Pecos Church (Ruins), Pecos, San Miguel County, NM
Significance: This Mission Church dates from the early 1700's, (probably 1706-1707), built after the Pueblo rebellion on the site of an earlier (1620's) and larger church destroyed during the rebellion. For yea... More
Central Baptist Church, 515 North Fourth Street, Muskogee, Muskogee Co...
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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 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 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 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 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
St. David's Church (Episcopal), Valley Forge Road (Newtown Township), ...
Significance: The small, rectangular stone Episcopal church was built from 1715 to 1717 by a Welsh-speaking congregation. It is the oldest non-Quaker church in the area and one of the earliest in the state, Gen... More
St. Paul's Episcopal Church, 209 Ann Street, Beaufort, Carteret County...
Significance: Outstanding example of a small Gothic church from the mid-19th century maintained it its original form. Survey number: HABS NC-204 Building/structure dates: 1857 Initial Construction Building/... More
St. Paul's Episcopal Church, 209 Ann Street, Beaufort, Carteret County...
Significance: Outstanding example of a small Gothic church from the mid-19th century maintained it its original form. Survey number: HABS NC-204 Building/structure dates: 1857 Initial Construction Building/... More
Emmanuel Protestant Episcopal Church, North & Allegheny Streets, Pitts...
Significance: Very small, more simple and subtle than other works of the period by H.H. Richardson, the church is nevertheless one of his finest later works in the Romanesque style. Survey number: HABS PA-426... More
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
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
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
Norwich Congregational Church, Norwich Green, Norwich, Windsor County,...
Significance: This building is an example of an 1817 meeting house in a small, rural village, rather elegant for the period in this area and setting. The building figured in a contest between the settlements o... More
Norwich Congregational Church, Norwich Green, Norwich, Windsor County,...
Significance: This building is an example of an 1817 meeting house in a small, rural village, rather elegant for the period in this area and setting. The building figured in a contest between the settlements o... More
St. Thomas' Episcopal Church, Craven Street, Bath, Beaufort County, NC
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Newtown Square Meeting House, 120 North Newtown Street Road, Newtown S...
1997 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Honorable Mention Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N331 Survey number: HABS PA-6233
Newtown Square Meeting House, 120 North Newtown Street Road, Newtown S...
1997 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Honorable Mention Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N331 Survey number: HABS PA-6233
Salem Church, State Route 3, Fredericksburg, Fredericksburg, Virginia
Significance: "Old" Salem Church is the landmark of the Battle of Salem Church, a crucial phase of the Chancellorville campaign. Chancellorville is generally regarded as Lee's greatest achievement, and the Sal... More
Salem Church, State Route 3, Fredericksburg, Fredericksburg, Virginia
Significance: "Old" Salem Church is the landmark of the Battle of Salem Church, a crucial phase of the Chancellorville campaign. Chancellorville is generally regarded as Lee's greatest achievement, and the Sal... More
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
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
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
Church of St. Peter-in-the-Great Valley, Saint Peter's Road (East Whit...
Significance: Saint Peter's, erected in 1744, had been considerably altered over the years, but in 1944 it was restored as accurately as possible to its original design. It served as a chapel for the British Ar... More
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, 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, 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, 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
Roaring Creek Friends Meeting House, Quaker Meeting Road, Numidia, Col...
Significance: Roaring Creek Meeting House, built in 1795, is of interest for both its log construction and its two-cell design with unequally sized meeting rooms. The latter was indicative of an early English p... More
Roaring Creek Friends Meeting House, Quaker Meeting Road, Numidia, Col...
Significance: Roaring Creek Meeting House, built in 1795, is of interest for both its log construction and its two-cell design with unequally sized meeting rooms. The latter was indicative of an early English p... More
Roaring Creek Friends Meeting House, Quaker Meeting Road, Numidia, Col...
Significance: Roaring Creek Meeting House, built in 1795, is of interest for both its log construction and its two-cell design with unequally sized meeting rooms. The latter was indicative of an early English p... More
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, ...
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, ...
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-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-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-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
St. Casimir's Roman Catholic Church, Church, 500 Power Street, Johnsto...
