Mail pouch barn on historic National Road, Ohio
Title, date, and subjects provided by the photographer. Credit line: Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Gift and purchase ; Carol M. Highsmith; 2009; (DLC/PP-201... More
Bridge, Middlebourne, Guernsey County, OH
According to Harley McKee's 1971 survey of Ohio, this bridge was destroyed and replaced by a concrete bridge ca. 1939. The replacement was extant but closed at the time of his survey. Survey number: HABS OH-211... More
Levi Springer House, Fan Hollow Road, Uniontown, Fayette County, PA
Significance: The Springer House is the second-generation dwelling of one of western Pennsylvania's pioneer families. The building was built in 1817, as construction of the National Road approached Uniontown fr... More
"Drugs" sign outside a pharmacy on the portion of the National Road th...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: West Virginia Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Pur... More
The 1817 Elm Grove Stone Arch Bridge in Wheeling, West Virginia
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Also known as the Monument Place Bridge, it is (as of 2015) the oldest extant bridge in West Virginia. The bridge carries U.S. Route 4... More
National Road, Wilson Bridge, Spanning Conococheague Creek at Route 40...
Significance: Wilson Bridge was built in 1819 by Silas Harry as part of an improvement of feeder roads leading to the National Road which began in Cumberland, Maryland and ended in Vandalia, Illinois. Its fiv... More
Casselman River Bridge, National Road (U.S. Route 40) at Little Crossi...
Survey number: HABS MD-139 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000391
Levi Springer House, Fan Hollow Road, Uniontown, Fayette County, PA
Significance: The Springer House is the second-generation dwelling of one of western Pennsylvania's pioneer families. The building was built in 1817, as construction of the National Road approached Uniontown fr... More
Levi Springer House, Fan Hollow Road, Uniontown, Fayette County, PA
Significance: The Springer House is the second-generation dwelling of one of western Pennsylvania's pioneer families. The building was built in 1817, as construction of the National Road approached Uniontown fr... More
Jacob Dick House, 393 National Road, Wheeling, Ohio County, WV
Significance: Located along the National Road which was the main thoroughfare into Wheeling from the east as early as 1838. The National Road began in Cumberland, Maryland and terminated in Wheeling, West Virg... More
Mount Washington Tavern, U.S. 40, Old National Trail, Uniontown, Fayet...
Public domain photograph of stairs, steps, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Old Brownsville Bridge, Spanning Monongahela River & Water Street at S...
Significance: The Pennsylvania truss bridge spans the Monongahela River between Brownsville and West Brownsville. The bridge is heavily constructed of built-up members and eye-bars, and is a significant landmar... More
Levi Springer House, Fan Hollow Road, Uniontown, Fayette County, PA
Significance: The Springer House is the second-generation dwelling of one of western Pennsylvania's pioneer families. The building was built in 1817, as construction of the National Road approached Uniontown fr... More
Levi Springer House, Fan Hollow Road, Uniontown, Fayette County, PA
Significance: The Springer House is the second-generation dwelling of one of western Pennsylvania's pioneer families. The building was built in 1817, as construction of the National Road approached Uniontown fr... More
Old Brownsville Bridge, Spanning Monongahela River & Water Street at S...
Significance: The Pennsylvania truss bridge spans the Monongahela River between Brownsville and West Brownsville. The bridge is heavily constructed of built-up members and eye-bars, and is a significant landmar... More
Levi Springer House, Fan Hollow Road, Uniontown, Fayette County, PA
Significance: The Springer House is the second-generation dwelling of one of western Pennsylvania's pioneer families. The building was built in 1817, as construction of the National Road approached Uniontown fr... More
Levi Springer House, Fan Hollow Road, Uniontown, Fayette County, PA
Significance: The Springer House is the second-generation dwelling of one of western Pennsylvania's pioneer families. The building was built in 1817, as construction of the National Road approached Uniontown fr... More
The 1906 S. P. Norton House, one of several fine houses designed by ar...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: West Virginia Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Pur... More
National Road, Tollhouse, Sharpsburg, Washington County, MD
Public domain photograph - historical image of Maryland, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Old Brownsville Bridge, Spanning Monongahela River & Water Street at S...
Significance: The Pennsylvania truss bridge spans the Monongahela River between Brownsville and West Brownsville. The bridge is heavily constructed of built-up members and eye-bars, and is a significant landmar... More
Earlham College Observatory, National Road, Richmond, Wayne County, IN
Significance: Earlham Observatory, erected 1861, is a plain, strictly utilitarian building, specifically designed to house a telescope. The scope was built in 1856 by R.B. Rutherford, pioneer American astronom... More
National Road, Wilson Bridge, Spanning Conococheague Creek at Route 40...
