Fort McCoy, Building No. T-1038, North side of Tenth Avenue, Block 10,...
Significance: Building T-1038 is a Standard Hospital Ward, Type W-1, with a 33-bed capacity; as one of thirty such buildings, it is the most common type of structure located at the hospital area. Survey number... More
Salt Sulphur Springs, Store Building, U.S. Route 219, Salt Sulphur Spr...
Significance: Housed store and guest rooms for Salt Sulphur Springs resort complex. Interesting vernacular structure, more residential than commercial in appearance. Survey number: HABS WV-117-C Building/str... More
Sponges. Key West, Florida. Farm Security Administartion 1930s public ...
Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More
Cigar maker's home. Key West, Florida
Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More
Rochester, New York. Mr. Babcock is an air raid warden
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Rochester, New York. Earl Babcock enjoying his daily bath
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A black and white photo of a woman and a child on a bed. Office of War...
Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More
A black and white photo of a group of people. Office of War Informatio...
Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More
Martin's Bluff (Buildings & Dam Abutment), East Bank of Tombigbee Rive...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-35 Survey number: HABS MS-209
Valentine Weaver House, River Road (Smithfield Township), Shawnee on D...
Significance: Built in 1867, this large stone building was intended for an inn to serve lodgers. However, Mr. Weaver was unable to procure a tavern license, and the tap room became a kitchen. The house exhibits... More
Fort McCoy, Building No. T-1467, 1300' East of Intersection of South N...
Significance: Building T-1467 is significant as an intact example of an 800 Series Gas Station and Pump House, known at Fort McCoy as a GSPH. With the substitution of cement asbestos siding for the drop wood s... More
Fort McCoy, Building No. T-1042, North side of Tenth Avenue, Block 10,...
Significance: Building T-1042 is a Combination Standard Hospital Ward, Type W-2, with a 26 bed capacity (original). This type of ward provided for the seriously ill, and isolation of these patients, as compare... More
Convent of Mary Immaculate, 600 Truman Avenue, Key West, Monroe County...
Significance: The Convent of Mary Immaculate is the oldest educational institution in Southern Florida. The school opened in 1869 and has been located in the present building since 1875. The building is an ex... More
Fort McCoy, Building No. T-449, West Side of East Twelfth Avenue, Appr...
Significance: Building T-449 is significant as an intact and essentially unaltered example of a Type UGH-24, Unit Guard House. This building is a representative example of the five buildings of this type const... More
Buck Tavern, 401 Main Street, Columbia, Monroe County, IL
See also HABS IL-232-1 for additional documentation (measured drawings). Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-58, FN-59,FN-60, FN-165 Survey number: HABS IL-232-3 Building/structure d... More
Fort McCoy, Sparta, Monroe County, WI
Significance: Fort McCoy is significant as the location of one of the largest concentrations of 800 Series temporary buildings in the United States. Fort McCoy was built as part of a massive mobilization progr... More
Fort McCoy, Sparta, Monroe County, WI
Significance: Fort McCoy is significant as the location of one of the largest concentrations of 800 Series temporary buildings in the United States. Fort McCoy was built as part of a massive mobilization progr... More
Fort McCoy, Sparta, Monroe County, WI
Significance: Fort McCoy is significant as the location of one of the largest concentrations of 800 Series temporary buildings in the United States. Fort McCoy was built as part of a massive mobilization progr... More
James Dellet House, U.S. Highway 84 (State Highway 12), Claiborne, Mon...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-24 Survey number: HABS AL-121 Building/structure dates: 1834- ca. 1840 Initial Construction
Fort McCoy, Building No. T-1247, 200' North of South Eleventh Avenue, ...
Significance: Building T-1247 is significant as a relatively unmodified representative of a Type BGQ-1, Brigadier General's Quarters. This is one of two examples of a Type BGQ-1 built at Fort McCoy in 1942. T... More
Fort McCoy, Building T-1551, Sparta, Monroe County, WI
Significance: Building T-1551 is significant as a relatively unmodified representative of a base theater. It represents one of four, type TH-1038-S theaters constructed at Fort McCoy in 1942. Of these, the re... More
Matthew Mappin House, County Route U, Goss, Monroe County, MO
Significance: Began as a two-room log cabin. Within a decade, Mappin had half-a-dozen children, and he had achieved prominence in the local government of Monroe County. Around 1840, to accommodate the increase ... More
Fort McCoy, Building No. 1463, Sparta, Monroe County, WI
Significance: Building T-1463 is significant as a relatively unmodified representative of a maintenance shop. It represents the only 800 series MRS-1 structure constructed at Fort McCoy in 1942. The trusses i... More
William Hattersley Store, Paris-to-Louisiana Road vicinity (State Rout...
