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Bethel Baptist Church, 3233 Twenty-ninth Avenue, North, Birmingham, Jefferson County, AL

Bethel Baptist Church, 3233 Twenty-ninth Avenue, North, Birmingham, Je...

Significance: Located in a black working class neighborhood, near coal mines and industrial plants, Bethel Baptist Church provided the leadership to sustain the fight for civil rights in Birmingham. From 1953 ... More

Centre Street United Methodist Church, Centre & Main Streets, Nantucket, Nantucket County, MA

Centre Street United Methodist Church, Centre & Main Streets, Nantucke...

Significance: A visual and social landmark, this Church contains some original elements despite later alterations, and reflects the changing tastes in nineteenth century ecclesiastical architecture. / The Metho... More

Centre Street United Methodist Church, Centre & Main Streets, Nantucket, Nantucket County, MA

Centre Street United Methodist Church, Centre & Main Streets, Nantucke...

Significance: A visual and social landmark, this Church contains some original elements despite later alterations, and reflects the changing tastes in nineteenth century ecclesiastical architecture. / The Metho... More

Centre Street United Methodist Church, Centre & Main Streets, Nantucket, Nantucket County, MA

Centre Street United Methodist Church, Centre & Main Streets, Nantucke...

Significance: A visual and social landmark, this Church contains some original elements despite later alterations, and reflects the changing tastes in nineteenth century ecclesiastical architecture. / The Metho... More

Centre Street United Methodist Church, Centre & Main Streets, Nantucket, Nantucket County, MA

Centre Street United Methodist Church, Centre & Main Streets, Nantucke...

Significance: A visual and social landmark, this Church contains some original elements despite later alterations, and reflects the changing tastes in nineteenth century ecclesiastical architecture. / The Metho... More

Harmony Street Baptist Church, 527 Forty-Second Place North, Birmingham, Jefferson County, AL

Harmony Street Baptist Church, 527 Forty-Second Place North, Birmingha...

Significance: The building's architect, Wallace A. Rayfield, was a notably successful African American architect in the late nineteenth and early 20th centuries. After earning a B.S. degree in classics in 1896... More

College Hill, Bounded roughly by Olney, Hope, Governor Streets, & Seekonk & Providence Rivers, Providence, Providence County, RI

College Hill, Bounded roughly by Olney, Hope, Governor Streets, & Seek...

Significance: College Hill is significant at the national level as a well preserved collection of historic residential, commercial, educational, and religious buildings dating from the early eighteenth century ... More

Pompion Hill Chapel, Cooper River, south side, Huger, Berkeley County, SC

Pompion Hill Chapel, Cooper River, south side, Huger, Berkeley County,...

2016 Charles E. Peterson Prize, First Place Significance: Pompion Hill is one of South Carolina's best-preserved chapels of ease and is known for its unaltered Georgian interior and exterior. It is significant ... More

John Parke House, 345 Main Street, Parkesburg, Chester County, PA

John Parke House, 345 Main Street, Parkesburg, Chester County, PA

Significance: This small 19th century frame house over a fully raised basement of stuccoed stone was built circa 1846. One the first floor, two rooms had walls decorated with painted murals and trompe-d'oeil wo... More

John Parke House, 345 Main Street, Parkesburg, Chester County, PA

John Parke House, 345 Main Street, Parkesburg, Chester County, PA

Significance: This small 19th century frame house over a fully raised basement of stuccoed stone was built circa 1846. One the first floor, two rooms had walls decorated with painted murals and trompe-d'oeil wo... More

St. Stephen's Protestant Episcopal Church, Residence of Dean, 215 North Front Street, Harrisburg, Dauphin County, PA

St. Stephen's Protestant Episcopal Church, Residence of Dean, 215 Nort...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-23, FN-24 Survey number: HABS PA-39 Building/structure dates: ca. 1840- ca. 1850 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: ca. 1931 Subsequent Work

St. Stephen's Protestant Episcopal Church, Residence of Dean, 215 North Front Street, Harrisburg, Dauphin County, PA

St. Stephen's Protestant Episcopal Church, Residence of Dean, 215 Nort...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-23, FN-24 Survey number: HABS PA-39 Building/structure dates: ca. 1840- ca. 1850 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: ca. 1931 Subsequent Work

St. Stephen's Protestant Episcopal Church, Residence of Dean, 215 North Front Street, Harrisburg, Dauphin County, PA

St. Stephen's Protestant Episcopal Church, Residence of Dean, 215 Nort...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-23, FN-24 Survey number: HABS PA-39 Building/structure dates: ca. 1840- ca. 1850 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: ca. 1931 Subsequent Work

St. Thomas' Church, 14300 St. Thomas' Church Road at Croom Road, Croom, Prince George's County, MD

St. Thomas' Church, 14300 St. Thomas' Church Road at Croom Road, Croom...

