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Richmond Hill Plantation, Laboratory-Powerhouse & Chimney, East of Richmond Hill on Ford Neck Road, Richmond Hill, Bryan County, GA

Richmond Hill Plantation, Laboratory-Powerhouse & Chimney, East of Ric...

Significance: Henry Ford converted this abandoned rice mill for use as his personal laboratory. A steam boiler in this structure also created electricity and heat for the nearby Ford Mansion. Survey number: H... More

U.S. Steel Duquesne Works, West bank of Monongahela River along State Route 837, Duquesne, Allegheny County, PA

U.S. Steel Duquesne Works, West bank of Monongahela River along State ...

Significance: The construction of the Duquesne Steel Works marked an important event in the movement toward integrated steel producing ventures in the Monongahela Valley of western Pennsylvania. Constructed af... More

26 North Fifth Street, Reading, Berks County, PA

26 North Fifth Street, Reading, Berks County, PA

Written data includes floor plans. Significance: Structure appears to have been originally used as an apartment house and store, later adapted to offices. Survey number: HABS PA-5146 Building/structure dates... More

Hillman Barge & Construction Company, Paul Thomas Boulevard, Brownsville, Fayette County, PA

Hillman Barge & Construction Company, Paul Thomas Boulevard, Brownsvil...

Significance: The Hillman Barge facility is significant in the commercial and industrial development of southwestern Pennsylvania as a fabricator of shipping vessels. Beginning as a distribution facility for c... More

Hillman Barge & Construction Company, Paul Thomas Boulevard, Brownsville, Fayette County, PA

Hillman Barge & Construction Company, Paul Thomas Boulevard, Brownsvil...

Significance: The Hillman Barge facility is significant in the commercial and industrial development of southwestern Pennsylvania as a fabricator of shipping vessels. Beginning as a distribution facility for c... More

Hillman Barge & Construction Company, Paul Thomas Boulevard, Brownsville, Fayette County, PA

Hillman Barge & Construction Company, Paul Thomas Boulevard, Brownsvil...

Significance: The Hillman Barge facility is significant in the commercial and industrial development of southwestern Pennsylvania as a fabricator of shipping vessels. Beginning as a distribution facility for c... More

First Ward Neighborhood, Altoona, Blair County, PA

First Ward Neighborhood, Altoona, Blair County, PA

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Groff-Collins & W. S. Chessman Buildings, Larimer & Seventeenth Streets, Denver, Denver County, CO

Groff-Collins & W. S. Chessman Buildings, Larimer & Seventeenth Street...

Survey number: HABS CO-114 Building/structure dates: 1881 Initial Construction

Diamond Reo Motor Plant, 2100 South Washington Street, Lansing, Ingham County, MI

Diamond Reo Motor Plant, 2100 South Washington Street, Lansing, Ingham...

Significance: The Diamond Reo Motor Plant, situated in an industrial area near downtown Lansing, consists of the only known extant and little altered structures associated with Ransom Eli Olds' successful ventu... More

Shawnee Methodist Mission, West Building, Kansas City, Wyandotte County, KS

Shawnee Methodist Mission, West Building, Kansas City, Wyandotte Count...

Survey number: HABS KS-1 Building/structure dates: 1839- 1840 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000345

Shaker Centre Family Trustees' Office, South side of Village Road, North of U.S. Route 68 & State Route 33 intersection, Shakertown, Mercer County, KY

Shaker Centre Family Trustees' Office, South side of Village Road, Nor...

Survey number: HABS KY-81 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 71000353

Shaker Centre Family Trustees' Office, South side of Village Road, North of U.S. Route 68 & State Route 33 intersection, Shakertown, Mercer County, KY

Shaker Centre Family Trustees' Office, South side of Village Road, Nor...

Survey number: HABS KY-81 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 71000353

Shaker Centre Family Trustees' Office, South side of Village Road, North of U.S. Route 68 & State Route 33 intersection, Shakertown, Mercer County, KY

Shaker Centre Family Trustees' Office, South side of Village Road, Nor...

Survey number: HABS KY-81 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 71000353

Shaker Centre Family Trustees' Office, South side of Village Road, North of U.S. Route 68 & State Route 33 intersection, Shakertown, Mercer County, KY

Shaker Centre Family Trustees' Office, South side of Village Road, Nor...