Significance: Wilson Bridge was built in 1819 by Silas Harry as part of an improvement of feeder roads leading to the National Road which began in Cumberland, Maryland and ended in Vandalia, Illinois. Its fiv... More
Vinton House Inn, National Road (U.S. Route 40), Cambridge City, Wayne...
STORED OFF SITE AND ON SITE. mchr 1983 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Honorable Mention Significance: The Vinton House Inn, opened by E.G. Vinton circa 1849, was situated at the junction of the Whitewater Canal and... More
Levi Springer House, Fan Hollow Road, Uniontown, Fayette County, PA
Significance: The Springer House is the second-generation dwelling of one of western Pennsylvania's pioneer families. The building was built in 1817, as construction of the National Road approached Uniontown fr... More
Levi Springer House, Fan Hollow Road, Uniontown, Fayette County, PA
Significance: The Springer House is the second-generation dwelling of one of western Pennsylvania's pioneer families. The building was built in 1817, as construction of the National Road approached Uniontown fr... More
Levi Springer House, Fan Hollow Road, Uniontown, Fayette County, PA
Significance: The Springer House is the second-generation dwelling of one of western Pennsylvania's pioneer families. The building was built in 1817, as construction of the National Road approached Uniontown fr... More
Levi Springer House, Fan Hollow Road, Uniontown, Fayette County, PA
Significance: The Springer House is the second-generation dwelling of one of western Pennsylvania's pioneer families. The building was built in 1817, as construction of the National Road approached Uniontown fr... More
National Road, Tollhouse, Sharpsburg, Washington County, MD
Public domain photograph - historical image of Maryland, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Old Brownsville Bridge, Spanning Monongahela River & Water Street at S...
Significance: The Pennsylvania truss bridge spans the Monongahela River between Brownsville and West Brownsville. The bridge is heavily constructed of built-up members and eye-bars, and is a significant landmar... More
Structures on Old National Trail, Toll House, U.S. Route 40, Pittsburg...
Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
Levi Springer House, Fan Hollow Road, Uniontown, Fayette County, PA
Significance: The Springer House is the second-generation dwelling of one of western Pennsylvania's pioneer families. The building was built in 1817, as construction of the National Road approached Uniontown fr... More
Levi Springer House, Fan Hollow Road, Uniontown, Fayette County, PA
Significance: The Springer House is the second-generation dwelling of one of western Pennsylvania's pioneer families. The building was built in 1817, as construction of the National Road approached Uniontown fr... More
Levi Springer House, Fan Hollow Road, Uniontown, Fayette County, PA
Significance: The Springer House is the second-generation dwelling of one of western Pennsylvania's pioneer families. The building was built in 1817, as construction of the National Road approached Uniontown fr... More
Levi Springer House, Fan Hollow Road, Uniontown, Fayette County, PA
Significance: The Springer House is the second-generation dwelling of one of western Pennsylvania's pioneer families. The building was built in 1817, as construction of the National Road approached Uniontown fr... More
Levi Springer House, Fan Hollow Road, Uniontown, Fayette County, PA
Significance: The Springer House is the second-generation dwelling of one of western Pennsylvania's pioneer families. The building was built in 1817, as construction of the National Road approached Uniontown fr... More
Levi Springer House, Fan Hollow Road, Uniontown, Fayette County, PA
Significance: The Springer House is the second-generation dwelling of one of western Pennsylvania's pioneer families. The building was built in 1817, as construction of the National Road approached Uniontown fr... More
One of twelve famous Madonna of the Trail statues, this one located al...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The statues were commissioned by the National Society of Daughters of the American Revolution. They were installed in each of the twel... More
A historic mile marker on the National Road, the first federal highway...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Congress mandated that a stone marker be placaed on the north side of every mile to tell travelers how many miles they were from Cumbe... More
Mount Washington Tavern, U.S. 40, Old National Trail, Uniontown, Fayet...
Public domain photograph of a hotel, inn, tourism, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Old Brownsville Bridge, Spanning Monongahela River & Water Street at S...
Significance: The Pennsylvania truss bridge spans the Monongahela River between Brownsville and West Brownsville. The bridge is heavily constructed of built-up members and eye-bars, and is a significant landmar... More
Levi Springer House, Fan Hollow Road, Uniontown, Fayette County, PA
Significance: The Springer House is the second-generation dwelling of one of western Pennsylvania's pioneer families. The building was built in 1817, as construction of the National Road approached Uniontown fr... More
Echo Manor, one of several grand homes on or near Echo Point, a cul-de...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. This home is now (2015) the headquarters of a law firm. Credit line: West Virginia Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, L... More
Toll House, U.S. Route 40 (Cumberland Road), Addison, Somerset County,...
