A. J. McDonald Homeplace, 103 West Roanoke Drive, Fitzgerald, Ben Hill...
Significance: The architectural style of this particular structure was typical for this period of history. The home was used as a personal residence until 1978, a rental house from 1978-1981 and a commercial bu... More
A. J. McDonald Homeplace, 103 West Roanoke Drive, Fitzgerald, Ben Hill...
Significance: The architectural style of this particular structure was typical for this period of history. The home was used as a personal residence until 1978, a rental house from 1978-1981 and a commercial bu... More
Franklin Grocery Company Building, 1 South Main Street, Franklin, Merr...
Survey number: HABS NH-219 Public domain photograph - historical image of New Hampshire, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Johnson & McCallum Houses, William Johnson House, 210 State Street, Na...
Survey number: HABS MS-270-A Building/structure dates: 1840-1841 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1977-1986 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: ca. 1925 Subsequent Work
Johnson & McCallum Houses, William Johnson House, 210 State Street, Na...
Survey number: HABS MS-270-A Building/structure dates: 1840-1841 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1977-1986 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: ca. 1925 Subsequent Work
St. Charles Hotel, Downieville, Sierra County, CA
Survey number: HABS CA-1406 Public domain photograph of a hotel building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
U.S. Veterans Hospital, Jefferson Barracks, Recreation Building, Virgi...
Significance: It was constructed in 1936 as part of a 1930s New Deal-era campaign to improve facilities at the U.S. Veterans Hospital, Jefferson Barracks. The building continued to serve as a recreational facil... More
Coolot Building, 812 J Street, Sacramento, Sacramento County, CA
Significance: The building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, primarily based upon the surface of the facade faced with tiles created by master Arts & Crafts terra cotta tile maker, Ernest B... More
Old Rock House, Wharf & Chestnut Streets, Saint Louis, Independent Cit...
Significance: Built 1818 by fur trader Manuel Lisa. Important historical associations with westward expansion. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-4, FN-165 Survey number: HABS MO-3... More
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
Congress Hall, Beach & Congress Streets, Cape May, Cape May County, NJ
Significance: An excellent example of a mid-19th century hotel, the Congress Hall hosted many notable visitors, including several presidents, notably Benjamin Harrison, who establish executive offices there in ... More
Congress Hall, Beach & Congress Streets, Cape May, Cape May County, NJ
Significance: An excellent example of a mid-19th century hotel, the Congress Hall hosted many notable visitors, including several presidents, notably Benjamin Harrison, who establish executive offices there in ... More
Free Library of Philadelphia, Chestnut Hill Branch, 8711 Germantown Av...
Significance: Chestnut Hill was one of twenty-five branch libraries constructed between 1904 and 1930 by the Free Library of Philadelphia using a $1.5 million grant from the Carnegie Corporation. Andrew Carneg... More
111 West First Street (Commercial Building), Mishawaka, St. Joseph Cou...
Survey number: HABS IN-144 Public domain photograph - historical image of Indiana, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Vista del Arroyo Hotel, Bungalow H, 125 South Grand Avenue, Pasadena, ...
Significance: Built at a cost of $23,920. 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
Battle House, U.S. Highway 98 (State Highway 42), Point Clear, Baldwin...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-23 Survey number: HABS AL-120 Building/structure dates: ca. 1830 Initial Construction
Bomford's Mill, Potomac & Grace Streets, Washington, District of Colum...
Significance: This is the only old mill remaining in Georgetown, and is representative of an important local industry. It was originally built by col. George Bonford, merchant and ordnance expert. Survey nu... 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
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
Grace Building, 87 Third Street, San Francisco, San Francisco County, ...
Significance: Example of early 20th century commercial architecture characteristic of rebuilding of San Francisco's downtown following the 1906 earthquake and fire. Survey number: HABS CA-2208 Building/struct... More
21-23 West Market Street (Commercial Building), York, York County, PA
Significance: 21-23 West Market Street, built circa 1879, has had a long history of varied commercial uses. The building, notable for its simple ornamentation is an integral part of the West Market Streetscape.... More
River Street Historic District, Bounded by West Saint James Street, We...
