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Bethabara Moravian Church, 2147 Bethabara Road (State Route 1681), Old Town, Forsyth County, NC

Bethabara Moravian Church, 2147 Bethabara Road (State Route 1681), Old...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-4 Survey number: HABS NC-12-C-4 Building/structure dates: 1788 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 10000008

Bethabara Moravian Church, 2147 Bethabara Road (State Route 1681), Old Town, Forsyth County, NC

Bethabara Moravian Church, 2147 Bethabara Road (State Route 1681), Old...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-4 Survey number: HABS NC-12-C-4 Building/structure dates: 1788 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 10000008

Aquia Church, U.S. Route 1 & State Route 676, Stafford, Stafford County, Virginia

Aquia Church, U.S. Route 1 & State Route 676, Stafford, Stafford Count...

Significance: Aquia Church is among the largest and handsomest of Virginia churches. It is built in the form of a Greek cross with hipped roof and has a most interesting unorthodox tower arising from the west ... More

Meetinghouse, Rockingham, Windham County, VT

Meetinghouse, Rockingham, Windham County, VT

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-10 Survey number: HABS VT-22 Building/structure dates: 1787- 1800 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1906 Subsequent Work Nationa... More

Bethel Sanctuary, Inman, McPherson County, KS

Bethel Sanctuary, Inman, McPherson County, KS

1993 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Honorable Mention Significance: The Bethel Sanctuary, built in 1880, is the sole remaining example of the Mennonite "Prayer House" in North America. The structure was constructe... More

Second Presbyterian Church, 1315 Eighth Avenue, Altoona, Blair County, PA

Second Presbyterian Church, 1315 Eighth Avenue, Altoona, Blair County,...

Survey number: HABS PA-5857 Building/structure dates: 1870-1871 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1875-1877 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: 1939 Subsequent Work Building/structure dat... More

St. Peter's Protestant Episcopal Church, Forbes Street & Craft Avenue (moved from Grant Street), Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA

St. Peter's Protestant Episcopal Church, Forbes Street & Craft Avenue ...

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St. Peter's Protestant Episcopal Church, Forbes Street & Craft Avenue (moved from Grant Street), Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA

St. Peter's Protestant Episcopal Church, Forbes Street & Craft Avenue ...

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First Territorial Capitol of Kansas, Fort Riley Military Reserve, Riley, Riley County, KS

First Territorial Capitol of Kansas, Fort Riley Military Reserve, Rile...

Significance: This simple two story stone building served as the first capitol of the Kansas territory. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-8 Survey number: HABS KS-15 Building/stru... More

First Territorial Capitol of Kansas, Fort Riley Military Reserve, Riley, Riley County, KS

First Territorial Capitol of Kansas, Fort Riley Military Reserve, Rile...

Significance: This simple two story stone building served as the first capitol of the Kansas territory. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-8 Survey number: HABS KS-15 Building/stru... More

Caln Friends Meeting House, Northeast corner of Kings Highway (Route 340) & Meetinghouse Road, Thorndale, Chester County, PA

Caln Friends Meeting House, Northeast corner of Kings Highway (Route 3...

Significance: Built in 1784 and extended in 1801, Caln Meeting House poses an unusual solution to the need to accommodate a quarterly meeting. The Caln Friends chose to expand their meeting space by adding onto... More

Caln Friends Meeting House, Northeast corner of Kings Highway (Route 340) & Meetinghouse Road, Thorndale, Chester County, PA

Caln Friends Meeting House, Northeast corner of Kings Highway (Route 3...

Significance: Built in 1784 and extended in 1801, Caln Meeting House poses an unusual solution to the need to accommodate a quarterly meeting. The Caln Friends chose to expand their meeting space by adding onto... More

Church of St. John-in-the-Wilderness, U.S. Route 25, Flat Rock, Henderson County, NC

Church of St. John-in-the-Wilderness, U.S. Route 25, Flat Rock, Hender...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-1 Survey number: HABS NC-12-A-1 Building/structure dates: 1834 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1852 Subsequent Work

First Evangelical Lutheran Church, 1401-1405 Twelfth Avenue, Altoona, Blair County, PA

First Evangelical Lutheran Church, 1401-1405 Twelfth Avenue, Altoona, ...

