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[United States Capitol (Washington, D.C.). North wing. Principal story. Western stairway. Elevations, perspectives and sections] / M.C. Meigs, Capt. of engineers ; Tho. U. Walter, Archt. ex. U.S.C.

[United States Capitol (Washington, D.C.). North wing. Principal story...

In album: Engineering projects directed by Montgomery Meigs, Washington, D.C. ca. 1852-ca. 1860, p. 147, no. 256. Inscription: Details of western stairway. North wing. Principal story. "Scale one inch to a fo... More

[Alabaster lamps, vestibule, stairs, Chicago & North Western Railway station, Chicago, Ill.]

[Alabaster lamps, vestibule, stairs, Chicago & North Western Railway s...

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

[The Touchstone Garden, 118-120 East 30th Street, New York, New York. Garden stairway]

[The Touchstone Garden, 118-120 East 30th Street, New York, New York. ...

Site History. House Architecture: George E. Fowler, architect for The Touchstone magazine. Landscape: Eloise Roorbach, garden editor of The Touchstone magazine, from 1917. Associated Name: Hartmann-Sanders sup... More

Chicago Ironwork, 1149 West Washington Boulevard (Cast Iron Stair Railing), 1149 West Washington Boulevard, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Chicago Ironwork, 1149 West Washington Boulevard (Cast Iron Stair Rail...

Nitrate negatives. Survey number: HABS IL-155-V Public domain photograph - historical image of Illinois, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Hayes, Edenton vic., Chowan County, North Carolina

Hayes, Edenton vic., Chowan County, North Carolina

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

136 Meeting St., Parish House, Congregational Church, Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina

136 Meeting St., Parish House, Congregational Church, Charleston, Char...

Public domain photo of a monument, historic place, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

City Hall Erectheum, St. Charles & Lafayette St., New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana

City Hall Erectheum, St. Charles & Lafayette St., New Orleans, Orleans...

Title from photographer's inventory. Building/structure dates: 1853. James Gallier, architect. Corresponding reference print in LOT 11836-36. Credit line: Carnegie Survey of the Architecture of the South, Libra... More

Scarborough Mansion, West Broad Street, Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia

Scarborough Mansion, West Broad Street, Savannah, Chatham County, Geor...

Title from photographer's inventory. Building/structure dates: 1818. Built for William Scarborough by the architect William Jay. Now the West Broad Street Colored Pulic School. Corresponding reference print in ... More

Davenport house, Columbus Square, Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia

Davenport house, Columbus Square, Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia

Title from photographer's inventory. Building/structure dates: 1815. Built by Isaiah Davenport, a native of Rhode Island and a house carpenter by trade, who came to Savannah in 1800 and until his death in 1822 ... More

Saint Louis Gateway Arch (originally Jefferson National Expansion Memorial), Saint Louis, Missouri, 1947-65; dedicated, 1968. Mock-up of stair

Saint Louis Gateway Arch (originally Jefferson National Expansion Memo...

Box. no. 1. No. 131. Title and date from Eero Saarinen by De Long and Peatross, 2008. Credit line: Balthazar Korab collection of photographs showing Eero Saarinen architecture, Library of Congress, Prints and P... More

Vidal Apartment Houses, Stamford, Connecticut. Exterior VIII

Vidal Apartment Houses, Stamford, Connecticut. Exterior VIII

Picryl description: Public domain image of a commercial or residential multi-story building, condominium, 20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Stair detail, U.S. Custom House, Charleston, South Carolina

Stair detail, U.S. Custom House, Charleston, South Carolina

Greek Revival building built during 1853-1879 by architect Ammi B. Young. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date, and subject note provided by the photographe... More

Stairway. U.S. Post Office and Courthouse, Alexandria, Louisiana

Stairway. U.S. Post Office and Courthouse, Alexandria, Louisiana

Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the photographer. Built in 1933 by architect Edward Neild. Art Deco style. Cr... More

Stairway, Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, Gainesville, Georgia

Stairway, Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, Gainesville, Georgia

Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the photographer. Date built: 1910; architect: James Knox Taylor. Credit line... More

Interior stairway, U.S. Custom House in New Orleans, Louisiana

Interior stairway, U.S. Custom House in New Orleans, Louisiana

Architect was Alexander Thompson Wood. Built between the years 1848-1881, the building occupies the full trapezoidal downtown city block bounded by Canal, North Peters, Iberville and Decatur Streets. The entire... More

Stairway. U.S. Custom House, New Bedford, Massachusetts

Stairway. U.S. Custom House, New Bedford, Massachusetts

Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the photographer. The New Bedford Custom House is an excellent example of a s... More

Stairway. The Robert S. Vance Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse is a four story white marble building in the classical revival style that occupies an entire block on 5th Avenue, between 18th and 19th Streets, in the central business district of Birmingham, Alabama

Stairway. The Robert S. Vance Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse is ...

Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Photographs in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive,... More

Rocky Mountain Laboratories, Building No. 9, 908 South Fourth Street, Hamilton, Ravalli County, MT

Rocky Mountain Laboratories, Building No. 9, 908 South Fourth Street, ...

Significance: The Rocky Mountain Laboratories possess national significance due to the pioneering research conducted at these laboratories from 1921-1945 toward the development of vaccines for insect-borne dise... More

Jefferson National Expansion Memorial, 11 North 4th Street, Saint Louis, Independent City, MO

Jefferson National Expansion Memorial, 11 North 4th Street, Saint Loui...

When this survey was carried out, the park was called Jefferson National Expansion Memorial. It was changed to Gateway Arch National Park in 2018. Significance: The designed landscape of the Jefferson National ... More

Mission Senora de la Purisima Concepcion, Church, 807 Mission Road, San Antonio, Bexar County, TX

Mission Senora de la Purisima Concepcion, Church, 807 Mission Road, Sa...

Significance: The church is architecturally significant as physical evidence of building practices and techniques used during the Spanish colonial period. It is the least altered of all the Texas mission church... More

Renick House, U.S. Route 219, Renicks Valley, Greenbrier County, WV

Renick House, U.S. Route 219, Renicks Valley, Greenbrier County, WV

Significance: After purchasing "Cave Farm" from Robert McClanahan about 1790, William Renick built a stone house on the property about 1795, the same year in which the Old Stone Church in Lewisburg was construc... More

1222 Reddour Street (House), Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA

1222 Reddour Street (House), Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA

Written data includes photocopies of location maps & floor plans. Significance: This house is significant as a local example of a middle-class urban residence dating from the last quarter of the 19th century. I... More

Morris Lasker House, 1718-1726 Broadway, Galveston, Galveston County, TX

Morris Lasker House, 1718-1726 Broadway, Galveston, Galveston County, ...

Significance: Lasker was a prominent Galveston businessman and philanthropist and his home was one of many Victorian mansions that once lined Broadway Street. The building was a fine example of the Victorian Fr... More

Tobacco Warehouse, State Route 1002, Urbanna, Middlesex County, Virginia

Tobacco Warehouse, State Route 1002, Urbanna, Middlesex County, Virgin...

Significance: Built originally as a storehouse. This building is a striking survival of a colonial mercantile establishment of a succession of Scots merchants. It is undoubtedly one of the earliest extant build... More

Morse School Annex, Sarah Street between Twenty-fourth & Twenty-fifth Streets, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA

Morse School Annex, Sarah Street between Twenty-fourth & Twenty-fifth ...

Written data includes sketches & photocopies of maps. Significance: The structure is a strange mixture of relatively new and daring structural concepts and a hopelessly outdated exterior shell. It is a "mule" w... More

Engine Company No. 24, 3702 Georgia Avenue at New Hampshire Avenue & Rock Creek Church Road, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Engine Company No. 24, 3702 Georgia Avenue at New Hampshire Avenue & R...

Significance: Built in 1911, Engine Company No. 24 is an excellent example of early twentieth century suburban firehouse design in Washington, D.C. Designed in the Italian Renaissance style by the locally signi... More

Belvidere, South of intersection Camp Road & Gibson Hill Road, Belvidere, Allegany County, NY

Belvidere, South of intersection Camp Road & Gibson Hill Road, Belvide...

