monroe

[Seeing Chicago, auto at Monroe near State, Chicago, Ill.]

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Fort Monroe, Post Office, Ingalls Road, Hampton, Hampton, Virginia

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[Ammonoosuc River and Mt. Monroe, Mount Pleasant, White Mountains]

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Trophy Park, Fort Monroe, Virginia - Public domain image. Dry plate ne...

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Trophy Park, Fort Monroe, Virginia - Public domain image. Dry plate ne...

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[Pedestrians and automobile traffic, Monroe Avenue and Cadillac Square...

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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

Disputes rail labor figures on employees' incomes. Washington, D.C., O...

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John H. Poole, Jr. cooking while sitting on side of car. He is a carpe...

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NIKE Missile Base SL-40, Sentry Guardhouse Base, M Road at entrance to...

Survey number: HAER IL-117-P Public domain photograph - historical image of Illinois, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Salt River Settlement, Stoutsville, Monroe County, MO

Tivoli Theater, 14th and Monroe St., Columbia Heights, NW, Washington,...

Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of District of Columbia Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Pr... More

View of the historic Monroe County Courthouse, Monroeville, Alabama

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of Alabama Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisi... More

Burnt Corn, or Burnt Corn Spring, is a small unincorporated community ...

Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of Alabama Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Phot... More

Geckos are prevelent throughout Monroe County, Alabama during the hot ...

Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of Alabama Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Phot... More

Florida--Sanford on Lake Monroe. Washington DC sterescope card, 19th c...

Photograph shows a view toward the business district of Sanford, Florida. Stereo copyrighted by George Barker. "Gems of American Scenery" card mount. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card... More

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

Mount Pocono Bridge, Fairview Avenue, over Delaware, Lackawanna & West...

Significance: The bridge is important at a state and local level as one of three late 19th-early 20th century metal truss bridges standing in Monroe County. The dwindling number of metal truss bridges in Monroe... More

Mount Pocono Bridge, Fairview Avenue, over Delaware, Lackawanna & West...

Significance: The bridge is important at a state and local level as one of three late 19th-early 20th century metal truss bridges standing in Monroe County. The dwindling number of metal truss bridges in Monroe... 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

Isaac Hills House, 135 Plymouth Avenue South, Rochester, Monroe County...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-22 Survey number: HABS NY-5-R-10 Building/structure dates: ca. 1827 Initial Construction

Chicago River Bascule Bridge, Monroe Street, Spanning South Branch of ...

Significance: The development of the Chicago trunnoin bascule bridge occurred during the first three decades of the twentieth century. Despite the controversy over patent infringement Joseph E. Strauss charg... 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

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

Powers Building, 16 Main Street West, Rochester, Monroe County, NY

Significance: Architecturally innovative for its day due to its scale and metal structural system, has been the keystone of Rochester's downtown commercial area since its construction in 1869-70. It was acclaim... More

Naval Air Station Key West, Truman Annex, Ferguson House, Key West, Mo...

Significance: The Ferguson House was an existing private residence acquired by the Navy in 1902. Architecturally it is significant as an example of indigenous Key West domestic architecture which contributed to... More

Old Monroe County Jail, Main & Kendall Streets, Clarendon, Monroe Coun...

1986 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Third Place Significance: The Old Monroe County Jail in Clarendon, Arkansas, is the oldest standing county building in Monroe County. The building was constructed in 1891-1892 b... More

Old Monroe County Jail, Main & Kendall Streets, Clarendon, Monroe Coun...

1986 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Third Place Significance: The Old Monroe County Jail in Clarendon, Arkansas, is the oldest standing county building in Monroe County. The building was constructed in 1891-1892 b... More

Mary Ichmiller House, 803 East Main Street, Columbia, Monroe County, I...

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James Monroe to James Madison, March 3, 1804.

Transcripts, guides, and tools to help you use this collection may be found at loc.gov James Madison Papers.

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

James Monroe to James Madison, August 30, 1813.

Transcripts, guides, and tools to help you use this collection may be found at loc.gov James Madison Papers.

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 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 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

[Sea wall, Old Point Comfort, Fort Monroe, Virginia]

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Fort Monroe, Fortress, Hampton, Hampton, Virginia

Survey number: HABS VA-595-D National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000912

Fort Monroe, Fortress, Hampton, Hampton, Virginia

Survey number: HABS VA-595-D National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000912

Fort Monroe, Fortress, Hampton, Hampton, Virginia

Survey number: HABS VA-595-D National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000912

Fort Monroe, Fortress, Hampton, Hampton, Virginia

Survey number: HABS VA-595-D National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000912

Fort Monroe, Fortress, Hampton, Hampton, Virginia

Survey number: HABS VA-595-D National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000912

Fort McCoy, Building T-100, Sparta, Monroe County, WI

Significance: Building T-100 is significant as a relatively unmodified representative of temporary division headquarters. Survey number: HABS WI-308-K

Tift & Company, Ships Chandlery & Icehouse, Mallory Square, Key West, ...

