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Silverman Building, 1200-1204 Eleventh Avenue, Altoona, Blair County, PA

Silverman Building, 1200-1204 Eleventh Avenue, Altoona, Blair County, ...

Significance: The Silverman Building is the most elaborate office building on 11th Ave. Dating to 1924-25, the steel framed structure is faced with white glazed terra cotta in a Neoclassical design. The buildin... More

National Park Seminary, Gymnasium, North of Linden Lane, south of Aloha House, Silver Spring, Montgomery County, MD

National Park Seminary, Gymnasium, North of Linden Lane, south of Aloh...

Significance: Housing the gymnasium in one of the campus' most prominent and ornate building illustrated the importance of athletics at the school. It was, perhaps, an attempt to relate the ancient world's cel... More

Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Marine Barracks, Cedar Avenue, west side between Twelfth & Fourteenth Streets, Vallejo, Solano County, CA

Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Marine Barracks, Cedar Avenue, west side b...

Significance: Building M37 is a contributing element of the Mare Island Historic District. It is the focal point of the Marine Corps compound at Mare Island and is among the most impressive buildings anywhere ... More

Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Marine Barracks, Cedar Avenue, west side between Twelfth & Fourteenth Streets, Vallejo, Solano County, CA

Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Marine Barracks, Cedar Avenue, west side b...

Significance: Building M37 is a contributing element of the Mare Island Historic District. It is the focal point of the Marine Corps compound at Mare Island and is among the most impressive buildings anywhere ... More

Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Marine Barracks, Cedar Avenue, west side between Twelfth & Fourteenth Streets, Vallejo, Solano County, CA

Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Marine Barracks, Cedar Avenue, west side b...

Significance: Building M37 is a contributing element of the Mare Island Historic District. It is the focal point of the Marine Corps compound at Mare Island and is among the most impressive buildings anywhere ... More

U. S. Post Office & Courthouse, 25 South Third Street, Yakima, Yakima County, WA

U. S. Post Office & Courthouse, 25 South Third Street, Yakima, Yakima ...

Significance: Historically the monumental Beaux Arts Structure has always served as Yakima Main Post Office and Federal Courthouse. The Federal Bureau of Investigation and the U.S. Immigration and Naturalizati... More

U. S. Post Office & Courthouse, 25 South Third Street, Yakima, Yakima County, WA

U. S. Post Office & Courthouse, 25 South Third Street, Yakima, Yakima ...

Significance: Historically the monumental Beaux Arts Structure has always served as Yakima Main Post Office and Federal Courthouse. The Federal Bureau of Investigation and the U.S. Immigration and Naturalizati... More

Square Shadows, 6024 Butler Pike, Whitemarsh, Montgomery County, PA

Square Shadows, 6024 Butler Pike, Whitemarsh, Montgomery County, PA

Significance: This home, designed by renowned architect George Howe in the 1930s, was one of the earliest successful attempts to combine the materials of traditional home construction with elements of the Inter... More

Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Hospital Headquarters, Johnson Lane, west side at intersection of Johnson Lane & Cossey Street, Vallejo, Solano County, CA

Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Hospital Headquarters, Johnson Lane, west ...

Significance: Building H1 is a contributing element of the Mare Island Historic District. The building is an excellent example of Beaux Arts classicism, favored in its time for prominent public buildings such ... More

Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Hospital Headquarters, Johnson Lane, west side at intersection of Johnson Lane & Cossey Street, Vallejo, Solano County, CA

Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Hospital Headquarters, Johnson Lane, west ...

Significance: Building H1 is a contributing element of the Mare Island Historic District. The building is an excellent example of Beaux Arts classicism, favored in its time for prominent public buildings such ... More

Henry Art Gallery, Fifteenth Avenue Northeast at Northeast Campus Parkway, Seattle, King County, WA

Henry Art Gallery, Fifteenth Avenue Northeast at Northeast Campus Park...

Significance: The Horace C. Henry Art Gallery was the first public art museum in the state of Washington. Funds for the building construction and its initial collection were donated to the University of Washin... More

Henry Art Gallery, Fifteenth Avenue Northeast at Northeast Campus Parkway, Seattle, King County, WA

Henry Art Gallery, Fifteenth Avenue Northeast at Northeast Campus Park...

