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Free Library of Philadelphia, Falls of Schuylkill Branch, 3501 Midvale Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Free Library of Philadelphia, Falls of Schuylkill Branch, 3501 Midvale...

Significance: Completed in 1913, the Falls of the Schuylkill Branch of the Free Library of Philadelphia was one of twenty-five branch libraries built through an endowment from industrialist-turned-philanthropis... More

Free Library of Philadelphia, Falls of Schuylkill Branch, 3501 Midvale Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Free Library of Philadelphia, Falls of Schuylkill Branch, 3501 Midvale...

Significance: Completed in 1913, the Falls of the Schuylkill Branch of the Free Library of Philadelphia was one of twenty-five branch libraries built through an endowment from industrialist-turned-philanthropis... More

National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, Mountain Branch, Lamont Street & Veterans Way, Johnson City, Washington County, TN

National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, Mountain Branch, Lamont...

For additional documentation, see HAER TN-1 & HAER TN-1-A Significance: The Mountain Branch of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers (NHDVS) was built between 1901 and 1905. The NHDVS was a federal... More

World War I Monument, Memorial Square, Providence, Providence County, RI

World War I Monument, Memorial Square, Providence, Providence County, ...

Significance: The World War I Monument (1929), designed by noted architect Paul P. Cret and sculpted by Carl P. Jennewien, reflects the late 1920's popularity of Greek Revivalism in the use of a Doric column as... More

Walnut-Dollison Historic District, Jewell-Baldwin House, 913 East Walnut Street, Springfield, Greene County, MO

Walnut-Dollison Historic District, Jewell-Baldwin House, 913 East Waln...

Significance: Built in 1902-03 by speculator J.B. Montgomery, this 2-1/2 story frame house was first occupied by newspaperman Harry S. Jewell, owner of the Springfield Leader. In 1916 it was sold to Winfred M. ... 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

Free Library of Philadelphia, Cobbs Creek Branch, 5800 Cobbs Creek Parkway, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Free Library of Philadelphia, Cobbs Creek Branch, 5800 Cobbs Creek Par...

Significance: Completed in 1925, the Cobbs Creek Branch of the Free Library of Philadelphia was the next to last of twenty-five branch libraries built through an endowment from industrialist-turned-philanthropi... More

Tucker Building, 1516 Jefferson Street & 595 Sixteenth Street, Oakland, Alameda County, CA

Tucker Building, 1516 Jefferson Street & 595 Sixteenth Street, Oakland...

Significance: This building is a contributing structure to the Oakland Downtown district. The Oakland Cultural Heritage Survey describes the district as, "...an architecturally, historically, and functionally ... 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

West Virginia Capitol, 1800 Washington Street, East, Charleston, Kanawha County, WV

West Virginia Capitol, 1800 Washington Street, East, Charleston, Kanaw...

Significance: The last in the long series of domes beaux-arts state capitols built in America, this late work of the distinguished architect Cass Gilbert, assisted by his son, is notable for its restrained neo-... 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

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

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

Indianapolis City Hall, 202 North Alabama, Indianapolis, Marion County, IN

Indianapolis City Hall, 202 North Alabama, Indianapolis, Marion County...

Significance: At the time of its construction, City Hall symbolized the "coming of age" of Indianapolis as a major Midwestern metropolis. Before its construction, city government had been homeless, leasing off... 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

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

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

[Meriwether Lewis, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right]

[Meriwether Lewis, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right]

Title devised by Library staff, other information from Miles. Trimmed to image. Dexter, 420. Published in: Saint-Mémin and the Neoclassical profile portrait in America / Ellen G. Miles. Washington, D.C. : Natio... 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

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

Baltimore Union Station, Driveways, North of Jones Falls Expressway, between Charles Street & Saint Paul Street, Baltimore, Independent City, MD

Baltimore Union Station, Driveways, North of Jones Falls Expressway, b...

Significance: The Baltimore Union Station Driveways are an intrinsic component of a notable early twentieth century Beaux-Arts monument. Designed by New York architect Kenneth W. Murchison, Baltimore Union Sta... More

Baltimore Union Station, Driveways, North of Jones Falls Expressway, between Charles Street & Saint Paul Street, Baltimore, Independent City, MD

Baltimore Union Station, Driveways, North of Jones Falls Expressway, b...

Significance: The Baltimore Union Station Driveways are an intrinsic component of a notable early twentieth century Beaux-Arts monument. Designed by New York architect Kenneth W. Murchison, Baltimore Union Sta... More

Baltimore Union Station, Driveways, North of Jones Falls Expressway, between Charles Street & Saint Paul Street, Baltimore, Independent City, MD

Baltimore Union Station, Driveways, North of Jones Falls Expressway, b...

