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Seven Mile Bridge, Linking Florida Keys, Marathon, Monroe County, FL

Seven Mile Bridge, Linking Florida Keys, Marathon, Monroe County, FL

Significance: At the time the Florida East Coast Railway constructed this bridge it was acclaimed as the longest bridge in the world, an engineering marvel. It was the most costly of all Flagler's bridges in t... More

Seven Mile Bridge, Linking Florida Keys, Marathon, Monroe County, FL

Seven Mile Bridge, Linking Florida Keys, Marathon, Monroe County, FL

Significance: At the time the Florida East Coast Railway constructed this bridge it was acclaimed as the longest bridge in the world, an engineering marvel. It was the most costly of all Flagler's bridges in t... More

Seven Mile Bridge, Linking Florida Keys, Marathon, Monroe County, FL

Seven Mile Bridge, Linking Florida Keys, Marathon, Monroe County, FL

Significance: At the time the Florida East Coast Railway constructed this bridge it was acclaimed as the longest bridge in the world, an engineering marvel. It was the most costly of all Flagler's bridges in t... More

Woodsdale Station, State Route 1322, Woodsdale, Person County, NC

Woodsdale Station, State Route 1322, Woodsdale, Person County, NC

Significance: This station, ca. 1880, was built and used by the Lynchburg & Dyrham Railway. In 1892 the Norfolk & Western Railway leased and in 1899 bought the road. This station is a good example of a small co... More

Oakland Naval Supply Center, Brig, Off of East K & Twelfth Streets near railroad yard, Oakland, Alameda County, CA

Oakland Naval Supply Center, Brig, Off of East K & Twelfth Streets nea...

Survey number: HABS CA-2614-J Building/structure dates: 1944 Initial Construction

Town of McPhee, McPhee Road, Dolores, Montezuma County, CO

Town of McPhee, McPhee Road, Dolores, Montezuma County, CO

Significance: The company town of McPhee, Colorado, owned and operated by the New Mexico Lumber Company, lasted from 1924-1948, serving as an important economic and cultural town of the Delores River Valley. Du... More

Oregon Short Line Railroad Station, Sixth West Street, Logan, Cache County, UT

Oregon Short Line Railroad Station, Sixth West Street, Logan, Cache Co...

Significance: A well-maintained late 19th century railroad depot. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-5 Survey number: HABS UT-44 Building/structure dates: ca. 1898 Initial Construction

Oregon Short Line Railroad Station, Sixth West Street, Logan, Cache County, UT

Oregon Short Line Railroad Station, Sixth West Street, Logan, Cache Co...

Significance: A well-maintained late 19th century railroad depot. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-5 Survey number: HABS UT-44 Building/structure dates: ca. 1898 Initial Construction

Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, Martinsburg East Roundhouse, East End of Race & Martin Streets, Martinsburg, Berkeley County, WV

Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, Martinsburg East Roundhouse, East End of Ra...

Significance: East Roundhouse is a building in the former locomotive repair and machine shops erected by the B&O in Martinsburg beginning in 1849. Destroyed by the Confederate troops in 1861, the existing shop... More

Upper Bridge, River Street, spanning AuSable River, Keeseville, Essex County, NY

Upper Bridge, River Street, spanning AuSable River, Keeseville, Essex ...

Significance: The Upper Bridge is one of three nineteenth century bridges within the Village of Keeseville. A two-span, pin connected, high Pratt, iron truss bridge, it is one of the oldest wrought iron truss ... More

Upper Bridge, River Street, spanning AuSable River, Keeseville, Essex County, NY

Upper Bridge, River Street, spanning AuSable River, Keeseville, Essex ...

Significance: The Upper Bridge is one of three nineteenth century bridges within the Village of Keeseville. A two-span, pin connected, high Pratt, iron truss bridge, it is one of the oldest wrought iron truss ... More

Seed House, State Highway 3/U.S. Highway 19 at Croxton Cross Road, Sumter, Sumter County, GA

Seed House, State Highway 3/U.S. Highway 19 at Croxton Cross Road, Sum...

Significance: This district comprises the core of the rural crossroads community of Sumter in Sumter County. The district contains five commercial buildings including two stores; a filling station, a cotton gin... More

New Canaan Railroad Station, Approximately 200 feet southwest of intersection of Park & Elm Streets & approximately 150 feet north of Pine Street, New Canaan, Fairfield County, CT

New Canaan Railroad Station, Approximately 200 feet southwest of inter...