Public domain photograph - historical image of Pennsylvania, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Jacob Dick House, 393 National Road, Wheeling, Ohio County, WV
Significance: Located along the National Road which was the main thoroughfare into Wheeling from the east as early as 1838. The National Road began in Cumberland, Maryland and terminated in Wheeling, West Virg... More
Jacob Dick House, 393 National Road, Wheeling, Ohio County, WV
Significance: Located along the National Road which was the main thoroughfare into Wheeling from the east as early as 1838. The National Road began in Cumberland, Maryland and terminated in Wheeling, West Virg... More
Old Brownsville Bridge, Spanning Monongahela River & Water Street at S...
Significance: The Pennsylvania truss bridge spans the Monongahela River between Brownsville and West Brownsville. The bridge is heavily constructed of built-up members and eye-bars, and is a significant landmar... More
Earlham College Observatory, National Road, Richmond, Wayne County, IN
Significance: Earlham Observatory, erected 1861, is a plain, strictly utilitarian building, specifically designed to house a telescope. The scope was built in 1856 by R.B. Rutherford, pioneer American astronom... More
Levi Springer House, Fan Hollow Road, Uniontown, Fayette County, PA
Significance: The Springer House is the second-generation dwelling of one of western Pennsylvania's pioneer families. The building was built in 1817, as construction of the National Road approached Uniontown fr... More
Bridge on Old National Road, North of U.S. Highway 40 at Saltfork, Cam...
Survey number: HABS OH-2113 Public domain photograph - historical image of Ohio, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Mail Pouch barn on historic National Road, Ohio
Public domain photograph - historical image of Ohio, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
National Road, Wilson Bridge, Spanning Conococheague Creek at Route 40...
Significance: Wilson Bridge was built in 1819 by Silas Harry as part of an improvement of feeder roads leading to the National Road which began in Cumberland, Maryland and ended in Vandalia, Illinois. Its fiv... More
National Road, Wilson Bridge, Spanning Conococheague Creek at Route 40...
Significance: Wilson Bridge was built in 1819 by Silas Harry as part of an improvement of feeder roads leading to the National Road which began in Cumberland, Maryland and ended in Vandalia, Illinois. Its fiv... More
Mount Washington Tavern, U.S. 40, Old National Trail, Uniontown, Fayet...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a residential home interior, living room, fireplace, 19th-20th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Structures on Old National Trail, Toll House, U.S. Route 40, Pittsburg...
Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
Levi Springer House, Fan Hollow Road, Uniontown, Fayette County, PA
Significance: The Springer House is the second-generation dwelling of one of western Pennsylvania's pioneer families. The building was built in 1817, as construction of the National Road approached Uniontown fr... More
Levi Springer House, Fan Hollow Road, Uniontown, Fayette County, PA
Significance: The Springer House is the second-generation dwelling of one of western Pennsylvania's pioneer families. The building was built in 1817, as construction of the National Road approached Uniontown fr... More
Levi Springer House, Fan Hollow Road, Uniontown, Fayette County, PA
Significance: The Springer House is the second-generation dwelling of one of western Pennsylvania's pioneer families. The building was built in 1817, as construction of the National Road approached Uniontown fr... More
One of the early hotels on National Road, Cambridge, Ohio
Photograph shows building with American Hotel painted on its exterior. Additional title: Hotels. American Hotel on National Road, Cambridge, Ohio.
A block along the National Road in Wheeling, West Virginia, that inclu...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Architect Edward Bates Franzheim designed the Spanish-style building, including its shops on the first floor and adjecent annex. It op... More
One of twelve famous Madonna of the Trail statues, this one located al...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The statues were commissioned by the National Society of Daughters of the American Revolution. They were installed in each of the twel... More
Jacob Dick House, 393 National Road, Wheeling, Ohio County, WV
Significance: Located along the National Road which was the main thoroughfare into Wheeling from the east as early as 1838. The National Road began in Cumberland, Maryland and terminated in Wheeling, West Virg... More
Old Brownsville Bridge, Spanning Monongahela River & Water Street at S...
Significance: The Pennsylvania truss bridge spans the Monongahela River between Brownsville and West Brownsville. The bridge is heavily constructed of built-up members and eye-bars, and is a significant landmar... More
Casselman River Bridge, National Road (U.S. Route 40) at Little Crossi...
