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Mount Vernon Place, Charles & Monument Streets, Baltimore, Independent City, MD

Mount Vernon Place, Charles & Monument Streets, Baltimore, Independent...

Survey number: HALS MD-1 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 71001037

Fort Riley, Building No. 373, 373 Stone Court, Riley, Riley County, KS

Fort Riley, Building No. 373, 373 Stone Court, Riley, Riley County, KS

Significance: Building #373 is one of ten rock-faced limestone duplexes built on Stone Court in 1939. It was one of the last rock-faced quarters built on post. The ten structures appear in two variations. Th... More

Fort Riley, Building No. 373, 373 Stone Court, Riley, Riley County, KS

Fort Riley, Building No. 373, 373 Stone Court, Riley, Riley County, KS

Significance: Building #373 is one of ten rock-faced limestone duplexes built on Stone Court in 1939. It was one of the last rock-faced quarters built on post. The ten structures appear in two variations. Th... More

Merritt Parkway, Grumman Avenue Bridge, Spanning Merritt Parkway, Norwalk, Fairfield County, CT

Merritt Parkway, Grumman Avenue Bridge, Spanning Merritt Parkway, Norw...

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

Harrison Street Block (Houses), 1009-1091 Harrison Street, Santa Clara, Santa Clara County, CA

Harrison Street Block (Houses), 1009-1091 Harrison Street, Santa Clara...

Significance: These seven Harrison Street residences are the oldest continuous block of houses in the City of Santa Clara which have not been significantly altered. Numbers 1051 and 1065, erected circa 1891, w... More

Architectural Remains, Unit B, Structure 112, Jamestown, James City County, Virginia

Architectural Remains, Unit B, Structure 112, Jamestown, James City Co...

Significance: The dwelling built by Sir John Harvey in the 1620s and expanded by Harvey, or Governor Sir William Berkeley, around 1640 is probably the only site whose life span matched that of New Towne (1620-9... More

Fourth Street Viaduct, Spanning Los Angeles River, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA

Fourth Street Viaduct, Spanning Los Angeles River, Los Angeles, Los An...

Significance: Fourth Street Viaduct was one of several reinforced concrete bridges providing an elegant, sturdy crossing over the Los Angeles River and railroad tracks built by the City of Los Angeles beginning... More

Providence & Worcester Railroad Station, 1 Depot Square, Woonsocket, Providence County, RI

Providence & Worcester Railroad Station, 1 Depot Square, Woonsocket, P...

Significance: This building is the third railroad station on the site and its most notable feature is the "light- weight curved and chamfered wooden brackets that arch well beyond the walls in a series of spoke... More

Providence & Worcester Railroad Station, 1 Depot Square, Woonsocket, Providence County, RI

Providence & Worcester Railroad Station, 1 Depot Square, Woonsocket, P...

Significance: This building is the third railroad station on the site and its most notable feature is the "light- weight curved and chamfered wooden brackets that arch well beyond the walls in a series of spoke... More

Providence & Worcester Railroad Station, 1 Depot Square, Woonsocket, Providence County, RI

Providence & Worcester Railroad Station, 1 Depot Square, Woonsocket, P...

Significance: This building is the third railroad station on the site and its most notable feature is the "light- weight curved and chamfered wooden brackets that arch well beyond the walls in a series of spoke... More

Russian Orthodox Church, Savonoski-Abandon City, King Salmon, Bristol Bay Borough, AK

Russian Orthodox Church, Savonoski-Abandon City, King Salmon, Bristol ...

Significance: A number of Russian Orthodox churches survive in Alaska, built by Native congregations in traditional forms. Unusual sawtooth ornament over the windows, reminiscent of Russian church decoration, ... More

U.S. Naval Air Station, Equipment Shops & Offices, 206 South Avenue, Pensacola, Escambia County, FL

U.S. Naval Air Station, Equipment Shops & Offices, 206 South Avenue, P...