Significance: A manor house in the Federal Style, built as a residence and land office for John Barker Church and his son Phillip Church, who were involved in the original development and sub-division of a 100,... More

P. J. Heilman House, 401 East Cleveland Avenue, Guthrie, Logan County, OK

P. J. Heilman House, 401 East Cleveland Avenue, Guthrie, Logan County,...

Significance: This picturesquely massed house of 1895, built of local red sandstone and brick, was a point of pride in many of the early promotional publications of Guthrie, pointed out as a stately home and th... More

Enumclaw High School, 2222 Porter Street, Enumclaw, King County, WA

Enumclaw High School, 2222 Porter Street, Enumclaw, King County, WA

Significance: The Enumclaw High School is most significant as Enumclaw's sole reminder of its long educational heritage. However, like many schools in other small towns, the Enumclaw High School has served the... More

Montgomery Gateway East, One & Two, Montgomery & Monmouth Street, Jersey City, Hudson County, NJ

Montgomery Gateway East, One & Two, Montgomery & Monmouth Street, Jers...

Significance: This area grew most rapidly during the last two decades of the 19th century as a residential neighborhood for the new immigrant population which was drawn to Jersey City by the expanding industria... More

Hillyer Place, Between Q & R & Twentieth & Twenty-first Streets Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Hillyer Place, Between Q & R & Twentieth & Twenty-first Streets Northw...

Significance: Relatively undisturbed block of late 19th century rowhouses, presenting a well-maintained period streetscape. #2030 was the home of Washington architect Joseph Hornblower. Street named for Curti... More

Old Drawyers Presbyterian Church, Route 13, Odessa, New Castle County, DE

Old Drawyers Presbyterian Church, Route 13, Odessa, New Castle County,...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-4, FN-8 - FN-11 Survey number: HABS DE-3 Building/structure dates: 1773 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 73000533

William James House, 95 Irving Street, Cambridge, Middlesex County, MA

William James House, 95 Irving Street, Cambridge, Middlesex County, MA

Significance: This was the home of philosopher William James. The building is a conservative shingled Colonial Revival style designed by William R. Emerson, architect. Survey number: HABS MA-1024 Building/st... More

Lockwood-Coghlin Buildings, 119 & 121-123 Saint Clair Street, Toledo, Lucas County, OH

Lockwood-Coghlin Buildings, 119 & 121-123 Saint Clair Street, Toledo, ...

Significance: The Lockwood/Coghlin Buildings are significant as expressions of the work of prominent Toledo architect Norval Bacan, who was responsible for hundreds of designs in the late 19th and early 20th ce... More

Robert A. Grinnan House, 2221 Prytania Street, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, LA

Robert A. Grinnan House, 2221 Prytania Street, New Orleans, Orleans Pa...

Significance: The building is significant as one of the best works of Henry Howard, the architect who later designed the more famous Belle Grove Plantation, in which he used the same Greek Corinthian order. ...... More

Rockland, Mount Pleasant Drive, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Rockland, Mount Pleasant Drive, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Significance: Rockland, erected ca. 1810, is an excellent example of a Federal style house built by skilled, local carpenters and masons, and exhibiting many similarities to earlier country houses built along t... More

Carnegie Free Library, 301 South Pittsburgh Street, Connellsville, Fayette County, PA

Carnegie Free Library, 301 South Pittsburgh Street, Connellsville, Fay...

Significance: Connellsville was the regional center of the world famous Connellsville coking fields that supplied the Pittsburgh steel industry during its peak in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Andrew ... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Electric Shop, Sixth Street opposite 10-10 Pier, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Electric Shop, Sixth Street opposite 10...

Significance: It is located within the Pearl Harbor National Historic Landmark. It is an annex to Facility 67 (HABS HI-491), built nearly two decades earlier. It was constructed as part of the major buildup of ... More

Essex Town Hall, Martin Street, Essex, Essex County, MA

Essex Town Hall, Martin Street, Essex, Essex County, MA

Significance: Very well maintained example of the shingle style. Survey number: HABS MA-1222 Building/structure dates: 1894 Initial Construction

Middlesex County Superior Court Building, Third, Otis & Thorndike Streets, Cambridge, Middlesex County, MA

Middlesex County Superior Court Building, Third, Otis & Thorndike Stre...

Significance: The Middlesex County Superior Court Building is the oldest public building in Cambridge. The present structure, built 1848, incorporated an older structure built 1814. Noted architects were invo... More

Boston Public Garden, Suspension Bridge, Boston Public Garden, Boston, Suffolk County, MA

Boston Public Garden, Suspension Bridge, Boston Public Garden, Boston,...

Survey number: HAER MA-76 Public domain photograph - historical image of Massachusetts, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Gorgas Hospital, Section O, Gorgas Road, Balboa Heights, Former Panama Canal Zone, CZ

Gorgas Hospital, Section O, Gorgas Road, Balboa Heights, Former Panama...

