Merle Norman Building, 2525 Main Street, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Coun...
Significance: One corner of the building suggests a streamline ocean liner with a round tower over an open bridge; the other corner hints at the superstructure of a streamline warship of the mid to late 1930s. ... More
Fox Stand Inn, On Route 14, north of Royalton, at intersection with Ro...
Significance: This unusually large hotel on an early stage coach route has some interesting interior features. Survey number: HABS VT-37 Building/structure dates: 1818 Initial Construction
Fox Stand Inn, On Route 14, north of Royalton, at intersection with Ro...
Significance: This unusually large hotel on an early stage coach route has some interesting interior features. Survey number: HABS VT-37 Building/structure dates: 1818 Initial Construction
Graeme Park, 859 County Line Road, Horsham, Montgomery County, PA
See also HALS PA-21 for additional documentation. Significance: The mansion house at Graeme Park -a rare surviving example of early colonial American architecture -was conceived of as a utilitarian structure on... More
Graeme Park, 859 County Line Road, Horsham, Montgomery County, PA
See also HALS PA-21 for additional documentation. Significance: The mansion house at Graeme Park -a rare surviving example of early colonial American architecture -was conceived of as a utilitarian structure on... More
Graeme Park, 859 County Line Road, Horsham, Montgomery County, PA
See also HALS PA-21 for additional documentation. Significance: The mansion house at Graeme Park -a rare surviving example of early colonial American architecture -was conceived of as a utilitarian structure on... More
Graeme Park, 859 County Line Road, Horsham, Montgomery County, PA
See also HALS PA-21 for additional documentation. Significance: The mansion house at Graeme Park -a rare surviving example of early colonial American architecture -was conceived of as a utilitarian structure on... More
Grand Hotel, 332 F Street, San Diego, San Diego County, CA
Significance: The Grand Hotel was one of the lavish buildings constructed in the San Diego boom period of the late 1880's. It was designed by the prominent local firm of Comstock and Trotsche, which was respon... More
Main Street Crescent, 209-217 Main Street, Ossining, Westchester Count...
Significance: The Main Street Crescent is one of the main parts of the downtown district of the City of Ossining, The "Crescent" refers to a crescent shaped portion of Main Street. The Crescent consists of thre... More
2-6 East State Street (Commercial Building), 2-6 East State Street, Tr...
Significance: This building was for two decades the office of the New Jersey State Gazette, one of Trenton's two most important 19th century newspapers. It was here, in 1847, that the State Gazette began publi... More
Pavilion Hotel, State Street, Montpelier, Washington County, VT
Significance: The Pavilion Hotel, erected partly on the foundations of the original hotel of 1808, is a fine example of American hotel architecture of the post-Civil War period with a particularly handsome two-... More
Pavilion Hotel, State Street, Montpelier, Washington County, VT
Significance: The Pavilion Hotel, erected partly on the foundations of the original hotel of 1808, is a fine example of American hotel architecture of the post-Civil War period with a particularly handsome two-... More
Pavilion Hotel, State Street, Montpelier, Washington County, VT
Significance: The Pavilion Hotel, erected partly on the foundations of the original hotel of 1808, is a fine example of American hotel architecture of the post-Civil War period with a particularly handsome two-... More
Fletcher-Switzer House, Washington & Second Streets, Nicodemus, Graham...
See HABS No. KS-49 for list of structures that are contributing to the historic district & fieldnotes. Significance: The Fletcher-Switzer site was an important focus of activity on the Nicodemus town-site. The ... More
Palace Hotel, 516 North Clark Street, Chicago, Cook County, IL
Significance: The structure, a typical hotel building of the era, is similar to many buildings on Chicago's Near North Side that were constructed shortly after the Fire of 1871. Survey number: HABS IL-1057 Bu... More
401 Penn Street (House), Reading, Berks County, PA
Significance: This structure was constructed at two different times. The rear section was built first, probably late 19th century and has 6 bays facing on N. 4th Street. The corner building which has four bays ... More
Wawona Hotel, Thomas Hill Studio, Wawona, Mariposa County, CA
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-238 Survey number: HABS CA-1805-D Building/structure dates: ca. 1886 Initial Construction
Johnson Wax Corporation Building, 1525 Howe Street, Racine, Racine Cou...