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Franklin Street Presbyterian Church, Franklin & Cathedral Streets, Baltimore, Independent City, MD

Franklin Street Presbyterian Church, Franklin & Cathedral Streets, Bal...

Significance: This church, begun in 1844 and dedicated in 1847, is the finest example of the Tudor Gothic Revival style in Baltimore and is the masterpiece of a significant local architect, Robert Cary Long, Jr... More

Exeter Friends Meeting House, State Route 662 (Exeter Township), Stonersville, Berks County, PA

Exeter Friends Meeting House, State Route 662 (Exeter Township), Stone...

Significance: The Exeter Friends Meeting House is a good example of the small stone meeting house built by Quakers in Pennsylvania in the eighteenth century. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this st... More

Lower Alloways Creek Friends Meeting House, Hancocks Bridge, Salem County, NJ

Lower Alloways Creek Friends Meeting House, Hancocks Bridge, Salem Cou...

1997 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Honorable Mention Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N631 Survey number: HABS NJ-1236

Lower Alloways Creek Friends Meeting House, Hancocks Bridge, Salem County, NJ

Lower Alloways Creek Friends Meeting House, Hancocks Bridge, Salem Cou...

1997 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Honorable Mention Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N631 Survey number: HABS NJ-1236

Scottsville Disciples of Christ Church, Main Street (State Route 6), Scottsville, Albemarle County, Virginia

Scottsville Disciples of Christ Church, Main Street (State Route 6), S...

Significance: Built in 1846, the Scottsville Disciples of Christ or Christian Church now serves the town as a museum. Originally, the church was constructed through the efforts of Dr. James Turner Barclay. An... More

Church of the Covenant, Eighteenth & N Streets, Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Church of the Covenant, Eighteenth & N Streets, Northwest, Washington,...

Significance: Interesting of Romanesque Revival Style. Prior to demolition was one of Washington's most impressive churches form the Victorian era. Survey number: HABS DC-140

Arney's Mount Friends Meeting House, Southwest corner of Juliustown & Arney's Mount Roads, Mount Holly, Burlington County, NJ

Arney's Mount Friends Meeting House, Southwest corner of Juliustown & ...

Significance: Arney's Mount Friends Meeting House, erected of local Bog Iron stone between 1775 and 1776, represents a particularly domestic-looking meeting house form. The development of this form was likely a... More

Arney's Mount Friends Meeting House, Southwest corner of Juliustown & Arney's Mount Roads, Mount Holly, Burlington County, NJ

Arney's Mount Friends Meeting House, Southwest corner of Juliustown & ...

Significance: Arney's Mount Friends Meeting House, erected of local Bog Iron stone between 1775 and 1776, represents a particularly domestic-looking meeting house form. The development of this form was likely a... More

Arney's Mount Friends Meeting House, Southwest corner of Juliustown & Arney's Mount Roads, Mount Holly, Burlington County, NJ

Arney's Mount Friends Meeting House, Southwest corner of Juliustown & ...

Significance: Arney's Mount Friends Meeting House, erected of local Bog Iron stone between 1775 and 1776, represents a particularly domestic-looking meeting house form. The development of this form was likely a... More

Arney's Mount Friends Meeting House, Southwest corner of Juliustown & Arney's Mount Roads, Mount Holly, Burlington County, NJ

Arney's Mount Friends Meeting House, Southwest corner of Juliustown & ...

Significance: Arney's Mount Friends Meeting House, erected of local Bog Iron stone between 1775 and 1776, represents a particularly domestic-looking meeting house form. The development of this form was likely a... More

Arney's Mount Friends Meeting House, Southwest corner of Juliustown & Arney's Mount Roads, Mount Holly, Burlington County, NJ

Arney's Mount Friends Meeting House, Southwest corner of Juliustown & ...

