Chaire de la mosquée El-Aksa Pulpit in the interior of El-Aksa mosque ...
Minbar in al-Aqṣá Mosque. No. 86. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg whites and salt,... More
Aliers de Dolma-Bagtché / G. Berggren.
Staircase in Dolmabahçe Sarayı (palace) Istanbul. No. 105. Public domain photograph - historic landmark, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Damas. Derviche á la mosque / Dumas Ph.
Three dervishs, two on steps, one playing a flute. No. 6011.
[Staircase in home of Senator Philander Knox, Washington, D.C.]
Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection. No. 1320. Public domain photograph of historic place in Washington DC, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[Tewa Indian guard at top of the kiva stairs, San Ildefonso, New Mexic...
H71007 U.S. Copyright Office. Edward S. Curtis Collection. Curtis no. 1736-05. Published in: The North American Indian / Edward S. Curtis. [Seattle, Wash.] : Edward S. Curtis, 1907-30, suppl., v. 17, pl. 584.
["The Elms," Edward Julius Berwind, 367 Bellevue Avenue, Newport, Rhod...
Site History. House Architecture: Horace Trumbauer, 1899-1901, 1911. Landscape: Horace Trumbauer, 1907-1914. Gardener: Bruce Butterton. Today: Open to the public as a house and garden museum by the Preservation... More
Mrs. Ryan's home at 17 Foxhall Rd. Potomac, Mt. Vernon, Great Falls, N...
Subject card annotation: hallway scenes of Colonial South by D.C. Sindona of New York.
[Villa Aldobrandini, Frascati, Lazio, Italy. Water theater steps, the ...
Site History. House Architecture: Medieval castle rebuilt in 1663 and 1667. Associated Name: Hervey de Saint-Denis. Other: Walter Gay and Matilda Travis Gay lived here at the time Johnston photographed. Today:... More
Foxcroft School, Middleburg, Loudoun County, Virginia
Title from photographer's inventory. Corresponding reference print in LOT 11841-54E. Credit line: Carnegie Survey of the Architecture of the South, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Purchase... More
Benton, Loudoun County, Virginia
Title from photographer's inventory. Related names: Mrs. D.C. Sands. Corresponding reference print in LOT 11841-54B. Credit line: Carnegie Survey of the Architecture of the South, Library of Congress, Prints an... More
["Battersea," Petersburg vicinity, Dinwiddie County, Virginia. Stairca...
Slide for lecturing on "Tales Old Houses Tell." Title and date based on similar view in the Carnegie Survey of the Architecture of the South, LOT 11841-27. Forms part of: Garden and historic house lecture serie... More
Pleasant Valley, Easton, Talbot County, Maryland
Title from photographer's inventory. Building/structure dates: 1743. One of the finest houses in the county. Built by Hon. Robert Goldsborough for his son Howes. The staircase ascends three wide sweeps to the t... More
Wynde Knowe, Albemarle County, Virginia
Title from photographer's inventory. Corresponding reference print in LOT 11841-2C18. Credit line: Carnegie Survey of the Architecture of the South, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Purchas... More
West St. Mary's Manor, old house on, Drayden vic., St. Mary's County, ...
Title from photographer's inventory. Early 18th C. Willed to Daniel Bell to his son and wife in 1703. Double chimneys with pent between. Corresponding reference print in LOT 11837-19. Credit line: Carnegie Surv... More
Tuckahoe, Goochland County, Virginia
Title from photographer's inventory. Building/structure dates: ca. 1712. Related names: Mrs. N. Addison Baker. Built by Thomas Randolph. Small outbuilding in yard where Thos. Jefferson went to school. Frame wit... More
Master prints. Robert D. Huntington, Travellers Way, residence in Palm...
In portfolio: Master prints, no. 20. Portfolio title devised. Print from negative 28483.
A black and white photo of a man walking up a set of stairs, New Hamsh...
Public domain photograph of stairs, steps, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Ware-Sibley House, Augusta, Richmond County, Georgia
Title from photographer's inventory. Related name: Augusta Arts Club. Corresponding reference print in LOT 11835-123. Credit line: Carnegie Survey of the Architecture of the South, Library of Congress, Prints a... More
A black and white photo of an old building, Great Depression. FSA/OWI ...