Significance: The Horace C. Henry Art Gallery was the first public art museum in the state of Washington. Funds for the building construction and its initial collection were donated to the University of Washin... More

Illinois Supreme Court Building, 200 East Capitol Avenue, Springfield, Sangamon County, IL

Illinois Supreme Court Building, 200 East Capitol Avenue, Springfield,...

2013 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Third Place Significance: The Illinois Supreme Court Building is determined eligible for the National Register of Historic Places. It embodies significant and distinctive charact... More

Atlantic City Convention Hall, On Boardwalk, West of Mississippi Avenue, Atlantic City, Atlantic County, NJ

Atlantic City Convention Hall, On Boardwalk, West of Mississippi Avenu...

Significance: The Convention Hall an American Society of Civil Engineers, Cilil Engineering Landmark is a monumental architectural and engineering accomplishment, built in 1926-29 in Beaux Arts style. The hal... More

Atlantic City Convention Hall, On Boardwalk, West of Mississippi Avenue, Atlantic City, Atlantic County, NJ

Atlantic City Convention Hall, On Boardwalk, West of Mississippi Avenu...

Significance: The Convention Hall an American Society of Civil Engineers, Cilil Engineering Landmark is a monumental architectural and engineering accomplishment, built in 1926-29 in Beaux Arts style. The hal... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Enlisted Men's Barracks & Mess Hall, Marine Barracks, Neville Way, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Enlisted Men's Barracks & Mess Hall, Ma...

Significance: The Naval Base at Pearl Harbor was designated as a National Historic Landmark in 1964, due to the crucial role it played in the Nation's defense during the twentieth century and the calamitous eve... More

Free Library of Philadelphia, Thomas Holme Branch, 7810 Frankford Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Free Library of Philadelphia, Thomas Holme Branch, 7810 Frankford Aven...

Significance: Completed in 1906, the Thomas Holme Branch of the Free Library of Philadelphia was the fifth of twenty-five branch libraries built through an endowment from industrialist-turned-philanthropist And... More

Free Library of Philadelphia, Thomas Holme Branch, 7810 Frankford Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Free Library of Philadelphia, Thomas Holme Branch, 7810 Frankford Aven...

Significance: Completed in 1906, the Thomas Holme Branch of the Free Library of Philadelphia was the fifth of twenty-five branch libraries built through an endowment from industrialist-turned-philanthropist And... More

California State Library & Courts Building, 914 Capitol Mall, Sacramento, Sacramento County, CA

California State Library & Courts Building, 914 Capitol Mall, Sacramen...

Significance: One of a symmetrical pair of monumental buildings designed in the Beaux Arts tradition to serve as an extension of the State Capitol and help prevent key State department functions from leaving Sa... More

Basso Building, 7338 Woodward Avenue, Detroit, Wayne County, MI

Basso Building, 7338 Woodward Avenue, Detroit, Wayne County, MI

Significance: This is a significant example of the kind of speculative commercial construction commonplace in Detroit during the city's period of rapid growth brought about by the success of the automobile indu... More

Basso Building, 7338 Woodward Avenue, Detroit, Wayne County, MI

Basso Building, 7338 Woodward Avenue, Detroit, Wayne County, MI

Significance: This is a significant example of the kind of speculative commercial construction commonplace in Detroit during the city's period of rapid growth brought about by the success of the automobile indu... More

Basso Building, 7338 Woodward Avenue, Detroit, Wayne County, MI

Basso Building, 7338 Woodward Avenue, Detroit, Wayne County, MI

Significance: This is a significant example of the kind of speculative commercial construction commonplace in Detroit during the city's period of rapid growth brought about by the success of the automobile indu... More

Basso Building, 7338 Woodward Avenue, Detroit, Wayne County, MI

Basso Building, 7338 Woodward Avenue, Detroit, Wayne County, MI

Significance: This is a significant example of the kind of speculative commercial construction commonplace in Detroit during the city's period of rapid growth brought about by the success of the automobile indu... More

University Avenue Bridge, Spanning Schuylkill River at University Avenue (State Route 3003), Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

University Avenue Bridge, Spanning Schuylkill River at University Aven...

