Headquarters Chief of Artillery Department of the Cumberland
Photograph shows rows of carts and cannons in front of the buildings. No. 4515. Mounted with five other photographs with general caption: Views at Chattanooga, Tennessee. Photograph is half of a stereograph pa... More
Camps at Stevenson Ala. March 4-1864
Naive (self-taught) image with cabins in foreground, men in carriage pulling cannon lower left, tents, cabins and fort in background. Signed lower right: G.H. Blakeslee March 4 - T.E. 1864. Title inscribed in r... More
The United States monitor "Neosho" engaging three Rebel batteries on t...
Published in: Harper's weekly, 1864. Public domain photograph of a navy ship, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Knoxville, Tenn., from the cupola of University of East Tennessee, Mar...
Transfer; LC Manuscript Division; December 20, 1985; DLC/PP-1985:644. Forms part of: Visual materials from the papers of O.M. Poe. No. 19. Landmarks labeled on image.
Bird's eye view of the city of Jackson, Madison County, Tennessee 1870...
Public domain aerial photograph, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Public domain photograph of a city streets, cityscape, urban environment, buildings, free to use, no copyright restrictions... More
Senior preparatory class of Fisk University, Nashville, Tenn., before ...
Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Cumberland River, July 1891, Lower Mitre Sill, Lock No. 1--Looking dow...
No. 20. Photograph from monthly report for July, 1891, for improving Cumberland River above Nashville, Tenn.
[Horses and carriages in front of funeral home of C.W. Franklin, under...
Images collected by W.E.B. Du Bois and Thomas J. Calloway for the "American Negro Exhibit" at the Paris Exposition of 1900 (Exposition universelle internationale de 1900).
Bluffs of the Tennessee River, Chattanooga, Tenn
"G 7094" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 071633. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
B.E. view, Chatanooga [sic], Tenn., Panoramic Photograph
H121212 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Haines Photo Co.; January 4, 1909. Copyright claimant's address: Conneaut, O.
Ladies class, First Christian Church Sunday School, Canton, Ohio, June...
J193407 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; I. A. Miller; June 17, 1914; DLC/PP-1914:44818.
Tennessee Coal & Iron Company Church, State Route 150 at Morgan Road, ...
Survey number: HAER AL-89 Public domain photograph of a church building, chapel, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
A boathouse is in the middle of a flooded area, possibly related to: V...
Title and other information from a possibly related negative. Image came to Library of Congress untitled. (There was no caption for this image in the FSA/OWI shelflist.) Appears to be related to negative LC-USF... More
Secondhand clothing stores and pawn shops on Beale Street, Memphis, Te...
Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More
Liquor store on Cotton Row, Front Street, Memphis, Tennessee
Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More
Christ Church Episcopal, founded by Englishmen and Americans as a colo...
Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More
Reenactment of Civil War siege of April 1862, Bridgeport, Alabama
Located in Northeast Alabama on the Tennessee River, Bridgeport was a strategic town on the Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad during the American Civil War. More than one conflict was fought at and near Bridge... More
As Bernard McDaniel makes clear here, not every used muffler at Muffle...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. A couple were used to create a colorful roadside promotion for the shop. The camera GPS reading erroneously places this image in Frank... More
Nashville, Tennessee. Railroad depot. American Civil War glass negativ...
Caption from negative sleeve: Nashville, Tenn., Railroad Depot. Photographer's name attributed in Civil War caption books. Two plates form left (LC-B811-2652B) and right (LC-B811-2652A) halves of a stereograph ... More
Stencil House, Log Barn, Clifton, Wayne County, TN
Survey number: HABS TN-190-A Public domain photograph of a barn, farm, small home in Sweden, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Old Beersheba Inn, Dahlgren House (Cottage), Armfield Avenue, Beersheb...
Survey number: HABS TN-54-F Public domain photograph of Tennessee, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Immanuel Episcopal Church, Second Street, La Grange, Fayette County, T...
