Flasher store on Melrose Avenue, an internationally renowned shopping,...
The most famous section is known as the Melrose District, which runs from the West End through West Hollywood and Hollywood. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovel... More
The Cutler General Store in the Carroll County, Indiana, settlement of...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Cutler is thought to be named for William P. Cutler, the man in charge of the track construction. Credit line: Photographs in the Caro... More
The arcade, Providence, R.I. - Engraving, Public domain image
Print shows the Arcade from Weybosset Street, designed by Russell Warren, architect. William Brown's dry goods business is immediately to the left and the businesses of Simon B. Cutler and S. C. Kinsley & Co. t... More
Medeiro's Portuguese American variety store, Lowell, Massachusetts
Index data: Photographs made by J.B. not in connection with any particular ass assignment. 1, Car camper-homemade conversion; 2, Blank; 3-5, Views of couple who manage (own?) Medeiros's Portuguese-American vari... More
Italian district, weekday morning activity (8:00 AM), Federal Hill, Pr...
Index data: 1-3, Pat Bertoler (left) and Sam Defolgo in doorway on 400 black of Atwells Ave; 4-6, George's Fruit Store, 292 Atwells Ave; 7-9, Boy named Michael waits for bus in new stop at corner of Atwells Ave... More
Along 26th St. between Kedzie and Pulaski, in the predominantly Mexica...
Image numbers, descriptions: 1-20, in the predominantly Mexican American Little Village neighborhood, along 26th St. between Kedzie and Pulaski; 1-2, part of wall mural depicting rural landscape, suggesting Mex... More
Alexandra and Tale Buling, Chicago, Illinois,
Online digital image numbers may be offset by 1 or 2 digits from the film negative frame numbers. Film negative frame numbers, descriptions: 2, 6-7, 9, 12, Alexandra Buling; 8, Tale Buling; 11, Gordana Trbuhovi... More
Diary in photos, vol. IV, 1938 - Public domain portrait print
Photographs show John D. Whiting's trips around the Middle East region from June 30 to Dec. 31, 1938. Whiting, a member of the American Colony in Jerusalem, worked as a tour guide, businessman, writer, and pho... More
Lowell's Boat Shop, 459 Main Street, Amesbury, Essex County, MA
Survey number: HAER MA-153 Public domain photograph of attic, house frame, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Diary in photos, vol. IV, 1938 - Public domain portrait print
Photographs show John D. Whiting's trips around the Middle East region from June 30 to Dec. 31, 1938. Whiting, a member of the American Colony in Jerusalem, worked as a tour guide, businessman, writer, and pho... More
Diary in photos, vol. IV, 1938 - Public domain portrait print
Photographs show John D. Whiting's trips around the Middle East region from June 30 to Dec. 31, 1938. Whiting, a member of the American Colony in Jerusalem, worked as a tour guide, businessman, writer, and pho... More
Diary in photos, vol. IV, 1938 - Public domain portrait print
Photographs show John D. Whiting's trips around the Middle East region from June 30 to Dec. 31, 1938. Whiting, a member of the American Colony in Jerusalem, worked as a tour guide, businessman, writer, and pho... More
Diary in photos, vol. IV, 1938 - Public domain portrait print
Photographs show John D. Whiting's trips around the Middle East region from June 30 to Dec. 31, 1938. Whiting, a member of the American Colony in Jerusalem, worked as a tour guide, businessman, writer, and pho... More
Diary in photos, vol. IV, 1938 - Public domain portrait print
Photographs show John D. Whiting's trips around the Middle East region from June 30 to Dec. 31, 1938. Whiting, a member of the American Colony in Jerusalem, worked as a tour guide, businessman, writer, and pho... More
Martin's Bluff (Buildings & Dam Abutment), East Bank of Tombigbee Rive...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-35 Survey number: HABS MS-209
Commercial & Industrial Buildings, Bell Block, 470 Central Avenue, Dub...
Significance: Born in Scotland in 1827, John Bell moved to Montreal in 1844 and then to Dubuque in November 1853 to work as a carpenter and joiner. After military service in the Civil War he returned to Dubuqu... More
Commercial & Industrial Buildings, Bell Block, 470 Central Avenue, Dub...