Significance: The bridge is significant for its association with noted Philadelphia architect Paul Phillipe Cret, who designed the bridge in collaboration with city engineers. Its exterior treatment reflects Cr... More

California State Office Building No. 1, 915 Capitol Mall, Sacramento, Sacramento County, CA

California State Office Building No. 1, 915 Capitol Mall, Sacramento, ...

Significance: One of a symmetrical pair of monumental buildings designed in the Beaux Arts tradition to serve as an extension of the State Capitol and help prevent key State department functions from leaving Sa... More

California State Office Building No. 1, 915 Capitol Mall, Sacramento, Sacramento County, CA

California State Office Building No. 1, 915 Capitol Mall, Sacramento, ...

Significance: One of a symmetrical pair of monumental buildings designed in the Beaux Arts tradition to serve as an extension of the State Capitol and help prevent key State department functions from leaving Sa... More

Samuel Findley School, Tallmadge and Cuyahoga Streets, Akron, Summit County, OH

Samuel Findley School, Tallmadge and Cuyahoga Streets, Akron, Summit C...

2008 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Second Place Significance: Findley Academy carries elements of the Beaux Arts style with additional Classical Revival details, evident throughout the exterior and interior. These... More

Samuel Findley School, Tallmadge and Cuyahoga Streets, Akron, Summit County, OH

Samuel Findley School, Tallmadge and Cuyahoga Streets, Akron, Summit C...

2008 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Second Place Significance: Findley Academy carries elements of the Beaux Arts style with additional Classical Revival details, evident throughout the exterior and interior. These... More

Pullman House, 1119-1125 Sixteenth Street Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Pullman House, 1119-1125 Sixteenth Street Northwest, Washington, Distr...

Significance: Excellent example of the Beaux Arts influence. Originally built as a residence for Mrs. George Pullman, wife of the sleeping car magnate, the house was sold in 1913 to Russia. The building remai... More

Pullman House, 1119-1125 Sixteenth Street Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Pullman House, 1119-1125 Sixteenth Street Northwest, Washington, Distr...

Significance: Excellent example of the Beaux Arts influence. Originally built as a residence for Mrs. George Pullman, wife of the sleeping car magnate, the house was sold in 1913 to Russia. The building remai... More

Pullman House, 1119-1125 Sixteenth Street Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Pullman House, 1119-1125 Sixteenth Street Northwest, Washington, Distr...

Significance: Excellent example of the Beaux Arts influence. Originally built as a residence for Mrs. George Pullman, wife of the sleeping car magnate, the house was sold in 1913 to Russia. The building remai... More

Central Trust Company Building, 1218 Eleventh Avenue, Altoona, Blair County, PA

Central Trust Company Building, 1218 Eleventh Avenue, Altoona, Blair C...

Significance: The Central Trust Company Building is a rare, intact example of Altoona's early 20th century commercial architecture. Designed by the Pittsburgh architectural firm of Robinson and Winkler, and ere... More

Central Trust Company Building, 1218 Eleventh Avenue, Altoona, Blair County, PA

Central Trust Company Building, 1218 Eleventh Avenue, Altoona, Blair C...

Significance: The Central Trust Company Building is a rare, intact example of Altoona's early 20th century commercial architecture. Designed by the Pittsburgh architectural firm of Robinson and Winkler, and ere... More

Police Department Headquarters, 100 Fallsway, Baltimore, Independent City, MD

Police Department Headquarters, 100 Fallsway, Baltimore, Independent C...

Significance: The Police Department Headquarters is significant for its association with the Municipal Historic District, Baltimore City, Maryland. The district consists of a linear area with an east-west axis... More

Police Department Headquarters, 100 Fallsway, Baltimore, Independent City, MD

Police Department Headquarters, 100 Fallsway, Baltimore, Independent C...

Significance: The Police Department Headquarters is significant for its association with the Municipal Historic District, Baltimore City, Maryland. The district consists of a linear area with an east-west axis... More

Police Department Headquarters, 100 Fallsway, Baltimore, Independent City, MD

Police Department Headquarters, 100 Fallsway, Baltimore, Independent C...

Significance: The Police Department Headquarters is significant for its association with the Municipal Historic District, Baltimore City, Maryland. The district consists of a linear area with an east-west axis... More

Police Department Headquarters, 100 Fallsway, Baltimore, Independent City, MD

Police Department Headquarters, 100 Fallsway, Baltimore, Independent C...

