Hawes House, 506 East Leigh Street, Richmond, Independent City, Virgin...
Significance: This house was at one time the home of Mary Virginia Hawes Terhune, who wrote under the pen-name of Marion Harland. The following is a description taken from Marion Harland's Autobiography: "In t... More
Widow Anthony Angell House, Louisquisset Pike (State Route 146), Sayle...
Significance: The mid eighteenth-century dwelling house is two stories in height and covered by a gable roof. A wing, one and one-half stories with a gambrel roof, is said to have been built earlier. There is a... More
Stephen Hopkins House, 12 Hopkins Street, Providence, Providence Count...
Significance: Stephen Hopkins, Governor of Rhode Island, Chief Justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court, Chancellor of Brown University, member of the Continental Congress, signer of the Declaration of Indepen... More
Bellmont, State Route 667 vicinity, Dillwyn, Buckingham County, Virgin...
Significance: Frances Benjamin Johnston and HABS both recorded the house known as Bellmont because it was said to have belonged to Archibald Cary and to have been the first dwelling not built with log construct... More
Bellmont, State Route 667 vicinity, Dillwyn, Buckingham County, Virgin...
Significance: Frances Benjamin Johnston and HABS both recorded the house known as Bellmont because it was said to have belonged to Archibald Cary and to have been the first dwelling not built with log construct... More
Samuel P. Grindle House, 13 School Street, Castine, Hancock County, ME
Significance: The Samuel P. Grindle House is significant as a mid nineteenth-century, Greek Revival, domestic structure contributing to the cultural landscape of the Town Common in the coastal village of Castin... More
Samuel Westcott House, 240 Benefit Street, Providence, Providence Coun...
Significance: Demolished in 1936, the doorway was moved to the Rhode Island School of Design. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-22 Survey number: HABS RI-25 Building/structure dat... More
General Cyrus French House, Kingstown Road (State Route 138) & College...
Significance: At the time of the HABS documentation (1940), the two and one-half story, clapboard and shingled house was in very poor condition and unoccupied. There was a fire the following year. The Federal... More
General Cyrus French House, Kingstown Road (State Route 138) & College...
Significance: At the time of the HABS documentation (1940), the two and one-half story, clapboard and shingled house was in very poor condition and unoccupied. There was a fire the following year. The Federal... More
Samuel Whitehorne House, 414 Thames Street, Newport, Newport County, R...
Significance: This house built in 1810-1800, was the residence of Samuel Whitehorne, a prosperous Newport merchant in partnership with his brother, John, until they went bankrupt in 1843. It is a fine example ... More
Mason's Ordinary (Coffee House), 128 North Royal Street, Alexandria, I...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-86, FN-87, FN-88 Survey number: HABS VA-100 Building/structure dates: 1752 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1792 Subsequent Work N... More
Locust Grove, 749 Middletown-Odessa Road (Delaware State Route 299), M...
Significance: The farmhouse at Locust Grove was built in two phases during a prosperous and dynamic period in the history of southern New Castle County and, specifically, St. Georges Hundred. The first section... More
Fitzsimons General Hospital, Semi-Infirmary Turbercular Ward, Northwes...
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Fitzsimons General Hospital, Nurses' Mess & Kitchen, Nurses' Recreatio...
Survey number: HABS CO-172-BO Building/structure dates: 1918 Initial Construction
Bacon's Castle, State Route 617, Surry, Surry County, Virginia
Significance: The fine old brick mansion in the lower part of the County, known as "Bacon's Castle", was built by Arthur Allen, ancestor of the Claremont Allens, in 1665. It was referred to as "Allen's Brick H... More
Ash Grove, 8900 Ash Grove Lane, Vienna, Fairfax County, Virginia
Significance: "Ash Grove" is said to have been named for an older Fairfax house in England. Some historians state that the nucleus of the structure began as a hunting lodge, built either by Lord Fairfax of Gre... More
Earp's Ordinary, Main Street, Fairfax, Fairfax City, Virginia
Significance: Ratcliffe-Logan-Allison House, also known as Earp's Ordinary, is a historic home located at Fairfax, Virginia. It consists of two sections built about 1810 and about 1830, and is a small two-story... More
John Marshall House, U.S. Route 17 vicinity, Marshall, Fauquier County...