Survey number: HABS CZ-11-G Public domain photograph of hospital building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Strub Building, Sacramento, Sacramento County, CA

Strub Building, Sacramento, Sacramento County, CA

Significance: The building maintains integrity of setting within actively used State government buildings in the area. It contributes historically to the government district surrounding the Capitol. The Strub b... More

103 Calle San Jose (Commercial/Residential Bldg.), San Juan, San Juan Municipio, PR

103 Calle San Jose (Commercial/Residential Bldg.), San Juan, San Juan ...

Significance: This building is an excellent example of the typical town house of 18th Century San Juan. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-16 Survey number: HABS PR-63

Mission San Jose y San Miguel de Aguayo, Church, 6539 San Jose Road, San Antonio, Bexar County, TX

Mission San Jose y San Miguel de Aguayo, Church, 6539 San Jose Road, S...

Significance: The church is a typical component of a Spanish mission complex built during the period of Texas frontier. Survey number: HABS TX-333-A National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000810

Sears, Roebuck Department Store, West 906 Main Avenue, Spokane, Spokane County, WA

Sears, Roebuck Department Store, West 906 Main Avenue, Spokane, Spokan...

Significance: The property is architecturally significant as a well-preserved large-scale department store building. The Art Deco building represents the top-of-the-line store in the Sears, Roebuck and Company... More

1621 Thames Street (House), Fell's Point, Baltimore, Independent City, MD

1621 Thames Street (House), Fell's Point, Baltimore, Independent City,...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-28, FN-29 Survey number: HABS MD-22 Building/structure dates: 1763-1798

Kamm Building, 111 North Main Street, Mishawaka, St. Joseph County, IN

Kamm Building, 111 North Main Street, Mishawaka, St. Joseph County, IN

Survey number: HABS IN-139 Public domain photograph - historical image of Indiana, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Smithsonian Institution Building, 1000 Jefferson Drive, between Ninth & Twelfth Streets, Southwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Smithsonian Institution Building, 1000 Jefferson Drive, between Ninth ...

Significance: First building of the Smithsonian Institution and a foremost example of medieval revivalism. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-71 Survey number: HABS DC-141 Buildin... More

Los Angeles Public Library, 630 West Fifth Street, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA

Los Angeles Public Library, 630 West Fifth Street, Los Angeles, Los An...

Significance: Designed by noted architect Bertram G. Goodhue, in 1924, the Los Angeles Public Library shows influences from the beaux-arts, the art deco idiom of the time, and of the California missions. Along... More

Saltus-Habersham House, 802 Bay Street, Beaufort, Beaufort County, SC

Saltus-Habersham House, 802 Bay Street, Beaufort, Beaufort County, SC

Significance: exceptionally tall, this tabby structure originally incorporating three full stories over an elevated basement. It is a rare example of a late eighteenth-century merchant's house constructed along... More

Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Bandstand, Eighth Street, south side between Railroad Avenue & Walnut Avenue, Vallejo, Solano County, CA

Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Bandstand, Eighth Street, south side betwe...

Significance: Building 56 is a contributing element of the Mare Island Historic District. Building 56 is significant as the key ceremonial facility at Mare Island, as the centerpiece of the landscape at Alden ... More

Union Tavern, Main Street between Lee Street & Farmer's Alley, Milton, Caswell County, NC

Union Tavern, Main Street between Lee Street & Farmer's Alley, Milton,...

Significance: This Federal Tavern is best known for its association with Thomas Day, an important free black cabinet maker who produced fine furniture and interior woodwork. Survey number: HABS NC-110 Nation... More

Independent Presbyterian Church, Bull & Oglethorpe Streets, Savannah, Chatham County, GA

Independent Presbyterian Church, Bull & Oglethorpe Streets, Savannah, ...

Survey number: HABS GA-237 Building/structure dates: 1817 Initial Construction

Third Judicial District Courthouse, 425 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York County, NY

Third Judicial District Courthouse, 425 Avenue of the Americas, New Yo...

Significance: Originally the Third Judicial District Courthouse was part of a complex which included a police court, jail, and markets. An outstanding example of civic design, the complex occupied the entire tr... More

Colonel John Cox House, 3339 N Street, Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Colonel John Cox House, 3339 N Street, Northwest, Washington, District...

