635 & 637 D Street, Northwest (Commercial Building), Washington, Distr...
Significance: This building is a simple, unadorned brick commercial building of the late-nineteenth century. Permit information indicates that the building existed before 1879. Though there is little that is in... More
Twenty-first Street Northwest (1400 Block) (Houses), Washington, Distr...
Survey number: HABS DC-472 Public domain photograph of historic place in Washington DC, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Masonic Temple, F & Ninth Streets Northwest, Washington, District of C...
Significance: A post-Civil War fraternal and commercial building whose cornerstone-laying was honored by the presence of the President of the United States. This structure ranks among the most distinguished wo... More
812 F Street Northwest (Commercial Building), (previously recorded as ...
Significance: A post Civil War building illustrating the early commercial development of F Street. Survey number: HABS DC-213 Building/structure dates: ca. 1875 Initial Construction Building/structure dates:... More
600 Indiana Avenue Northwest (Commercial Building), Washington, Distri...
Significance: Built in 1928, these building originally had a drive-in gasoline station on the ground level. At present, a storefront has been installed and the space has been adapted to office use.... (Archit... More
Eliphalet H. Turner House, 731 Front Avenue Northwest, Grand Rapids, ...
Significance: A mid-19th century town house of Greek Revival type with an exceptionally fine entrance and a unique stair rail. / Date of construction: 1846. Architect: Gideon Colton. Stone. Rectangular with ... More
U.S. Military Academy, West Academic Building, Northwest corner of Bre...
Significance: The West Academic Building is the largest surviving 19th century building at the Academy. It was the first of the modern academic buildings at the Academy and foreshadowed the great architectural ... More
Castillo de San Felipe del Morro, Northwest end of San Juan, San Juan,...
Significance: This fort is one of the three defenses erected to protect Spain's first permanent colony in the present territory of the United States. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: ... More
PEPCO Power Station, 922 I Street Northwest, Washington, District of C...
Significance: This building's stone facade solid massing and decorative elements contribute to the significance of the design. The architect, Arthur B. Heaton was a prominent Washington Architect, and received... More
PEPCO Power Station, 922 I Street Northwest, Washington, District of C...
Significance: This building's stone facade solid massing and decorative elements contribute to the significance of the design. The architect, Arthur B. Heaton was a prominent Washington Architect, and received... More
PEPCO Power Station, 922 I Street Northwest, Washington, District of C...
Significance: This building's stone facade solid massing and decorative elements contribute to the significance of the design. The architect, Arthur B. Heaton was a prominent Washington Architect, and received... More
First Baptist Church of Georgetown, Twenty-Seventh Street Northwest, W...
Significance: This Church is the first Church of the Baptist denomination in Georgetown. It was founded in 1862 by former slave. Survey number: HABS DC-241 Building/structure dates: 1882 Initial Construction
Dumbarton Oaks, 3101 R Street, Northwest, Washington, District of Colu...
Significance: No other property combines mansion, collections, and gardens into such an aesthetically compelling early to mid-twentieth century vision of estate living in Georgetown. Starting with the Bliss's o... More
Grogan House, Northwest Side County Road, Middleton, Elbert County, GA
Significance: Built in the early 1870's by the Reverend John Henry Grogan, an itinerant Methodist minister, this house was of mortise and tenon construction. Known as the Grogan Home Place and owned by the Grog... More
Grogan House, Northwest Side County Road, Middleton, Elbert County, GA
Significance: Built in the early 1870's by the Reverend John Henry Grogan, an itinerant Methodist minister, this house was of mortise and tenon construction. Known as the Grogan Home Place and owned by the Grog... More
Grogan House, Northwest Side County Road, Middleton, Elbert County, GA
Significance: Built in the early 1870's by the Reverend John Henry Grogan, an itinerant Methodist minister, this house was of mortise and tenon construction. Known as the Grogan Home Place and owned by the Grog... More
Grogan House, Northwest Side County Road, Middleton, Elbert County, GA
Significance: Built in the early 1870's by the Reverend John Henry Grogan, an itinerant Methodist minister, this house was of mortise and tenon construction. Known as the Grogan Home Place and owned by the Grog... More
Hillyer Place, Between Q & R & Twentieth & Twenty-first Streets Northw...