Survey number: HABS KY-81 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 71000353

Shaker Centre Family Trustees' Office, South side of Village Road, North of U.S. Route 68 & State Route 33 intersection, Shakertown, Mercer County, KY

Shaker Centre Family Trustees' Office, South side of Village Road, Nor...

Survey number: HABS KY-81 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 71000353

Shaker Centre Family Trustees' Office, South side of Village Road, North of U.S. Route 68 & State Route 33 intersection, Shakertown, Mercer County, KY

Shaker Centre Family Trustees' Office, South side of Village Road, Nor...

Survey number: HABS KY-81 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 71000353

Shaker Centre Family Trustees' Office, South side of Village Road, North of U.S. Route 68 & State Route 33 intersection, Shakertown, Mercer County, KY

Shaker Centre Family Trustees' Office, South side of Village Road, Nor...

Survey number: HABS KY-81 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 71000353

Shaker Centre Family Trustees' Office, South side of Village Road, North of U.S. Route 68 & State Route 33 intersection, Shakertown, Mercer County, KY

Shaker Centre Family Trustees' Office, South side of Village Road, Nor...

Survey number: HABS KY-81 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 71000353

Shaker Centre Family Trustees' Office, South side of Village Road, North of U.S. Route 68 & State Route 33 intersection, Shakertown, Mercer County, KY

Shaker Centre Family Trustees' Office, South side of Village Road, Nor...

Survey number: HABS KY-81 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 71000353

Halifax County Clerk's Office, King & Market Streets, Halifax, Halifax County, NC

Halifax County Clerk's Office, King & Market Streets, Halifax, Halifax...

Significance: Part of the historic colonial government complex of Halifax. Built approximately 1758, the original structure was destroyed by fire and replaced, in 1832, by the present fireproof building. The Co... More

Ichabod T. Williams & Sons Sawmill & Veneer Plant, Roosevelt Avenue at Carteret Avenue, Carteret, Middlesex County, NJ

Ichabod T. Williams & Sons Sawmill & Veneer Plant, Roosevelt Avenue at...

Significance: The Ichabod T. Williams & Sons Sawmill and Veneer Plant was at one time the nation's leading firm for the manufacture and distribution of fine domesticated and foreign hard woods. The WIlliams fa... More

Ichabod T. Williams & Sons Sawmill & Veneer Plant, Roosevelt Avenue at Carteret Avenue, Carteret, Middlesex County, NJ

Ichabod T. Williams & Sons Sawmill & Veneer Plant, Roosevelt Avenue at...

Significance: The Ichabod T. Williams & Sons Sawmill and Veneer Plant was at one time the nation's leading firm for the manufacture and distribution of fine domesticated and foreign hard woods. The WIlliams fa... More

Central Railroad of New Jersey, Pier 19, Hudson River waterfront, Jersey City, Hudson County, NJ

Central Railroad of New Jersey, Pier 19, Hudson River waterfront, Jers...

Significance: The pier and its attendant structures represent the last vestiges of the repair facility for the harbor craft of the Central Railroad of New Jersey, which developed its huge harborside transportat... More

Central Railroad of New Jersey, Pier 19, Hudson River waterfront, Jersey City, Hudson County, NJ

Central Railroad of New Jersey, Pier 19, Hudson River waterfront, Jers...

Significance: The pier and its attendant structures represent the last vestiges of the repair facility for the harbor craft of the Central Railroad of New Jersey, which developed its huge harborside transportat... More

Thompson Building, 163-167 East Main Street (Lincoln Highway), Coatesville, Chester County, PA

Thompson Building, 163-167 East Main Street (Lincoln Highway), Coatesv...

Written data includes sketched floor plans. Significance: The Thompson Building was a commercial structure, with retail space, offices and a school, built for banker John W. Thompson. It is a handsome transitio... More

Thompson Building, 163-167 East Main Street (Lincoln Highway), Coatesville, Chester County, PA

Thompson Building, 163-167 East Main Street (Lincoln Highway), Coatesv...

