The Commons of McLean, 1601-35 Anderson Road & 7500-36 Ambergate Place...
Significance: The garden apartment complex known as The Commons of McLean was constructed in five phases between 1965 and 1973 by the Westgate Corporation, in the rapidly developing area of Tysons Corner, Virgi... More
Fort Hill, Clemson University Campus, Clemson, Pickens County, SC
Significance: Fort Hill was the home of the nineteenth-century statesman John C. Calhoun and his son-in-law Thomas Green Clemson, the founder of Clemson University. The house began in 1803 as a small, two-story... More
Fort Hill, Clemson University Campus, Clemson, Pickens County, SC
Significance: Fort Hill was the home of the nineteenth-century statesman John C. Calhoun and his son-in-law Thomas Green Clemson, the founder of Clemson University. The house began in 1803 as a small, two-story... More
Fort Hill, Clemson University Campus, Clemson, Pickens County, SC
Significance: Fort Hill was the home of the nineteenth-century statesman John C. Calhoun and his son-in-law Thomas Green Clemson, the founder of Clemson University. The house began in 1803 as a small, two-story... More
Cherokee Plantation, Highway 494, Natchez, Natchitoches Parish, LA
Significance: Built by 1839, Cherokee is an important example of French creole architecture and retains remarkable integrity in both materials and plan. Most Likely constructed by Charles Emile Sompeyrac around... More
Cherokee Plantation, Highway 494, Natchez, Natchitoches Parish, LA
Significance: Built by 1839, Cherokee is an important example of French creole architecture and retains remarkable integrity in both materials and plan. Most Likely constructed by Charles Emile Sompeyrac around... More
Mount Rainier National Park, Rustic Furnishings, Paradise, Pierce Coun...
Significance: Since the 1980s, the National Park Service has recognized the historical value of rustic furnishings in National Register nominations, theme studies and architectural histories. This report, the f... More
Mount Rainier National Park, Rustic Furnishings, Paradise, Pierce Coun...
Significance: Since the 1980s, the National Park Service has recognized the historical value of rustic furnishings in National Register nominations, theme studies and architectural histories. This report, the f... More
Mount Rainier National Park, Rustic Furnishings, Paradise, Pierce Coun...
Significance: Since the 1980s, the National Park Service has recognized the historical value of rustic furnishings in National Register nominations, theme studies and architectural histories. This report, the f... More
Mount Rainier National Park, Rustic Furnishings, Paradise, Pierce Coun...
Significance: Since the 1980s, the National Park Service has recognized the historical value of rustic furnishings in National Register nominations, theme studies and architectural histories. This report, the f... More
Mount Rainier National Park, Rustic Furnishings, Paradise, Pierce Coun...
Significance: Since the 1980s, the National Park Service has recognized the historical value of rustic furnishings in National Register nominations, theme studies and architectural histories. This report, the f... More
Mount Rainier National Park, Rustic Furnishings, Paradise, Pierce Coun...
Significance: Since the 1980s, the National Park Service has recognized the historical value of rustic furnishings in National Register nominations, theme studies and architectural histories. This report, the f... More
Magnolia Plantation, Cotton Press-Gin, LA Route 119, Natchitoches, Nat...
1988 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Honorable Mention Significance: The Magnolia plantation gin house contains one of only two known examples of an enclosed, wood-screw cotton press. The press is constructed of ma... More
Magnolia Plantation, Cotton Press-Gin, LA Route 119, Natchitoches, Nat...
1988 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Honorable Mention Significance: The Magnolia plantation gin house contains one of only two known examples of an enclosed, wood-screw cotton press. The press is constructed of ma... More
Lewis Jones House, 2648 Louisiana State Highway 484, Natchez, Natchito...
1994 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Honorable Mention Significance: The Jones Residence was constructed in 1847 as evidenced by a handwritten notation under the stair to the attic. It is one of a small number of m... More
Tacony, Disston Precision, Incorporated, On a site within block bounde...
