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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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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

Jones House, 3409 Knob Hill Court, Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, NC

Jones House, 3409 Knob Hill Court, Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, NC

Submitted for 2011 Holland Prize but not to competition guidelines. 2011 Leicester B. Holland Prize, Entry Significance: From: http://www.trianglemodernisthouses.com/charlotte.htm Built: 1966 - The Edgar and Ma... 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

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

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

Schweikher-Langsdorf House & Studio Museum, 645 South Meacham Road, Schaumburg, Cook County, IL

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

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

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

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

Willow Beach Ranger Station, Willow Beach Access Road, Kingman, Mohave County, AZ

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 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

Ellis Island, Recreation Building, New York Harbor, New York, New York County, NY

Ellis Island, Recreation Building, New York Harbor, New York, New York...

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Ellis Island, Recreation Building, New York Harbor, New York, New York County, NY

Ellis Island, Recreation Building, New York Harbor, New York, New York...

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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

5201 12th Street, South (Lustron House), Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia

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, Virginia

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

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

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

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

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Camp Hofnung, Dormitory No. 1, Old Easton Road at Tohickon Creek, Pipersville, Bucks County, PA

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, Pipersville, Bucks County, PA

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 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

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

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

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, & ...

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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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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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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

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

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

Little House, 2301 Red Fox Trail, Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, NC

Little House, 2301 Red Fox Trail, Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, NC

2011 Leicester B. Holland Prize, Entry Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N1780 Survey number: HABS NC-413 Building/structure dates: 1960 Initial Construction

Quarry Visitor Center, U.S. Highway 40, 8 miles north of Jensen, Jensen, Uintah County, UT

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

Quarry Visitor Center, U.S. Highway 40, 8 miles north of Jensen, Jensen, Uintah County, UT

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, 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

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

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

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

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

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

Willow Beach Ranger Station, Willow Beach Access Road, Kingman, Mohave County, AZ

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 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

Ellis Island, Recreation Building, New York Harbor, New York, New York County, NY

Ellis Island, Recreation Building, New York Harbor, New York, New York...

Picryl description: Public domain photo of a factory, warehouse, commercial or industrial building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

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

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