Significance: The period of significance of the River Street Historic District is 1875-1925. At this time, the area was a working class neighborhood inhabited mostly by newly arrived Italian immigrants. The d... More
Plaza House, 507-511 North Main Street, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Count...
Significance: Designed by the architectural firm of Kysor & Morgan, it is significant for its historical and architectural contribution to the evolution of the El Pueblo de Los Angeles, the original City of Los... More
District of Columbia City Hall, 451 Indiana Avenue Northwest, Washingt...
Significance: For many years served as city hall for the District of Columbia and later served as U.S. courthouse and D.C. Superior Court. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-47 Sur... More
Free Library of Philadelphia, West Philadelphia Branch, 201 South 40th...
Significance: Completed in 1906, the West Philadelphia Branch of the Free Library of Philadelphia was the first of twenty-five branch libraries built through an endowment from industrialist-turned-philanthropis... More
Journal Building, 46-48 Monument Circle, Indianapolis, Marion County, ...
Significance: The Journal Building was built in 1897 and is the second oldest building on Monument Circle, the focal point of the city plan created in 1821. It is the only surviving nineteenth-century commerci... More
Hungarian Sick Benefit Societies Building, 1406-1418 State Street, Bri...
Significance: The Hungarian Sick Benefit Societies Building, built in 1910, exemplified mixed-use, commercial/residential architecture in early 20th century Bridgeport. The Georgian Revival style building was ... More
15 Pernod Street (House), Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA
Written data includes photocopies of location maps & floor plans. Significance: 15 Pernod Street is representative of the smaller scale brick rowhouses constructed in this section of Allegheny between 1874, whe... More
Wallach Building, 88 East State Street, Trenton, Mercer County, NJ
Significance: The Wallach Building is a commercial building erected on the corner of State and Broad Streets, the heart of downtown Trenton. The modern steel frame building with greatly simplified classical det... More
414 South Sixth Street (Rowhouse), Jeannette, Westmoreland County, PA
Significance: A high concentration of window, tableware, bottle and specialty glass plants distinguished Jeannette as "The Glass City" early in its history. Significant housing stock consists of company-built r... More
Victor Block, 202 West Harrison Avenue, Guthrie, Logan County, OK
Significance: The Victor was among the most handsome and celebrated business blocks of early Guthrie, as well as the largest. Erected for one of the most successful developers of the commercial district, the b... More
Nicollet Hotel, 235 Hennepin Avenue, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, MN
Significance: The Nicollet Hotel is one of two remaining early twentieth century hotels in Minneapolis today. Unlike the Leamington Hotel, however, which is slated for demolition as part of the new convention ... More
Missouri Botanical Garden, Museum, 2345 Tower Grove Avenue, Saint Loui...
Significance: Representative of the classical mode popular in mid-19th century St. Louis, the museum's significance lies in its being one of the first botanical-library-museum-herbarium complexes in the country... More
Robert D. Bunn Building (Commercial Building), 16 Biltmore Avenue, Ash...
Significance: One of Asheville's few remaining turn-of-the-century commercial structures, this building has been continual use since its construction, with the exception of two years during the early 30s. Altho... More
St. Anne's Gymnasium, 74 Cumberland Street, Woonsocket, Providence Cou...
Significance: Built in 1894, it was designed by F. Walter Fontaine, one of the leading architects of the community. The building has served as a cultural, social, and athletic center for the French-Canadian com... More
923-929 North Broadway (Rowhouses), 923-929 North Broadway, Baltimore,...
