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Washington Monument, High ground West of Fifteenth Street, Northwest, between Independence & Constitution Avenues, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Washington Monument, High ground West of Fifteenth Street, Northwest, ...

See also HAER DC-5 for additional documentation. Significance: Built to commemorate the first president of the United States, the monument has also become a hallowed symbol of the nation's government and the ci... More

Washington Monument, High ground West of Fifteenth Street, Northwest, between Independence & Constitution Avenues, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Washington Monument, High ground West of Fifteenth Street, Northwest, ...

See also HAER DC-5 for additional documentation. Significance: Built to commemorate the first president of the United States, the monument has also become a hallowed symbol of the nation's government and the ci... More

Dumbarton Oaks Park, Thirty-second & R Streets Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Dumbarton Oaks Park, Thirty-second & R Streets Northwest, Washington, ...

See also HALS DC-13 for related documentation. Significance: Dumbarton Oaks Park is not a native woods; rather, it was designed as a ''naturalistic" landscape in the pastoral landscape tradition to include the ... More

Dumbarton Oaks Park, Thirty-second & R Streets Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Dumbarton Oaks Park, Thirty-second & R Streets Northwest, Washington, ...

See also HALS DC-13 for related documentation. Significance: Dumbarton Oaks Park is not a native woods; rather, it was designed as a ''naturalistic" landscape in the pastoral landscape tradition to include the ... More

Dumbarton Oaks Park, Thirty-second & R Streets Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Dumbarton Oaks Park, Thirty-second & R Streets Northwest, Washington, ...

See also HALS DC-13 for related documentation. Significance: Dumbarton Oaks Park is not a native woods; rather, it was designed as a ''naturalistic" landscape in the pastoral landscape tradition to include the ... More

Dumbarton Oaks Park, Thirty-second & R Streets Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Dumbarton Oaks Park, Thirty-second & R Streets Northwest, Washington, ...

See also HALS DC-13 for related documentation. Significance: Dumbarton Oaks Park is not a native woods; rather, it was designed as a ''naturalistic" landscape in the pastoral landscape tradition to include the ... More

Jeremiah Williams House, 3035 Dumbarton Street, Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Jeremiah Williams House, 3035 Dumbarton Street, Northwest, Washington,...

Significance: The Jeremiah Williams House is outstanding example of the mid-nineteenth century picturesque architectural style made popular by A.J. Downing and A.J. Davis through their publications and projects... More

Scott-Grant House, 3238 R Street, Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Scott-Grant House, 3238 R Street, Northwest, Washington, District of C...

Significance: This house is most notable as a mid nineteenth-century stylistically transitional house that combines the symmetrical massing of the first half of the nineteenth century with the picturesque, orna... 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

Theodore Dominic House, 3210 Reservoir Road, Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Theodore Dominic House, 3210 Reservoir Road, Northwest, Washington, Di...

Survey number: HABS DC-846 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 67000025

Chellberg Farm, Pump House-Wind Mill, 900 North Mineral Springs Road, Porter, Porter County, IN

Chellberg Farm, Pump House-Wind Mill, 900 North Mineral Springs Road, ...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N494 Survey number: HABS IN-296-E

Green Hill Presbyterian Church, 1617 Girard Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Green Hill Presbyterian Church, 1617 Girard Avenue, Philadelphia, Phil...

Significance: Though much altered, Green Hill Presbyterian Church was designed by well-known Philadelphia architect John Notman. Originally situated in a rural environment, it belonged to a group of early inst... More

John Bartram House & Garden, 54th Street & Lindbergh Boulevard, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

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

Significance: Bartram's Garden is the oldest surviving botanic garden in the United States. John Bartram (1699 1777), the well-known early American botanist, explorer, and plant collector founded the garden in ... More

John Bartram House & Garden, 54th Street & Lindbergh Boulevard, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

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

Significance: Bartram's Garden is the oldest surviving botanic garden in the United States. John Bartram (1699 1777), the well-known early American botanist, explorer, and plant collector founded the garden in ... More

John Bartram House & Garden, 54th Street & Lindbergh Boulevard, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

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

Significance: Bartram's Garden is the oldest surviving botanic garden in the United States. John Bartram (1699 1777), the well-known early American botanist, explorer, and plant collector founded the garden in ... More