Significance: Built in 1868, the New Caanan Railroad Station is significant as one of the last remaining vestiges of the New Caanan Railroad and is also one of the earliest surviving railroad stations in Connec... More

New Canaan Railroad Station, Approximately 200 feet southwest of intersection of Park & Elm Streets & approximately 150 feet north of Pine Street, New Canaan, Fairfield County, CT

New Canaan Railroad Station, Approximately 200 feet southwest of inter...

Significance: Built in 1868, the New Caanan Railroad Station is significant as one of the last remaining vestiges of the New Caanan Railroad and is also one of the earliest surviving railroad stations in Connec... More

New Canaan Railroad Station, Approximately 200 feet southwest of intersection of Park & Elm Streets & approximately 150 feet north of Pine Street, New Canaan, Fairfield County, CT

New Canaan Railroad Station, Approximately 200 feet southwest of inter...

Significance: Built in 1868, the New Caanan Railroad Station is significant as one of the last remaining vestiges of the New Caanan Railroad and is also one of the earliest surviving railroad stations in Connec... More

Union Station, Jackson Place & Illinois Street, Indianapolis, Marion County, IN

Union Station, Jackson Place & Illinois Street, Indianapolis, Marion C...

Significance: The station is an excellent example of the American Romanesque Revival style of architecture strongly influenced by the work of H.H. Richardson. The exterior is unusual in the skillful combining ... More

Grace Cathedral, Crocker Fence, Along Taylor & Sacramento Streets, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

Grace Cathedral, Crocker Fence, Along Taylor & Sacramento Streets, San...

Significance: Constructed in 1877, the Crocker Fence is the only remnant left of Charles Crocker's Nob Hill mansion, considered one of the grandest in San Francixco during the 19th century. The fence is a rare... More

David Renfrew Oil Rig, East side of Connoquenessing Creek, 0.4 mile North of confluence with Thorn Creek, Renfrew, Butler County, PA

David Renfrew Oil Rig, East side of Connoquenessing Creek, 0.4 mile No...

Significance: Historically significant as a relatively rare survivor of the early-twentieth-century oil industry in southwestern Pennsylvania, and for its location in the Bald Ridge oil field. Technologically ... More

Union Station, North Royal Street, Jackson, Madison County, TN

Union Station, North Royal Street, Jackson, Madison County, TN

Significance: The Union Station, built in the 1870s, is a typical example of the small town railroad station which is rapidly disappearing from the American scene. It literally emphasized the union of the two ... More

Crookston Commercial District, Main Street & Broadway between Fletcher & West Second Streets, Crookston, Polk County, MN

Crookston Commercial District, Main Street & Broadway between Fletcher...

Significance: The Crookston Commercial Historic District reflects the city's early period of growth, which was prompted by agriculture and the railroad industry. The district remains a large, and mostly intact... More

William Webb Farm, House, State Highway 3/U.S. highway 19, Sumter, Sumter County, GA

William Webb Farm, House, State Highway 3/U.S. highway 19, Sumter, Sum...

Significance: The William Webb house is located on approximately eight hundred acres of farmland historically associated with two other farmhouses and the Webb family. This house is part of a National Register ... More

Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Magazine No. 2, Railroad Avenue, west side near intersection with Imhoff Road, Vallejo, Solano County, CA

Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Magazine No. 2, Railroad Avenue, west side...

Significance: Building A20 is a contributing element of the Mare Island Historic District. Building A20 is a key element of the Ammunition Depot area of Mare Island. It represents a second generation of magaz... More

Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Bandstand, Eighth Street, south side between Railroad Avenue & Walnut Avenue, Vallejo, Solano County, CA

Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Bandstand, Eighth Street, south side betwe...

Significance: Building 56 is a contributing element of the Mare Island Historic District. Building 56 is significant as the key ceremonial facility at Mare Island, as the centerpiece of the landscape at Alden ... More

Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Bandstand, Eighth Street, south side between Railroad Avenue & Walnut Avenue, Vallejo, Solano County, CA

Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Bandstand, Eighth Street, south side betwe...

Significance: Building 56 is a contributing element of the Mare Island Historic District. Building 56 is significant as the key ceremonial facility at Mare Island, as the centerpiece of the landscape at Alden ... More

Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Bandstand, Eighth Street, south side between Railroad Avenue & Walnut Avenue, Vallejo, Solano County, CA

Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Bandstand, Eighth Street, south side betwe...

Significance: Building 56 is a contributing element of the Mare Island Historic District. Building 56 is significant as the key ceremonial facility at Mare Island, as the centerpiece of the landscape at Alden ... More

Central of Georgia Railway, Up Freight Warehouse, 227 West Broad Street (at rear of Gray Building), Savannah, Chatham County, GA

Central of Georgia Railway, Up Freight Warehouse, 227 West Broad Stree...

