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Stoughton Farmstead, On North Branch of Black River (moved to VT, Amsden vicinity), Perkinsville, Windsor County, VT

Stoughton Farmstead, On North Branch of Black River (moved to VT, Amsd...

Significance: Built in 1788, the small frame house on this farm is typical of the period, but with an unusual cellar that was exposed on one side. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-... More

Catharineberg, Estate No. 8, Store Nordside Quarter, Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, VI

Catharineberg, Estate No. 8, Store Nordside Quarter, Charlotte Amalie,...

Significance: This is a large, country house, built on a hill overlooking Charlotte Amalie in the early nineteenth century. Built as the home of Governor Berg, ti has always been considered one of the finest h... More

Steeple Building, Company Street, Christiansted, St. Croix, VI

Steeple Building, Company Street, Christiansted, St. Croix, VI

Significance: This church was built by the government of the Danish West Indies and Guinea Company. As the building that housed the established church of the colony, it was an integral part of the architecture... More

Steeple Building, Company Street, Christiansted, St. Croix, VI

Steeple Building, Company Street, Christiansted, St. Croix, VI

Significance: This church was built by the government of the Danish West Indies and Guinea Company. As the building that housed the established church of the colony, it was an integral part of the architecture... More

Rookery Building, 209 South LaSalle Street, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Rookery Building, 209 South LaSalle Street, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Significance: The Commission on Chicago Architectural Landmarks has cited it: "In recognition of its pioneering plan in providing shops and offices around a graceful semi-private square and the further developm... More

Rookery Building, 209 South LaSalle Street, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Rookery Building, 209 South LaSalle Street, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Significance: The Commission on Chicago Architectural Landmarks has cited it: "In recognition of its pioneering plan in providing shops and offices around a graceful semi-private square and the further developm... More

St. Gabriel's Church, U.S. Route 422, Douglassville, Berks County, PA

St. Gabriel's Church, U.S. Route 422, Douglassville, Berks County, PA

Significance: This 1801 building with unusual masonry work is an example of the small churches of rural eastern Pennsylvania. Survey number: HABS PA-1038 Building/structure dates: 1801 Initial Construction ... More

John J. Glessner House, 1800 South Prairie Avenue, Chicago, Cook County, IL

John J. Glessner House, 1800 South Prairie Avenue, Chicago, Cook Count...

Significance: Designed and built between May 1885 and December 1887, this house is considered the last of the fully personal works of the architect H.H. Richardson and one of his finest houses. The house was de... More

Lockwood-Mathews House, Veterans' Memorial Park, Southeast, Norwalk, Fairfield County, CT

Lockwood-Mathews House, Veterans' Memorial Park, Southeast, Norwalk, F...

Significance: This is a large and interesting example of the mansions built in the United States in the second half of the nineteenth century, and is the largest private house designed by the architect, Detlef ... More

Lockwood-Mathews House, Veterans' Memorial Park, Southeast, Norwalk, Fairfield County, CT

Lockwood-Mathews House, Veterans' Memorial Park, Southeast, Norwalk, F...

Significance: This is a large and interesting example of the mansions built in the United States in the second half of the nineteenth century, and is the largest private house designed by the architect, Detlef ... More

Lockwood-Mathews House, Veterans' Memorial Park, Southeast, Norwalk, Fairfield County, CT

Lockwood-Mathews House, Veterans' Memorial Park, Southeast, Norwalk, F...

Significance: This is a large and interesting example of the mansions built in the United States in the second half of the nineteenth century, and is the largest private house designed by the architect, Detlef ... More

Lockwood-Mathews House, Veterans' Memorial Park, Southeast, Norwalk, Fairfield County, CT

Lockwood-Mathews House, Veterans' Memorial Park, Southeast, Norwalk, F...

