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Benjamin H. Latrobe, Surveyor of the Public Buildings to Thomas Jeffer...

Isometrical view of the Presidents House, the surrounding public build...

Bird's-eye view of White House vicinity and Lafayette Park. Shows all buildings, individual trees, fences, sidewalks, etc. Oriented with north toward the upper right. Accompanied by letter from the White House,... More

[Main banking room, Second National Bank, Boston, Massachusetts.]

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OWEN, F.D., PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS CUSTODIAN OF THE FLAGS, LEFT,...

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Hammerstein Theatre, New York City

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Public Buildings and Churches and Misc., Georgetown, Georgetown County...

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Interior parlor, Sturdivant Hall, Selma, Alabama

Sturdivant Hall, also known as the Watts-Parkman-Gillman Home, is a historic Greek Revival mansion and house museum in Selma, Alabama. Completed in 1856, it was designed by Thomas Helm Lee for Colonel Edward T.... More

Belmont, Belmont Boulevard & Wedgewood, Nashville, Davidson County, TN

Significance: Built in 1850 by Col. J.A.S. Acklen and his wife, Adelicia, Belmont was considered at that time to be one of the finest private residences in the south. Designed in the manner of an Italian Renai... More

R. A. Long House, 3218 Gladstone Boulevard, Kansas City, Jackson Count...

Significance: Building is architecturally significant as a particularly grand local example of a Beaux-Arts residence. Its original owner, R.A. Long, symbolized the late-19th century ideal of coming from a poor... More

John Bartram House & Garden, House, 54th Street & Lindbergh Boulevard,...

Significance: The John Bartram House was the sole residence of John Bartram (1699-1777), the well-known early American botanist, explorer, and plant collector between 1731 and his death. William Bartram (1739-... More

John Bartram House & Garden, House, 54th Street & Lindbergh Boulevard,...

Significance: The John Bartram House was the sole residence of John Bartram (1699-1777), the well-known early American botanist, explorer, and plant collector between 1731 and his death. William Bartram (1739-... More

Wellesley Town Hall, 525 Washington Street, Wellesley, Norfolk County,...

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

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

Monroe County Courthouse, 39 West Main Street, Rochester, Monroe Count...

Significance: Designed by the locally noted architect J. Foster Warner, this third Monroe County Courthouse is reputed to be the first public building in western New York in the Renaissance Revival style. It is... More

Hollyhock House, 4800 Hollywood Boulevard, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Co...

See also HABS CA-1938 drawing sheet 4 of 5 for "Hilltop Plot Plan." Structure has been referred to stylistically as "Mayan Eclectic." Significance: The Hollyhock House was considered by Frank Lloyd Wright to be... More

Hamilton Grange, (Moved From) 237 West 141 Street to 141st Street & Am...

Significance: From the NHL nomination: Built in 1801-02, Hamilton Grange was the only home Alexander Hamilton owned and here he lived from 1802 until his death on July 11, 1804. Although not of the Revolutionar... More

Los Angeles Public Library, 630 West Fifth Street, Los Angeles, Los An...

Significance: Designed by noted architect Bertram G. Goodhue, in 1924, the Los Angeles Public Library shows influences from the beaux-arts, the art deco idiom of the time, and of the California missions. Along... More

Los Angeles Public Library, 630 West Fifth Street, Los Angeles, Los An...

Significance: Designed by noted architect Bertram G. Goodhue, in 1924, the Los Angeles Public Library shows influences from the beaux-arts, the art deco idiom of the time, and of the California missions. Along... More

Los Angeles Public Library, 630 West Fifth Street, Los Angeles, Los An...

Significance: Designed by noted architect Bertram G. Goodhue, in 1924, the Los Angeles Public Library shows influences from the beaux-arts, the art deco idiom of the time, and of the California missions. Along... More

Chatham, State Routes 3 & 607 vicinity, Falmouth, Stafford County, Vir...

See also HALS VA-60 for additional documentation. Survey number: HABS VA-339 Building/structure dates: 1771 Initial Construction

Kenmore, 1201 Washington Avenue, Fredericksburg, Fredericksburg, Virgi...

Significance: Kenmore was built as a plantation house by Fielding Lewis and his wife, Betty Washington Lewis, soon after they acquired the property in 1752. The original 863-acre plantation extended to the wes... More

Chief James Clement Vann House, U.S. Route 76 & State Route 255, Sprin...

Significance: Residence of Joseph Vann, a Chief of the Cherokee Indians. Built in late 18th century. Survey number: HABS GA-174 Building/structure dates: 17q4 Initial Construction

Statue of Liberty, Liberty Island, Manhattan, New York, New York Count...