Significance: Arney's Mount Friends Meeting House, erected of local Bog Iron stone between 1775 and 1776, represents a particularly domestic-looking meeting house form. The development of this form was likely a... More

Arney's Mount Friends Meeting House, Southwest corner of Juliustown & Arney's Mount Roads, Mount Holly, Burlington County, NJ

Arney's Mount Friends Meeting House, Southwest corner of Juliustown & ...

Significance: Arney's Mount Friends Meeting House, erected of local Bog Iron stone between 1775 and 1776, represents a particularly domestic-looking meeting house form. The development of this form was likely a... More

First Methodist Episcopal Church, 1208 Thirteenth Street, Altoona, Blair County, PA

First Methodist Episcopal Church, 1208 Thirteenth Street, Altoona, Bla...

Significance: Built of rough-faced Hummelstown brownstone with smooth-faced brownstone accents, the First Methodist Episcopal Church and its adjoining rectory were designed by M.R. Brown of New York City in 190... More

First Methodist Episcopal Church, 1208 Thirteenth Street, Altoona, Blair County, PA

First Methodist Episcopal Church, 1208 Thirteenth Street, Altoona, Bla...

Significance: Built of rough-faced Hummelstown brownstone with smooth-faced brownstone accents, the First Methodist Episcopal Church and its adjoining rectory were designed by M.R. Brown of New York City in 190... More

Christ Episcopal Church, 120 East Edenton Street, Raleigh, Wake County, NC

Christ Episcopal Church, 120 East Edenton Street, Raleigh, Wake County...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-4 Survey number: HABS NC-12-D-4 Building/structure dates: 1848-1853 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 87002597

Christ Episcopal Church, 120 East Edenton Street, Raleigh, Wake County, NC

Christ Episcopal Church, 120 East Edenton Street, Raleigh, Wake County...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-4 Survey number: HABS NC-12-D-4 Building/structure dates: 1848-1853 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 87002597

Christ Episcopal Church, 120 East Edenton Street, Raleigh, Wake County, NC

Christ Episcopal Church, 120 East Edenton Street, Raleigh, Wake County...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-4 Survey number: HABS NC-12-D-4 Building/structure dates: 1848-1853 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 87002597

First Parish Church (Unitarian), Northwest corner of U.S. Route 1 & State Route 35, Kennebunk, York County, ME

First Parish Church (Unitarian), Northwest corner of U.S. Route 1 & St...

Significance: First built in 1749-30, this structure is the product of major modifications in 1803 and 1838. It was first cut in two and enlarged by moving the back section 28 feet away. In 1838 the galleries w... More

Friends Meeting House, Millville, Columbia County, PA

Friends Meeting House, Millville, Columbia County, PA

Public domain scan of an architecture diagram, architectural drawing, building plan, or design, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

Church of the Immaculate Conception, 145 Church Street, Natchitoches, Natchitoches Parish, LA

Church of the Immaculate Conception, 145 Church Street, Natchitoches, ...

Survey number: HABS LA-2-4 Public domain photograph - historical image of Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

All Hallows Church, All Hallows Church Road & State Route 2, Davidsonville, Anne Arundel County, MD

All Hallows Church, All Hallows Church Road & State Route 2, Davidsonv...

Picryl description: Public domain image of ruins, historic place, landmark, classical architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

All Hallows Church, All Hallows Church Road & State Route 2, Davidsonville, Anne Arundel County, MD

All Hallows Church, All Hallows Church Road & State Route 2, Davidsonv...