Significance: Building No. 45 was constructed as the Equipment Shop and Offices in 1905-06 and, for only a brief period of time, was directly related to the mission of the Pensacola Navy Yard, The Bureau of Yar... More

U.S. Naval Air Station, Equipment Shops & Offices, 206 South Avenue, Pensacola, Escambia County, FL

U.S. Naval Air Station, Equipment Shops & Offices, 206 South Avenue, P...

Significance: Building No. 45 was constructed as the Equipment Shop and Offices in 1905-06 and, for only a brief period of time, was directly related to the mission of the Pensacola Navy Yard, The Bureau of Yar... More

U.S. Naval Air Station, Equipment Shops & Offices, 206 South Avenue, Pensacola, Escambia County, FL

U.S. Naval Air Station, Equipment Shops & Offices, 206 South Avenue, P...

Significance: Building No. 45 was constructed as the Equipment Shop and Offices in 1905-06 and, for only a brief period of time, was directly related to the mission of the Pensacola Navy Yard, The Bureau of Yar... More

U.S. Naval Air Station, Equipment Shops & Offices, 206 South Avenue, Pensacola, Escambia County, FL

U.S. Naval Air Station, Equipment Shops & Offices, 206 South Avenue, P...

Significance: Building No. 45 was constructed as the Equipment Shop and Offices in 1905-06 and, for only a brief period of time, was directly related to the mission of the Pensacola Navy Yard, The Bureau of Yar... More

U.S. Naval Air Station, Equipment Shops & Offices, 206 South Avenue, Pensacola, Escambia County, FL

U.S. Naval Air Station, Equipment Shops & Offices, 206 South Avenue, P...

Significance: Building No. 45 was constructed as the Equipment Shop and Offices in 1905-06 and, for only a brief period of time, was directly related to the mission of the Pensacola Navy Yard, The Bureau of Yar... More

1909 West Madison Street (House), Louisville, Jefferson County, KY

1909 West Madison Street (House), Louisville, Jefferson County, KY

Significance: 1909 West Madison Street is significant within the context of the Russell National Register District which was listed in 1980. This structure is typical of shotgun houses that were throughout thi... More

First Regiment Infantry Armory, 1552 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Cook County, IL

First Regiment Infantry Armory, 1552 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, C...

Significance: Designed by the firm of Burnham and Root in 1890, the Armory is an impressive, though rather curious work from their oeuvre. According to contemporary accounts, the building was designed to serve ... More

Lafayette Square, Bounded by West Lafayette, North Arlington, West Lanvale & North Carrollton streets, Baltimore, Independent City, MD

Lafayette Square, Bounded by West Lafayette, North Arlington, West Lan...

Significance: One of a number of urban squares established in West Baltimore in the nineteenth century to encourage new residential development west of the city center, Lafayette Square defined fashionable city... More

1812 West Muhammad Ali Boulevard (House), Louisville, Jefferson County, KY

1812 West Muhammad Ali Boulevard (House), Louisville, Jefferson County...

Significance: 1812 West Muhammed Ali Boulevard is significant within the context of the Russell National District which was listed in 1980. This structure is typical of shotgun houses that were built throughou... More

1812 West Muhammad Ali Boulevard (House), Louisville, Jefferson County, KY

1812 West Muhammad Ali Boulevard (House), Louisville, Jefferson County...

Significance: 1812 West Muhammed Ali Boulevard is significant within the context of the Russell National District which was listed in 1980. This structure is typical of shotgun houses that were built throughou... More

Adelaide Avenue Pedestrian Bridge, Adelaide Avenue over New Haven Railroad, Providence, Providence County, RI

Adelaide Avenue Pedestrian Bridge, Adelaide Avenue over New Haven Rail...