John Bartram House & Garden, 54th Street & Lindbergh Boulevard, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

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

Significance: Bartram's Garden is the oldest surviving botanic garden in the United States. John Bartram (1699 1777), the well-known early American botanist, explorer, and plant collector founded the garden in ... More

John Bartram House & Garden, 54th Street & Lindbergh Boulevard, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

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

Significance: Bartram's Garden is the oldest surviving botanic garden in the United States. John Bartram (1699 1777), the well-known early American botanist, explorer, and plant collector founded the garden in ... More

John Bartram House & Garden, 54th Street & Lindbergh Boulevard, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

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

Significance: Bartram's Garden is the oldest surviving botanic garden in the United States. John Bartram (1699 1777), the well-known early American botanist, explorer, and plant collector founded the garden in ... More

John Bartram House & Garden, 54th Street & Lindbergh Boulevard, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

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

Significance: Bartram's Garden is the oldest surviving botanic garden in the United States. John Bartram (1699 1777), the well-known early American botanist, explorer, and plant collector founded the garden in ... More

John Bartram House & Garden, 54th Street & Lindbergh Boulevard, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

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

Significance: Bartram's Garden is the oldest surviving botanic garden in the United States. John Bartram (1699 1777), the well-known early American botanist, explorer, and plant collector founded the garden in ... 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

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

Graeme Park, 859 County Line Road, Horsham, Montgomery County, PA

Graeme Park, 859 County Line Road, Horsham, Montgomery County, PA

See also HALS PA-21 for additional documentation. Significance: The mansion house at Graeme Park -a rare surviving example of early colonial American architecture -was conceived of as a utilitarian structure on... More

Graeme Park, 859 County Line Road, Horsham, Montgomery County, PA

Graeme Park, 859 County Line Road, Horsham, Montgomery County, PA

See also HALS PA-21 for additional documentation. Significance: The mansion house at Graeme Park -a rare surviving example of early colonial American architecture -was conceived of as a utilitarian structure on... More

Graeme Park, 859 County Line Road, Horsham, Montgomery County, PA

Graeme Park, 859 County Line Road, Horsham, Montgomery County, PA

See also HALS PA-21 for additional documentation. Significance: The mansion house at Graeme Park -a rare surviving example of early colonial American architecture -was conceived of as a utilitarian structure on... More

Graeme Park, 859 County Line Road, Horsham, Montgomery County, PA

Graeme Park, 859 County Line Road, Horsham, Montgomery County, PA

See also HALS PA-21 for additional documentation. Significance: The mansion house at Graeme Park -a rare surviving example of early colonial American architecture -was conceived of as a utilitarian structure on... More

Graeme Park, 859 County Line Road, Horsham, Montgomery County, PA

Graeme Park, 859 County Line Road, Horsham, Montgomery County, PA

See also HALS PA-21 for additional documentation. Significance: The mansion house at Graeme Park -a rare surviving example of early colonial American architecture -was conceived of as a utilitarian structure on... More

Graeme Park, 859 County Line Road, Horsham, Montgomery County, PA

Graeme Park, 859 County Line Road, Horsham, Montgomery County, PA

See also HALS PA-21 for additional documentation. Significance: The mansion house at Graeme Park -a rare surviving example of early colonial American architecture -was conceived of as a utilitarian structure on... More

Mackall Square, 1633 Twenty-ninth Street, Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Mackall Square, 1633 Twenty-ninth Street, Northwest, Washington, Distr...

Significance: Mackall Square conveys better than any other property the rural,isolated nature of residences in Georgetown Heights - the northern portion of Georgetown that was outside the early boundaries of th... More

Mackall Square, 1633 Twenty-ninth Street, Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Mackall Square, 1633 Twenty-ninth Street, Northwest, Washington, Distr...

Significance: Mackall Square conveys better than any other property the rural,isolated nature of residences in Georgetown Heights - the northern portion of Georgetown that was outside the early boundaries of th... More

Whitesbog Village & Cranberry Bog, Suningive House & Garden, 120-34 Whitesbog Road, Pemberton, Burlington County, NJ

Whitesbog Village & Cranberry Bog, Suningive House & Garden, 120-34 Wh...