Significance: 923-929 N. Broadway, situated between Ashland (formerly Chew) and Barnes Streets, are contributing structures within an expansion of the Middle East Planning Area Historic District. 923-929 N. Br... More
J. Burdine Building, 200 East Maple Street, Nicholasville, Jessamine C...
Significance: Original brick building appears to have been Federal vernacular and remodeled into the Greek Revival style. Probably constructed as a single family residence that was altered into commercial use.... More
J. Burdine Building, 200 East Maple Street, Nicholasville, Jessamine C...
Significance: Original brick building appears to have been Federal vernacular and remodeled into the Greek Revival style. Probably constructed as a single family residence that was altered into commercial use.... More
420 Lackawanna Avenue (Commercial Building), Scranton, Lackawanna Coun...
Significance: 420 Lackawanna Avenue is one of a row of late 19th and early 20th century commercial buildings that made up the heart of Scranton's business district during the city's greatest period of prosperit... More
101-103 North George Street (Direct Hotel), York, York County, PA
Significance: This nineteenth century commercial building was adapted for use as a hotel in the mid-twenieth century. It is an integral part of the historic streetscape of North George Street. Unprocessed Fie... 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
Lutheran Parsonage, 51 King Street, Christiansted, St. Croix, VI
Significance: A good example of one of the architecturally more pretentious medium-sized town houses of Christiansted, St. Croix. It is not typical, but has, however, the construction details and the architect... More
Richfield Oil Building, 555 South Flower Street, Los Angeles, Los Ange...
Significance: An excellent example of the "Modern Style" of the 1920s, a short-lived heroic style with roots in late Art Nouveau and German Expressionism with emphasis on masses rather than volumes. A more dire... More
Richfield Oil Building, 555 South Flower Street, Los Angeles, Los Ange...
Significance: An excellent example of the "Modern Style" of the 1920s, a short-lived heroic style with roots in late Art Nouveau and German Expressionism with emphasis on masses rather than volumes. A more dire... More
15 East Pleasant Street (House), Baltimore, Independent City, MD
Survey number: HABS MD-43-D Building/structure dates: 1817 Building/structure dates: before 1936 Demolished
Ticknor & Dickerman`s & Winnebago National Bank, 118-120 South Main St...
Significance: The structures, known locally as "The Limestones," are the oldest extant commercial buildings in downtown Rockford...Although the are technically two separate structures, they have long been viewe... More
Field-Pacheco Complex, 1049 East Monroe Street, Brownsville, Cameron C...
Significance: The Field-Pacheo Complex is a commercial and residential complex covering half a block. The two-story, brick corner Field-Pacheco building was built after 1894 as a combination store and residence... More
Field-Pacheco Complex, 1049 East Monroe Street, Brownsville, Cameron C...
Significance: The Field-Pacheo Complex is a commercial and residential complex covering half a block. The two-story, brick corner Field-Pacheco building was built after 1894 as a combination store and residence... More
Field-Pacheco Complex, 1049 East Monroe Street, Brownsville, Cameron C...
Significance: The Field-Pacheo Complex is a commercial and residential complex covering half a block. The two-story, brick corner Field-Pacheco building was built after 1894 as a combination store and residence... More
Field-Pacheco Complex, 1049 East Monroe Street, Brownsville, Cameron C...
Significance: The Field-Pacheo Complex is a commercial and residential complex covering half a block. The two-story, brick corner Field-Pacheco building was built after 1894 as a combination store and residence... More
109 West Second Street (American Legion Hall), Crookston, Polk County,...
Significance: The commercial building located at 109 West Second St., commonly known as the old American Legion Hall, was built sometime between 1880 and 1884. The building is one of the first masonry structur... More
Hart Block, 728 West Main Street, Louisville, Jefferson County, KY
Significance: An excellent example of the late phase of cast-iron commercial facades, the Hart Block remains essentially as constructed, a testimony to the durability of cast-iron when properly maintained. It ... More
Essex Town Hall, Martin Street, Essex, Essex County, MA
Significance: Very well maintained example of the shingle style. Survey number: HABS MA-1222 Building/structure dates: 1894 Initial Construction
Hotel 1829, Kongensgade 30A, Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, VI
Significance: This is one of the best surviving examples of the larger early 19th C. urban residences of St. Thomas. Survey number: HABS VI-11 Building/structure dates: 1829-1831 Initial Construction
Carnegie Free Library, 300 East South Street, Union, Union County, SC
Significance: The Carnegie Free LIbrary was one of the first of 15 libraries established in towns throughout South Carolina by iron and steel industrialist and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie. Andrew Carnegie p... More
Wayside Inn, Post Road & Wayside Lane, Scarsdale, Westchester County, ...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-83 Survey number: HABS NY-4-104 Building/structure dates: 17t1 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: after 1700 Subsequent Work Buildin... More
Charles Jesse Building, 1423-27 North Court House Road, Arlington, Arl...
