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Catedral de Burgos. Puerta alta de la Coroneria

Catedral de Burgos. Puerta alta de la Coroneria

Door to the cathedral, showing portal with elaborate carvings and statues. In album: Spain, p.3. No. 88. Tear on photograph.

Catedral de Toledo. Puerta del Berruguete. Paso del claustro à la catedral

Catedral de Toledo. Puerta del Berruguete. Paso del claustro à la cate...

Door, designed by Berruguete, in passageway between cloisters and cathedral. In album: Spain, p. 13. No. 573.

Grand staircase from vestibule Congressional Library, Washington, D.C

Grand staircase from vestibule Congressional Library, Washington, D.C

Copyright 1900 by C. L. Wasson. Public domain photograph of monument, historic place, stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Sergei Prokudin Gorskiy: Obshchīĭ vid m. Shakh-Zinde sli︠e︡va ot vkhoda s gory. Samarkand, photographic print

Sergei Prokudin Gorskiy: Obshchīĭ vid m. Shakh-Zinde sli︠e︡va ot vkhod...

In album: Views in Central Asia, Russian Empire, LOT 10338, no. 44. Credit line: Prokudin-Gorskiĭ photograph collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General information about the Proku... More

[Murals and ornamental frieze on ceiling of foyer in the New Theater, New York City]

[Murals and ornamental frieze on ceiling of foyer in the New Theater, ...

J136200 U.S. Copyright Office. Public domain photograph of theater building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Maria Gay, full-length portrait, standing, facing left; as Aida in costume with exotic headdress with snake ornament]

[Maria Gay, full-length portrait, standing, facing left; as Aida in co...

Copyright by A. Dupont. Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Portrait photo of Edward S. Curtis - Dahchihtok--Nunivak

Portrait photo of Edward S. Curtis - Dahchihtok--Nunivak

Dahchihtok, Eskimo woman, half-length portrait, facing front, wearing nose ornament and labrets. J299921 U.S. Copyright Office. Forms part of: Edward S. Curtis Collection (Library of Congress). Published in: T... More

Joyce Estate, Greenhouse, Chippewa National Forest Road 2144, 3 miles north of County Road 335, Grand Rapids, Itasca County, MN

Joyce Estate, Greenhouse, Chippewa National Forest Road 2144, 3 miles ...

Significance: ... the Greenhouse was built in the early 1920s to provide ornamental shrubs and flowers for landscaping the grounds. David Gage Joyce's probate file, compiled in 1938, itemizes a "greenhouse" as... More

33 Hayne Street (Commercial Building), Charleston, Charleston County, SC

33 Hayne Street (Commercial Building), Charleston, Charleston County, ...

Significance: A mid-19th century (built c. 1850) cast-iron commercial building with interesting architectural features and ornamental details. Survey number: HABS SC-308 Building/structure dates: ca. 1850 Ini... More

Hiss Tower, 5400-5420 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA

Hiss Tower, 5400-5420 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Cou...

Significance: This building represents a classic Moderne type of the 1920s and 1930s. A central tower is presented as an attenuated vertical block where the scale is deceptively presented so that one is not aw... More

Jeremiah Sullivan Building, 1331 Thirty-fifth Street Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Jeremiah Sullivan Building, 1331 Thirty-fifth Street Northwest, Washin...

Significance: This is a highly ornamented, late nineteenth century, multipurpose, commercial structure. Its unusual facade has remained unaltered since its construction. Survey number: HABS DC-202 Building... More

Joyce Estate, Metal Garage, Chippewa National Forest Road 2144, 3 miles north of County Road 335, Grand Rapids, Itasca County, MN

Joyce Estate, Metal Garage, Chippewa National Forest Road 2144, 3 mile...

Significance: ... the Metal Garage was constructed at the south end of Trout Lake "in the early 1930s," and was subsequently moved to its present location at the north end of the Caretaker's Compound. Its relo... More

Decorated gravemarker on All Saints' Day, New Roads, Louisiana. Note the beaded ornament, which is made of wire and beads

Decorated gravemarker on All Saints' Day, New Roads, Louisiana. Note t...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Migrant worker who makes ornaments from horns. He is filing down a wooden block to be used as base for horns. Near Hammond, Louisiana

Migrant worker who makes ornaments from horns. He is filing down a woo...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Merritt Parkway, Morehouse Highway Bridge, Spanning Merritt Parkway, Fairfield, Fairfield County, CT

Merritt Parkway, Morehouse Highway Bridge, Spanning Merritt Parkway, F...