Public domain scan of an architecture diagram, architectural drawing, building plan, or design, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

Baptist Church, State Highway 4, Washington, Hempstead County, AR

Baptist Church, State Highway 4, Washington, Hempstead County, AR

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-1 Survey number: HABS AR-32-5 Building/structure dates: ca. 1830 Initial Construction

Chapel & Manse Congregational Mission, Santee, Knox County, NE

Chapel & Manse Congregational Mission, Santee, Knox County, NE

Survey number: HABS NE-16 Building/structure dates: 1870- 1871 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1919 Subsequent Work

Merion Friends Meeting House, 615 Montgomery Avenue (changed from Montgomery Avenue & Meetinghouse Lane), Narberth, Montgomery County, PA

Merion Friends Meeting House, 615 Montgomery Avenue (changed from Mont...

Significance: The construction of Merion began as early as 1695 and was completed by 1715, making it the oldest Friends Meeting House in the Delaware Valley. Its near cruciform plan is unprecedented in a Friend... More

Merion Friends Meeting House, 615 Montgomery Avenue (changed from Montgomery Avenue & Meetinghouse Lane), Narberth, Montgomery County, PA

Merion Friends Meeting House, 615 Montgomery Avenue (changed from Mont...

Significance: The construction of Merion began as early as 1695 and was completed by 1715, making it the oldest Friends Meeting House in the Delaware Valley. Its near cruciform plan is unprecedented in a Friend... More

Merion Friends Meeting House, 615 Montgomery Avenue (changed from Montgomery Avenue & Meetinghouse Lane), Narberth, Montgomery County, PA

Merion Friends Meeting House, 615 Montgomery Avenue (changed from Mont...

Significance: The construction of Merion began as early as 1695 and was completed by 1715, making it the oldest Friends Meeting House in the Delaware Valley. Its near cruciform plan is unprecedented in a Friend... More

Cane Hill Presbyterian Church, State Highway 45, Canehill, Washington County, AR

Cane Hill Presbyterian Church, State Highway 45, Canehill, Washington ...

1995 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: The Cane Hill Presbyterian Church is located in the town of Cane Hill, Arkansas, some thirty miles southwest of Fayetteville. The town is cradled by the moun... 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

St. Thomas' Episcopal Church, Craven Street, Bath, Beaufort County, NC

St. Thomas' Episcopal Church, Craven Street, Bath, Beaufort County, NC

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St. Thomas' Episcopal Church, Craven Street, Bath, Beaufort County, NC

St. Thomas' Episcopal Church, Craven Street, Bath, Beaufort County, NC

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St. John's Church (Episcopal), East Grace & Broad Streets, Richmond, Independent City, Virginia

St. John's Church (Episcopal), East Grace & Broad Streets, Richmond, I...

Significance: St. John's Church was the first church built in the city of Richmond. It was completed in 1741 as part of the Henrico Parish. Moreover, the graveyard is the site of the first public cemetery in Ri... More

Anglican Church, 27 King Street, Christiansted, St. Croix, VI

Anglican Church, 27 King Street, Christiansted, St. Croix, VI

Significance: The English Gothic Revival details of this church distinguish it in appearance from the Danish and Moravian churches of the island. Survey number: HABS VI-21 Building/structure dates: 1849 Initi... More

Anglican Church, 27 King Street, Christiansted, St. Croix, VI

Anglican Church, 27 King Street, Christiansted, St. Croix, VI

Significance: The English Gothic Revival details of this church distinguish it in appearance from the Danish and Moravian churches of the island. Survey number: HABS VI-21 Building/structure dates: 1849 Initi... More

Anglican Church, 27 King Street, Christiansted, St. Croix, VI

Anglican Church, 27 King Street, Christiansted, St. Croix, VI

Significance: The English Gothic Revival details of this church distinguish it in appearance from the Danish and Moravian churches of the island. Survey number: HABS VI-21 Building/structure dates: 1849 Initi... More

Christ Church (Episcopal), Columbus & Cameron Streets, Alexandria, Independent City, Virginia

Christ Church (Episcopal), Columbus & Cameron Streets, Alexandria, Ind...

Significance: Belonging to the Alexandria-Fairfax Church Group, based on plan of James Wren, local architect and builder. Original dimensions proposed 40' x 60' but the building was enlarged to approximately 5... More

Christ Church (Episcopal), Columbus & Cameron Streets, Alexandria, Independent City, Virginia

Christ Church (Episcopal), Columbus & Cameron Streets, Alexandria, Ind...

