Anaconda Historic District, Barich Block, 416-420 Park Street, Anacond...
Significance: This two-story brick building has brick pilasters at the second story level with rough faced granite details at the street facade and roof line. Built in 1893, the Barich Block ranks as one of th... More
12405 Sussex Lane (House), Bowie, Prince George's County, MD
Significance: The house at 12405 Sussex Lane was one of twelve houses, and three Rancher variations, constructed between 1960 and 1967 on Sussex Drive as display models at the sales and exhibit center for Belai... More
Staatsburgh, Old Post Road, Staatsburg, Dutchess County, NY
Survey number: HABS NY-6387 Building/structure dates: 1895 Initial Construction
10 Pelham Street (House), Newport, Newport County, RI
Significance: Although the late eighteenth-century house has been demolished, a record of its doorway survives. Survey number: HABS RI-138
Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery & Memorial, Chapel, Rue du General Per...
Significance: Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery & Memorial is one of eight overseas World War I cemeteries redesigned and administered by the American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC), a federal agency created ... More
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
Smyth-Letherbury House, 107 Water Street, Chestertown, Kent County, MD
Significance: The affluence and influence of late eighteenth century Chestertown as a college town on a navigable river is exemplified by the architecture of "River House," a waterfront residence. Survey numbe... More
Bank of San Mateo County, 2000-2002 Broadway, Redwood City, San Mateo ...
Significance: The oldest stone-faced building in the county, this stately Renaissance Revival building dates from 1900. Incorporated in 1891, before moving to its present site, it is the earliest bank in San M... More
D'Evereux, Natchez, Adams County, MS
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Alexandria Market House & City Hall (Masonic Hall), 301 King Street, A...
Significance: From the earliest days in Alexandria's history to the present, the Market Square has been the established center of the city. In 1749, two half-acre lots were set aside for a Town Hall-Court Hous... More
William Grafton House, 65 Poplar Street, Newport, Newport County, RI
Significance: The Buildings of Rhode Island catalogue entry for this house (p. 524) describes it as being more compact than its across-the-street neighbor, the Robinson House. The central chimney was embellishe... More
Dartmouth College, Reed Hall, Hanover, Grafton County, NH
Significance: Built in 1839, Reed Hall is one of the oldest surviving buildings at Dartmouth. The building was designed by Ammi B. Young who had designed the adjacent Thomas and Wentworth Halls eleven years ea... More
Reichardt-Schuerenburg House, 411 West Alamo Street, Brenham, Washingt...
1995 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: Built in 1888, the Reichardt-Schuerenberg House in Brenham, Texas is a large one-story house based on a five-bay center-hall design with a prominent front por... More
Reichardt-Schuerenburg House, 411 West Alamo Street, Brenham, Washingt...
1995 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: Built in 1888, the Reichardt-Schuerenberg House in Brenham, Texas is a large one-story house based on a five-bay center-hall design with a prominent front por... More
Wildacre, Ocean Drive, Newport, Newport County, RI
Significance: Designed for Frederic Law Olmsted's brother Albert, Wildacre was Irving Gill's first commission on the East Coast. The house, with its extensive use of glass and pocket windows, invited the outsid... More
MacDill Air Force Base, Supply & Equipment Warehouse, 8005 Hillsboroug...
Significance: The Base Supply & Equipment Warehouse, due to its architectural integrity and its contribution to the Second World War-era infrastructure, is an integral part of MacDill Air Force Base's historic ... More
U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Naval Housing Area Hale Alii, Commandan...
Significance: Facility 1000 is an excellent example of early twentieth-century Craftsman-style architecture. The Commandant's Quarters is the largest and most architecturally elaborate of the thirteen quarters... More
James Russell Lowell Elementary School, 4501 Crittenden Drive, Louisvi...
Significance: The James Russell Lowell Elementary School is architecturally significant as an excellent example of both the vernacular, institutional architecture of the period (1916) and of the Art Deco style ... More
James Russell Lowell Elementary School, 4501 Crittenden Drive, Louisvi...
Significance: The James Russell Lowell Elementary School is architecturally significant as an excellent example of both the vernacular, institutional architecture of the period (1916) and of the Art Deco style ... More
James Russell Lowell Elementary School, 4501 Crittenden Drive, Louisvi...
Significance: The James Russell Lowell Elementary School is architecturally significant as an excellent example of both the vernacular, institutional architecture of the period (1916) and of the Art Deco style ... More
James Russell Lowell Elementary School, 4501 Crittenden Drive, Louisvi...