Significance: St. Thomas' Episcopal Church is one of the earliest Episcopal churches in Southern Maryland, and one of the most intact. It is also notable for its associations with important early citizens, par... More

St. Seraphim Russian Orthodox Churches, Old Church, Lower Kalskag, Bethel Census Area, AK

St. Seraphim Russian Orthodox Churches, Old Church, Lower Kalskag, Bet...

Significance: A number of historic Russian Orthodox churches survive in Alaska, built by Native congregations in traditional forms. Built of logs, the old St. Seraphim church has a form that is easy to read: n... More

St. Seraphim Russian Orthodox Churches, Old Church, Lower Kalskag, Bethel Census Area, AK

St. Seraphim Russian Orthodox Churches, Old Church, Lower Kalskag, Bet...

Significance: A number of historic Russian Orthodox churches survive in Alaska, built by Native congregations in traditional forms. Built of logs, the old St. Seraphim church has a form that is easy to read: n... More

St. John's Episcopal Mission, Chapel & Rectory, Fort Bennett Vicinity, Green Grass, Dewey County, SD

St. John's Episcopal Mission, Chapel & Rectory, Fort Bennett Vicinity,...

Survey number: HABS SD-5 Building/structure dates: 1885-1886 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1892-1893 Subsequent Work

St. Heinrich's Roman Catholic Church, 1057 Flint Street, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, OH

St. Heinrich's Roman Catholic Church, 1057 Flint Street, Cincinnati, H...

Significance: This brick church with Gothic details was erected in 1892 and demolished in 1979. Survey number: HABS OH-2203 Building/structure dates: 1892 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1979 ... More

St. Heinrich's Roman Catholic Church, 1057 Flint Street, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, OH

St. Heinrich's Roman Catholic Church, 1057 Flint Street, Cincinnati, H...

Significance: This brick church with Gothic details was erected in 1892 and demolished in 1979. Survey number: HABS OH-2203 Building/structure dates: 1892 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1979 ... More

Russian Bishop's House, 501 Lincoln Street, Sitka, Sitka Borough, AK

Russian Bishop's House, 501 Lincoln Street, Sitka, Sitka Borough, AK

Significance: The Russian Bishop's House is one of only three buildings constructed during the Russian period that remain in Alaska. The log construction, low hipped roof, and stairways in end galleries are al... More

Russian Bishop's House, 501 Lincoln Street, Sitka, Sitka Borough, AK

Russian Bishop's House, 501 Lincoln Street, Sitka, Sitka Borough, AK

Significance: The Russian Bishop's House is one of only three buildings constructed during the Russian period that remain in Alaska. The log construction, low hipped roof, and stairways in end galleries are al... More

Russian Bishop's House, 501 Lincoln Street, Sitka, Sitka Borough, AK

Russian Bishop's House, 501 Lincoln Street, Sitka, Sitka Borough, AK

Significance: The Russian Bishop's House is one of only three buildings constructed during the Russian period that remain in Alaska. The log construction, low hipped roof, and stairways in end galleries are al... More

St. Seraphim Russian Orthodox Churches, New Church, Lower Kalskag, Bethel Census Area, AK

St. Seraphim Russian Orthodox Churches, New Church, Lower Kalskag, Bet...

Significance: Although one of the newer Russian Orthodox churches in Alaska, St. Seraphim is in a time-honored form, with a hip-roofed square nave farmed by a gable-roofed sanctuary and narthex. Survey number:... More

Sacred Heart Church at Whitemarsh, 16101 Annapolis Road, Bowie, Prince George's County, MD

Sacred Heart Church at Whitemarsh, 16101 Annapolis Road, Bowie, Prince...