Significance: This Protestant Episcopal Church was first established as a mission in 1832. It was established through the efforts of Mrs. Mary Hayes Gloster, a widow from Warrington, N.C. Her slaves built the... More
Belmont, Belmont Boulevard & Wedgewood, Nashville, Davidson County, TN
Significance: Built in 1850 by Col. J.A.S. Acklen and his wife, Adelicia, Belmont was considered at that time to be one of the finest private residences in the south. Designed in the manner of an Italian Renai... More
Belmont, Belmont Boulevard & Wedgewood, Nashville, Davidson County, TN
Significance: Built in 1850 by Col. J.A.S. Acklen and his wife, Adelicia, Belmont was considered at that time to be one of the finest private residences in the south. Designed in the manner of an Italian Renai... More
Belmont, Belmont Boulevard & Wedgewood, Nashville, Davidson County, TN
Significance: Built in 1850 by Col. J.A.S. Acklen and his wife, Adelicia, Belmont was considered at that time to be one of the finest private residences in the south. Designed in the manner of an Italian Renai... More
Christ Episcopal Church, Central Avenue (State Route 52), Rugby, Morga...
Survey number: HABS TN-44 Public domain photograph of a church building, chapel, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Rock Castle, Indian Lake Road (Berry Lane), Hendersonville, Sumner Cou...
Significance: Built by General Daniel Smith, a pioneer of Tennessee, Rock Castle was the first of three stone houses to be erected in Sumner County. Reminiscent of the simple homes of the Eastern Seaboard from... More
Poston Block, 126-130 Public Square, Clarksville, Montgomery County, T...
Significance: This block of three buildings is the oldest complex used for business purposes in Montgomery County, Tennessee. They bear a remarkable resemblance to Philadelphia stores of the same period, possi... More
Campbell House, Cumberland Avenue & Central Street, Knoxville, Knox Co...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-4 Survey number: HABS TN-103 Building/structure dates: ca. 1840 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: ca. 19t1 Subsequent Work Building... More
National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, Mountain Branch, Direct...
Survey number: HABS TN-254-H Public domain photograph of a house, residential property, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, Mountain Branch, Hospit...
Name was corrected to reflect the proper name: National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, Mountain Branch Significance: Built in 1901-03, the Hospital was a key structure on the original Beaux-Arts campus f... More
Sparkman Street Bridge, Spanning Cumberland River, Nashville, Davidson...
Significance: The bridge possesses state level engineering significance as an example of the through Parker and camelback truss types for its uncommon concrete trusses. The bridge possesses local significance a... More
Stencil House, Clifton, Wayne County, TN
Significance: This small wood farmhouse is noteworthy for its extant stencil work on the interior. Survey number: HABS TN-190
First Presbyterian Church, McCallis Avenue & Douglas Street, Chattanoo...
Survey number: HABS TN-28 Public domain photograph of Tennessee, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
DeVault Tavern, North Tennessee Route 81, Leesburg, Washington County,...
Significance: The DeVault Tavern, built 1819-1821, is a well preserved and excellent example of an early 19th century stagecoach inn and tavern. This stop served the route tying Knoxville and Nashville with th... More
DeVault Tavern, North Tennessee Route 81, Leesburg, Washington County,...
Significance: The DeVault Tavern, built 1819-1821, is a well preserved and excellent example of an early 19th century stagecoach inn and tavern. This stop served the route tying Knoxville and Nashville with th... More
Great Smoky Mountains National Park Roads & Bridges, Foothills Parkway...
Significance: The Foothills Parkway originated from the federal government's decision to locate the Blue Ridge Parkway in North Carolina. Both North Carolina and Tennessee lobbied for the road, and with the an... More
Buena Vista Ford Bridge, Spanning Round Lick Creek on McClanahan Road,...
Significance: The bridge is significant for its unusually long length for a Pony Pratt truss and for its "fish-bellied" bottom chords. The bridge also derives significance from its association with W.T. Young B... More
Hundred Oaks, Oak Street near U.S. Route 64, Winchester, Franklin Coun...
Significance: Hundred Oaks was begun 1889-1892. It was built for Arthur Handly Marks, a local wealthy dilettante, of local materials, by local craftsmen. Its architecture, though based on Scottish precedents,... More
Hundred Oaks, Oak Street near U.S. Route 64, Winchester, Franklin Coun...