Survey number: HABS PA-5743-A Building/structure dates: 1902- 1907 Initial Construction
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
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
West Grove Friends Meeting House, 153 East Harmony Road, West Grove, C...
Significance: Erected in 1903, West Grove Meeting House is an example of a meeting house type that became common within the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting during the early twentieth century. Friends held an organ... More
West Grove Friends Meeting House, 153 East Harmony Road, West Grove, C...
Significance: Erected in 1903, West Grove Meeting House is an example of a meeting house type that became common within the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting during the early twentieth century. Friends held an organ... More
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, 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, 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, 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,...
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
Otterbein United Brethren Church, 122 West Conway Street, Baltimore, I...
Survey number: HABS MD-396 Public domain photograph of a church building, chapel, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Arch Street Friends Meeting House, 330 Arch Street, Philadelphia, Phil...
Significance: The Philadelphia-area Yearly Meeting of Friends was established in 1681 and was housed in a number of earlier meeting houses prior to the construction of the current building. In 1804, the east wi... More
Arch Street Friends Meeting House, 330 Arch Street, Philadelphia, Phil...
Significance: The Philadelphia-area Yearly Meeting of Friends was established in 1681 and was housed in a number of earlier meeting houses prior to the construction of the current building. In 1804, the east wi... More
Arch Street Friends Meeting House, 330 Arch Street, Philadelphia, Phil...
Significance: The Philadelphia-area Yearly Meeting of Friends was established in 1681 and was housed in a number of earlier meeting houses prior to the construction of the current building. In 1804, the east wi... More
Arch Street Friends Meeting House, 330 Arch Street, Philadelphia, Phil...
Significance: The Philadelphia-area Yearly Meeting of Friends was established in 1681 and was housed in a number of earlier meeting houses prior to the construction of the current building. In 1804, the east wi... More
Arch Street Friends Meeting House, 330 Arch Street, Philadelphia, Phil...
Significance: The Philadelphia-area Yearly Meeting of Friends was established in 1681 and was housed in a number of earlier meeting houses prior to the construction of the current building. In 1804, the east wi... More
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
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
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
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
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
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
The First mass in the temples of Yucatan, Mexico
During Cortez's conquest of Mexico. Illustration from: Harper's Monthly, 1855, vol. 12.
Puck magazine cover - Our rampageous preachers / F. Graetz.
Illustration shows a preacher in the pulpit haranguing his congregation with a speech that begins "Noise or Nothing!"; there are two police officers, with large billy-clubs, in the pulpit with him, they exchang... More
New York Naval Reserves at church service on U.S.S. NewHampshire
"Detroit Photographic Co." on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 021430. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
U.S.S. Vermont, the altar - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.
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First Methodist Church, Spring Street, Eureka, Eureka County, NV
Survey number: HABS NV-6-1 Building/structure dates: ca. 1875- ca. 1900 Initial Construction
Easter morn - Drawing. Public domain image.
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Pontifical Massachusetts, Los Angeles, September 6, 1931
J 10126 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Mayben & Van Oosting; September 21, 1931. Stamped on verso: "Mayben & Van Oosting, 7611 1/2 South Broadway, Los Angeles, Calif."
Milton Church, Warehouse Street, Milton, Caswell County, NC
Survey number: HABS NC-113 Public domain photograph - historical image of North Carolina, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
First Constitutional Presbyterian Church, Edinboro, Erie County, PA
Survey number: HABS PA-5114 Public domain photograph of church architecture, religious building, monument, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Reredos of Our Lady of Light (church), Canyon Road & Christo Rey Stree...
Survey number: HABS NM-140 Public domain photograph of a Roman Catholic church building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
St. James Episcopal Church, 766 North Main Street, Hendersonville, Hen...
Survey number: HABS NC-249 Building/structure dates: ca. 1863 Initial Construction
Friends School & Meetinghouse, High Point City Park, Jamestown, Guilfo...
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St. Francis de Sales Church, Rodey, Dona Ana County, NM
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First Presbyterian Church of Niobrara, Southeast corner of Sixth & Map...