Significance: Relatively undisturbed block of late 19th century rowhouses, presenting a well-maintained period streetscape. #2030 was the home of Washington architect Joseph Hornblower. Street named for Curti... More
St. Luke's Episcopal Church, Fifteenth & Church Streets Northwest, Was...
Significance: Tradition associates Calvin T.S. Brent (1854-1899), Washington's earliest known black architect, with the design of this church. St. Luke's rivals Mount Zion United Methodist Church in Georgetown... More
District of Columbia City Hall, 451 Indiana Avenue Northwest, Washingt...
Significance: For many years served as city hall for the District of Columbia and later served as U.S. courthouse and D.C. Superior Court. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-47 Sur... More
Twelfth Street YMCA Building, 1816 Twelfth Street Northwest, Washingto...
Significance: Designed for the black community by a black architect, W. Sidney Pittman, the costly and well-equipped YMCA became a vital community center. Organizations such as the NAACP, Negro Medical Aid Soci... More
Twelfth Street YMCA Building, 1816 Twelfth Street Northwest, Washingto...
Significance: Designed for the black community by a black architect, W. Sidney Pittman, the costly and well-equipped YMCA became a vital community center. Organizations such as the NAACP, Negro Medical Aid Soci... More
Twelfth Street YMCA Building, 1816 Twelfth Street Northwest, Washingto...
Significance: Designed for the black community by a black architect, W. Sidney Pittman, the costly and well-equipped YMCA became a vital community center. Organizations such as the NAACP, Negro Medical Aid Soci... More
Rose Hill Plantation House, 2.5 miles Northwest of intersection of U.S...
Significance: Exceptional example of antebellum Gothic Revival residential architecture. Believed to have been constructed for Dr. John Kirk and his wife Carolina c. 1858-60. Remained unfinished until c. 1946. ... More
St. Paul's Church, Northwest side Baden-Naylor Road, intersection with...
Significance: St. Paul's at Baden is the oldest church in Prince George's County, and one of only six churches extant from the colonial period. In May of 1692, the Governor's Council and the Maryland Assembly ... More
920-926 F Street, Northwest (Commercial Buildings), Washington, Distri...
Significance: The Schwartz Building at 920 F Street, NW was designed in 1911 by local architect Samuel R. Turner, and is a significant example of the Federal Revival style popular in Washington commercial archi... More
920-926 F Street, Northwest (Commercial Buildings), Washington, Distri...
Significance: The Schwartz Building at 920 F Street, NW was designed in 1911 by local architect Samuel R. Turner, and is a significant example of the Federal Revival style popular in Washington commercial archi... More
Vigilant Firehouse, 1066 Wisconsin Avenue Northwest, Washington, Distr...
Significance: One of the eldest firehouses standing in the District of Columbia. Started as a private fire company in 1817, the Vigilants built this structure on 10 August 1844 as the second firehouse on the s... More
John R. McLean House, 1500 I Street Northwest, Washington, District of...
Survey number: HABS DC-24 Building/structure dates: 1907 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1940 Demolished
First Evangelical Lutheran Church, County Road R-38 & Northwest 166 Av...
Significance: The building is an excellent example of a frugal and simple church built by an immigrant Norwegian pastor, Osmund Sheldahl, for his flock. It survives virtually in its original condition. Survey... More
First Evangelical Lutheran Church, County Road R-38 & Northwest 166 Av...
Significance: The building is an excellent example of a frugal and simple church built by an immigrant Norwegian pastor, Osmund Sheldahl, for his flock. It survives virtually in its original condition. Survey... More
Warder Building, 527 Ninth Street Northwest, Washington, District of C...
Significance: A late nineteenth century commercial building of interesting architectural character. Survey number: HABS DC-216 Building/structure dates: ca. 1890 Initial Construction Building/structure dat... More
1008-1010 F Street, Northwest (Commercial), Square 347, Washington, Di...