Written data includes sketched floor plans. Significance: The Thompson Building was a commercial structure, with retail space, offices and a school, built for banker John W. Thompson. It is a handsome transitio... More

Thames Tow Boat Company, Foot of Farnsworth Street, New London, New London County, CT

Thames Tow Boat Company, Foot of Farnsworth Street, New London, New Lo...

Significance: The Thames Shipyard has been in constant use from the time of its completion in 1903 to the present (as of 1978). Originally constructed to build and repair ocean-going tugs and barges, the yard ... More

Thames Tow Boat Company, Foot of Farnsworth Street, New London, New London County, CT

Thames Tow Boat Company, Foot of Farnsworth Street, New London, New Lo...

Significance: The Thames Shipyard has been in constant use from the time of its completion in 1903 to the present (as of 1978). Originally constructed to build and repair ocean-going tugs and barges, the yard ... More

Thames Tow Boat Company, Foot of Farnsworth Street, New London, New London County, CT

Thames Tow Boat Company, Foot of Farnsworth Street, New London, New Lo...

Significance: The Thames Shipyard has been in constant use from the time of its completion in 1903 to the present (as of 1978). Originally constructed to build and repair ocean-going tugs and barges, the yard ... More

Thames Tow Boat Company, Foot of Farnsworth Street, New London, New London County, CT

Thames Tow Boat Company, Foot of Farnsworth Street, New London, New Lo...

Significance: The Thames Shipyard has been in constant use from the time of its completion in 1903 to the present (as of 1978). Originally constructed to build and repair ocean-going tugs and barges, the yard ... More

Thames Tow Boat Company, Foot of Farnsworth Street, New London, New London County, CT

Thames Tow Boat Company, Foot of Farnsworth Street, New London, New Lo...

Significance: The Thames Shipyard has been in constant use from the time of its completion in 1903 to the present (as of 1978). Originally constructed to build and repair ocean-going tugs and barges, the yard ... More

U.S. Steel Duquesne Works, Electric Furnace Steelmaking Plant, Along Monongahela River, Duquesne, Allegheny County, PA

U.S. Steel Duquesne Works, Electric Furnace Steelmaking Plant, Along M...

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Buffalo Cotton Textile Mill, Mill Office, SC Route 215, Buffalo, Union County, SC

Buffalo Cotton Textile Mill, Mill Office, SC Route 215, Buffalo, Union...

Survey number: HAER SC-19-B Public domain photograph - historical image of South Carolina, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Buffalo Cotton Textile Mill, Mill Office, SC Route 215, Buffalo, Union County, SC

Buffalo Cotton Textile Mill, Mill Office, SC Route 215, Buffalo, Union...

Survey number: HAER SC-19-B Public domain photograph - historical image of South Carolina, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Buffalo Cotton Textile Mill, Mill Office, SC Route 215, Buffalo, Union County, SC

Buffalo Cotton Textile Mill, Mill Office, SC Route 215, Buffalo, Union...

Survey number: HAER SC-19-B Public domain photograph - historical image of South Carolina, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

U.S. Steel Duquesne Works, Basic Oxygen Steelmaking Plant, Along Monongahela River, Duquesne, Allegheny County, PA

U.S. Steel Duquesne Works, Basic Oxygen Steelmaking Plant, Along Monon...

See also HAER PA-115 for additional documentation. Includes written data (pages 190 through 210). Significance: The construction of the Duquesne Steel Works marked an important event in the movement toward inte... More

U.S. Steel Duquesne Works, Basic Oxygen Steelmaking Plant, Along Monongahela River, Duquesne, Allegheny County, PA

U.S. Steel Duquesne Works, Basic Oxygen Steelmaking Plant, Along Monon...

See also HAER PA-115 for additional documentation. Includes written data (pages 190 through 210). Significance: The construction of the Duquesne Steel Works marked an important event in the movement toward inte... More

U.S. Steel Duquesne Works, Basic Oxygen Steelmaking Plant, Along Monongahela River, Duquesne, Allegheny County, PA

U.S. Steel Duquesne Works, Basic Oxygen Steelmaking Plant, Along Monon...

See also HAER PA-115 for additional documentation. Includes written data (pages 190 through 210). Significance: The construction of the Duquesne Steel Works marked an important event in the movement toward inte... More

Shaker East Family Brethren's Shop, North side of Village Road, North of U.S. Route 68 & State Route 33 intersection, Shakertown, Mercer County, KY

Shaker East Family Brethren's Shop, North side of Village Road, North ...