Significance: The William Hattersley Store, known as the Victor Store since 1933, was a crossroad trading center and gathering place for the townspeople and surrounding farming community. It is the last remaini... More
Crum Bridge, Spanning Little Muskingum River, TR 384A (formerly Old Ca...
Significance: Crum Bridge is an unusual example of a multiple king post truss with tied arch center span. At 192', it is one of the two longest covered bridges in Ohio. Survey number: HAER OH-123 Building/st... More
Samuel Michael House, River Road (Middle Smithfield Township), Shawnee...
Significance: A well-preserved example of a mid-nineteenth century dwelling, constructed of brick, a material rarely utilized for entire structures in the Upper Delaware Valley. Survey number: HABS PA-1170
Salt Sulphur Springs, Main Building, U.S. Route 219, Salt Sulphur Spri...
Significance: Built as a hotel and ballroom, this building is now the largest remaining building in the Salt Sulphur Springs resort complex. A handsome vernacular building. Survey number: HABS WV-117-A Build... More
Fort McCoy, Building T-2000, Sparta, Monroe County, WI
Significance: Building T-2000 is significant as a relatively unmodified representative of a service club. It represents one of two 800 series SC-3 structures constructed at Fort McCoy in 1942. The other, Buil... More
Fort McCoy, Building T-2000, Sparta, Monroe County, WI
Significance: Building T-2000 is significant as a relatively unmodified representative of a service club. It represents one of two 800 series SC-3 structures constructed at Fort McCoy in 1942. The other, Buil... More
Fort McCoy, Building No. T-352, Approximately 200' South of Intersecti...
Significance: Building T-352 is significant as an intact and essentially unaltered example of a Regimental Exchange, Type E-3. This building is representative of the eleven of this type built at Camp McCoy in ... More
George Francis Bartlum Roberts House, 412 William Street, Key West, Mo...
Significance: A typical one-and-a-half story, Conch cottage. These simple houses, traditionally built by mariners, spongers and fishermen who migrated from the Bahama Islands, and were known locally as Conchs,... More
Fort Taylor, Whitehead Spit Vicinity, Key West, Monroe County, FL
Significance: A mid-nineteenth century fortification built of brick and local stone, the remains of which provide an excellent example of military construction of the period. Unprocessed Field note material ex... More
Fort McCoy, Building No. T-2122, South Side of South Seventh Avenue, h...
Significance: Building T-21222 is an example of a nearly intact SH-18, Standard Storehouse, as modified by the Camp McCoy Area Engineer. There were nine such buildings constructed at Fort McCoy, all of which h... More
Fort McCoy, Building No. T-1506, West Side of South "J" Street, Midway...
Significance: Building T-1506 is a nearly intact example of an 800 Series 228 Man Mess Hall, Type M-228. It is one of approximately 130 such structures built at Camp McCoy. The construction of Building T-1506... More
Fort McCoy, Building No. T-2320, 120' North of State Highway No. 21, ...
Significance: Building T-2320 is significant as a standing example of a large Theater of Operations (T.O.) building type designed as a general purpose shop, adapted to meet the unique functional needs at Fort M... More
Fort McCoy, Building No. T-10127, Northwest of Hospital Boiler House, ...
Significance: Building T-10127 is an Auxiliary Boiler House; no type is specified on the plans. This is the only example of this type of structure in the hospital area. This building is purely utilitarian in ... More
Benjamin Campbell House, Troup & South Fitzhugh Streets, Rochester, Mo...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-20 Survey number: HABS NY-5-R-6 Building/structure dates: 1836 Initial Construction
Fort McCoy, Buidling No. T-1148, 600' West & 70' south of Intersection...
Significance: Building T-1148 is significant as an unmodified example of an 800 Series Type OSH-1, Oil Storage House. It is one of four relatively unchanged oil storage houses clustered together on the site, a... More
Old Sweet Springs, Monroe County, West Virginia
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Fort McCoy, Building No. T-10122, Southeast corner of South Eighth Ave...
Significance: Building T-10122 is a Utility Shop, Type US-1. This is the only example of this type of building in the hospital area. Building T-10122 exhibits the traits that distinguish it as a World War II-... More
Fort McCoy, Building No. T-1099, South of South Ninth Avenue, in South...
Significance: Building T-1099 was constructed originally as an Administration Building, Type A-6, which provided office space for twenty clerks and two officers. In 1943, this building was converted into a foo... More
Cigar maker's home. Key West, Florida
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NIKE Missile Base SL-40, Barracks No. 1, North end of base, southest o...