See HABS No. DC-800 for related documentation. Building incorporates a 1950s "Populuxe" aluminum facade. Significance: 1008-10 F Street, NW, is comprised of two adjacent 19th century buildings clad in a 1950s P... More
1008-1010 F Street, Northwest (Commercial), Square 347, Washington, Di...
See HABS No. DC-800 for related documentation. Building incorporates a 1950s "Populuxe" aluminum facade. Significance: 1008-10 F Street, NW, is comprised of two adjacent 19th century buildings clad in a 1950s P... More
Wheatley Town House, 3043 N Street Northwest, Washington, District of ...
Significance: 3043 N Street is a fine example of a large Victorian town house of the third quarter of the 19th Century. It possesses the grand living spaces, the lushness of ornament and the variety of fine de... More
3331 O Street, Northwest (House), Washington, District of Columbia, DC
Significance: This house is a good example of post-Civil War Second Empire-style domestic architecture, as seen in the intact Mansard roof. The house's architectural significance is further enhanced by the twen... More
Church of the Advocate, Northwest corner of Eighteenth & Diamond Stree...
Significance: It is the consummate example of French Gothic Revival architecture in America dating from late in the 19th century. While the sanctuary's unique form drawn from a variety of French sources is sign... More
Germond Crandell Building, 401-407 Seventh Street Northwest, Washingto...
Significance: A post-Civil War commercial building of interesting architectural design, illustrating the character of Seventh Street in the early days of its commercial development. Survey number: HABS DC-224... More
1908-1916 G Street Northwest (Row Houses), Washington, District of Col...
Survey number: HABS DC-404 Public domain photograph of historic place in Washington DC, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Adams Building, 816 F Street, Northwest, Washington, District of Colum...
Significance: A building illustrating the commercial development of F Street during the 1870's, of interesting architectural character. Survey number: HABS DC-214 Building/structure dates: 1878 Initial Construction
Adams Building, 816 F Street, Northwest, Washington, District of Colum...
Significance: A building illustrating the commercial development of F Street during the 1870's, of interesting architectural character. Survey number: HABS DC-214 Building/structure dates: 1878 Initial Construction
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...
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
Moravian Pottery & Tile Works, Southwest side of State Route 313 (Swam...
See also HAER PA-107 for additional documentation. Includes drawings, photographs & written data. Significance: Designed by anthropologist and antiquarian Henry Chapman Mercer as a factory to reproduce the deco... More
Sims House, 2803 M Street Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia,...
Significance: Formerly a dwelling house, this building has been converted to commercial use, yet it retains its gable roof and dormers and many of the original details above the first floor. Survey number: HA... More
St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, Langer Avenue & Third Street Northwest...
1999 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: Early services at Casselton, Dakota Territory, were conducted by Revered B.F. Cooley, a priest stationed at Fargo, who had attended the High Church Episcopal ... More
Wheatley Row, 3041-3045 N Street, Northwest, Washington, District of C...
Survey number: HABS DC-843 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 67000025
District Building, Fourteenth & E Streets Northwest (Southeast Corner)...
Significance: Has housed the municipal government of the District of Columbia, in its various forms, since the building's erection. Survey number: HABS DC-314 Building/structure dates: 1908 Initial Construction
Parson Thorne Mansion, 501 Northwest Front Street, Milford, Sussex Cou...
Significance: This house, clearly altered in the late nineteenth century, features exquisite Georgian paneling on the interior. An early owner was Rev. Sydenham Thorne, a co-founder of the town of Milford and ... More
Leonard Mackall House, 1686 Thirty-Fourth Street, Northwest, Washingto...
Significance: The Leonard Mackall House derives its primary significance as a prominently sited Second Empire-style house incorporating a smaller characteristic tension in Georgetown houses between the main nor... More
Main Store, 3520 196th Street Northwest, Alderwood Manor, Snohomish Co...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N348 Survey number: HABS WA-225
Main Store, 3520 196th Street Northwest, Alderwood Manor, Snohomish Co...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N348 Survey number: HABS WA-225
67th, 87th & 138th Regiments Pennsylvania Volunteers Monument, Araby C...
