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Bell Laboratories, Holmdel, Bell Laboratories Road, Holmdel, Monmouth County, NJ

Bell Laboratories, Holmdel, Bell Laboratories Road, Holmdel, Monmouth ...

Significance: Bell Laboratories Holmdel was constructed from 1959 to 1966 according to a plan and design of Finnish-American architect Eero Saarinen (1910-61). Although Saarinen passed away in September 1961 be... More

General view of part of the South Water street Illinois Central Railroad freight terminal, Chicago, Ill

General view of part of the South Water street Illinois Central Railro...

12002-11. Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944. General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsac Title from FSA or OWI agency caption. Add... More

New York's business district from Woodbridge Building

New York's business district from Woodbridge Building

Videodisc images are out of sequence; actual left to right order is 1A- 06201, 06200, 06199, 06198. "124-9" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 010519. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Panorama of Madison Square, New York, N.Y

Panorama of Madison Square, New York, N.Y

Nine-part panorama includes 10 x 8 inch negative of Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Building tower (D4-15953 RC X) which matches top edge of D4-15953 RC. Videodisc images are out of sequence; actual left to... More

Munsey Building, 1327-1329 E Street Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Munsey Building, 1327-1329 E Street Northwest, Washington, District of...

Significance: The Munsey Building is the work of one of the country's most prominent architectural firms, McKim, Mead and White. The original structure, designed in 1905, was typical of the firm's application ... More

S. W. Shattuck Chemical Company, Incorporated, Building No. 3, 1805 South Bannock Street, Denver, Denver County, CO

S. W. Shattuck Chemical Company, Incorporated, Building No. 3, 1805 So...

Significance: The significance of the site arises from its role in processing various metals since 1918. At various periods of time, molyixlerum compounds, radium, uranium compounds, and rhenium were produced a... More

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

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

Atlantic Building, 930 F Street, Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

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

Canal House, 111 East Fourth Street, Connersville, Fayette County, IN

Canal House, 111 East Fourth Street, Connersville, Fayette County, IN

Public domain photograph of bank building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Canal House, 111 East Fourth Street, Connersville, Fayette County, IN

Canal House, 111 East Fourth Street, Connersville, Fayette County, IN

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

Norfolk Manufacturing Company Cotton Mill, 90 Milton Street, Dedham, Norfolk County, MA

Norfolk Manufacturing Company Cotton Mill, 90 Milton Street, Dedham, N...

Significance: The 1835 mill is typical in scale of New England fabric production at the time, but is unusual because it was based on Rhode Island stone mills, rather than the more usual brick type found in Mass... More

Statesville Commercial Historic District, Stearns Building, 145-153 East Broad Street, Statesville, Iredell County, NC

Statesville Commercial Historic District, Stearns Building, 145-153 Ea...

Significance: Complex is composed of 6-story office building (tallest building in the central business district), two commercial storefronts and a theatre with stage house. Survey number: HABS NC-322-A Build... More

Statesville Commercial Historic District, Stearns Building, 145-153 East Broad Street, Statesville, Iredell County, NC

Statesville Commercial Historic District, Stearns Building, 145-153 Ea...

Significance: Complex is composed of 6-story office building (tallest building in the central business district), two commercial storefronts and a theatre with stage house. Survey number: HABS NC-322-A Build... 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.

Patent Office Building, Bounded by Seventh, Ninth, F & G Streets, Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Patent Office Building, Bounded by Seventh, Ninth, F & G Streets, Nort...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an arch stone structure, bridge, or tunnel, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Patent Office Building, Bounded by Seventh, Ninth, F & G Streets, Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Patent Office Building, Bounded by Seventh, Ninth, F & G Streets, Nort...

Public domain photograph - historical image of Washington DC, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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

MacDill Air Force Base, Base Headquarters, 2413 Florida Keys Avenue, Tampa, Hillsborough County, FL

MacDill Air Force Base, Base Headquarters, 2413 Florida Keys Avenue, T...

Significance: The Base Headquarters building, due to its architectural integrity and its contribution to the Second World War-era infrastructure, is an integral part of the MacDill Air Force Base's historic cha... More

Augusta Machine Works, Jackson, Adams, & Campbell Streets, Augusta Canal, Augusta, Richmond County, GA

Augusta Machine Works, Jackson, Adams, & Campbell Streets, Augusta Can...

Significance: The Augusta Machine Works built the first industry located on the Augusta Canal's second level and supplied parts and machinery for canal structures. As the Confederate States Pistol Factory, it ... More

Saddlehorn Area, Warehouse & Office Building, Maintenance area, Fruita, Mesa County, CO

Saddlehorn Area, Warehouse & Office Building, Maintenance area, Fruita...