Significance: This barrack provided living facilities for personnel stationed at Nike Missile Base SL-40. Standardized drawings indicate that the installation's two barracks housed enlisted men, officers, and ... More
Treat-Witherspoon House, 25 Clarissa Street, Rochester, Monroe County,...
Significance: This small Greek Revival house, demolished in 1968, was located just outside the once fashionable Third Ward. The few remaining early 19th century houses reflect the architectural styles of the ad... More
Valentine Weaver House, River Road (Smithfield Township), Shawnee on D...
Significance: Built in 1867, this large stone building was intended for an inn to serve lodgers. However, Mr. Weaver was unable to procure a tavern license, and the tap room became a kitchen. The house exhibits... More
Valentine Weaver House, River Road (Smithfield Township), Shawnee on D...
Significance: Built in 1867, this large stone building was intended for an inn to serve lodgers. However, Mr. Weaver was unable to procure a tavern license, and the tap room became a kitchen. The house exhibits... More
Convent of Mary Immaculate, 600 Truman Avenue, Key West, Monroe County...
Significance: The Convent of Mary Immaculate is the oldest educational institution in Southern Florida. The school opened in 1869 and has been located in the present building since 1875. The building is an ex... More
Fort McCoy, Building T-2002, Sparta, Monroe County, WI
Significance: Building T-2002 is significant as a relatively unmodified representative of a guest house. It represents one of two guest houses constructed at Fort McCoy in 1942. Of these tow, the other has un... More
Fort McCoy, Building No. T-901, 125' South of Intersection of East "S"...
Significance: Building T-901 is significant as a relatively unaltered representative of a Type RCQ-1, Regimental Commander's Quarters. This building is one of nine examples of this building type constructed at... More
Fort McCoy, Building No. T-2671, Approximately 250' East of West "G" S...
Significance: Based on field observations and analysis of existing construction drawings, this structure is a relatively unaltered example of a Unit Guard House, Type UGH-36. It is located in the 2600 Block of... More
Fort McCoy, Building No. T-2671, Approximately 250' East of West "G" S...
Significance: Based on field observations and analysis of existing construction drawings, this structure is a relatively unaltered example of a Unit Guard House, Type UGH-36. It is located in the 2600 Block of... More
Fort McCoy, Sparta, Monroe County, WI
Significance: Fort McCoy is significant as the location of one of the largest concentrations of 800 Series temporary buildings in the United States. Fort McCoy was built as part of a massive mobilization progr... More
Fort McCoy, Sparta, Monroe County, WI
Significance: Fort McCoy is significant as the location of one of the largest concentrations of 800 Series temporary buildings in the United States. Fort McCoy was built as part of a massive mobilization progr... More
Fort McCoy, Sparta, Monroe County, WI
Significance: Fort McCoy is significant as the location of one of the largest concentrations of 800 Series temporary buildings in the United States. Fort McCoy was built as part of a massive mobilization progr... More
Fort McCoy, Sparta, Monroe County, WI
Significance: Fort McCoy is significant as the location of one of the largest concentrations of 800 Series temporary buildings in the United States. Fort McCoy was built as part of a massive mobilization progr... More
Fort McCoy, Sparta, Monroe County, WI
Significance: Fort McCoy is significant as the location of one of the largest concentrations of 800 Series temporary buildings in the United States. Fort McCoy was built as part of a massive mobilization progr... More
Fort McCoy, Building No. T-2301, Approximately 900' West of Building T...
Significance: Building T-2301 is the only example of a Stockade Office Building, Type SO-1, that was constructed at Fort McCoy (known in the 1940s as Camp McCoy) during the mobilization effort associated with W... More
Fort McCoy, Building No. T-2305, Approximately 700' West of Building T...
Significance: This structure is the only Prisoners and Guards Mess that was built at Fort McCoy (then known as Camp McCoy) as a result of the mobilization effort that was undertaken by the United States during ... More
Fort McCoy, Building No. T-2305, Approximately 700' West of Building T...