Significance: This is the only pre-Revolutionary War Roman Catholic Church in the county, and the site of important events in the development of the Catholic Church in Maryland. Survey number: HABS MD-1014 Bu... More

Lutheran Parsonage, 51 King Street, Christiansted, St. Croix, VI

Lutheran Parsonage, 51 King Street, Christiansted, St. Croix, VI

Significance: A good example of one of the architecturally more pretentious medium-sized town houses of Christiansted, St. Croix. It is not typical, but has, however, the construction details and the architect... More

St. George's Episcopal Church, 100 Lake Avenue, Cordova, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, AK

St. George's Episcopal Church, 100 Lake Avenue, Cordova, Valdez-Cordov...

Significance: The design of Saint George's Episcopal Church is attributed to the Rev. Eustace P. Zeigler, who had trained as an architect in Detroit before relocating to Cordova in 1909. The church was consecra... More

St. Paul's Church, Northwest side Baden-Naylor Road, intersection with Horsehead Road, Baden, Prince George's County, MD

St. Paul's Church, Northwest side Baden-Naylor Road, intersection with...

Significance: St. Paul's at Baden is the oldest church in Prince George's County, and one of only six churches extant from the colonial period. In May of 1692, the Governor's Council and the Maryland Assembly ... More

Quinn Chapel A.M.E. Church, 2401 South Wabash Avenue, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Quinn Chapel A.M.E. Church, 2401 South Wabash Avenue, Chicago, Cook Co...

2000 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: Designated a Chicago Landmark in 1977 and listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1979, the Quinn Chapel houses the oldest African American cong... More

Quinn Chapel A.M.E. Church, 2401 South Wabash Avenue, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Quinn Chapel A.M.E. Church, 2401 South Wabash Avenue, Chicago, Cook Co...

2000 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: Designated a Chicago Landmark in 1977 and listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1979, the Quinn Chapel houses the oldest African American cong... More

Unitarian Church of Urbana, 1209 West Oregon Street, Urbana, Champaign County, IL

Unitarian Church of Urbana, 1209 West Oregon Street, Urbana, Champaign...

2011 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: The Unitarian Church of Urbana was built in 1908 and designed by Walter Root. This church was the first at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign that ... More

Saints Peter & Paul Russian Orthodox Church, Church Street, Saint Paul, Aleutians West Census Area, AK

Saints Peter & Paul Russian Orthodox Church, Church Street, Saint Paul...

Significance: This 1905 church is the oldest building on the island of St. Paul. The church's separate elements sanctuary, nave, narthex, vestibule, and belltower are clearly expressed on the exterior in a ... More

Saints Peter & Paul Russian Orthodox Church, Church Street, Saint Paul, Aleutians West Census Area, AK

Saints Peter & Paul Russian Orthodox Church, Church Street, Saint Paul...

Significance: This 1905 church is the oldest building on the island of St. Paul. The church's separate elements sanctuary, nave, narthex, vestibule, and belltower are clearly expressed on the exterior in a ... More

Saints Peter & Paul Russian Orthodox Church, Church Street, Saint Paul, Aleutians West Census Area, AK

Saints Peter & Paul Russian Orthodox Church, Church Street, Saint Paul...

Significance: This 1905 church is the oldest building on the island of St. Paul. The church's separate elements sanctuary, nave, narthex, vestibule, and belltower are clearly expressed on the exterior in a ... More

Trinity Episcopal Church, 310 East Noble Avenue, Guthrie, Logan County, OK

Trinity Episcopal Church, 310 East Noble Avenue, Guthrie, Logan County...

For additional information, see HABS No. OK-10, Town of Guthrie. Significance: This 1890 frame Church building is a prototype of early Episcopal churches in the southwest, a strict adherent to the formula for p... More

Alexander Campbell Mansion, Route 67, Bethany, Brooke County, WV

Alexander Campbell Mansion, Route 67, Bethany, Brooke County, WV

Significance: The Campbell Mansion and its accompanying landscape is significant not only as the home of Alexander Campbell, a guiding light in the founding of the Christian church movement, but as an important... More

Alexander Campbell Mansion, Route 67, Bethany, Brooke County, WV

Alexander Campbell Mansion, Route 67, Bethany, Brooke County, WV

Significance: The Campbell Mansion and its accompanying landscape is significant not only as the home of Alexander Campbell, a guiding light in the founding of the Christian church movement, but as an important... More

St. Luke's Episcopal Church, Middlesex & Oaks Avenues, Metuchen, Middlesex County, NJ

St. Luke's Episcopal Church, Middlesex & Oaks Avenues, Metuchen, Middl...