See HAER GA-1, Central of Georgia Railway, Savannah Repair Shops, for additional information. Significance: Erected in 1853, the warehouse is one of the oldest structures in the yard. Constructed by Mueller and... More

San Juan & New York Mining & Smelting Company, Superintendent's House, State Route 160, Durango, La Plata County, CO

San Juan & New York Mining & Smelting Company, Superintendent's House,...

Significance: It is one of two remaining structures at the San Juan and New York Mining and Smelting Company (SJ&NY) plant in Durango. It is located approximately .2 miles north of the stack. SJ&NY grew to beco... More

Schnull & Company Building (Commercial), 110-116 South Meridian Street, Indianapolis, Marion County, IN

Schnull & Company Building (Commercial), 110-116 South Meridian Street...

Significance: The Schnull & Co. Building was constructed for Henry Schnull as the home of his wholesale grocery firm. Schnull (1833-1905) was the founder of the Indianapolis Wholesale District. He erected the... More

Nunes Dairy, Worker's Residence No. 2, 9854 Bruceville Road, Elk Grove, Sacramento County, CA

Nunes Dairy, Worker's Residence No. 2, 9854 Bruceville Road, Elk Grove...

Significance: Worker's Residence No. 2 is significant because it embodies the distinctive characteristics of a National Folk style house. The house retains the features of a massed-plan, side gabled family fol... More

Pleasant Virginialley Depot, State Route 679, Pleasant Virginialley, Rockingham County, Virginia

Pleasant Virginialley Depot, State Route 679, Pleasant Virginialley, R...

Significance: Completed in 1875, the Pleasant Valley Depot is an extant example of a series of depots built along the Valley Railroad in a period of prosperity following the Civil War. It is the last of its ki... More

Grove Street Pier, 1 Market Street, Oakland, Alameda County, CA

Grove Street Pier, 1 Market Street, Oakland, Alameda County, CA

Significance: The Grove Street Pier, a transit shed with pier understructure, is the oldest surviving municipal port building on the Oakland waterfront. It is one of two pre-World War II port buildings to have... More

Aue Stagecoach Inn & Complex, Boerne Stage Road, Leon Springs, Bexar County, TX

Aue Stagecoach Inn & Complex, Boerne Stage Road, Leon Springs, Bexar C...

Significance: Located on the San Antonio-Boerne Stage Road in Leon Springs, Bexar County, Texas, the Aue Stagecoach Inn was established circa 1855 by Max Aue, a German immigrant. Today his property includes a o... More

Aue Stagecoach Inn & Complex, Boerne Stage Road, Leon Springs, Bexar County, TX

Aue Stagecoach Inn & Complex, Boerne Stage Road, Leon Springs, Bexar C...

Significance: Located on the San Antonio-Boerne Stage Road in Leon Springs, Bexar County, Texas, the Aue Stagecoach Inn was established circa 1855 by Max Aue, a German immigrant. Today his property includes a o... More

Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Ordnance Storehouse, Third Street, north side between Railroad Avenue & California Avenue, Vallejo, Solano County, CA

Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Ordnance Storehouse, Third Street, north s...

Significance: Building 77 is a contributing element of the Mare Island Historic District. It is significant as one of the least modified of the brick Classical Revival shops that were built in great numbers in... More

Littleton Denver & Rio Grande Western Depot, 2199 West Littleton Boulevard, Littleton, Arapahoe County, CO

Littleton Denver & Rio Grande Western Depot, 2199 West Littleton Boule...

Significance: Architecturally, the D & RGW Depot is characteristic of the railroad style of building developed in the Victorian Age. It is one of the oldest railroad depots in Colorado and one of the few surviv... More

Littleton Denver & Rio Grande Western Depot, 2199 West Littleton Boulevard, Littleton, Arapahoe County, CO

Littleton Denver & Rio Grande Western Depot, 2199 West Littleton Boule...

Significance: Architecturally, the D & RGW Depot is characteristic of the railroad style of building developed in the Victorian Age. It is one of the oldest railroad depots in Colorado and one of the few surviv... More

South Carolina Railroad-Southern Railway Company, 456 King Street, Charleston, Charleston County, SC

South Carolina Railroad-Southern Railway Company, 456 King Street, Cha...