Significance: Hundred Oaks was begun 1889-1892. It was built for Arthur Handly Marks, a local wealthy dilettante, of local materials, by local craftsmen. Its architecture, though based on Scottish precedents,... More
Mountain Home National Cemetery, Mountain Home, Washington County, TN
Survey number: HALS TN-4 Public domain photograph - cemetery, graves, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Mountain Home National Cemetery, Mountain Home, Washington County, TN
Survey number: HALS TN-4 Public domain photograph of a desert, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Mountain Home National Cemetery, Mountain Home, Washington County, TN
Survey number: HALS TN-4 Public domain photograph of a desert, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Shiloh National Military Park Tour Roads, Shiloh, Hardin County, TN
Significance: Shiloh National Military Park is one of the earliest national battlefield parks. The 3,972 acre park is located in rural Hardin County in southwestern Tennessee. It was established in 1894, makin... More
Shiloh National Military Park Tour Roads, Shiloh, Hardin County, TN
Significance: Shiloh National Military Park is one of the earliest national battlefield parks. The 3,972 acre park is located in rural Hardin County in southwestern Tennessee. It was established in 1894, makin... More
Boulevard Bridge, Spanning Wagner Creek at Old Dechard-Winchester Road...
Significance: The bridge is a representative, yet attractive, example of a through Pratt steel truss. The most unique and significant feature of the bridge is its unusual skewed portal treatrment. Survey numbe... More
Boulevard Bridge, Spanning Wagner Creek at Old Dechard-Winchester Road...
Significance: The bridge is a representative, yet attractive, example of a through Pratt steel truss. The most unique and significant feature of the bridge is its unusual skewed portal treatrment. Survey numbe... More
Campbell House, State Highway 20, Tennessee Street, Courtland, Lawrenc...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-34 Survey number: HABS AL-383
Old Beersheba Inn, Bass House (Cottage), Armfield Avenue, Beersheba Sp...
Survey number: HABS TN-54-J Public domain photograph of Victorian style building, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, Mountain Branch, Mess H...
Significance: The Mess Hall was the visual and practical centerpiece of the Mountain Branch of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers (NHDVS), a Beaux Arts campus of French Renaissance Revival struct... More
Great Smoky Mountains National Park Roads & Bridges, Elkmont Road, Bet...
Survey number: HAER TN-35-P Public domain photograph of a house, residential property, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[Unidentified soldier in Union officer's uniform at Point Lookout, Ten...
Photo shows an officer who posed for the Linns, who left Ohio to photograph the Army of the Cumberland. In late 1863, after the battles of Lookout Mountain and Missionary Ridge, the pair set up a studio near P... More
Memphis Bridge, Spanning Mississippi River, Memphis, Shelby County, TN
See also HAER NE-2 for additional documentation. Significance: Designated a National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark because it was the third longest railroad bridge in the world at 790' when completed. It... More
Chattanooga National Military Park Tour Roads, Chattanooga, Hamilton C...
Significance: The Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park tour roads provide access to select areas of the park that commemorate and interpret the conflict between Union and Confederate forces over c... More
National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, Mountain Branch, Duplex...
Survey number: HABS TN-254-O Public domain photograph of a house, residential property, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, Mountain Branch, Chapel...
Significance: The Chapel was constructed in 1904-05 as part of the original Beaux-Arts campus ensemble for the Mountain Branch the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers (NHDVS). The NHDVS was a federal... More
Dickson-Williams Mansion, North Irish & West Church Streets, Greenevil...
Significance: In converting this early nineteenth century building into a hospital, much of the original structure has been concealed. Many famous people were entertained here, including Presidents Andrew Jack... More
Roane County Courthouse, Public Square (119 Court Street), Kingston, R...
Significance: One of Tennessee's seven remaining ante-bellum courthouses, the Roane County Courthouse built by local and German emigree talent is a confident regional architectural statement with allusions to F... More
Littleton-Pettit House, 496 Beale Avenue, Memphis, Shelby County, TN
Survey number: HABS TN-7 Building/structure dates: 1848 Initial Construction
Beale Street Historic District, Memphis, Shelby County, TN
Significance: The Beale Street Historic District is the birthplace and home of the blues. The district includes the Palace and Daisy Theaters, the Hole-in-the-Wall Saloon, and Peewee's Saloon, headquarters of ... More
Asa Kendall House, South Road, Ashby, Middlesex County, MA
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-45 Survey number: HABS MA-230 Building/structure dates: ca. 1790 Initial Construction
Public Square Commercial Area, 212, 214, 216 Public Square, Nashville,...
