Finch-Fleischer House, 410 Monroe Street, Monterey, Monterey County, C...
Significance: The Finch-Fleischer House was built in 1870 by James William Finch, as a home for his mother. At her death in 1881, James Finch and his bride, Ellen Louise O'Neill Finch, moved into the house; th... More
Front Street (Commercial Buildings), Natchitoches, Natchitoches Parish...
Significance: The architectural history of Front Street closely resembles the outline of Louisiana's economic history with most buildings stemming from high economic plateaus. Thus there are three buildings fro... More
Allied Arts Building, Eighth & Church Streets, Lynchburg, Lynchburg, V...
Survey number: HABS VA-1182 Public domain photograph - historical image of Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Church Block, 44 Front Street, Bath, Sagadahoc County, ME
Significance: This Victorian brick business block has a first story cast-iron front, made at the Bath Iron Foundry. It was built in 1863 for Oliver Moses. Survey number: HABS ME-157 Building/structure dates:... More
U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Administration Office, Avenue E between...
Significance: Building 1D was used by Navy personnel to provide office spaces. Building 1D functioned as part of the Pearl Harbor Naval Complex but is only of minor importance to the historic character of the ... More
Shaker Meetinghouse (second), Shaker Road, New Lebanon, Columbia Count...
Significance: The Mount Lebanon Meetinghouse was the main place of worship for the most important and influential of the Shaker communities. Survey number: HABS NY-3254 Building/structure dates: 1824 Initial... More
Lewis Building, 2463-65 Washington Boulevard, Ogden, Weber County, UT
Survey number: HABS UT-116 Building/structure dates: ca. 1888 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: ca. 1925 Subsequent Work
Post Office Park, 73 Meeting Street, Charleston, Charleston County, SC
Survey number: HABS SC-726 Building/structure dates: 1886 Demolished Public domain photograph - park, sign, monument, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Gipfel Brewery, 423-427 West Juneau Avenue, Milwaukee, Milwaukee Count...
Significance: The structure has both architectural and historical importance: an early-day Milwaukee brewery, it is one of the city's older extant buildings, and one of the few remaining examples of the Federal... More
Post Office, 355 North Boulevard, Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish...
Significance: The Post Office is an outstanding local example of eclectic architecture, with the Italian Renaissance influence evident in the light Florentine arches, window hoods and colonettes. In addition, ... More
706 North Broadway (Commercial Building), 706 North Broadway, Baltimor...
Survey number: HABS MD-1026 Public domain photograph - historical image of Maryland, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
El Globo Chiquito, 1054 East Monroe Street, Brownsville, Cameron Count...
Significance: El Globo Chiquito (Laiseca Store) is an excellent example of a modest, late nineteenth-century wood frame store. Built ca. 1887, the store's simple but rare twin-gabled form is relieved by shutter... More
Minneapolis Warehouse District, Home Insurance Company Building, Henne...
Significance: The Home Insurance Company Building was built in late 1894 and early 1895 as a venture by New York investors, who held the building until 1905. The building's best known and major tenant in the e... More
Captain Daniel Holden House, 24 Elm Street, Topsham, Sagadahoc County,...
Significance: This structure is an outstanding example of an early 19th century Maine house. It was probably partially built and decorated by Samuel Melcher III, carpenter-builder of Brunswick. Melcher was typi... More
Gray Hotel, Morgan Street, Boonville, Cooper County, MO
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-94 Survey number: HABS MO-1349 Building/structure dates: ca. 1835 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: ca. 1845 Subsequent Work Buildi... More
Tuckerton Emporium, West Main & Water Streets, Tuckerton, Ocean County...
Survey number: HABS NJ-1120 Building/structure dates: 1921 Initial Construction
1611 Market Street (Commercial Building), Denver, Denver County, CO
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-6 Survey number: HABS CO-30
Hotchkiss Block (Irving Block), 11 East Main Street, Waterbury, New Ha...
Significance: The Hotchkiss Block was the first major office block built in Waterbury. It is central to the commercial district, and the halls on the upper floors served as meeting places for many local frater... More