Significance: Belonging to the Alexandria-Fairfax Church Group, based on plan of James Wren, local architect and builder. Original dimensions proposed 40' x 60' but the building was enlarged to approximately 5... More

Christ Church (Episcopal), Columbus & Cameron Streets, Alexandria, Independent City, Virginia

Christ Church (Episcopal), Columbus & Cameron Streets, Alexandria, Ind...

Significance: Belonging to the Alexandria-Fairfax Church Group, based on plan of James Wren, local architect and builder. Original dimensions proposed 40' x 60' but the building was enlarged to approximately 5... More

Christ Church (Episcopal), Columbus & Cameron Streets, Alexandria, Independent City, Virginia

Christ Church (Episcopal), Columbus & Cameron Streets, Alexandria, Ind...

Significance: Belonging to the Alexandria-Fairfax Church Group, based on plan of James Wren, local architect and builder. Original dimensions proposed 40' x 60' but the building was enlarged to approximately 5... More

New West Grove Friends Meeting House, State Road, near Guernsey Road, West Grove, Chester County, PA

New West Grove Friends Meeting House, State Road, near Guernsey Road, ...

The address was changed from "New Harmony Road" to "State Road, near Guernsey Road" to more accurately reflect its location. 1997 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Honorable Mention Survey number: HABS PA-6665 Buildi... More

New West Grove Friends Meeting House, State Road, near Guernsey Road, West Grove, Chester County, PA

New West Grove Friends Meeting House, State Road, near Guernsey Road, ...

The address was changed from "New Harmony Road" to "State Road, near Guernsey Road" to more accurately reflect its location. 1997 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Honorable Mention Survey number: HABS PA-6665 Buildi... More

New West Grove Friends Meeting House, State Road, near Guernsey Road, West Grove, Chester County, PA

New West Grove Friends Meeting House, State Road, near Guernsey Road, ...

The address was changed from "New Harmony Road" to "State Road, near Guernsey Road" to more accurately reflect its location. 1997 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Honorable Mention Survey number: HABS PA-6665 Buildi... More

New West Grove Friends Meeting House, State Road, near Guernsey Road, West Grove, Chester County, PA

New West Grove Friends Meeting House, State Road, near Guernsey Road, ...

The address was changed from "New Harmony Road" to "State Road, near Guernsey Road" to more accurately reflect its location. 1997 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Honorable Mention Survey number: HABS PA-6665 Buildi... More

Acts of the Apostles Church in Jesus Christ, 1400-28 North Twenty-eighth Street, northwest corner of North Twenty-eighth & Master Streets, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Acts of the Apostles Church in Jesus Christ, 1400-28 North Twenty-eigh...

Significance: The parish buildings of St. Ludwig's Roman Catholic Church are important landmarks to both a disappeared urban community and another that endures. The structures are located in an area of Philade... More

Acts of the Apostles Church in Jesus Christ, 1400-28 North Twenty-eighth Street, northwest corner of North Twenty-eighth & Master Streets, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Acts of the Apostles Church in Jesus Christ, 1400-28 North Twenty-eigh...

Significance: The parish buildings of St. Ludwig's Roman Catholic Church are important landmarks to both a disappeared urban community and another that endures. The structures are located in an area of Philade... More

Acts of the Apostles Church in Jesus Christ, 1400-28 North Twenty-eighth Street, northwest corner of North Twenty-eighth & Master Streets, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Acts of the Apostles Church in Jesus Christ, 1400-28 North Twenty-eigh...