Significance: The Presbyterian Church, built in 1882, was the first church to be constructed in what was then the "new" townsite of Niobrara (established 1881). The congregation itself is believed to be the ol... More
Whitefield Chapel, 9520 Ferguson Avenue, Savannah, Chatham County, GA
2014 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: Constructed between 1916 and 1925, Whitefield Chapel was presented to Bethesda Academy by the Georgia Society of Colonial Dames in memorial of Bethesda's foun... More
St. Mary's Greek Byzantine Catholic Church, Church, 401 Power Street, ...
Survey number: HABS PA-5742-A Building/structure dates: 1920- 1922 Initial Construction
St. Mary's Greek Byzantine Catholic Church, Church, 401 Power Street, ...
Survey number: HABS PA-5742-A Building/structure dates: 1920- 1922 Initial Construction
London Britain Meeting House, Route 896, .5 mile south of Kemblesville...
1997 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Honorable Mention Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N333 Survey number: HABS PA-6231
Greenwich Friends Meeting House, Ye Greate Street, Greenwich, Cumberla...
1997 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Honorable Mention Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N629 Survey number: HABS NJ-987
First Presbyterian Church, 130 West Miner Street, West Chester, Cheste...
Significance: This Classic Revival Presbyterian Church was one of the earlier designs of Thomas U. Walter. Survey number: HABS PA-1115 Building/structure dates: 1832-1834 Initial Construction Building/struc... More
Hebrew Reform Temple, 1433 Thirteenth Avenue, Altoona, Blair County, P...
Significance: Hebrew Reform Temple is distinguished by its eclectic Moorish, an 1898 design by Altoona's premier architect, Charles M. Robinson. Constructed for the Mountain City Hebrew Reform Congregation, a s... More
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
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
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
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 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 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 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 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
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
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
Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament, 1301 Thirteenth Avenue, Altoona, B...
Significance: Overlooking the city of Altoona from the peak of Gospel Hill, the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament is a landmark on the Altoona skyline. Although construction began in 1924 to replace a 19th cen... More
Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament, 1301 Thirteenth Avenue, Altoona, B...
Significance: Overlooking the city of Altoona from the peak of Gospel Hill, the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament is a landmark on the Altoona skyline. Although construction began in 1924 to replace a 19th cen... More
Baptist Temple, North Broad Street between Montgomery Avenue & Norris ...
Survey number: HABS PA-6662 Public domain photograph - historical image of Pennsylvania, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Old Kennett Meeting House, U.S. Route 1, 1 mile North of Longwood Gard...
1997 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Honorable Mention Significance: Old Kennett is one of the oldest extant Friends meeting houses in the Delaware Valley, erected sometime between 1718 and 1731. Its single-cell, c... More
Old Kennett Meeting House, U.S. Route 1, 1 mile North of Longwood Gard...
1997 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Honorable Mention Significance: Old Kennett is one of the oldest extant Friends meeting houses in the Delaware Valley, erected sometime between 1718 and 1731. Its single-cell, c... More
Old Kennett Meeting House, U.S. Route 1, 1 mile North of Longwood Gard...
1997 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Honorable Mention Significance: Old Kennett is one of the oldest extant Friends meeting houses in the Delaware Valley, erected sometime between 1718 and 1731. Its single-cell, c... More
Sadsbury Friends Meeting House, Simmontown Road, .25 mile east of Rout...
Significance: Among the earliest extant meeting houses in the Delaware Valley, Sadsbury is a rare example of an early meeting house form. Sadsbury's square shaped plan and three-by-three bay elevations with cen... More
Sadsbury Friends Meeting House, Simmontown Road, .25 mile east of Rout...
Significance: Among the earliest extant meeting houses in the Delaware Valley, Sadsbury is a rare example of an early meeting house form. Sadsbury's square shaped plan and three-by-three bay elevations with cen... More
Sadsbury Friends Meeting House, Simmontown Road, .25 mile east of Rout...
Significance: Among the earliest extant meeting houses in the Delaware Valley, Sadsbury is a rare example of an early meeting house form. Sadsbury's square shaped plan and three-by-three bay elevations with cen... More