Significance: Erected in 1903, the Adelaide Avenue Pedestrian Bridge is significant for its association with the Gorham Manufacturing Company, a large ornamental metal manufacturer. This former employee footbr... More

Basso Building, 7338 Woodward Avenue, Detroit, Wayne County, MI

Basso Building, 7338 Woodward Avenue, Detroit, Wayne County, MI

Significance: This is a significant example of the kind of speculative commercial construction commonplace in Detroit during the city's period of rapid growth brought about by the success of the automobile indu... More

Brooklyn City Hall, 209 Joralemon Street, Brooklyn, Kings County, NY

Brooklyn City Hall, 209 Joralemon Street, Brooklyn, Kings County, NY

Significance: Brooklyn City Hall is one of New York's finest Greek Revival buildings. Exemplifying all the hallmarks of the style with its bilateral symmetry, classical temple form with portico, trabeated windo... More

Brooklyn City Hall, 209 Joralemon Street, Brooklyn, Kings County, NY

Brooklyn City Hall, 209 Joralemon Street, Brooklyn, Kings County, NY

Significance: Brooklyn City Hall is one of New York's finest Greek Revival buildings. Exemplifying all the hallmarks of the style with its bilateral symmetry, classical temple form with portico, trabeated windo... More

Edward Abner Building, 413-415 Ninth Street, Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Edward Abner Building, 413-415 Ninth Street, Northwest, Washington, Di...

Significance: The applied metal ornament on the upper floors of the facade make this building unusual and architecturally significant. Survey number: HABS DC-522 Building/structure dates: 1879 Initial Construction

U.S. Naval Air Station, Refrigeration Plant, Center Avenue, Pensacola, Escambia County, FL

U.S. Naval Air Station, Refrigeration Plant, Center Avenue, Pensacola,...

Significance: Constructed in 1917 as the Refrigeration Plant to its companion Mess Hall (Building No. 108), Building No. 107 played a role supporting health and sanitation for personnel during World War I at th... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Naval Housing Area Makalapa, Angle Three-Bedroom Duplex Type M, Kamakani & Samoa Places, & Makalapa Drive, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Naval Housing Area Makalapa, Angle Thre...

Significance: This housing type is significant as an example of Hawaiian residential architecture during the 1940s, in a grouping of related types. The design is notable for the use of new materials and minima... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Naval Housing Area Makalapa, Angle Three-Bedroom Duplex Type M, Kamakani & Samoa Places, & Makalapa Drive, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Naval Housing Area Makalapa, Angle Thre...

Significance: This housing type is significant as an example of Hawaiian residential architecture during the 1940s, in a grouping of related types. The design is notable for the use of new materials and minima... 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

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

Job Lyman House, 30 Elm Street, Woodstock, Windsor County, VT

Job Lyman House, 30 Elm Street, Woodstock, Windsor County, VT

Significance: This large house is representative of a prosperous era in a prosperous town. It has unusually elaborate ornamentation. Survey number: HABS VT-26 Building/structure dates: 1809- 1810 Initial ... More

Republican Building, 229-231 Bank Street, Waterbury, New Haven County, CT

Republican Building, 229-231 Bank Street, Waterbury, New Haven County,...

Significance: In 1883 Corinne and J. Henry Morrow purchased the south-west corner of Henry C. Griggs' homestead, and built the Republican Building to accommodate his expanding newspaper and printing businesses.... More

John Martin House, 502 High Street, Saltsburg, Indiana County, PA

John Martin House, 502 High Street, Saltsburg, Indiana County, PA

Significance: This vernacular frame dwelling is advantageously sited and is distinguished by unusual gingerbread ornamentation such as a crenellated cornice as well as serving as the longtime home of prominent ... More

Photographs of the Federal Building and U.S. Post Office in Hilo, Hawaii

Photographs of the Federal Building and U.S. Post Office in Hilo, Hawa...

Images show exterior and interior views of tthe Federal Building and U.S. Post Office in Hilo, Hawaii. Details include the courtyard and decorative elements such as doorways, windows, metal grille work, and a ... More

Photographs of the Federal Building and U.S. Post Office in Hilo, Hawaii

Photographs of the Federal Building and U.S. Post Office in Hilo, Hawa...

Images show exterior and interior views of tthe Federal Building and U.S. Post Office in Hilo, Hawaii. Details include the courtyard and decorative elements such as doorways, windows, metal grille work, and a ... More

John M. Williams House, Route 664, approximately 1350 feet from Jay Street Bridge, Lockport, Clinton County, PA

John M. Williams House, Route 664, approximately 1350 feet from Jay St...

