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U.S. Soldiers Home, Corn Rigs, Rock Creek Church Road & Upshur Street Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

U.S. Soldiers Home, Corn Rigs, Rock Creek Church Road & Upshur Street ...

Structure is associated with the Emancipation Proclamation. See HABS No. DC-353 for list of related structures. Significance: Soldiers Home established by Congress in 1851. Corn Rigs was the summer home of Geor... More

View of architect Mies van der Rohe's classic modernist Farnsworth House, Plano, Illinois

View of architect Mies van der Rohe's classic modernist Farnsworth Hou...

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Now a property of the National Trust for Historic Prese... More

View of architect Mies van der Rohe's classic modernist Farnsworth House, Plano, Illinois

View of architect Mies van der Rohe's classic modernist Farnsworth Hou...

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Now a property of the National Trust for Historic Prese... More

Woodlawn, 9000 Richmond Highway, Mount Vernon, Fairfax County, Virginia

Woodlawn, 9000 Richmond Highway, Mount Vernon, Fairfax County, Virgini...

Significance: Notable Georgian/Federal 5-part house, designed by William Thornton, architect of the United States Capitol. Woodlawn was built on part of the Mount Vernon estate for George Washington's adopted g... More

Piedmont Way & the Berkeley Property Tract, East of College Avenue between Dwight Way & U.C. Memorial Stadium, Berkeley, Alameda County, CA

Piedmont Way & the Berkeley Property Tract, East of College Avenue bet...

Significance: The design of Piedmont Avenue and the adjacent University of California campus and residential tract are significant for several reasons. Olmsted was in California at a crucial time in his career... More

Colonel John Cox House, 3339 N Street, Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Colonel John Cox House, 3339 N Street, Northwest, Washington, District...

Significance: The Colonel John Cox House, constructed in 1816-17 at 3339 N Street in Georgetown, is a handsome and imposing federal-era town house on a substantial corner lot. The house was built as the wester... More

Filoli, Canada Road, Woodside, San Mateo County, CA

Filoli, Canada Road, Woodside, San Mateo County, CA

Significance: Designed by the prominent California architect Willis J. Polk, this skillful adaptation of Provincial Georgian architecture, surrounded by sixteen acres of elaborate formal gardens, remains one of... More

Decatur House, National Trust for Historic Preservation, 748 Jackson Place Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Decatur House, National Trust for Historic Preservation, 748 Jackson P...

Significance: Decatur is unique in this country: the work of a great architect Benjamin H. Latrobe, built for a great American naval commander Commodore Stephen Decatur, preserved the original drawings. This is... More

Woodlawn, 9000 Richmond Highway, Mount Vernon, Fairfax County, Virginia

Woodlawn, 9000 Richmond Highway, Mount Vernon, Fairfax County, Virgini...

Significance: Notable Georgian/Federal 5-part house, designed by William Thornton, architect of the United States Capitol. Woodlawn was built on part of the Mount Vernon estate for George Washington's adopted g... More

Piedmont Way & the Berkeley Property Tract, East of College Avenue between Dwight Way & U.C. Memorial Stadium, Berkeley, Alameda County, CA

Piedmont Way & the Berkeley Property Tract, East of College Avenue bet...

Significance: The design of Piedmont Avenue and the adjacent University of California campus and residential tract are significant for several reasons. Olmsted was in California at a crucial time in his career... More

Colonel John Cox House, 3339 N Street, Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Colonel John Cox House, 3339 N Street, Northwest, Washington, District...

Significance: The Colonel John Cox House, constructed in 1816-17 at 3339 N Street in Georgetown, is a handsome and imposing federal-era town house on a substantial corner lot. The house was built as the wester... More

Colonel John Cox House, 3339 N Street, Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Colonel John Cox House, 3339 N Street, Northwest, Washington, District...

Significance: The Colonel John Cox House, constructed in 1816-17 at 3339 N Street in Georgetown, is a handsome and imposing federal-era town house on a substantial corner lot. The house was built as the wester... More

Colonel John Cox House, 3339 N Street, Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Colonel John Cox House, 3339 N Street, Northwest, Washington, District...

Significance: The Colonel John Cox House, constructed in 1816-17 at 3339 N Street in Georgetown, is a handsome and imposing federal-era town house on a substantial corner lot. The house was built as the wester... More

Colonel John Cox House, 3339 N Street, Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Colonel John Cox House, 3339 N Street, Northwest, Washington, District...

Significance: The Colonel John Cox House, constructed in 1816-17 at 3339 N Street in Georgetown, is a handsome and imposing federal-era town house on a substantial corner lot. The house was built as the wester... More

Decatur House, National Trust for Historic Preservation, 748 Jackson Place Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Decatur House, National Trust for Historic Preservation, 748 Jackson P...

Significance: Decatur is unique in this country: the work of a great architect Benjamin H. Latrobe, built for a great American naval commander Commodore Stephen Decatur, preserved the original drawings. This is... More

U.S. Soldiers Home, Corn Rigs, Rock Creek Church Road & Upshur Street Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

U.S. Soldiers Home, Corn Rigs, Rock Creek Church Road & Upshur Street ...

Structure is associated with the Emancipation Proclamation. See HABS No. DC-353 for list of related structures. Significance: Soldiers Home established by Congress in 1851. Corn Rigs was the summer home of Geor... More

U.S. Soldiers Home, Corn Rigs, Rock Creek Church Road & Upshur Street Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

U.S. Soldiers Home, Corn Rigs, Rock Creek Church Road & Upshur Street ...

Structure is associated with the Emancipation Proclamation. See HABS No. DC-353 for list of related structures. Significance: Soldiers Home established by Congress in 1851. Corn Rigs was the summer home of Geor... More

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