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[Exterior of the Octagon House, Washington, D.C.]

[Exterior of the Octagon House, Washington, D.C.]

Picryl description: Public domain image of a residential building, house, 19th-20th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Belle School, (East Caln Township), Downingtown, Chester County, PA

Belle School, (East Caln Township), Downingtown, Chester County, PA

Survey number: HABS PA-168 Building/structure dates: 1818 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: after. 1900- before. 1950 Demolished

Edward Langworthy House, 1095 West Third Street, Dubuque, Dubuque County, IA

Edward Langworthy House, 1095 West Third Street, Dubuque, Dubuque Coun...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-6 Survey number: HABS IA-30-14

Edward Langworthy House, 1095 West Third Street, Dubuque, Dubuque County, IA

Edward Langworthy House, 1095 West Third Street, Dubuque, Dubuque Coun...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-6 Survey number: HABS IA-30-14

Abijah Thomas House, Thomas Bridge Road, Marion, Smyth County, Virginia

Abijah Thomas House, Thomas Bridge Road, Marion, Smyth County, Virgini...

Significance: Abijah Thomas, a man of rare vision and enterprise, was the foremost industrialist of Smyth County before the Civil War. His developments of the iron industry in mines, furnaces, and foundries al... More

Granite Hill Plantation, Provision House, South side of State Route 16, 1.3 miles northeast of Sparta, Sparta, Hancock County, GA

Granite Hill Plantation, Provision House, South side of State Route 16...

Significance: Granite Hill Plantation historically consisted of 1,547 acres amassed by Andrew Jackson Lane, a wealthy Hancock County planter. The plantation was one of the largest in the county and is associat... More

Granite Hill Plantation, Provision House, South side of State Route 16, 1.3 miles northeast of Sparta, Sparta, Hancock County, GA

Granite Hill Plantation, Provision House, South side of State Route 16...

Significance: Granite Hill Plantation historically consisted of 1,547 acres amassed by Andrew Jackson Lane, a wealthy Hancock County planter. The plantation was one of the largest in the county and is associat... More

Old Farmers' Market, West Old & Rock Streets, Petersburg, Petersburg, Virginia

Old Farmers' Market, West Old & Rock Streets, Petersburg, Petersburg, ...

Significance: This octagonal building stands on land given to the Town of Petersburg in 1806 by Robert Bolling, an affluent early merchant, in trust, always to be used as a market site. Erected in 1878-1879, t... More

Cape Cod Windmill, Samoset Road (moved from Plymouth to Truro to Eastham, MA), Eastham, Barnstable County, MA

Cape Cod Windmill, Samoset Road (moved from Plymouth to Truro to Easth...

Survey number: HABS MA-2-21 Building/structure dates: 1793 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 99000560

Stone Octagon House, Lena, Stephenson County, IL

Stone Octagon House, Lena, Stephenson County, IL

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-162 Survey number: HABS IL-179

Stone Octagon House, Lena, Stephenson County, IL

Stone Octagon House, Lena, Stephenson County, IL

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-162 Survey number: HABS IL-179

Stone Octagon House, Lena, Stephenson County, IL

Stone Octagon House, Lena, Stephenson County, IL

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-162 Survey number: HABS IL-179

National Park Seminary, Chapel, Linden Lane, Silver Spring, Montgomery County, MD

National Park Seminary, Chapel, Linden Lane, Silver Spring, Montgomery...

Significance: The chapel was one of the first buildings constructed on the campus. Its rustic, shingle-style form complimented the Queen Anne inn and the natural surroundings. The structure's bell tower, stai... More

National Park Seminary, Chapel, Linden Lane, Silver Spring, Montgomery County, MD

National Park Seminary, Chapel, Linden Lane, Silver Spring, Montgomery...

Significance: The chapel was one of the first buildings constructed on the campus. Its rustic, shingle-style form complimented the Queen Anne inn and the natural surroundings. The structure's bell tower, stai... More

Fairmount Waterworks, Aquarium Drive, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Fairmount Waterworks, Aquarium Drive, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Count...