Significance: The bridges of the Merritt Parkway were predominately inspired by the Art Deco and Art Moderne architectural styles of the 1930s. Experimental forming techniques were employed to create the orname... More

[Second Floor, Northwest Pavilion. View of frieze showing carved lion's heads and pilaster capitals. Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building, Washington, D.C.]

[Second Floor, Northwest Pavilion. View of frieze showing carved lion'...

Forms part of the Library of Congress Series in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.

[Lobby to Main Reading Room. Government mural by Elihu Vedder. Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building, Washington, D.C.]

[Lobby to Main Reading Room. Government mural by Elihu Vedder. Library...

Forms part of the Library of Congress Series in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.

[Great Hall. View of ceiling, displaying sculpture, painting and aluminum plating. Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building, Washington, D.C.]

[Great Hall. View of ceiling, displaying sculpture, painting and alumi...

Forms part of the Library of Congress Series in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.

[Great Hall. View of grand staircase and bronze statue of female figure on newel post holding a torch of electric light. Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building, Washington, D.C.]

[Great Hall. View of grand staircase and bronze statue of female figur...

Forms part of the Library of Congress Series in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.

[Great Hall. View of grand staircase and bronze statue of female figure on newel post holding a torch of electric light, with bust of George Washington at left. Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building, Washington, D.C.]

[Great Hall. View of grand staircase and bronze statue of female figur...

More information about the Highsmith Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.highsm Forms part of the Library of Congress Series in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.

[Main Reading Room. Detail of voluted keystone and sculpted dome frieze. Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building, Washington, D.C.]

[Main Reading Room. Detail of voluted keystone and sculpted dome friez...

Forms part of the Library of Congress Series in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.

[Great Hall. Detail of ceiling and cove showing Moses and Herodotus plaques. Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building, Washington, D.C.]

[Great Hall. Detail of ceiling and cove showing Moses and Herodotus pl...

Forms part of the Library of Congress Series in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.

[House Members Room. Light of Poetry (red) panel in the Spectrum of Light ceiling mural by Carl Gutherz. Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building, Washington, D.C.]

[House Members Room. Light of Poetry (red) panel in the Spectrum of Li...

Gift; Carol M. Highsmith 2010; (DLC/PP-2002:038) Forms part of the Library of Congress Series in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.

[Librarian's Room. Detail of stucco reliefs around dome. Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building, Washington, D.C.]

[Librarian's Room. Detail of stucco reliefs around dome. Library of Co...

Gift; Carol M. Highsmith 2010; (DLC/PP-2002:038) Forms part of the Library of Congress Series in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.

[Librarian's Room. Detail of stucco reliefs around dome. Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building, Washington, D.C.]

[Librarian's Room. Detail of stucco reliefs around dome. Library of Co...

Gift; Carol M. Highsmith 2010; (DLC/PP-2002:038) Forms part of the Library of Congress Series in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.

Phelps House, 329 Divisadero Street, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

Phelps House, 329 Divisadero Street, San Francisco, San Francisco Coun...

Significance: Represents an exotic intrusion into the simple early traditions of the city and is often referred to as the oldest frame house in San Francisco. Its Louisiana oriented ( and it came from the area ... More

Sergei Prokudin Gorskiy, Obrazt︠s︡y mozaichnykh sti︠e︡n v Shakh-Zinde. Samarkand, color separation negative

Sergei Prokudin Gorskiy, Obrazt︠s︡y mozaichnykh sti︠e︡n v Shakh-Zinde....

Credit line: Prokudin-Gorskiĭ photograph collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Corresponding photographic print is in album: Views in Central Asia, Russian Empire, LOT 10338, no. 75.... More

Sergei Prokudin Gorskiy, Detalʹ naruzhnoĭ sti︠e︡ny s li︠e︡voĭ storony u vykhoda iz prokhoda mertvykh. Samarkand, color separation negative

Sergei Prokudin Gorskiy, Detalʹ naruzhnoĭ sti︠e︡ny s li︠e︡voĭ storony ...

Credit line: Prokudin-Gorskiĭ photograph collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Corresponding photographic print is in album: Views in Central Asia, Russian Empire, LOT 10338, no. 68.... More

Sergei Prokudin Gorskiy, Sartskīĭ dom. V okrestnosti︠a︡kh Samarkanda, color separation negative

Sergei Prokudin Gorskiy, Sartskīĭ dom. V okrestnosti︠a︡kh Samarkanda, ...