Significance: Suningive was built during 1922-1923 by Elizabeth C. White in Whitesbog Village, an agricultural company town owned and operated by her family since the mid-nineteenth century. The house was loca... More

Whitesbog Village & Cranberry Bog, Suningive House & Garden, 120-34 Whitesbog Road, Pemberton, Burlington County, NJ

Whitesbog Village & Cranberry Bog, Suningive House & Garden, 120-34 Wh...

Significance: Suningive was built during 1922-1923 by Elizabeth C. White in Whitesbog Village, an agricultural company town owned and operated by her family since the mid-nineteenth century. The house was loca... More

Kenworthy Hall, State Highway 14 (Greensboro Road), Marion, Perry County, AL

Kenworthy Hall, State Highway 14 (Greensboro Road), Marion, Perry Coun...

Significance: Late in his life, Edward Kenworthy Carlisle sought to build a house which would reflect his stature as a plantation owner, cotton factor, and commissions merchant in the prosperous Black Belt comm... More

Kenworthy Hall, State Highway 14 (Greensboro Road), Marion, Perry County, AL

Kenworthy Hall, State Highway 14 (Greensboro Road), Marion, Perry Coun...

Significance: Late in his life, Edward Kenworthy Carlisle sought to build a house which would reflect his stature as a plantation owner, cotton factor, and commissions merchant in the prosperous Black Belt comm... More

Kenworthy Hall, State Highway 14 (Greensboro Road), Marion, Perry County, AL

Kenworthy Hall, State Highway 14 (Greensboro Road), Marion, Perry Coun...

Significance: Late in his life, Edward Kenworthy Carlisle sought to build a house which would reflect his stature as a plantation owner, cotton factor, and commissions merchant in the prosperous Black Belt comm... More

Kenworthy Hall, State Highway 14 (Greensboro Road), Marion, Perry County, AL

Kenworthy Hall, State Highway 14 (Greensboro Road), Marion, Perry Coun...

Significance: Late in his life, Edward Kenworthy Carlisle sought to build a house which would reflect his stature as a plantation owner, cotton factor, and commissions merchant in the prosperous Black Belt comm... More

Kenworthy Hall, State Highway 14 (Greensboro Road), Marion, Perry County, AL

Kenworthy Hall, State Highway 14 (Greensboro Road), Marion, Perry Coun...

Significance: Late in his life, Edward Kenworthy Carlisle sought to build a house which would reflect his stature as a plantation owner, cotton factor, and commissions merchant in the prosperous Black Belt comm... More

Kenworthy Hall, State Highway 14 (Greensboro Road), Marion, Perry County, AL

Kenworthy Hall, State Highway 14 (Greensboro Road), Marion, Perry Coun...

Significance: Late in his life, Edward Kenworthy Carlisle sought to build a house which would reflect his stature as a plantation owner, cotton factor, and commissions merchant in the prosperous Black Belt comm... More

John Thomson Mason House, 3425 Prospect Street, Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

John Thomson Mason House, 3425 Prospect Street, Northwest, Washington,...

Significance: The grey and stately ruin which crowns the highest ridge of Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Island was once the hoe of General John Mason. Built in the last decade of the eighteenth century, this bui... More

John Thomson Mason House, 3425 Prospect Street, Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

John Thomson Mason House, 3425 Prospect Street, Northwest, Washington,...

Significance: The grey and stately ruin which crowns the highest ridge of Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Island was once the hoe of General John Mason. Built in the last decade of the eighteenth century, this bui... More

Church of the Advocate, Rectory, Eighteenth & Diamond Streets, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Church of the Advocate, Rectory, Eighteenth & Diamond Streets, Philade...

Significance: It is a fine example of high Victorian eclecticism employing a mixture of gothic and classical details. While the residence's function as a rectory necessitated a design fitting with its parochial... More

Church of the Advocate, Rectory, Eighteenth & Diamond Streets, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Church of the Advocate, Rectory, Eighteenth & Diamond Streets, Philade...

Significance: It is a fine example of high Victorian eclecticism employing a mixture of gothic and classical details. While the residence's function as a rectory necessitated a design fitting with its parochial... More

Woodlands Cemetery, 4000 Woodlands Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Woodlands Cemetery, 4000 Woodlands Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia ...