Significance: The Jesse Building was part of the Lawyers' Row complex located on the east side of N. Court House Road opposite the 1960 Arlington County courthouse. The lawyers' (or courthouse) row represents ... More
100-104 Broadway (Commercial), Frankfort, Franklin County, KY
Significance: The structure is a contributing element in the Old State House Historic District. It was built as a multi-unit commercial building. Survey number: HABS KY-292 Building/structure dates: 1900 Ini... More
100-104 Broadway (Commercial), Frankfort, Franklin County, KY
Significance: The structure is a contributing element in the Old State House Historic District. It was built as a multi-unit commercial building. Survey number: HABS KY-292 Building/structure dates: 1900 Ini... More
16-22 South Sixh Street (Commercial), Fort Dodge, Webster County, IA
Significance: 16, 18, 20, and 22 South Sixth Street compose a rare (for Fort Dodge) surviving business block retaining a set of first-floor, Queen-Anne-Revival-style, cast-iron store fronts. No. 16, which pred... More
Hotel Astor, 1511-1515 Broadway, New York, New York County, NY
Significance: Shortly before the opening of the Hotel Astor in 1904, the owner, William Waldorf Astor, pedicted in The New York Times that the new building would be "the finest hotel in the world." Lavishness a... More
626-628 North Eutaw Street (Commercial Building), 626-628 North Eutaw ...
Significance: These seven building housed the headquarters of the "Afro-American," the largest and most influential Black newspaper chain in the country. The buildings were built before 1850 and passed through... More
Hopkinton Supply Company Building, 26-28 Main Street (corner of Wolcot...
Significance: Example of "mail order" commercial architecture and the changing building technology of the late 19th & early 20th centuries; exemplifying turn-of-the-century manufacturing capabilities in modular... More
Hopkinton Supply Company Building, 26-28 Main Street (corner of Wolcot...
Significance: Example of "mail order" commercial architecture and the changing building technology of the late 19th & early 20th centuries; exemplifying turn-of-the-century manufacturing capabilities in modular... More
Sea Cliff Inn, 31 Cliff Road, Nantucket, Nantucket County, MA
Significance: A typical late nineteenth century beach resort hotel, one of the largest in Nantucket. Survey number: HABS MA-967 Building/structure dates: 1886 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1... More
Solari's Building, Columbia State Historical Park, Columbia, Tuolumne ...
Survey number: HABS CA-1144 Public domain photograph - 1930s California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Pritchard Building, 207-211 Bank Street, Waterbury, New Haven County, ...
Significance: The Pritchard Building, built for and initially operated by one of Waterbury's older and wealthier families, is one of three city buildings built in the Richardsonian Romanesque style. The buildi... More
Square 431 (Commercial Building), Seventh, Eighth, D & E Streets, Nort...
Significance: The Square's significance to L'Enfant's 1792 Washington Plan lies in its adjacency to Eight Street, which was to serve as a major north-south axis linking a proposed national church to the Potomac... 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
San Gregorio House, San Gregorio Road, San Gregorio, San Mateo County,...
Significance: A second floor was added to the existing house here in about 1865 when G.W.T. Carter opened a hotel. When John Evans acquired the building in 1875 he added seven bays to the three-bay house. Jes... More
San Gregorio House, San Gregorio Road, San Gregorio, San Mateo County,...
Significance: A second floor was added to the existing house here in about 1865 when G.W.T. Carter opened a hotel. When John Evans acquired the building in 1875 he added seven bays to the three-bay house. Jes... More
Montello Mercantile Company, 12 Main Street, Montello, Marquette Count...
Significance: The Montello Mercantile Company was constructed during a period of unprecedented growth in Montello, when the nearby granite quarry started exerting an influence in the activities of the town. Th... More
304 Lackawanna Avenue (Commercial Building), Scranton, Lackawanna Coun...
Significance: 304 Lackawanna Avenue is one of a row of late 19th and early 20th century commercial buildings that made up the heart of Scranton's business district during the city's greatest period of prosperit... More
Content Corner, Southwest corner of Wallace & Jackson Streets, Virgini...