Significance: Born in Scotland in 1827, John Bell moved to Montreal in 1844 and then to Dubuque in November 1853 to work as a carpenter and joiner. After military service in the Civil War he returned to Dubuqu... More
Colonel P. H. Peirce Store, North Main Street, Middleboro, Plymouth Co...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a department store, commerce, shopping, main street, city downtown, early 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Colonel P. H. Peirce Store, North Main Street, Middleboro, Plymouth Co...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a department store, commerce, shopping, main street, city downtown, early 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Colonel P. H. Peirce Store, North Main Street, Middleboro, Plymouth Co...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a department store, commerce, shopping, main street, city downtown, early 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
J. W. & Maggie Haywood House, 135 North Mulberry Street, Georgetown, S...
Significance: The Haywood house is considered significant for its role as a commercial and residential establishment that served early 20th century African-American citizens of Georgetown. This structure stand... More
Goundie House, 501 Main Street, Bethlehem, Northampton County, PA
Survey number: HABS PA-1145 Public domain photograph of architecture design, diagram, drawing, building plan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Morris-Burnett Block, 302-306 Edmond Street, Saint Joseph, Buchanan Co...
Significance: This structure is a good example of the small-scale commercial block property type. It possesses the distinct characteristics of the commercial building type. Chief among these is the well-defined... More
Morris-Burnett Block, 302-306 Edmond Street, Saint Joseph, Buchanan Co...
Significance: This structure is a good example of the small-scale commercial block property type. It possesses the distinct characteristics of the commercial building type. Chief among these is the well-defined... More
Reliance Building, 32 North State Street, Chicago, Cook County, IL
Significance: An important example of the early Chicago School, it anticipates future developments in skyscraper design. Terra cotta was employed for exterior surfacing for the first time in this building. The ... More
The Deserted Village, Store, Allaire, Monmouth County, NJ
Survey number: HABS NJ-28-G Building/structure dates: 1813 Initial Construction
Monadnock Block, 53 West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, Cook County, IL
Significance: Designated as a Chicago Architectural Landmark in 1958, the Commission of Chicago Architectural Landmarks cited it: "In recognition of its original design and its historical interest as the highes... More
Bay Mercantile Company, Store-Residence, County Route K, south of inte...
Significance: The most prominent features of the small town of Bay are the store and barn of Bay Mercantile Company. Both buildings were built for Francis H. Peters in 1856-57 and are believed to be the work of... More
Bay Mercantile Company, Store-Residence, County Route K, south of inte...
Significance: The most prominent features of the small town of Bay are the store and barn of Bay Mercantile Company. Both buildings were built for Francis H. Peters in 1856-57 and are believed to be the work of... More
Bay Mercantile Company, Store-Residence, County Route K, south of inte...
Significance: The most prominent features of the small town of Bay are the store and barn of Bay Mercantile Company. Both buildings were built for Francis H. Peters in 1856-57 and are believed to be the work of... More
Swan Land & Cattle Company, Mercantile Store, State Route 313, Chugwat...
Significance: The Swan Land and Cattle Company, incorporated in 1884, was an innovator in the breeding and raising of cattle in Wyoming. In 1909 the company erected this building to serve as a store for its em... More
Swan Land & Cattle Company, Mercantile Store, State Route 313, Chugwat...
Significance: The Swan Land and Cattle Company, incorporated in 1884, was an innovator in the breeding and raising of cattle in Wyoming. In 1909 the company erected this building to serve as a store for its em... More
Jane Stone Harrison Building, 1205 Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest, Wash...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a department store, commerce, shopping, main street, city downtown, early 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
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
Reber Farm, Canal Store, Gruber Road vicinity (Bern Township), Mount P...
Survey number: HABS PA-256-C Building/structure dates: ca. 1835 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1977 Demolished
Plunkett-Meeks Store & House, Appomattox, Appomattox County, Virginia
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-336 Survey number: HABS VA-432
Hyattsville Hardware, 5121 Baltimore Avenue, Hyattsville, Prince Georg...
Significance: Hyattsville Hardware is an intact turn-of-the-century hardware store with original interior features such as a pressed-tin ceiling, shelving, cases and bins. It is also of interest as one of few ... More
Samuel Couper House, 14 The Strand, New Castle, New Castle County, DE
Survey number: HABS DE-112 Building/structure dates: 18q2 Initial Construction
Bridgeport Downtown, Bridgeport, Jackson County, AL
Significance: Bridgeport's history and small remnants of its built environment are representative of late-nineteenth century speculative "boom towns" that spread through the South and other areas of the United ... More
Town Hall, Brooklyn, Windham County, CT
Survey number: HABS CT-120 Public domain photograph of a city hall, public building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Schultz Brothers Grocery, 525-529 Salem Avenue, Dayton, Montgomery Cou...