Significance: The Colonel John Cox House, constructed in 1816-17 at 3339 N Street in Georgetown, is a handsome and imposing federal-era town house on a substantial corner lot. The house was built as the wester... More

Shaker Church Family Dwelling House, Shaker Village Road, Canterbury, Merrimack County, NH

Shaker Church Family Dwelling House, Shaker Village Road, Canterbury, ...

Survey number: HABS NH-180 Building/structure dates: 1793 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1814 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: 1842 Subsequent Work

Prudential Building, 28 Church Street, Buffalo, Erie County, NY

Prudential Building, 28 Church Street, Buffalo, Erie County, NY

Survey number: HABS NY-5487 Building/structure dates: 1895 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1969 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: after 1970 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: ... More

Brownsville, State Routes 608 & 600 vicinity, Nassawadox, Northampton County, Virginia

Brownsville, State Routes 608 & 600 vicinity, Nassawadox, Northampton ...

Significance: Interesting example of rural, Federal-style house, particularly noteworthy for its fine interior Federal woodwork. Significant extant outbuildings, including the "Old Hall" (Ruins), which may be ... More

University of Alabama, Josiah Gorgas House, Ninth Avenue & Capstone Drive, Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa County, AL

University of Alabama, Josiah Gorgas House, Ninth Avenue & Capstone Dr...

Significance: Gorgas House served as the last residence of General Josiah Gorges, the Pennsylvania-born chief of the Confederate Bureau of Ordnance, and is the "only" known shrine to this Confederate General. ... More

300 Clarke Avenue (Commercial Building), 300 Clarke Avenue, Pocomoke City, Worcester County, MD

300 Clarke Avenue (Commercial Building), 300 Clarke Avenue, Pocomoke C...

Significance: This building was used as furniture store for many years. (Smullen's Furniture) This building is typical of commercial architecture of the period. Survey number: HABS MD-1046 Building/structur... More

New Post Office Building, Twelfth Street and Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

New Post Office Building, Twelfth Street and Pennsylvania Avenue, Wash...

Significance: Located at 12th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue, the Ariel Rios Federal Building, also known as the new Post Office, was designed by William Adams Delano and William T. Aldrich and constructed betw... More

Shaker Church Family Tailors' Shop, Shaker Road, Harvard, Worcester County, MA

Shaker Church Family Tailors' Shop, Shaker Road, Harvard, Worcester Co...

Significance: This reputed to have been the tailoring shop of the Shakers. When acquired by the present owner, there was a small brick oven or stove with a metal top located under the stairs and adjacent to a ... More

Bethany College, "Old Main" Building, Route 67, Bethany, Brooke County, WV

Bethany College, "Old Main" Building, Route 67, Bethany, Brooke County...

Significance: "Old Main" at Bethany College is an outstanding example of a single building designed to accommodate the entire range of college functions and to stand as an imposing piece of architecture on its ... More

University of Alabama, President's House, University Boulevard, Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa County, AL

University of Alabama, President's House, University Boulevard, Tuscal...

Significance: Designed by Philadelphia architect William Nichols, who also designed the Tuscaloosa Capitol, this Greek Revival residence is considered one of the state's finest structures. ...This residence was... More

Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Station, Twenty-fourth & Chestnut Streets, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Station, Twenty-fourth & Chestnut Streets, P...

Survey number: HABS PA-1220 Public domain photograph - historical image of Ohio, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Pioneer Post Office, 700 SW Sixth Avenue, Portland, Multnomah County, OR

Pioneer Post Office, 700 SW Sixth Avenue, Portland, Multnomah County, ...

Significance: The Pioneer Courthouse is one of the most important federally-funded buildings in the Pacific Northwest. Built in 1875, the Italianate building is styled with classic, restrained architectural det... More

Old Marengo County Courthouse, Cahaba Avenue & Mobile Street, Linden, Marengo County, AL

Old Marengo County Courthouse, Cahaba Avenue & Mobile Street, Linden, ...

Survey number: HABS AL-143 Building/structure dates: ca. 1830 Initial Construction

Beachside Avenue Bridge, Westport, Fairfield County, CT

Beachside Avenue Bridge, Westport, Fairfield County, CT

Significance: Primarily one of local significance. This bridge is a Warren-Pony Truss and is one of several in the area of Fairfield County. Survey number: HAER CT-5 Building/structure dates: 1891 Initial Co... More

Gemein Haus, 62-66 West Church Street, Bethlehem, Northampton County, PA

Gemein Haus, 62-66 West Church Street, Bethlehem, Northampton County, ...