Significance: This building was previously the home of William Aiken, first president (1828-1831) of the South Carolina Canal and Railroad Company. Survey number: HABS SC-373-A National Register of Historic P... More

South Carolina Railroad-Southern Railway Company, 456 King Street, Charleston, Charleston County, SC

South Carolina Railroad-Southern Railway Company, 456 King Street, Cha...

Significance: This building was previously the home of William Aiken, first president (1828-1831) of the South Carolina Canal and Railroad Company. Survey number: HABS SC-373-A National Register of Historic P... More

John R. Halliday House, 90 East Second North, Pleasant Grove, Utah County, UT

John R. Halliday House, 90 East Second North, Pleasant Grove, Utah Cou...

Significance: This residence is a high style brick masonry design similar to other high style masonry residences in Utah at the turn of the century, well executed by local carpenters and masons, its appearance ... More

Canada Dry Bottling Plant, 1201 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, Montgomery County, MD

Canada Dry Bottling Plant, 1201 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, Mont...

Significance: The bottling plant exemplifies Montgomery County's progressive development as a suburban community, with Silver Spring replacing many of the Washington D. C. commercial/industrial "downtown" funct... More

Canada Dry Bottling Plant, 1201 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, Montgomery County, MD

Canada Dry Bottling Plant, 1201 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, Mont...

Significance: The bottling plant exemplifies Montgomery County's progressive development as a suburban community, with Silver Spring replacing many of the Washington D. C. commercial/industrial "downtown" funct... More

Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad, West Iowa Division, Creston Station, 116 West Adams, Creston, Union County, IA

Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad, West Iowa Division, Creston Sta...

Significance: The building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is an integral part of the town of Creston, which grew up around the railroads and received its name as a result of its locat... More

Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad, West Iowa Division, Creston Station, 116 West Adams, Creston, Union County, IA

Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad, West Iowa Division, Creston Sta...

Significance: The building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is an integral part of the town of Creston, which grew up around the railroads and received its name as a result of its locat... More

Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad, West Iowa Division, Creston Station, 116 West Adams, Creston, Union County, IA

Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad, West Iowa Division, Creston Sta...

Significance: The building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is an integral part of the town of Creston, which grew up around the railroads and received its name as a result of its locat... More

Chase Creek Railroad Bridge, East of Frisco Street at Chase Creek, Clifton, Greenlee County, AZ

Chase Creek Railroad Bridge, East of Frisco Street at Chase Creek, Cli...

Significance: Associated with railroad transportation and the development of Clifton. Survey number: HABS AZ-176 Building/structure dates: 1901 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1906 Subsequent ... More

Connellsville Coal & Coke Region, Connellsville, Fayette County, PA

Connellsville Coal & Coke Region, Connellsville, Fayette County, PA

See also HAER PA-259 for related documentation. Includes photographs & written data. Significance: Considered among the world's richest mineral deposits, the Pittsburgh seam of coal underlying portions of Fayet... More

Connellsville Coal & Coke Region, Connellsville, Fayette County, PA

Connellsville Coal & Coke Region, Connellsville, Fayette County, PA

See also HAER PA-259 for related documentation. Includes photographs & written data. Significance: Considered among the world's richest mineral deposits, the Pittsburgh seam of coal underlying portions of Fayet... More

Connellsville Coal & Coke Region, Connellsville, Fayette County, PA

Connellsville Coal & Coke Region, Connellsville, Fayette County, PA

See also HAER PA-259 for related documentation. Includes photographs & written data. Significance: Considered among the world's richest mineral deposits, the Pittsburgh seam of coal underlying portions of Fayet... More

Heber Creeper Railroad Line, Olmstead Bridge, Spanning Provo River, Provo, Utah County, UT

Heber Creeper Railroad Line, Olmstead Bridge, Spanning Provo River, Pr...

Significance: The Olmstead Bridge is an excellent, unaltered example of a pin connected, steel Howe Truss railroad bridge, typical of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Although originally cons... More

Heber Creeper Railroad Line, Olmstead Bridge, Spanning Provo River, Provo, Utah County, UT

Heber Creeper Railroad Line, Olmstead Bridge, Spanning Provo River, Pr...

Significance: The Olmstead Bridge is an excellent, unaltered example of a pin connected, steel Howe Truss railroad bridge, typical of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Although originally cons... More

Montpelier Depot, State Route 20 at Orange County Road 639, Montpelier Station, Orange County, Virginia

Montpelier Depot, State Route 20 at Orange County Road 639, Montpelier...