Survey number: HABS MD-1056 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000908
Grace Protestant Episcopal Church, 1041 Wisconsin Avenue Northwest, Wa...
Significance: The "child" of two early existing Georgetown Episcopal Parishes, the Grace Parish was founded din 1855 as a mission church for boatmen and workers form the adjacent C & O Canal. With the financia... More
Woodrow Wilson House, 2340 South S Street, Northwest, Washington, Dist...
For additional documentation, see also HALS DC-133 (Woodrow Wilson House, Garden Parterre) Significance: The Woodraw Wilson House was the Home of Thomas Woodrow Wilson 28th president of the United States from t... More
Naval Supply Annex Stockton, Locomotive Crane & Machine Shop, Northwes...
Significance: Building 816B is a contributing element of the Naval Supply Annex Stockton Historic District. The historic district was determined eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places... More
1333 N Street, Northwest (Rowhouse), Washington, District of Columbia,...
Significance: 1333 N Street, NW, was designed by architect C.A. Didden in 1883 as one of a block of four identical brick rowhouses constructed for landowner A. Heitmuller. (See HABS DC-784, HABS DC-785, and HAB... More
Christ Church (Episcopal), 3116 O Street Northwest, Washington, Distri...
Significance: Christ Church was founded in 1817 by a small group of prominent Georgetown citizens. Throughout the nineteenth century, many of Georgetown's business-men, merchants and government officials worsh... More
Iglesia San Mateo de Cangrejos, Northwest of Calle San Jorge at Calle ...
Significance: The old rectory adjacent to Iglesia San Mateo de Congrejos was used as headquarters by General Abercromby during the 1797 British attacks on San Juan. Easily identified by its two short square tow... More
Iglesia San Mateo de Cangrejos, Northwest of Calle San Jorge at Calle ...
Significance: The old rectory adjacent to Iglesia San Mateo de Congrejos was used as headquarters by General Abercromby during the 1797 British attacks on San Juan. Easily identified by its two short square tow... More
Naval Supply Annex Stockton, Railroad Repair Yard Shed, Northwest of i...
Significance: Building 916B is a contributing element of the Naval Supply Annex Stockton Historic District. The historic district was determined eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places... More
1009 E Street, Northwest (Commercial), Square 347, Washington, Distric...
Significance: Designed in 1886 by noted architect J.G. Myers, this altered brick building retains its identity as a typical single-family Washington rowhouse constructed during the late 19th century. 1009 E Str... More
Edward Abner Building, 413-415 Ninth Street, Northwest, Washington, Di...
Significance: The applied metal ornament on the upper floors of the facade make this building unusual and architecturally significant. Survey number: HABS DC-522 Building/structure dates: 1879 Initial Construction
Edward Abner Building, 413-415 Ninth Street, Northwest, Washington, Di...
Significance: The applied metal ornament on the upper floors of the facade make this building unusual and architecturally significant. Survey number: HABS DC-522 Building/structure dates: 1879 Initial Construction
Washington Monument, High ground West of Fifteenth Street, Northwest, ...
See also HAER DC-5 for additional documentation. Significance: Built to commemorate the first president of the United States, the monument has also become a hallowed symbol of the nation's government and the ci... More
Washington Monument, High ground West of Fifteenth Street, Northwest, ...
See also HAER DC-5 for additional documentation. Significance: Built to commemorate the first president of the United States, the monument has also become a hallowed symbol of the nation's government and the ci... More
Washington Monument, High ground West of Fifteenth Street, Northwest, ...
See also HAER DC-5 for additional documentation. Significance: Built to commemorate the first president of the United States, the monument has also become a hallowed symbol of the nation's government and the ci... More
Washington Monument, High ground West of Fifteenth Street, Northwest, ...
See also HAER DC-5 for additional documentation. Significance: Built to commemorate the first president of the United States, the monument has also become a hallowed symbol of the nation's government and the ci... More
Washington Monument, High ground West of Fifteenth Street, Northwest, ...
See also HAER DC-5 for additional documentation. Significance: Built to commemorate the first president of the United States, the monument has also become a hallowed symbol of the nation's government and the ci... More
Washington Monument, High ground West of Fifteenth Street, Northwest, ...