Significance: This is a large and interesting example of the mansions built in the United States in the second half of the nineteenth century, and is the largest private house designed by the architect, Detlef ... More

Chateau-sur-Mer, Bellevue Avenue, Newport, Newport County, RI

Chateau-sur-Mer, Bellevue Avenue, Newport, Newport County, RI

Significance: "Chateau-sur-Mer," its lodge, entrance arch, and greenhouse were built in 1851-1852 by the Newport contractor Seth C. Bradford for William Shepard Wetmore, merchant in the China trade. His son, Ge... More

Chateau-sur-Mer, Bellevue Avenue, Newport, Newport County, RI

Chateau-sur-Mer, Bellevue Avenue, Newport, Newport County, RI

Significance: "Chateau-sur-Mer," its lodge, entrance arch, and greenhouse were built in 1851-1852 by the Newport contractor Seth C. Bradford for William Shepard Wetmore, merchant in the China trade. His son, Ge... More

Chateau-sur-Mer, Bellevue Avenue, Newport, Newport County, RI

Chateau-sur-Mer, Bellevue Avenue, Newport, Newport County, RI

Significance: "Chateau-sur-Mer," its lodge, entrance arch, and greenhouse were built in 1851-1852 by the Newport contractor Seth C. Bradford for William Shepard Wetmore, merchant in the China trade. His son, Ge... More

Chateau-sur-Mer, Bellevue Avenue, Newport, Newport County, RI

Chateau-sur-Mer, Bellevue Avenue, Newport, Newport County, RI

Significance: "Chateau-sur-Mer," its lodge, entrance arch, and greenhouse were built in 1851-1852 by the Newport contractor Seth C. Bradford for William Shepard Wetmore, merchant in the China trade. His son, Ge... More

Vermont Country Store, Weston Common, Weston, Windsor County, VT

Vermont Country Store, Weston Common, Weston, Windsor County, VT

Significance: This building is a typical early country store still serving its original function, but filled with more merchandise than it would have originally had and now a popular tourist attraction. Survey... More

Nathaniel Grout House, South Acworth Road, Acworth, Sullivan County, NH

Nathaniel Grout House, South Acworth Road, Acworth, Sullivan County, N...

Significance: Typical early home with simpler wood rear portions and a more elegant, carefully detailed, brick front section. Survey number: HABS NH-55 Building/structure dates: ca. 1770 Initial Construction ... More

Thomas Clemence House, 38 George Waterman Road, North Providence, Providence County, RI

Thomas Clemence House, 38 George Waterman Road, North Providence, Prov...

Photograph #19 was not digitized along with the rest of the first photo set (#1-19) because it is a duplicate of one of the measured drawings. See sheet 11 instead. Significance: This house, now restored and o... More

Thomas Clemence House, 38 George Waterman Road, North Providence, Providence County, RI

Thomas Clemence House, 38 George Waterman Road, North Providence, Prov...

Photograph #19 was not digitized along with the rest of the first photo set (#1-19) because it is a duplicate of one of the measured drawings. See sheet 11 instead. Significance: This house, now restored and o... More

Thomas Clemence House, 38 George Waterman Road, North Providence, Providence County, RI

Thomas Clemence House, 38 George Waterman Road, North Providence, Prov...

Photograph #19 was not digitized along with the rest of the first photo set (#1-19) because it is a duplicate of one of the measured drawings. See sheet 11 instead. Significance: This house, now restored and o... More

Thomas Clemence House, 38 George Waterman Road, North Providence, Providence County, RI

Thomas Clemence House, 38 George Waterman Road, North Providence, Prov...

Photograph #19 was not digitized along with the rest of the first photo set (#1-19) because it is a duplicate of one of the measured drawings. See sheet 11 instead. Significance: This house, now restored and o... More

Hatch-Peisch House, Main Street, Norwich, Windsor County, VT

Hatch-Peisch House, Main Street, Norwich, Windsor County, VT

Significance: This structure is said to be the first frame house in Norwich, Vermont, and one of possibly only three eighteenth century houses surviving in Norwich. Survey number: HABS VT-52 Building/structur... More

Reliance Building, 32 North State Street, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Reliance Building, 32 North State Street, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Significance: An important example of the early Chicago School, it anticipates future developments in skyscraper design. Terra cotta was employed for exterior surfacing for the first time in this building. The ... More

Monadnock Block, 53 West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Monadnock Block, 53 West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Significance: Designated as a Chicago Architectural Landmark in 1958, the Commission of Chicago Architectural Landmarks cited it: "In recognition of its original design and its historical interest as the highes... More