Significance: The old Southern Railroad depot located at Montpelier Station, Virginia is an important, and presently beautifully preserved, example of those depots built by the Southern Railroad Company at the ... More

Armour & Company Building, 100 Harris Avenue, Providence, Providence County, RI

Armour & Company Building, 100 Harris Avenue, Providence, Providence C...

Significance: Constructed in 1943, during the final phase of development for the Provisions Warehouse Historic District, the Armour & Company Building is the only contributing building in the district that was ... More

Southern Pacific Depot, 21 East Millbrae Avenue, Millbrae, San Mateo County, CA

Southern Pacific Depot, 21 East Millbrae Avenue, Millbrae, San Mateo C...

Significance: Frame with clapboarding, 65' x 50', two stories with one-story wings, hip roofs with wooden shingles, bracketed eaves, overhanging roof on first-story level supported by columns on E elevation; wa... More

Southern Pacific Depot, 21 East Millbrae Avenue, Millbrae, San Mateo County, CA

Southern Pacific Depot, 21 East Millbrae Avenue, Millbrae, San Mateo C...

Significance: Frame with clapboarding, 65' x 50', two stories with one-story wings, hip roofs with wooden shingles, bracketed eaves, overhanging roof on first-story level supported by columns on E elevation; wa... More

Southern Pacific Depot, 21 East Millbrae Avenue, Millbrae, San Mateo County, CA

Southern Pacific Depot, 21 East Millbrae Avenue, Millbrae, San Mateo C...

Significance: Frame with clapboarding, 65' x 50', two stories with one-story wings, hip roofs with wooden shingles, bracketed eaves, overhanging roof on first-story level supported by columns on E elevation; wa... More

New Haven Rail Yard, Locker Building, Vicinity of Cedar Street, New Haven, New Haven County, CT

New Haven Rail Yard, Locker Building, Vicinity of Cedar Street, New Ha...

Significance: The Locker Building is significant as part of the early twentieth-century improvements to the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad's New Haven facilities. The railroad was one of the busiest... More

Fort Lewis, Locomotive Shelter, South side of South Drive, DuPont, Pierce County, WA

Fort Lewis, Locomotive Shelter, South side of South Drive, DuPont, Pie...

Significance: According to inventory records maintained by the United States Army Corps of Engineers, Construction Engineering Research Laboratory (USACERL), Building 1-B-99 is one of two remaining structures t... More

New London Railroad Station, State Street Vicinity, New London, New London County, CT

New London Railroad Station, State Street Vicinity, New London, New Lo...

Significance: This railroad station was designed by H.H. Richardson just before his death. It is one example of Richardson's notable later works of excellent design. Although Richardson died before the buildi... More

Jackson Street Shops, Store House, Jackson Street & Pennsylvania Avenue, Saint Paul, Ramsey County, MN

Jackson Street Shops, Store House, Jackson Street & Pennsylvania Avenu...

Significance: The Jackson Street Shops are significant as Minnesota's oldest existing railroad buildings. The buildings were built for James J. Hill's St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railway, and were the c... More

Minneapolis Warehouse District, Wisconsin Central Freight Station, 10-12 Hennepin Avenue, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, MN

Minneapolis Warehouse District, Wisconsin Central Freight Station, 10-...

Significance: The Wisconsin Central Freight Station (Chicago Great Western Warehouse) is sited at "Bridge Square" at the eastern end of the Minneapolis Warehouse Historic District, where the primary downtown st... More

Minneapolis Warehouse District, Wisconsin Central Freight Station, 10-12 Hennepin Avenue, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, MN

Minneapolis Warehouse District, Wisconsin Central Freight Station, 10-...

Significance: The Wisconsin Central Freight Station (Chicago Great Western Warehouse) is sited at "Bridge Square" at the eastern end of the Minneapolis Warehouse Historic District, where the primary downtown st... More

Minneapolis Warehouse District, Wisconsin Central Freight Station, 10-12 Hennepin Avenue, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, MN

Minneapolis Warehouse District, Wisconsin Central Freight Station, 10-...

Significance: The Wisconsin Central Freight Station (Chicago Great Western Warehouse) is sited at "Bridge Square" at the eastern end of the Minneapolis Warehouse Historic District, where the primary downtown st... More

Beverly Shores Entrance Gates, Central Avenue & U.S. Route 12 (North side), Beverly Shores, Porter County, IN

Beverly Shores Entrance Gates, Central Avenue & U.S. Route 12 (North s...