Three men posed on porch. Credit line: Prokudin-Gorskiĭ photograph collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Corresponding photographic print is in album: Views in Central Asia, Russian ... More

Sergei Prokudin Gorskiy, Kupol mecheti Gur-Ėmir s vostochnoĭ storony. Samarkand, color separation negative

Sergei Prokudin Gorskiy, Kupol mecheti Gur-Ėmir s vostochnoĭ storony. ...

Credit line: Prokudin-Gorskiĭ photograph collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Corresponding photographic print is in album: Views in Central Asia, Russian Empire, LOT 10338, no. 88.... More

Sergei Prokudin Gorskiy, Permʹ. Li︠e︡tnee pomi︠e︡shchenīe birzhi, color separation negative

Sergei Prokudin Gorskiy, Permʹ. Li︠e︡tnee pomi︠e︡shchenīe birzhi, colo...

Credit line: Prokudin-Gorskiĭ photograph collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Corresponding photographic print is in album: Views in the Ural Mountains, survey of industrial area, R... More

Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery & Memorial, Chapel, Rue du General Pershing, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Departement de la Meuse (France), FR

Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery & Memorial, Chapel, Rue du General Per...

Significance: Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery & Memorial is one of eight overseas World War I cemeteries redesigned and administered by the American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC), a federal agency created ... More

National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, Northwestern Branch, 5000 West National Avenue, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, WI

National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, Northwestern Branch, 50...

See also HABS WI-303 (A-E) and HABS WI-360 (A-U) for additional documentation. Significance: The National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers (NHDVS) was established in 1865 as the first federal-level institut... More

Walter Luther Dodge House, 950 North Kings Road, West Hollywood District, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA

Walter Luther Dodge House, 950 North Kings Road, West Hollywood Distri...

Significance: The Dodge House is an unusually well-preserved example of the architecture of Irving Gill; it is a culmination of his genius, a rare example of the early manifestations of the International Style,... More

Walter Luther Dodge House, 950 North Kings Road, West Hollywood District, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA

Walter Luther Dodge House, 950 North Kings Road, West Hollywood Distri...

Significance: The Dodge House is an unusually well-preserved example of the architecture of Irving Gill; it is a culmination of his genius, a rare example of the early manifestations of the International Style,... More

Merritt Parkway, Hillside Road Bridge, Spanning Hillside Road, Fairfield, Fairfield County, CT

Merritt Parkway, Hillside Road Bridge, Spanning Hillside Road, Fairfie...

Significance: The bridges of the Merritt Parkway were predominately inspired by the Art Deco and Art Moderne architectural styles of the 1930s. Experimental forming techniques were employed to create the orname... More

Boundary Avenue Bridge, Spanning Kingsbury Creek at Boundary Avenue, Proctor, St. Louis County, MN

Boundary Avenue Bridge, Spanning Kingsbury Creek at Boundary Avenue, P...

Significance: Built in 1920, the Boundary Avenue Bridge is a single span, reinforced concrete, filled spandrel, barrel-arch bridge. The bridge carries Boundary Avenue over the Kingsbury Creek on a 21+' roadway... More

Boundary Avenue Bridge, Spanning Kingsbury Creek at Boundary Avenue, Proctor, St. Louis County, MN

Boundary Avenue Bridge, Spanning Kingsbury Creek at Boundary Avenue, P...

Significance: Built in 1920, the Boundary Avenue Bridge is a single span, reinforced concrete, filled spandrel, barrel-arch bridge. The bridge carries Boundary Avenue over the Kingsbury Creek on a 21+' roadway... More

Statesville Commercial Historic District, Madison Building, Between 125 & 145 East Broad Street, Statesville, Iredell County, NC

Statesville Commercial Historic District, Madison Building, Between 12...

Significance: This single-story commercial building constructed ca. 1925, is an example of Statesville's early 20th century commercial development. It is unimposing in appearance, with modest interior and exter... More

Statesville Commercial Historic District, Madison Building, Between 125 & 145 East Broad Street, Statesville, Iredell County, NC

Statesville Commercial Historic District, Madison Building, Between 12...