Significance: The Police Department Headquarters is significant for its association with the Municipal Historic District, Baltimore City, Maryland. The district consists of a linear area with an east-west axis... More

Police Department Headquarters, 100 Fallsway, Baltimore, Independent City, MD

Police Department Headquarters, 100 Fallsway, Baltimore, Independent C...

Significance: The Police Department Headquarters is significant for its association with the Municipal Historic District, Baltimore City, Maryland. The district consists of a linear area with an east-west axis... More

Casa Cautino, 1 Calle Santiago Palmer, Guayama, Guayama Municipio, PR

Casa Cautino, 1 Calle Santiago Palmer, Guayama, Guayama Municipio, PR

2014 Charles E. Peterson Prize, First Place Significance: The Cautiño House is striking due to the ornamental and detailed nature of its Spanish colonial architecture. This home represents the cultural and hist... More

Casa Cautino, 1 Calle Santiago Palmer, Guayama, Guayama Municipio, PR

Casa Cautino, 1 Calle Santiago Palmer, Guayama, Guayama Municipio, PR

2014 Charles E. Peterson Prize, First Place Significance: The Cautiño House is striking due to the ornamental and detailed nature of its Spanish colonial architecture. This home represents the cultural and hist... More

Arlington Memorial Bridge, Spanning Potomac River between Lincoln Memorial & Arlington National Cemetery, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Arlington Memorial Bridge, Spanning Potomac River between Lincoln Memo...

Significance: As the final link in the chain of monuments which start at the Capitol building, the Arlington Memorial Bridge connects the Mall in Washington, DC with Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia. De... More

Walnut-Dollison Historic District, 308 South Dollison Avenue (House), Springfield, Greene County, MO

Walnut-Dollison Historic District, 308 South Dollison Avenue (House), ...

Significance: A simply detailed Neoclassical Box, this large frame house replaced a smaller late 19th century building. Used for years as a rental and more recently as a fraternity house, it has deteriorated th... More

Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company Headquarters Building, 2 North Charles Street, Baltimore, Independent City, MD

Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company Headquarters Building, 2 North Charl...

Significance: Historically, this structure was the headquarters of the Baltimore and Ohio (B&O) Railroad. The B&O was significant not only as America's first railroad (founded 1827) but also as the pre-eminent ... More

Ford Motor Company Building, 451-455 Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Ford Motor Company Building, 451-455 Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest, Wa...

Significance: The Ford Motor Company Building is an early example of reinforced concrete construction in Washington. It was designed by Albert Kahn Associates of Detroit, Michigan, one of the country's foremos... More

Free Library of Philadelphia, Wyoming Branch, 231 East Wyoming Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Free Library of Philadelphia, Wyoming Branch, 231 East Wyoming Avenue,...

Significance: Completed in 1930, the Wyoming Branch of the Free Library of Philadelphia was the last of twenty-five branch libraries built through an endowment from industrialist-turned-philanthropist Andrew Ca... More

U.S. Naval Academy, McDonough Hall, Annapolis, Anne Arundel County, MD

U.S. Naval Academy, McDonough Hall, Annapolis, Anne Arundel County, MD

Significance: MacDonough and Dahlgren Halls are virtually identical buildings that flank Bancroft Hall. Although their uses have been changed from the original intent, both buildings remain largely intact. Th... More

U.S. Naval Academy, McDonough Hall, Annapolis, Anne Arundel County, MD

U.S. Naval Academy, McDonough Hall, Annapolis, Anne Arundel County, MD

Significance: MacDonough and Dahlgren Halls are virtually identical buildings that flank Bancroft Hall. Although their uses have been changed from the original intent, both buildings remain largely intact. Th... More

U.S. Naval Academy, McDonough Hall, Annapolis, Anne Arundel County, MD

U.S. Naval Academy, McDonough Hall, Annapolis, Anne Arundel County, MD

Significance: MacDonough and Dahlgren Halls are virtually identical buildings that flank Bancroft Hall. Although their uses have been changed from the original intent, both buildings remain largely intact. Th... More

Washington Lodge Number 15, The Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, 919 H Street Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Washington Lodge Number 15, The Benevolent and Protective Order of Elk...