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John Marshall House, U.S. Route 17 vicinity, Marshall, Fauquier County...
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John Marshall House, U.S. Route 17 vicinity, Marshall, Fauquier County...
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Greenway, State Route 5 vicinity, Charles City, Charles City, Virginia
Significance: Birthplace of John Tyler (1790-1862), U.S. President and Virginia Governor. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-13 Survey number: HABS VA-11-23 Building/structure date... More
Mary Washington House, 1200 Charles Street, Fredericksburg, Fredericks...
Significance: In 1772, George Washington purchased a house from Michael Robinson in Fredericksburg, Virginia for his mother. Mary Ball Washington spent her last seventeen years in this comfortable home. The wh... More
Wickham-Virginialentine House, 1015 East Clay Street, Richmond, Indepe...
Significance: The Wicham-Valentine House is one of the finest domestic expressions of early Neo-classical architecture in America. The design of the mansion, which was built in 1812 for John Wickham, was execu... More
Wickham-Virginialentine House, 1015 East Clay Street, Richmond, Indepe...
Significance: The Wicham-Valentine House is one of the finest domestic expressions of early Neo-classical architecture in America. The design of the mansion, which was built in 1812 for John Wickham, was execu... More
Stietenroth House, 504 South Canal Street, Natchez, Adams County, MS
Significance: The Stietenroth House was constructed circa 1871-74. It was built in the form of a traditional story-and-a-half "Creole Cottage," with gable ends on the sides and a porch across the front of the ... More
Westover, State Route 633, Westover, Charles City, Virginia
Significance: Westover was patented in 1637 and was purchased by William Byrd I in 1688. The present 18th century complex was erected for William Byrd II, the noted colonial leader, planter, diarist, and founde... More
Westover, State Route 633, Westover, Charles City, Virginia
Significance: Westover was patented in 1637 and was purchased by William Byrd I in 1688. The present 18th century complex was erected for William Byrd II, the noted colonial leader, planter, diarist, and founde... More
Westover, State Route 633, Westover, Charles City, Virginia
Significance: Westover was patented in 1637 and was purchased by William Byrd I in 1688. The present 18th century complex was erected for William Byrd II, the noted colonial leader, planter, diarist, and founde... More
Shannock Village, Main Street, North Shannock Road, & West Shannock Ro...
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Colony House, Washington Square, Newport, Newport County, RI
Survey number: HABS RI-33 Building/structure dates: 1739 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1932 Subsequent Work National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000014
Colony House, Washington Square, Newport, Newport County, RI
Survey number: HABS RI-33 Building/structure dates: 1739 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1932 Subsequent Work National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000014
Colony House, Washington Square, Newport, Newport County, RI
Survey number: HABS RI-33 Building/structure dates: 1739 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1932 Subsequent Work National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000014
Colony House, Washington Square, Newport, Newport County, RI
Survey number: HABS RI-33 Building/structure dates: 1739 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1932 Subsequent Work National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000014
Battersea, 793 Appomattox Street, Petersburg, Petersburg, Virginia
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-66, FN-67, FN-68, FN-69, FN-70, FN-71, FN-72, FN-73, FN-74, FN-75 Survey number: HABS VA-136 Building/structure dates: ca. 1768 Initial Construction
Battersea, 793 Appomattox Street, Petersburg, Petersburg, Virginia
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-66, FN-67, FN-68, FN-69, FN-70, FN-71, FN-72, FN-73, FN-74, FN-75 Survey number: HABS VA-136 Building/structure dates: ca. 1768 Initial Construction
National Zoological Park, Holt House, Adams Mill Road Vicinity, Washin...
Significance: Interesting example of a 5-part plan mansion. Traditionally associated with Andrew Jackson and John Quincy Adams, however, the stories are largely unsubstantiated. Residence of Dr. Henry C.Holt i... More
504-510 West Broad Street (Commercial Buildings), Richmond, Independen...
Survey number: HABS VA-362 Public domain photograph - historical image of Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Candace Allen House, 12 Benevolent Street, Providence, Providence Coun...
Significance: This is a large brick house, designed by the Providence architect John Holden Greene. This property has always been in the Allen family. Survey number: HABS RI-169 Building/structure dates: 182... More
Candace Allen House, 12 Benevolent Street, Providence, Providence Coun...
