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 o...
Survey number: HABS DC-853 Public domain photograph of shopping center, department store building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Missouri Botanical Garden, 2345 Tower Grove Avenue, Saint Louis, Indep...
Significance: The site of important botanical research since its inception, the Garden was one of the first institutions in the country for horticultural display and education. Just ten years after it was found... More
Missouri Botanical Garden, 2345 Tower Grove Avenue, Saint Louis, Indep...
Significance: The site of important botanical research since its inception, the Garden was one of the first institutions in the country for horticultural display and education. Just ten years after it was found... More
Missouri Botanical Garden, 2345 Tower Grove Avenue, Saint Louis, Indep...
Significance: The site of important botanical research since its inception, the Garden was one of the first institutions in the country for horticultural display and education. Just ten years after it was found... More
Palmetto Building, 1400 Main Street at Washington Street, Columbia, Ri...
Significance: At 215 feet tall, the Palmetto Building was the tallest building in Columbia, South Carolina, at the time of construction. It is an excellent example of an early 20th century skyscraper sheathed i... More
Palmetto Building, 1400 Main Street at Washington Street, Columbia, Ri...
Significance: At 215 feet tall, the Palmetto Building was the tallest building in Columbia, South Carolina, at the time of construction. It is an excellent example of an early 20th century skyscraper sheathed i... More
Bar B C Ranch, Office, Moose, Teton County, WY
Survey number: HABS WY-92-R
California State Building, 350 McAllister Street, San Francisco, San F...
Significance: The California State Building is a contributing element of the San Francisco Civic Center Historic District, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is a designated Nationa... More
California State Building, 350 McAllister Street, San Francisco, San F...
Significance: The California State Building is a contributing element of the San Francisco Civic Center Historic District, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is a designated Nationa... More
California State Building, 350 McAllister Street, San Francisco, San F...
Significance: The California State Building is a contributing element of the San Francisco Civic Center Historic District, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is a designated Nationa... More
California State Building, 350 McAllister Street, San Francisco, San F...
Significance: The California State Building is a contributing element of the San Francisco Civic Center Historic District, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is a designated Nationa... More
California State Building, 350 McAllister Street, San Francisco, San F...
Significance: The California State Building is a contributing element of the San Francisco Civic Center Historic District, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is a designated Nationa... More
California State Building, 350 McAllister Street, San Francisco, San F...
Significance: The California State Building is a contributing element of the San Francisco Civic Center Historic District, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is a designated Nationa... More
Atlantic Building, 930 F Street, Northwest, Washington, District of Co...
Significance: When the Atlantic Building was completed in 1888, it was the largest commercial structure in the city and one of the first with a passenger elevator. The speculative office building was designed ... More
Agness Guard Station, Office, Confluence of Rogue & Illinois Rivers, A...
Significance: CCC administrative site used by Siskiyou National Forest as a guard station constructed by the first CCC camp established in SW Oregon. The materials for it were brought up the Rogue River by boa... More
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
John Fox Slater Memorial Museum, 108 Crescent Street, Norwich, New Lon...
Significance: This large masonry building, built in 1886, is characteristic of the period. Survey number: HABS CT-251 Building/structure dates: 1886 Initial Construction
Llyswen Station, 218 Logan Boulevard, Altoona, Blair County, PA
Survey number: HABS PA-5898 Building/structure dates: 1895- 1896 Initial Construction
Shaker Church Family Trustees' Office, Shaker Village Road, Canterbury...
Survey number: HABS NH-181 Building/structure dates: 1826 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1918 Subsequent Work
Wallach Building, 88 East State Street, Trenton, Mercer County, NJ
Significance: The Wallach Building is a commercial building erected on the corner of State and Broad Streets, the heart of downtown Trenton. The modern steel frame building with greatly simplified classical det... More
Schiller Building, 64 West Randolph Street, Chicago, Cook County, IL
Significance: Designed by Adler and Sullivan in 1891-92, the Schiller Building was a unique solution to the problem of placing a large theater and office building on a mid-block site. The result was the first "... More
Davis House, King George Street (moved from Main & Conduit Streets), A...
Survey number: HABS MD-258 Building/structure dates: ca. 1722 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1957 Subsequent Work
Fitzsimons General Hospital, Office Building, Northwest Corner of West...