Significance: The northern building is the city's oldest commercial building, and was built by Amos C. Tift and Co. as a ships chandlery. The land on which the building was constructed was part of the Naval Ya... More

[Design drawing for stained glass Rose window with Latin Cross at cent...

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El Globo Chiquito, 1054 East Monroe Street, Brownsville, Cameron Count...

Significance: El Globo Chiquito (Laiseca Store) is an excellent example of a modest, late nineteenth-century wood frame store. Built ca. 1887, the store's simple but rare twin-gabled form is relieved by shutter... More

El Globo Chiquito, 1054 East Monroe Street, Brownsville, Cameron Count...

Significance: El Globo Chiquito (Laiseca Store) is an excellent example of a modest, late nineteenth-century wood frame store. Built ca. 1887, the store's simple but rare twin-gabled form is relieved by shutter... More

Genessee Lighthouse, Lake Avenue, Rochester, Monroe County, NY

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-122 Survey number: HABS NY-228 Building/structure dates: 1822 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1863 Subsequent Work

Michael Barn, River Road (Middle Smithfield Township), Shawnee on Dela...

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Michael Barn, River Road (Middle Smithfield Township), Shawnee on Dela...

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Ehrmanteraut Farm Bridge, Spanning Black Creet at Farm Road, Riga, Mon...

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U. S. Navy Coal Depot & Storehouse, Front & Whitehead Streets, Key Wes...

Significance: This building is the oldest brick building and the first permanent navy building to be constructed on Key West. Survey number: HABS FL-190 Building/structure dates: 1861 Initial Construction

U. S. Navy Coal Depot & Storehouse, Front & Whitehead Streets, Key Wes...

Significance: This building is the oldest brick building and the first permanent navy building to be constructed on Key West. Survey number: HABS FL-190 Building/structure dates: 1861 Initial Construction

Aberdeen Station, U.S. Route 45, Aberdeen, Monroe County, MS

Significance: In 1928 the St. Louis and San Francisco (Frisco) Railway Company completed a new rail line along the Tombigbee River to connect the recently acquired track of the Muscle Shoals, Birmingham and Pen... More

Aberdeen Station, U.S. Route 45, Aberdeen, Monroe County, MS

Significance: In 1928 the St. Louis and San Francisco (Frisco) Railway Company completed a new rail line along the Tombigbee River to connect the recently acquired track of the Muscle Shoals, Birmingham and Pen... More

Aberdeen Station, U.S. Route 45, Aberdeen, Monroe County, MS

Significance: In 1928 the St. Louis and San Francisco (Frisco) Railway Company completed a new rail line along the Tombigbee River to connect the recently acquired track of the Muscle Shoals, Birmingham and Pen... More

Walter-Kautz Farm, Corn Crib-Wagon Shed, River Road (Smithfield Townsh...

Significance: The Walter-Kautz farm buildings are a representative group of the type found in the Delaware River Valley, The buildings are located in the construction site of the Tock's Island Reservoir Project... More

Newport NIKE Missile Battery D-57/58, Integrated Fire Control Area, Ne...

Significance: The Newport NIKE Missile Battery D-57/58 Integrated Fire Control Area contributes to the significance of the NIKE Missile Battery. It was in this area that the radar systems used to identify and ... More

Newport NIKE Missile Battery D-57/58, Integrated Fire Control Area, Ne...

Significance: The Newport NIKE Missile Battery D-57/58 Integrated Fire Control Area contributes to the significance of the NIKE Missile Battery. It was in this area that the radar systems used to identify and ... More

James Monroe Papers: Series 3, Letterbooks and Account Book, 1794-1806...

Fort Monroe, Building Nos. 80 & 100, Northeast corner of Ingalls & Pat...

Survey number: HABS VA-595-L National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000912

Elihu Kirby House, East Henrietta & Lehigh Station Roads, Henrietta, M...

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South Norwalk Railroad Station (Eastbound), Monroe Street, Norwalk, Fa...

Significance: The South Norwalk Railroad Station has served as Norwalk's primary railroad station for almost 100 years. It was built when railroads were in their ascendancy, in this case, when the New York, Ne... More

Orange Turnpike, Parallel to new Orange Turnpike, Monroe, Orange Count...

Significance: This portion of the Orange Turnpike is the only remaining portion of the Turnpike that has not been widened or modernized, having escaped this fate through a ca. 1917 re-routing of the turnpike ar... More

Orange Turnpike, Parallel to new Orange Turnpike, Monroe, Orange Count...

Significance: This portion of the Orange Turnpike is the only remaining portion of the Turnpike that has not been widened or modernized, having escaped this fate through a ca. 1917 re-routing of the turnpike ar... More

James Monroe to Unknown, June 23, 1828

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Letter from Thomas Monroe and George W. Cook to Alexander Graham Bell,...

Fort McCoy, Building No. T-1032, North side of South Tenth Avenue, Blo...