Significance: This single-story commercial building constructed ca. 1925, is an example of Statesville's early 20th century commercial development. It is unimposing in appearance, with modest interior and exter... More

Congress Street Bascule Bridge, Spanning Fort Point Channel at Congress Street, Boston, Suffolk County, MA

Congress Street Bascule Bridge, Spanning Fort Point Channel at Congres...

Significance: The Congress Street Bridge, built in 1930, is a trunnion bascule bridge and the most recent of the five movable-truss bridges spanning the Fort Point Channel. It replaced a steam operated swing d... More

Congress Street Bascule Bridge, Spanning Fort Point Channel at Congress Street, Boston, Suffolk County, MA

Congress Street Bascule Bridge, Spanning Fort Point Channel at Congres...

Significance: The Congress Street Bridge, built in 1930, is a trunnion bascule bridge and the most recent of the five movable-truss bridges spanning the Fort Point Channel. It replaced a steam operated swing d... More

Congress Street Bascule Bridge, Spanning Fort Point Channel at Congress Street, Boston, Suffolk County, MA

Congress Street Bascule Bridge, Spanning Fort Point Channel at Congres...

Significance: The Congress Street Bridge, built in 1930, is a trunnion bascule bridge and the most recent of the five movable-truss bridges spanning the Fort Point Channel. It replaced a steam operated swing d... More

Congress Street Bascule Bridge, Spanning Fort Point Channel at Congress Street, Boston, Suffolk County, MA

Congress Street Bascule Bridge, Spanning Fort Point Channel at Congres...

Significance: The Congress Street Bridge, built in 1930, is a trunnion bascule bridge and the most recent of the five movable-truss bridges spanning the Fort Point Channel. It replaced a steam operated swing d... More

Anderson House, 1111 Myrtle Avenue, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, OH

Anderson House, 1111 Myrtle Avenue, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, OH

Significance: A contributing element in a cluster of frame dwellings which dated from 1865-1885 and displayed ornamental wooden detailing. Survey number: HABS OH-2348 Building/structure dates: 1880 Initial Co... More

Engine 15 Firehouse, 2150 California Street, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

Engine 15 Firehouse, 2150 California Street, San Francisco, San Franci...

Structure has been referred to stylistically as "Gothic Burlesque." Significance: Built in 1884 and was representative of the Gothic Revival Spirit that prevailed in San Francisco form the 1850s and reached its... More

Engine 15 Firehouse, 2150 California Street, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

Engine 15 Firehouse, 2150 California Street, San Francisco, San Franci...

Structure has been referred to stylistically as "Gothic Burlesque." Significance: Built in 1884 and was representative of the Gothic Revival Spirit that prevailed in San Francisco form the 1850s and reached its... More

Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Launch Complex 39, Launch Control Center, LCC Road, East of Kennedy Parkway North, Cape Canaveral, Brevard County, FL

Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Launch Complex 39, Launch Control Ce...

Significance: The LCC was listed in the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) on January 21, 2000. Originally nominated in the context of the Apollo Program, ca. 1961 through 1975, the LCC has since gaine... More

Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Launch Complex 39, Launch Control Center, LCC Road, East of Kennedy Parkway North, Cape Canaveral, Brevard County, FL

Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Launch Complex 39, Launch Control Ce...

Significance: The LCC was listed in the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) on January 21, 2000. Originally nominated in the context of the Apollo Program, ca. 1961 through 1975, the LCC has since gaine... More

Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Launch Complex 39, Launch Control Center, LCC Road, East of Kennedy Parkway North, Cape Canaveral, Brevard County, FL

Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Launch Complex 39, Launch Control Ce...

Significance: The LCC was listed in the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) on January 21, 2000. Originally nominated in the context of the Apollo Program, ca. 1961 through 1975, the LCC has since gaine... More

Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Launch Complex 39, Launch Control Center, LCC Road, East of Kennedy Parkway North, Cape Canaveral, Brevard County, FL

Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Launch Complex 39, Launch Control Ce...

Significance: The LCC was listed in the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) on January 21, 2000. Originally nominated in the context of the Apollo Program, ca. 1961 through 1975, the LCC has since gaine... More

Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Launch Complex 39, Launch Control Center, LCC Road, East of Kennedy Parkway North, Cape Canaveral, Brevard County, FL

Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Launch Complex 39, Launch Control Ce...