Public domain photograph of a shop, shopping, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
India Wharf Stores, 306-308 Atlantic Avenue, Boston, Suffolk County, M...
Photograph 1 is part of the Pictorial Archives of Early American Architecture (PAEAA), also found in Prints & Photographs Division of the Library of Congress Unprocessed Field note material exists for this stru... More
India Wharf Stores, 306-308 Atlantic Avenue, Boston, Suffolk County, M...
Photograph 1 is part of the Pictorial Archives of Early American Architecture (PAEAA), also found in Prints & Photographs Division of the Library of Congress Unprocessed Field note material exists for this stru... More
Garden City Warehouse, 320 West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, Cook Count...
Significance: This is an example of a late nineteenth-century warehouse building. The cast iron Jackson Street facade is unusually light and delicate in Gothic design. Unprocessed Field note material exists fo... More
Hutchinson Building, 18 Eagle Street, Asheville, Buncombe County, NC
Significance: Constructed as a barber shop with residence above, later used as a novelty store and undertaking establishment. Survey number: HABS NC-331 Building/structure dates: ca. 1896 Initial Construction
Thomas Maskell Store, Main & Pine Streets, Greenwich, Cumberland Count...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-543 Survey number: HABS NJ-660 Building/structure dates: after 1800 Initial Construction
Thomas Maskell Store, Main & Pine Streets, Greenwich, Cumberland Count...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-543 Survey number: HABS NJ-660 Building/structure dates: after 1800 Initial Construction
William Pugh Ferrand Store, 122 Front Street, Swansboro, Onslow County...
Significance: It was built in 1819 on land that Ferrand had purchased from Captain Otway Burns, of Beaufort. The store was originally constructed of wood in 1819. When the massive fire of 1838 burned down a maj... More
Mulberry Street Block (Commercial Buildings), 301-315 Mulberry Street,...
Significance: The Mulberry Street Block is the best surviving example of Madison's waterfront area of a nineteenth century business district. These eight brick row buildings were erected intermittently between... More
First Fire Hall, East Second Street, Duluth, St. Louis County, MN
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-9 Survey number: HABS MN-29-20 Building/structure dates: 1871 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1895 Subsequent Work
West Lexington Street, Number 314 (Commercial Building), 314 West Lexi...
Significance: A good example of Early 20th Century commercial design with later sympathetic first floor alterations. Designed as a store, later leased by Hochschild Kohn c. 1930 (then Red Cross Shoes (1960's))... More
Diller-Chamberlain Store, 726 Main Street, Redwood City, San Mateo Cou...
Significance: The oldest brick commercial building in Redwood City, the Diller-Chamberlain Store once functioned as the social and civic center of the town. Survey number: HABS CA-2141 Building/structure date... More
26 North Fifth Street, Reading, Berks County, PA
Written data includes floor plans. Significance: Structure appears to have been originally used as an apartment house and store, later adapted to offices. Survey number: HABS PA-5146 Building/structure dates... More
1426-1446 East Baltimore Street (Commercial Buildings), Baltimore, Ind...
Significance: The 1400 Block of Baltimore Street is a group of late 19th century commercial buildings which contribute to an historic streetscape. They are part of the commercial development of the Washington ... More
Plymouth Place, 1560-1572 Broadway, Denver, Denver County, CO
Significance: This is a large three story corner commercial building, designed with Colonial Revival Style details in 1898 by prominent Denver architects Marean and Norton. The construction of the building at ... More
1101 Chestnut Avenue (Commercial Building), Altoona, Blair County, PA
Photo caption pages & written data include a site plan. Significance: It is one of the oldest remaining structures in the Altoona area in addition to possessing an unique stone facade. Survey number: HABS PA-... More
1101 Chestnut Avenue (Commercial Building), Altoona, Blair County, PA
Photo caption pages & written data include a site plan. Significance: It is one of the oldest remaining structures in the Altoona area in addition to possessing an unique stone facade. Survey number: HABS PA-... More
Herndon & Atlanta Life Building, 229-243 Auburn Avenue, Atlanta, Fulto...
Significance: It was for years a major black office complex in Atlanta. It was named for its owner, Alonzo F. Herndon, who was born a slave, founded the Atlanta Life Insurance Company and ultimately amassed a p... More
Herndon & Atlanta Life Building, 229-243 Auburn Avenue, Atlanta, Fulto...