See also HABS No. PA-1125 and PA-1125-A for related documentation on The Woodlands & The Woodlands, Stable-Carriage House. Additional documentation includes measured drawings, photographs, & written data. Signi... More

Woodlands Cemetery, 4000 Woodlands Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Woodlands Cemetery, 4000 Woodlands Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia ...

See also HABS No. PA-1125 and PA-1125-A for related documentation on The Woodlands & The Woodlands, Stable-Carriage House. Additional documentation includes measured drawings, photographs, & written data. Signi... More

Woodlands Cemetery, 4000 Woodlands Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Woodlands Cemetery, 4000 Woodlands Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia ...

See also HABS No. PA-1125 and PA-1125-A for related documentation on The Woodlands & The Woodlands, Stable-Carriage House. Additional documentation includes measured drawings, photographs, & written data. Signi... More

Woodlands Cemetery, 4000 Woodlands Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Woodlands Cemetery, 4000 Woodlands Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia ...

See also HABS No. PA-1125 and PA-1125-A for related documentation on The Woodlands & The Woodlands, Stable-Carriage House. Additional documentation includes measured drawings, photographs, & written data. Signi... More

Woodlands Cemetery, 4000 Woodlands Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Woodlands Cemetery, 4000 Woodlands Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia ...

See also HABS No. PA-1125 and PA-1125-A for related documentation on The Woodlands & The Woodlands, Stable-Carriage House. Additional documentation includes measured drawings, photographs, & written data. Signi... More

Woodlands Cemetery, 4000 Woodlands Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Woodlands Cemetery, 4000 Woodlands Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia ...

See also HABS No. PA-1125 and PA-1125-A for related documentation on The Woodlands & The Woodlands, Stable-Carriage House. Additional documentation includes measured drawings, photographs, & written data. Signi... More

Woodlands Cemetery, 4000 Woodlands Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Woodlands Cemetery, 4000 Woodlands Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia ...

See also HABS No. PA-1125 and PA-1125-A for related documentation on The Woodlands & The Woodlands, Stable-Carriage House. Additional documentation includes measured drawings, photographs, & written data. Signi... More

Philip T. Berry House, 1402 Thirty-first Street, Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Philip T. Berry House, 1402 Thirty-first Street, Northwest, Washington...

Significance: This frame dwelling is one of the few detached mansarded homes built in Georgetown, where most were row houses of brick. In excellent condition, it occupies an impressive corner lot. Survey nu... More

Philip T. Berry House, 1402 Thirty-first Street, Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Philip T. Berry House, 1402 Thirty-first Street, Northwest, Washington...

Significance: This frame dwelling is one of the few detached mansarded homes built in Georgetown, where most were row houses of brick. In excellent condition, it occupies an impressive corner lot. Survey nu... More

Philip T. Berry House, 1402 Thirty-first Street, Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Philip T. Berry House, 1402 Thirty-first Street, Northwest, Washington...

Significance: This frame dwelling is one of the few detached mansarded homes built in Georgetown, where most were row houses of brick. In excellent condition, it occupies an impressive corner lot. Survey nu... More

Margaret Esherick House, 204 Sunrise Lane, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Margaret Esherick House, 204 Sunrise Lane, Philadelphia, Philadelphia ...

Significance: Designed and constructed between 1959 and 1962, the Margaret Esherick House in Chestnut Hill, Pennsylvania is a masterwork of modern architecture and craftsmanship. Internationally renowned Philad... More

1318 Vermont Avenue, Northwest (House), Washington, District of Columbia, DC

1318 Vermont Avenue, Northwest (House), Washington, District of Columb...

Significance: The row house at 1318 Vermont Avenue, NW, attained its prestige as the headquarters of the National Council of Negro Women (NCNW) as as the Washington residence of Mary McLeod Bethune, the educato... More

1318 Vermont Avenue, Northwest (House), Washington, District of Columbia, DC

1318 Vermont Avenue, Northwest (House), Washington, District of Columb...

Significance: The row house at 1318 Vermont Avenue, NW, attained its prestige as the headquarters of the National Council of Negro Women (NCNW) as as the Washington residence of Mary McLeod Bethune, the educato... More