Significance: This small wooden Gothic Revival church was built in 1868 and is well maintained. Survey number: HABS NJ-711 Building/structure dates: 1868 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: ca. 1... More

First Presbyterian Church, Broad Street, Elizabeth, Union County, NJ

First Presbyterian Church, Broad Street, Elizabeth, Union County, NJ

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-65 Survey number: HABS NJ-21 Building/structure dates: after 1780 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1851 Subsequent Work Building/s... More

Friends' Meeting House, Shore Road, West side (State Route 9), Seaville, Cape May County, NJ

Friends' Meeting House, Shore Road, West side (State Route 9), Seavill...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-124 Survey number: HABS NJ-74 Building/structure dates: ca. 1716 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: ca. 1727 Initial Construction Bu... More

Friends' Meeting House, Shore Road, West side (State Route 9), Seaville, Cape May County, NJ

Friends' Meeting House, Shore Road, West side (State Route 9), Seavill...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-124 Survey number: HABS NJ-74 Building/structure dates: ca. 1716 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: ca. 1727 Initial Construction Bu... More

St. Francis Xavier Church, State Route 243 Vicinity, Compton, St. Mary's County, MD

St. Francis Xavier Church, State Route 243 Vicinity, Compton, St. Mary...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-136 Survey number: HABS MD-322 Building/structure dates: 1767 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1776 Subsequent Work

Mormon Tabernacle, Temple Square, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, UT

Mormon Tabernacle, Temple Square, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, UT

Structural system joinery includes rawhide thongs & wooden pegs. See also HAER UT-1 for additional documentation. Significance: Although over 100 years old, it is still (1968) the largest indoor auditorium in U... More

St. Charles Roman Catholic Chapel, 4078 Louisiana State Highway 494, Natchez, Natchitoches Parish, LA

St. Charles Roman Catholic Chapel, 4078 Louisiana State Highway 494, N...

Survey number: HABS LA-1315 Public domain photograph - historical image of Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

St. Charles Roman Catholic Chapel, 4078 Louisiana State Highway 494, Natchez, Natchitoches Parish, LA

St. Charles Roman Catholic Chapel, 4078 Louisiana State Highway 494, N...

Survey number: HABS LA-1315 Public domain photograph of a Roman Catholic church building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Dunker Church, Hagerstown & Smoketown Roads, Sharpsburg, Washington County, MD

Dunker Church, Hagerstown & Smoketown Roads, Sharpsburg, Washington Co...

Significance: Built in 1853 by members of the Church of the Brethren, the building was a focal point in the Battle of Antietam September 14-19, 1862. Although it collapsed during a storm in 1921, portions of t... More

Dunker Church, Hagerstown & Smoketown Roads, Sharpsburg, Washington County, MD

Dunker Church, Hagerstown & Smoketown Roads, Sharpsburg, Washington Co...

Significance: Built in 1853 by members of the Church of the Brethren, the building was a focal point in the Battle of Antietam September 14-19, 1862. Although it collapsed during a storm in 1921, portions of t... More

Kiva (Large), Bland, Sandoval County, NM

Kiva (Large), Bland, Sandoval County, NM

Survey number: HABS NM-16 Building/structure dates: ca. 1513 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1908 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: 1937 Subsequent Work

St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Church, Seldovia, Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK

St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Church, Seldovia, Kenai Peninsula Boroug...

Significance: A number of historic Russian Orthodox churches survive in Alaska, built by Native congregations in traditional forms. One of the older ones, the church in Seldovia features a square cupola over t... More

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

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

Public domain image of a large historic building, city hall, urban architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Churches, Old Church, Eklutna, Anchorage, AK

St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Churches, Old Church, Eklutna, Anchorage...