Significance: An attractive Beaux-Arts design by B. Stanley Simmons, this building is ornamented with stone swags, urn baluster balconies,portrait busts, and oversized elks heads. This lodge included many of W... More

Meridian Hill Park, Bounded by Fifteenth, Sixteenth, Euclid & W Streets, Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Meridian Hill Park, Bounded by Fifteenth, Sixteenth, Euclid & W Street...

For additional documentation, see also HALS DC-55 (Meridian Hill Park, Noyes Armillary Sphere) Significance: Located between 15th, 16th W, and Euclid Streets, NW is one of the most distinguished examples of Lan... More

Meridian Hill Park, Bounded by Fifteenth, Sixteenth, Euclid & W Streets, Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Meridian Hill Park, Bounded by Fifteenth, Sixteenth, Euclid & W Street...

For additional documentation, see also HALS DC-55 (Meridian Hill Park, Noyes Armillary Sphere) Significance: Located between 15th, 16th W, and Euclid Streets, NW is one of the most distinguished examples of Lan... More

Meridian Hill Park, Bounded by Fifteenth, Sixteenth, Euclid & W Streets, Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Meridian Hill Park, Bounded by Fifteenth, Sixteenth, Euclid & W Street...

For additional documentation, see also HALS DC-55 (Meridian Hill Park, Noyes Armillary Sphere) Significance: Located between 15th, 16th W, and Euclid Streets, NW is one of the most distinguished examples of Lan... More

Meridian Hill Park, Bounded by Fifteenth, Sixteenth, Euclid & W Streets, Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Meridian Hill Park, Bounded by Fifteenth, Sixteenth, Euclid & W Street...

For additional documentation, see also HALS DC-55 (Meridian Hill Park, Noyes Armillary Sphere) Significance: Located between 15th, 16th W, and Euclid Streets, NW is one of the most distinguished examples of Lan... More

Meridian Hill Park, Bounded by Fifteenth, Sixteenth, Euclid & W Streets, Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Meridian Hill Park, Bounded by Fifteenth, Sixteenth, Euclid & W Street...

For additional documentation, see also HALS DC-55 (Meridian Hill Park, Noyes Armillary Sphere) Significance: Located between 15th, 16th W, and Euclid Streets, NW is one of the most distinguished examples of Lan... More

Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Hospital Wards, Cedar Avenue, eat side between Fourteenth Avenue & Cossey Street, Vallejo, Solano County, CA

Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Hospital Wards, Cedar Avenue, eat side bet...

Significance: Building H72 is a contributing element of the Mare Island Historic District. It is one of two "bookend" additions to the main hospital building (Building H1); the other is Building H80. Together... More

U.S. Post Office & Federal Courts Building, 235 East Plume Street, Norfolk, Norfolk, Virginia

U.S. Post Office & Federal Courts Building, 235 East Plume Street, Nor...

Significance: During the period 1880 to 1917, Norfolk emerged as an international port, witnessing a doubling of its population and land area. An extensive building boom occurred in the city center as well as ... More

Rockcliffe Mansion, 1000 Bird Street, Hannibal, Marion County, MO

Rockcliffe Mansion, 1000 Bird Street, Hannibal, Marion County, MO

Significance: The house is a significant local example of the Neoclassical style as built around 1900. Its original owner, J.J. Cruikshank, Jr. played an important part in the local lumber industry. His house s... More

Rockcliffe Mansion, 1000 Bird Street, Hannibal, Marion County, MO

Rockcliffe Mansion, 1000 Bird Street, Hannibal, Marion County, MO

Significance: The house is a significant local example of the Neoclassical style as built around 1900. Its original owner, J.J. Cruikshank, Jr. played an important part in the local lumber industry. His house s... More

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

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

Significance: The New Immigration Building is one of three major New Deal-era buildings at Ellis Island created to meet the changing scope of immigration services at the facility. Constructed on fill joining I... More

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

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

Significance: The New Immigration Building is one of three major New Deal-era buildings at Ellis Island created to meet the changing scope of immigration services at the facility. Constructed on fill joining I... More

A. I. Du Pont Estate, Junction of State Route 141 & Rockland Road, Wilmington, New Castle County, DE

A. I. Du Pont Estate, Junction of State Route 141 & Rockland Road, Wil...

Significance: The A.I. du Pont estate, known as Nemours, was constructed in 1909-1910 by Alfred I. du Pont (1864-1935), great-grandson of Eleuthere Irenee du Pont, the founder of the Du Pont Company in America.... More

Army & Navy Young Mens' Christian Association (YMCA), 50 Washington Street, Newport, Newport County, RI

Army & Navy Young Mens' Christian Association (YMCA), 50 Washington St...