Significance: This structure is the only Prisoners and Guards Mess that was built at Fort McCoy (then known as Camp McCoy) as a result of the mobilization effort that was undertaken by the United States during ... More
Basil Crow House, State Route 154, Victor, Monroe County, MO
Significance: An example of a small double-pen log house, a form originating in the Upland South and transferred west with the migrants to Missouri. The westward movement of the Crow family from Tidewater Maryl... More
Fort McCoy, Building T-801, Sparta, Monroe County, WI
Significance: Building 801 is of interest on a local and regional basis as a nearly unaltered example of a building type that may have been erected only at Camp McCoy the combined company storehouse, administ... More
Fort McCoy, Building T-801, Sparta, Monroe County, WI
Significance: Building 801 is of interest on a local and regional basis as a nearly unaltered example of a building type that may have been erected only at Camp McCoy the combined company storehouse, administ... More
Fort McCoy, Building T-1551, Sparta, Monroe County, WI
Significance: Building T-1551 is significant as a relatively unmodified representative of a base theater. It represents one of four, type TH-1038-S theaters constructed at Fort McCoy in 1942. Of these, the re... More
Fort McCoy, Building T-1551, Sparta, Monroe County, WI
Significance: Building T-1551 is significant as a relatively unmodified representative of a base theater. It represents one of four, type TH-1038-S theaters constructed at Fort McCoy in 1942. Of these, the re... More
Matthew Mappin House, County Route U, Goss, Monroe County, MO
Significance: Began as a two-room log cabin. Within a decade, Mappin had half-a-dozen children, and he had achieved prominence in the local government of Monroe County. Around 1840, to accommodate the increase ... More
Matthew Mappin House, County Route U, Goss, Monroe County, MO
Significance: Began as a two-room log cabin. Within a decade, Mappin had half-a-dozen children, and he had achieved prominence in the local government of Monroe County. Around 1840, to accommodate the increase ... More
Fort McCoy, Building No. 1463, Sparta, Monroe County, WI
Significance: Building T-1463 is significant as a relatively unmodified representative of a maintenance shop. It represents the only 800 series MRS-1 structure constructed at Fort McCoy in 1942. The trusses i... More
Fort McCoy, Building No. 1463, Sparta, Monroe County, WI
Significance: Building T-1463 is significant as a relatively unmodified representative of a maintenance shop. It represents the only 800 series MRS-1 structure constructed at Fort McCoy in 1942. The trusses i... More
Fort McCoy, Building No. 1463, Sparta, Monroe County, WI
Significance: Building T-1463 is significant as a relatively unmodified representative of a maintenance shop. It represents the only 800 series MRS-1 structure constructed at Fort McCoy in 1942. The trusses i... More
Fort McCoy, Building T-1146, Sparta, Monroe County, WI
Significance: Building T-1146 is significant as a relatively unmodified representative of a unit chapel. It represents one of eleven, type CH-1 chapels constructed at Fort McCoy in 1942. Of these, the majorit... More
Fort McCoy, Building T-1146, Sparta, Monroe County, WI
Significance: Building T-1146 is significant as a relatively unmodified representative of a unit chapel. It represents one of eleven, type CH-1 chapels constructed at Fort McCoy in 1942. Of these, the majorit... More
Fort McCoy, Building T-1146, Sparta, Monroe County, WI
Significance: Building T-1146 is significant as a relatively unmodified representative of a unit chapel. It represents one of eleven, type CH-1 chapels constructed at Fort McCoy in 1942. Of these, the majorit... More
William Hattersley Store, Paris-to-Louisiana Road vicinity (State Rout...
Significance: The William Hattersley Store, known as the Victor Store since 1933, was a crossroad trading center and gathering place for the townspeople and surrounding farming community. It is the last remaini... More
Fort McCoy, Building T-1863, Sparta, Monroe County, WI
Significance: Building T-1863 is significant as a relatively unmodified representative of a Type OQ-23 Officers Quarters. It represents one of six type OQ-23 officers quarters constructed at Fort McCoy in 1942... More
Fort McCoy, Building T-1863, Sparta, Monroe County, WI
Significance: Building T-1863 is significant as a relatively unmodified representative of a Type OQ-23 Officers Quarters. It represents one of six type OQ-23 officers quarters constructed at Fort McCoy in 1942... More
Fort McCoy, Building No. T-2756, Northwest Corner of Intersection of W...
Significance: This building is a relatively good example of a Motor Repair Shop, 2nd Echelon, Type SP-1. This building is located in Block 27 of the main cantonment and was one of four buildings of this type t... More
Fort McCoy, Building No. T-1264, South Tenth Avenue at Intersection of...