Picryl description: Public domain historical photograph of 1930s America during the Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
Jefferson, Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia
Title from photographer's inventory. Corresponding reference print in LOT 11835-26. Credit line: Carnegie Survey of the Architecture of the South, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Purchase;... More
Pan American Union Building. Interior of Pan American Union Building V...
Logbook annotation: Made for Jorss Ironworks. The Theodor Horydczak Collection is a collection of photographs taken by Theodor Horydczak (1890-1971) a Polish-born American photographer who worked in Washington... More
Mies Van der Rohe, Bacardi Office bldg., Mexico City
Architectural photograph shows the interior of the Bacardi Office Building, Mexio City, Mexico which was designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. Title and date from information on negative sleeve. Negative no. 96... More
[Endo Laboratories, Garden City, Long Island, New York. Stair turret i...
No. 24B. PMR 17A. Forms part of: The Paul Rudolph Archive. Unprocessed in PR 13 CN 2001:126
Carol M. Highsmith - Residential interior
Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Photograph taken during the 1980s. Title, date, subject... More
Hallway and staircase in the U.S. Treasury Department building, Washin...
Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More
Lobby stairs. Wayne N. Aspinall Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, ...
Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the photographer. In 2010, the Federal Building & US Courthouse received $15M... More
Stair, James L. Whitten Federal Building, Washington, D.C.
Also known as the U.S. Department of Agriculture Administration Building, it was the first large Beaux-Arts building in Washington, D.C. Designed by Rankin, Kellogg and Crane architects, the L-shaped wings were... More
Stair detail in Jackson Place, Blair House, located across from the Wh...
Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. The Blair House serves as the President's guest house, and therefore is the guest house of the nation. Built in 1824. Title, date, ... More
Interior lobby stairs, Forest Service Building, Ogden, Utah
Architect: Hodgson & McClenahan. Built in 1933-34. Art Deco style originally built to provide offices for the U.S. Forest Service Intermountain Region. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Serv... More
New stair interior, U.S. Courthouse, Natchez, Mississippi
Built in 1853 as Memorial Hall, a Greek Revival structure, later turned into a U.S. Courthouse. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date, and subject note provi... More
Villard Houses, 451-457 Madison Avenue & 24 East Fifty-first Street, N...
Significance: Appearing as a single Italian palazzo, the Villard Houses were actually six residences built around a central courtyard by architects, McKim, Mead and White. One of the firm's earliest works, this... More
Doe Garrison, Lamprey River & Great Bay, Newmarket, Rockingham County,...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-37 Survey number: HABS NH-37 Building/structure dates: ca. 1650 Initial Construction
Strafford Railroad Station, East side of Old Eagle School Road, betwee...
Significance: This structure was built in 1876 as the Centennial Catalogue Building for the 1876 Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia. It was then purchased at auction by the Pennsylvania Railroad for use as a... More
Floweree, 2309 Pearl Street, Vicksburg, Warren County, MS
Significance: Floweree, as it is called today, is on the National Register. It is named for Charles C. Floweree who was born on October 26, 1842 in Fauquier County Virginia. After serving with distinction in ... More
Caroline County Jail, Sheriff's House, 101 Gay Street, Denton, Carolin...
Significance: One of the oldest in the State of Maryland, the Caroline County Jail and Sheriff's House has been in continuous use as a jail since 1907 when it was built during a period of marked cultural, comme... More
Bjerget, 56-58 Hill Street, Christiansted, St. Croix, VI
Significance: This building is considered one of the finest examples of a St. Croix town house. Its size, complexity of levels and the ample yards make it along with its outstanding views an ideal example of t... More
Western Union Telegraph Company, Jennerstown Relay, Laurel Summit Road...
Significance: The Jennerstown Relay was a part of the Western Union Telegraph Company's first commercial microwave telecommunications network known as the New York-Washington-Pittsburgh Radio Relay Triangle. ... More
Woodlawn, 9000 Richmond Highway, Mount Vernon, Fairfax County, Virgini...