Significance: The James Russell Lowell Elementary School is architecturally significant as an excellent example of both the vernacular, institutional architecture of the period (1916) and of the Art Deco style ... More
James Russell Lowell Elementary School, 4501 Crittenden Drive, Louisvi...
Significance: The James Russell Lowell Elementary School is architecturally significant as an excellent example of both the vernacular, institutional architecture of the period (1916) and of the Art Deco style ... More
James Russell Lowell Elementary School, 4501 Crittenden Drive, Louisvi...
Significance: The James Russell Lowell Elementary School is architecturally significant as an excellent example of both the vernacular, institutional architecture of the period (1916) and of the Art Deco style ... More
Abraham Pike House, 230 East Fulton Street Southeast, Grand Rapids, Ke...
Significance: Abraham W. Pike was a prosperous businessman and active public servant in the town of Grand Rapids. This is a good example of ante-bellum Greek Revival style. / Greek Revival. Wood frame; brick ... More
Nathan Mason House, 34 Arnold Street, Providence, Providence County, R...
Significance: This is a small frame house, typical of the 1840s. Survey number: HABS RI-215 Building/structure dates: 1842 Initial Construction
Nathan Mason House, 34 Arnold Street, Providence, Providence County, R...
Significance: This is a small frame house, typical of the 1840s. Survey number: HABS RI-215 Building/structure dates: 1842 Initial Construction
Clardy-Lee House, State Highway 26, Center Point, Howard County, AR
1983 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Honorable Mention Significance: The Clardy-Lee House is a large two-story frame mansion with Palladian ambitions. It has been a landmark in the Center Point community (Howard co... More
John W. Williams House, 33 South Baptist Street, Newport, Newport Coun...
Significance: The John W. Williams House is a typical example of the Newport small houses during the Greek Revival period. Survey number: HABS RI-327 Building/structure dates: ca. 1845 Initial Construction
Pigeon Point Lighthouse, State Highway 1, Pescadero, San Mateo County,...
Original working drawings are located at the National Archives. Lighthouse has rotating gear, & the complex has a watch house. Significance: This was the earliest lighthouse on the west coast to have a First-ir... More
Pigeon Point Lighthouse, State Highway 1, Pescadero, San Mateo County,...
Original working drawings are located at the National Archives. Lighthouse has rotating gear, & the complex has a watch house. Significance: This was the earliest lighthouse on the west coast to have a First-ir... More
Pigeon Point Lighthouse, State Highway 1, Pescadero, San Mateo County,...
Original working drawings are located at the National Archives. Lighthouse has rotating gear, & the complex has a watch house. Significance: This was the earliest lighthouse on the west coast to have a First-ir... More
St. Anne Rectory, 515 South Main Street, Waterbury, New Haven County, ...
Significance: St. Anne Rectory (1895) has architectural significance as an early and well-preserved example of the Colonial Revival style, a popular movement at the turn of the century because of its connotatio... More
John B. Read's Row, 102-104 West Old Street, Petersburg, Petersburg, V...
Significance: These fine Federal row houses were built for John B. Read c. 1815-1818. Originally there were stores on the first floor and living quarters above. Particularly noteworthy on the exterior are the... More
5904 Dalecarlia Place (House), Washington, District of Columbia, DC
This house is considered standardized Army housing plan "Type B." Significance: The dwelling at 5906 Dalecarlia Place is a contributing resource to the Calecarlia Water Treatment Plane, a component facility of ... More
Departmental Auditorium, Constitution Avenue between Twelfth and Fourt...
Significance: The Departmental Auditorium is part of a three-building ensemble facing the National Mall. The building was renamed in 1987 in honor of Andrew W. Mellon, who oversaw the development of the Federal... More
John Coltrane House, 1511 North Thirty-third Street, Philadelphia, Phi...
Significance: It has cultural significance as the long-time residence of John W. Coltrane, the groundbreaking and innovative African-American jazz musician (1926-1967). Additionally, the building is a superlati... More
John Coltrane House, 1511 North Thirty-third Street, Philadelphia, Phi...
Significance: It has cultural significance as the long-time residence of John W. Coltrane, the groundbreaking and innovative African-American jazz musician (1926-1967). Additionally, the building is a superlati... More
John Coltrane House, 1511 North Thirty-third Street, Philadelphia, Phi...