Significance: One of the older Russian Orthodox churches in Alaska, the Eklutna church features simple log construction and a straightforward form, with nave and sanctuary incorporated into one gable-roofed blo... More

Monroe Elementary School, 1515 Monroe Street, Topeka, Shawnee County, KS

Monroe Elementary School, 1515 Monroe Street, Topeka, Shawnee County, ...

Significance: The Monroe School is one of two elementary schools in Topeka that is associated with the Supreme Court's 1954 landmark decision in Oliver Brown et al v. The Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas. T... More

Monroe Elementary School, 1515 Monroe Street, Topeka, Shawnee County, KS

Monroe Elementary School, 1515 Monroe Street, Topeka, Shawnee County, ...

Significance: The Monroe School is one of two elementary schools in Topeka that is associated with the Supreme Court's 1954 landmark decision in Oliver Brown et al v. The Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas. T... More

Lutheran Parsonage, Kongensgade 23, Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, VI

Lutheran Parsonage, Kongensgade 23, Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, VI

Significance: An 18th-century Danish Colonial house used continuously as residence for ministers of the Lutheran Church. Survey number: HABS VI-81

Monticello Presbyterian Church, Dogwood & Waukeenia Streets, Monticello, Jefferson County, FL

Monticello Presbyterian Church, Dogwood & Waukeenia Streets, Monticell...

Significance: This church, which replaces an earlier one, built in 1840 that burned, is a medium-sized brick building erected in 1868-1870. Survey number: HABS FL-155 Building/structure dates: 1868- 1870 I... More

St. John's Church, Washington & Franklin Streets, Cape May, Cape May County, NJ

St. John's Church, Washington & Franklin Streets, Cape May, Cape May C...

Significance: Built in 1867 using a design by architect Henry Sims, this simple Victorian Gothic style church retains the original fittings and stained glass. Survey number: HABS NJ-858 Building/structure dat... More

Thirty-Second Street Baptist Church, 518 Thirty-second Street, South, Birmingham, Jefferson County, AL

Thirty-Second Street Baptist Church, 518 Thirty-second Street, South, ...

Significance: The Thirty-Second Street Baptist Church was organized in the early 20th Century as the Rising Star Baptist Church. Since 1910, the church has been located on 32nd Street (Lots 23 and 24 in Block 4... More

Congregational Mission, Fort Berthold Indian Reservation, White Shield, McLean County, ND

Congregational Mission, Fort Berthold Indian Reservation, White Shield...

Significance: The Congregational Mission building was build at Fort Berthold in 1876 and designed by architect Charles Lemon Hall. Hall was among the many missionaries that came to the Great Plains region to te... More

St. Paul's Episcopal Church, 11 Fair Street, Nantucket, Nantucket County, MA

St. Paul's Episcopal Church, 11 Fair Street, Nantucket, Nantucket Coun...

Significance: St. Paul's Episcopal Church was commissioned by Miss Caroline L.W. French of Boston in memory of her father. The structure was designed by J.W. Northrup of Bridgeport, CT. The cornerstone was laid... More

Mission Nuestra Senora de Guadalupe de Zuni, Zuni Pueblo, Zuni, McKinley County, NM

Mission Nuestra Senora de Guadalupe de Zuni, Zuni Pueblo, Zuni, McKinl...

Public domain photograph - New Mexico, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Mission Nuestra Senora de Guadalupe de Zuni, Zuni Pueblo, Zuni, McKinley County, NM

Mission Nuestra Senora de Guadalupe de Zuni, Zuni Pueblo, Zuni, McKinl...

Public domain scan of a architecture diagram, settlement map, plan, or drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

Mission Nuestra Senora de Guadalupe de Zuni, Zuni Pueblo, Zuni, McKinley County, NM

Mission Nuestra Senora de Guadalupe de Zuni, Zuni Pueblo, Zuni, McKinl...

Public domain photograph of Mexico, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Stewart-Nye House, 108 North Minnesota Street, Carson City, Carson City, NV

Stewart-Nye House, 108 North Minnesota Street, Carson City, Carson Cit...