Significance: Corporate complex, noted example of Wright's commercial design. Survey number: HABS WI-284
Vista del Arroyo Hotel, Arroyo Vista, 125 South Grand Avenue, Pasadena...
Significance: Built at a cost of $25,000. This is one of the 19 remaining bungalows surrounding the Hotel Vista del Arroyo, a Pasadena landmark representing the resort hotel lifestyle of early 20th century Sou... More
National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, Danville Branch, Carneg...
Survey number: HABS IL-1232-C National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 91001973
Free Library of Philadelphia, Lehigh Avenue Branch, 601 West Lehigh Av...
Significance: Completed in 1906, the Lehigh Branch of the Free Library of Philadelphia was one of the first of twenty-five branch libraries built through an endowment from industrialist-turned-philanthropist An... More
708-714 North Broadway (Commercial Building), 708-714 North Broadway, ...
Survey number: HABS MD-1027 Public domain photograph - city, downtown, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Cullinan Building, 415 Seventh Street, Northwest, Washington, District...
Significance: A late nineteenth century building on a historic commercial street, with attractive architectural features. Survey number: HABS DC-225 Building/structure dates: ca. 1883 Initial Construction
Old Beersheba Inn, Armfield Avenue, Beersheba Springs, Grundy County, ...
Significance: The Beersheba Springs Hotel was constructed in stages under a succession of owners. The present form is the result of extensive additions made by Col. John Armfield in 1855-1856. His contributio... More
Vernon-Brannan House, 112-114 J Street, Sacramento, Sacramento County,...
Significance: Operated as a hotel by various owners until 1918. Survey number: HABS CA-179 Building/structure dates: 1853 Initial Construction
Mount Vernon Theatre, 918 Ninth Street Northwest, Washington, District...
Significance: The Mount Vernon Theatre, a well designed if short-lived example of the 5c theatre or "Nickelodeon," is a rare survivor of that first building type, once common across the nation, specifically des... More
U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Temporary Storehouse & Gas Cylinder Sto...
Significance: They are among a neighborhood of historic buildings within the shipyard in the Pearl Harbor National Historic Landmark. Completed in 1921 as a temporary storehouse, Facility 64 is significant for ... More
Montgomery County Courthouse (1891), Court House Square, Rockville, Mo...
Survey number: HABS MD-912 Building/structure dates: 1891 Initial Construction
St. James Hotel, 1200 Water Avenue, Selma, Dallas County, AL
Survey number: HABS AL-713 Building/structure dates: ca. 1840 Initial Construction
Goodrich Silvertown Building, 1955 Pacific Avenue, Tacoma, Pierce Coun...
Significance: The Goodrich Silvertown Building is significant as an intact example of a type of commercial structure which combined the exuberance of the Art Deco architectural style with advanced construction ... More
Goodrich Silvertown Building, 1955 Pacific Avenue, Tacoma, Pierce Coun...
Significance: The Goodrich Silvertown Building is significant as an intact example of a type of commercial structure which combined the exuberance of the Art Deco architectural style with advanced construction ... More
Iron-Clad Building, 92 Main Street, Otsego Township, Cooperstown, Otse...
Significance: This building, erected in 1862, has an interesting front facade faced with iron. Survey number: HABS NY-253 Building/structure dates: 1862 Initial Construction
Union Block, 710-720 West Idaho Street, Boise, Ada County, ID
Significance: The Union Block was built for a syndiact composed of some of the most prominent turn-of-the-century personalities in Boise, headed by Mayor Moses Alexander and Fort Boise Commandant General John G... More
Robert J. Taylor House, 211 Point Street, Saltsburg, Indiana County, P...