Significance: Disston Precision, Incorporated, is the last remaining physical and institutional vestige of Henry Disston's Keystone Saw Works. For about a century, Disston saws were among the finest made anywh... More
Tacony, Disston Precision, Incorporated, On a site within block bounde...
Significance: Disston Precision, Incorporated, is the last remaining physical and institutional vestige of Henry Disston's Keystone Saw Works. For about a century, Disston saws were among the finest made anywh... More
Tacony, Disston Precision, Incorporated, On a site within block bounde...
Significance: Disston Precision, Incorporated, is the last remaining physical and institutional vestige of Henry Disston's Keystone Saw Works. For about a century, Disston saws were among the finest made anywh... More
Tacony, Disston Precision, Incorporated, On a site within block bounde...
Significance: Disston Precision, Incorporated, is the last remaining physical and institutional vestige of Henry Disston's Keystone Saw Works. For about a century, Disston saws were among the finest made anywh... More
Cemetery, Dataw Island, Beaufort, Beaufort County, SC
Significance: This is a well-preserved, plantation cemetery enclosed by tabby walls. The associated private chapel (now in ruins) of the Sams family is the only tabby-built example of its kind known from South... More
Fort McDowell, Post Exchange, Angel Island State Park, Angel Island, M...
Significance: The Post Exchange at Fort McDowell was part of a major building campaign during 1910-14 to create permanent improved facilities at the Depot of recruits and Casuals, later known as the East Garris... More
Proctor House, Jeffrey's Neck Road (moved from South Main Street, abut...
Significance: Now part of the Ross Tavern site, the Proctor House represents early New England architectural expression. Historian Abbott Lowell Cummings cites "the cyma molded overhanging girt, the crease mol... More
Proctor House, Jeffrey's Neck Road (moved from South Main Street, abut...
Significance: Now part of the Ross Tavern site, the Proctor House represents early New England architectural expression. Historian Abbott Lowell Cummings cites "the cyma molded overhanging girt, the crease mol... More
Kate Chopin House, State Highway 495, Cloutierville, Natchitoches Pari...
1998 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Fourth Place Significance: The Kate Chopin House, also known as the Bayou Folk Museum, was constructed circa 1809 by Alexis Cloutier. The site was part of a French land grant is... More
Kate Chopin House, State Highway 495, Cloutierville, Natchitoches Pari...
1998 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Fourth Place Significance: The Kate Chopin House, also known as the Bayou Folk Museum, was constructed circa 1809 by Alexis Cloutier. The site was part of a French land grant is... More
Kate Chopin House, State Highway 495, Cloutierville, Natchitoches Pari...
1998 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Fourth Place Significance: The Kate Chopin House, also known as the Bayou Folk Museum, was constructed circa 1809 by Alexis Cloutier. The site was part of a French land grant is... More
Kate Chopin House, State Highway 495, Cloutierville, Natchitoches Pari...
1998 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Fourth Place Significance: The Kate Chopin House, also known as the Bayou Folk Museum, was constructed circa 1809 by Alexis Cloutier. The site was part of a French land grant is... More
Kate Chopin House, State Highway 495, Cloutierville, Natchitoches Pari...
1998 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Fourth Place Significance: The Kate Chopin House, also known as the Bayou Folk Museum, was constructed circa 1809 by Alexis Cloutier. The site was part of a French land grant is... More
Bradford Friends Meeting House, Northbrook Road, West Bradford Townshi...
1997 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: Among the oldest extant Friends meeting houses in the Delaware Valley, erected in 1767, Bradford Meeting House's seemingly unconventional design more closely ... More
Bradford Friends Meeting House, Northbrook Road, West Bradford Townshi...
1997 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: Among the oldest extant Friends meeting houses in the Delaware Valley, erected in 1767, Bradford Meeting House's seemingly unconventional design more closely ... More
General William Brattle House, 42 Brattle Street, Cambridge, Middlesex...