Monadnock Block, 53 West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Monadnock Block, 53 West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Significance: Designated as a Chicago Architectural Landmark in 1958, the Commission of Chicago Architectural Landmarks cited it: "In recognition of its original design and its historical interest as the highes... More

Jones School, 607 South Plymouth Court, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Jones School, 607 South Plymouth Court, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Significance: Built in 1875, the building is a typical and unusually well-preserved example of school buildings of the period. Survey number: HABS IL-1019 Building/structure dates: 1875 Initial Construction

Hilgendorf House, State Route 167, Freistadt, Ozaukee County, WI

Hilgendorf House, State Route 167, Freistadt, Ozaukee County, WI

Significance: This house is an example of the half-timber construction known as Fachwerkbau, built by German settlers in Wisconsin. Built about 1845, it is the oldest known remaining example in the Freistadt a... More

Clough-Langdon House, 21 Unity Street, Boston, Suffolk County, MA

Clough-Langdon House, 21 Unity Street, Boston, Suffolk County, MA

Significance: This is one of three brick houses built in Boston between 1700-1720. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-122 Survey number: HABS MA-342 Building/structure dates: after... More

Clough-Langdon House, 21 Unity Street, Boston, Suffolk County, MA

Clough-Langdon House, 21 Unity Street, Boston, Suffolk County, MA

Significance: This is one of three brick houses built in Boston between 1700-1720. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-122 Survey number: HABS MA-342 Building/structure dates: after... More

David Schneider House, (Oley Township), Oley Line, Berks County, PA

David Schneider House, (Oley Township), Oley Line, Berks County, PA

Significance: Built in 1831, this is an example of a simple, but substantial farm house. Survey number: HABS PA-1044 Building/structure dates: 1831 Initial Construction

Chicago Stock Exchange Building, 30 North LaSalle Street, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Chicago Stock Exchange Building, 30 North LaSalle Street, Chicago, Coo...

Significance: Designed by Adler and Sullivan, the building is an important early skyscraper and was the first in Chicago to make use of caisson foundations. In February, 1961, it was designated a Chicago Archit... More

Chicago Stock Exchange Building, 30 North LaSalle Street, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Chicago Stock Exchange Building, 30 North LaSalle Street, Chicago, Coo...

Significance: Designed by Adler and Sullivan, the building is an important early skyscraper and was the first in Chicago to make use of caisson foundations. In February, 1961, it was designated a Chicago Archit... More

Chicago Stock Exchange Building, 30 North LaSalle Street, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Chicago Stock Exchange Building, 30 North LaSalle Street, Chicago, Coo...

Significance: Designed by Adler and Sullivan, the building is an important early skyscraper and was the first in Chicago to make use of caisson foundations. In February, 1961, it was designated a Chicago Archit... More

Tille Parker Tavern, 26 The Green, Woodstock, Windsor County, VT

Tille Parker Tavern, 26 The Green, Woodstock, Windsor County, VT

Significance: Built originally as a tavern to house State representatives when the legislature met in Woodstock, this structure presently houses historical exhibits and documents relating to local history. Sur... More

Bellows-Grant House, Main Street, Walpole, Cheshire County, NH

Bellows-Grant House, Main Street, Walpole, Cheshire County, NH

Significance: An example of a late Georgian frame building but with later, classic Revival, details from the late 1840's. Survey number: HABS NH-60 Building/structure dates: 1790 Initial Construction Buildin... More

Scalemshouse, Christiansted Wharf Square vicinity, Christiansted, St. Croix, VI

Scalemshouse, Christiansted Wharf Square vicinity, Christiansted, St. ...

Significance: Christiansted was an important trading center in the 18th and 19th centuries, and the scalehouse was a central feature in the wharf area. The building is typical of the 19th-century architecture ... More

Scalemshouse, Christiansted Wharf Square vicinity, Christiansted, St. Croix, VI

Scalemshouse, Christiansted Wharf Square vicinity, Christiansted, St. ...