W. Taylor Birch House, 3099 Q Street, Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

W. Taylor Birch House, 3099 Q Street, Northwest, Washington, District ...

Significance: This home is a good example of the "baronial" type residence that was so often built by wealthy businessmen of the period to proclaim their new status. The heavy fortress-like expression of the e... More

W. Taylor Birch House, 3099 Q Street, Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

W. Taylor Birch House, 3099 Q Street, Northwest, Washington, District ...

Significance: This home is a good example of the "baronial" type residence that was so often built by wealthy businessmen of the period to proclaim their new status. The heavy fortress-like expression of the e... More

Girard College, Founder's Hall, Girard & Corinthian Avenues, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Girard College, Founder's Hall, Girard & Corinthian Avenues, Philadelp...

Significance: Founder's Hall at Girard College is one of the greatest expressions of nineteenth-century Greek Revival architecture in the United States. As a civic ensemble, it ranks among the most notable in ... More

Girard College, Founder's Hall, Girard & Corinthian Avenues, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Girard College, Founder's Hall, Girard & Corinthian Avenues, Philadelp...

Significance: Founder's Hall at Girard College is one of the greatest expressions of nineteenth-century Greek Revival architecture in the United States. As a civic ensemble, it ranks among the most notable in ... More

Girard College, Founder's Hall, Girard & Corinthian Avenues, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Girard College, Founder's Hall, Girard & Corinthian Avenues, Philadelp...

Significance: Founder's Hall at Girard College is one of the greatest expressions of nineteenth-century Greek Revival architecture in the United States. As a civic ensemble, it ranks among the most notable in ... More

Girard College, Founder's Hall, Girard & Corinthian Avenues, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Girard College, Founder's Hall, Girard & Corinthian Avenues, Philadelp...

Significance: Founder's Hall at Girard College is one of the greatest expressions of nineteenth-century Greek Revival architecture in the United States. As a civic ensemble, it ranks among the most notable in ... More

Delaware County Electric Company, Chester Station, Delaware River at South end of Ward Street, Chester, Delaware County, PA

Delaware County Electric Company, Chester Station, Delaware River at S...

Significance: It is a monument to the production and marketing of electricity in early 20th-century America. Wartime demand for light and power led Philadelphia Electric to commission the plant for the company'... More

Delaware County Electric Company, Chester Station, Delaware River at South end of Ward Street, Chester, Delaware County, PA

Delaware County Electric Company, Chester Station, Delaware River at S...

Significance: It is a monument to the production and marketing of electricity in early 20th-century America. Wartime demand for light and power led Philadelphia Electric to commission the plant for the company'... More

Delaware County Electric Company, Chester Station, Delaware River at South end of Ward Street, Chester, Delaware County, PA

Delaware County Electric Company, Chester Station, Delaware River at S...

Significance: It is a monument to the production and marketing of electricity in early 20th-century America. Wartime demand for light and power led Philadelphia Electric to commission the plant for the company'... More

Delaware County Electric Company, Chester Station, Delaware River at South end of Ward Street, Chester, Delaware County, PA

Delaware County Electric Company, Chester Station, Delaware River at S...

Significance: It is a monument to the production and marketing of electricity in early 20th-century America. Wartime demand for light and power led Philadelphia Electric to commission the plant for the company'... More

Delaware County Electric Company, Chester Station, Delaware River at South end of Ward Street, Chester, Delaware County, PA

Delaware County Electric Company, Chester Station, Delaware River at S...

Significance: It is a monument to the production and marketing of electricity in early 20th-century America. Wartime demand for light and power led Philadelphia Electric to commission the plant for the company'... More

Delaware County Electric Company, Chester Station, Delaware River at South end of Ward Street, Chester, Delaware County, PA

Delaware County Electric Company, Chester Station, Delaware River at S...

Significance: It is a monument to the production and marketing of electricity in early 20th-century America. Wartime demand for light and power led Philadelphia Electric to commission the plant for the company'... More

Delaware County Electric Company, Chester Station, Delaware River at South end of Ward Street, Chester, Delaware County, PA

Delaware County Electric Company, Chester Station, Delaware River at S...