Significance: The storage building displays National Park Rustic Style Architecture. Survey number: HABS CO-174-G Building/structure dates: 1941 Initial Construction

Town of Sproul, Sproul, Blair County, PA

Town of Sproul, Sproul, Blair County, PA

See also HABS PA-5973 for additional information on the refractories industry. Significance: Sproul is an example of a classic company town built and owned entirely by one company to facilitate the operation of... More

California State Office Building No. 1, 915 Capitol Mall, Sacramento, Sacramento County, CA

California State Office Building No. 1, 915 Capitol Mall, Sacramento, ...

Significance: One of a symmetrical pair of monumental buildings designed in the Beaux Arts tradition to serve as an extension of the State Capitol and help prevent key State department functions from leaving Sa... More

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

Lloyd's Baltimore elevated building map : of the five hundred million business district of Baltimore /

Lloyd's Baltimore elevated building map : of the five hundred million ...

Pictorial map of Baltimore city center containing 3-dimensional drawings of numerous office buildings. "Made from actual photographic views at an expense of many thousand dollars and two year's time." Northern-... More

Colgate & Company Jersey City Plant, Office Building, 105 Hudson Street, Jersey City, Hudson County, NJ

Colgate & Company Jersey City Plant, Office Building, 105 Hudson Stree...

Public domain photograph - New Jersey, 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

Hacienda Buena Vista, PR Route 10 (Ponce to Arecibo), Magueyes, Ponce Municipio, PR
Hacienda Buena Vista, PR Route 10 (Ponce to Arecibo), Magueyes, Ponce Municipio, PR
Hacienda Buena Vista, PR Route 10 (Ponce to Arecibo), Magueyes, Ponce Municipio, PR

Hacienda Buena Vista, PR Route 10 (Ponce to Arecibo), Magueyes, Ponce ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a chamber, cell, interior, underground vault architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

United States Appraisers' Stores, 103 South Gay Street, Baltimore, Independent City, MD

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

[Singer, City Investing, and Hudson Terminal Bldgs.]

[Singer, City Investing, and Hudson Terminal Bldgs.]

Public domain photograph of early 20th-century New York metropolis cityscape, buildings, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Square 347 (Commercial Buildings), Tenth, Eleventh, E, & F Streets, Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Square 347 (Commercial Buildings), Tenth, Eleventh, E, & F Streets, No...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a department store, commercial building, downtown, shopping center, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Square 347 (Commercial Buildings), Tenth, Eleventh, E, & F Streets, Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Square 347 (Commercial Buildings), Tenth, Eleventh, E, & F Streets, No...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a mural painting, architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Hovden Cannery, 886 Cannery Row, Monterey, Monterey County, CA

Hovden Cannery, 886 Cannery Row, Monterey, Monterey County, CA

Significance: The Hovden Cannery was one of the oldest and largest canneries of the Pacific Sardine Fishery. Its heyday in the first half of the 20th Century marked one of the most lucrative national fisheries... More

Hornet Ranger Station, Office, Forest Service Road No. 50002, Council, Adams County, ID

Hornet Ranger Station, Office, Forest Service Road No. 50002, Council,...

Significance: The Hornet Ranger Station forms important historical associations with two federal agencies: the U.S. Forest Service and the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC). Both of these agencies were instrum... More

Former Umatilla Project Headquarters Buildings, Hermiston, Umatilla County, OR

Former Umatilla Project Headquarters Buildings, Hermiston, Umatilla Co...

Significance: The former Umatilla Project Headquarters is located in Hermiston, Oregon. The four remaining buildings were formerly associated with construction of the Umatilla Project. The office is one of on... 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

U.S. Department of the Interior, Eighteenth & C Streets Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

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, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

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

Monongahela Railway Company Shops, Water Street & Seventeenth Street, Brownsville, Fayette County, PA

Monongahela Railway Company Shops, Water Street & Seventeenth Street, ...

Significance: The Monongahela Railway Company Shops reflect the support needs of a railroad significant in the coal, coke, and steel industries of Southwest Pennsylvania in the twentieth century, particularly i... More

Quincy Mining Company, Hancock, Houghton County, MI

Quincy Mining Company, Hancock, Houghton County, MI

Significance: Quincy was Michigan's second largest copper producer, and one of national and international importance. The mine was extremely long-lived and profitable. Unprocessed Field note material exists f... More

Quincy Mining Company, Hancock, Houghton County, MI

Quincy Mining Company, Hancock, Houghton County, MI

Significance: Quincy was Michigan's second largest copper producer, and one of national and international importance. The mine was extremely long-lived and profitable. Unprocessed Field note material exists f... More

Quincy Mining Company, Hancock, Houghton County, MI

Quincy Mining Company, Hancock, Houghton County, MI

Significance: Quincy was Michigan's second largest copper producer, and one of national and international importance. The mine was extremely long-lived and profitable. Unprocessed Field note material exists f... More

U.S. Soldiers Home, Scott Building, Rock Creek Church Road & Upshur Street Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

U.S. Soldiers Home, Scott Building, Rock Creek Church Road & Upshur St...