Significance: The parish buildings of St. Ludwig's Roman Catholic Church are important landmarks to both a disappeared urban community and another that endures. The structures are located in an area of Philade... More

Little Egg Harbor Friends Meeting House, West Main & North Green Streets, Tuckerton, Ocean County, NJ

Little Egg Harbor Friends Meeting House, West Main & North Green Stree...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N815 Survey number: HABS NJ-1118 Building/structure dates: 1863 Initial Construction

Luther Place Memorial Church, 1226 Vermont Avenue, Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Luther Place Memorial Church, 1226 Vermont Avenue, Northwest, Washingt...

Significance: An interesting example of Gothic Revival church architecture, the church serves as an architectural focal point of Thomas Circle. Survey number: HABS DC-446

Abington (Orthodox) Friends Meetinghouse, Jenkintown Road across from Fisher Road, Jenkintown, Montgomery County, PA

Abington (Orthodox) Friends Meetinghouse, Jenkintown Road across from ...

Significance: Built in 1836, Abington Friends Meeting House reflects patterns of design found in the single-cell meeting house built during the period of early settlement in the Delaware Valley, but not frequen... More

Plymouth Friends Meeting House, Corner of Germantown & Butler Pikes, Plymouth Meeting, Montgomery County, PA

Plymouth Friends Meeting House, Corner of Germantown & Butler Pikes, P...

The documentation for HABS PA-179 belongs to this record. It is incorrectly identified as Quaker Meetinghouse in Haverford, PA. Significance: Built in two parts, the original section of Plymouth Meeting House ... More

Plymouth Friends Meeting House, Corner of Germantown & Butler Pikes, Plymouth Meeting, Montgomery County, PA

Plymouth Friends Meeting House, Corner of Germantown & Butler Pikes, P...

The documentation for HABS PA-179 belongs to this record. It is incorrectly identified as Quaker Meetinghouse in Haverford, PA. Significance: Built in two parts, the original section of Plymouth Meeting House ... More

Upper Providence Friends Meetinghouse, 8207 Black Rock Road, Oaks, Montgomery County, PA

Upper Providence Friends Meetinghouse, 8207 Black Rock Road, Oaks, Mon...

Significance: Upper Providence Meeting House, built in 1828, reflects the early single-cell meeting house form, including the use of the rear carriage or mounting door that had long fallen out of use. The resur... More

Upper Providence Friends Meetinghouse, 8207 Black Rock Road, Oaks, Montgomery County, PA

Upper Providence Friends Meetinghouse, 8207 Black Rock Road, Oaks, Mon...

Significance: Upper Providence Meeting House, built in 1828, reflects the early single-cell meeting house form, including the use of the rear carriage or mounting door that had long fallen out of use. The resur... More

Darby Friends Meeting House, 1017 Main Street, Darby, Delaware County, PA

Darby Friends Meeting House, 1017 Main Street, Darby, Delaware County,...

Significance: Built in 1805, the Darby Meeting House was designed in the prototypical doubled form of the late eighteenth century. It appears unaltered from its original design and includes significant intact a... More

Radnor Friends Meeting House, Southwest corner of Sproul & Conestoga Roads, Ithan, Delaware County, PA

Radnor Friends Meeting House, Southwest corner of Sproul & Conestoga R...

Significance: Constructed largely in 1718, Radnor is one of the oldest standing meeting houses in the Delaware Valley. Its form captures patterns of American Friends Meeting House development that are extant in... More

Christ Church, State Route 3, Kilmarnock, Lancaster County, Virginia

Christ Church, State Route 3, Kilmarnock, Lancaster County, Virginia

Significance: Finished in 1735, Christ Church is one of the most sophisticated works of architecture produced in colonial Virginia. The entire structure displays a craftsmanship unparalleled in the annals of ch... More

Christ Church, State Route 3, Kilmarnock, Lancaster County, Virginia

Christ Church, State Route 3, Kilmarnock, Lancaster County, Virginia

Significance: Finished in 1735, Christ Church is one of the most sophisticated works of architecture produced in colonial Virginia. The entire structure displays a craftsmanship unparalleled in the annals of ch... More

Christ Church, State Route 3, Kilmarnock, Lancaster County, Virginia

Christ Church, State Route 3, Kilmarnock, Lancaster County, Virginia

Significance: Finished in 1735, Christ Church is one of the most sophisticated works of architecture produced in colonial Virginia. The entire structure displays a craftsmanship unparalleled in the annals of ch... More

St. Brendan's Roman Catholic Church, O'Neal Avenue, Eureka, Eureka County, NV

St. Brendan's Roman Catholic Church, O'Neal Avenue, Eureka, Eureka Cou...