See also HAER PA-51 for additional documentation. Survey number: HABS PA-1654 Building/structure dates: 1814-1815 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1821-1822 Subsequent Work Building/structure d... More

Octagon House, Mendota, La Salle County, IL

Octagon House, Mendota, La Salle County, IL

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-156 Survey number: HABS IL-180 Building/structure dates: ca. 1853 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: ca. 19t1 Subsequent Work

Magazine, 103 Duke of Gloucester Street, Williamsburg, Williamsburg, Virginia

Magazine, 103 Duke of Gloucester Street, Williamsburg, Williamsburg, V...

Public domain photo of a monument, historic place, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Magazine, 103 Duke of Gloucester Street, Williamsburg, Williamsburg, Virginia

Magazine, 103 Duke of Gloucester Street, Williamsburg, Williamsburg, V...

Public domain photograph of stairs, steps, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Leete-Griswold House, 21 Petticoat Lane, Guilford, New Haven County, CT

Leete-Griswold House, 21 Petticoat Lane, Guilford, New Haven County, C...

Survey number: HABS CT-234 Public domain photograph of architecture design, diagram, drawing, building plan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

George Stoudt House, Eight Cornered House Road (Penn Township), Mount Pleasant, Berks County, PA

George Stoudt House, Eight Cornered House Road (Penn Township), Mount ...

Significance: This structure is an excellent example of the octagon craze which swept American building in the middle of the nineteenth century. It is particularly notable for being the midst of a Pennsylvania ... More

Watkins Mill, County Highway MM, Lawson, Ray County, MO

Watkins Mill, County Highway MM, Lawson, Ray County, MO

Significance: The Watkins (Woolen) Mill contains the finest collection of mid-19th century textile machinery in situ in North America and includes some of the most significant textile artifacts known to survive... More

Watkins Mill, County Highway MM, Lawson, Ray County, MO

Watkins Mill, County Highway MM, Lawson, Ray County, MO

Significance: The Watkins (Woolen) Mill contains the finest collection of mid-19th century textile machinery in situ in North America and includes some of the most significant textile artifacts known to survive... More

Watkins Mill, County Highway MM, Lawson, Ray County, MO

Watkins Mill, County Highway MM, Lawson, Ray County, MO

Significance: The Watkins (Woolen) Mill contains the finest collection of mid-19th century textile machinery in situ in North America and includes some of the most significant textile artifacts known to survive... More

Watkins Mill, County Highway MM, Lawson, Ray County, MO

Watkins Mill, County Highway MM, Lawson, Ray County, MO

Significance: The Watkins (Woolen) Mill contains the finest collection of mid-19th century textile machinery in situ in North America and includes some of the most significant textile artifacts known to survive... More

Fairmount Waterworks, East bank of Schuylkill River, Aquarium Drive, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Fairmount Waterworks, East bank of Schuylkill River, Aquarium Drive, P...

See also HABS PA-1654 for additional documentation. Significance: The Fairmount Water Works is perhaps the premier example of early nineteenth-century American industrial architecture. It was built to supply P... More

Fairmount Waterworks, East bank of Schuylkill River, Aquarium Drive, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Fairmount Waterworks, East bank of Schuylkill River, Aquarium Drive, P...

See also HABS PA-1654 for additional documentation. Significance: The Fairmount Water Works is perhaps the premier example of early nineteenth-century American industrial architecture. It was built to supply P... More

Fairmount Waterworks, East bank of Schuylkill River, Aquarium Drive, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Fairmount Waterworks, East bank of Schuylkill River, Aquarium Drive, P...

See also HABS PA-1654 for additional documentation. Significance: The Fairmount Water Works is perhaps the premier example of early nineteenth-century American industrial architecture. It was built to supply P... More

Fairmount Waterworks, East bank of Schuylkill River, Aquarium Drive, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Fairmount Waterworks, East bank of Schuylkill River, Aquarium Drive, P...