Significance: This building historically served as a multi-unit commercial and residential space, the initial home of the Saltsburg Bank and the long-time home-shop of saddler and canal-boat captain Robert Tayl... More
Town of Locke, Commercial Building, 13927 River Road, Locke, Sacrament...
Significance: This is one of a group of buildings that forms the Main Street facade, each separated by a narrow alleyway and typical of such structures with similar facades. Survey number: HABS CA-2071-B Buil... More
The Georgetown Market, 3276 M Street Northwest, Washington, District o...
Significance: Built in 1865 on the foundations of the Old Georgetown Market (c. 1796), the Georgetown Market stands on land occupied by earlier structures a butcher's market and the Georgetown debtor's jail o... More
Equitable Life Assurance Company Building, 605 Locust Street, Des Moin...
Significance: The Equitable Life Assurance Company Building, designed in 1891 by a prominent Boston firm, exemplifies the late nineteenth century design and construction technology developed for large commercia... More
Third Street Historic District, Frost Block, 230 Third Street, Wausau,...
Significance: Part of the Third St. Historic District. In 1877, Dr. Hyatt Frost opened a drug store in a new building known as the Frost Block. In 1882, Frost moved his drug store to another location and a li... More
Shoreham Hotel, Lincoln & Lehigh Avenues, Cape May Point, Cape May Cou...
Significance: This building was constructed in 1889 as the Shoreham Hotel. In design, it was more closely related to 1840s style hotels, reflecting the architectural (and social) conservatism of Cape May in com... More
107 Railroad Avenue (Commercial Building), Alderson, Greenbrier County...
Significance: Early frame commercial building in Alderson, constructed during the railroad "boom" era (built 1888) and is an example of Italianate, two-part commercial block design. Survey number: HABS WV-241 ... More
1331 N Street, Northwest (Rowhouse), Washington, District of Columbia,...
Significance: 1331 N Street, NW, was designed by architect C.A. Didden in 1883 as one of a block of four identical brick rowhouses constructed for landowner A. Heitmuller. (See HABS DC-784, HABS DC-785, and HAB... More
Poletown Historic District, Chene Street Commercial District, Chene St...
Significance: The Chene Street Commercial District achieves its significance from its role as an early Polish immigrant community in Detroit. Polish settlement along the street began in the 1860's and was grea... More
Poletown Historic District, Chene Street Commercial District, Chene St...
Significance: The Chene Street Commercial District achieves its significance from its role as an early Polish immigrant community in Detroit. Polish settlement along the street began in the 1860's and was grea... More
Subway Terminal Building, 415-417 South Hill Street, Los Angeles, Los ...
Significance: The Subway Terminal Building was designed by the prominent architectural firm of Schultze and Weaver who were responsible for many buildings in the Los Angeles area done in the Italian Renaissance... More
Exchange Block, 108-150 Main Street, Middletown, Middlesex County, CT
Significance: The Exchange Block, largely constructed in 1827, is a notable example of a nineteenth century urban streetscape. Survey number: HABS CT-326 Building/structure dates: 1827 Initial Construction B... More
Exchange Block, 108-150 Main Street, Middletown, Middlesex County, CT
Significance: The Exchange Block, largely constructed in 1827, is a notable example of a nineteenth century urban streetscape. Survey number: HABS CT-326 Building/structure dates: 1827 Initial Construction B... More
Alonso Building, 510-514 East Saint Charles Street, Brownsville, Camer...
Significance: The Alonso Building is an interesting example of a brick, two-story, corner commercial structure in Brownsville. Built around 1890, it still retains its two-story gallery which creates a covered w... More
Alonso Building, 510-514 East Saint Charles Street, Brownsville, Camer...
Significance: The Alonso Building is an interesting example of a brick, two-story, corner commercial structure in Brownsville. Built around 1890, it still retains its two-story gallery which creates a covered w... More
City Investing Building, New York, New York County, NY
Survey number: HABS NY-5498 Public domain photograph - New York, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
17-57 Main Street (Commercial Buildings), Nantucket, Nantucket County,...