Significance: Christiansted was an important trading center in the 18th and 19th centuries, and the scalehouse was a central feature in the wharf area. The building is typical of the 19th-century architecture ... More

Albert W. Sullivan House, 4575 Lake Park Avenue, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Albert W. Sullivan House, 4575 Lake Park Avenue, Chicago, Cook County,...

Significance: Said to be the best small residence design of the firm of Adler and Sullivan, the building was Louis Sullivan's home in the 1890's. It was recognized in February 1960 by the Commission on Chicago ... More

Nickels-Sortwell House, Northeast corner of Main (U.S. Route 1) & Federal (State Route 218) Streets, Wiscasset, Lincoln County, ME

Nickels-Sortwell House, Northeast corner of Main (U.S. Route 1) & Fede...

Significance: This is one of the larger, more elaborate houses of the early 19th century on the Maine Coast, well furnished and open as a museum. Survey number: HABS ME-102 Building/structure dates: 1807-... More

Ponemah Mills Workers' Houses, Shetucket & Norwich Avenues, Taftville, New London County, CT

Ponemah Mills Workers' Houses, Shetucket & Norwich Avenues, Taftville,...

Significance: These six-family frame tenements are the largest of three types of extensive employee housing built by the Poneham Mills in Taftville. Survey number: HABS CT-241 Building/structure dates: 18t3 I... More

Ponemah Mills Workers' Houses, Shetucket & Norwich Avenues, Taftville, New London County, CT

Ponemah Mills Workers' Houses, Shetucket & Norwich Avenues, Taftville,...

Significance: These six-family frame tenements are the largest of three types of extensive employee housing built by the Poneham Mills in Taftville. Survey number: HABS CT-241 Building/structure dates: 18t3 I... More

Synagogue of Beracha Veshalom Vegemiluth Hasidim, Krystalgade 16A & B, Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, VI

Synagogue of Beracha Veshalom Vegemiluth Hasidim, Krystalgade 16A & B,...

Significance: This synagogue, a well-preserved structure, built in 1833, is among the most interesting buildings on St. Thomas. Survey number: HABS VI-10 Building/structure dates: 1833 Initial Construction N... More

Customhouse & Post Office, Christiansted Warf Square vicinity, Christiansted, St. Croix, VI

Customhouse & Post Office, Christiansted Warf Square vicinity, Christi...

Significance: Christiansted, as the chief port of St. Croix, was an important trading center in the 18th and 19th centuries; it exported large quantities of sugar, rum, and molasses. This building, which was t... More

Customhouse & Post Office, Christiansted Warf Square vicinity, Christiansted, St. Croix, VI

Customhouse & Post Office, Christiansted Warf Square vicinity, Christi...

Significance: Christiansted, as the chief port of St. Croix, was an important trading center in the 18th and 19th centuries; it exported large quantities of sugar, rum, and molasses. This building, which was t... More

St. Patrick's Catholic Church, Off State Route 215, Damariscotta Mills, Lincoln County, ME

St. Patrick's Catholic Church, Off State Route 215, Damariscotta Mills...

Oldest Catholic church in New England. Significance: This small, brick church, dedicated in 1806, is the oldest Catholic church still standing in New England. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this s... More

Strafford Meetinghouse, On the Green, Strafford, Orange County, VT

Strafford Meetinghouse, On the Green, Strafford, Orange County, VT

Significance: The Meeting House is a well preserved, severe, wooden structure on an imposing site. Survey number: HABS VT-36 Building/structure dates: 1799 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1832... More

Strafford Meetinghouse, On the Green, Strafford, Orange County, VT

Strafford Meetinghouse, On the Green, Strafford, Orange County, VT

Significance: The Meeting House is a well preserved, severe, wooden structure on an imposing site. Survey number: HABS VT-36 Building/structure dates: 1799 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1832... More

Redwood Library, 50 Bellevue Avenue, Newport, Newport County, RI

Redwood Library, 50 Bellevue Avenue, Newport, Newport County, RI

Significance: The Redwood Library is a notable specimen of the architectural taste of the early 18th century. As an important work of the architect Peter Harrison, it is a key building in the introduction of E... More