See also HAER DC-5 for additional documentation. Significance: Built to commemorate the first president of the United States, the monument has also become a hallowed symbol of the nation's government and the ci... More
Washington Monument, High ground West of Fifteenth Street, Northwest, ...
See also HAER DC-5 for additional documentation. Significance: Built to commemorate the first president of the United States, the monument has also become a hallowed symbol of the nation's government and the ci... More
Washington Monument, High ground West of Fifteenth Street, Northwest, ...
See also HAER DC-5 for additional documentation. Significance: Built to commemorate the first president of the United States, the monument has also become a hallowed symbol of the nation's government and the ci... More
Washington Monument, High ground West of Fifteenth Street, Northwest, ...
See also HAER DC-5 for additional documentation. Significance: Built to commemorate the first president of the United States, the monument has also become a hallowed symbol of the nation's government and the ci... More
Washington Monument, High ground West of Fifteenth Street, Northwest, ...
See also HAER DC-5 for additional documentation. Significance: Built to commemorate the first president of the United States, the monument has also become a hallowed symbol of the nation's government and the ci... More
Washington Monument, High ground West of Fifteenth Street, Northwest, ...
See also HAER DC-5 for additional documentation. Significance: Built to commemorate the first president of the United States, the monument has also become a hallowed symbol of the nation's government and the ci... More
Washington Monument, High ground West of Fifteenth Street, Northwest, ...
See also HAER DC-5 for additional documentation. Significance: Built to commemorate the first president of the United States, the monument has also become a hallowed symbol of the nation's government and the ci... More
Octagon House, 1799 (1741) New York Avenue, Northwest, Washington, Dis...
Location of the signing of the Treaty of Ghent. 2004 Charles E. Peterson Prize, First Place Significance: Excellent and innovative example of Federal style domestic architecture. Served as Executive Mansion fo... More
Octagon House, 1799 (1741) New York Avenue, Northwest, Washington, Dis...
Location of the signing of the Treaty of Ghent. 2004 Charles E. Peterson Prize, First Place Significance: Excellent and innovative example of Federal style domestic architecture. Served as Executive Mansion fo... More
Octagon House, 1799 (1741) New York Avenue, Northwest, Washington, Dis...
Location of the signing of the Treaty of Ghent. 2004 Charles E. Peterson Prize, First Place Significance: Excellent and innovative example of Federal style domestic architecture. Served as Executive Mansion fo... More
Octagon House, 1799 (1741) New York Avenue, Northwest, Washington, Dis...
Location of the signing of the Treaty of Ghent. 2004 Charles E. Peterson Prize, First Place Significance: Excellent and innovative example of Federal style domestic architecture. Served as Executive Mansion fo... More
Octagon House, 1799 (1741) New York Avenue, Northwest, Washington, Dis...
Location of the signing of the Treaty of Ghent. 2004 Charles E. Peterson Prize, First Place Significance: Excellent and innovative example of Federal style domestic architecture. Served as Executive Mansion fo... More
Octagon House, 1799 (1741) New York Avenue, Northwest, Washington, Dis...
Location of the signing of the Treaty of Ghent. 2004 Charles E. Peterson Prize, First Place Significance: Excellent and innovative example of Federal style domestic architecture. Served as Executive Mansion fo... More
Octagon House, 1799 (1741) New York Avenue, Northwest, Washington, Dis...
Location of the signing of the Treaty of Ghent. 2004 Charles E. Peterson Prize, First Place Significance: Excellent and innovative example of Federal style domestic architecture. Served as Executive Mansion fo... More
Octagon House, 1799 (1741) New York Avenue, Northwest, Washington, Dis...
Location of the signing of the Treaty of Ghent. 2004 Charles E. Peterson Prize, First Place Significance: Excellent and innovative example of Federal style domestic architecture. Served as Executive Mansion fo... More
Octagon House, 1799 (1741) New York Avenue, Northwest, Washington, Dis...
Location of the signing of the Treaty of Ghent. 2004 Charles E. Peterson Prize, First Place Significance: Excellent and innovative example of Federal style domestic architecture. Served as Executive Mansion fo... More
Octagon House, 1799 (1741) New York Avenue, Northwest, Washington, Dis...