Survey number: HABS CO-172-O Building/structure dates: 1919 Initial Construction
City of Altoona, Altoona, Blair County, PA
Written data pages include photocopies of maps & charts. Survey number: HABS PA-5784 Building/structure dates: 1849 Initial Construction
City of Altoona, Altoona, Blair County, PA
Written data pages include photocopies of maps & charts. Survey number: HABS PA-5784 Building/structure dates: 1849 Initial Construction
City of Altoona, Altoona, Blair County, PA
Written data pages include photocopies of maps & charts. Survey number: HABS PA-5784 Building/structure dates: 1849 Initial Construction
Tucson Plant Materials Center, Administration Building, 3241 North Rom...
Survey number: HABS AZ-159-B Building/structure dates: 1935 Initial Construction
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. Post Office & Old Courthouse, 169 Middle Street, Portland, Cumbe...
Significance: The Old Post Office and Courthouse was a distinguished example of the Renaissance Revival style. Careful workmanship and a lavish use of fine marble, generous scale, carefully calculated proportio... More
U. S. Post Office & Old Courthouse, 169 Middle Street, Portland, Cumbe...
Significance: The Old Post Office and Courthouse was a distinguished example of the Renaissance Revival style. Careful workmanship and a lavish use of fine marble, generous scale, carefully calculated proportio... More
U. S. Post Office & Old Courthouse, 169 Middle Street, Portland, Cumbe...
Significance: The Old Post Office and Courthouse was a distinguished example of the Renaissance Revival style. Careful workmanship and a lavish use of fine marble, generous scale, carefully calculated proportio... More
Lafayette House, 14 Elm Street, Biddeford, York County, ME
Suggested address, 14 Elm Street, is not verifiable in documentation. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-6 Survey number: HABS ME-8 Building/structure dates: 1795 Initial Construction
Pantages Theatre & Jones Building, 901-909 Broadway, Tacoma, Pierce Co...
Significance: The site on which the building was constructed has particular importance in the history of Tacoma commerce. William Jones, who commissioned the project, was a key figure in the development of the... More
Douglas Aircraft Company Long Beach Plant, Engineering Office Building...
Significance: Building No. 18 is one of 18 contributing buildings and two features to the Douglas Aircraft Company Long Beach Plant historic district. Activities associated with the district significantly cont... More
Navy Yard, Building No. 143, Between Isaac Hull & Patterson Avenues, W...
Significance: Building 143 is a contributing property in the Washington Navy Yard National Historic Landmark. The Washington Navy Yard once served as the center for naval ordnance research and production and i... More
Navy Yard, Building No. 143, Between Isaac Hull & Patterson Avenues, W...
Significance: Building 143 is a contributing property in the Washington Navy Yard National Historic Landmark. The Washington Navy Yard once served as the center for naval ordnance research and production and i... More
Navy Yard, Building No. 143, Between Isaac Hull & Patterson Avenues, W...
Significance: Building 143 is a contributing property in the Washington Navy Yard National Historic Landmark. The Washington Navy Yard once served as the center for naval ordnance research and production and i... More
Georgia Power Atlanta Division Building, 143 Alabama Street, Atlanta, ...
Significance: This Art Moderne six story Flemish bond brick, marble, and limestone building features a flat roof, rounded corners, and horizontal bands of windows. The building was known as the Atlanta Constit... More
Triangle Building, 1333 Warren Avenue & 1300 Broadway, Columbus, Musco...
Significance: Architecture: The only "flat-iron" building in Columbus, this structure uses the mansard-type tile roof reminiscent of Spanish Architecture. A modern building for the 1920s in Columbus, it uses ca... More
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
Gage, Keith & Ascher Buildings, 18 & 30 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago...
Significance: All three buildings are significant examples of Chicago School architecture. The Gage Building, with its unique, gracefully-ornamented facade designed by Louis Sullivan, was to be one of the archi... More
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
Barrows-Coatsworth Building, 122 Main Street, Galena, Jo Daviess Count...
Significance: Built ca. 1856, the Barrows-Constworth Building is an integral part of the Main Street Wall, a continuous facade of commercial buildings facing the Galenda River. Constructed of Milwaukee brick, w... More
Naval Magazine Lualualei, Headquarters Branch, Administration Building...
Significance: This building serves as an excellent intact example of military construction from the 1930s, and is significant as part of the initial base construction. It was the only permanent barracks buildi... More
Hamill House, Office Building, Argentine & Third Streets, Georgetown, ...
Significance: The office building is associated with a prominent Georgetown businessman, William A. Hamill who made his fortune through investments in the silver mines in and around Georgetown. Survey number:... More
Busch Building, 710 E Street, Northwest, Washington, District of Colum...