Significance: This is one of the earliest (1864) 2 story stone buildings built in Virginia City. The 2nd floor was leased to serve as the Territorial Administrative Offices for the newly formed Territory of Mon... More
Warder Building, 527 Ninth Street Northwest, Washington, District of C...
Significance: A late nineteenth century commercial building of interesting architectural character. Survey number: HABS DC-216 Building/structure dates: ca. 1890 Initial Construction Building/structure dat... More
Levey Brothers & Company Building, Annex, 21-23 West Maryland Street, ...
Significance: Built in 1900-01, the Levey Brothers & Company Annex was one of several historic buildings in the Indianapolis Wholesale District that represented the printing industry located in that area. Esta... More
407-431 West Lexington Street, 409 West Lexington Street (Commercial ...
Significance: Was a good example of mid-nineteenth century townhouse and played an important role in the block frontage that faced Lexington Market. Architectural significance has been diminished by alteration... 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
Vernon, Germantown Avenue, Vernon Park, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Cou...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-2, FN-3 Survey number: HABS PA-7-2 Building/structure dates: 17h1 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
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
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
Mill House No. 3, Sullivan Avenue, Newton, Middlesex County, MA
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-147 Survey number: HABS MA-388-C
Mill House No. 3, Sullivan Avenue, Newton, Middlesex County, MA
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-147 Survey number: HABS MA-388-C
Vista del Arroyo Hotel, 125 South Grand Avenue, Pasadena, Los Angeles ...
Survey number: HABS CA-2184 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 81000157
Cato Post Office & General Store, 13806-13810 U.S. Highway 10, Cato, M...
Significance: The Cato Post Office and General Store was locally significant as a governmental and commercial resource within the unincorporated community of Cato. The building served as the general store from... More
Cato Post Office & General Store, 13806-13810 U.S. Highway 10, Cato, M...
Significance: The Cato Post Office and General Store was locally significant as a governmental and commercial resource within the unincorporated community of Cato. The building served as the general store from... More
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
716 North Broadway (Rowhouse), 716 North Broadway, Baltimore, Independ...
Survey number: HABS MD-1029 Public domain photograph - city, downtown, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
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
Gray Brothers Block, 101 West Oklahoma Avenue, Guthrie, Logan County, ...
Significance: This structure is one of the finest remaining examples of stylish commercial buildings of the territorial period in Oklahoma. It was built for and occupied by important pioneer-entrepeneurs, and ... More
Patee House Hotel, South Twelfth & Penn Streets, Saint Joseph, Buchana...
Significance: Served as the eastern terminus and headquarters for Russell, Majors & Waddell, the owners of the Pony Express. It also played a significant local role in St. Joseph as a luxurious hotel in a front... More
John B. Read's Row, 102-104 West Old Street, Petersburg, Petersburg, V...
Significance: These fine Federal row houses were built for John B. Read c. 1815-1818. Originally there were stores on the first floor and living quarters above. Particularly noteworthy on the exterior are the... More
John B. Read's Row, 102-104 West Old Street, Petersburg, Petersburg, V...
Significance: These fine Federal row houses were built for John B. Read c. 1815-1818. Originally there were stores on the first floor and living quarters above. Particularly noteworthy on the exterior are the... More
Prudential Building, 28 Church Street, Buffalo, Erie County, NY
Survey number: HABS NY-5487 Building/structure dates: 1895 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1969 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: after 1970 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: ... More
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
Alameda French Bakery, 99 Pleasant Street, San Jose, Santa Clara Count...
Significance: The Alameda French Bakery, due to its architectural integrity and contribution to the urban fabric, forms an integral part of the River Street Historic District, a rare intact late nineteenth and ... More
Alameda French Bakery, 99 Pleasant Street, San Jose, Santa Clara Count...
Significance: The Alameda French Bakery, due to its architectural integrity and contribution to the urban fabric, forms an integral part of the River Street Historic District, a rare intact late nineteenth and ... More