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Henry W. Longfellow Place, 105 Brattle Street, Cambridge, Middlesex Co...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-27 Survey number: HABS MA-169 Building/structure dates: 1759 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1793 Subsequent Work Building/struct... More

Robinson-Aiken House, 48 Elizabeth Street, Charleston, Charleston Coun...

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Robinson-Aiken House, 48 Elizabeth Street, Charleston, Charleston Coun...

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Francisco Sanchez Adobe, Linda Mar Boulevard & Adobe Drive, Pacifica, ...

Significance: San Pedro Valley is of interest in early California history, having been an outpost of the Mission Dolores of San Francisco around 1780. Francisco Sanchez constructed the present adobe near the s... 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 Cupples House, 3673 West Pine Boulevard, Saint Louis, Independe...

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Bethany College, "Old Main" Building, Route 67, Bethany, Brooke County...

Significance: "Old Main" at Bethany College is an outstanding example of a single building designed to accommodate the entire range of college functions and to stand as an imposing piece of architecture on its ... More

Granite Paper Mill, 6900 Big Cottonwood Canyon Road, Salt Lake City, S...

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St. Vincent's Hospital, Elizabeth Seton Building, 151-167 West Elevent...

Significance: St. Vincent's Hospital, which includes this building, was founded in 1849 by the Sisters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul. It is the third oldest, and first Catholic, hospital in the city. This i... More

New Whatcom City Hall, 121 Prospect Street, Bellingham, Whatcom County...

Significance: The New Whatcom City Hall building is historically significant as a symbol of its community's past and the ideas, actions and philosophies of its builders. It is architecturally significant as on... More

Iolani Palace, King & Richards Streets, Honolulu, Honolulu County, HI

Significance: Residence of the last two royal rulers of Hawaii. Scene of transfer of government to the United States in 1898. From 1898 to 1960s, the palace served as the capitol of Hawaii. When built, the p... More

St. Thomas Reformed Church, Nye Gade 4B, Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas,...

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J. B. Watkins Land Company, 1047 Massachusetts Street, Lawrence, Dougl...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-1 Survey number: HABS KS-50 Building/structure dates: ca. 1885- 1888 Initial Construction

East India Marine Hall, 161 Essex Street, Salem, Essex County, MA

Significance: Nineteenth century public museum building with large hall on second floor. Survey number: HABS MA-798

York Hall, State Route 1005 & Main Street, Yorktown, York County, Virg...

Survey number: HABS VA-58 Building/structure dates: ca. 1750 Initial Construction

York Hall, State Route 1005 & Main Street, Yorktown, York County, Virg...

Survey number: HABS VA-58 Building/structure dates: ca. 1750 Initial Construction

Benjamin H. Latrobe, Surveyor of the Public Buildings to Thomas Jeffer...

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Shaker Meetinghouse, South side of Village Road, North of U.S. Route 6...

Survey number: HABS KY-78 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 71000353

John Brown House, 52 Power Street, Providence, Providence County, RI

Survey number: HABS RI-75 Building/structure dates: 1788 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 68000007

Montpelier, 13480 South Montpelier Road, Montpelier Station, Orange Co...

Significance: Montpelier is situated on land granted by patent in 1723 to Ambrose Madison and his brother-in-law Thomas Chew. The patent was divided in 1732 at the death of Ambrose. The Madison family progeny... More

Market Hall, 188 Meeting Street, Charleston, Charleston County, SC

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Ronald-Brennan House, 631 South Fifth Street, Louisville, Jefferson Co...

Significance: The Ronald-Brennan House, a good example of Italianate design, has been carefully preserved by the Brennan family, who have left the house with its excellent late 19th century and early 20th centu... More

USS Olympia, Penn's Landing, 211 South Columbus Boulevard, Philadelphi...

Significance: USS Olympia is a partially armored or protected cruiser which was constructed as part of a congressional program to build a new steel U.S. Navy prior to the turn of the century. Her innovative des... More

Derby House, 168 Derby Street, Salem, Essex County, MA

Significance: Presently owned by the National Park Service, the house is administered by a superintendent with offices in the Custom House, 178 Derby Street. It functions as a completely furnished early Americ... More

Washington Place, 320 South Beretania Street, Honolulu, Honolulu Count...

Significance: Washington Place, built between 1841 and 1847, has an eclectic mix of Greek Revival and indigenous tropical architectural components. The original central portion is a good example of the classica... More

Hegeler Carus Mansion, 1307 Seventh Street, La Salle, La Salle County,...