Significance: It has cultural significance as the long-time residence of John W. Coltrane, the groundbreaking and innovative African-American jazz musician (1926-1967). Additionally, the building is a superlati... More
Presidio of Monterey, Soldier Field, Monterey, Monterey County, CA
Significance: Soldier Field, established on the original Monterey military reservation, was laid out in 1902 as the parade ground for the Presidio of Monterey. The eight-acre parade and athletic competition gr... More
Presidio of Monterey, Soldier Field, Monterey, Monterey County, CA
Significance: Soldier Field, established on the original Monterey military reservation, was laid out in 1902 as the parade ground for the Presidio of Monterey. The eight-acre parade and athletic competition gr... More
Presidio of Monterey, Soldier Field, Monterey, Monterey County, CA
Significance: Soldier Field, established on the original Monterey military reservation, was laid out in 1902 as the parade ground for the Presidio of Monterey. The eight-acre parade and athletic competition gr... More
1201-1211 Third Street (Commercial Building), Stevens Point, Portage C...
Significance: The building at 1201-1211 Third Street is one of two adjacent three-bay commercial structures. This building is the newer of the two by a couple years. This building was constructed by a local b... More
S. S. Kresge Company, 712 E Street, Northwest, Washington, District of...
Significance: Constructed in 19118 by Frank L. Wagner and designed by A.B. Mullet and Company, S. S. Kresge's typifies construction methods for commercial buildings during the early 1900s. In particular, it sh... More
S. S. Kresge Company, 712 E Street, Northwest, Washington, District of...
Significance: Constructed in 19118 by Frank L. Wagner and designed by A.B. Mullet and Company, S. S. Kresge's typifies construction methods for commercial buildings during the early 1900s. In particular, it sh... More
Gray House, County Road, Connersville, Fayette County, IN
Significance: The Gray House was built ca. 1836-46, and is more sophisticated in design and appearance than most of the local vernacular constructed during this period. The rectangular brick structure is disti... More
Waupaca River Bridge, Water Works Station No. 1, 129 Water Street, Wau...
Significance: Waterworks Station No. 1 represents Waupaca's first efforts to provide its growing population with a municipal water system. After several false starts, construction on the building began in 1897... More
Lawrence County Courthouse, Courthouse Square bounded by Main Street, ...
Significance: Replaced courthouse burned on March 18, 1859. / 1859-60. Gen. Hiram H. Higgins, architect. Brick. 54'-0" x 54'-0" (five bays on each side), two stories. Hipped roof surmounted by three-stage t... More
Lawrence County Courthouse, Courthouse Square bounded by Main Street, ...
Significance: Replaced courthouse burned on March 18, 1859. / 1859-60. Gen. Hiram H. Higgins, architect. Brick. 54'-0" x 54'-0" (five bays on each side), two stories. Hipped roof surmounted by three-stage t... More
The Breakers, Ochre Point Avenue, Newport, Newport County, RI
Significance: Modeled on the north Italian Villas of Genoa and Turin, "The Breakers" was designed by Richard Morris Hunt. The last of the great Vanderbilt houses he designed, it was erected between 1893 and 18... More
The Breakers, Ochre Point Avenue, Newport, Newport County, RI
Significance: Modeled on the north Italian Villas of Genoa and Turin, "The Breakers" was designed by Richard Morris Hunt. The last of the great Vanderbilt houses he designed, it was erected between 1893 and 18... More
Hervey Ely House, 138 Troup Street, Rochester, Monroe County, NY
Significance: The house sits like a small Greek temple on top of a hill in Rochester's architecturally significant Third Ward Historic District. As one of the finest examples of Greek Revival architecture in we... More
Stephen Hopkins House, 12 Hopkins Street, Providence, Providence Count...
Significance: Stephen Hopkins, Governor of Rhode Island, Chief Justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court, Chancellor of Brown University, member of the Continental Congress, signer of the Declaration of Indepen... More
Samuel P. Grindle House, 13 School Street, Castine, Hancock County, ME
Significance: The Samuel P. Grindle House is significant as a mid nineteenth-century, Greek Revival, domestic structure contributing to the cultural landscape of the Town Common in the coastal village of Castin... More
Samuel P. Grindle House, 13 School Street, Castine, Hancock County, ME
Significance: The Samuel P. Grindle House is significant as a mid nineteenth-century, Greek Revival, domestic structure contributing to the cultural landscape of the Town Common in the coastal village of Castin... More
Nantucket Atheneum, Lower India & Federal Streets, Nantucket, Nantucke...