Significance: The Army and Navy Young Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) building, Newport (1911, Louis E. Jallade, architect) stands as an important local expression of the Beaux-Arts architectural style... More

City of Paris Dry Goods Company, Geary & Stockton Streets, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

City of Paris Dry Goods Company, Geary & Stockton Streets, San Francis...

Significance: The building was one of the earliest examples in San Francisco of a large commercial structure designed in the Beaux-Arts style, using steel framing and masonry wall infill for its basic structure... More

City of Paris Dry Goods Company, Geary & Stockton Streets, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

City of Paris Dry Goods Company, Geary & Stockton Streets, San Francis...

Significance: The building was one of the earliest examples in San Francisco of a large commercial structure designed in the Beaux-Arts style, using steel framing and masonry wall infill for its basic structure... More

City of Paris Dry Goods Company, Geary & Stockton Streets, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

City of Paris Dry Goods Company, Geary & Stockton Streets, San Francis...

Significance: The building was one of the earliest examples in San Francisco of a large commercial structure designed in the Beaux-Arts style, using steel framing and masonry wall infill for its basic structure... More

City of Paris Dry Goods Company, Geary & Stockton Streets, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

City of Paris Dry Goods Company, Geary & Stockton Streets, San Francis...

Significance: The building was one of the earliest examples in San Francisco of a large commercial structure designed in the Beaux-Arts style, using steel framing and masonry wall infill for its basic structure... More

City of Paris Dry Goods Company, Geary & Stockton Streets, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

City of Paris Dry Goods Company, Geary & Stockton Streets, San Francis...

Significance: The building was one of the earliest examples in San Francisco of a large commercial structure designed in the Beaux-Arts style, using steel framing and masonry wall infill for its basic structure... More

City of Paris Dry Goods Company, Geary & Stockton Streets, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

City of Paris Dry Goods Company, Geary & Stockton Streets, San Francis...

Significance: The building was one of the earliest examples in San Francisco of a large commercial structure designed in the Beaux-Arts style, using steel framing and masonry wall infill for its basic structure... More

City of Paris Dry Goods Company, Geary & Stockton Streets, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

City of Paris Dry Goods Company, Geary & Stockton Streets, San Francis...

Significance: The building was one of the earliest examples in San Francisco of a large commercial structure designed in the Beaux-Arts style, using steel framing and masonry wall infill for its basic structure... More

City of Paris Dry Goods Company, Geary & Stockton Streets, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

City of Paris Dry Goods Company, Geary & Stockton Streets, San Francis...

Significance: The building was one of the earliest examples in San Francisco of a large commercial structure designed in the Beaux-Arts style, using steel framing and masonry wall infill for its basic structure... More

City of Paris Dry Goods Company, Geary & Stockton Streets, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

City of Paris Dry Goods Company, Geary & Stockton Streets, San Francis...

Significance: The building was one of the earliest examples in San Francisco of a large commercial structure designed in the Beaux-Arts style, using steel framing and masonry wall infill for its basic structure... More

Drumthwacket, Italianate Garden, 344 Stockton Street (U.S. Route 206), Princeton, Mercer County, NJ

Drumthwacket, Italianate Garden, 344 Stockton Street (U.S. Route 206),...

Significance: The Italianate Garden at Drumthwacket is an early example of a movement in garden design that existed in the United States at the turn of the century and lasted throughout World War I. This moveme... More

Ives Memorial Library, 133 Elm Street, New Haven, New Haven County, CT

Ives Memorial Library, 133 Elm Street, New Haven, New Haven County, CT

Significance: The Ives Memorial Building of the Free Public Library is New Haven's most important example of architecture and design influenced by the early twentieth century civic improvement, or "City Beautif... More

Ives Memorial Library, 133 Elm Street, New Haven, New Haven County, CT

Ives Memorial Library, 133 Elm Street, New Haven, New Haven County, CT

Significance: The Ives Memorial Building of the Free Public Library is New Haven's most important example of architecture and design influenced by the early twentieth century civic improvement, or "City Beautif... More