Significance: It was for years a major black office complex in Atlanta. It was named for its owner, Alonzo F. Herndon, who was born a slave, founded the Atlanta Life Insurance Company and ultimately amassed a p... More
Herndon & Atlanta Life Building, 229-243 Auburn Avenue, Atlanta, Fulto...
Significance: It was for years a major black office complex in Atlanta. It was named for its owner, Alonzo F. Herndon, who was born a slave, founded the Atlanta Life Insurance Company and ultimately amassed a p... More
Davis-Byrne Building, 2134-2140 Dwight Way, Berkeley, Alameda County, ...
Significance: The Davis-Byrne Building is a characteristic example of a once-common building type distinguished by its unusually high degree of integrity, including its unaltered storefronts. As a building typ... More
Davis-Byrne Building, 2134-2140 Dwight Way, Berkeley, Alameda County, ...
Significance: The Davis-Byrne Building is a characteristic example of a once-common building type distinguished by its unusually high degree of integrity, including its unaltered storefronts. As a building typ... More
Francis Hopkinson House, Park Street & Farnsworth Avenue, Bordentown, ...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-29 Survey number: HABS NJ-64 Building/structure dates: 1750 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 71000496
L. T. Peirce Store, North Main & Jackson Streets, Middleboro, Plymouth...
Survey number: HABS MA-2-28 Building/structure dates: ca. 1800 Initial Construction
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
Coffin-Athearn Stores, 2 Union Street, Nantucket, Nantucket County, MA
Significance: Two early nineteenth century stores, the brick walls of which survived the Great Fire of 1846, and the municipal building from 1836 until 1966. These two brick buildings are among the oldest comme... More
James Y. Davis Sons Building, 1201 Pennsylvania Avenue & 408 Twelfth S...
Significance: This brick commercial building was designed by a local architect in the late nineteenth century. In spite of twentieth century alterations, the irregular shape, use of ornamental terra cotta, pro... More
Henry Leinbach House, 508 South Main Street, Winston-Salem, Forsyth Co...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-4 Survey number: HABS NC-12-C-2 Building/structure dates: 1822 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: ca. 1870 Subsequent Work
Moanalua Shopping Center, Stewart Avenue & Spence Street, Honolulu, Ho...
Significance: It was determined eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places in June 2003 because the shopping center was designed by the prominent Hawai'i architect, Alfred Preis, and was t... More
Gage, Keith & Ascher Buildings, 18 & 30 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago...
Significance: All three buildings are significant examples of Chicago School architecture. The Gage Building, with its unique, gracefully-ornamented facade designed by Louis Sullivan, was to be one of the archi... More
37 South Street (Commercial Building), Baltimore, Independent City, MD
Significance: Representative of small commercial structures built in the downtown section of Baltimore following the 1904 fire which destroyed 140 acres in the center of the city, including the area where this ... More
Allen Park Veterans Administration Hospital, Building No. 22, Southfie...
Significance: Building 22 was built in 1947 as an auditorium for the hospital. Its elaborate interior decorations were removed when the space was refinished in the 1980s. It currently has several large murals ... More
Old U.S. Appraisers Stores, Gay & Lombard Streets, Baltimore, Independ...
Survey number: HABS MD-3 Building/structure dates: 1839 Building/structure dates: 1933 Demolished
Old U.S. Appraisers Stores, Gay & Lombard Streets, Baltimore, Independ...
Survey number: HABS MD-3 Building/structure dates: 1839 Building/structure dates: 1933 Demolished
Barber-Towler Building (Commercial Building), 123 East Martin Street, ...
Significance: The Barber-Towler Building is listed on the National Register of Historic Buildings as a contributing structure within the Moore Square Historic District. The building was constructed at the turn... More
Barber-Towler Building (Commercial Building), 123 East Martin Street, ...
Significance: The Barber-Towler Building is listed on the National Register of Historic Buildings as a contributing structure within the Moore Square Historic District. The building was constructed at the turn... More
Rappite Community House No. 2, North Main Street between Church & Gran...
Formerly HABS No. IN-24-5. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-5 Survey number: HABS IN-5 Building/structure dates: 1822 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NR... More
Micah Spencer House, 85-87 Thames Street, Newport, Newport County, RI
Picryl description: Public domain image of a residential home interior, living room, fireplace, 19th-20th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Allison Hill (Houses), Harrisburg, Dauphin County, PA
Written data includes floor plans. Significance: Example of three story, attached residential structure of the Eastlake style,that was partially converted to ground floor commercial use, when a two story additi... More
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, Cos Cob Power Plant, Sound Sh...