Redwood Library, 50 Bellevue Avenue, Newport, Newport County, RI

Redwood Library, 50 Bellevue Avenue, Newport, Newport County, RI

Significance: The Redwood Library is a notable specimen of the architectural taste of the early 18th century. As an important work of the architect Peter Harrison, it is a key building in the introduction of E... More

Charles Dana House, 26 Elm Street, Woodstock, Windsor County, VT

Charles Dana House, 26 Elm Street, Woodstock, Windsor County, VT

Significance: This house, built and owned by the prominent Dana family, now houses important historical collections relating to the Dana family, Woodstock and Vermont. Survey number: HABS VT-31 Building/struc... More

Levi Gale House, 89 Touro Street (moved from Washington Square), Newport, Newport County, RI

Levi Gale House, 89 Touro Street (moved from Washington Square), Newpo...

Significance: This house was designed by Russell Warren, one of Rhode Island's most distinguished architects of the 19th century. With its strong cubic shape and rich Corinthian decoration, it is an important ... More

St. Paul's Episcopal Church, State & Court Streets, Windsor, Windsor County, VT

St. Paul's Episcopal Church, State & Court Streets, Windsor, Windsor C...

Significance: An early church in Windsor an an early work by the Boston architect, Alexander Parris. The building survives essentially unaltered and is in good condition. Survey number: HABS VT-61 Building/s... More

St. Paul's Episcopal Church, State & Court Streets, Windsor, Windsor County, VT

St. Paul's Episcopal Church, State & Court Streets, Windsor, Windsor C...

Significance: An early church in Windsor an an early work by the Boston architect, Alexander Parris. The building survives essentially unaltered and is in good condition. Survey number: HABS VT-61 Building/s... More

St. Paul's Episcopal Church, State & Court Streets, Windsor, Windsor County, VT

St. Paul's Episcopal Church, State & Court Streets, Windsor, Windsor C...

Significance: An early church in Windsor an an early work by the Boston architect, Alexander Parris. The building survives essentially unaltered and is in good condition. Survey number: HABS VT-61 Building/s... More

St. Paul's Episcopal Church, State & Court Streets, Windsor, Windsor County, VT

St. Paul's Episcopal Church, State & Court Streets, Windsor, Windsor C...

Significance: An early church in Windsor an an early work by the Boston architect, Alexander Parris. The building survives essentially unaltered and is in good condition. Survey number: HABS VT-61 Building/s... More

Ernest J. Magerstadt House, 4930 South Greenwood Avenue, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Ernest J. Magerstadt House, 4930 South Greenwood Avenue, Chicago, Cook...

Significance: This house is probably one of the finest works of George W. Maher, a contemporary of Frank Lloyd Wright, and one of the Prairie School. It shows a relationship to Wright's work of the time in its ... More

George Gordon Building, 300 Arch Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

George Gordon Building, 300 Arch Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co...

Significance: This cast iron building is representative of the commercial architecture in Philadelphia in the mid-nineteenth century. Survey number: HABS PA-1065

Mitchell Building, 207 East Michigan Street, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, WI

Mitchell Building, 207 East Michigan Street, Milwaukee, Milwaukee Coun...

Significance: This large commercial structure of 1876 is representative of the period of Milwaukee's rapid growth and commercial development following the Civil War. Survey number: HABS WI-156 Building/struct... More

Leiter I Building, 200-208 West Monroe Street, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Leiter I Building, 200-208 West Monroe Street, Chicago, Cook County, I...

Significance: The first Leiter Building, built in 1879, has been cited as a Chicago Architectural Landmark, "In recognition of its contribution towards the development of skeleton construction. Cast iron pilast... 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

Warren-Child House, Old Crown Point Road, Perkinsville, Windsor County, VT

Warren-Child House, Old Crown Point Road, Perkinsville, Windsor County...

Significance: This is a representative house with unusual detail. Because of its third-floor ballroom and its proximity to the old Crown Point Road, the building is thought to have served as a tavern at one ti... More

Warren-Child House, Old Crown Point Road, Perkinsville, Windsor County, VT

Warren-Child House, Old Crown Point Road, Perkinsville, Windsor County...