Significance: Constructed in 1890 by Ed Abner, the Busch Building was apparently built as an office building for the Anheuser-Busch Brewing Association. It was subsequently occupied by a succession of federal ... More
West Overton, West Overton, Westmoreland County, PA
See also HABS PA-5655 through PA-5664 for additional information. Significance: The Village of West Overton grew out of a family farm established in 1803 by henry Overholt. Coming to Westmoreland County from Bu... More
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 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
California State Office Building No. 1, 915 Capitol Mall, Sacramento, ...
Significance: One of a symmetrical pair of monumental buildings designed in the Beaux Arts tradition to serve as an extension of the State Capitol and help prevent key State department functions from leaving Sa... More
California State Office Building No. 1, 915 Capitol Mall, Sacramento, ...
Significance: One of a symmetrical pair of monumental buildings designed in the Beaux Arts tradition to serve as an extension of the State Capitol and help prevent key State department functions from leaving Sa... More
Loleta Recreation Area, Six miles Southeast of intersection of State H...
See also HAER PA-279 for related documentation. Includes photographs & written data. Significance: Constructed by the Civilian Conservation Corps between the years of 1933 and 1936. The CCC work project was ini... More
Loleta Recreation Area, Six miles Southeast of intersection of State H...
See also HAER PA-279 for related documentation. Includes photographs & written data. Significance: Constructed by the Civilian Conservation Corps between the years of 1933 and 1936. The CCC work project was ini... More
Town of Blandburg, Blandburg, Cambria County, PA
See HABS PA-5973 for additional information on the refractories industry. Written data includes photocopies of location maps, elevations & floor plans for some of the housing. Significance: Blandburg was formal... More
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), 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
Baltimore Trust Company Building, 10 Light Street, Baltimore, Independ...
Significance: Baltimore's only "setback" skyscraper, the Baltimore Trust Building is a fine example of the Art Deco commercial style in America. The interior features mosaics by Hildreth Meiere, who designed ma... More
Baltimore Trust Company Building, 10 Light Street, Baltimore, Independ...
Significance: Baltimore's only "setback" skyscraper, the Baltimore Trust Building is a fine example of the Art Deco commercial style in America. The interior features mosaics by Hildreth Meiere, who designed ma... More
Baltimore Trust Company Building, 10 Light Street, Baltimore, Independ...
Significance: Baltimore's only "setback" skyscraper, the Baltimore Trust Building is a fine example of the Art Deco commercial style in America. The interior features mosaics by Hildreth Meiere, who designed ma... More
Baltimore Trust Company Building, 10 Light Street, Baltimore, Independ...
Significance: Baltimore's only "setback" skyscraper, the Baltimore Trust Building is a fine example of the Art Deco commercial style in America. The interior features mosaics by Hildreth Meiere, who designed ma... More
Baltimore Trust Company Building, 10 Light Street, Baltimore, Independ...
Significance: Baltimore's only "setback" skyscraper, the Baltimore Trust Building is a fine example of the Art Deco commercial style in America. The interior features mosaics by Hildreth Meiere, who designed ma... More
Naval Ordnance Test Station Inyokern, China Lake Pilot Plant, Office B...
Significance: Building 11080 was constructed in 1944, as part of the original construction within the administrative area of the China Lake Pilot Plant facility. Built as an office building, it is a contributi... More
Central Trust Company Building, 1218 Eleventh Avenue, Altoona, Blair C...
Significance: The Central Trust Company Building is a rare, intact example of Altoona's early 20th century commercial architecture. Designed by the Pittsburgh architectural firm of Robinson and Winkler, and ere... More
Central Trust Company Building, 1218 Eleventh Avenue, Altoona, Blair C...
Significance: The Central Trust Company Building is a rare, intact example of Altoona's early 20th century commercial architecture. Designed by the Pittsburgh architectural firm of Robinson and Winkler, and ere... More
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company Headquarters Building, 2 North Charl...
Significance: Historically, this structure was the headquarters of the Baltimore and Ohio (B&O) Railroad. The B&O was significant not only as America's first railroad (founded 1827) but also as the pre-eminent ... More
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company Headquarters Building, 2 North Charl...
Significance: Historically, this structure was the headquarters of the Baltimore and Ohio (B&O) Railroad. The B&O was significant not only as America's first railroad (founded 1827) but also as the pre-eminent ... More
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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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
United States Appraisers' Stores, 103 South Gay Street, Baltimore, Ind...
Significance: The United States Appraisers' Stores was constructed in 1935 by the U.S. Treasury Department to provide space for storing, appraising, and inspecting imported merchandise brought through the Port ... More
United States Appraisers' Stores, 103 South Gay Street, Baltimore, Ind...