Significance: Built 1741-43, the Gemein Haus was the second building erected in the Bethlehem Moravian community after its establishment in 1741, built of legs, it is one of the largest such structures in the c... More

National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, Pacific Branch, Chapel, Wilshire & Sawtelle Boulevards, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA

National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, Pacific Branch, Chapel,...

Significance: The two back-to-back Chapels on the Veterans Administration grounds at Sawtelle (called Building #20 by VA) was designed by J. Lee Burton, Los Angeles architect, and built 1900. It is of the more ... 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

Octagon House, 1799 (1741) New York Avenue, Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Octagon House, 1799 (1741) New York Avenue, Northwest, Washington, Dis...

Location of the signing of the Treaty of Ghent. 2004 Charles E. Peterson Prize, First Place Significance: Excellent and innovative example of Federal style domestic architecture. Served as Executive Mansion fo... 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

Dade Apartments, 403-405 North Miami Avenue, Miami, Miami-Dade County, FL

Dade Apartments, 403-405 North Miami Avenue, Miami, Miami-Dade County,...

Significance: Dade Apartments is one of the few commercial buildings remaining in Miami from the period before the development boom of the 1920s. Built in the masonry vernacular style, the stuccoed concrete con... More

Tracy Building, 532-527 French Street, Erie, Erie County, PA

Tracy Building, 532-527 French Street, Erie, Erie County, PA

Written data includes a site plan. Significance: Site was purchased in 1826 by John A. Tracy, who erected a wooden commercial and residential building that was replaced after a fire by a brick commercial struct... More

O. Henry Hotel, North Elm & Bellemeade Streets, Greensboro, Guilford County, NC

O. Henry Hotel, North Elm & Bellemeade Streets, Greensboro, Guilford C...

Significance: The O. Henry Hotel, built 191701919, was designed by W. L. Stoddart, a firm which was responsible for many of the south's better hotels. The hotel, a source of local pride, was constructed from fu... More

J. F. Darmody Company Building (Commercial), 25-27 West Maryland Street, Indianapolis, Marion County, IN

J. F. Darmody Company Building (Commercial), 25-27 West Maryland Stree...

Significance: Built in two phases 1904-05 and 1911, following the designs of architect P.C. Rubush and later Rubush & Hunter, the J.F. Darmody Company Building functioned as a confectionery and wholesale outlet... More

Eden Publishing House, 1712-1724 Chouteau Avenue, Lafayette Square, Saint Louis, Independent City, MO

Eden Publishing House, 1712-1724 Chouteau Avenue, Lafayette Square, Sa...

Significance: The building served as headquarters for retail and printing operations of the Eden Publishing Company from 1869 to 1979. Several expansions occurred throughout the company's time of occupation. ... More

59-61 South Market Street (Commercial Building), Frederick, Frederick County, MD

59-61 South Market Street (Commercial Building), Frederick, Frederick ...

Significance: 59-61 South Market Street is primarily significant as an early nineteenth century structure (c. 1820) which embodies the distinctive characteristics of Federal style and Victorian Commercial Itali... More

John H. Houghton House, 307 West Twelfth Street, Austin, Travis County, TX

John H. Houghton House, 307 West Twelfth Street, Austin, Travis County...

Significance: The John H. Houghton House was one of the larger, more elegant residences built in the late nineteenth century in the Capitol area. Its original owner, John H. Houghton, a prominent Austin busines... More

U. S. Post Office Building, Broad & Meeting Streets, Charleston, Charleston County, SC

U. S. Post Office Building, Broad & Meeting Streets, Charleston, Charl...

Significance: A Federal building representative of the late 19th century. Office space, filling in central core, constructed recently. There is some similarity to Spanish models such as the Palace of the Counts... More

University of Florida, Floyd Hall, Gainesville, Alachua County, FL

University of Florida, Floyd Hall, Gainesville, Alachua County, FL

These drawings were donated to the H/H collection by the University of Florida's College of Architecture; the drawings were produced by architecture students at the University of Florida who chose to participat... More

Dan's Hill, State Route 1011 vicinity, Danville, Danville, Virginia

Dan's Hill, State Route 1011 vicinity, Danville, Danville, Virginia

Significance: Dan's Hill was built by the Wilson family and the house and outbuildings were completed by 1833. The large brick house with Federal style details remained in the family until the early twentieth c... More

National City Depot, 900 West Twenty-third Street, National City, San Diego County, CA

National City Depot, 900 West Twenty-third Street, National City, San ...