Significance: The Hegeler Carus Mansion, constructed in 1874-76, is a seven level Second Empire Style residence in La Salle, Illinois, approximately six blocks north of the Illinois and Michigan Canal, a Nation... More

Louisana State Capitol, North Boulevard, Saint Philip, America & Front...

Significance: The Old Louisiana State Capitol is a sham castle, belonging to the early picturesque, or romantic, phase of the Gothic Revival. It represents the castle type, which rarely occurred in the America... More

U.S. Department of the Interior, Eighteenth & C Streets Northwest, Was...

Significance: One of Washington's major governmental buildings, it was designed by one of the city's most noted architects, Waddy Wood. Interesting example of the blending of traditional Classical motifs with ... More

Decatur House, National Trust for Historic Preservation, 748 Jackson P...

Significance: Decatur is unique in this country: the work of a great architect Benjamin H. Latrobe, built for a great American naval commander Commodore Stephen Decatur, preserved the original drawings. This is... More

Carter's Grove, U.S. Route 60 vicinity, Williamsburg, Williamsburg, Vi...

For additional documentation, see also HALS VA-75. Significance: Carter's Grove was built by Carter Burwell, grandson of Robert "King" Carter, between 1749 and 1756. David Minetree, a Williamsburg brick mason,... More

Magnolia Mound, 2161 Nicholson Drive, Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Pa...

Significance: Magnolia Mound is one of the few extant examples of a late eighteenth century settler's house and one of the earliest surviving structures in the Baton Rouge vicinity. Built in the late 1790s on ... More

Tudor Place, 1644 Thirty-first Street, Northwest, Washington, District...

Significance: An unusual, perhaps unique, execution of late Federal period architecture, designed by William Thornton, Tudor Place also possesses outstanding historical significance for its association with pro... More

Independence Hall Complex, Independence Hall, 500 Chestnut Street, Phi...

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Independence Hall Complex, Independence Hall, 500 Chestnut Street, Phi...

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Independence Hall Complex, Independence Hall, 500 Chestnut Street, Phi...

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Independence Hall Complex, Independence Hall, 500 Chestnut Street, Phi...

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Independence Hall Complex, Independence Hall, 500 Chestnut Street, Phi...

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Independence Hall Complex, Independence Hall, 500 Chestnut Street, Phi...

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Independence Hall Complex, Independence Hall, 500 Chestnut Street, Phi...

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Dining room, Belvedere House, Charlevoix

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Interior of main waiting room, Southern Terminal Station, Boston, Mass...

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Lobby of the [Hotel] Pfister, Milwaukee, Wis.

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St. Patrick's Cathedral, New York

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Main concourse, Grand Central Terminal, N.Y. Central Lines, New York

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National Gallery of Art. Doorway of exhibit room in National Gallery

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Public Buildings and Churches and Misc., Georgetown, Georgetown County...

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National Academy of Design, 1083 5th Ave., New York City. Gallery A1, ...

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National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. Board room

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Dollar Savings Bank, Grand Concourse, New York. Interior III

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Fort Hill, Clemson University Campus, Clemson, Pickens County, SC

Significance: Fort Hill was the home of the nineteenth-century statesman John C. Calhoun and his son-in-law Thomas Green Clemson, the founder of Clemson University. The house began in 1803 as a small, two-story... More

Longacres, Second Grandstand, 1621 Southwest Sixteenth Street, Renton,...

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Sabbathday Lake Shaker Community Meetinghouse, West of State Route 26,...

Significance: An excellent example of this building type and of fine framing and carpentry, representing a vernacular survival of exposed framing and simple trim. Unusually effective in its design and detail, t... More

Lloyd R. Smith House, 2220 North Terrace Avenue, Milwaukee, Milwaukee ...

Significance: Inspired by Italian Renaissance villas, this attractive, well-preserved building, for forty years a private residence and now a public museum, is an admirable example of the traditional architectu... More

John Garth House, New London Gravel Road (Rural Route 1), Hannibal, Ma...

Significance: Originally the summer home of the John H. Garth family, it is a locally significant example of the Second Empire style in Missouri. Garth played a prominent role in lumber, banking and other enter... More

Henry M. Flagler Mansion, Whitehall Way, Palm Beach, Palm Beach County...

Significance: The Mansion called "Whitehall" was designed for a wedding present to Mary Lily Kenan of North Carolina by her husband, Henry Morrison Flagler, one of the most important men in the early developmen... More

Hamilton Grange, (Moved From) 237 West 141 Street to 141st Street & Am...

Significance: From the NHL nomination: Built in 1801-02, Hamilton Grange was the only home Alexander Hamilton owned and here he lived from 1802 until his death on July 11, 1804. Although not of the Revolutionar... More

Smithsonian Institution Building, 1000 Jefferson Drive, between Ninth ...