Survey number: HABS NV-6-4 Building/structure dates: ca. 1875- ca. 1900 Initial Construction

[The worshipper beside her moved when she did]

[The worshipper beside her moved when she did]

Title from Harper's. (DLC/PP-1932:0040). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "A Sacrament" by Elizabeth Stuart Phelps, Harper's magazine, 112:21 (Dec. 1905).

St. Columba's Roman Catholic Church, Church II, 918 Broad Street, Johnstown, Cambria County, PA

St. Columba's Roman Catholic Church, Church II, 918 Broad Street, John...

Survey number: HABS PA-5741-B Building/structure dates: 1913- 1914 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1919 Subsequent Work

First Church, South Winooski & Buell Streets, Burlington, Chittenden County, VT

First Church, South Winooski & Buell Streets, Burlington, Chittenden C...

Survey number: HABS VT-73 Building/structure dates: 1842 Initial Construction

Independent Congregational Church, Meadville, Crawford County, PA

Independent Congregational Church, Meadville, Crawford County, PA

Survey number: HABS PA-524 Public domain photograph - historical image of Pennsylvania, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

St. John Goulbert Roman Catholic Church, 117 Clinton Street, Johnstown, Cambria County, PA

St. John Goulbert Roman Catholic Church, 117 Clinton Street, Johnstown...

Survey number: HABS PA-5676 Public domain photograph of a Roman Catholic church building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Presbyterian Church, Lumber Bridge, Robeson County, NC

Presbyterian Church, Lumber Bridge, Robeson County, NC

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

St. Francis Xavier Roman Catholic Church, Warwick & Church Roads, Warwick, Cecil County, MD

St. Francis Xavier Roman Catholic Church, Warwick & Church Roads, Warw...

Significance: St. Francis Xavier Church, founded in 1704 as a Society of Jesus mission, is the site of the oldest Roman Catholic institution on the Eastern Shore of Maryland. Jesuits of the mission founded oth... More

St. Francis Xavier Roman Catholic Church, Warwick & Church Roads, Warwick, Cecil County, MD

St. Francis Xavier Roman Catholic Church, Warwick & Church Roads, Warw...

Significance: St. Francis Xavier Church, founded in 1704 as a Society of Jesus mission, is the site of the oldest Roman Catholic institution on the Eastern Shore of Maryland. Jesuits of the mission founded oth... More

South Meeting House, Meeting House Hill, facing Marcy Street, Portsmouth, Rockingham County, NH

South Meeting House, Meeting House Hill, facing Marcy Street, Portsmou...

Significance: This is one of the landmarks of Portsmouth. It replaced the Old South Meeting House built in 1731, which was demolished in 1863. Its steeple can bee seen by mariners far at sea, and was their gu... More

South Meeting House, Meeting House Hill, facing Marcy Street, Portsmouth, Rockingham County, NH

South Meeting House, Meeting House Hill, facing Marcy Street, Portsmou...

Significance: This is one of the landmarks of Portsmouth. It replaced the Old South Meeting House built in 1731, which was demolished in 1863. Its steeple can bee seen by mariners far at sea, and was their gu... More

Our Lady of Guadalupe, State Highway 47, Peralta, Valencia County, NM

Our Lady of Guadalupe, State Highway 47, Peralta, Valencia County, NM

Public domain scan of an architecture diagram, architectural drawing, building plan, or design, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

Chapel in the Mountains Presbyterian Church, Airport Road, Anaktuvuk Pass, North Slope Borough, AK

Chapel in the Mountains Presbyterian Church, Airport Road, Anaktuvuk P...