Significance: The LCC was listed in the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) on January 21, 2000. Originally nominated in the context of the Apollo Program, ca. 1961 through 1975, the LCC has since gaine... More

Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Launch Complex 39, Launch Control Center, LCC Road, East of Kennedy Parkway North, Cape Canaveral, Brevard County, FL

Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Launch Complex 39, Launch Control Ce...

Significance: The LCC was listed in the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) on January 21, 2000. Originally nominated in the context of the Apollo Program, ca. 1961 through 1975, the LCC has since gaine... More

Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Launch Complex 39, Launch Control Center, LCC Road, East of Kennedy Parkway North, Cape Canaveral, Brevard County, FL

Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Launch Complex 39, Launch Control Ce...

Significance: The LCC was listed in the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) on January 21, 2000. Originally nominated in the context of the Apollo Program, ca. 1961 through 1975, the LCC has since gaine... More

Centre Street United Methodist Church, Centre & Main Streets, Nantucket, Nantucket County, MA

Centre Street United Methodist Church, Centre & Main Streets, Nantucke...

Significance: A visual and social landmark, this Church contains some original elements despite later alterations, and reflects the changing tastes in nineteenth century ecclesiastical architecture. / The Metho... More

Centre Street United Methodist Church, Centre & Main Streets, Nantucket, Nantucket County, MA

Centre Street United Methodist Church, Centre & Main Streets, Nantucke...

Significance: A visual and social landmark, this Church contains some original elements despite later alterations, and reflects the changing tastes in nineteenth century ecclesiastical architecture. / The Metho... More

Centre Street United Methodist Church, Centre & Main Streets, Nantucket, Nantucket County, MA

Centre Street United Methodist Church, Centre & Main Streets, Nantucke...

Significance: A visual and social landmark, this Church contains some original elements despite later alterations, and reflects the changing tastes in nineteenth century ecclesiastical architecture. / The Metho... More

Centre Street United Methodist Church, Centre & Main Streets, Nantucket, Nantucket County, MA

Centre Street United Methodist Church, Centre & Main Streets, Nantucke...

Significance: A visual and social landmark, this Church contains some original elements despite later alterations, and reflects the changing tastes in nineteenth century ecclesiastical architecture. / The Metho... More

Centre Street United Methodist Church, Centre & Main Streets, Nantucket, Nantucket County, MA

Centre Street United Methodist Church, Centre & Main Streets, Nantucke...

Significance: A visual and social landmark, this Church contains some original elements despite later alterations, and reflects the changing tastes in nineteenth century ecclesiastical architecture. / The Metho... More

Centre Street United Methodist Church, Centre & Main Streets, Nantucket, Nantucket County, MA

Centre Street United Methodist Church, Centre & Main Streets, Nantucke...

Significance: A visual and social landmark, this Church contains some original elements despite later alterations, and reflects the changing tastes in nineteenth century ecclesiastical architecture. / The Metho... More

Centre Street United Methodist Church, Centre & Main Streets, Nantucket, Nantucket County, MA

Centre Street United Methodist Church, Centre & Main Streets, Nantucke...

Significance: A visual and social landmark, this Church contains some original elements despite later alterations, and reflects the changing tastes in nineteenth century ecclesiastical architecture. / The Metho... More

Centre Street United Methodist Church, Centre & Main Streets, Nantucket, Nantucket County, MA

Centre Street United Methodist Church, Centre & Main Streets, Nantucke...

Significance: A visual and social landmark, this Church contains some original elements despite later alterations, and reflects the changing tastes in nineteenth century ecclesiastical architecture. / The Metho... More

Merritt Parkway, South Avenue/Route 124 Bridge, Spanning Merritt Parkway, New Canaan, Fairfield County, CT

Merritt Parkway, South Avenue/Route 124 Bridge, Spanning Merritt Parkw...

Significance: The bridges of the Merritt Parkway were predominately inspired by the Art Deco and Art Moderne architectural style of the 1930s. Experimental forming techniques were employed to create the orname... More

Hayden Bridge, Spanning McKenzie River at Southern Pacific Railroad (moved from Springfield, Lake County, OR), Springfield, Lane County, OR

Hayden Bridge, Spanning McKenzie River at Southern Pacific Railroad (m...

Significance: The Hayden Bridge incorporates two features that were milestones in the history of wrought iron bridge building: the Whipple-Murphy truss and the Phoenix column. / The Hayden Bridge was fabricated... More

Cameron County Courthouse, 1150 East Madison Street, Brownsville, Cameron County, TX

Cameron County Courthouse, 1150 East Madison Street, Brownsville, Came...