Survey number: HABS MD-139 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000391
Casselman River Bridge, National Road (U.S. Route 40) at Little Crossi...
Survey number: HABS MD-139 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000391
Earlham College Observatory, National Road, Richmond, Wayne County, IN
Significance: Earlham Observatory, erected 1861, is a plain, strictly utilitarian building, specifically designed to house a telescope. The scope was built in 1856 by R.B. Rutherford, pioneer American astronom... More
Structures on Old National Trail, Toll House, U.S. Route 40, Pittsburg...
Public domain photo of a monument, historic place, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Levi Springer House, Fan Hollow Road, Uniontown, Fayette County, PA
Significance: The Springer House is the second-generation dwelling of one of western Pennsylvania's pioneer families. The building was built in 1817, as construction of the National Road approached Uniontown fr... More
Levi Springer House, Fan Hollow Road, Uniontown, Fayette County, PA
Significance: The Springer House is the second-generation dwelling of one of western Pennsylvania's pioneer families. The building was built in 1817, as construction of the National Road approached Uniontown fr... More
Levi Springer House, Fan Hollow Road, Uniontown, Fayette County, PA
Significance: The Springer House is the second-generation dwelling of one of western Pennsylvania's pioneer families. The building was built in 1817, as construction of the National Road approached Uniontown fr... More
The Old Stone House, or Heimburger House, which was actually a hotel t...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. August Heimberger first rented-out the hotel in 1869 and kept it for 22 years. His wife took over on his death in 1889 and continued t... More
One of twelve famous Madonna of the Trail statues, this one located al...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The statues were commissioned by the National Society of Daughters of the American Revolution. They were installed in each of the twel... More
The 1903 Tinker-Wright House, one of several fine houses in the Highla...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: West Virginia Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Pur... More
Toll House, U.S. Route 40 (Cumberland Road), Addison, Somerset County,...
Picryl description: Public domain image of an industrial building, warehouse, depot, train station, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Old Brownsville Bridge, Spanning Monongahela River & Water Street at S...
Significance: The Pennsylvania truss bridge spans the Monongahela River between Brownsville and West Brownsville. The bridge is heavily constructed of built-up members and eye-bars, and is a significant landmar... More
Little Crossings Bridge, National Road (U.S. Route 40) spanning Cassel...
Significance: Bridge construction began in late 1813 and proceeded through the summer of 1814 despite several delays due to increased rains. On November 16, 1814, workers successfully turned "the largest and w... More
Levi Springer House, Fan Hollow Road, Uniontown, Fayette County, PA
Significance: The Springer House is the second-generation dwelling of one of western Pennsylvania's pioneer families. The building was built in 1817, as construction of the National Road approached Uniontown fr... More
Levi Springer House, Fan Hollow Road, Uniontown, Fayette County, PA
Significance: The Springer House is the second-generation dwelling of one of western Pennsylvania's pioneer families. The building was built in 1817, as construction of the National Road approached Uniontown fr... More
Levi Springer House, Fan Hollow Road, Uniontown, Fayette County, PA
Significance: The Springer House is the second-generation dwelling of one of western Pennsylvania's pioneer families. The building was built in 1817, as construction of the National Road approached Uniontown fr... More
Levi Springer House, Fan Hollow Road, Uniontown, Fayette County, PA
Significance: The Springer House is the second-generation dwelling of one of western Pennsylvania's pioneer families. The building was built in 1817, as construction of the National Road approached Uniontown fr... More
Vinton House Inn, National Road (U.S. Route 40), Cambridge City, Wayne...
STORED OFF SITE AND ON SITE. mchr 1983 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Honorable Mention Significance: The Vinton House Inn, opened by E.G. Vinton circa 1849, was situated at the junction of the Whitewater Canal and... More
Levi Springer House, Fan Hollow Road, Uniontown, Fayette County, PA
Significance: The Springer House is the second-generation dwelling of one of western Pennsylvania's pioneer families. The building was built in 1817, as construction of the National Road approached Uniontown fr... More
Levi Springer House, Fan Hollow Road, Uniontown, Fayette County, PA
Significance: The Springer House is the second-generation dwelling of one of western Pennsylvania's pioneer families. The building was built in 1817, as construction of the National Road approached Uniontown fr... More
National Road, Wilson Bridge, Spanning Conococheague Creek at Route 40...
Significance: Wilson Bridge was built in 1819 by Silas Harry as part of an improvement of feeder roads leading to the National Road which began in Cumberland, Maryland and ended in Vandalia, Illinois. Its fiv... More
National Road, Wilson Bridge, Spanning Conococheague Creek at Route 40...