Significance: It is a monument to the production and marketing of electricity in early 20th-century America. Wartime demand for light and power led Philadelphia Electric to commission the plant for the company'... More

Delaware County Electric Company, Chester Station, Delaware River at South end of Ward Street, Chester, Delaware County, PA

Delaware County Electric Company, Chester Station, Delaware River at S...

Significance: It is a monument to the production and marketing of electricity in early 20th-century America. Wartime demand for light and power led Philadelphia Electric to commission the plant for the company'... More

Delaware County Electric Company, Chester Station, Delaware River at South end of Ward Street, Chester, Delaware County, PA

Delaware County Electric Company, Chester Station, Delaware River at S...

Significance: It is a monument to the production and marketing of electricity in early 20th-century America. Wartime demand for light and power led Philadelphia Electric to commission the plant for the company'... More

Delaware County Electric Company, Chester Station, Delaware River at South end of Ward Street, Chester, Delaware County, PA

Delaware County Electric Company, Chester Station, Delaware River at S...

Significance: It is a monument to the production and marketing of electricity in early 20th-century America. Wartime demand for light and power led Philadelphia Electric to commission the plant for the company'... More

Delaware County Electric Company, Chester Station, Delaware River at South end of Ward Street, Chester, Delaware County, PA

Delaware County Electric Company, Chester Station, Delaware River at S...

Significance: It is a monument to the production and marketing of electricity in early 20th-century America. Wartime demand for light and power led Philadelphia Electric to commission the plant for the company'... More

Delaware County Electric Company, Chester Station, Delaware River at South end of Ward Street, Chester, Delaware County, PA

Delaware County Electric Company, Chester Station, Delaware River at S...

Significance: It is a monument to the production and marketing of electricity in early 20th-century America. Wartime demand for light and power led Philadelphia Electric to commission the plant for the company'... More

Henry Foxhall House, 3123 Dumbarton Street, Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Henry Foxhall House, 3123 Dumbarton Street, Northwest, Washington, Dis...

Significance: The Henry Foxhall (McKenny) House's primary significance is as an outstanding example of the late Federal period architecture in transition to early classical revival style. The gardens were desi... More

Henry Foxhall House, 3123 Dumbarton Street, Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Henry Foxhall House, 3123 Dumbarton Street, Northwest, Washington, Dis...

Significance: The Henry Foxhall (McKenny) House's primary significance is as an outstanding example of the late Federal period architecture in transition to early classical revival style. The gardens were desi... More

Henry Foxhall House, 3123 Dumbarton Street, Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Henry Foxhall House, 3123 Dumbarton Street, Northwest, Washington, Dis...

Significance: The Henry Foxhall (McKenny) House's primary significance is as an outstanding example of the late Federal period architecture in transition to early classical revival style. The gardens were desi... More

Henry Foxhall House, 3123 Dumbarton Street, Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Henry Foxhall House, 3123 Dumbarton Street, Northwest, Washington, Dis...

Significance: The Henry Foxhall (McKenny) House's primary significance is as an outstanding example of the late Federal period architecture in transition to early classical revival style. The gardens were desi... More

Henry Foxhall House, 3123 Dumbarton Street, Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Henry Foxhall House, 3123 Dumbarton Street, Northwest, Washington, Dis...

Significance: The Henry Foxhall (McKenny) House's primary significance is as an outstanding example of the late Federal period architecture in transition to early classical revival style. The gardens were desi... More

Henry Foxhall House, 3123 Dumbarton Street, Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Henry Foxhall House, 3123 Dumbarton Street, Northwest, Washington, Dis...

Significance: The Henry Foxhall (McKenny) House's primary significance is as an outstanding example of the late Federal period architecture in transition to early classical revival style. The gardens were desi... More

Dougal House, 3259 R Street, Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Dougal House, 3259 R Street, Northwest, Washington, District of Columb...

Significance: Andrew Jackson Downing, designer of a romantic vision of the National Mall (not implemented) and the most romantic figure of nineteenth-century American design, wrote in 1850 of the need for truth... More

Dougal House, 3259 R Street, Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Dougal House, 3259 R Street, Northwest, Washington, District of Columb...

Significance: Andrew Jackson Downing, designer of a romantic vision of the National Mall (not implemented) and the most romantic figure of nineteenth-century American design, wrote in 1850 of the need for truth... More

St. Elizabeths Hospital, Hagan Hall, 2700 Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue, Southeast, 578-586 Redwood Street, Southeast, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

St. Elizabeths Hospital, Hagan Hall, 2700 Martin Luther King Jr. Avenu...