Significance: The Baltimore Union Station Driveways are an intrinsic component of a notable early twentieth century Beaux-Arts monument. Designed by New York architect Kenneth W. Murchison, Baltimore Union Sta... 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

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

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

Gilroy Free Public Library, 195 Fifth Street, Gilroy, Santa Clara County, CA

Gilroy Free Public Library, 195 Fifth Street, Gilroy, Santa Clara Coun...

Significance: A good example of an early 20th-century Beaux-Arts-classical small town Carnegie Library, the building served its original purpose from 1910 until 1975. In 1976 it was entirely occupied by the lo... More

Thirty-Second Street Baptist Church, 518 Thirty-second Street, South, Birmingham, Jefferson County, AL

Thirty-Second Street Baptist Church, 518 Thirty-second Street, South, ...

Significance: The Thirty-Second Street Baptist Church was organized in the early 20th Century as the Rising Star Baptist Church. Since 1910, the church has been located on 32nd Street (Lots 23 and 24 in Block 4... 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

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

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

Louisiana State University, Livestock Judging Pavilion, Louisiana State University, Tower Drive, Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, LA

Louisiana State University, Livestock Judging Pavilion, Louisiana Stat...

1989 Charles E. Peterson Prize, First Place Significance: The LSU Livestock Judging Pavilion was constructed in 1923 at a cost of $62,000. It was one of the first group of 21 buildings built on the campus, all... More

Louisiana State University, Livestock Judging Pavilion, Louisiana State University, Tower Drive, Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, LA

Louisiana State University, Livestock Judging Pavilion, Louisiana Stat...

1989 Charles E. Peterson Prize, First Place Significance: The LSU Livestock Judging Pavilion was constructed in 1923 at a cost of $62,000. It was one of the first group of 21 buildings built on the campus, all... More

John A. G. Davis House, 1201 Jefferson Street, Charlottesville, Charlottesville, Virginia

John A. G. Davis House, 1201 Jefferson Street, Charlottesville, Charlo...

1993 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: The John A.G. Davis House, one of two houses located on the estate known as The Farm, stands today as a landmark of the rich history of Charlottesville, Virgi... More

John A. G. Davis House, 1201 Jefferson Street, Charlottesville, Charlottesville, Virginia

John A. G. Davis House, 1201 Jefferson Street, Charlottesville, Charlo...

1993 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: The John A.G. Davis House, one of two houses located on the estate known as The Farm, stands today as a landmark of the rich history of Charlottesville, Virgi... 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

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

Dimling-Bolan Building, 428 Wood Street, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA

Dimling-Bolan Building, 428 Wood Street, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County,...

Significance: The Dimling-Bolan Building is a rare example of a commercial building designed in the Beaux Arts style in downtown Pittsburgh. After first housing a German restaurant, it housed Dimling's Candy C... 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

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

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

[Caesar Augustus Rodney, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right]

[Caesar Augustus Rodney, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right]

Title devised by Library staff, other information from Miles. Trimmed to image. Dexter, 28 Published in: Saint-Mémin and the Neoclassical profile portrait in America / Ellen G. Miles. Washington, D.C. : Nationa... 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

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

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

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

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

Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Wilderman Hall, Johnson Lane, north side adjacent to (south of) Hospital Complex, Vallejo, Solano County, CA

Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Wilderman Hall, Johnson Lane, north side a...

Significance: Building 926 is a contributing element of the Mare Island Historic District. Building 926 is significant architecturally as the most refined and successful Mission Revival building at Mare Island... More

Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Wilderman Hall, Johnson Lane, north side adjacent to (south of) Hospital Complex, Vallejo, Solano County, CA

Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Wilderman Hall, Johnson Lane, north side a...

Significance: Building 926 is a contributing element of the Mare Island Historic District. Building 926 is significant architecturally as the most refined and successful Mission Revival building at Mare Island... More

Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Wilderman Hall, Johnson Lane, north side adjacent to (south of) Hospital Complex, Vallejo, Solano County, CA

Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Wilderman Hall, Johnson Lane, north side a...

Significance: Building 926 is a contributing element of the Mare Island Historic District. Building 926 is significant architecturally as the most refined and successful Mission Revival building at Mare Island... More

Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Wilderman Hall, Johnson Lane, north side adjacent to (south of) Hospital Complex, Vallejo, Solano County, CA

Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Wilderman Hall, Johnson Lane, north side a...

Significance: Building 926 is a contributing element of the Mare Island Historic District. Building 926 is significant architecturally as the most refined and successful Mission Revival building at Mare Island... More

Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Wilderman Hall, Johnson Lane, north side adjacent to (south of) Hospital Complex, Vallejo, Solano County, CA

Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Wilderman Hall, Johnson Lane, north side a...

Significance: Building 926 is a contributing element of the Mare Island Historic District. Building 926 is significant architecturally as the most refined and successful Mission Revival building at Mare Island... 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

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