Significance: One of Carson City's earliest homes, the Stewart-Nye House is a substantial stone building. Its first noted occupant was William M. Steward, first United States Senator from Nevada, who sold it t... More

Old Fort Randall Church, Right Bank, Missouri River, Pickstown, Charles Mix County, SD

Old Fort Randall Church, Right Bank, Missouri River, Pickstown, Charle...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-1 Survey number: HABS SD-4 Building/structure dates: 1875 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1896 Subsequent Work

Old Fort Randall Church, Right Bank, Missouri River, Pickstown, Charles Mix County, SD

Old Fort Randall Church, Right Bank, Missouri River, Pickstown, Charle...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-1 Survey number: HABS SD-4 Building/structure dates: 1875 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1896 Subsequent Work

Old Fort Randall Church, Right Bank, Missouri River, Pickstown, Charles Mix County, SD

Old Fort Randall Church, Right Bank, Missouri River, Pickstown, Charle...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-1 Survey number: HABS SD-4 Building/structure dates: 1875 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1896 Subsequent Work

Holy Ascension Russian Orthodox Church, Unalaska Island, Unalaska, Aleutian Islands, AK

Holy Ascension Russian Orthodox Church, Unalaska Island, Unalaska, Ale...

Significance: One of the oldest Russian Orthodox churches in Alaska, the Holy Ascension Church of 1894 has a cruciform plan but a hip-roofed nave that emphasizes its squareness. Featuring three altars, this ch... More

Holy Ascension Russian Orthodox Church, Unalaska Island, Unalaska, Aleutian Islands, AK

Holy Ascension Russian Orthodox Church, Unalaska Island, Unalaska, Ale...

Significance: One of the oldest Russian Orthodox churches in Alaska, the Holy Ascension Church of 1894 has a cruciform plan but a hip-roofed nave that emphasizes its squareness. Featuring three altars, this ch... More

Church of St. James the Less, 3200 West Clearfield Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Church of St. James the Less, 3200 West Clearfield Street, Philadelphi...

Significance: Built between 1846 and 1848, St. James the Less is the first pure example of a Medieval Parish Church in the United States. It is also the first church to be inspired by, and constructed under the... More

Church of St. James the Less, 3200 West Clearfield Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Church of St. James the Less, 3200 West Clearfield Street, Philadelphi...

Significance: Built between 1846 and 1848, St. James the Less is the first pure example of a Medieval Parish Church in the United States. It is also the first church to be inspired by, and constructed under the... More

Church of St. James the Less, 3200 West Clearfield Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Church of St. James the Less, 3200 West Clearfield Street, Philadelphi...

Significance: Built between 1846 and 1848, St. James the Less is the first pure example of a Medieval Parish Church in the United States. It is also the first church to be inspired by, and constructed under the... More

Church of St. James the Less, 3200 West Clearfield Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Church of St. James the Less, 3200 West Clearfield Street, Philadelphi...

Significance: Built between 1846 and 1848, St. James the Less is the first pure example of a Medieval Parish Church in the United States. It is also the first church to be inspired by, and constructed under the... More

Church of St. James the Less, 3200 West Clearfield Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Church of St. James the Less, 3200 West Clearfield Street, Philadelphi...

Significance: Built between 1846 and 1848, St. James the Less is the first pure example of a Medieval Parish Church in the United States. It is also the first church to be inspired by, and constructed under the... More

Church of St. James the Less, 3200 West Clearfield Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Church of St. James the Less, 3200 West Clearfield Street, Philadelphi...

Significance: Built between 1846 and 1848, St. James the Less is the first pure example of a Medieval Parish Church in the United States. It is also the first church to be inspired by, and constructed under the... More

Church of St. James the Less, 3200 West Clearfield Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Church of St. James the Less, 3200 West Clearfield Street, Philadelphi...

Significance: Built between 1846 and 1848, St. James the Less is the first pure example of a Medieval Parish Church in the United States. It is also the first church to be inspired by, and constructed under the... More

Church of St. James the Less, 3200 West Clearfield Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Church of St. James the Less, 3200 West Clearfield Street, Philadelphi...

Significance: Built between 1846 and 1848, St. James the Less is the first pure example of a Medieval Parish Church in the United States. It is also the first church to be inspired by, and constructed under the... More

Church of St. James the Less, 3200 West Clearfield Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Church of St. James the Less, 3200 West Clearfield Street, Philadelphi...