See also HABS PA-1654 for additional documentation. Significance: The Fairmount Water Works is perhaps the premier example of early nineteenth-century American industrial architecture. It was built to supply P... More

Fairmount Waterworks, East bank of Schuylkill River, Aquarium Drive, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Fairmount Waterworks, East bank of Schuylkill River, Aquarium Drive, P...

See also HABS PA-1654 for additional documentation. Significance: The Fairmount Water Works is perhaps the premier example of early nineteenth-century American industrial architecture. It was built to supply P... More

Fairmount Waterworks, East bank of Schuylkill River, Aquarium Drive, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Fairmount Waterworks, East bank of Schuylkill River, Aquarium Drive, P...

See also HABS PA-1654 for additional documentation. Significance: The Fairmount Water Works is perhaps the premier example of early nineteenth-century American industrial architecture. It was built to supply P... More

Fairmount Waterworks, East bank of Schuylkill River, Aquarium Drive, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Fairmount Waterworks, East bank of Schuylkill River, Aquarium Drive, P...

See also HABS PA-1654 for additional documentation. Significance: The Fairmount Water Works is perhaps the premier example of early nineteenth-century American industrial architecture. It was built to supply P... More

Fairmount Waterworks, East bank of Schuylkill River, Aquarium Drive, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Fairmount Waterworks, East bank of Schuylkill River, Aquarium Drive, P...

See also HABS PA-1654 for additional documentation. Significance: The Fairmount Water Works is perhaps the premier example of early nineteenth-century American industrial architecture. It was built to supply P... More

Fairmount Waterworks, East bank of Schuylkill River, Aquarium Drive, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Fairmount Waterworks, East bank of Schuylkill River, Aquarium Drive, P...

See also HABS PA-1654 for additional documentation. Significance: The Fairmount Water Works is perhaps the premier example of early nineteenth-century American industrial architecture. It was built to supply P... More

Fairmount Waterworks, East bank of Schuylkill River, Aquarium Drive, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Fairmount Waterworks, East bank of Schuylkill River, Aquarium Drive, P...

See also HABS PA-1654 for additional documentation. Significance: The Fairmount Water Works is perhaps the premier example of early nineteenth-century American industrial architecture. It was built to supply P... More

Fairmount Waterworks, East bank of Schuylkill River, Aquarium Drive, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Fairmount Waterworks, East bank of Schuylkill River, Aquarium Drive, P...

See also HABS PA-1654 for additional documentation. Significance: The Fairmount Water Works is perhaps the premier example of early nineteenth-century American industrial architecture. It was built to supply P... More

Fairmount Waterworks, East bank of Schuylkill River, Aquarium Drive, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Fairmount Waterworks, East bank of Schuylkill River, Aquarium Drive, P...

See also HABS PA-1654 for additional documentation. Significance: The Fairmount Water Works is perhaps the premier example of early nineteenth-century American industrial architecture. It was built to supply P... More

Fairmount Waterworks, East bank of Schuylkill River, Aquarium Drive, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Fairmount Waterworks, East bank of Schuylkill River, Aquarium Drive, P...

See also HABS PA-1654 for additional documentation. Significance: The Fairmount Water Works is perhaps the premier example of early nineteenth-century American industrial architecture. It was built to supply P... More

Fairmount Waterworks, East bank of Schuylkill River, Aquarium Drive, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Fairmount Waterworks, East bank of Schuylkill River, Aquarium Drive, P...

See also HABS PA-1654 for additional documentation. Significance: The Fairmount Water Works is perhaps the premier example of early nineteenth-century American industrial architecture. It was built to supply P... More

Fairmount Waterworks, East bank of Schuylkill River, Aquarium Drive, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Fairmount Waterworks, East bank of Schuylkill River, Aquarium Drive, P...

See also HABS PA-1654 for additional documentation. Significance: The Fairmount Water Works is perhaps the premier example of early nineteenth-century American industrial architecture. It was built to supply P... More

National Park Seminary, Dutch Windmill, 2750 Dewitt Circle, Silver Spring, Montgomery County, MD

National Park Seminary, Dutch Windmill, 2750 Dewitt Circle, Silver Spr...