Significance: Wilson Bridge was built in 1819 by Silas Harry as part of an improvement of feeder roads leading to the National Road which began in Cumberland, Maryland and ended in Vandalia, Illinois. Its fiv... More
National Road, Wilson Bridge, Spanning Conococheague Creek at Route 40...
Significance: Wilson Bridge was built in 1819 by Silas Harry as part of an improvement of feeder roads leading to the National Road which began in Cumberland, Maryland and ended in Vandalia, Illinois. Its fiv... More
National Road, Wilson Bridge, Spanning Conococheague Creek at Route 40...
Significance: Wilson Bridge was built in 1819 by Silas Harry as part of an improvement of feeder roads leading to the National Road which began in Cumberland, Maryland and ended in Vandalia, Illinois. Its fiv... More
National Road, Wilson Bridge, Spanning Conococheague Creek at Route 40...
Significance: Wilson Bridge was built in 1819 by Silas Harry as part of an improvement of feeder roads leading to the National Road which began in Cumberland, Maryland and ended in Vandalia, Illinois. Its fiv... More
National Road, Wilson Bridge, Spanning Conococheague Creek at Route 40...
Significance: Wilson Bridge was built in 1819 by Silas Harry as part of an improvement of feeder roads leading to the National Road which began in Cumberland, Maryland and ended in Vandalia, Illinois. Its fiv... More
National Road, Wilson Bridge, Spanning Conococheague Creek at Route 40...
Significance: Wilson Bridge was built in 1819 by Silas Harry as part of an improvement of feeder roads leading to the National Road which began in Cumberland, Maryland and ended in Vandalia, Illinois. Its fiv... More
National Road, Wilson Bridge, Spanning Conococheague Creek at Route 40...
Significance: Wilson Bridge was built in 1819 by Silas Harry as part of an improvement of feeder roads leading to the National Road which began in Cumberland, Maryland and ended in Vandalia, Illinois. Its fiv... More
Levi Springer House, Fan Hollow Road, Uniontown, Fayette County, PA
Significance: The Springer House is the second-generation dwelling of one of western Pennsylvania's pioneer families. The building was built in 1817, as construction of the National Road approached Uniontown fr... More
Levi Springer House, Fan Hollow Road, Uniontown, Fayette County, PA
Significance: The Springer House is the second-generation dwelling of one of western Pennsylvania's pioneer families. The building was built in 1817, as construction of the National Road approached Uniontown fr... More
National Road, Wilson Bridge, Spanning Conococheague Creek at Route 40...
Significance: Wilson Bridge was built in 1819 by Silas Harry as part of an improvement of feeder roads leading to the National Road which began in Cumberland, Maryland and ended in Vandalia, Illinois. Its fiv... More
Casselman River Bridge on the National Road was the longest single-spa...
Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More
National Road, Wilson Bridge, Spanning Conococheague Creek at Route 40...
Significance: Wilson Bridge was built in 1819 by Silas Harry as part of an improvement of feeder roads leading to the National Road which began in Cumberland, Maryland and ended in Vandalia, Illinois. Its fiv... More
Old Brownsville Bridge, Spanning Monongahela River & Water Street at S...
Significance: The Pennsylvania truss bridge spans the Monongahela River between Brownsville and West Brownsville. The bridge is heavily constructed of built-up members and eye-bars, and is a significant landmar... More
National Road, Wilson Bridge, Spanning Conococheague Creek at Route 40...
Significance: Wilson Bridge was built in 1819 by Silas Harry as part of an improvement of feeder roads leading to the National Road which began in Cumberland, Maryland and ended in Vandalia, Illinois. Its fiv... More
National Road, Wilson Bridge, Spanning Conococheague Creek at Route 40...
Significance: Wilson Bridge was built in 1819 by Silas Harry as part of an improvement of feeder roads leading to the National Road which began in Cumberland, Maryland and ended in Vandalia, Illinois. Its fiv... More
National Road, Wilson Bridge, Spanning Conococheague Creek at Route 40...
Significance: Wilson Bridge was built in 1819 by Silas Harry as part of an improvement of feeder roads leading to the National Road which began in Cumberland, Maryland and ended in Vandalia, Illinois. Its fiv... More
National Road, Wilson Bridge, Spanning Conococheague Creek at Route 40...
Significance: Wilson Bridge was built in 1819 by Silas Harry as part of an improvement of feeder roads leading to the National Road which began in Cumberland, Maryland and ended in Vandalia, Illinois. Its fiv... More