Survey number: HABS KY-82 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 71000353

Pension Building, 440 G Street Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Pension Building, 440 G Street Northwest, Washington, District of Colu...

Significance: The Pension Building was erected in 1883 at a cost of $900,000, as a memorial to the veterans of the Civil War. From 1885 until 1926 it was occupied by the Bureau of Pensions. The latter years t... More

Pension Building, 440 G Street Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Pension Building, 440 G Street Northwest, Washington, District of Colu...

Significance: The Pension Building was erected in 1883 at a cost of $900,000, as a memorial to the veterans of the Civil War. From 1885 until 1926 it was occupied by the Bureau of Pensions. The latter years t... More

Pension Building, 440 G Street Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Pension Building, 440 G Street Northwest, Washington, District of Colu...

Significance: The Pension Building was erected in 1883 at a cost of $900,000, as a memorial to the veterans of the Civil War. From 1885 until 1926 it was occupied by the Bureau of Pensions. The latter years t... More

Pension Building, 440 G Street Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Pension Building, 440 G Street Northwest, Washington, District of Colu...

Significance: The Pension Building was erected in 1883 at a cost of $900,000, as a memorial to the veterans of the Civil War. From 1885 until 1926 it was occupied by the Bureau of Pensions. The latter years t... More

Shoaf Mine & Coke Works, East side of Shoaf, off Township Route 472, Shoaf, Fayette County, PA

Shoaf Mine & Coke Works, East side of Shoaf, off Township Route 472, S...

See also HAER PA-283 for additional documentation. Includes drawings (sheets 5 & 6) & written data (pages 172 through 180). Significance: The Shoaf coke works is the most intact beehive-oven coke plant in Fayet... More

Rookery Building, 209 South LaSalle Street, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Rookery Building, 209 South LaSalle Street, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Significance: The Commission on Chicago Architectural Landmarks has cited it: "In recognition of its pioneering plan in providing shops and offices around a graceful semi-private square and the further developm... More

Thomas Jefferson Southard Block, 25 Front Street, Richmond, Sagadahoc County, ME

Thomas Jefferson Southard Block, 25 Front Street, Richmond, Sagadahoc ...

Significance: The Southard Block is a late example of a small town mansard-roofed commercial building with an original bank and counting house room surviving. The first story has a cast iron front of Boston ori... More

Thomas Jefferson Southard Block, 25 Front Street, Richmond, Sagadahoc County, ME

Thomas Jefferson Southard Block, 25 Front Street, Richmond, Sagadahoc ...

Significance: The Southard Block is a late example of a small town mansard-roofed commercial building with an original bank and counting house room surviving. The first story has a cast iron front of Boston ori... More

Ford Motor Company Long Beach Assembly Plant, Assembly Building, 700 Henry Ford Avenue, Long Beach, Los Angeles County, CA

Ford Motor Company Long Beach Assembly Plant, Assembly Building, 700 H...

Significance: Ford Motor Company built the Long Beach Assembly Plant during 1929-1930 as one of six contemporaneous assembly plants constructed in the United States. The overall purpose of these plants was to ... More

Ford Motor Company Long Beach Assembly Plant, Assembly Building, 700 Henry Ford Avenue, Long Beach, Los Angeles County, CA

Ford Motor Company Long Beach Assembly Plant, Assembly Building, 700 H...

Significance: Ford Motor Company built the Long Beach Assembly Plant during 1929-1930 as one of six contemporaneous assembly plants constructed in the United States. The overall purpose of these plants was to ... More

Ford Motor Company Long Beach Assembly Plant, Assembly Building, 700 Henry Ford Avenue, Long Beach, Los Angeles County, CA

Ford Motor Company Long Beach Assembly Plant, Assembly Building, 700 H...

Significance: Ford Motor Company built the Long Beach Assembly Plant during 1929-1930 as one of six contemporaneous assembly plants constructed in the United States. The overall purpose of these plants was to ... More

Odd Fellows Building & Auditorium, 228-250 Auburn Avenue, Atlanta, Fulton County, GA

Odd Fellows Building & Auditorium, 228-250 Auburn Avenue, Atlanta, Ful...