Significance: The Windmill is one of eight whimsical clubhouses constructed during Cassedy's early building campaign. It is an important component of NPS' eclectic campus plan that was designed to introduce a ... More

Lakeview Pumping Station, Clarendon & Montrose Avenues, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Lakeview Pumping Station, Clarendon & Montrose Avenues, Chicago, Cook ...

Significance: The station supplied a large portion of Chicago's water needs throughout the first half of the 20th century. Equipment at the site included 3 Nordberg pumping engines and a Bethlehem Steel Co. pu... More

Lakeview Pumping Station, Clarendon & Montrose Avenues, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Lakeview Pumping Station, Clarendon & Montrose Avenues, Chicago, Cook ...

Significance: The station supplied a large portion of Chicago's water needs throughout the first half of the 20th century. Equipment at the site included 3 Nordberg pumping engines and a Bethlehem Steel Co. pu... More

Lakeview Pumping Station, Clarendon & Montrose Avenues, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Lakeview Pumping Station, Clarendon & Montrose Avenues, Chicago, Cook ...

Significance: The station supplied a large portion of Chicago's water needs throughout the first half of the 20th century. Equipment at the site included 3 Nordberg pumping engines and a Bethlehem Steel Co. pu... More

Lakeview Pumping Station, Clarendon & Montrose Avenues, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Lakeview Pumping Station, Clarendon & Montrose Avenues, Chicago, Cook ...

Significance: The station supplied a large portion of Chicago's water needs throughout the first half of the 20th century. Equipment at the site included 3 Nordberg pumping engines and a Bethlehem Steel Co. pu... More

Lakeview Pumping Station, Clarendon & Montrose Avenues, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Lakeview Pumping Station, Clarendon & Montrose Avenues, Chicago, Cook ...

Significance: The station supplied a large portion of Chicago's water needs throughout the first half of the 20th century. Equipment at the site included 3 Nordberg pumping engines and a Bethlehem Steel Co. pu... More

Lakeview Pumping Station, Clarendon & Montrose Avenues, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Lakeview Pumping Station, Clarendon & Montrose Avenues, Chicago, Cook ...

Significance: The station supplied a large portion of Chicago's water needs throughout the first half of the 20th century. Equipment at the site included 3 Nordberg pumping engines and a Bethlehem Steel Co. pu... More

Lakeview Pumping Station, Clarendon & Montrose Avenues, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Lakeview Pumping Station, Clarendon & Montrose Avenues, Chicago, Cook ...

Significance: The station supplied a large portion of Chicago's water needs throughout the first half of the 20th century. Equipment at the site included 3 Nordberg pumping engines and a Bethlehem Steel Co. pu... More

Lakeview Pumping Station, Clarendon & Montrose Avenues, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Lakeview Pumping Station, Clarendon & Montrose Avenues, Chicago, Cook ...

Significance: The station supplied a large portion of Chicago's water needs throughout the first half of the 20th century. Equipment at the site included 3 Nordberg pumping engines and a Bethlehem Steel Co. pu... More

Lakeview Pumping Station, Clarendon & Montrose Avenues, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Lakeview Pumping Station, Clarendon & Montrose Avenues, Chicago, Cook ...

Significance: The station supplied a large portion of Chicago's water needs throughout the first half of the 20th century. Equipment at the site included 3 Nordberg pumping engines and a Bethlehem Steel Co. pu... More

[The Mausoleum of Sultan Mohammed III in the courtyard of the Ayasofya Camii (mosque)] / Constantinople, Abdullah Frères.

[The Mausoleum of Sultan Mohammed III in the courtyard of the Ayasofya...

Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French. No. 12. No. 123. In album: Mausoleums, fountains, mosques, and other structures, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire. Forms part of: Abdul-Hami... More

Pennsylvania Institute for the Blind, Sixty-fourth Street & Malvern Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Pennsylvania Institute for the Blind, Sixty-fourth Street & Malvern Av...

