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Missæ octo vocvm, cvm dvplici basso ad organum accomodato

Missæ octo vocvm, cvm dvplici basso ad organum accomodato

For cantus primi chori, altus primi chori, tenor primi chori, bassvs primi chori, cantus secunda, altus secunda, tenor secunda, basses secunda, and organ. Title from cantvs primi chori. Title within ornamental ... More

Pādishāhnāmah - Persian manuscript

Pādishāhnāmah - Persian manuscript

Contains a biography of Shāhjahān from his birth through the first 10 years of his reign by Qazvīnī. This work is followed by the second and third parts of Muḥammad Ṣāliḥ Kambūh's ʻAmāl-i Ṣāliḥ's h... 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

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Naval Housing Area Hale Alii, Officers' Quarters Two Story Type, 1-5, 7-8 Hale Alii Avenue, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Naval Housing Area Hale Alii, Officers'...

Significance: Facilities 1001, 1002, 1004, 1036, 1037, 1038, and 1039 are excellent examples of early twentieth-century Craftsman-style architecture. The structures are distinctive for their use of materials s... 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

Photographs of the U. S. Post Office and Courthouse in New Bern, North Carolina

Photographs of the U. S. Post Office and Courthouse in New Bern, North...

Images show exterior and interior views of post office and courthouse in New Bern, North Carolina. Details include the courtroom, halls, doors, windows, stairs, cupola, and architectural decoration including mu... More

Photographs of the John F. Kennedy Federal Building in Boston, Massachusetts

Photographs of the John F. Kennedy Federal Building in Boston, Massach...

Images show exterior and interior views of federal building in Boston, Massachusetts. Details include the courtroom, lobby, atrium, plaza and architectural decoration including painting and sculpture. Arrangeme... 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

Sti︠e︡nnai︠a︡ zhivopisʹ v nishi︠e︡ v Bogoėddini︠e︡. Bukhara

Sti︠e︡nnai︠a︡ zhivopisʹ v nishi︠e︡ v Bogoėddini︠e︡. Bukhara

Public domain photograph of Russian Empire, color separation negatives, by Prokudin Gorsky, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Dvoret︠s︡. Drugoĭ fasad. Bukhara

Dvoret︠s︡. Drugoĭ fasad. Bukhara

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

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

Greenbelt Community Building, 15 Crescent Road, Greenbelt, Prince George's County, MD

Greenbelt Community Building, 15 Crescent Road, Greenbelt, Prince Geor...

Significance: The Greenbelt Community Building is a focal point of activity for this important, early planned community. It was first used as a combination community meeting hall and school building and later ... More

Greenbelt Community Building, 15 Crescent Road, Greenbelt, Prince George's County, MD

Greenbelt Community Building, 15 Crescent Road, Greenbelt, Prince Geor...

Significance: The Greenbelt Community Building is a focal point of activity for this important, early planned community. It was first used as a combination community meeting hall and school building and later ... More

Photographs of the E. Ross Adair Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse in Fort Wayne, Indiana

Photographs of the E. Ross Adair Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse ...

Images show exterior and interior views of U.S. federal building, post office and courthouse in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Details include the courtroom, lobby, and decoration includeing lamps, ceilings, and sculpture.

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

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

Schiller Building, 64 West Randolph Street, Chicago, Cook County, IL

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

National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, Marion Branch, 1700 East 38th Street, Marion, Grant County, IN

National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, Marion Branch, 1700 Eas...

See also individual structures documented as HABS No. IN-306-A through HABS No. IN-306-AR. STORED OFF SITE AND ON SITE. mchr Significance: The Marion Branch of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers ... More

923-929 North Broadway (Rowhouses), 923-929 North Broadway, Baltimore, Independent City, MD

923-929 North Broadway (Rowhouses), 923-929 North Broadway, Baltimore,...

Significance: 923-929 N. Broadway, situated between Ashland (formerly Chew) and Barnes Streets, are contributing structures within an expansion of the Middle East Planning Area Historic District. 923-929 N. Br... More

923-929 North Broadway (Rowhouses), 923-929 North Broadway, Baltimore, Independent City, MD

923-929 North Broadway (Rowhouses), 923-929 North Broadway, Baltimore,...

Significance: 923-929 N. Broadway, situated between Ashland (formerly Chew) and Barnes Streets, are contributing structures within an expansion of the Middle East Planning Area Historic District. 923-929 N. Br... More

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

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

Significance: ... this cabin was built soon after completion of the Main Cabin and the first three sleeping cabins. It is apparently one of the seven "cottages" mentioned in an article about the estate in the ... More

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

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

Significance: ... this cabin was built soon after completion of the Main Cabin and the first three sleeping cabins. It is apparently one of the seven "cottages" mentioned in an article about the estate in the ... More

Frances Canyon Pueblito, Frances Canyon Rincon, Dulce, Rio Arriba County, NM

Frances Canyon Pueblito, Frances Canyon Rincon, Dulce, Rio Arriba Coun...

Significance: Frances Canyon Pueblito, one of the largest and best preserved Navajo pueblitos, was occupied after the Pueblo Revolt in 1680. This revolt broke the Spanish hold on Pueblo villages along the Nort... More

George Washington Whittemore House, 329 Harvard Street, Cambridge, Middlesex County, MA

George Washington Whittemore House, 329 Harvard Street, Cambridge, Mid...