Ives Memorial Library, 133 Elm Street, New Haven, New Haven County, CT

Ives Memorial Library, 133 Elm Street, New Haven, New Haven County, CT

Significance: The Ives Memorial Building of the Free Public Library is New Haven's most important example of architecture and design influenced by the early twentieth century civic improvement, or "City Beautif... More

Ives Memorial Library, 133 Elm Street, New Haven, New Haven County, CT

Ives Memorial Library, 133 Elm Street, New Haven, New Haven County, CT

Significance: The Ives Memorial Building of the Free Public Library is New Haven's most important example of architecture and design influenced by the early twentieth century civic improvement, or "City Beautif... More

Heaviest Corner on Earth (Commercial), First Avenue, North & Twentieth (20th) Street, North, Birmingham, Jefferson County, AL

Heaviest Corner on Earth (Commercial), First Avenue, North & Twentieth...

Significance: The Heaviest Corner showcases both the Chicago and New York architectural traditions in the design of skyscrapers. Designed by important local architects in association with national firms (on th... More

Hudson County Courthouse, 583 Newark Avenue, Jersey City, Hudson County, NJ

Hudson County Courthouse, 583 Newark Avenue, Jersey City, Hudson Count...

Significance: The Hudson County Courthouse was completed and opened on September 20, 1910 at a cost of $3,328,016.56. It was designed by Hugh Roberts, architect, a native of Jersey City. The ground breaking was... More

International Exposition of 1876, Memorial Hall, Belmont Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

International Exposition of 1876, Memorial Hall, Belmont Avenue, Phila...

Significance: Historically, the structure was one of the significant buildings built for the 1876 Centennial Exposition. Architecturally, it was an early monumental building in the United States and one of Amer... More

International Exposition of 1876, Memorial Hall, Belmont Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

International Exposition of 1876, Memorial Hall, Belmont Avenue, Phila...

Significance: Historically, the structure was one of the significant buildings built for the 1876 Centennial Exposition. Architecturally, it was an early monumental building in the United States and one of Amer... More

International Exposition of 1876, Memorial Hall, Belmont Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

International Exposition of 1876, Memorial Hall, Belmont Avenue, Phila...

Significance: Historically, the structure was one of the significant buildings built for the 1876 Centennial Exposition. Architecturally, it was an early monumental building in the United States and one of Amer... More

International Exposition of 1876, Memorial Hall, Belmont Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

International Exposition of 1876, Memorial Hall, Belmont Avenue, Phila...

Significance: Historically, the structure was one of the significant buildings built for the 1876 Centennial Exposition. Architecturally, it was an early monumental building in the United States and one of Amer... More

International Exposition of 1876, Memorial Hall, Belmont Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

International Exposition of 1876, Memorial Hall, Belmont Avenue, Phila...

Significance: Historically, the structure was one of the significant buildings built for the 1876 Centennial Exposition. Architecturally, it was an early monumental building in the United States and one of Amer... More

The Woodlands, 4000 Woodlands Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

The Woodlands, 4000 Woodlands Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Count...

Previous structure names, Andrew Hamilton House & William Hamilton House, removed from name field due to more current research which revealed that Andrew Hamilton House was incorrect & William Hamilton House wa... More

The Woodlands, 4000 Woodlands Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

The Woodlands, 4000 Woodlands Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Count...

Previous structure names, Andrew Hamilton House & William Hamilton House, removed from name field due to more current research which revealed that Andrew Hamilton House was incorrect & William Hamilton House wa... More

The Woodlands, 4000 Woodlands Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

The Woodlands, 4000 Woodlands Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Count...

Previous structure names, Andrew Hamilton House & William Hamilton House, removed from name field due to more current research which revealed that Andrew Hamilton House was incorrect & William Hamilton House wa... More

The Woodlands, 4000 Woodlands Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

The Woodlands, 4000 Woodlands Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Count...

Previous structure names, Andrew Hamilton House & William Hamilton House, removed from name field due to more current research which revealed that Andrew Hamilton House was incorrect & William Hamilton House wa... More

The Woodlands, 4000 Woodlands Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

The Woodlands, 4000 Woodlands Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Count...