Significance: This is a large brick house, designed by the Providence architect John Holden Greene. This property has always been in the Allen family. Survey number: HABS RI-169 Building/structure dates: 182... More
William & Mary College, Brafferton Hall, College Yard, Williamsburg, I...
Significance: This brick structure was built in 1723 to house a school intended to convert to Christianity and instruct Indian boys. The funds for its erection and operation came from a bequest by Robert Boyle... More
Mary Pache House, 144 Poplar Street, Stockton, San Joaquin County, CA
Significance: This one-story house is a contributor to the 1985 Magnolia Historic Preservation District. It contains vernacular Greek Revival design elements, but it is lacking in significant architectural cha... More
Berkeley, State Route 5 vicinity, Charles City, Charles City, Virginia
Significance: Berkeley began as a settlement known as Berkeley-Hundred, patented in 1618. The property was purchased in 1722 by Benjamin Harrison IV, for whom the present house is believed to have been complete... More
Berkeley, State Route 5 vicinity, Charles City, Charles City, Virginia
Significance: Berkeley began as a settlement known as Berkeley-Hundred, patented in 1618. The property was purchased in 1722 by Benjamin Harrison IV, for whom the present house is believed to have been complete... More
Berkeley, State Route 5 vicinity, Charles City, Charles City, Virginia
Significance: Berkeley began as a settlement known as Berkeley-Hundred, patented in 1618. The property was purchased in 1722 by Benjamin Harrison IV, for whom the present house is believed to have been complete... More
Berkeley, State Route 5 vicinity, Charles City, Charles City, Virginia
Significance: Berkeley began as a settlement known as Berkeley-Hundred, patented in 1618. The property was purchased in 1722 by Benjamin Harrison IV, for whom the present house is believed to have been complete... More
Berkeley, State Route 5 vicinity, Charles City, Charles City, Virginia
Significance: Berkeley began as a settlement known as Berkeley-Hundred, patented in 1618. The property was purchased in 1722 by Benjamin Harrison IV, for whom the present house is believed to have been complete... More
U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Housing Area 1, Two-Story Duplex Type, ...
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D'Evereux, Natchez, Adams County, MS, engraving, Library of Congress
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D'Evereux, Natchez, Adams County, MS
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Kendall Grove, State Route 674, Eastville, Northampton County, Virgini...
Significance: Interesting Vernacular/Federal design with series of existing dependencies. Kendall Grove was built about 1813, and is a two-story, Federal style wood-frame house with two-story projecting pavili... More
Sabine Hall, State Route 624 vicinity, Warsaw, Richmond, Virginia
Significance: Sabine Hall was built in 1730 for Colonel Landon Carter by his father, Robert Carter, of Corotoman, whose extensive possessions in the Colony of Virginia caused him to be called "King" Carter by h... More
Perry Mill, 337 Thames Street, Newport, Newport County, RI
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Perry Mill, 337 Thames Street, Newport, Newport County, RI
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Lazaretto Quarantine Station, Wanamaker Avenue and East Second Street,...
See also HABS No. PA-125 for additional documentation. Significance: Built between 1799 and 1801, the Lazaretto Quarantine Station was among the earliest purpose-built, and is the oldest extant, quarantine-rela... More
113 Prince Street (House), 113 Prince Street, Alexandria, Independent ...
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Kenmore, 1201 Washington Avenue, Fredericksburg, Fredericksburg, Virgi...
Significance: Kenmore was built as a plantation house by Fielding Lewis and his wife, Betty Washington Lewis, soon after they acquired the property in 1752. The original 863-acre plantation extended to the wes... More
Kenmore, 1201 Washington Avenue, Fredericksburg, Fredericksburg, Virgi...
Significance: Kenmore was built as a plantation house by Fielding Lewis and his wife, Betty Washington Lewis, soon after they acquired the property in 1752. The original 863-acre plantation extended to the wes... More
Kenmore, 1201 Washington Avenue, Fredericksburg, Fredericksburg, Virgi...