Survey number: HABS PA-1637 Public domain photograph - historical image of Pennsylvania, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Pennsylvania Institute for the Blind, Sixty-fourth Street & Malvern Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Pennsylvania Institute for the Blind, Sixty-fourth Street & Malvern Av...

Survey number: HABS PA-1637 Public domain photograph - historic landmark, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Church, 326 Fifth Street, Juneau, Juneau Borough, AK

St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Church, 326 Fifth Street, Juneau, Juneau...

Significance: The only remaining octagonal Russian Orthodox church in Alaska, this is also among the oldest. Its small size, fanciful belfry, and hillside location contribute to its picturesque appearance. In ... More

St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Church, 326 Fifth Street, Juneau, Juneau Borough, AK

St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Church, 326 Fifth Street, Juneau, Juneau...

Significance: The only remaining octagonal Russian Orthodox church in Alaska, this is also among the oldest. Its small size, fanciful belfry, and hillside location contribute to its picturesque appearance. In ... More

Frazier-Pressley House, Intersection County Roads 33,112 & 47, Abbeville, Abbeville County, SC

Frazier-Pressley House, Intersection County Roads 33,112 & 47, Abbevil...

Significance: Significant as one of the few surviving octagon houses in the state, particularly for its form (built around three octagonal elements) and plan; also significant as an illustration of a mid-ninete... More

Old Farmers' Market, West Old & Rock Streets, Petersburg, Petersburg, Virginia

Old Farmers' Market, West Old & Rock Streets, Petersburg, Petersburg, ...

Significance: This octagonal building stands on land given to the Town of Petersburg in 1806 by Robert Bolling, an affluent early merchant, in trust, always to be used as a market site. Erected in 1878-1879, t... More

Old Farmers' Market, West Old & Rock Streets, Petersburg, Petersburg, Virginia

Old Farmers' Market, West Old & Rock Streets, Petersburg, Petersburg, ...

Significance: This octagonal building stands on land given to the Town of Petersburg in 1806 by Robert Bolling, an affluent early merchant, in trust, always to be used as a market site. Erected in 1878-1879, t... More

Stone Octagon House, Lena, Stephenson County, IL

Stone Octagon House, Lena, Stephenson County, IL

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-162 Survey number: HABS IL-179

Old Eight-Square Stone School, Hope, Warren County, NJ

Old Eight-Square Stone School, Hope, Warren County, NJ

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-317 Survey number: HABS NJ-429 Building/structure dates: 1835 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 77000916

Fairmount Waterworks, Aquarium Drive, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Fairmount Waterworks, Aquarium Drive, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Count...

See also HAER PA-51 for additional documentation. Survey number: HABS PA-1654 Building/structure dates: 1814-1815 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1821-1822 Subsequent Work Building/structure d... More

Pennsylvania Hospital for Mental & Nervous Diseases, Forty-fourth & Market Streets, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Pennsylvania Hospital for Mental & Nervous Diseases, Forty-fourth & Ma...

Significance: Pioneer example of mental-hospital architecture using extended wings to permit maximum isolation of wards. Popularly named for Dr. Thomas S. Kirkbride, hospital superintendent 1841-83 and formulat... More

Octagon House, Mendota, La Salle County, IL

Octagon House, Mendota, La Salle County, IL

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-156 Survey number: HABS IL-180 Building/structure dates: ca. 1853 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: ca. 19t1 Subsequent Work

H. A. Kling Residence, Monroe, Jasper County, IA

H. A. Kling Residence, Monroe, Jasper County, IA

Survey number: HABS IA-30-33 Public domain photograph of a house, residential property, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Magazine, 103 Duke of Gloucester Street, Williamsburg, Williamsburg, Virginia

Magazine, 103 Duke of Gloucester Street, Williamsburg, Williamsburg, V...