Significance: These three three-story commercial buildings adjoin the Morgan-Reeves Building (see HABS No. TN-16) and face south into the Public Square. The cornice of 212 reads "A.G. Adams, 1875" while the ne... More
Public Square Commercial Area, 212, 214, 216 Public Square, Nashville,...
Significance: These three three-story commercial buildings adjoin the Morgan-Reeves Building (see HABS No. TN-16) and face south into the Public Square. The cornice of 212 reads "A.G. Adams, 1875" while the ne... More
Glen Raven, Washington Road, Cedar Hill, Robertson County, TN
Survey number: HABS TN-59 Public domain photograph of Tennessee, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Elkmont Historic District, Millionaire's Row, Murphy Cabin, Little Riv...
Survey number: HABS TN-250-TT National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 94000166
First Presbyterian Church, 154 Fifth Avenue, Nashville, Davidson Count...
Significance: Designed by William Strickland in 1849, the First Presbyterian Church is the largest and best preserved example of an Egyptian Revival church building in America. // Designed in 1849 for the First... More
Tennessee School for the Deaf, Summit Hill Drive & Broadway, Knoxville...
Significance: The building complex was originally constructed for the Tennessee School for the Deaf and was occupied by TSD until 1924 when the City of Knoxville purchased the complex for office use. One other... More
National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, Mountain Branch, Lamont...
For additional documentation, see HAER TN-1 & HAER TN-1-A Significance: The Mountain Branch of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers (NHDVS) was built between 1901 and 1905. The NHDVS was a federal... More
National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, Mountain Branch, Lamont...
For additional documentation, see HAER TN-1 & HAER TN-1-A Significance: The Mountain Branch of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers (NHDVS) was built between 1901 and 1905. The NHDVS was a federal... More
Tipton-Haynes House, U.S. Highway 19, Johnson City, Washington County,...
Survey number: HABS TN-93 Building/structure dates: ca. 1780 Initial Construction
Tivoli Theater, 709-713 Broad Street, Chattanooga, Hamilton County, TN
Significance: The Tivoli Theater, built in 1920-21, is a well preserved and excellent example of the downtown Grand Palace Theater built throughout America in the 1920s. Its elaborate and exotic architectural ... More
Belle Meade, Nashville, Davidson County, TN
Significance: Wall construction: Brick. Size and form: Rectangular, with semi-detached kitchen wing. Number stories: Two and one-half. Front porch: Stone, quarried on place. Rear porch: Wood - with iron ros... More
Liberty Bridge, Spanning Smith Fork Creek on City Road, Liberty, De Ka...
Significance: The Liberty Bridge is a representative example of the Warren pony truss and of the work of the Nashville Bridge Company. It is also a contributing structure in the Liberty Historic District as th... More
U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Small Craft Berthing Facility, Hornet A...
Significance: On the morning of 7 December, 1941, the tanker, USS Neosho, was berthed at Wharf F-4 which is located near Berthing Facility S375. It had just completed discharging aviation fuel to the nearby ta... More
Forge Creek Dam-John Cable Mill, Townsend, Blount County, TN
Significance: The John Cable Mill, powered by an overshot water wheel, is an example of one of the six methods of making meal to be found in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The other methods are the I... More
Forge Creek Dam-John Cable Mill, Townsend, Blount County, TN
Significance: The John Cable Mill, powered by an overshot water wheel, is an example of one of the six methods of making meal to be found in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The other methods are the I... More
Christopher Johnson Cottage, State Route 126, Lynchburg, Lynchburg, Vi...
Significance: The Christopher Johnson Cottage is a one and one-half story frame building dating to about 1764-74. Sometime between the HABS photographs of the 1930s and the image taken in 1979, a door opening o... More
A Block House - A black and white photo of a train on a track
Stereograph showing the block house erected to protect the Nashville & Chattanooga Railroad. No. 6669. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic War History, 1861-1865. Forms part of: Civil War Photo... More
Austin Peay Bridge, State Route 56 spanning Cumberland River, Gainesbo...
Significance: The bridge is the only known extant K-truss in the Federal Highway Administration's Southeast Region. The bridge also is historically significant for its associations with the early development of... More
Elkmont Historic District, Millionaire's Row, Miller Cabin, Little Riv...