Significance: Intellectual center for Nantucket, originally built in 1825, it was rebuilt after the fire of 1846 with further embellishments to its Greek Revival design. The Nantucket Atheneum was erected in 18... More
Nantucket Atheneum, Lower India & Federal Streets, Nantucket, Nantucke...
Significance: Intellectual center for Nantucket, originally built in 1825, it was rebuilt after the fire of 1846 with further embellishments to its Greek Revival design. The Nantucket Atheneum was erected in 18... More
Nantucket Atheneum, Lower India & Federal Streets, Nantucket, Nantucke...
Significance: Intellectual center for Nantucket, originally built in 1825, it was rebuilt after the fire of 1846 with further embellishments to its Greek Revival design. The Nantucket Atheneum was erected in 18... More
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
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
Sarum, State Route 234 vicinity, Newport, Charles County, MD
Significance: Excellent example of expanded colonial house. // c. 1680. Colonial. Frame, clapboarding. One-and-one-half stories; rectangular plan; gabled roof with rear shed extension; side porch. Ground fl... More
Sarum, State Route 234 vicinity, Newport, Charles County, MD
Significance: Excellent example of expanded colonial house. // c. 1680. Colonial. Frame, clapboarding. One-and-one-half stories; rectangular plan; gabled roof with rear shed extension; side porch. Ground fl... More
Masonic Temple, 1 North Broad Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Count...
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Masonic Temple, 1 North Broad Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Count...
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Masonic Temple, 1 North Broad Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Count...
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Masonic Temple, 1 North Broad Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Count...
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Masonic Temple, 1 North Broad Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Count...
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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
Walcott House, 179 Great Road, Stow, Middlesex County, MA
Significance: The significance of the Walcott House lies in the building's architecture and its historical association with Stow, Lower Village. The Walcott House, 179 Great Road, Stow, Massachusetts was origi... More
Stono, Institute Hill, Lexington, Lexington, Virginia
Significance: Home of John Jordan, prominent Lexington builder and industrialist of the early nineteenth century. Built by Jordan in 1818, it is one of the earliest examples of the Classical Revival in western... More
Stono, Institute Hill, Lexington, Lexington, Virginia
Significance: Home of John Jordan, prominent Lexington builder and industrialist of the early nineteenth century. Built by Jordan in 1818, it is one of the earliest examples of the Classical Revival in western... More
Compton Bassett, 16508 Old Marlboro Pike, Upper Marlboro, Prince Georg...
Significance: Compton Bassett is one of the finest Georgian mansions in Prince George's County. It embodies the distinctive characteristics of Georgian architecture such as the central pedimented pavilion fron... More
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
Costello Brothers, Incorporated, Warehouse, 111 Harris Avenue, Provide...
Significance: Constructed ca. 1939, the Costello Brothers, Inc. Warehouse is significant for its associations with the development of the Provisions Warehouse District of Providence. The building housed the Co... More
625 Indiana Avenue Northwest (Commercial Building), Washington, Distri...
Significance: This small pro-Civil War store building, With a frontage of 23'-4'', has a brick and cast-iron facade of attractive character, now in deteriorating condition. The first story has two intermediate... More
Clark Howell Homes, Anne Wallace Branch Carnegie Library, 538 Luckie S...
Significance: The Anne Wallace Branch Carnegie Library was the first branch library in Atlanta. Built in 1908, and named after the first librarian of the Carnegie Library System of Atlanta (predecessor to the F... More
Beekman House, East California Street, Jacksonville, Jackson County, O...
Significance: In July 1870, Cornelius Beekman and his wife acquired the lot their house stands on from W.A. and Julia Owen, who in turn later purchased the house the Beekmans had previously owned. In the 1870'... More
Isaac Royall House, Metacom Avenue, Bristol, Bristol County, RI
Significance: Although constructed for Isaac Royall around 1760, the dwelling was confiscated and remodeled after the Revolutionary War. The house is five bays across and has a center-hall plan. The pedimented ... More
Isaac Royall House, Metacom Avenue, Bristol, Bristol County, RI
Significance: Although constructed for Isaac Royall around 1760, the dwelling was confiscated and remodeled after the Revolutionary War. The house is five bays across and has a center-hall plan. The pedimented ... More
Roanoke Municipal Building & Annex, 216 Campbell Avenue Southwest & 21...
Significance: The Municipal Complex area (Courthouse, Municipal Building, Police Station, Jail, and Court Facility now being built) symbolize the steady growth and progress of the City. It also reflects the ce... More
Buffalo Cotton Textile Mill, Mill Building, SC Route 215, Buffalo, Uni...