Public domain photograph of stairs, steps, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Clegg Home, Valley Junction, Polk County, IA
Fort Edgecomb Blockhouse, North Edgecomb, Lincoln County, ME

Fort Edgecomb Blockhouse, North Edgecomb, Lincoln County, ME

Suggested address, Davis Island, is not verifiable in address. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-22 Survey number: HABS ME-52 Building/structure dates: 1808- 1809 Initial Constr... More

Missouri Botanical Garden, Henry Shaw Mausoleum, 2345 Tower Grove Avenue, Saint Louis, Independent City, MO

Missouri Botanical Garden, Henry Shaw Mausoleum, 2345 Tower Grove Aven...

Significance: A well-preserved example of late 19th century funerary art, the mausoleum's main importance is as a monument to the founder of the Missouri Botanical Garden. Unprocessed Field note material exist... More

Konig-Speicher Farm, North side of Church Road, south of Tulpehocken Creek, North Heidelberg Township (moved to Willow Street, Lenhartsville, Berks County), Mount Pleasant, Berks County, PA

Konig-Speicher Farm, North side of Church Road, south of Tulpehocken C...

Significance: In this example of a Pennsylvania German farm, the ensemble of farm buildings (termed die Bauerei) is compactly sited and takes advantage of the rolling contour of the land in an aesthetically ple... More

Watkins Mill, County Highway MM, Lawson, Ray County, MO

Watkins Mill, County Highway MM, Lawson, Ray County, MO

Significance: The Watkins (Woolen) Mill contains the finest collection of mid-19th century textile machinery in situ in North America and includes some of the most significant textile artifacts known to survive... More

Watkins Mill, County Highway MM, Lawson, Ray County, MO

Watkins Mill, County Highway MM, Lawson, Ray County, MO

Significance: The Watkins (Woolen) Mill contains the finest collection of mid-19th century textile machinery in situ in North America and includes some of the most significant textile artifacts known to survive... More

Watkins Mill, County Highway MM, Lawson, Ray County, MO

Watkins Mill, County Highway MM, Lawson, Ray County, MO

Significance: The Watkins (Woolen) Mill contains the finest collection of mid-19th century textile machinery in situ in North America and includes some of the most significant textile artifacts known to survive... More

Watkins Mill, County Highway MM, Lawson, Ray County, MO

Watkins Mill, County Highway MM, Lawson, Ray County, MO

Significance: The Watkins (Woolen) Mill contains the finest collection of mid-19th century textile machinery in situ in North America and includes some of the most significant textile artifacts known to survive... More

Watkins Mill, County Highway MM, Lawson, Ray County, MO

Watkins Mill, County Highway MM, Lawson, Ray County, MO

Significance: The Watkins (Woolen) Mill contains the finest collection of mid-19th century textile machinery in situ in North America and includes some of the most significant textile artifacts known to survive... More

Watkins Mill, County Highway MM, Lawson, Ray County, MO

Watkins Mill, County Highway MM, Lawson, Ray County, MO

Significance: The Watkins (Woolen) Mill contains the finest collection of mid-19th century textile machinery in situ in North America and includes some of the most significant textile artifacts known to survive... More

Watkins Mill, County Highway MM, Lawson, Ray County, MO

Watkins Mill, County Highway MM, Lawson, Ray County, MO

Significance: The Watkins (Woolen) Mill contains the finest collection of mid-19th century textile machinery in situ in North America and includes some of the most significant textile artifacts known to survive... More

Watkins Mill, County Highway MM, Lawson, Ray County, MO

Watkins Mill, County Highway MM, Lawson, Ray County, MO

Significance: The Watkins (Woolen) Mill contains the finest collection of mid-19th century textile machinery in situ in North America and includes some of the most significant textile artifacts known to survive... More

Watkins Mill, County Highway MM, Lawson, Ray County, MO

Watkins Mill, County Highway MM, Lawson, Ray County, MO

Significance: The Watkins (Woolen) Mill contains the finest collection of mid-19th century textile machinery in situ in North America and includes some of the most significant textile artifacts known to survive... More

Fairmount Waterworks, East bank of Schuylkill River, Aquarium Drive, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Fairmount Waterworks, East bank of Schuylkill River, Aquarium Drive, P...