T. L. Thorpe Building, 19 Traction Street, Manchester, Hillsborough Co...
Significance: The T.L. Thorpe Building is significant for its association with a well-known local Manchester merchant in the textile trade and for its architectural design, which employed an arcaded facade of a... More
111 West Second Street (Alley Building), Crookston, Polk County, MN
Significance: In 1891, construction began on the commercial building located at 111 West Second St. The building materials and distinctive architectural style of the structure are unique to the area and set th... More
Our Corner Saloon, 301 First Street, Eureka, Humboldt County, CA
Significance: Dating to the late 1860s or 1870, the Our Corner Saloon building is among the earliest extant commercial buildings in Eureka. Major alterations have so diminished its integrity, however, as to pr... 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
414 Ludington Street (Commercial Building), Escanaba, Delta County, MI
Significance: The first bank built in Escanaba, this two-story rectangular brick building is an example of late 19th Century commercial construction, highlighted by a facade at street level of glass and cast ir... More
67-69 Government Street (Commercial Building), Mobile, Mobile County, ...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-21 Survey number: HABS AL-67 Building/structure dates: 1837 Initial Construction
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
Allison Hill (Houses), Harrisburg, Dauphin County, PA
Written data includes floor plans. Significance: Example of two and a half story, residential row home of a vernacular Classical/Georgian revival, which contributes to the Allison Hill Historic District. Surv... More
Boston City Hall, 41-45 School Street, Boston, Suffolk County, MA
Significance: Old City Hall is significant as one of the first major structures in the country to be built in the French Second Empire style and as a nationally-known work which inspired the building of other s... More
Fort Sheridan, Post Hospital, Bradley Loop, Lake Forest, Lake County, ...
Significance: The hospital, completed in 1893, was one of the original buildings at Fort Sheridan. It was constructed from standardized plans issued by the Office of Surgeon General in 1888 and is an excellent ... More
Germond Crandell Building, 401-407 Seventh Street Northwest, Washingto...
Significance: A post-Civil War commercial building of interesting architectural design, illustrating the character of Seventh Street in the early days of its commercial development. Survey number: HABS DC-224... More
1908-1916 G Street Northwest (Row Houses), Washington, District of Col...
Survey number: HABS DC-404 Public domain photograph of historic place in Washington DC, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
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
Appich Buildings, 408-414 King Street, Alexandria, Independent City, V...
Significance: The four adjoining commercial structures of three stories each tower over the other predominantly Federal buildings lining King Street and testify to the affluence of the Southern town in the imme... More
Gibbons Block, Congress, Saint Julian, Barnard, Whitaker Streets, Sava...
Survey number: HABS GA-2130 Building/structure dates: after 1830 Initial Construction
Schnull & Company Building (Commercial), 110-116 South Meridian Street...
Significance: The Schnull & Co. Building was constructed for Henry Schnull as the home of his wholesale grocery firm. Schnull (1833-1905) was the founder of the Indianapolis Wholesale District. He erected the... More
Monadnock-Upton Block, 1140-1160 Elm Street, Manchester, Hillsborough ...
Significance: The 4 story building was constructed in 1892, and was one of a number of brick commercial blocks built as the crest of a Manchester building boom. During this period many commercial blocks along E... More
Elephant Hotel, State Route 116 Vicinity, Somers, Westchester County, ...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-82 Survey number: HABS NY-4-101 Building/structure dates: 1825 Initial Construction
Sims House, 2803 M Street Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia,...
Significance: Formerly a dwelling house, this building has been converted to commercial use, yet it retains its gable roof and dormers and many of the original details above the first floor. Survey number: HA... More
Allison Hill (Houses), Harrisburg, Dauphin County, PA
Written data includes floor plans. Significance: Example of three story, row residential structure of the Italianate style, which contributes to the Allison Hill Historic District. Survey number: HABS PA-5203... More
S. S. Kresge Company, 712 E Street, Northwest, Washington, District of...
Significance: Constructed in 19118 by Frank L. Wagner and designed by A.B. Mullet and Company, S. S. Kresge's typifies construction methods for commercial buildings during the early 1900s. In particular, it sh... More
Christian Admiral Hotel, 1401 Beach Avenue, Cape May, Cape May County,...
Significance: The Cape May Hotel was constructed in 1908 as the anchor for an ambitious real estate venture to create a new town in East Cape May to replace the aging center. The development was designed to rej... More
Thorson Block, 200 Main Street, Westby, Vernon County, WI
Significance: The Thorson Block was constructed in 1905 by the local firm of Theo. Thoreson. Significant design elements include the use of rusticated concrete block, symmetrical facade, the cross muntined sec... More
Free Library of Philadelphia, Cobbs Creek Branch, 5800 Cobbs Creek Par...
Significance: Completed in 1925, the Cobbs Creek Branch of the Free Library of Philadelphia was the next to last of twenty-five branch libraries built through an endowment from industrialist-turned-philanthropi... More
Old Post Office Building (Ruins), 22-26 North Second Street, Saint Lou...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-30 Survey number: HABS MO-1139 Building/structure dates: 1852 Initial Construction
Town of Locke, Commercial Building, 13952 Main Street, Locke, Sacramen...
Significance: This is one of the group of buildings that forms the Main Street and River Road street facades, separated by narrow alleyways and displaying a second floor balcony on the Main Street facade. Surv... More
Singer Tower, 149 Broadway, New York, New York County, NY
Significance: One of the outstanding works of architect Frank Flagg, the Singer Tower was for sixty years a familiar silhouette on the New York skyline. Ironically, the height of the building had established tw... More
Washington Hotel, Corner Main & Telegraph Streets, Clarksville, Montgo...