Significance: This is a representative house with unusual detail. Because of its third-floor ballroom and its proximity to the old Crown Point Road, the building is thought to have served as a tavern at one ti... More

George Ege Mansion, U.S. Route 422 vicinity, Robesonia, Berks County, PA

George Ege Mansion, U.S. Route 422 vicinity, Robesonia, Berks County, ...

Significance: This is one of the largest Georgian houses built about the end of the eighteenth and beginning of the nineteenth centuries by the iron masters of eastern Pennsylvania. Survey number: HABS PA-102... More

Weathersfield Congregational Church & Town Hall, Weathersfield Center, Perkinsville, Windsor County, VT

Weathersfield Congregational Church & Town Hall, Weathersfield Center,...

Significance: Typical, well-preserved example of a simple, rural brick meetinghouse. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-14 Survey number: HABS VT-57 Building/structure dates: 1821 ... More

Weathersfield Congregational Church & Town Hall, Weathersfield Center, Perkinsville, Windsor County, VT

Weathersfield Congregational Church & Town Hall, Weathersfield Center,...

Significance: Typical, well-preserved example of a simple, rural brick meetinghouse. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-14 Survey number: HABS VT-57 Building/structure dates: 1821 ... More

Nahum Trask House, 25 North Main Street, Windsor, Windsor County, VT

Nahum Trask House, 25 North Main Street, Windsor, Windsor County, VT

Significance: This is a well-preserved example of a typical early, frame house. Survey number: HABS VT-33 Building/structure dates: 1796 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1829 Subsequent Work

James B. Shannon Mausoleum, Saint Mary's Cemetery, Norwich, New London County, CT

James B. Shannon Mausoleum, Saint Mary's Cemetery, Norwich, New London...

Significance: This is an elaborately carved, stone mausoleum. Survey number: HABS CT-264 Building/structure dates: ca. 1917 Initial Construction

Dr. Alfred Paige House, Main Street, Bethel, Windsor County, VT

Dr. Alfred Paige House, Main Street, Bethel, Windsor County, VT

Significance: Well-preserved town house, reflecting the continuous ownership of one family through four generations. Survey number: HABS VT-40 Building/structure dates: 1833 Initial Construction Building/str... More

Dr. Alfred Paige House, Main Street, Bethel, Windsor County, VT

Dr. Alfred Paige House, Main Street, Bethel, Windsor County, VT

Significance: Well-preserved town house, reflecting the continuous ownership of one family through four generations. Survey number: HABS VT-40 Building/structure dates: 1833 Initial Construction Building/str... More

Captain Cushing House, 31 Chestnut Street, Camden, Knox County, ME

Captain Cushing House, 31 Chestnut Street, Camden, Knox County, ME

Significance: This two-story frame house was once the home of Edna St. Vincent Milley. It has a good Greek Revival doorway. Survey number: HABS ME-88 Building/structure dates: 1799 Initial Construction Buil... More

Stoughton Farmstead, On North Branch of Black River (moved to VT, Amsden vicinity), Perkinsville, Windsor County, VT

Stoughton Farmstead, On North Branch of Black River (moved to VT, Amsd...

Significance: Built in 1788, the small frame house on this farm is typical of the period, but with an unusual cellar that was exposed on one side. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-... More

Catharineberg, Estate No. 8, Store Nordside Quarter, Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, VI

Catharineberg, Estate No. 8, Store Nordside Quarter, Charlotte Amalie,...

Significance: This is a large, country house, built on a hill overlooking Charlotte Amalie in the early nineteenth century. Built as the home of Governor Berg, ti has always been considered one of the finest h... More

Catharineberg, Estate No. 8, Store Nordside Quarter, Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, VI

Catharineberg, Estate No. 8, Store Nordside Quarter, Charlotte Amalie,...