Significance: Cameron County Courthouse, designed by prominent San Antonio architect Atlee B. Ayres, in 1912, is the second Cameron County Courthouse building. It is notable for its academic architectural detai... More

Montana-Dakota Utilities Building, 2603 2nd Avenue North, Billings, Yellowstone County, MT

Montana-Dakota Utilities Building, 2603 2nd Avenue North, Billings, Ye...

STORED ON SITE. mchr Significance: It is significant for the supportive role the growing power company played in the development of Billings and for the strong clarity of architectural expression typical of the... More

Enumclaw High School, 2222 Porter Street, Enumclaw, King County, WA

Enumclaw High School, 2222 Porter Street, Enumclaw, King County, WA

Significance: The Enumclaw High School is most significant as Enumclaw's sole reminder of its long educational heritage. However, like many schools in other small towns, the Enumclaw High School has served the... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Naval Housing Area Makalapa, Senior Officers' Quarters Type E, 37 Halawa Drive, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Naval Housing Area Makalapa, Senior Off...

Significance: This housing type is significant as the residence of flag officers of the Navy in Hawaii from 1941 to the present, and as an example of Hawaiian residential architecture during the 1940s, in a gro... More

Montgomery Place, Annandale Road, Barrytown, Dutchess County, NY

Montgomery Place, Annandale Road, Barrytown, Dutchess County, NY

Significance: Dramatically situated along the Hudson River, Montgomery Place was a showplace during the 19th century, widely known for its richly ornamented Federal house and extensive pleasure grounds. The ori... More

Security First National Bank, 5207-5209 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA

Security First National Bank, 5207-5209 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angele...

Significance: A single floor bank structure, externally sheathed in glazed black terracotta, with bright gold accented terracotta detailings. In a reserve fashion Zigzag Moderne (Art Deco) ornament has been int... More

Fox Theater, Seventh Avenue & Olive Way, Seattle, King County, WA

Fox Theater, Seventh Avenue & Olive Way, Seattle, King County, WA

Significance: The Music Hall Theatre in Seattle was an outstanding example of the golden age of the American picture palace. Designed in an eclectic Spanish Renaissance idiom, the theatre was considered the fi... More

Fox Theater, Seventh Avenue & Olive Way, Seattle, King County, WA

Fox Theater, Seventh Avenue & Olive Way, Seattle, King County, WA

Significance: The Music Hall Theatre in Seattle was an outstanding example of the golden age of the American picture palace. Designed in an eclectic Spanish Renaissance idiom, the theatre was considered the fi... More

Fox Theater, Seventh Avenue & Olive Way, Seattle, King County, WA

Fox Theater, Seventh Avenue & Olive Way, Seattle, King County, WA

Significance: The Music Hall Theatre in Seattle was an outstanding example of the golden age of the American picture palace. Designed in an eclectic Spanish Renaissance idiom, the theatre was considered the fi... More

Fox Theater, Seventh Avenue & Olive Way, Seattle, King County, WA

Fox Theater, Seventh Avenue & Olive Way, Seattle, King County, WA

Significance: The Music Hall Theatre in Seattle was an outstanding example of the golden age of the American picture palace. Designed in an eclectic Spanish Renaissance idiom, the theatre was considered the fi... More

Fox Theater, Seventh Avenue & Olive Way, Seattle, King County, WA

Fox Theater, Seventh Avenue & Olive Way, Seattle, King County, WA

Significance: The Music Hall Theatre in Seattle was an outstanding example of the golden age of the American picture palace. Designed in an eclectic Spanish Renaissance idiom, the theatre was considered the fi... More

Kansas City City Hall, 414 East Twelfth Street, Kansas City, Jackson County, MO

Kansas City City Hall, 414 East Twelfth Street, Kansas City, Jackson C...

Significance: The City Hall is the tallest and most obvious of a three building construction program passed in 1931 by the people of Kansas City. The overall bond program was labeled the "Ten-Year-Plan," and of... More

Tuba City Boarding School, Tuba Hall, Navajo Reservation, Main Street & West Cedar Avenue, Tuba City, Coconino County, AZ

Tuba City Boarding School, Tuba Hall, Navajo Reservation, Main Street ...