See also HABS PA-1654 for additional documentation. Significance: The Fairmount Water Works is perhaps the premier example of early nineteenth-century American industrial architecture. It was built to supply P... More

Fairmount Waterworks, East bank of Schuylkill River, Aquarium Drive, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Fairmount Waterworks, East bank of Schuylkill River, Aquarium Drive, P...

See also HABS PA-1654 for additional documentation. Significance: The Fairmount Water Works is perhaps the premier example of early nineteenth-century American industrial architecture. It was built to supply P... More

Fairmount Waterworks, East bank of Schuylkill River, Aquarium Drive, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Fairmount Waterworks, East bank of Schuylkill River, Aquarium Drive, P...

See also HABS PA-1654 for additional documentation. Significance: The Fairmount Water Works is perhaps the premier example of early nineteenth-century American industrial architecture. It was built to supply P... More

Fairmount Waterworks, East bank of Schuylkill River, Aquarium Drive, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Fairmount Waterworks, East bank of Schuylkill River, Aquarium Drive, P...

See also HABS PA-1654 for additional documentation. Significance: The Fairmount Water Works is perhaps the premier example of early nineteenth-century American industrial architecture. It was built to supply P... More

Fairmount Waterworks, East bank of Schuylkill River, Aquarium Drive, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Fairmount Waterworks, East bank of Schuylkill River, Aquarium Drive, P...

See also HABS PA-1654 for additional documentation. Significance: The Fairmount Water Works is perhaps the premier example of early nineteenth-century American industrial architecture. It was built to supply P... More

Fairmount Waterworks, East bank of Schuylkill River, Aquarium Drive, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Fairmount Waterworks, East bank of Schuylkill River, Aquarium Drive, P...

See also HABS PA-1654 for additional documentation. Significance: The Fairmount Water Works is perhaps the premier example of early nineteenth-century American industrial architecture. It was built to supply P... More

Fairmount Waterworks, East bank of Schuylkill River, Aquarium Drive, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Fairmount Waterworks, East bank of Schuylkill River, Aquarium Drive, P...

See also HABS PA-1654 for additional documentation. Significance: The Fairmount Water Works is perhaps the premier example of early nineteenth-century American industrial architecture. It was built to supply P... More

Fairmount Waterworks, East bank of Schuylkill River, Aquarium Drive, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Fairmount Waterworks, East bank of Schuylkill River, Aquarium Drive, P...

See also HABS PA-1654 for additional documentation. Significance: The Fairmount Water Works is perhaps the premier example of early nineteenth-century American industrial architecture. It was built to supply P... More

Fairmount Waterworks, East bank of Schuylkill River, Aquarium Drive, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Fairmount Waterworks, East bank of Schuylkill River, Aquarium Drive, P...

See also HABS PA-1654 for additional documentation. Significance: The Fairmount Water Works is perhaps the premier example of early nineteenth-century American industrial architecture. It was built to supply P... More

Fairmount Waterworks, East bank of Schuylkill River, Aquarium Drive, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Fairmount Waterworks, East bank of Schuylkill River, Aquarium Drive, P...

See also HABS PA-1654 for additional documentation. Significance: The Fairmount Water Works is perhaps the premier example of early nineteenth-century American industrial architecture. It was built to supply P... More

Fairmount Waterworks, East bank of Schuylkill River, Aquarium Drive, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Fairmount Waterworks, East bank of Schuylkill River, Aquarium Drive, P...

See also HABS PA-1654 for additional documentation. Significance: The Fairmount Water Works is perhaps the premier example of early nineteenth-century American industrial architecture. It was built to supply P... More

Fairmount Waterworks, East bank of Schuylkill River, Aquarium Drive, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Fairmount Waterworks, East bank of Schuylkill River, Aquarium Drive, P...