Significance: It constituted the first large-scale, black-owned, black-operated, multiple use complex in Atlanta. Built in 1911-13 for the Grand United Order of Odd Fellows, the complex was the brainchild of Be... More

Odd Fellows Building & Auditorium, 228-250 Auburn Avenue, Atlanta, Fulton County, GA

Odd Fellows Building & Auditorium, 228-250 Auburn Avenue, Atlanta, Ful...

Significance: It constituted the first large-scale, black-owned, black-operated, multiple use complex in Atlanta. Built in 1911-13 for the Grand United Order of Odd Fellows, the complex was the brainchild of Be... More

Odd Fellows Building & Auditorium, 228-250 Auburn Avenue, Atlanta, Fulton County, GA

Odd Fellows Building & Auditorium, 228-250 Auburn Avenue, Atlanta, Ful...

Significance: It constituted the first large-scale, black-owned, black-operated, multiple use complex in Atlanta. Built in 1911-13 for the Grand United Order of Odd Fellows, the complex was the brainchild of Be... More

Oklahoma State University, Boys Dormitory, Northwest corner of Hester Street & Athletic Avenue, Stillwater, Payne County, OK

Oklahoma State University, Boys Dormitory, Northwest corner of Hester ...

Significance: Crutchfield Hall is the first permanent boy's dormitory in Oklahoma. During its existence it served as a dormitory, a School of Music building, and an office building serving the College of Engin... More

Oklahoma State University, Boys Dormitory, Northwest corner of Hester Street & Athletic Avenue, Stillwater, Payne County, OK

Oklahoma State University, Boys Dormitory, Northwest corner of Hester ...

Significance: Crutchfield Hall is the first permanent boy's dormitory in Oklahoma. During its existence it served as a dormitory, a School of Music building, and an office building serving the College of Engin... More

Oklahoma State University, Boys Dormitory, Northwest corner of Hester Street & Athletic Avenue, Stillwater, Payne County, OK

Oklahoma State University, Boys Dormitory, Northwest corner of Hester ...

Significance: Crutchfield Hall is the first permanent boy's dormitory in Oklahoma. During its existence it served as a dormitory, a School of Music building, and an office building serving the College of Engin... More

Boise Project, Boise Project Office, 214 Broadway, Boise, Ada County, ID
Boise Project, Boise Project Office, 214 Broadway, Boise, Ada County, ID

Boise Project, Boise Project Office, 214 Broadway, Boise, Ada County, ...

Public domain photograph of village home, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Scottdale Iron & Steel Works, Uptegraff Drive, Scottdale, Westmoreland County, PA

Scottdale Iron & Steel Works, Uptegraff Drive, Scottdale, Westmoreland...

Significance: One of the earliest steel and iron works in Westmoreland County, the company produced iron and steel sheets and became a subsidiary of U.S. Steel in the early 20th century. Reborn as an electrica... More

U.S. Coast Guard Building, Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

U.S. Coast Guard Building, Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, District o...

Survey number: HABS DC-853 Public domain photograph of shopping center, department store building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Tower Hill No. 2 Mine, Approximately 0.47 mile Southwest of intersection of Stone Church Road & Township Route 561, Hibbs, Fayette County, PA

Tower Hill No. 2 Mine, Approximately 0.47 mile Southwest of intersecti...

Picryl description: Public domain image of historical building ruins, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Fort Totten, Adjutant's Office, 12 miles southwest of Devils Lake City off Route 57, Devils Lake, Ramsey County, ND

Fort Totten, Adjutant's Office, 12 miles southwest of Devils Lake City...

Significance: An excellent, well-preserved example of a military post of the Indian War period in the trans-Mississippi West. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-5 Survey number: HAB... More

Central Railroad of New Jersey, Engine Terminal, Jersey City, Hudson County, NJ

Central Railroad of New Jersey, Engine Terminal, Jersey City, Hudson C...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an industrial equipment, workshop, assembly line, factory, power engine, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Central Railroad of New Jersey, Engine Terminal, Jersey City, Hudson County, NJ

Central Railroad of New Jersey, Engine Terminal, Jersey City, Hudson C...