Significance: Building T-1032 is a Surgery Hospital, Type C-4B, the only building of this type in the hospital area. All surgery operations scheduled for patients at the McCoy hospital were conducted in this b... More

Fort Monroe, Hampton, Hampton, Virginia

Significance: Fort Monroe occupies a sandy projection of land in Hampton, Virginia, at the end of the peninsula between the York and James Rivers. Between this pit and the peninsula is a small inlet, Mill Cree... More

Fort Monroe, Hampton, Hampton, Virginia

Significance: Fort Monroe occupies a sandy projection of land in Hampton, Virginia, at the end of the peninsula between the York and James Rivers. Between this pit and the peninsula is a small inlet, Mill Cree... More

Fort Monroe, Hampton, Hampton, Virginia

Significance: Fort Monroe occupies a sandy projection of land in Hampton, Virginia, at the end of the peninsula between the York and James Rivers. Between this pit and the peninsula is a small inlet, Mill Cree... More

[Design drawing for stained glass window with Biblical examples of vir...

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Crombie-Mathews House, 135 Spring Street, Rochester, Monroe County, NY

Significance: This late Greek Revival house characterizes not only the variety of this style found in western New York, but also the residential and architectural quality of its neighborhood which has been dest... More

Field-Pacheco Complex, 1049 East Monroe Street, Brownsville, Cameron C...

Significance: The Field-Pacheo Complex is a commercial and residential complex covering half a block. The two-story, brick corner Field-Pacheco building was built after 1894 as a combination store and residence... More

Field-Pacheco Complex, 1049 East Monroe Street, Brownsville, Cameron C...

Significance: The Field-Pacheo Complex is a commercial and residential complex covering half a block. The two-story, brick corner Field-Pacheco building was built after 1894 as a combination store and residence... More

Field-Pacheco Complex, 1049 East Monroe Street, Brownsville, Cameron C...

Significance: The Field-Pacheo Complex is a commercial and residential complex covering half a block. The two-story, brick corner Field-Pacheco building was built after 1894 as a combination store and residence... More

Field-Pacheco Complex, 1049 East Monroe Street, Brownsville, Cameron C...

Significance: The Field-Pacheo Complex is a commercial and residential complex covering half a block. The two-story, brick corner Field-Pacheco building was built after 1894 as a combination store and residence... More

Field-Pacheco Complex, 1049 East Monroe Street, Brownsville, Cameron C...

Significance: The Field-Pacheo Complex is a commercial and residential complex covering half a block. The two-story, brick corner Field-Pacheco building was built after 1894 as a combination store and residence... 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, 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 Monroe, Virginia 3d Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery on parade]

Photograph of the Federal Navy, and seaborne expeditions against the Atlantic Coast of the Confederacy, specifically of Fort Monroe, Va.

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-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

Wylie House, Second & Lincoln Streets, Bloomington, Monroe County, IN

Significance: This is a large brick house built in 1835, and the home of the first president of Indiana University. Survey number: HABS IN-41 Building/structure dates: 1835 Initial Construction

Walter Ring House, North side of Township Road 575 at Little Muskingum...

Significance: The Walter Ring House and mill site is an example of early industry in Monroe County, Ohio, dating back to 1810. The mill site, located within close proximity of the residence, is a significant ar... More

[Design drawing for stained glass window for Memorial Methodist Church...

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Seven Mile Bridge, Linking Florida Keys, Marathon, Monroe County, FL

Significance: At the time the Florida East Coast Railway constructed this bridge it was acclaimed as the longest bridge in the world, an engineering marvel. It was the most costly of all Flagler's bridges in t... More

James Madison to James Monroe, January 13, 1807.

Transcripts, guides, and tools to help you use this collection may be found at loc.gov James Madison Papers.

Santa Fe Bridge, Spanning South Fork of Salt River at County Road 24, ...

Significance: Designed, fabricated and erected by the St. Louis Bridge and Iron Company in 1888, the through truss on the Santa Fe Bridge originally spanned the South Fork of the Salt River one mile south of th... More

Henry A. Brewster House, Spring & Washington Streets, Northwest, Roche...

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New York State Arsenal, 75 Woodbury Boulevard, Rochester, Monroe Count...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a basement, underground, lobby, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

James W. Scobee Farm, Salt River vicinity, Florida, Monroe County, MO

Significance: Provides good, though somewhat atypical, examples of farm structures and layout in the "Little Dixie" region of the east-central Missouri. The house plan has expanded and contracted through the ye... More

NIKE Missile Base SL-40, Warheading Building, South end of launch area...

Significance: The warheading building was an integral part of Nike Missile Base SL-40. At the war heading buildings, Nike crews armed the missiles with their warheads. This building was built in 1958 from sta... More

Thomas Jefferson to James Monroe, January 18, 1819

16-30 Monroe Avenue (Commercial Building), Detroit, Wayne County, MI

Significance: The Second Williams Block is significant as a remnant of commercial architecture in Detroit dating from the early 1870s, although two-thirds of the building was demolished following a 1973 fire in... More