See HABS No. DC-353 for list of related structures. Significance: Soldiers Home established by Congress in 1851. Scott Building was he first major building constructed. Originally housed residents and administ... More

U.S. Soldiers Home, Scott Building, Rock Creek Church Road & Upshur Street Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

U.S. Soldiers Home, Scott Building, Rock Creek Church Road & Upshur St...

See HABS No. DC-353 for list of related structures. Significance: Soldiers Home established by Congress in 1851. Scott Building was he first major building constructed. Originally housed residents and administ... More

U.S. Soldiers Home, Scott Building, Rock Creek Church Road & Upshur Street Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

U.S. Soldiers Home, Scott Building, Rock Creek Church Road & Upshur St...

See HABS No. DC-353 for list of related structures. Significance: Soldiers Home established by Congress in 1851. Scott Building was he first major building constructed. Originally housed residents and administ... More

U.S. Soldiers Home, Scott Building, Rock Creek Church Road & Upshur Street Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

U.S. Soldiers Home, Scott Building, Rock Creek Church Road & Upshur St...

See HABS No. DC-353 for list of related structures. Significance: Soldiers Home established by Congress in 1851. Scott Building was he first major building constructed. Originally housed residents and administ... More

Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Old Administrative Offices, Eighth Street, north side between Railroad Avenue & Walnut Avenue, Vallejo, Solano County, CA

Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Old Administrative Offices, Eighth Street,...

Public domain photograph - historical image of California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Auditorium Building, 430 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Auditorium Building, 430 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Cook County, ...

Structure incorporated hydro-pnuematic sewage ejectors, hydraulic rams, moveable stages, "asphaelia" system, isacoustic curve, cyclorama, scagliola, & thunder machines. Significance: The Auditorium Building des... More

Auditorium Building, 430 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Auditorium Building, 430 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Cook County, ...

Structure incorporated hydro-pnuematic sewage ejectors, hydraulic rams, moveable stages, "asphaelia" system, isacoustic curve, cyclorama, scagliola, & thunder machines. Significance: The Auditorium Building des... More

Auditorium Building, 430 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Auditorium Building, 430 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Cook County, ...

Structure incorporated hydro-pnuematic sewage ejectors, hydraulic rams, moveable stages, "asphaelia" system, isacoustic curve, cyclorama, scagliola, & thunder machines. Significance: The Auditorium Building des... 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, ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an office, table, bureau, desk, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

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

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

Public domain scan of an architecture diagram, architectural drawing, building plan, or design, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

Cleveland Arcade, 401 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, OH

Cleveland Arcade, 401 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, OH

Significance: The Cleveland Arcade is a particularly noteworthy example of the skylighted arcade - a building type that is one of the most unique contributions of the nineteenth century to the urban scene. Func... More

Cleveland Arcade, 401 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, OH

Cleveland Arcade, 401 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, OH

Significance: The Cleveland Arcade is a particularly noteworthy example of the skylighted arcade - a building type that is one of the most unique contributions of the nineteenth century to the urban scene. Func... More

Harlan & Hollingsworth Company Factory, 100 South West Street, Wilmington, New Castle County, DE

Harlan & Hollingsworth Company Factory, 100 South West Street, Wilming...

Public domain image of an industrial building, factory, structure, works, 19th-20th century industrial revolution, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Constitution Hall, 315 Elmore Street, Lecompton, Douglas County, KS

Constitution Hall, 315 Elmore Street, Lecompton, Douglas County, KS

1993 Charles E. Peterson Prize, First Place Significance: Constitution Hall was built in 1856, probably by Samuel Jones, sheriff of Douglas County and a notorious proslavery champion. It was a commercial ventur... More

George Schleier Mansion, 1665 Grant Street, Denver, Denver County, CO

George Schleier Mansion, 1665 Grant Street, Denver, Denver County, CO

Survey number: HABS CO-40 Public domain photograph - historical image of Colorado, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Ellis Island, Contagious Disease Hospital Office Building, New York Harbor, New York, New York County, NY

Ellis Island, Contagious Disease Hospital Office Building, New York Ha...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a basement, underground, lobby, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

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