Significance: Notable Georgian/Federal 5-part house, designed by William Thornton, architect of the United States Capitol. Woodlawn was built on part of the Mount Vernon estate for George Washington's adopted g... More
Davis-Glaude House, 4931 Page Boulevard, Saint Louis, Independent City...
Significance: The Kingsway Center Area is locally significant for its architectural significance as an important representative illustration of neighborhood development and urban vernacular building traditions ... More
Robert Masterson House, Hannibal, Marion County, MO
Significance: House is a significant regional example of an early Georgian floor plan rare in Missouri. Most of the original structure and interior woodwork still exist. Robert Masterson, the builder of the hou... More
Austin-Whittemore House, 15 Austin Street, Vermillion, Clay County, SD
Significance: Built five years prior to South Dakota statehood, this house is one of the few surviving 19th century structures in the vicinity of Vermillion. It is a rare permanent frontier structure with a fe... More
Messiah Home for Children, 1771 Andrews Avenue, Bronx, Bronx County, N...
Significance: This building is a fine example of the Jacobean Revival style. It was designed by Charles Brigham, F.A.I.A., and constructed between 1905 and 1908. Built through donated funds, this building serve... More
Governor Lazarus Powell House, Henderson, Henderson County, KY
Survey number: HABS KY-27 Building/structure dates: 1818 Initial Construction
Friendship Hall, State Routes 16 & 14, East New Market, Dorchester Cou...
Survey number: HABS MD-475 Public domain photograph of attic, house frame, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Smith-Clarke House, 161 Saint Anthony Street, Mobile, Mobile County, A...
Survey number: HABS AL-15 Building/structure dates: 1853 Initial Construction
James Brice House, 42 East Street, Annapolis, Anne Arundel County, MD
Significance: The James Brice House is the largest and one of the most elegant of the Annapolis five-part mansions. Some of the interiors have been attributed to William Buckland. Survey number: HABS MD-247 ... More
Trinity Episcopal Church, Gorrie Square, Apalachicola, Franklin County...
Significance: Consecrated on February 15, 1841, Trinity is one of the oldest churches in Florida. This structure was prefabricated in New York and brought to Apalachicola to be assembled in 1839. Survey numbe... More
St. Mary's Seminary, Mother Seton's House, 600 North Paca Street, Balt...
Survey number: HABS MD-391 Public domain photograph - historical image of Maryland, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, Mountain Branch, Direct...
Survey number: HABS TN-254-H Public domain photograph of Tennessee, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Dimon Sturges House, 114 Park Avenue West, Mansfield, Richland County,...
Significance: This building was Mansfield's largest and finest example of Second Empire style residential architecture. It was one of the most imposing residences along Park Avenue West, which developed in the ... More
Isaac Franklin House, U.S. Route 25 East, White Pine, Jefferson County...
Significance: The house, one of the largest and most elegant ante-bellum houses in east Tennessee, was built about 1840 by Lawson Franklin as a wedding present for his son Isaac Franklink when he married Annis ... More
Eli Adams House, Oakham, Worcester County, MA
Survey number: HABS MA-284 Public domain photograph of attic, house frame, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
William H. Ketchum House & Gates (Ironwork), 400 Government Street, Mo...
Survey number: HABS AL-9-U Public domain photograph - historical image of Alabama, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Number One (King's Palace), Main & Third Streets, Zoar, Tuscarawas Cou...
Survey number: HABS OH-297 Building/structure dates: ca. 1835 Initial Construction
Clinton County Courthouse, Courthouse Square, Clinton, Clinton County,...