Significance: The California Southern Transcontinental Railroad Terminus is the last original transcontinental terminus depot in the United States. It is listed on the local register as a Designated Significan... More

Shaker Church Family Square House, Shaker Road, Harvard, Worcester County, MA

Shaker Church Family Square House, Shaker Road, Harvard, Worcester Cou...

Significance: This building was originally the dwelling of Shadrach Ireland and his "New Light" followers. It then became the early headquarters for the Shaker movement in Harvard, Massachusetts. It was used ... More

City Hall, 6801 Delmar, University City, St. Louis County, MO

City Hall, 6801 Delmar, University City, St. Louis County, MO

Significance: The City Hall of University City, a five-story octagonal structure, was built in 1903 to serve as the executive building for the corporations of Edward Gardner Lewis, the founder of the city. Univ... More

Washington Hotel, 710 Turnpike Street, Stoughton, Norfolk County, MA

Washington Hotel, 710 Turnpike Street, Stoughton, Norfolk County, MA

Survey number: HABS MA-171 Building/structure dates: 1808 Initial Construction

Bibb-Goldthwaithe-Arrington House, 203 Church Street, Montgomery, Montgomery County, AL

Bibb-Goldthwaithe-Arrington House, 203 Church Street, Montgomery, Mont...

Survey number: HABS AL-611 Building/structure dates: 1830 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: after 1870 Subsequent Work

First Presbyterian Church, 1301 Chapline Street, Wheeling, Ohio County, WV

First Presbyterian Church, 1301 Chapline Street, Wheeling, Ohio County...

Significance: This may be the oldest documented building in downtown Wheeling. Noah Zane deeded the land on which this Church stands "for the use, purpose and design of erecting a meeting house or church," in ... More

Blandfield, U.S. Route 17 & State Route 624, Caret, Essex County, Virginia

Blandfield, U.S. Route 17 & State Route 624, Caret, Essex County, Virg...

Significance: Blandfield, in Essex County, is one of Virginia's largest houses of the Georgian period, and one of its major essays in the Palladian style. The mansion dates from 1769-1773, and was built by Rob... More

Washington Place, 320 South Beretania Street, Honolulu, Honolulu County, HI

Washington Place, 320 South Beretania Street, Honolulu, Honolulu Count...

Significance: Washington Place, built between 1841 and 1847, has an eclectic mix of Greek Revival and indigenous tropical architectural components. The original central portion is a good example of the classica... More

Washington Place, 320 South Beretania Street, Honolulu, Honolulu County, HI

Washington Place, 320 South Beretania Street, Honolulu, Honolulu Count...

Significance: Washington Place, built between 1841 and 1847, has an eclectic mix of Greek Revival and indigenous tropical architectural components. The original central portion is a good example of the classica... More

Salubria, Salubria Lane, Stevensburg, Culpeper County, Virginia

Salubria, Salubria Lane, Stevensburg, Culpeper County, Virginia

Significance: Salubria is a refined and rare example of a mid-eighteenth century Georgian mansion of Piedmont Virginia. The dwelling is architecturally significant for its austere, yet well-proportioned, exteri... More

Salubria, Salubria Lane, Stevensburg, Culpeper County, Virginia

Salubria, Salubria Lane, Stevensburg, Culpeper County, Virginia

Significance: Salubria is a refined and rare example of a mid-eighteenth century Georgian mansion of Piedmont Virginia. The dwelling is architecturally significant for its austere, yet well-proportioned, exteri... More

Salubria, Salubria Lane, Stevensburg, Culpeper County, Virginia

Salubria, Salubria Lane, Stevensburg, Culpeper County, Virginia

Significance: Salubria is a refined and rare example of a mid-eighteenth century Georgian mansion of Piedmont Virginia. The dwelling is architecturally significant for its austere, yet well-proportioned, exteri... More

Lyceum, 201 South Washington Street, Alexandria, Independent City, Virginia

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

Lyceum, 201 South Washington Street, Alexandria, Independent City, Virginia

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

Lyceum, 201 South Washington Street, Alexandria, Independent City, Virginia

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

Lyceum, 201 South Washington Street, Alexandria, Independent City, Virginia

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

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