Photo caption pages & written data include site & floor plans. Significance: The John M. Williams House is significant as an example of vernacular Italianate architecture within the 19th century canal-era house... More

U.S. Post Office, 1201 Eleventh Avenue, Altoona, Blair County, PA

U.S. Post Office, 1201 Eleventh Avenue, Altoona, Blair County, PA

Significance: The U.S. Post Office, designed by the local architectural firm of Royer and Anglemeyer in 1931, is the city's outstanding example of Art Deco style. The monumental Neoclassical building, of Indian... More

Puente del Caño Carate, Spanning Cano Carate Channel, Arecibo, Arecibo Municipio, PR

Puente del Caño Carate, Spanning Cano Carate Channel, Arecibo, Arecibo...

Significance: Puente del Cano Carate (Bridge No. 53) is a two-lane, 3-span, 29.15-meter long and 8.03-meter wide steel beam bridge. Its ornamentation consists of balustrades and exposed aggregate art deco geom... More

Macombs Dam Bridge, Spanning Harlem River Between 155th Street Viaduct, Jerome Avenue, & East 162nd Street, Bronx, Bronx County, NY

Macombs Dam Bridge, Spanning Harlem River Between 155th Street Viaduct...

Significance: The bridge was designed by eminent structural engineer Alfred Pancoast Boller and was a considerable municipal endeavor as well as a significant engineering feat. It is the third oldest major bri... More

Macombs Dam Bridge, Spanning Harlem River Between 155th Street Viaduct, Jerome Avenue, & East 162nd Street, Bronx, Bronx County, NY

Macombs Dam Bridge, Spanning Harlem River Between 155th Street Viaduct...

Significance: The bridge was designed by eminent structural engineer Alfred Pancoast Boller and was a considerable municipal endeavor as well as a significant engineering feat. It is the third oldest major bri... More

Macombs Dam Bridge, Spanning Harlem River Between 155th Street Viaduct, Jerome Avenue, & East 162nd Street, Bronx, Bronx County, NY

Macombs Dam Bridge, Spanning Harlem River Between 155th Street Viaduct...

Significance: The bridge was designed by eminent structural engineer Alfred Pancoast Boller and was a considerable municipal endeavor as well as a significant engineering feat. It is the third oldest major bri... More

Flora Cluston House, North side of Route 664, approximately 775 feet East of Jay Street Bridge, Lockport, Clinton County, PA

Flora Cluston House, North side of Route 664, approximately 775 feet E...

Photo caption pages & written data include site & floor plans. Significance: The early 20th century Flora Cluston House is significant as an intact example of an urban rowhouse form within the 19th century vern... More

Pleasant Hills, 7001 Croom Station Road, Upper Marlboro, Prince George's County, MD

Pleasant Hills, 7001 Croom Station Road, Upper Marlboro, Prince George...

Significance: Pleasant Hills is an excellent example of the side-hall-and-double-parlor plan, a style popular among the wealthier planter class in Prince George's County during the early part of the 19th centur... More

Pleasant Hills, 7001 Croom Station Road, Upper Marlboro, Prince George's County, MD

Pleasant Hills, 7001 Croom Station Road, Upper Marlboro, Prince George...

Significance: Pleasant Hills is an excellent example of the side-hall-and-double-parlor plan, a style popular among the wealthier planter class in Prince George's County during the early part of the 19th centur... More

Pleasant Hills, 7001 Croom Station Road, Upper Marlboro, Prince George's County, MD

Pleasant Hills, 7001 Croom Station Road, Upper Marlboro, Prince George...

Significance: Pleasant Hills is an excellent example of the side-hall-and-double-parlor plan, a style popular among the wealthier planter class in Prince George's County during the early part of the 19th centur... More

Watertower at Birdwood Pavilion, Ivy Road off of U.S. Route 250 West, Charlottesville, Charlottesville, Virginia

Watertower at Birdwood Pavilion, Ivy Road off of U.S. Route 250 West, ...