Significance: First building of the Smithsonian Institution and a foremost example of medieval revivalism. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-71 Survey number: HABS DC-141 Buildin... More

Los Angeles Public Library, 630 West Fifth Street, Los Angeles, Los An...

Significance: Designed by noted architect Bertram G. Goodhue, in 1924, the Los Angeles Public Library shows influences from the beaux-arts, the art deco idiom of the time, and of the California missions. Along... More

Chatham, State Routes 3 & 607 vicinity, Falmouth, Stafford County, Vir...

See also HALS VA-60 for additional documentation. Survey number: HABS VA-339 Building/structure dates: 1771 Initial Construction

Fenway Court, Carriage House, 280 The Fenway, Boston, Suffolk County, ...

Significance: It is significant as a part of Fenway Court for its association with the life of Isabella Stewart Gardner and as an example of an American residence designed to house a museum collection Unproces... More

First Christian Church, 553 Fallowfield Avenue, Charleroi, Washington ...

Significance: The first Christian Church in Charleroi, PA is a Romanesque Revival structure built in 1901. It is in an area of Charleroi Borough determined eligible for listing in the National Register of Histo... More

Chief James Clement Vann House, U.S. Route 76 & State Route 255, Sprin...

Significance: Residence of Joseph Vann, a Chief of the Cherokee Indians. Built in late 18th century. Survey number: HABS GA-174 Building/structure dates: 17q4 Initial Construction

Idaho House, South Pass Avenue, South Pass City, Fremont County, WY

Significance: South Pass City's longest running hotel, Idaho House was owned and operated by the pioneer Sherlock family from 1873 to 1949. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-40 Sur... More

Robinson-Aiken House, 48 Elizabeth Street, Charleston, Charleston Coun...

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Homewood, North Charles & Thirty-fourth Streets, Baltimore, Independen...

Significance: Built between 1801 and 1803, Homewood is significant historically for its association with the prominent Carroll family of Maryland and architecturally as one of the most refined and well-articula... More

Homewood, North Charles & Thirty-fourth Streets, Baltimore, Independen...

Significance: Built between 1801 and 1803, Homewood is significant historically for its association with the prominent Carroll family of Maryland and architecturally as one of the most refined and well-articula... More

Henry Art Gallery, Fifteenth Avenue Northeast at Northeast Campus Park...

Significance: The Horace C. Henry Art Gallery was the first public art museum in the state of Washington. Funds for the building construction and its initial collection were donated to the University of Washin... More

Henry Art Gallery, Fifteenth Avenue Northeast at Northeast Campus Park...

Significance: The Horace C. Henry Art Gallery was the first public art museum in the state of Washington. Funds for the building construction and its initial collection were donated to the University of Washin... More

Samuel Cupples House, 3673 West Pine Boulevard, Saint Louis, Independe...

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Iolani Palace, King & Richards Streets, Honolulu, Honolulu County, HI

Significance: Residence of the last two royal rulers of Hawaii. Scene of transfer of government to the United States in 1898. From 1898 to 1960s, the palace served as the capitol of Hawaii. When built, the p... More

York Hall, State Route 1005 & Main Street, Yorktown, York County, Virg...

Survey number: HABS VA-58 Building/structure dates: ca. 1750 Initial Construction

Liberty Hall, Main & Wilkinson Streets, Frankfort, Franklin County, KY

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-2, FN-62 Survey number: HABS KY-20-2 Building/structure dates: 1797 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: ca. 1835 Subsequent Work Buil... More

Union Station, Water Street, Montgomery, Montgomery County, AL

Significance: Montgomery's Union Station is an impressive Romanesque structure, and an excellent example of late nineteenth century commercial architecture. Its size, the ambitiousness of its design, and its o... More

Moraine Lodge, Bear Lake Road, Estes Park, Larimer County, CO

Significance: The Moraine Lodge, built in 1923, served until 1931 as the central building of Mrs. Imogene McPherson's summer resort and as the center of social activities by the summer residents of Maraine Park... More

Templo de Porta Coeli, San German, San German Municipio, PR

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-4 Survey number: HABS PR-45 Building/structure dates: ca. 1571 Initial Construction

Market Hall, 188 Meeting Street, Charleston, Charleston County, SC

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Washington Place, 320 South Beretania Street, Honolulu, Honolulu Count...

Significance: Washington Place, built between 1841 and 1847, has an eclectic mix of Greek Revival and indigenous tropical architectural components. The original central portion is a good example of the classica... More