Survey number: HABS TN-250-UU National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 94000166
Old Beersheba Inn, Armfield House (Cottage), Armfield Avenue, Beersheb...
Survey number: HABS TN-54-K Public domain photograph of a house, residential property, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Wynnewood, Gallatin-Hartsville Pike (State Highway 25), Castalian Spri...
Survey number: HABS TN-81 Building/structure dates: 1828 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 71000838
Wynnewood, Gallatin-Hartsville Pike (State Highway 25), Castalian Spri...
Survey number: HABS TN-81 Building/structure dates: 1828 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 71000838
National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, Mountain Branch, Duplex...
Significance: The National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers (NHDVS) was a federal institution authorized by Congress in 1865 and charged with caring for Civil War veterans disabled by their military service... More
National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, Mountain Branch, Quarte...
Survey number: HABS TN-254-T Public domain photograph of Tennessee, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Hassler Bridge, Spanning Obey River at State Route 42, Byrdstown, Pick...
Significance: The bridge is a late example of metal truss design, which was a standard of the Tennessee Highway Department since 1920. The bridge is also a tangible artifact of the lifestyle and economic change... More
Grange Warehouse, Riverside Street, Clarksville, Montgomery County, TN
Significance: From 1876 until WWI era, this brick structure was considered the largest tobacco warehouse in the world. It may still be among the largest brick warehouses. It covers approximately three acres of ... More
Grange Warehouse, Riverside Street, Clarksville, Montgomery County, TN
Significance: From 1876 until WWI era, this brick structure was considered the largest tobacco warehouse in the world. It may still be among the largest brick warehouses. It covers approximately three acres of ... More
Stencil House, Smokehouse, Clifton, Wayne County, TN
Survey number: HABS TN-190-C Public domain photograph of Tennessee, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Great Smoky Mountains National Park Roads & Bridges, Gatlinburg, Sevie...
Significance: The transportation system of Great Smoky Mountains is representative of NPS park road designs throughout the country. Much of the construction work was undertaken by the Civilian Conservation Cor... More
Great Smoky Mountains National Park Roads & Bridges, Gatlinburg, Sevie...
Significance: The transportation system of Great Smoky Mountains is representative of NPS park road designs throughout the country. Much of the construction work was undertaken by the Civilian Conservation Cor... More
McPherson Bridge, Spanning Candies Creek at County Road A165, Eureka, ...
Significance: Most features of the bridge are representative of truss bridges. The vertical members are paired angles with double lacing. The counters and diagonals are I-bars or tie-rods. The top chords and en... More
Great Smoky Mountains National Park Roads & Bridges, Cataloochee Trail...
Significance: The transportation system of Great Smoky Mountains National Park is representative of NPS park road design and landscape planning throughout the country. Much of the construction, including that ... More
Trigg, Dobbs & Company Warehouse, 1152 Market Street, Chattanooga, Ham...
Significance: Since construction, the building at 1142 Market Street has been used for warehouse facilities. Its architectural significance is derived from its role as one component of a two block area of mult... More
Second Avenue North, Commercial District, Second Avenue North between ...
Significance: Initially known as Market Street, Second Avenue from Broadway to the Public Square was probably the most important business street in Nashville in the last half of the nineteenth century. The blo... More
Second Avenue North, Commercial District, Second Avenue North between ...
Significance: Initially known as Market Street, Second Avenue from Broadway to the Public Square was probably the most important business street in Nashville in the last half of the nineteenth century. The blo... More
John Fain Barn, Lone Oaks Estates, near State Route 126, Blountville, ...
Significance: This barn was built by John Fain on his "Lone Oak Farm" in the 1890's. It is a very large heavy timber framed structure. It originally housed cattle and horses, and provided storage for hay and ... More
First Presbyterian Church, Church & Nineteenth Streets, Galveston, Gal...
Significance: An outstanding example of the Norman phase of the Romanesque Revival style, prevalent in this country in the second half of the nineteenth century, the building is architecturally distinguished bo... More
Scott Fitzhugh Bridge, Spanning Tennessee River at State Highway 76, P...
Significance: The bridge is significant as a representative example of the Pratt and Parker through truss types as well as for its historical associations with the State highway system and toll bridge program i... More
National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, Mountain Branch, Duplex...
Survey number: HABS TN-254-P Public domain photograph of Tennessee, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description