1994 Charles E. Peterson Prize, First Place Significance: The Watertower is one of five service buildings which surround Birdwood Mansion, a Roman Revival residence built sometime between 1818 and 1830, alleged... More

Olive Tower, 1624 Boren Avenue, Seattle, King County, WA

Olive Tower, 1624 Boren Avenue, Seattle, King County, WA

Significance: The Olive Tower is a fourteen story modernistic apartment house, simply executed in a cream colored stucco finish with ivory colored terra cotta trim. Its vertical emphasis and Gothic treatment o... More

Olive Tower, 1624 Boren Avenue, Seattle, King County, WA

Olive Tower, 1624 Boren Avenue, Seattle, King County, WA

Significance: The Olive Tower is a fourteen story modernistic apartment house, simply executed in a cream colored stucco finish with ivory colored terra cotta trim. Its vertical emphasis and Gothic treatment o... More

Slateford House, U.S. Route 611 & T709, Portland, Northampton County, PA

Slateford House, U.S. Route 611 & T709, Portland, Northampton County, ...

Significance: The Slateford farm was established in the first quarter of the nineteenth century, retaining two of its early structures. The main house, built before 1850, exhibits finely crafted interior and ex... More

Slateford House, U.S. Route 611 & T709, Portland, Northampton County, PA

Slateford House, U.S. Route 611 & T709, Portland, Northampton County, ...

Significance: The Slateford farm was established in the first quarter of the nineteenth century, retaining two of its early structures. The main house, built before 1850, exhibits finely crafted interior and ex... More

Slateford House, U.S. Route 611 & T709, Portland, Northampton County, PA

Slateford House, U.S. Route 611 & T709, Portland, Northampton County, ...

Significance: The Slateford farm was established in the first quarter of the nineteenth century, retaining two of its early structures. The main house, built before 1850, exhibits finely crafted interior and ex... More

Slateford House, U.S. Route 611 & T709, Portland, Northampton County, PA

Slateford House, U.S. Route 611 & T709, Portland, Northampton County, ...

Significance: The Slateford farm was established in the first quarter of the nineteenth century, retaining two of its early structures. The main house, built before 1850, exhibits finely crafted interior and ex... More

Fairvue, U.S. Highway 31-E, Gallatin, Sumner County, TN

Fairvue, U.S. Highway 31-E, Gallatin, Sumner County, TN

Significance: The structure is a fine example of the plantation architecture popular in Tennessee during the 1830-1845 period. Classic details in ornamentation were combined with a Georgian-type structure to c... More

Lafayette Square Presbyterian Church, 810 North Carrollton Avenue, Baltimore, Independent City, MD

Lafayette Square Presbyterian Church, 810 North Carrollton Avenue, Bal...

Significance: Home since 1929 to the St. John's A.M.E. congregation (organized in 1855), this church began as Lafayette Square Presbyterian (organized in 1879), the only congregation of that denomination to loc... More

William W. Early House, 13907 Cherry Tree Crossing, Brandywine, Prince George's County, MD

William W. Early House, 13907 Cherry Tree Crossing, Brandywine, Prince...

Significance: The William W. Early House is probably the best example of turn-of-the-century Queen-Anne-style domestic architecture in the county. This highly ornamented dwelling reflects its status as the hom... More

William W. Early House, 13907 Cherry Tree Crossing, Brandywine, Prince George's County, MD

William W. Early House, 13907 Cherry Tree Crossing, Brandywine, Prince...

Significance: The William W. Early House is probably the best example of turn-of-the-century Queen-Anne-style domestic architecture in the county. This highly ornamented dwelling reflects its status as the hom... More

Bower Building, 409-413 East Weber Avenue, Stockton, San Joaquin County, CA

Bower Building, 409-413 East Weber Avenue, Stockton, San Joaquin Count...