Significance: Brick commercial buildings built soon after the 1846 fire along the new alignment for Main Street. Survey number: HABS MA-952 Building/structure dates: ca. 1847 Initial Construction
Main Street (Commercial Buildings), Madison, Jefferson County, IN
Significance: Madison, Indiana's Main Street is a well-preserved commercial district. Survey number: HABS IN-42
Dennis Hotel, Michigan Avenue & Boardwalk, Atlantic City, Atlantic Cou...
Significance: Important as an architectural monument of a gracious and opulent era, and as a major element in the principal surviving portion of Atlantic City's Boardwalk front. Architecturally, the Dennis was ... More
Dennis Hotel, Michigan Avenue & Boardwalk, Atlantic City, Atlantic Cou...
Significance: Important as an architectural monument of a gracious and opulent era, and as a major element in the principal surviving portion of Atlantic City's Boardwalk front. Architecturally, the Dennis was ... More
Dennis Hotel, Michigan Avenue & Boardwalk, Atlantic City, Atlantic Cou...
Significance: Important as an architectural monument of a gracious and opulent era, and as a major element in the principal surviving portion of Atlantic City's Boardwalk front. Architecturally, the Dennis was ... More
Dennis Hotel, Michigan Avenue & Boardwalk, Atlantic City, Atlantic Cou...
Significance: Important as an architectural monument of a gracious and opulent era, and as a major element in the principal surviving portion of Atlantic City's Boardwalk front. Architecturally, the Dennis was ... More
Dennis Hotel, Michigan Avenue & Boardwalk, Atlantic City, Atlantic Cou...
Significance: Important as an architectural monument of a gracious and opulent era, and as a major element in the principal surviving portion of Atlantic City's Boardwalk front. Architecturally, the Dennis was ... More
Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Administrative Offices, Walnut Avenue, eas...
Significance: Building 521 is a contributing element of the Mare Island Historic District. Building 521 is significant historically and architecturally. Historically, the building is important as the administ... More
Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Administrative Offices, Walnut Avenue, eas...
Significance: Building 521 is a contributing element of the Mare Island Historic District. Building 521 is significant historically and architecturally. Historically, the building is important as the administ... More
Louisana State Capitol, North Boulevard, Saint Philip, America & Front...
Significance: The Old Louisiana State Capitol is a sham castle, belonging to the early picturesque, or romantic, phase of the Gothic Revival. It represents the castle type, which rarely occurred in the America... More
Louisana State Capitol, North Boulevard, Saint Philip, America & Front...
Significance: The Old Louisiana State Capitol is a sham castle, belonging to the early picturesque, or romantic, phase of the Gothic Revival. It represents the castle type, which rarely occurred in the America... More
Huntington Hotel, 1401 South Oak Knoll Avenue, Pasadena, Los Angeles C...
Significance: By the 1890s, Pasadena's mild winter climate and scenic beauty was attracting thousands of winter visitors. Resort hotels flourished from the turn of the century until the 1930s. The Huntington ... More
Cyclorama Building, 369 Franklin Street, Buffalo, Erie County, NY
Significance: Cyclorama is a 16-sided regular polygon originally constructed to house "cycloramas," or panoramic art displays popular in the United States in the late 1800s. The building is one of the few survi... More
Cyclorama Building, 369 Franklin Street, Buffalo, Erie County, NY
Significance: Cyclorama is a 16-sided regular polygon originally constructed to house "cycloramas," or panoramic art displays popular in the United States in the late 1800s. The building is one of the few survi... More
Terminal Tower Building, Cleveland Union Terminal, 50 Public Square, C...
Significance: The Terminal Tower Building is one of seven buildings built in the 1920's, known as the Terminal Group, an urban business complex comparable to and predating Rockefeller Center in New York City. A... More
Jayne Building, 242-244 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-111 Survey number: HABS PA-188 Building/structure dates: 1850 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1851 Subsequent Work Building/struc... More
Phelps-Dodge-Palmer Building, 200 West Adams Street, Chicago, Cook Cou...