Previous structure names, Andrew Hamilton House & William Hamilton House, removed from name field due to more current research which revealed that Andrew Hamilton House was incorrect & William Hamilton House wa... More

The Woodlands, 4000 Woodlands Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

The Woodlands, 4000 Woodlands Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Count...

Previous structure names, Andrew Hamilton House & William Hamilton House, removed from name field due to more current research which revealed that Andrew Hamilton House was incorrect & William Hamilton House wa... More

The Woodlands, 4000 Woodlands Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

The Woodlands, 4000 Woodlands Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Count...

Previous structure names, Andrew Hamilton House & William Hamilton House, removed from name field due to more current research which revealed that Andrew Hamilton House was incorrect & William Hamilton House wa... More

The Woodlands, 4000 Woodlands Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

The Woodlands, 4000 Woodlands Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Count...

Previous structure names, Andrew Hamilton House & William Hamilton House, removed from name field due to more current research which revealed that Andrew Hamilton House was incorrect & William Hamilton House wa... More

The Woodlands, 4000 Woodlands Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

The Woodlands, 4000 Woodlands Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Count...

Previous structure names, Andrew Hamilton House & William Hamilton House, removed from name field due to more current research which revealed that Andrew Hamilton House was incorrect & William Hamilton House wa... More

Market Street Bridge, Spanning North Branch of Susquehanna River, Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne County, PA

Market Street Bridge, Spanning North Branch of Susquehanna River, Wilk...

Significance: The 1929 Market Street Bridge, the fourth and grandest structure to cross the Susquehanna River at this location, reflects the evolution of Wilkes-Barre from an 18th-century agricultural settlemen... More

Market Street Bridge, Spanning North Branch of Susquehanna River, Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne County, PA

Market Street Bridge, Spanning North Branch of Susquehanna River, Wilk...

Significance: The 1929 Market Street Bridge, the fourth and grandest structure to cross the Susquehanna River at this location, reflects the evolution of Wilkes-Barre from an 18th-century agricultural settlemen... More

Market Street Bridge, Spanning North Branch of Susquehanna River, Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne County, PA

Market Street Bridge, Spanning North Branch of Susquehanna River, Wilk...

Significance: The 1929 Market Street Bridge, the fourth and grandest structure to cross the Susquehanna River at this location, reflects the evolution of Wilkes-Barre from an 18th-century agricultural settlemen... More

Market Street Bridge, Spanning North Branch of Susquehanna River, Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne County, PA

Market Street Bridge, Spanning North Branch of Susquehanna River, Wilk...

Significance: The 1929 Market Street Bridge, the fourth and grandest structure to cross the Susquehanna River at this location, reflects the evolution of Wilkes-Barre from an 18th-century agricultural settlemen... More

Liberty Memorial, 100 West Twenty-sixth Street, Kansas City, Jackson County, MO

Liberty Memorial, 100 West Twenty-sixth Street, Kansas City, Jackson C...

Significance: Liberty Memorial vividly exemplifies the fulfillment of city planning concepts, combining monumentally scaled Beaux Arts Classicism envisioned by some of the nations most notable and diverse delin... More

Liberty Memorial, 100 West Twenty-sixth Street, Kansas City, Jackson County, MO

Liberty Memorial, 100 West Twenty-sixth Street, Kansas City, Jackson C...

Significance: Liberty Memorial vividly exemplifies the fulfillment of city planning concepts, combining monumentally scaled Beaux Arts Classicism envisioned by some of the nations most notable and diverse delin... More

Liberty Memorial, 100 West Twenty-sixth Street, Kansas City, Jackson County, MO

Liberty Memorial, 100 West Twenty-sixth Street, Kansas City, Jackson C...

Significance: Liberty Memorial vividly exemplifies the fulfillment of city planning concepts, combining monumentally scaled Beaux Arts Classicism envisioned by some of the nations most notable and diverse delin... More

Liberty Memorial, 100 West Twenty-sixth Street, Kansas City, Jackson County, MO

Liberty Memorial, 100 West Twenty-sixth Street, Kansas City, Jackson C...

Significance: Liberty Memorial vividly exemplifies the fulfillment of city planning concepts, combining monumentally scaled Beaux Arts Classicism envisioned by some of the nations most notable and diverse delin... More

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