Picryl description: Public domain photo of a factory, warehouse, commercial or industrial building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Central Railroad of New Jersey, Engine Terminal, Jersey City, Hudson County, NJ

Central Railroad of New Jersey, Engine Terminal, Jersey City, Hudson C...

Picryl description: Public domain photo of a factory, warehouse, commercial or industrial building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Central Railroad of New Jersey, Engine Terminal, Jersey City, Hudson County, NJ

Central Railroad of New Jersey, Engine Terminal, Jersey City, Hudson C...

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Savage Tire Factory, Office Building, 2301 Main Street, San Diego, San Diego County, CA

Savage Tire Factory, Office Building, 2301 Main Street, San Diego, San...

Survey number: HAER CA-79-B Building/structure dates: ca. 1920 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1934 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: after 1989 Subsequent Work

Savage Tire Factory, Office Building, 2301 Main Street, San Diego, San Diego County, CA

Savage Tire Factory, Office Building, 2301 Main Street, San Diego, San...

Survey number: HAER CA-79-B Building/structure dates: ca. 1920 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1934 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: after 1989 Subsequent Work

Savage Tire Factory, Office Building, 2301 Main Street, San Diego, San Diego County, CA

Savage Tire Factory, Office Building, 2301 Main Street, San Diego, San...

Survey number: HAER CA-79-B Building/structure dates: ca. 1920 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1934 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: after 1989 Subsequent Work

Pennsylvania Railroad Improvements, Pennsylvania Railroad Office Building, French Street at Christiana River, Wilmington, New Castle County, DE

Pennsylvania Railroad Improvements, Pennsylvania Railroad Office Build...

Survey number: HAER DE-12-E Building/structure dates: 1905 Initial Construction

Hillman Barge & Construction Company, Paul Thomas Boulevard, Brownsville, Fayette County, PA

Hillman Barge & Construction Company, Paul Thomas Boulevard, Brownsvil...

Significance: The Hillman Barge facility is significant in the commercial and industrial development of southwestern Pennsylvania as a fabricator of shipping vessels. Beginning as a distribution facility for c... More

Hillman Barge & Construction Company, Paul Thomas Boulevard, Brownsville, Fayette County, PA

Hillman Barge & Construction Company, Paul Thomas Boulevard, Brownsvil...

Significance: The Hillman Barge facility is significant in the commercial and industrial development of southwestern Pennsylvania as a fabricator of shipping vessels. Beginning as a distribution facility for c... More

Hillman Barge & Construction Company, Paul Thomas Boulevard, Brownsville, Fayette County, PA

Hillman Barge & Construction Company, Paul Thomas Boulevard, Brownsvil...

Significance: The Hillman Barge facility is significant in the commercial and industrial development of southwestern Pennsylvania as a fabricator of shipping vessels. Beginning as a distribution facility for c... More

Hillman Barge & Construction Company, Paul Thomas Boulevard, Brownsville, Fayette County, PA

Hillman Barge & Construction Company, Paul Thomas Boulevard, Brownsvil...

Significance: The Hillman Barge facility is significant in the commercial and industrial development of southwestern Pennsylvania as a fabricator of shipping vessels. Beginning as a distribution facility for c... More

Herndon & Atlanta Life Building, 229-243 Auburn Avenue, Atlanta, Fulton County, GA

Herndon & Atlanta Life Building, 229-243 Auburn Avenue, Atlanta, Fulto...

Significance: It was for years a major black office complex in Atlanta. It was named for its owner, Alonzo F. Herndon, who was born a slave, founded the Atlanta Life Insurance Company and ultimately amassed a p... More

U.S. Steel Homestead Works, Along Monongahela River, north of Eighth Avenue, Homestead, Allegheny County, PA

U.S. Steel Homestead Works, Along Monongahela River, north of Eighth A...