Significance: Architect Edward Burling, who was trained as a carpenter-builder, established a successful practice in Chicago. His partner, Francis M. Whitehouse, was a former office designer in the firm. The Ph... More
Phelps-Dodge-Palmer Building, 200 West Adams Street, Chicago, Cook Cou...
Significance: Architect Edward Burling, who was trained as a carpenter-builder, established a successful practice in Chicago. His partner, Francis M. Whitehouse, was a former office designer in the firm. The Ph... More
City of Paris Dry Goods Company, Geary & Stockton Streets, San Francis...
Significance: The building was one of the earliest examples in San Francisco of a large commercial structure designed in the Beaux-Arts style, using steel framing and masonry wall infill for its basic structure... More
Southern Hotel, 53-65 Water Street, Mobile, Mobile County, AL
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-12 Survey number: HABS AL-11 Building/structure dates: 1837 Initial Construction
Southern Hotel, 53-65 Water Street, Mobile, Mobile County, AL
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-12 Survey number: HABS AL-11 Building/structure dates: 1837 Initial Construction
2703 Keyworth Avenue (Rowhouse), Baltimore, Independent City, MD
Significance: Build wide and shallow enough to allow sunlight to reach every room, this is an early example of so-called "daylight" houses that were constructed near Baltimore's parks between 1915 and 1955, as ... More
San Bernardino Valley College, Library, 701 South Mount Vernon Avenue,...
Significance: The San Bernadino Valley College contains the core complex of the first junior college in California, built under 1921 legislative guidelines and standards established for junior colleges. These ... More
Fort Amador, Administration Building, Rear Admiral Nimitz Circle, Pana...
Survey number: HABS CZ-3-A Public domain photograph of a post office building, postal service, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Fort Amador, Administration Building, Rear Admiral Nimitz Circle, Pana...
Survey number: HABS CZ-3-A Public domain photograph of a post office building, postal service, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Town of Guthrie, U.S. Route 77 & State Road 33, Guthrie, Logan County,...
Significance: Guthrie is a town which sprang up literally overnight. On April 21, 1889, the site was occupied by numerous lot markets, several skulking "sooners" and two wooden buildings, the recently construct... More
Town of Guthrie, U.S. Route 77 & State Road 33, Guthrie, Logan County,...
Significance: Guthrie is a town which sprang up literally overnight. On April 21, 1889, the site was occupied by numerous lot markets, several skulking "sooners" and two wooden buildings, the recently construct... More
Town of Guthrie, U.S. Route 77 & State Road 33, Guthrie, Logan County,...
Significance: Guthrie is a town which sprang up literally overnight. On April 21, 1889, the site was occupied by numerous lot markets, several skulking "sooners" and two wooden buildings, the recently construct... More
Town of Guthrie, U.S. Route 77 & State Road 33, Guthrie, Logan County,...
Significance: Guthrie is a town which sprang up literally overnight. On April 21, 1889, the site was occupied by numerous lot markets, several skulking "sooners" and two wooden buildings, the recently construct... More
Town of Guthrie, U.S. Route 77 & State Road 33, Guthrie, Logan County,...
Significance: Guthrie is a town which sprang up literally overnight. On April 21, 1889, the site was occupied by numerous lot markets, several skulking "sooners" and two wooden buildings, the recently construct... More
Town of Guthrie, U.S. Route 77 & State Road 33, Guthrie, Logan County,...
Significance: Guthrie is a town which sprang up literally overnight. On April 21, 1889, the site was occupied by numerous lot markets, several skulking "sooners" and two wooden buildings, the recently construct... More
Lakeview Downtown Historic District, E, F & G Streets between Second S...
Significance: The district is locally significant as a commercial and social center in south central Oregon. The district is a reflection of Lakeview's growth and economic conditions during the first half of th... More
Lakeview Downtown Historic District, E, F & G Streets between Second S...