Significance: The Beverly Shores gates mark the entrance to Robert Bartlett's subdivision at Beverly Shores. Located at the eastern end of Beverly Shores at the Central Avenue railroad stop, they mark the plac... More

Commercial & Industrial Buildings, Chicago, Burlington & Northern Railroad, Passenger Depot, 100 East Third Street, Dubuque, Dubuque County, IA

Commercial & Industrial Buildings, Chicago, Burlington & Northern Rail...

Significance: As a remnant of a nationally important rail system, the Chicago, Burlington and Northern Passenger Depot is historically significant. Its extensive alterations, however, have compromised the buil... More

Philadelphia & Reading Railroad, Wissahickon Creek Viaduct, Spanning Wissahickon Creek, north of Ridge Avenue Bridge, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Philadelphia & Reading Railroad, Wissahickon Creek Viaduct, Spanning W...

Significance: The Wissahickon Creek Viaduct marks the beginning of a resurgence in major stone arch bridge construction on American railroads after the panic of 1873. Unprocessed Field note material exists for... More

Philadelphia & Reading Railroad, Wissahickon Creek Viaduct, Spanning Wissahickon Creek, north of Ridge Avenue Bridge, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Philadelphia & Reading Railroad, Wissahickon Creek Viaduct, Spanning W...

Significance: The Wissahickon Creek Viaduct marks the beginning of a resurgence in major stone arch bridge construction on American railroads after the panic of 1873. Unprocessed Field note material exists for... More

George Webb Farm, House, State Highway 3/U.S. Highway 19, Sumter, Sumter County, GA

George Webb Farm, House, State Highway 3/U.S. Highway 19, Sumter, Sumt...

Significance: The house is contributing resource to the Webb Family Farm National Register district which consists of three historic farmhouses with their associated outbuildings and one non-historic house. The... More

George Webb Farm, House, State Highway 3/U.S. Highway 19, Sumter, Sumter County, GA

George Webb Farm, House, State Highway 3/U.S. Highway 19, Sumter, Sumt...

Significance: The house is contributing resource to the Webb Family Farm National Register district which consists of three historic farmhouses with their associated outbuildings and one non-historic house. The... More

Augustine Bridge, Brandywine River,Augustine Cutoff, Wilmington, New Castle County, DE

Augustine Bridge, Brandywine River,Augustine Cutoff, Wilmington, New C...

Significance: Wrought iron, pin-connected, Pratt-type truss superstructure mounted on granite masonry piers; originally served as bridge for the B&O Railroad. Survey number: HAER DE-20 Building/structure date... More

Augustine Bridge, Brandywine River,Augustine Cutoff, Wilmington, New Castle County, DE

Augustine Bridge, Brandywine River,Augustine Cutoff, Wilmington, New C...

Significance: Wrought iron, pin-connected, Pratt-type truss superstructure mounted on granite masonry piers; originally served as bridge for the B&O Railroad. Survey number: HAER DE-20 Building/structure date... More

Augustine Bridge, Brandywine River,Augustine Cutoff, Wilmington, New Castle County, DE

Augustine Bridge, Brandywine River,Augustine Cutoff, Wilmington, New C...

Significance: Wrought iron, pin-connected, Pratt-type truss superstructure mounted on granite masonry piers; originally served as bridge for the B&O Railroad. Survey number: HAER DE-20 Building/structure date... More

Augustine Bridge, Brandywine River,Augustine Cutoff, Wilmington, New Castle County, DE

Augustine Bridge, Brandywine River,Augustine Cutoff, Wilmington, New C...

Significance: Wrought iron, pin-connected, Pratt-type truss superstructure mounted on granite masonry piers; originally served as bridge for the B&O Railroad. Survey number: HAER DE-20 Building/structure date... More

Augustine Bridge, Brandywine River,Augustine Cutoff, Wilmington, New Castle County, DE

Augustine Bridge, Brandywine River,Augustine Cutoff, Wilmington, New C...

Significance: Wrought iron, pin-connected, Pratt-type truss superstructure mounted on granite masonry piers; originally served as bridge for the B&O Railroad. Survey number: HAER DE-20 Building/structure date... More

Charles B. Dudley House, 802 Lexington Avenue, Altoona, Blair County, PA

Charles B. Dudley House, 802 Lexington Avenue, Altoona, Blair County, ...

Significance: The two-and-a-half story, side-passage house at 802 Lexington Ave. is representative of one type of housing stock found throughout Altoona, although most surviving examples are of brick veneer rat... More

Sherburne County  Courthouse, 320 Lowell Avenue, Elk River, Sherburne County, MN

Sherburne County Courthouse, 320 Lowell Avenue, Elk River, Sherburne ...