Location of the signing of the Treaty of Ghent. 2004 Charles E. Peterson Prize, First Place Significance: Excellent and innovative example of Federal style domestic architecture. Served as Executive Mansion fo... More
Octagon House, 1799 (1741) New York Avenue, Northwest, Washington, Dis...
Location of the signing of the Treaty of Ghent. 2004 Charles E. Peterson Prize, First Place Significance: Excellent and innovative example of Federal style domestic architecture. Served as Executive Mansion fo... More
Octagon House, 1799 (1741) New York Avenue, Northwest, Washington, Dis...
Location of the signing of the Treaty of Ghent. 2004 Charles E. Peterson Prize, First Place Significance: Excellent and innovative example of Federal style domestic architecture. Served as Executive Mansion fo... More
Octagon House, 1799 (1741) New York Avenue, Northwest, Washington, Dis...
Location of the signing of the Treaty of Ghent. 2004 Charles E. Peterson Prize, First Place Significance: Excellent and innovative example of Federal style domestic architecture. Served as Executive Mansion fo... More
Dumbarton Oaks Park, Thirty-second & R Streets Northwest, Washington, ...
See also HALS DC-13 for related documentation. Significance: Dumbarton Oaks Park is not a native woods; rather, it was designed as a ''naturalistic" landscape in the pastoral landscape tradition to include the ... More
Dumbarton Oaks Park, Thirty-second & R Streets Northwest, Washington, ...
See also HALS DC-13 for related documentation. Significance: Dumbarton Oaks Park is not a native woods; rather, it was designed as a ''naturalistic" landscape in the pastoral landscape tradition to include the ... More
Dumbarton Oaks Park, Thirty-second & R Streets Northwest, Washington, ...
See also HALS DC-13 for related documentation. Significance: Dumbarton Oaks Park is not a native woods; rather, it was designed as a ''naturalistic" landscape in the pastoral landscape tradition to include the ... More
Dumbarton Oaks Park, Thirty-second & R Streets Northwest, Washington, ...
See also HALS DC-13 for related documentation. Significance: Dumbarton Oaks Park is not a native woods; rather, it was designed as a ''naturalistic" landscape in the pastoral landscape tradition to include the ... More
Dumbarton Oaks Park, Thirty-second & R Streets Northwest, Washington, ...
See also HALS DC-13 for related documentation. Significance: Dumbarton Oaks Park is not a native woods; rather, it was designed as a ''naturalistic" landscape in the pastoral landscape tradition to include the ... More
Dumbarton Oaks Park, Thirty-second & R Streets Northwest, Washington, ...
See also HALS DC-13 for related documentation. Significance: Dumbarton Oaks Park is not a native woods; rather, it was designed as a ''naturalistic" landscape in the pastoral landscape tradition to include the ... More
Dumbarton Oaks Park, Thirty-second & R Streets Northwest, Washington, ...
See also HALS DC-13 for related documentation. Significance: Dumbarton Oaks Park is not a native woods; rather, it was designed as a ''naturalistic" landscape in the pastoral landscape tradition to include the ... More
Hay-Adams Hotel, 800 Sixteenth Street, Northwest, Washington, District...
Survey number: HABS DC-534 Public domain photograph of architecture design, diagram, drawing, building plan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Cairo Hotel, 1615 Q Street Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia...
Significance: The tallest private building in the city, its 165' height led to the imposition of height restrictions in 1910. Exhibits interesting use of Eastern/Art Nouveau decorative motifs. Survey number... More
American Mosaic Company Building, 912 I Street Northwest, Washington, ...
Significance: This building is an exceptionally imposing and refined example of an 1860's Washington row house. The building was remolded, and given a number of ornaments by the long term occupant, the America... More
Jeremiah Williams House, 3035 Dumbarton Street, Northwest, Washington,...
Significance: The Jeremiah Williams House is outstanding example of the mid-nineteenth century picturesque architectural style made popular by A.J. Downing and A.J. Davis through their publications and projects... More