Significance: Building T-1264 is significant as a nearly unmodified example of an 800 Series Type SH-9, 25'-0" Wide, Standard Storehouse. It is one of five such structures originally built at Fort McCoy. The ... More
Fort McCoy, Building T-2000, Sparta, Monroe County, WI
Significance: Building T-2000 is significant as a relatively unmodified representative of a service club. It represents one of two 800 series SC-3 structures constructed at Fort McCoy in 1942. The other, Buil... More
Fort McCoy, Building T-2000, Sparta, Monroe County, WI
Significance: Building T-2000 is significant as a relatively unmodified representative of a service club. It represents one of two 800 series SC-3 structures constructed at Fort McCoy in 1942. The other, Buil... More
Fort McCoy, Building T-2000, Sparta, Monroe County, WI
Significance: Building T-2000 is significant as a relatively unmodified representative of a service club. It represents one of two 800 series SC-3 structures constructed at Fort McCoy in 1942. The other, Buil... More
Fort McCoy, Building No. T-101, 400' North of intersection of East & W...
Significance: Building T-101 is significant as a standing example of a Type SCOL-1, Modified SC-3, large service club constructed from the 700 Series of Mobilization Drawings. The Service Clubs designed under ... More
Fort McCoy, Building No. T-1031, North side of South Tenth Avenue, Blo...
Significance: Building T-1031 is an X-Ray Clinic & Medical Library, Type XRC-1, the only building of this type in the hospital area. Roentgenological services were provided at this facility, including barium, ... More
Fort McCoy, Building No. T-1106, South "R" Street, midway between Sout...
Significance: Building T-1106 is significant as a nearly intact representative of an M-112, 112 Man Mess Hall. It is one of nineteen buildings of this type constructed at Fort McCoy. (The same plan was also u... More
Fort McCoy, Building No. T-1106, South "R" Street, midway between Sout...
Significance: Building T-1106 is significant as a nearly intact representative of an M-112, 112 Man Mess Hall. It is one of nineteen buildings of this type constructed at Fort McCoy. (The same plan was also u... More
Fort McCoy, Building No. T-1090, South side of South Ninth Avenue, Blo...
Significance: Building T-1090 is a Hospital Barracks, Type HB-54, with accommodations for 54 enlisted men. According to the 1942 Annual Report to the Surgeon General, there were 621 enlisted personnel at the h... More
Naval Air Station Key West, Truman Annex, Warehouse, Key West, Monroe ...
Significance: This building was originally used as a warehouse. Although the building proportions and relationship to the historically significant building create architectural interest, the building has no his... More
Fort McCoy, Building No. T-2122, South Side of South Seventh Avenue, h...
Significance: Building T-21222 is an example of a nearly intact SH-18, Standard Storehouse, as modified by the Camp McCoy Area Engineer. There were nine such buildings constructed at Fort McCoy, all of which h... More
Fort McCoy, Building No. T-2675, South "F" Street, Midway Between 1700...
Significance: Even though the interior of Building T-2675 has undergone significant alterations over the years, it continues to exhibit many of the typical features that are common to World War II-era mobilizat... More
Old Sweet Springs, Monroe County, West Virginia
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Fort McCoy, Building No. T-1045, South side of Tenth Avenue, Block 10,...
Significance: Building T-1045 is a Combination Standard Hospital Ward, Type W-2, with a 26 bed capacity. This type of ward provided for the seriously ill, and the isolation of these patients, as compared to th... More
Fishing wharf. Lower Matecumbe Key, Florida
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Memorial to hurricane victims. Matecumbe Key, Florida
Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More
Hurricane shelter under construction. Matecumbe Key, Florida
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Rochester, New York. Shirley Babcock at right in the front listening t...
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A couple of beds sitting next to each other. Office of War Information...
Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More
Rochester, New York. Shirley Babcock helping her brother Earl with his...
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Fort McCoy, Building No. T-1039, North side of Tenth Avenue, Block 10,...
Significance: Building T-1039 is a Ward, Type C-H, with a 33-bed capacity (31 beds in an open ward, two beds in individual rooms next to the ward office). There are seven Type C-H Wards located throughout the ... More
NIKE Missile Base SL-40, Barracks No. 1, North end of base, southest o...
Significance: This barrack provided living facilities for personnel stationed at Nike Missile Base SL-40. Standardized drawings indicate that the installation's two barracks housed enlisted men, officers, and ... More
Fort McCoy, Building No. T-1467, 1300' East of Intersection of South N...
Significance: Building T-1467 is significant as an intact example of an 800 Series Gas Station and Pump House, known at Fort McCoy as a GSPH. With the substitution of cement asbestos siding for the drop wood s... More
Fort McCoy, Building No. T-351, 100' South of Intersection of East Twe...
Significance: Building T-351 is significant as an intact and essentially unaltered example of a Type I-2, Infirmary. It is one of thirteen of this type built at Camp McCoy in 1942. The construction of Buildin... More