Significance: Constructed in 1877, the Sherburne County Courthouse is typical of numerous such structures built in Minnesota during the great era of courthouse building during the 1870s, 1880s, and 1890s. Desp... More

Spokane International Railroad, Eastport House No. 4, Tract 39, Site 4, Eastport, Boundary County, ID

Spokane International Railroad, Eastport House No. 4, Tract 39, Site 4...

Survey number: HABS ID-121-A Public domain photograph of a cabin interior, small room, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Alfred W. McCune House, 200 North Main Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, UT

Alfred W. McCune House, 200 North Main Street, Salt Lake City, Salt La...

Significance: The McCune House is one of the grandest Salt Lake City residences, built by a railroad and mining magnate. The three-story, twenty-one-room structure and adjacent carriage house occupy a hill site... More

Alfred W. McCune House, 200 North Main Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, UT

Alfred W. McCune House, 200 North Main Street, Salt Lake City, Salt La...

Significance: The McCune House is one of the grandest Salt Lake City residences, built by a railroad and mining magnate. The three-story, twenty-one-room structure and adjacent carriage house occupy a hill site... More

Alfred W. McCune House, 200 North Main Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, UT

Alfred W. McCune House, 200 North Main Street, Salt Lake City, Salt La...

Significance: The McCune House is one of the grandest Salt Lake City residences, built by a railroad and mining magnate. The three-story, twenty-one-room structure and adjacent carriage house occupy a hill site... More

Santa Fe Railroad Station, 1050 Kettner Boulevard, San Diego, San Diego County, CA

Santa Fe Railroad Station, 1050 Kettner Boulevard, San Diego, San Dieg...

Significance: The Santa Fe Depot is a well planned and attractive early twentieth century railroad station. It is a very good example of the Mission style which flourished in San Diego at the time of the 1915 ... More

Santa Fe Railroad Station, 1050 Kettner Boulevard, San Diego, San Diego County, CA

Santa Fe Railroad Station, 1050 Kettner Boulevard, San Diego, San Dieg...

Significance: The Santa Fe Depot is a well planned and attractive early twentieth century railroad station. It is a very good example of the Mission style which flourished in San Diego at the time of the 1915 ... More

Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, Frederick Station, Southeast Corner of Market & All Saints Streets, Frederick, Frederick County, MD

Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, Frederick Station, Southeast Corner of Mark...

Survey number: HAER MD-18 Public domain photograph of attic, house frame, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Spencer Kellogg & Sons, Incorporated, Pier & Transit Shed, 139-155 River Road, Edgewater, Bergen County, NJ

Spencer Kellogg & Sons, Incorporated, Pier & Transit Shed, 139-155 Riv...

Significance: This steel-framed, iron-sided transit shed on its wooden pier is significant as an extremely rare survival of a once typical form of commercial waterfront structure in the Port of New York, and as... More

Spencer Kellogg & Sons, Incorporated, Pier & Transit Shed, 139-155 River Road, Edgewater, Bergen County, NJ

Spencer Kellogg & Sons, Incorporated, Pier & Transit Shed, 139-155 Riv...

Significance: This steel-framed, iron-sided transit shed on its wooden pier is significant as an extremely rare survival of a once typical form of commercial waterfront structure in the Port of New York, and as... More

Genesee Road Bridge, Spanning Grand Trunk Western Railroad tracks, Lapeer, Lapeer County, MI

Genesee Road Bridge, Spanning Grand Trunk Western Railroad tracks, Lap...

Significance: With a center span of 20.42m (67') and two end spans 12.19m (40') for total length of 44.81m (147'), this is the sixth longest known surviving example of a concrete camelback bridge in the state. ... More

Genesee Road Bridge, Spanning Grand Trunk Western Railroad tracks, Lapeer, Lapeer County, MI

Genesee Road Bridge, Spanning Grand Trunk Western Railroad tracks, Lap...

Significance: With a center span of 20.42m (67') and two end spans 12.19m (40') for total length of 44.81m (147'), this is the sixth longest known surviving example of a concrete camelback bridge in the state. ... More

Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad, Cajon Subdivision, Structure No. 67.9, Between Cajon Summit and Keenbrook, Devore, San Bernardino County, CA

Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad, Cajon Subdivision, Structure No...

Significance: The railroad through Cajon Pass provides a link between the greater Los Angeles area and distant markets. In 1998, the California State Historic Preservation Office determined the historic route o... More

Chicago & North Western Railway Company Freight House, Third & Jackson Streets, Sioux City, Woodbury County, IA

Chicago & North Western Railway Company Freight House, Third & Jackson...

