bounded by Vesey, Church, Liberty Streets, & ...

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Cyclorama Building, 125 Taneytown Road, Gettysburg, Adams County, PA

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 County, CA

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 County, CA

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 County, CA

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 County, CA

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 County, CA

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 County, CA

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 County, CA

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

Lee House , 3714 Country Ridge Road, Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, NC

Lee House , 3714 Country Ridge Road, Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, NC

2011 Leicester B. Holland Prize, Entry Significance: The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Historic Landmarks Commission website states that the Praise Connor and Harriet Lee House, at 3714 Country Ridge Road, possesses lo... More

Chess Pavilion, North Lake Shore Drive at East North Avenue, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Chess Pavilion, North Lake Shore Drive at East North Avenue, Chicago, ...

2016 Leicester B. Holland Prize, Honorable Mention Significance: The Chess Pavilion is an open-air structure built in 1957 out of concrete and Indiana limestone. The pavilion is sheltered with a wing-like overh... More

Earl Butler House, 2633 South Fluer Drive, Des Moines, Polk County, IA

Earl Butler House, 2633 South Fluer Drive, Des Moines, Polk County, IA

Significance: This dwelling is a fine example of the Moderne style in the 1930s. Originally, the house contained such conveniences as air conditioning, intercom system, dishwasher and disposal. Survey number:... More

Storer College, Lewis Anthony Library, Camp Hill, Harpers Ferry, Jefferson County, WV

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

Durst House, 857 Fairview Drive, Fayetteville, Washington County, AR

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

Durst House, 857 Fairview Drive, Fayetteville, Washington County, AR

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

Hantz House, 855 Fairview Drive, Fayetteville, Washington County, AR

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

Hantz House, 855 Fairview Drive, Fayetteville, Washington County, AR

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 County, CA

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 Airport, Jamaica Bay, Queens (subdivision), Queens County, NY

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 Airport, Jamaica Bay, Queens (subdivision), Queens County, NY

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

Belgian Building, Lombardy Street & Brook Road, Richmond, Independent City, Virginia

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 Angeles County, CA

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 Angeles County, CA

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 Angeles County, CA

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, Los Angeles County, CA

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, Los Angeles County, CA

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, Los Angeles County, CA

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, Los Angeles County, CA

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, Los Angeles County, CA

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, Los Angeles County, CA

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 County, AR

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

Woodhills, Prospect Road, Cupertino, Santa Clara County, CA

Woodhills, Prospect Road, Cupertino, Santa Clara County, CA

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Phoenix Indian School, Elementary School, Northeast Corner of Central Avenue & Indian School Road, Phoenix, Maricopa County, AZ

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

Paul Rudolph's Louis Micheels House, 16 Minute Man Hill, Westport, Fairfield County, CT

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

Margaret Esherick House, 204 Sunrise Lane, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Margaret Esherick House, 204 Sunrise Lane, Philadelphia, Philadelphia ...

Significance: Designed and constructed between 1959 and 1962, the Margaret Esherick House in Chestnut Hill, Pennsylvania is a masterwork of modern architecture and craftsmanship. Internationally renowned Philad... More

U.S. Coast Guard Support Center Alameda, Warehouse, Spencer Road & Icarrus Drive, Coast Guard Island, Alameda, Alameda County, CA

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, & Route 9A, New York, New York County, NY

World Trade Center Site, Bounded by Vesey, Church, Liberty Streets, & ...

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World Trade Center Site, Bounded by Vesey, Church, Liberty Streets, & Route 9A, New York, New York County, NY

World Trade Center Site, Bounded by Vesey, Church, Liberty Streets, & ...

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World Trade Center Site, Bounded by Vesey, Church, Liberty Streets, & Route 9A, New York, New York County, NY

World Trade Center Site, Bounded by Vesey, Church, Liberty Streets, & ...

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World Trade Center Site, Bounded by Vesey, Church, Liberty Streets, & Route 9A, New York, New York County, NY

World Trade Center Site, Bounded by Vesey, Church, Liberty Streets, & ...

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