Significance: Established in 1879, Homestead Works is one of six plants (Homestead, Edgar Thomson, Duquesne, Irvin, National and Clairton) which, until the collapse in 1982, comprised U.S. Steel's Mon Valley wo... More

Washington Bryan House & Office, 603 & 605 Pollock Street, New Bern, Craven County, NC

Washington Bryan House & Office, 603 & 605 Pollock Street, New Bern, C...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-8 Survey number: HABS NC-12-F-2 Building/structure dates: 1804-1806 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: ca. 1842 Subsequent Work Buil... More

Telegram Building, 227 Walnut Street, Harrisburg, Dauphin County, PA

Telegram Building, 227 Walnut Street, Harrisburg, Dauphin County, PA

Written data includes photocopies of floor plans, photographs, & advertisements. Significance: The building's significance is three-fold; architecturally, industrial, and technological. The most significant fea... More

Diamond Reo Motor Plant, 2100 South Washington Street, Lansing, Ingham County, MI

Diamond Reo Motor Plant, 2100 South Washington Street, Lansing, Ingham...

Significance: The Diamond Reo Motor Plant, situated in an industrial area near downtown Lansing, consists of the only known extant and little altered structures associated with Ransom Eli Olds' successful ventu... More

Diamond Reo Motor Plant, 2100 South Washington Street, Lansing, Ingham County, MI

Diamond Reo Motor Plant, 2100 South Washington Street, Lansing, Ingham...

Significance: The Diamond Reo Motor Plant, situated in an industrial area near downtown Lansing, consists of the only known extant and little altered structures associated with Ransom Eli Olds' successful ventu... More

Diamond Reo Motor Plant, 2100 South Washington Street, Lansing, Ingham County, MI

Diamond Reo Motor Plant, 2100 South Washington Street, Lansing, Ingham...

Significance: The Diamond Reo Motor Plant, situated in an industrial area near downtown Lansing, consists of the only known extant and little altered structures associated with Ransom Eli Olds' successful ventu... More

Halifax County Clerk's Office, King & Market Streets, Halifax, Halifax County, NC

Halifax County Clerk's Office, King & Market Streets, Halifax, Halifax...

Significance: Part of the historic colonial government complex of Halifax. Built approximately 1758, the original structure was destroyed by fire and replaced, in 1832, by the present fireproof building. The Co... More

Penn Traffic Building, 319 Washington Street, Johnstown, Cambria County, PA

Penn Traffic Building, 319 Washington Street, Johnstown, Cambria Count...

Significance: The present six-story brick building was erected in 1908, with additions made in 1924 and 1949 for the Penn Traffic Company, an outgrowth of the Cambria Iron Company's company store. When the pres... More

Central Railroad of New Jersey, Pier 19, Hudson River waterfront, Jersey City, Hudson County, NJ

Central Railroad of New Jersey, Pier 19, Hudson River waterfront, Jers...

Significance: The pier and its attendant structures represent the last vestiges of the repair facility for the harbor craft of the Central Railroad of New Jersey, which developed its huge harborside transportat... More

Central Railroad of New Jersey, Pier 19, Hudson River waterfront, Jersey City, Hudson County, NJ

Central Railroad of New Jersey, Pier 19, Hudson River waterfront, Jers...

Significance: The pier and its attendant structures represent the last vestiges of the repair facility for the harbor craft of the Central Railroad of New Jersey, which developed its huge harborside transportat... More

Thompson Building, 163-167 East Main Street (Lincoln Highway), Coatesville, Chester County, PA

Thompson Building, 163-167 East Main Street (Lincoln Highway), Coatesv...

Written data includes sketched floor plans. Significance: The Thompson Building was a commercial structure, with retail space, offices and a school, built for banker John W. Thompson. It is a handsome transitio... More

Thompson Building, 163-167 East Main Street (Lincoln Highway), Coatesville, Chester County, PA

Thompson Building, 163-167 East Main Street (Lincoln Highway), Coatesv...

Written data includes sketched floor plans. Significance: The Thompson Building was a commercial structure, with retail space, offices and a school, built for banker John W. Thompson. It is a handsome transitio... More

Thames Tow Boat Company, Foot of Farnsworth Street, New London, New London County, CT

Thames Tow Boat Company, Foot of Farnsworth Street, New London, New Lo...

Significance: The Thames Shipyard has been in constant use from the time of its completion in 1903 to the present (as of 1978). Originally constructed to build and repair ocean-going tugs and barges, the yard ... More

Thames Tow Boat Company, Foot of Farnsworth Street, New London, New London County, CT

Thames Tow Boat Company, Foot of Farnsworth Street, New London, New Lo...