Significance: The Washington Hotel is an extensively altered structure dating from the mid-1820s. It has association with Clarksville's mid-19th century prominence as a port on the Cumberland River. The hotel... More
Iolani Palace, King & Richards Streets, Honolulu, Honolulu County, HI
Significance: Residence of the last two royal rulers of Hawaii. Scene of transfer of government to the United States in 1898. From 1898 to 1960s, the palace served as the capitol of Hawaii. When built, the p... More
Convention Center Site, I Street, 900 & 1000 Block, Tenth Street, 800 ...
Significance: Included in the Convention Center Site were many examples of 19th and 20th century residential, commercial, and mixed use buildings, such as: the American Mosaic Company Building (DC-387), Pepco P... More
Niobrara Valley Bank, Fifth Avenue & Maple Street, Niobrara, Knox Coun...
Significance: The Niobrara Valley Bank, organized in the early 1880s was Niobrara's first banking institution. It served the community for more than forty years before closing its doors in the mid 1920s. The ... More
U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Navy Exchange, Pierce Street at Shane S...
Significance: The U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor was designated as a National Historic Landmark in 1964; due to the crucial role it played in the Nation's defense during the twentieth century and the devastating... More
Central National Bank, Hampton & Main Streets, Columbia, Richland Coun...
Significance: The Central National Bank is an important late nineteenth-century Columbia commercial building, which was probably designed by the nationally prominent architect, Samuel Sloan. Survey number: HAB... More
East Machias Post Office, Bridge Street at head of High Street, East M...
Survey number: HABS ME-225 Building/structure dates: 1936 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: after 1970 Subsequent Work
MacDill Air Force Base, Library, 2313 Florida Keys Avenue, Tampa, Hill...
Significance: The Base Library, due to its architectural integrity and its contribution to the Second World War-era infrastructure, is an integral part of the MacDill Air Force Base's historic character. The b... More
Sallie Zetterower House, 331 South Main Street, Statesboro, Bulloch Co...
Significance: Part of the South Main Street Residential Historic District. The district was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in September 6, 1989 as part of the Downtown Statesboro Multiple Pr... More
Walton H. Hopkins House, 15 Maryland Avenue & King George Street, Anna...
Significance: A very restrained Italianate townhouse, which, though altered through years of additions, still retains many of the original materials specified by its original owner, Thomas O. Walton, and fits i... More
1214 Reddour Street (House), Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA
Written data includes photocopies of location maps & floor plans. Significance: 1214 Reddour Street is representative of the larger scale brick houses that were built after a devastating fire leveled the surrou... More
Kimball Block Rowhouses, A Avenue West side, between Ninth & Tenth Str...
Significance: A two-story, ten-unit row house, the Kimball Block is unique in the San Diego area, though its prototype is typical of east-coast urban design. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this str... More
U.S. Post Office, Customs House & Sub-Treasury, 218 South Dearborn Str...
Significance: The building was one of the few examples in Chicago of a large public building designed in the Beaux Arts classical style, which became increasingly popular after the World's Columbian Exposition ... 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
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
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
Ray's Warehouse & Office, 3260-3262 K Street Northwest, Washington, Di...
Significance: 3262 K St. Was one of the original dock buildings of the important Georgetown milling firm of A. Rose Ray & Bro. during the second half of the 19th century. Survey number: HABS DC-148 Building... More
McConaughey Building, 1 Waynesburg Avenue, Cameron, Marshall County, W...
Significance: Constructed circa 1870, the McConaughey Building survived the Cameron fire of 1894, making it the earliest extant building within the corporate limits of Cameron. Survey number: HABS WV-294 Buil... More
Arrington-Chapman House, 207 West Main Street, Livingston, Sumter Coun...
Survey number: HABS AL-285 Public domain photograph - historical image of Alabama, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Sweet Springs Hotel, State Route 311, Sweet Springs, Monroe County, WV
Significance: Built in 1833, it contained ballroom and dining room, but little of the original interior trim now remains. Used as hotel until ca. 1926. Sold to state in 1941 as tuberculosis sanitarium, which ... More
Sweet Springs Hotel, State Route 311, Sweet Springs, Monroe County, WV
Significance: Built in 1833, it contained ballroom and dining room, but little of the original interior trim now remains. Used as hotel until ca. 1926. Sold to state in 1941 as tuberculosis sanitarium, which ... 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
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
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
Field-Stevens House, Delaware River, Fieldsboro, Burlington County, NJ
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-140 Survey number: HABS NJ-203 Building/structure dates: ca. 1725 Initial Construction
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
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
North Washington Street (Brick Row Houses), Easton, Talbot County, MD
Survey number: HABS MD-704 Public domain photograph - historical image of Maryland, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Dumbarton House, 2715 Q Street, Northwest, Washington, District of Col...
Significance: Good example of late Georgian 5-part mansion. Early 19th century remodeling attributed to noted architect Benjamin Henry Latrobe. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N66... More