See also HABS PA-1654 for additional documentation. Significance: The Fairmount Water Works is perhaps the premier example of early nineteenth-century American industrial architecture. It was built to supply P... More

Fairmount Waterworks, East bank of Schuylkill River, Aquarium Drive, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Fairmount Waterworks, East bank of Schuylkill River, Aquarium Drive, P...

See also HABS PA-1654 for additional documentation. Significance: The Fairmount Water Works is perhaps the premier example of early nineteenth-century American industrial architecture. It was built to supply P... More

National Park Seminary, Dutch Windmill, 2750 Dewitt Circle, Silver Spring, Montgomery County, MD

National Park Seminary, Dutch Windmill, 2750 Dewitt Circle, Silver Spr...

Significance: The Windmill is one of eight whimsical clubhouses constructed during Cassedy's early building campaign. It is an important component of NPS' eclectic campus plan that was designed to introduce a ... More

National Park Seminary, Dutch Windmill, 2750 Dewitt Circle, Silver Spring, Montgomery County, MD

National Park Seminary, Dutch Windmill, 2750 Dewitt Circle, Silver Spr...

Significance: The Windmill is one of eight whimsical clubhouses constructed during Cassedy's early building campaign. It is an important component of NPS' eclectic campus plan that was designed to introduce a ... More

Lakeview Pumping Station, Clarendon & Montrose Avenues, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Lakeview Pumping Station, Clarendon & Montrose Avenues, Chicago, Cook ...

Significance: The station supplied a large portion of Chicago's water needs throughout the first half of the 20th century. Equipment at the site included 3 Nordberg pumping engines and a Bethlehem Steel Co. pu... More

Lakeview Pumping Station, Clarendon & Montrose Avenues, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Lakeview Pumping Station, Clarendon & Montrose Avenues, Chicago, Cook ...

Significance: The station supplied a large portion of Chicago's water needs throughout the first half of the 20th century. Equipment at the site included 3 Nordberg pumping engines and a Bethlehem Steel Co. pu... More

Lakeview Pumping Station, Clarendon & Montrose Avenues, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Lakeview Pumping Station, Clarendon & Montrose Avenues, Chicago, Cook ...

Significance: The station supplied a large portion of Chicago's water needs throughout the first half of the 20th century. Equipment at the site included 3 Nordberg pumping engines and a Bethlehem Steel Co. pu... More

Lakeview Pumping Station, Clarendon & Montrose Avenues, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Lakeview Pumping Station, Clarendon & Montrose Avenues, Chicago, Cook ...

Significance: The station supplied a large portion of Chicago's water needs throughout the first half of the 20th century. Equipment at the site included 3 Nordberg pumping engines and a Bethlehem Steel Co. pu... More

Lakeview Pumping Station, Clarendon & Montrose Avenues, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Lakeview Pumping Station, Clarendon & Montrose Avenues, Chicago, Cook ...

Significance: The station supplied a large portion of Chicago's water needs throughout the first half of the 20th century. Equipment at the site included 3 Nordberg pumping engines and a Bethlehem Steel Co. pu... More

Lakeview Pumping Station, Clarendon & Montrose Avenues, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Lakeview Pumping Station, Clarendon & Montrose Avenues, Chicago, Cook ...

Significance: The station supplied a large portion of Chicago's water needs throughout the first half of the 20th century. Equipment at the site included 3 Nordberg pumping engines and a Bethlehem Steel Co. pu... More

Ralph Richterkessing Farm, Grain Shed, 4600 I-70 North Service Road, Saint Peters, St. Charles County, MO

Ralph Richterkessing Farm, Grain Shed, 4600 I-70 North Service Road, S...

Significance: The grain shed is one of several outbuildings that contributes to the agrarian setting and purpose of the Ralph Richterkessing farmstead. Survey number: HABS MO-1919-G Building/structure dates: ... More

Octagon House [Washington, D.C.]

Octagon House [Washington, D.C.]

Public domain photograph of house, residence, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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