STORED OFF SITE AND ON SITE. mchr Significance: It is significant as a good example of turn-of-the-century Bureau of Indian Affairs architecture in the Southwest and for its association with early BIA education... More

Johnson & McCallum Houses, William Johnson House, 210 State Street, Natchez, Adams County, MS

Johnson & McCallum Houses, William Johnson House, 210 State Street, Na...

Survey number: HABS MS-270-A Building/structure dates: 1840-1841 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1977-1986 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: ca. 1925 Subsequent Work

Johnson & McCallum Houses, William Johnson House, 210 State Street, Natchez, Adams County, MS

Johnson & McCallum Houses, William Johnson House, 210 State Street, Na...

Survey number: HABS MS-270-A Building/structure dates: 1840-1841 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1977-1986 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: ca. 1925 Subsequent Work

Tower Grove Park, 4255 Arsenal Street, Saint Louis, Independent City, MO

Tower Grove Park, 4255 Arsenal Street, Saint Louis, Independent City, ...

Significance: The first driving park established in St. Louis and was regarded by the noted 19th century botanist Asa gray as having no equal in the country in variety of foliage. Because of the preservation of... More

Joyce Estate, Guest Cabin, Chippewa National Forest Road 2144, 3 miles north of County Road 335, Grand Rapids, Itasca County, MN

Joyce Estate, Guest Cabin, Chippewa National Forest Road 2144, 3 miles...

Significance: Located in the Main Cabin Compound immediately to the north of the Joyce Cabin, this building was constructed during the estate's first season in 1917 for the use of guests of David Gage Joyce and... More

Watervliet Arsenal, Building No. 12, Farley Drive, Southeast of Bricker Lane, Watervliet, Albany County, NY

Watervliet Arsenal, Building No. 12, Farley Drive, Southeast of Bricke...

Significance: The building is an intact example of early 20th century greenhouse construction. It is a vestige of the time when the Army ornamented its installations with formal gardens and is probably one of t... More

Merritt Parkway, Frenchtown Road Bridge, Spanning Merritt Parkway, Trumbull, Fairfield County, CT

Merritt Parkway, Frenchtown Road Bridge, Spanning Merritt Parkway, Tru...

Significance: The bridges of the Merritt Parkway were predominately inspired by the Art Deco and Art Moderne architectural styles of the 1930s. Experimental forming techniques were employed to create the ornam... More

Newport Casino, 186-202 Bellevue Avenue, Newport, Newport County, RI

Newport Casino, 186-202 Bellevue Avenue, Newport, Newport County, RI

Significance: The Newport Casino was built in 1880 for James Gordon Bennett, publisher of the "New York Herald." Designed by McKim, Mead, and White, it was the fist of the suburban and resort country clubs whi... More

U.S. Naval Air Station, Power Plant, 328 South Avenue, Pensacola, Escambia County, FL

U.S. Naval Air Station, Power Plant, 328 South Avenue, Pensacola, Esca...

Significance: Constructed from 1905 to 1907, the Power Plant is among the most significant architectural landmarks within Naval Air Station (NAS) Pensacola. With its grand scale and finely crafted detailing and... More

U.S. Naval Air Station, Power Plant, 328 South Avenue, Pensacola, Escambia County, FL

U.S. Naval Air Station, Power Plant, 328 South Avenue, Pensacola, Esca...

Significance: Constructed from 1905 to 1907, the Power Plant is among the most significant architectural landmarks within Naval Air Station (NAS) Pensacola. With its grand scale and finely crafted detailing and... More

U.S. Naval Air Station, Power Plant, 328 South Avenue, Pensacola, Escambia County, FL

U.S. Naval Air Station, Power Plant, 328 South Avenue, Pensacola, Esca...

Significance: Constructed from 1905 to 1907, the Power Plant is among the most significant architectural landmarks within Naval Air Station (NAS) Pensacola. With its grand scale and finely crafted detailing and... More

U.S. Naval Air Station, Power Plant, 328 South Avenue, Pensacola, Escambia County, FL

U.S. Naval Air Station, Power Plant, 328 South Avenue, Pensacola, Esca...

Significance: Constructed from 1905 to 1907, the Power Plant is among the most significant architectural landmarks within Naval Air Station (NAS) Pensacola. With its grand scale and finely crafted detailing and... More

U.S. Naval Air Station, Power Plant, 328 South Avenue, Pensacola, Escambia County, FL

U.S. Naval Air Station, Power Plant, 328 South Avenue, Pensacola, Esca...