For an overview of the Culture and Recreation Buildings, see HABS DC-349-CA Significance: Hagan Hall (Building 38) is significant for its association with the treatment of mental illness on the St. Elizabeths C... More

St. Elizabeths Hospital, Hagan Hall, 2700 Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue, Southeast, 578-586 Redwood Street, Southeast, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

St. Elizabeths Hospital, Hagan Hall, 2700 Martin Luther King Jr. Avenu...

For an overview of the Culture and Recreation Buildings, see HABS DC-349-CA Significance: Hagan Hall (Building 38) is significant for its association with the treatment of mental illness on the St. Elizabeths C... More

Ellis Island, Contagious Disease Hospital Staff House, New York Harbor, New York, New York County, NY

Ellis Island, Contagious Disease Hospital Staff House, New York Harbor...

Significance: The Staff House was a support structure for the Contagious Disease Hospital complex on Island 3 of the Ellis Island U. S. Immigration Station. Construction of the Contagious Disease Hospital in 1... More

Ellis Island, Contagious Disease Hospital Staff House, New York Harbor, New York, New York County, NY

Ellis Island, Contagious Disease Hospital Staff House, New York Harbor...

Significance: The Staff House was a support structure for the Contagious Disease Hospital complex on Island 3 of the Ellis Island U. S. Immigration Station. Construction of the Contagious Disease Hospital in 1... More

Valley Forge National Historical Park, Bounded by Schuykill River, Routes 422, 76, & 252, King of Prussia, Montgomery County, PA

Valley Forge National Historical Park, Bounded by Schuykill River, Rou...

Significance: Valley Forge National Historic Park is a landmark in American history as the site of the Revolutionary War era winter encampment of General George Washington and the Continental Army. From Decembe... More

Valley Forge National Historical Park, Bounded by Schuykill River, Routes 422, 76, & 252, King of Prussia, Montgomery County, PA

Valley Forge National Historical Park, Bounded by Schuykill River, Rou...

Significance: Valley Forge National Historic Park is a landmark in American history as the site of the Revolutionary War era winter encampment of General George Washington and the Continental Army. From Decembe... More

Valley Forge National Historical Park, Bounded by Schuykill River, Routes 422, 76, & 252, King of Prussia, Montgomery County, PA

Valley Forge National Historical Park, Bounded by Schuykill River, Rou...

Significance: Valley Forge National Historic Park is a landmark in American history as the site of the Revolutionary War era winter encampment of General George Washington and the Continental Army. From Decembe... More

Valley Forge National Historical Park, Bounded by Schuykill River, Routes 422, 76, & 252, King of Prussia, Montgomery County, PA

Valley Forge National Historical Park, Bounded by Schuykill River, Rou...

Significance: Valley Forge National Historic Park is a landmark in American history as the site of the Revolutionary War era winter encampment of General George Washington and the Continental Army. From Decembe... More

Valley Forge National Historical Park, Bounded by Schuykill River, Routes 422, 76, & 252, King of Prussia, Montgomery County, PA

Valley Forge National Historical Park, Bounded by Schuykill River, Rou...

Significance: Valley Forge National Historic Park is a landmark in American history as the site of the Revolutionary War era winter encampment of General George Washington and the Continental Army. From Decembe... More

Valley Forge National Historical Park, Bounded by Schuykill River, Routes 422, 76, & 252, King of Prussia, Montgomery County, PA

Valley Forge National Historical Park, Bounded by Schuykill River, Rou...

Significance: Valley Forge National Historic Park is a landmark in American history as the site of the Revolutionary War era winter encampment of General George Washington and the Continental Army. From Decembe... More

West Grove Friends Meeting House, 153 East Harmony Road, West Grove, Chester County, PA

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, Chester County, PA

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

Bodisco House, 3322 O Street, Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Bodisco House, 3322 O Street, Northwest, Washington, District of Colum...

Significance: A federal period house, with a unique, early twentieth century first floor plan, the Bodisco House is included in virtually every book on Georgetown because of the mid-nineteenth century romance a... More

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