Significance: The United States Appraisers' Stores was constructed in 1935 by the U.S. Treasury Department to provide space for storing, appraising, and inspecting imported merchandise brought through the Port ... More
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
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
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
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
Former Umatilla Project Headquarters Buildings, Office, Hermiston, Uma...
Survey number: HABS OR-173-A Public domain photograph - historical image of Oregon, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Eagle & Phenix Mills, Front Street (1200-1300 Blocks), Columbus, Musco...
STORED OFF SITE AND ON SITE. mchr Significance: From its inception in 1851 the dynamic growth of the Eagle Mill represented the most important factor in Columbus's industrial development. In 1860 the Eagle Mil... More
Eagle & Phenix Mills, Front Street (1200-1300 Blocks), Columbus, Musco...
STORED OFF SITE AND ON SITE. mchr Significance: From its inception in 1851 the dynamic growth of the Eagle Mill represented the most important factor in Columbus's industrial development. In 1860 the Eagle Mil... More
Eagle & Phenix Mills, Front Street (1200-1300 Blocks), Columbus, Musco...
STORED OFF SITE AND ON SITE. mchr Significance: From its inception in 1851 the dynamic growth of the Eagle Mill represented the most important factor in Columbus's industrial development. In 1860 the Eagle Mil... More
Eagle & Phenix Mills, Front Street (1200-1300 Blocks), Columbus, Musco...
STORED OFF SITE AND ON SITE. mchr Significance: From its inception in 1851 the dynamic growth of the Eagle Mill represented the most important factor in Columbus's industrial development. In 1860 the Eagle Mil... More
Eagle & Phenix Mills, Front Street (1200-1300 Blocks), Columbus, Musco...
STORED OFF SITE AND ON SITE. mchr Significance: From its inception in 1851 the dynamic growth of the Eagle Mill represented the most important factor in Columbus's industrial development. In 1860 the Eagle Mil... More
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 ...
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
Mutual Fire Insurance Company Building, 16-20 North Fifth Street, Read...
Written data includes floor plans. Significance: The building was constructed as an office building and was used for this purpose until the recent past. Survey number: HABS PA-5144 Building/structure dates: ... More
Monument Square, North Calvert Street between Fayette & Lexington Stre...
See also HABS No. MD-185. Significance: Monument Square is the site of the first of the Baltimore monuments that led President John Quincy Adams, in 1827, to refer to the city as "the Monumental City," a nickna... More
Monument Square, North Calvert Street between Fayette & Lexington Stre...
See also HABS No. MD-185. Significance: Monument Square is the site of the first of the Baltimore monuments that led President John Quincy Adams, in 1827, to refer to the city as "the Monumental City," a nickna... More
Frank-Jensen Summer Home, 17423 North Lake Shore Drive, Telma, Chelan ...
Significance: The Frank-Jensen summer home is an early manifestation of the recreation incentive newly fostered by the National Forest Service in the late 1910s. Its simple vernacular construction is illustrat... More
Frank-Jensen Summer Home, 17423 North Lake Shore Drive, Telma, Chelan ...
Significance: The Frank-Jensen summer home is an early manifestation of the recreation incentive newly fostered by the National Forest Service in the late 1910s. Its simple vernacular construction is illustrat... More
U.S. Department of the Interior, Eighteenth & C Streets Northwest, Was...
Significance: One of Washington's major governmental buildings, it was designed by one of the city's most noted architects, Waddy Wood. Interesting example of the blending of traditional Classical motifs with ... More
U.S. Department of the Interior, Eighteenth & C Streets Northwest, Was...
Significance: One of Washington's major governmental buildings, it was designed by one of the city's most noted architects, Waddy Wood. Interesting example of the blending of traditional Classical motifs with ... More
U.S. Department of the Interior, Eighteenth & C Streets Northwest, Was...
Significance: One of Washington's major governmental buildings, it was designed by one of the city's most noted architects, Waddy Wood. Interesting example of the blending of traditional Classical motifs with ... More
U.S. Department of the Interior, Eighteenth & C Streets Northwest, Was...
Significance: One of Washington's major governmental buildings, it was designed by one of the city's most noted architects, Waddy Wood. Interesting example of the blending of traditional Classical motifs with ... More
U.S. Department of the Interior, Eighteenth & C Streets Northwest, Was...
Significance: One of Washington's major governmental buildings, it was designed by one of the city's most noted architects, Waddy Wood. Interesting example of the blending of traditional Classical motifs with ... More
U.S. Department of the Interior, Eighteenth & C Streets Northwest, Was...
Significance: One of Washington's major governmental buildings, it was designed by one of the city's most noted architects, Waddy Wood. Interesting example of the blending of traditional Classical motifs with ... More