Significance: House was originally remarkable for extensive use of exterior papier mache ornament. Front and side eaves of main block, and cupola were trimmed with molded papier mache "gingerbread" mounted on ... More

Unity Temple, 875 Lake Street, Oak Park, Cook County, IL

Unity Temple, 875 Lake Street, Oak Park, Cook County, IL

Significance: Frank Lloyd Wright's design for Unity Church was conceived with the prime objective of giving exterior expression to a room of worship by subordinating the smaller auxiliary functions to the main ... More

Kentucky Theater (Commercial Building), 649-651 South Fourth Street, Louisville, Jefferson County, KY

Kentucky Theater (Commercial Building), 649-651 South Fourth Street, L...

Significance: The Kentucky Theater demonstrates a rich interest in surface textures, combining patterned glazed-brick with classical, terra cotta ornament on the facade. It is one of the finest of the older mo... More

State Theatre, 238-244 Liberty Street, Schenectady, Schenectady County, NY

State Theatre, 238-244 Liberty Street, Schenectady, Schenectady County...

Significance: The State Theater open on December 10, 1922, showing Harold Lloyd's first five reel silent film comedy "Grandma's Boy". The opening was celebrated by Schenectady Socialist Mayor George Lunn and Ne... More

State Theatre, 238-244 Liberty Street, Schenectady, Schenectady County, NY

State Theatre, 238-244 Liberty Street, Schenectady, Schenectady County...

Significance: The State Theater open on December 10, 1922, showing Harold Lloyd's first five reel silent film comedy "Grandma's Boy". The opening was celebrated by Schenectady Socialist Mayor George Lunn and Ne... More

U.S. Naval Academy, Griffin Hall, Annapolis, Anne Arundel County, MD

U.S. Naval Academy, Griffin Hall, Annapolis, Anne Arundel County, MD

Significance: Griffin Hall was built in 1917 as an extension to Isherwood Hall by Flagg's disciple Jules de Sibour who had become consulting architect to the Academy. Griffin is a skinny rectangle (56' x 181')... More

Detalʹ sti︠e︡ny Nikolaevskago sobora. Mozhaĭsk

Detalʹ sti︠e︡ny Nikolaevskago sobora. Mozhaĭsk

Picryl description: Public domain image of a palace, villa, or large historic building, architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

T︠S︡erkovʹ Voskresenīi︠a︡ na debri︠a︡kh (s drugoĭ storony). [Kostroma]

T︠S︡erkovʹ Voskresenīi︠a︡ na debri︠a︡kh (s drugoĭ storony). [Kostroma]

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Chapin & Gore Building, 63 East Adams Street, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Chapin & Gore Building, 63 East Adams Street, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Significance: The Chapin and Gore Building, 1904, was built for a Chicago firm which specialized in the making and distribution of wines and whiskies. The architect, Richard E. Schmidt, was one of a group of C... More

Chapin & Gore Building, 63 East Adams Street, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Chapin & Gore Building, 63 East Adams Street, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Significance: The Chapin and Gore Building, 1904, was built for a Chicago firm which specialized in the making and distribution of wines and whiskies. The architect, Richard E. Schmidt, was one of a group of C... More

Tariffville Road Bridge, Spanning Farmington River on Tariffville Road (Connecticut Route 315), Simsbury, Hartford County, CT

Tariffville Road Bridge, Spanning Farmington River on Tariffville Road...

Significance: Tariffville Road Bridge is significant as a representative example of 19th-century truss engineering, one of few pre-1900 through-trusses remaining in Connecticut. Its pinned connections and orna... More

United States Post Office Garage, 135 A Street (northeast corner A & West First Streets), South Boston, Suffolk County, MA

United States Post Office Garage, 135 A Street (northeast corner A & W...

Significance: Built in 1940-41 by the federal Public Buildings Administration, the United States Post Office Garage survives as a rare Boston-area of example of the International Style of architecture. This fu... More

United States Post Office Garage, 135 A Street (northeast corner A & West First Streets), South Boston, Suffolk County, MA

United States Post Office Garage, 135 A Street (northeast corner A & W...

Significance: Built in 1940-41 by the federal Public Buildings Administration, the United States Post Office Garage survives as a rare Boston-area of example of the International Style of architecture. This fu... More

United States Post Office Garage, 135 A Street (northeast corner A & West First Streets), South Boston, Suffolk County, MA

United States Post Office Garage, 135 A Street (northeast corner A & W...

Significance: Built in 1940-41 by the federal Public Buildings Administration, the United States Post Office Garage survives as a rare Boston-area of example of the International Style of architecture. This fu... More

United States Post Office Garage, 135 A Street (northeast corner A & West First Streets), South Boston, Suffolk County, MA

United States Post Office Garage, 135 A Street (northeast corner A & W...

Significance: Built in 1940-41 by the federal Public Buildings Administration, the United States Post Office Garage survives as a rare Boston-area of example of the International Style of architecture. This fu... More

Rattle & Snap, U.S. Route 43 (Andrew Jackson Highway), Columbia, Maury County, TN

Rattle & Snap, U.S. Route 43 (Andrew Jackson Highway), Columbia, Maury...

Significance: Often referred to as "the most monumental house in Tennessee," this house is fine example of the lavish scale on which many Southern houses were built in the period 1845-1860. It is particularly ... More

Siasconset Union Chapel, New Street, Siasconset, Nantucket, Nantucket County, MA

Siasconset Union Chapel, New Street, Siasconset, Nantucket, Nantucket ...

Significance: The Siasconset Union Chapel has served as the house of prayer for the village of Siasconset, Nantucket Island, since its completion in 1883. Originally constructed in a Gothic Revival style, it h... More

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