Significance: Built between 1846 and 1848, St. James the Less is the first pure example of a Medieval Parish Church in the United States. It is also the first church to be inspired by, and constructed under the... More

Church of St. James the Less, 3200 West Clearfield Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Church of St. James the Less, 3200 West Clearfield Street, Philadelphi...

Significance: Built between 1846 and 1848, St. James the Less is the first pure example of a Medieval Parish Church in the United States. It is also the first church to be inspired by, and constructed under the... More

Our common schools as they are and as they may be [Anti-catholic, anti-Tammany cartoon showing (1) "Sectarian Bitterness" of private schools; (2) "Distribution of the Sectarian Fund" - all to Catholic and none to public schools; (3) "Union is Strength" - children of all races and religions playing together] / Th. Nast.

Our common schools as they are and as they may be [Anti-catholic, anti...

Nast, Thomas, artist. Illus. in: Harper's Weekly, v. 14, (1870 February 26), p. 140. Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Caption card tracings: Cartoons; Schools; Church and state.

Martin L. Warsing House, 108 Wordsworth Avenue, Altoona, Blair County, PA

Martin L. Warsing House, 108 Wordsworth Avenue, Altoona, Blair County,...

Survey number: HABS PA-5911 Building/structure dates: 1915 Initial Construction

St. John, Bell Tower, Christiansted, St. Croix, VI

St. John, Bell Tower, Christiansted, St. Croix, VI

Survey number: HABS VI-161 Building/structure dates: ca. 1830 Initial Construction

Trinity Parish House, Annapolis Road (State Route 450), Collington, Prince George's County, MD

Trinity Parish House, Annapolis Road (State Route 450), Collington, Pr...

Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

First Presbyterian Church, 450 Main Street, Skagway, Skagway, AK

First Presbyterian Church, 450 Main Street, Skagway, Skagway, AK

Significance: Arriving in Skagway in the summer of 1899 as part of the Klondike gold rush, the Rev. J.J. Walter, superintendent of missions in Alaska for the Methodist church, undertook the fundraising to build... More

All Saints Episcopal Church, 4550 North Hermitage Avenue, Chicago, Cook County, IL

All Saints Episcopal Church, 4550 North Hermitage Avenue, Chicago, Coo...

2017 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: All Saints Episcopal Church is located in Ravenswood, a neighborhood in the City of Chicago, and was built at a time when Ravenswood was a small, wooded subur... More

Addison Chapel, 5610 Addison Road, Seat Pleasant, Prince George's County, MD

Addison Chapel, 5610 Addison Road, Seat Pleasant, Prince George's Coun...

Significance: Addison Chapel is one of the oldest standing ecclesiastical structures in Prince George's County. Although the current chapel (the third on this site) was probably built after the Revolutionary W... More

Missions of San Buenaventura & San Isidro, New Mexico Highway 14, Mountainair vicinity, Mountainair, Torrance County, NM

Missions of San Buenaventura & San Isidro, New Mexico Highway 14, Moun...

Significance: During the early period of Spanish colonization in New Mexico, Franciscan missionaries undertook the conversion of the Salinas Pueblos. Four of the missions established at that time are now inclu... More

Missions of San Buenaventura & San Isidro, New Mexico Highway 14, Mountainair vicinity, Mountainair, Torrance County, NM

Missions of San Buenaventura & San Isidro, New Mexico Highway 14, Moun...

Significance: During the early period of Spanish colonization in New Mexico, Franciscan missionaries undertook the conversion of the Salinas Pueblos. Four of the missions established at that time are now inclu... More

Missions of San Buenaventura & San Isidro, New Mexico Highway 14, Mountainair vicinity, Mountainair, Torrance County, NM

Missions of San Buenaventura & San Isidro, New Mexico Highway 14, Moun...

Significance: During the early period of Spanish colonization in New Mexico, Franciscan missionaries undertook the conversion of the Salinas Pueblos. Four of the missions established at that time are now inclu... More

Bethel Baptist Church, 3233 Twenty-ninth Avenue, North, Birmingham, Jefferson County, AL

Bethel Baptist Church, 3233 Twenty-ninth Avenue, North, Birmingham, Je...

Significance: Located in a black working class neighborhood, near coal mines and industrial plants, Bethel Baptist Church provided the leadership to sustain the fight for civil rights in Birmingham. From 1953 ... More

Centre Street United Methodist Church, Centre & Main Streets, Nantucket, Nantucket County, MA

Centre Street United Methodist Church, Centre & Main Streets, Nantucke...