Significance: Kenmore was built as a plantation house by Fielding Lewis and his wife, Betty Washington Lewis, soon after they acquired the property in 1752. The original 863-acre plantation extended to the wes... More
Stone House, Middle Marsh Brook, Middletown, Frederick County, Virgini...
Survey number: HABS VA-210 Public domain photograph - historical image of Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Toddsbury, Vicinity of State Routes 622 & 3-14 Intersection, Nuttall, ...
Significance: This is a story and a half building of brick laid in Flemish bond. It is covered with a gambrel roof with unusually steep lower slope, which is pierce by gabled dormers. In plan the house is L s... More
Toddsbury, Vicinity of State Routes 622 & 3-14 Intersection, Nuttall, ...
Significance: This is a story and a half building of brick laid in Flemish bond. It is covered with a gambrel roof with unusually steep lower slope, which is pierce by gabled dormers. In plan the house is L s... More
311-313 Market Street (Parish House), Natchez, Adams County, MS
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-11 Survey number: HABS MS-17-11 Building/structure dates: ca. 1786 Initial Construction
Samuel Westcott House, 240 Benefit Street, Providence, Providence Coun...
Significance: Demolished in 1936, the doorway was moved to the Rhode Island School of Design. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-22 Survey number: HABS RI-25 Building/structure dat... More
Buck Mountain Episcopal Church, State Route 743, Earlysville, Albemarl...
Significance: Buck Mountain Episcopal Church has been in continuous service since 1747. The present structure was erected in 1861, most probably from portions of the original building, located about 1 mile wes... More
Ash Grove, 8900 Ash Grove Lane, Vienna, Fairfax County, Virginia
Significance: "Ash Grove" is said to have been named for an older Fairfax house in England. Some historians state that the nucleus of the structure began as a hunting lodge, built either by Lord Fairfax of Gre... More
Lyceum, 201 South Washington Street, Alexandria, Independent City, Vir...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-120 Survey number: HABS VA-185 Building/structure dates: ca. 1840 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000928
Earp's Ordinary, Main Street, Fairfax, Fairfax City, Virginia
Significance: Ratcliffe-Logan-Allison House, also known as Earp's Ordinary, is a historic home located at Fairfax, Virginia. It consists of two sections built about 1810 and about 1830, and is a small two-story... More
John Marshall House, U.S. Route 17 vicinity, Marshall, Fauquier County...
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John Marshall House, U.S. Route 17 vicinity, Marshall, Fauquier County...
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Greenway, State Route 5 vicinity, Charles City, Charles City, Virginia
Significance: Birthplace of John Tyler (1790-1862), U.S. President and Virginia Governor. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-13 Survey number: HABS VA-11-23 Building/structure date... More
Mary Washington House, 1200 Charles Street, Fredericksburg, Fredericks...
Significance: In 1772, George Washington purchased a house from Michael Robinson in Fredericksburg, Virginia for his mother. Mary Ball Washington spent her last seventeen years in this comfortable home. The wh... More
Wanton-Lyman-Hazard House, 17 Broadway, Newport, Newport County, RI
Significance: The dwelling was constructed by Stephen Mumford, a minister, but it is better known for its eighteenth-century occupants including Colonial Governor Richard Ward and Tory pamphleteer Martin Howard... More
Wanton-Lyman-Hazard House, 17 Broadway, Newport, Newport County, RI
Significance: The dwelling was constructed by Stephen Mumford, a minister, but it is better known for its eighteenth-century occupants including Colonial Governor Richard Ward and Tory pamphleteer Martin Howard... More
Westover, State Route 633, Westover, Charles City, Virginia
Significance: Westover was patented in 1637 and was purchased by William Byrd I in 1688. The present 18th century complex was erected for William Byrd II, the noted colonial leader, planter, diarist, and founde... More
Shannock Village, Main Street, North Shannock Road, & West Shannock Ro...
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Shannock Village, Main Street, North Shannock Road, & West Shannock Ro...
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Shannock Village, Main Street, North Shannock Road, & West Shannock Ro...
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Battersea, 793 Appomattox Street, Petersburg, Petersburg, Virginia
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-66, FN-67, FN-68, FN-69, FN-70, FN-71, FN-72, FN-73, FN-74, FN-75 Survey number: HABS VA-136 Building/structure dates: ca. 1768 Initial Construction