Significance: The electrification of the New Haven Railroad was an innovative technological venture. The pioneering engineers of Westinghouse and the New Haven Railroad created the first long distance railroad... More
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, Cos Cob Power Plant, Sound Sh...
Significance: The electrification of the New Haven Railroad was an innovative technological venture. The pioneering engineers of Westinghouse and the New Haven Railroad created the first long distance railroad... More
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, Cos Cob Power Plant, Sound Sh...
Significance: The electrification of the New Haven Railroad was an innovative technological venture. The pioneering engineers of Westinghouse and the New Haven Railroad created the first long distance railroad... More
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, Cos Cob Power Plant, Sound Sh...
Significance: The electrification of the New Haven Railroad was an innovative technological venture. The pioneering engineers of Westinghouse and the New Haven Railroad created the first long distance railroad... More
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, Cos Cob Power Plant, Sound Sh...
Significance: The electrification of the New Haven Railroad was an innovative technological venture. The pioneering engineers of Westinghouse and the New Haven Railroad created the first long distance railroad... More
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, Cos Cob Power Plant, Sound Sh...
Significance: The electrification of the New Haven Railroad was an innovative technological venture. The pioneering engineers of Westinghouse and the New Haven Railroad created the first long distance railroad... More
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, Cos Cob Power Plant, Sound Sh...
Significance: The electrification of the New Haven Railroad was an innovative technological venture. The pioneering engineers of Westinghouse and the New Haven Railroad created the first long distance railroad... More
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, Cos Cob Power Plant, Sound Sh...
Significance: The electrification of the New Haven Railroad was an innovative technological venture. The pioneering engineers of Westinghouse and the New Haven Railroad created the first long distance railroad... More
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, Cos Cob Power Plant, Sound Sh...
Significance: The electrification of the New Haven Railroad was an innovative technological venture. The pioneering engineers of Westinghouse and the New Haven Railroad created the first long distance railroad... More
Techwood Homes, Store & Administration Building, 114-138 Merrit Avenue...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a basement, underground, lobby, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Techwood Homes, Store & Administration Building, 114-138 Merrit Avenue...
Public domain photograph - Georgia folklife collection, ethnography, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Techwood Homes, Store & Administration Building, 114-138 Merrit Avenue...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a department store, commerce, shopping, main street, city downtown, early 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Techwood Homes, Store & Administration Building, 114-138 Merrit Avenue...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a department store, commerce, shopping, main street, city downtown, early 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Reuel Nims Store, South terminus of Parkview Street, Humboldt, Richard...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a department store, commerce, shopping, main street, city downtown, early 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
91 Green Street (House), Boston, Suffolk County, MA
Significance: This building is typical of the larger frame houses of the first quarter of the 19th century, demolished for the Boston West End Redevelopment. Survey number: HABS MA-671 Building/structure date... More
McNamara House & Store, 455-457 Millbury Street, Worcester, Worcester ...
Significance: The McNamara House and Store is an early and largely intact example of the multistory commercial/residential building type in Worcester. It is notable for its Stick Style architecture. Developed... More
Phoenix Mill, North bank of Still River, Phoenixville, Windham County,...
Public domain image of a large historic building, city hall, urban architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description
William Hattersley Store, Paris-to-Louisiana Road vicinity (State Rout...
Significance: The William Hattersley Store, known as the Victor Store since 1933, was a crossroad trading center and gathering place for the townspeople and surrounding farming community. It is the last remaini... More
William Hattersley Store, Paris-to-Louisiana Road vicinity (State Rout...
Significance: The William Hattersley Store, known as the Victor Store since 1933, was a crossroad trading center and gathering place for the townspeople and surrounding farming community. It is the last remaini... More
Bevier-Elting House, Hugenot Street & Broadhead Avenue, New Paltz, Uls...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-127, FN-128, FN-129, FN-130 Survey number: HABS NY-4-304 Building/structure dates: 1690s Initial Construction
Bevier-Elting House, Hugenot Street & Broadhead Avenue, New Paltz, Uls...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-127, FN-128, FN-129, FN-130 Survey number: HABS NY-4-304 Building/structure dates: 1690s Initial Construction