Survey number: HABS AK-192 Public domain photograph of airport architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Chapel in the Mountains Presbyterian Church, Airport Road, Anaktuvuk Pass, North Slope Borough, AK

Chapel in the Mountains Presbyterian Church, Airport Road, Anaktuvuk P...

Survey number: HABS AK-192 Public domain photograph of architectural diagram, building plan, section, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Pohick Church, 9301 Richmond Highway, Lorton, Fairfax County, Virginia

Pohick Church, 9301 Richmond Highway, Lorton, Fairfax County, Virginia

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N1072 Survey number: HABS VA-190

Pohick Church, 9301 Richmond Highway, Lorton, Fairfax County, Virginia

Pohick Church, 9301 Richmond Highway, Lorton, Fairfax County, Virginia

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N1072 Survey number: HABS VA-190

Birmingham Friends Meetinghouse, Birmingham & Meetinghouse Roads, Birmingham, Chester County, PA

Birmingham Friends Meetinghouse, Birmingham & Meetinghouse Roads, Birm...

Significance: Wounded British troops were carried to this 1763 Meeting House during the Battle of Brandywine. Survey number: HABS PA-1193 Building/structure dates: 1763 Initial Construction Building/structu... More

Birmingham Friends Meetinghouse, Birmingham & Meetinghouse Roads, Birmingham, Chester County, PA

Birmingham Friends Meetinghouse, Birmingham & Meetinghouse Roads, Birm...

Significance: Wounded British troops were carried to this 1763 Meeting House during the Battle of Brandywine. Survey number: HABS PA-1193 Building/structure dates: 1763 Initial Construction Building/structu... More

First Presbyterian Church, West Innis & Jackson Streets, Salisbury, Rowan County, NC

First Presbyterian Church, West Innis & Jackson Streets, Salisbury, Ro...

Significance: The church was organized on August 4, 1821, with 13 members. The corner stone of the original church was laid in 1826. This original structure was built in the Classic Revival style with 4 wooden ... More

St. Anthony's Orphanage, Chapel, 1500 Indian School Road Northwest, Albuquerque, Bernalillo County, NM

St. Anthony's Orphanage, Chapel, 1500 Indian School Road Northwest, Al...

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

First Baptist Church, Railroad Street, North East, Erie County, PA

First Baptist Church, Railroad Street, North East, Erie County, PA

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-41 Survey number: HABS PA-513 Building/structure dates: 1859 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1870 Subsequent Work

Bradford Friends Meeting House, Northbrook Road, West Bradford Township, Marshallton, Chester County, PA

Bradford Friends Meeting House, Northbrook Road, West Bradford Townshi...

1997 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: Among the oldest extant Friends meeting houses in the Delaware Valley, erected in 1767, Bradford Meeting House's seemingly unconventional design more closely ... More

Bradford Friends Meeting House, Northbrook Road, West Bradford Township, Marshallton, Chester County, PA

Bradford Friends Meeting House, Northbrook Road, West Bradford Townshi...

1997 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: Among the oldest extant Friends meeting houses in the Delaware Valley, erected in 1767, Bradford Meeting House's seemingly unconventional design more closely ... More

Old Stone Church, U.S. Route 11, Fort Defiance, Augusta County, Virginia

Old Stone Church, U.S. Route 11, Fort Defiance, Augusta County, Virgin...

Significance: The Old Stone Church was constructed in 1747 to 1749 for the Scotch-Irish Presbyterian congregation led by the Reverend John Craig from its beginnings in 1740 until his death in 1774. The original... More

Chichester Friends Meeting House, 611 Meetinghouse Road, Boothwyn, Delaware County, PA

Chichester Friends Meeting House, 611 Meetinghouse Road, Boothwyn, Del...

Significance: Chichester Meeting House is a well-preserved and unusual example of eighteenth-century Quaker meeting-house architecture in the Delaware Valley. Erected between 1769 and 1771, the building follows... More

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