Significance: "Chicago School" design characteristics. Constructed during period of substantial growth in Sioux City spurred by railroads and the construction of the Woodbury Co. Courthouse in the same year. ... More

Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, Rail Rolling Mill, Elm Street & Locust Alley, Cumberland, Allegany County, MD

Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, Rail Rolling Mill, Elm Street & Locust Alle...

Significance: With the inexhaustible supply of coal and the eventual juncture of the route to Pittsburgh with the mainline at Cumberland, the B & O though significant economics were available by producing rails... More

Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, Rail Rolling Mill, Elm Street & Locust Alley, Cumberland, Allegany County, MD

Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, Rail Rolling Mill, Elm Street & Locust Alle...

Significance: With the inexhaustible supply of coal and the eventual juncture of the route to Pittsburgh with the mainline at Cumberland, the B & O though significant economics were available by producing rails... More

Main & Market Streets (Structures), Courthouse Square, Main, Market, Center, Clay & Broadway, Mount Carroll, Carroll County, IL

Main & Market Streets (Structures), Courthouse Square, Main, Market, C...

1987 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Honorable Mention Significance: Mount Carroll is the seat of Carroll County, Illinois...Like other small towns in Illinois, Mount Carroll has experienced both the benefits and vi... More

Jackson Street Shops, Jackson Street & Pennsylvania Avenue, Saint Paul, Ramsey County, MN

Jackson Street Shops, Jackson Street & Pennsylvania Avenue, Saint Paul...

Significance: The Jackson Street Shops are historically significant as the oldest existing railroad complex in Minnesota. The events leading to the development of railroading in Minnesota and the Northwest; th... More

Union Pacific Railroad Depot, Intersection of Kelbaker & Kelso Cima Roads, Kelso, San Bernardino County, CA

Union Pacific Railroad Depot, Intersection of Kelbaker & Kelso Cima Ro...

Significance: Construction of the railway line between Salt Lake City and Los Angeles, via Las Vegas, began in 1901 with the formation of the San Pedro, Los Angeles, and Salt Lake Railroad Company by prominent ... More

Union Pacific Railroad Depot, Intersection of Kelbaker & Kelso Cima Roads, Kelso, San Bernardino County, CA

Union Pacific Railroad Depot, Intersection of Kelbaker & Kelso Cima Ro...

Significance: Construction of the railway line between Salt Lake City and Los Angeles, via Las Vegas, began in 1901 with the formation of the San Pedro, Los Angeles, and Salt Lake Railroad Company by prominent ... More

Boston & Albany Railroad Station, Wellesley, Norfolk County, MA

Boston & Albany Railroad Station, Wellesley, Norfolk County, MA

Significance: Commissioned in 1884, this is one of a series of railroad stations designed by H.H. Richardson for the Boston and Albany Railroad. Henry Russell Hitchcock in The Architecture of H.H. Richardson a... More

Wessel Van Schaick House, Van Schaick Avenue & Delaware & Hudson Railroad Tracks, Cohoes, Albany County, NY

Wessel Van Schaick House, Van Schaick Avenue & Delaware & Hudson Railr...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-173 Survey number: HABS NY-3121 Building/structure dates: after 1750 Initial Construction

Grange Warehouse, Riverside Street, Clarksville, Montgomery County, TN

Grange Warehouse, Riverside Street, Clarksville, Montgomery County, TN

Significance: From 1876 until WWI era, this brick structure was considered the largest tobacco warehouse in the world. It may still be among the largest brick warehouses. It covers approximately three acres of ... More

Lock Keeper's House, Seventeenth Street & Constitution Avenue, Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Lock Keeper's House, Seventeenth Street & Constitution Avenue, Northwe...

1994 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: The lockkeeper's house at 17th Street and Constitution Avenue served the lock that connected the Washington branch of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal to the Was... More

Hugh C. Slee House, Hill & Walnut Streets, Stoutsville, Monroe County, MO

Hugh C. Slee House, Hill & Walnut Streets, Stoutsville, Monroe County,...

Significance: Between the fall of 1878 and the summer of 1879 Hugh and Rachel Slee built a house, correctly speculating that they could sell it immediately to some new resident of Stoutsville, a growing railroa... More

North Central Railroad, Baltimore Freight House, Guilford & Centre Streets, Baltimore, Independent City, MD

North Central Railroad, Baltimore Freight House, Guilford & Centre Str...

Significance: The Baltimore Freight Shed, built by the Northern Central Railroad, is a rare example of composite timber and iron roof construction of the mid 19th century. The roof structure is comprised of a ... More

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