Significance: The district is locally significant as a commercial and social center in south central Oregon. The district is a reflection of Lakeview's growth and economic conditions during the first half of th... More
Lakeview Downtown Historic District, E, F & G Streets between Second S...
Significance: The district is locally significant as a commercial and social center in south central Oregon. The district is a reflection of Lakeview's growth and economic conditions during the first half of th... More
Society National Bank Building, 127-145 Public Square, Cleveland, Cuya...
Significance: The building is notable for the excellence of its design, its well-maintained condition, and its significance as one of the first skyscrapers in Cleveland. It is one of the outstanding examples of... More
Library of Congress, Northeast corner of First Street & Independence A...
Significance: The nation's "main" library, the Library of Congress serves not only Congress but also acts as central source for resources collection and for copyright. Building is one of the world's largest an... More
Wainwright Building, Seventh & Chestnut Streets, Saint Louis, Independ...
Survey number: HABS MO-1140 Building/structure dates: 1891 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 68000054
Wainwright Building, Seventh & Chestnut Streets, Saint Louis, Independ...
Survey number: HABS MO-1140 Building/structure dates: 1891 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 68000054
Wainwright Building, Seventh & Chestnut Streets, Saint Louis, Independ...
Survey number: HABS MO-1140 Building/structure dates: 1891 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 68000054
St. Louis River Front, New National Hotel, 300 Market Street, Saint Lo...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-19 Survey number: HABS MO-1131 Building/structure dates: 1847 Initial Construction
John G. Wilson Building, Shenandoah Street, Harpers Ferry, Jefferson C...
Significance: The John G. Wilson Building is one of several two-and-a-half or three-story masonry buildings which were constructed in Harpers Ferry in the 1810s-30s. Combining both commercial and residential t... More
Lewis Library, Glasgow, Howard County, MO
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-111 Survey number: HABS MO-1471 Building/structure dates: 1866 Initial Construction
Staines-Jennings Mansion, 334 West South Temple Street, Salt Lake City...
Significance: First Utah mansion, hosted 2nd territorial Governor (1857-61) Alfred Cummings, Pres. & Mrs. Ulysses S. Grant, William Seward, Generals Philip Sheridan & Wm. Tecumseh Sherman. Unprocessed Field n... More
Alvarado Hotel, First Street, Albuquerque, Bernalillo County, NM
Survey number: HABS NM-123 Public domain photograph of a hotel building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Knights of Pythias Building, 101 Valencia Street, San Francisco, San F...
Significance: The Knights of Pythias Building is a notable and rare surviving example in San Francisco of an early 20th-century building exclusively for a fraternal organization. In a city where many upper cla... More
Ormond Hotel, 15 East Granada, Ormond Beach, Volusia County, FL
Survey number: HABS FL-380 Building/structure dates: 1887 Initial Construction
Ormond Hotel, 15 East Granada, Ormond Beach, Volusia County, FL
Survey number: HABS FL-380 Building/structure dates: 1887 Initial Construction
Ormond Hotel, 15 East Granada, Ormond Beach, Volusia County, FL
Survey number: HABS FL-380 Building/structure dates: 1887 Initial Construction
Barrio Libre, West Kennedy & West Seventeenth Streets, Meyer & Convent...
Significance: It is a Hispanic working-class residential neighborhood with a scattering of corner grocery stores and small commercial establishments. The area covers approximately 12 blocks located immediately ... More
U. S. Courthouse & Post Office, Fourth & State Streets, La Crosse, La ...
Significance: The United States Court House and Post Office, built 1889, is noted for its terra cotta ornament and Romanesque Revival Style details. This building was part of a group of late nineteenth century... More
27 East Hanover Street (Commercial Building), Trenton, Mercer County, ...
Significance: Built as part of the Trenton Odd Fellows Hall on the corner of Broad and Hanover streets (see HABS NJ-970). It was commercial building, although no specific tenants are known. It retains the scale... More