Survey number: HABS IA-100
4755 Guernsey Street (house), Forty-eighth & Guernsey Streets, Bellair...
Significance: Constructed in an area of residential structures in an elite section of the City of Bellaire. The 4755 Guernsey Street (House) is significant for its impressive architectural and details. This wel... More
Powers Building, 16 Main Street West, Rochester, Monroe County, NY
Significance: Architecturally innovative for its day due to its scale and metal structural system, has been the keystone of Rochester's downtown commercial area since its construction in 1869-70. It was acclaim... More
Scales House, Macon, Noxubee County, MS
Survey number: HABS MS-98 Building/structure dates: 18t4 Initial Construction
307 West Broadway (House), Danville, Boyle County, KY
Survey number: HABS KY-289 Building/structure dates: 1890 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1950 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: 1953 Subsequent Work
Abingdon Church, U.S. Route 17, White Marsh, Gloucester County, Virgin...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-119 Survey number: HABS VA-182 Building/structure dates: ca. 1750 Initial Construction
Sedberry House, 211 North Market Street, Jefferson, Marion County, TX
Significance: This is among the finest nineteenth century houses in Jefferson. It is characterized, on the exterior, by an elegant second-story, tetrastyle portico, curved cast-iron stairways and a bracketed co... More
Adams Mansion, 135 Adams Street, Quincy, Norfolk County, MA
2 Unnumbered cover drawing sheets. Significance: It shows the difference in size demanded by people of moderate wealth in 1731 and 1800. It shows an attempt in 1797 to fit the additions with the original 1731 ... More
Fort Boise, Commanding Officer's Quarters, Boise, Ada County, ID
Survey number: HABS ID-27 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 72000433
Beverwyck, Washinghton Avenue extension, Rensselaer, Rensselaer County...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-5, FN-6, FN-7, FN-8 Survey number: HABS NY-5-A-10 Building/structure dates: 1840 Initial Construction
Rode-Kothe House, East of U.S. 87 at Cherry Spring, Cherry Spring, Gil...
Survey number: HABS TX-378 Building/structure dates: 1855 Initial Construction
Joseph Conrad Farm, House, State Route 83 & Bright School Road (Penn T...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-174, FN-175 Survey number: HABS PA-260-A Building/structure dates: ca. 1815 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: ca. 1900 Subsequent Wo... More
Essex County Jail, Newark, New & Wilsey Streets, Newark, Essex County,...
Survey number: HABS NJ-758 Public domain photograph - New Jersey, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
U. S. Coast Guard Headquarters Building, Ketchikan, Ketchikan Gateway ...
Survey number: HABS AK-17 Public domain photograph - historical image of Alaska, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Ayr Mount, Saint Mary's Road, Hillsborough, Orange County, NC
Significance: Architecturally this splendid brick manor house is the finest house in the Hillsborough area and one of the finest early houses in North Carolina. Its solid brick construction, superlative woodwor... More
Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Building No. 46, Des Moines, Polk Co...
Significance: This structure, completed on November 17, 1904, at a cost of $35,456.87, is one of the oldest surviving buildings at Fort Des Moines. Originally erected to house ten bachelor officers, the struct... More
Cold Mountain Fire Lookout Station, Lookout Tower, Krassel District, F...
Significance: The Cold Mountain Lookout Station tower is representative of an important lookout design type, the Aeromotor 7x7 steel cab. / The fire lookout tower was situated on the southeast portion of the si... More
Chuckswood, Spring Mill Road (Radnor Township), Villanova, Delaware Co...
Significance: One of the better Federal period brick houses (has outstanding interior architectural detail) in Radnor Township. Survey number: HABS PA-195 Building/structure dates: ca. 1807 Initial Construct... More
Castillo de San Felipe del Morro, Northwest end of San Juan, San Juan,...
Significance: This fort is one of the three defenses erected to protect Spain's first permanent colony in the present territory of the United States. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: ... More
Augustus Lucas House, 40 Division Street, Newport, Newport County, RI
Survey number: HABS RI-336 Building/structure dates: 1721 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: ca. 1745- 1750 Subsequent Work National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 71000024
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
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
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
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
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
Fort Monroe, Fortress, Hampton, Hampton, Virginia
Survey number: HABS VA-595-D National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000912
Green Gables, 329 Albion Avenue, Woodside, San Mateo County, CA
Significance: Well-proportioned mansion which boasts an obvious sensitivity to its site. The English country house with distinctive roof has an interior more austere than the Greenes' usual, but still well cra... More
Herman Farm, House, North side of Showalter Road, East of I-81, Hagers...