Significance: The Bower Building is an excellent example of Victorian commercial architecture in Stockton. The polychromatic and ornamental brickwork and the second-floor proportions and details remain intact, ... More

Bower Building, 409-413 East Weber Avenue, Stockton, San Joaquin County, CA

Bower Building, 409-413 East Weber Avenue, Stockton, San Joaquin Count...

Significance: The Bower Building is an excellent example of Victorian commercial architecture in Stockton. The polychromatic and ornamental brickwork and the second-floor proportions and details remain intact, ... More

Merritt Parkway, White Oak Shade Road Bridge, Spanning Merritt Parkway, New Canaan, Fairfield County, CT

Merritt Parkway, White Oak Shade Road Bridge, Spanning Merritt Parkway...

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

Fritz Bergfeld Block, 321-323 West Second Street, Davenport, Scott County, IA

Fritz Bergfeld Block, 321-323 West Second Street, Davenport, Scott Cou...

Significance: Built in 1878, this Italianate style commercial block is one of the better remaining examples of medium scale, Victorian commercial architecture in the downtown. Its ornamental brick work is well... More

Old City Auditorium, 404-424 North Fourth Street, Saint Joseph, Buchanan County, MO

Old City Auditorium, 404-424 North Fourth Street, Saint Joseph, Buchan...

Significance: Designed by Edmond Jacque Eckel, FAIA, a renowned architect in Missouri and the nation. The building is a rare example of a Renaissance Revival II style building. The architectural style, Renaissa... More

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National Farmers Bank of Owatonna, 110 Cedar Street at East Broadway, Owatonna, Steele County, MN

National Farmers Bank of Owatonna, 110 Cedar Street at East Broadway, ...

Significance: Probably the finest of the late small mid-western banks designed by Sullivan. It derives its importance in the planning of its spatial organization, massing, use of materials, colors and ornament... More

National Farmers Bank of Owatonna, 110 Cedar Street at East Broadway, Owatonna, Steele County, MN

National Farmers Bank of Owatonna, 110 Cedar Street at East Broadway, ...

Significance: Probably the finest of the late small mid-western banks designed by Sullivan. It derives its importance in the planning of its spatial organization, massing, use of materials, colors and ornament... More

Roosevelt Building, 9 North Illinois Street, Indianapolis, Marion County, IN

Roosevelt Building, 9 North Illinois Street, Indianapolis, Marion Coun...

Significance: The Roosevelt Building is the work of one of Indianapolis' most famous, prolific and creative architectural firms, Vonnegut, Bohn & Mueller. Founded in 1888 as Vonnegut & Bohn and later included ... More

Thomas Aikey House, Route 664, approximately 900 feet East of Jay Street Bridge, Lockport, Clinton County, PA

Thomas Aikey House, Route 664, approximately 900 feet East of Jay Stre...

Photo caption pages & written data includes site & floor plans. Significance: The Thomas Aikey House is locally significant as an intact example of the 19th century canal-era housing of Lower Lockport. As a col... More

Walsh-Mclean House, 2020 Massachusetts Avenue Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Walsh-Mclean House, 2020 Massachusetts Avenue Northwest, Washington, D...

Significance: Originally a private residence, this detached structure with Louis XVI details is most conspicuous for its art-nouveau undulating walls and roof; its galleried and sky-lit, three story, "steamship... More

Photographs of the federal building and courthouse in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Photographs of the federal building and courthouse in Oklahoma City, O...

Images show exterior and interior views of federal building and courthouse in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Details include courtrooms, the lobby, and architectural decoration. Arrangement: Arranged by photographer-... More

Photographs of the federal building and courthouse in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Photographs of the federal building and courthouse in Oklahoma City, O...

Images show exterior and interior views of federal building and courthouse in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Details include courtrooms, the lobby, and architectural decoration. Arrangement: Arranged by photographer-... More

David King House, 20 Catherine Street, Newport, Newport County, RI

David King House, 20 Catherine Street, Newport, Newport County, RI

Significance: This is an unusually well-preserved example of the 1-1/2 story, mansard-roofed houses typical of the decades following the Civil War, particularly in this section of Newport. Survey number: HABS ... More

Church of the Nativity, 210 Oak Grove Avenue, Menlo Park, San Mateo County, CA

Church of the Nativity, 210 Oak Grove Avenue, Menlo Park, San Mateo Co...