Significance: A visual and social landmark, this Church contains some original elements despite later alterations, and reflects the changing tastes in nineteenth century ecclesiastical architecture. / The Metho... More

Centre Street United Methodist Church, Centre & Main Streets, Nantucket, Nantucket County, MA

Centre Street United Methodist Church, Centre & Main Streets, Nantucke...

Significance: A visual and social landmark, this Church contains some original elements despite later alterations, and reflects the changing tastes in nineteenth century ecclesiastical architecture. / The Metho... More

Church of the Redeemer, 236 Commercial Street, Provincetown, Barnstable County, MA

Church of the Redeemer, 236 Commercial Street, Provincetown, Barnstabl...

Significance: This wooden Greek Revival Church with notably fine three stage tower is remarkable for the illusionistic architectural detailing in fresco of its auditorium interior. Survey number: HABS MA-737 ... More

College Hill, Bounded roughly by Olney, Hope, Governor Streets, & Seekonk & Providence Rivers, Providence, Providence County, RI

College Hill, Bounded roughly by Olney, Hope, Governor Streets, & Seek...

Significance: College Hill is significant at the national level as a well preserved collection of historic residential, commercial, educational, and religious buildings dating from the early eighteenth century ... More

Pompion Hill Chapel, Cooper River, south side, Huger, Berkeley County, SC

Pompion Hill Chapel, Cooper River, south side, Huger, Berkeley County,...

2016 Charles E. Peterson Prize, First Place Significance: Pompion Hill is one of South Carolina's best-preserved chapels of ease and is known for its unaltered Georgian interior and exterior. It is significant ... More

Pompion Hill Chapel, Cooper River, south side, Huger, Berkeley County, SC

Pompion Hill Chapel, Cooper River, south side, Huger, Berkeley County,...

2016 Charles E. Peterson Prize, First Place Significance: Pompion Hill is one of South Carolina's best-preserved chapels of ease and is known for its unaltered Georgian interior and exterior. It is significant ... More

Pompion Hill Chapel, Cooper River, south side, Huger, Berkeley County, SC

Pompion Hill Chapel, Cooper River, south side, Huger, Berkeley County,...

2016 Charles E. Peterson Prize, First Place Significance: Pompion Hill is one of South Carolina's best-preserved chapels of ease and is known for its unaltered Georgian interior and exterior. It is significant ... More

Pompion Hill Chapel, Cooper River, south side, Huger, Berkeley County, SC

Pompion Hill Chapel, Cooper River, south side, Huger, Berkeley County,...

2016 Charles E. Peterson Prize, First Place Significance: Pompion Hill is one of South Carolina's best-preserved chapels of ease and is known for its unaltered Georgian interior and exterior. It is significant ... More

John Parke House, 345 Main Street, Parkesburg, Chester County, PA

John Parke House, 345 Main Street, Parkesburg, Chester County, PA

Significance: This small 19th century frame house over a fully raised basement of stuccoed stone was built circa 1846. One the first floor, two rooms had walls decorated with painted murals and trompe-d'oeil wo... More

John Parke House, 345 Main Street, Parkesburg, Chester County, PA

John Parke House, 345 Main Street, Parkesburg, Chester County, PA

Significance: This small 19th century frame house over a fully raised basement of stuccoed stone was built circa 1846. One the first floor, two rooms had walls decorated with painted murals and trompe-d'oeil wo... More

St. Stephen's Protestant Episcopal Church, Residence of Dean, 215 North Front Street, Harrisburg, Dauphin County, PA

St. Stephen's Protestant Episcopal Church, Residence of Dean, 215 Nort...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-23, FN-24 Survey number: HABS PA-39 Building/structure dates: ca. 1840- ca. 1850 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: ca. 1931 Subsequent Work

St. John's Episcopal Mission, Chapel & Rectory, Fort Bennett Vicinity, Green Grass, Dewey County, SD

St. John's Episcopal Mission, Chapel & Rectory, Fort Bennett Vicinity,...

Survey number: HABS SD-5 Building/structure dates: 1885-1886 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1892-1893 Subsequent Work

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