Significance: Dated October 16, 1860, this farmhouse is an excellent documented example of a prosperous farmer's dwelling which has remained to the present with only minimal alterations. The major significanc... More
Sehner-Ellicott House, 123 North Prince Street, Lancaster, Lancaster C...
Significance: The Sehner-Ellicott House is an interesting example of early Federal townhouses in Lancaster. The surviving woodwork is unusually elaborate for its time, and actually suggests a more Georgian styl... More
Bay City City Hall, 301 Washington Avenue, Bay City, Bay County, MI
Significance: Excellent example of municipal architecture in the American Romanesque style. Building constructed during 1894-97, and completely restored between December, 1977 and May, 1980. Bay City City Hal... More
Williamsburg, 821 Main Street, Natchez, Adams County, MS
Significance: This Federal style cottage possesses an unusual number of regional characteristics, for example, the exterior paneled dado, the fireplace cabinets, the vaulted ceilings, the plan of the open rear ... More
St. George Hotel, 100-108 North Main Street, Winchester, Clark County,...
Significance: This structure is an unusual combination of Queen Anne and Neocolonial architecture which has functioned as a major hotel in town since it opened in 1904. For one year it was the finest hotel in ... More
National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, Mountain Branch, Quarte...
Survey number: HABS TN-254-U Public domain photograph of Tennessee, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, Mountain Branch, Quarte...
Survey number: HABS TN-254-U Public domain photograph of Tennessee, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Grantham House, 229 Grantham Lane, New Castle, New Castle County, DE
Survey number: HABS DE-107 Building/structure dates: 17h1 Initial Construction
Dr. Henry Ridgely House, 6 South State Street, Dover, Kent County, DE
Significance: This fine Italianate house was built for Dr. Henry Ridgely in 1869. The July 31, 1869, "Delawarean" noted, "The fine brick mansion of Dr. Ridgely will soon be completed." Survey number: HABS DE-177
General John Mason House, Analostan Island or Theodore Roosevelt Islan...
Significance: The grey and stately ruin which crowns the highest ridge of Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Island was once the home of General John Mason. Built in the last decade of the eighteenth century, this bui... More
Fearn-Garth House, 517 Franklin Street, Huntsville, Madison County, AL
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-37 Survey number: HABS AL-414 Building/structure dates: 1822 Initial Construction
Lowrey-Ford House & Kitchen, Washington Street (County Road 45), Mario...
Survey number: HABS AL-822 Building/structure dates: ca. 1845 Initial Construction
James McGill, Jr., House, Legislative Route 18011, approximately 75 fe...
Photo caption pages & written data include site & floor plans. Significance: The James McGill, Jr., House contributes to the potential historic district in Upper Lockport as an intact example of a typical resid... More
Willis Kelly House, 4735 Guernsey Street, Bellaire, Belmont County, OH
Significance: The house is located in The Guernsey Street Historic Grouping, an architecturally significant residential area in the City of Bellaire. The historic grouping generally represents the finest exampl... More
1916 West Laurel Street (House), Tampa, Hillsborough County, FL
Significance: This building's architectural and historical significance is derived from its contribution to the West Tampa National Register Historic District. This ca. 1920 two-story camel-back Bungalow was a... More
Van Epps House, Franklin Street, Fultonville, Montgomery County, NY
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-167 Survey number: HABS NY-377 Building/structure dates: ca. 1800 Initial Construction
Van Epps House, Franklin Street, Fultonville, Montgomery County, NY
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-167 Survey number: HABS NY-377 Building/structure dates: ca. 1800 Initial Construction
Captain Lee House, 503 East Jones Street, Raleigh, Wake County, NC
Significance: It is one of three houses built by Captain Lee for himself and his family. Two adjacent houses for his daughters are almost identical to the first house. Believed to have been built in 1870, the e... More
New Hackensack Reformed Dutch Church, State Route 376, .4 mile north o...
Significance: The New Hackensack Reform Dutch Church is significant historically and architecturally. Its long history in an important area of Dutch settlement and culture in lower Duchess County identifies as ... More