Significance: A year after the closing of St. Dennis Church, the first Catholic Church in the area, in 1871, this church was built as a mission. It gained the status of a parish church in 1877. The building, ... More

Church of the Nativity, 210 Oak Grove Avenue, Menlo Park, San Mateo County, CA

Church of the Nativity, 210 Oak Grove Avenue, Menlo Park, San Mateo Co...

Significance: A year after the closing of St. Dennis Church, the first Catholic Church in the area, in 1871, this church was built as a mission. It gained the status of a parish church in 1877. The building, ... More

Colgate & Company Jersey City Plant, Building Nos. B-7 & B-8, 85-89 Hudson Street, Jersey City, Hudson County, NJ

Colgate & Company Jersey City Plant, Building Nos. B-7 & B-8, 85-89 Hu...

Significance: The eight-story industrial structure at 85-99 Hudson Street was significant as the first reinforced concrete structure built in Jersey City, and ad the base of the two great Colgate clocks erected... More

National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, Mountain Branch, Morgue, Lamont & Veterans Way, Johnson City, Washington County, TN

National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, Mountain Branch, Morgue...

Significance: The Morgue was constructed as part of the original Beaux-Arts campus for the Mountain Branch of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers (NHDVS). This federal veterans' institution held ... More

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Harry Buck House, North of Main Street (14800 Governor Oden Bowie Drive), Upper Marlboro, Prince George's County, MD

Harry Buck House, North of Main Street (14800 Governor Oden Bowie Driv...

Significance: Darnall's Chance was built between 1741 and 1742 by James Wardrop, a Scottish immigrant, who amassed a fortune as a merchant and entrepreneur in the bustling port-town of Upper Marlborough, Maryla... More

Harry Buck House, North of Main Street (14800 Governor Oden Bowie Drive), Upper Marlboro, Prince George's County, MD

Harry Buck House, North of Main Street (14800 Governor Oden Bowie Driv...

Significance: Darnall's Chance was built between 1741 and 1742 by James Wardrop, a Scottish immigrant, who amassed a fortune as a merchant and entrepreneur in the bustling port-town of Upper Marlborough, Maryla... More

U.S. Naval Air Station, Senior Officers' Quarters Q-2, Q-2 North Avenue, Pensacola, Escambia County, FL

U.S. Naval Air Station, Senior Officers' Quarters Q-2, Q-2 North Avenu...

Significance: Constructed in 1875, Quarters 2 played an important mission-support role as senior officer housing at both the Pensacola Navy Yard and at Naval Air Station (NAS) Pensacola. Located on North Avenue... More

Los Angeles Union Passenger Terminal, Tracks & Shed, 800 North Alameda Street, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA

Los Angeles Union Passenger Terminal, Tracks & Shed, 800 North Alameda...

Significance: Union Station has been designated Los Angeles Cultural History Landmark No. 101. In 1980, it was entered on the National Register of Historic Places. The statement of significance from the Natio... More

Los Angeles Union Passenger Terminal, Tracks & Shed, 800 North Alameda Street, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA

Los Angeles Union Passenger Terminal, Tracks & Shed, 800 North Alameda...

Significance: Union Station has been designated Los Angeles Cultural History Landmark No. 101. In 1980, it was entered on the National Register of Historic Places. The statement of significance from the Natio... More

Los Angeles Union Passenger Terminal, Tracks & Shed, 800 North Alameda Street, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA

Los Angeles Union Passenger Terminal, Tracks & Shed, 800 North Alameda...

Significance: Union Station has been designated Los Angeles Cultural History Landmark No. 101. In 1980, it was entered on the National Register of Historic Places. The statement of significance from the Natio... More

Los Angeles Union Passenger Terminal, Tracks & Shed, 800 North Alameda Street, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA

Los Angeles Union Passenger Terminal, Tracks & Shed, 800 North Alameda...