Significance: This is a large, country house, built on a hill overlooking Charlotte Amalie in the early nineteenth century. Built as the home of Governor Berg, ti has always been considered one of the finest h... More

Olcott-Johnson House, Old Norwich Center, Norwich, Windsor County, VT

Olcott-Johnson House, Old Norwich Center, Norwich, Windsor County, VT

Significance: Built by Peter Olcott, prominent in the early history of the town and Lieutenant Governor of Vermont. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-13 Survey number: HABS VT-51 ... More

Olcott-Johnson House, Old Norwich Center, Norwich, Windsor County, VT

Olcott-Johnson House, Old Norwich Center, Norwich, Windsor County, VT

Significance: Built by Peter Olcott, prominent in the early history of the town and Lieutenant Governor of Vermont. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-13 Survey number: HABS VT-51 ... More

Olcott-Johnson House, Old Norwich Center, Norwich, Windsor County, VT

Olcott-Johnson House, Old Norwich Center, Norwich, Windsor County, VT

Significance: Built by Peter Olcott, prominent in the early history of the town and Lieutenant Governor of Vermont. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-13 Survey number: HABS VT-51 ... More

Steeple Building, Company Street, Christiansted, St. Croix, VI

Steeple Building, Company Street, Christiansted, St. Croix, VI

Significance: This church was built by the government of the Danish West Indies and Guinea Company. As the building that housed the established church of the colony, it was an integral part of the architecture... More

Steeple Building, Company Street, Christiansted, St. Croix, VI

Steeple Building, Company Street, Christiansted, St. Croix, VI

Significance: This church was built by the government of the Danish West Indies and Guinea Company. As the building that housed the established church of the colony, it was an integral part of the architecture... More

Rookery Building, 209 South LaSalle Street, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Rookery Building, 209 South LaSalle Street, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Significance: The Commission on Chicago Architectural Landmarks has cited it: "In recognition of its pioneering plan in providing shops and offices around a graceful semi-private square and the further developm... More

St. Gabriel's Church, U.S. Route 422, Douglassville, Berks County, PA

St. Gabriel's Church, U.S. Route 422, Douglassville, Berks County, PA

Significance: This 1801 building with unusual masonry work is an example of the small churches of rural eastern Pennsylvania. Survey number: HABS PA-1038 Building/structure dates: 1801 Initial Construction ... More

Woodhull House, 167 Broadway, Norwich, New London County, CT

Woodhull House, 167 Broadway, Norwich, New London County, CT

Significance: This is a large, Greek Revival, frame house built soon after 1830. Survey number: HABS CT-257 Building/structure dates: after 1830 Initial Construction

John J. Glessner House, 1800 South Prairie Avenue, Chicago, Cook County, IL

John J. Glessner House, 1800 South Prairie Avenue, Chicago, Cook Count...

Significance: Designed and built between May 1885 and December 1887, this house is considered the last of the fully personal works of the architect H.H. Richardson and one of his finest houses. The house was de... More

John J. Glessner House, 1800 South Prairie Avenue, Chicago, Cook County, IL

John J. Glessner House, 1800 South Prairie Avenue, Chicago, Cook Count...

Significance: Designed and built between May 1885 and December 1887, this house is considered the last of the fully personal works of the architect H.H. Richardson and one of his finest houses. The house was de... More

I. Snow House, 9 Water Street, Rockland, Knox County, ME

I. Snow House, 9 Water Street, Rockland, Knox County, ME

Significance: This is an example of a large, frame house from the mid-19th century. Survey number: HABS ME-96 Building/structure dates: ca. 1861 Initial Construction

Lockwood-Mathews House, Veterans' Memorial Park, Southeast, Norwalk, Fairfield County, CT

Lockwood-Mathews House, Veterans' Memorial Park, Southeast, Norwalk, F...

Significance: This is a large and interesting example of the mansions built in the United States in the second half of the nineteenth century, and is the largest private house designed by the architect, Detlef ... More

Shaker Church Family Dwelling House, State Route 4A, Enfield, Grafton County, NH

Shaker Church Family Dwelling House, State Route 4A, Enfield, Grafton ...

Significance: Unusually large and heavy masonry structure for this area. The largest of several remaining buildings of a defunct Shaker colony. Characteristically Shaker in its lack of decoration and austerit... More

Shaker Church Family Dwelling House, State Route 4A, Enfield, Grafton County, NH

Shaker Church Family Dwelling House, State Route 4A, Enfield, Grafton ...