Significance: The Thames Shipyard has been in constant use from the time of its completion in 1903 to the present (as of 1978). Originally constructed to build and repair ocean-going tugs and barges, the yard ... More

Thames Tow Boat Company, Foot of Farnsworth Street, New London, New London County, CT

Thames Tow Boat Company, Foot of Farnsworth Street, New London, New Lo...

Significance: The Thames Shipyard has been in constant use from the time of its completion in 1903 to the present (as of 1978). Originally constructed to build and repair ocean-going tugs and barges, the yard ... More

Thames Tow Boat Company, Foot of Farnsworth Street, New London, New London County, CT

Thames Tow Boat Company, Foot of Farnsworth Street, New London, New Lo...

Significance: The Thames Shipyard has been in constant use from the time of its completion in 1903 to the present (as of 1978). Originally constructed to build and repair ocean-going tugs and barges, the yard ... More

Thames Tow Boat Company, Foot of Farnsworth Street, New London, New London County, CT

Thames Tow Boat Company, Foot of Farnsworth Street, New London, New Lo...

Significance: The Thames Shipyard has been in constant use from the time of its completion in 1903 to the present (as of 1978). Originally constructed to build and repair ocean-going tugs and barges, the yard ... More

Thames Tow Boat Company, Foot of Farnsworth Street, New London, New London County, CT

Thames Tow Boat Company, Foot of Farnsworth Street, New London, New Lo...

Significance: The Thames Shipyard has been in constant use from the time of its completion in 1903 to the present (as of 1978). Originally constructed to build and repair ocean-going tugs and barges, the yard ... More

U.S. Steel Duquesne Works, Basic Oxygen Steelmaking Plant, Along Monongahela River, Duquesne, Allegheny County, PA

U.S. Steel Duquesne Works, Basic Oxygen Steelmaking Plant, Along Monon...

See also HAER PA-115 for additional documentation. Includes written data (pages 190 through 210). Significance: The construction of the Duquesne Steel Works marked an important event in the movement toward inte... More

U.S. Steel Duquesne Works, Basic Oxygen Steelmaking Plant, Along Monongahela River, Duquesne, Allegheny County, PA

U.S. Steel Duquesne Works, Basic Oxygen Steelmaking Plant, Along Monon...

See also HAER PA-115 for additional documentation. Includes written data (pages 190 through 210). Significance: The construction of the Duquesne Steel Works marked an important event in the movement toward inte... More

U.S. Steel Duquesne Works, Basic Oxygen Steelmaking Plant, Along Monongahela River, Duquesne, Allegheny County, PA

U.S. Steel Duquesne Works, Basic Oxygen Steelmaking Plant, Along Monon...

See also HAER PA-115 for additional documentation. Includes written data (pages 190 through 210). Significance: The construction of the Duquesne Steel Works marked an important event in the movement toward inte... More

U.S. Steel Duquesne Works, Basic Oxygen Steelmaking Plant, Along Monongahela River, Duquesne, Allegheny County, PA

U.S. Steel Duquesne Works, Basic Oxygen Steelmaking Plant, Along Monon...

See also HAER PA-115 for additional documentation. Includes written data (pages 190 through 210). Significance: The construction of the Duquesne Steel Works marked an important event in the movement toward inte... More

U.S. Steel Duquesne Works, Basic Oxygen Steelmaking Plant, Along Monongahela River, Duquesne, Allegheny County, PA

U.S. Steel Duquesne Works, Basic Oxygen Steelmaking Plant, Along Monon...

See also HAER PA-115 for additional documentation. Includes written data (pages 190 through 210). Significance: The construction of the Duquesne Steel Works marked an important event in the movement toward inte... More

Pension Building, 440 G Street Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Pension Building, 440 G Street Northwest, Washington, District of Colu...

Significance: The Pension Building was erected in 1883 at a cost of $900,000, as a memorial to the veterans of the Civil War. From 1885 until 1926 it was occupied by the Bureau of Pensions. The latter years t... More

Pension Building, 440 G Street Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Pension Building, 440 G Street Northwest, Washington, District of Colu...

Significance: The Pension Building was erected in 1883 at a cost of $900,000, as a memorial to the veterans of the Civil War. From 1885 until 1926 it was occupied by the Bureau of Pensions. The latter years t... More

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