Significance: This brick, rectangular, four-story structure is architecturally significant as a relatively intact textile mill building from the turn of the century. It has a twin pyramidal-capped clock and be... More
Buffalo Cotton Textile Mill, Mill Building, SC Route 215, Buffalo, Uni...
Significance: This brick, rectangular, four-story structure is architecturally significant as a relatively intact textile mill building from the turn of the century. It has a twin pyramidal-capped clock and be... More
John Carter House, 21 Meeting Street, Providence, Providence County, R...
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John Carter House, 21 Meeting Street, Providence, Providence County, R...
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John Carter House, 21 Meeting Street, Providence, Providence County, R...
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Nantucket Lodge No. 66, I.O.O.F., 7-21 Centre Street, Nantucket, Nantu...
Significance: Built in the months directly following the fire which devastated this whole section, it is the only five-part Greek Revival building in Nantucket. Sherburne Hall was built jointly by the Internati... More
Nantucket Lodge No. 66, I.O.O.F., 7-21 Centre Street, Nantucket, Nantu...
Significance: Built in the months directly following the fire which devastated this whole section, it is the only five-part Greek Revival building in Nantucket. Sherburne Hall was built jointly by the Internati... More
Santa Clara Verein, 1082 Alviso Street, Santa Clara, Santa Clara Count...
Significance: German immigrants were among the early settlers in the Santa Clara Valley. Bringing their traditional social customs to the Valley, the Germans soon began to form a number of organizations includ... More
Santa Clara Verein, 1082 Alviso Street, Santa Clara, Santa Clara Count...
Significance: German immigrants were among the early settlers in the Santa Clara Valley. Bringing their traditional social customs to the Valley, the Germans soon began to form a number of organizations includ... More
Edward Dexter House, 72 Waterman Street (moved from George Street), Pr...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-15 Survey number: HABS RI-15 Building/structure dates: 1798 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1860 Subsequent Work National Registe... More
U.S. Naval Air Station, Ship Carpenter's Workshop, 368 South Avenue, P...
Significance: The Ship Carpenter's Workshop was built in 1868 to replace the original 1859 building which was destroyed by the Confederate forces in 1862. The Greek Revival building originally had Doric pilast... More
Stamford Post Office, 421 Atlantic Street, Stamford, Fairfield County,...
Significance: Designed in 1914 and completed in 1916, the Stamford Post Office is an excellent example of an eclectic Neo-Renaissance style federal building constructed in the early twentieth century. As empha... More
Boise Project, Boise River Diversion Dam, Across Boise River, Boise, A...
Significance: The Boise Diversion Dam and Powerplant are important components in the Boise Project, a Bureau of Reclamation effort to irrigate the Boise and Payette River valleys in Idaho. The diversion dam, co... More
Boise Project, Boise River Diversion Dam, Across Boise River, Boise, A...
Significance: The Boise Diversion Dam and Powerplant are important components in the Boise Project, a Bureau of Reclamation effort to irrigate the Boise and Payette River valleys in Idaho. The diversion dam, co... More
Boise Project, Boise River Diversion Dam, Across Boise River, Boise, A...
Significance: The Boise Diversion Dam and Powerplant are important components in the Boise Project, a Bureau of Reclamation effort to irrigate the Boise and Payette River valleys in Idaho. The diversion dam, co... More
Boise Project, Boise River Diversion Dam, Across Boise River, Boise, A...
Significance: The Boise Diversion Dam and Powerplant are important components in the Boise Project, a Bureau of Reclamation effort to irrigate the Boise and Payette River valleys in Idaho. The diversion dam, co... More
United States Department of Justice, Constitution Avenue between Ninth...
Survey number: HABS DC-809 Building/structure dates: 1934 Initial Construction
United States Department of Justice, Constitution Avenue between Ninth...
Survey number: HABS DC-809 Building/structure dates: 1934 Initial Construction
United States Department of Justice, Constitution Avenue between Ninth...
Survey number: HABS DC-809 Building/structure dates: 1934 Initial Construction
Odd Fellows Building, 1019 Southwest Tenth Street, Portland, Multnomah...
Significance: Noteworthy building erected on the periphery of Portland's business district during a period of intense development between 1900-1930. This building represents a historical link with a fraternal ... More
Odd Fellows Building, 1019 Southwest Tenth Street, Portland, Multnomah...
Significance: Noteworthy building erected on the periphery of Portland's business district during a period of intense development between 1900-1930. This building represents a historical link with a fraternal ... More