Significance: Unusually large and heavy masonry structure for this area. The largest of several remaining buildings of a defunct Shaker colony. Characteristically Shaker in its lack of decoration and austerit... More

Shaker Church Family Dwelling House, State Route 4A, Enfield, Grafton County, NH

Shaker Church Family Dwelling House, State Route 4A, Enfield, Grafton ...

Significance: Unusually large and heavy masonry structure for this area. The largest of several remaining buildings of a defunct Shaker colony. Characteristically Shaker in its lack of decoration and austerit... More

Shaker Church Family Dwelling House, State Route 4A, Enfield, Grafton County, NH

Shaker Church Family Dwelling House, State Route 4A, Enfield, Grafton ...

Significance: Unusually large and heavy masonry structure for this area. The largest of several remaining buildings of a defunct Shaker colony. Characteristically Shaker in its lack of decoration and austerit... More

Shaker Church Family Dwelling House, State Route 4A, Enfield, Grafton County, NH

Shaker Church Family Dwelling House, State Route 4A, Enfield, Grafton ...

Significance: Unusually large and heavy masonry structure for this area. The largest of several remaining buildings of a defunct Shaker colony. Characteristically Shaker in its lack of decoration and austerit... More

Chateau-sur-Mer, Bellevue Avenue, Newport, Newport County, RI

Chateau-sur-Mer, Bellevue Avenue, Newport, Newport County, RI

Significance: "Chateau-sur-Mer," its lodge, entrance arch, and greenhouse were built in 1851-1852 by the Newport contractor Seth C. Bradford for William Shepard Wetmore, merchant in the China trade. His son, Ge... More

Learned-Aiken House, 157 Washington Street, Norwich, New London County, CT

Learned-Aiken House, 157 Washington Street, Norwich, New London County...

Significance: This is a large frame house built c. 1799 and remodeled and enlarged in 1867. Survey number: HABS CT-253 Building/structure dates: ca. 1799 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1867 S... More

Ponemah Mills, Main Street, Taftville, New London County, CT

Ponemah Mills, Main Street, Taftville, New London County, CT

Significance: Ponemah Mills, in operation by 1871, was one of the largest textile mills in the United States for many years. Survey number: HABS CT-242 Building/structure dates: 1871 Initial Construction

Congregational Church, Church & Main Streets, Chester, Windsor County, VT

Congregational Church, Church & Main Streets, Chester, Windsor County,...

Significance: This building is representative of the large frame meetinghouses of the area and has a notable facade and tower. Survey number: HABS VT-49 Building/structure dates: 1829 Initial Construction Bu... More

Knapp House, Wentworth Road, Walpole, Cheshire County, NH

Knapp House, Wentworth Road, Walpole, Cheshire County, NH

Significance: This is a regionally typical example of an 1812 brick house. Original French Dufour wallpaper survives. Survey number: HABS NH-52 Building/structure dates: ca. 1812 Initial Construction

Thomas Clemence House, 38 George Waterman Road, North Providence, Providence County, RI

Thomas Clemence House, 38 George Waterman Road, North Providence, Prov...

Photograph #19 was not digitized along with the rest of the first photo set (#1-19) because it is a duplicate of one of the measured drawings. See sheet 11 instead. Significance: This house, now restored and o... More

Thomas Clemence House, 38 George Waterman Road, North Providence, Providence County, RI

Thomas Clemence House, 38 George Waterman Road, North Providence, Prov...

Photograph #19 was not digitized along with the rest of the first photo set (#1-19) because it is a duplicate of one of the measured drawings. See sheet 11 instead. Significance: This house, now restored and o... More

Thomas Clemence House, 38 George Waterman Road, North Providence, Providence County, RI

Thomas Clemence House, 38 George Waterman Road, North Providence, Prov...

Photograph #19 was not digitized along with the rest of the first photo set (#1-19) because it is a duplicate of one of the measured drawings. See sheet 11 instead. Significance: This house, now restored and o... More

Thomas Clemence House, 38 George Waterman Road, North Providence, Providence County, RI

Thomas Clemence House, 38 George Waterman Road, North Providence, Prov...

Photograph #19 was not digitized along with the rest of the first photo set (#1-19) because it is a duplicate of one of the measured drawings. See sheet 11 instead. Significance: This house, now restored and o... More

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