Significance: Constructed from 1905 to 1907, the Power Plant is among the most significant architectural landmarks within Naval Air Station (NAS) Pensacola. With its grand scale and finely crafted detailing and... More

U.S. Naval Air Station, Power Plant, 328 South Avenue, Pensacola, Escambia County, FL

U.S. Naval Air Station, Power Plant, 328 South Avenue, Pensacola, Esca...

Significance: Constructed from 1905 to 1907, the Power Plant is among the most significant architectural landmarks within Naval Air Station (NAS) Pensacola. With its grand scale and finely crafted detailing and... More

Workingmen's Houses, John H. Kelly House, 274 Southern Avenue, Dubuque, Dubuque County, IA

Workingmen's Houses, John H. Kelly House, 274 Southern Avenue, Dubuque...

Significance: Built about 1855 by laborer John H. Kelly, this two story stone/frame house is one of the most prominent of the vernacular workingmen's structures built in the 19th century along Southern Avenue a... More

Joyce Estate, Bathhouse, Chippewa National Forest Road 2144, 3 miles north of County Road 335, Grand Rapids, Itasca County, MN

Joyce Estate, Bathhouse, Chippewa National Forest Road 2144, 3 miles n...

Significance: ... the bathhouse was built about 1920. ... The Bathhouse is the only two-story building on the Joyce Estate. Since its construction, it has been transformed form a utilitarian bathhouse into a s... More

Merritt Parkway, Merwins Lane Bridge, Fairfield, Fairfield County, CT

Merritt Parkway, Merwins Lane Bridge, Fairfield, Fairfield County, CT

Significance: The bridges of the Merritt Parkway were predominately inspired by the Art Deco and Art Moderne architectural styles of the 1930s. Experimental forming techniques were employed to create the orname... More

Lucretia Cox House, 328 Green Street, Staunton, Staunton, Virginia

Lucretia Cox House, 328 Green Street, Staunton, Staunton, Virginia

Significance: Built in 1865, the Lucretia Cox House is a small, one-and-a-half story frame dwelling with a side hall plan raised over a stone cellar. The exterior is ornamented with Carpenter Gothic details in... More

Lucretia Cox House, 328 Green Street, Staunton, Staunton, Virginia

Lucretia Cox House, 328 Green Street, Staunton, Staunton, Virginia

Significance: Built in 1865, the Lucretia Cox House is a small, one-and-a-half story frame dwelling with a side hall plan raised over a stone cellar. The exterior is ornamented with Carpenter Gothic details in... More

Wheeler Block, 402 Monroe Street & 109-111 Saint Clair Street, Toledo, Lucas County, OH

Wheeler Block, 402 Monroe Street & 109-111 Saint Clair Street, Toledo,...

Significance: The Wheeler Block is a significant example of the late 19th century commercial classicism found in Toledo architecture. Notable architectural elements include the curved corner and open cast iron-... More

National Zoological Park, Elephant House, 3001 Connecticut Avenue NW, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

National Zoological Park, Elephant House, 3001 Connecticut Avenue NW, ...

Significance: In William Mann's "A Brief History of the Zoo," penned in 1946 while he was director, he wrote that "in 1935 the Zoo had a great stroke of good luck [when] the Public Works Administration allotted... More

National Zoological Park, Elephant House, 3001 Connecticut Avenue NW, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

National Zoological Park, Elephant House, 3001 Connecticut Avenue NW, ...

Significance: In William Mann's "A Brief History of the Zoo," penned in 1946 while he was director, he wrote that "in 1935 the Zoo had a great stroke of good luck [when] the Public Works Administration allotted... More

National Zoological Park, Elephant House, 3001 Connecticut Avenue NW, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

National Zoological Park, Elephant House, 3001 Connecticut Avenue NW, ...

Significance: In William Mann's "A Brief History of the Zoo," penned in 1946 while he was director, he wrote that "in 1935 the Zoo had a great stroke of good luck [when] the Public Works Administration allotted... More

National Zoological Park, Elephant House, 3001 Connecticut Avenue NW, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

National Zoological Park, Elephant House, 3001 Connecticut Avenue NW, ...

Significance: In William Mann's "A Brief History of the Zoo," penned in 1946 while he was director, he wrote that "in 1935 the Zoo had a great stroke of good luck [when] the Public Works Administration allotted... More

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