Significance: Union Station has been designated Los Angeles Cultural History Landmark No. 101. In 1980, it was entered on the National Register of Historic Places. The statement of significance from the Natio... More

Los Angeles Union Passenger Terminal, Tracks & Shed, 800 North Alameda Street, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA

Los Angeles Union Passenger Terminal, Tracks & Shed, 800 North Alameda...

Significance: Union Station has been designated Los Angeles Cultural History Landmark No. 101. In 1980, it was entered on the National Register of Historic Places. The statement of significance from the Natio... More

Los Angeles Union Passenger Terminal, Tracks & Shed, 800 North Alameda Street, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA

Los Angeles Union Passenger Terminal, Tracks & Shed, 800 North Alameda...

Significance: Union Station has been designated Los Angeles Cultural History Landmark No. 101. In 1980, it was entered on the National Register of Historic Places. The statement of significance from the Natio... More

Los Angeles Union Passenger Terminal, Tracks & Shed, 800 North Alameda Street, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA

Los Angeles Union Passenger Terminal, Tracks & Shed, 800 North Alameda...

Significance: Union Station has been designated Los Angeles Cultural History Landmark No. 101. In 1980, it was entered on the National Register of Historic Places. The statement of significance from the Natio... More

Los Angeles Union Passenger Terminal, Tracks & Shed, 800 North Alameda Street, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA

Los Angeles Union Passenger Terminal, Tracks & Shed, 800 North Alameda...

Significance: Union Station has been designated Los Angeles Cultural History Landmark No. 101. In 1980, it was entered on the National Register of Historic Places. The statement of significance from the Natio... More

Los Angeles Union Passenger Terminal, Tracks & Shed, 800 North Alameda Street, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA

Los Angeles Union Passenger Terminal, Tracks & Shed, 800 North Alameda...

Significance: Union Station has been designated Los Angeles Cultural History Landmark No. 101. In 1980, it was entered on the National Register of Historic Places. The statement of significance from the Natio... More

Los Angeles Union Passenger Terminal, Tracks & Shed, 800 North Alameda Street, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA

Los Angeles Union Passenger Terminal, Tracks & Shed, 800 North Alameda...

Significance: Union Station has been designated Los Angeles Cultural History Landmark No. 101. In 1980, it was entered on the National Register of Historic Places. The statement of significance from the Natio... More

Los Angeles Union Passenger Terminal, Tracks & Shed, 800 North Alameda Street, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA

Los Angeles Union Passenger Terminal, Tracks & Shed, 800 North Alameda...

Significance: Union Station has been designated Los Angeles Cultural History Landmark No. 101. In 1980, it was entered on the National Register of Historic Places. The statement of significance from the Natio... More

45-47 Ward Street (House), 45-47 Ward Street, Paterson, Passaic County, NJ

45-47 Ward Street (House), 45-47 Ward Street, Paterson, Passaic County...

Significance: St. Michael's Sisters' Home is distinguished architecturally as a relatively rare survivor locally of a mid 19th century double rowhouse, built for middle class occupancy. The building is particul... More

Samarkandskiia drevnosti. Grobnitsa sviatago Kussama ibni Abassa (Shakh-Zinde) i mavzolei pri nei. Mavzolei Sha-Arap. Vid verkhnei razrushennoi chasti

Samarkandskiia drevnosti. Grobnitsa sviatago Kussama ibni Abassa (Shak...

Samarkand antiquities. The grave of the holy Kussam Ibn Abass (Shakh-Zinde) and the mausoleum. The mausoleum of Shah-Arap - man sitting on upper ruins. Illus. in: Turkestanskii al'bom, chast' arkheologicheskaia... More

Rock of Ages Lighthouse, Copper Harbor, Keweenaw County, MI

Rock of Ages Lighthouse, Copper Harbor, Keweenaw County, MI

Significance: Situated five miles off the northwest tip of Isle Royale in Lake Superior, Rock of Ages Lighthouse stands as one of the tallest and most powerful beacons on the Great Lakes. The steel frame and b... More

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