Significance: Built in ca. 1730 for Cambridge lawyer and politician William Brattle, the house is popularly known for its owner's British sympathies rather than for its architectural significance. In Cambridge... 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
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
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
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
Liberty Bell Center, Market Street between 5th & 6th Streets, Philadel...
Survey number: HABS PA-6712 Public domain photograph - historical image of Pennsylvania, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park, 54 Elm Street, Wo...
See also, HAER No. VT-27, Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller Carriage Roads. Significance: Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park is the only national park to focus on the conservation history and the evol... More
Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park, 54 Elm Street, Wo...
See also, HAER No. VT-27, Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller Carriage Roads. Significance: Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park is the only national park to focus on the conservation history and the evol... More
Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park, 54 Elm Street, Wo...
See also, HAER No. VT-27, Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller Carriage Roads. Significance: Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park is the only national park to focus on the conservation history and the evol... More
Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park, 54 Elm Street, Wo...
See also, HAER No. VT-27, Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller Carriage Roads. Significance: Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park is the only national park to focus on the conservation history and the evol... More
Baptist Temple, North Broad Street between Montgomery Avenue & Norris ...
Survey number: HABS PA-6662 Public domain photograph - historic landmark, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Baptist Temple, North Broad Street between Montgomery Avenue & Norris ...
Survey number: HABS PA-6662 Public domain photograph - historic landmark, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Dismukes House, 236 Second Street, Natchitoches, Natchitoches Parish, ...
Survey number: HABS LA-1347 Public domain photograph - historical image of Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Germantown Town Hall, 5928 Germantown Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelph...
Survey number: HABS PA-6708 Public domain photograph of a city hall, public building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Germantown Town Hall, 5928 Germantown Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelph...
Survey number: HABS PA-6708 Public domain photograph of a city hall, public building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Old Kennett Meeting House, U.S. Route 1, 1 mile North of Longwood Gard...
1997 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Honorable Mention Significance: Old Kennett is one of the oldest extant Friends meeting houses in the Delaware Valley, erected sometime between 1718 and 1731. Its single-cell, c... More
Old Kennett Meeting House, U.S. Route 1, 1 mile North of Longwood Gard...
1997 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Honorable Mention Significance: Old Kennett is one of the oldest extant Friends meeting houses in the Delaware Valley, erected sometime between 1718 and 1731. Its single-cell, c... More
Sadsbury Friends Meeting House, Simmontown Road, .25 mile east of Rout...
Significance: Among the earliest extant meeting houses in the Delaware Valley, Sadsbury is a rare example of an early meeting house form. Sadsbury's square shaped plan and three-by-three bay elevations with cen... More
Sadsbury Friends Meeting House, Simmontown Road, .25 mile east of Rout...
Significance: Among the earliest extant meeting houses in the Delaware Valley, Sadsbury is a rare example of an early meeting house form. Sadsbury's square shaped plan and three-by-three bay elevations with cen... More
Melrose Plantation, Slave Hospital, State Highway 119, Melrose, Natchi...
Drawings of the Slave Hospital (Yucca House) were donated to the collection & categorized under the name Yucca House. See HABS No. LA-2-69-C. Significance: A former slave hospital in a Louisiana plantation; on... More
Fort Simcoe, Officer's Quarters, Fort Simcoe Road, White Swan, Yakima ...
Significance: The Officer's Quarters was one of three identical houses constructed in 1857 as part of the Officer's Row at Fort Simcoe. Together with the Commanding Officer's Quarters, these four buildings def... More
Fort Simcoe, Officer's Quarters, Fort Simcoe Road, White Swan, Yakima ...
Significance: The Officer's Quarters was one of three identical houses constructed in 1857 as part of the Officer's Row at Fort Simcoe. Together with the Commanding Officer's Quarters, these four buildings def... More
Fort McDowell, Mess & Drill Hall, Angel Island State Park, Angel Islan...
Survey number: HABS CA-2721-I Public domain photograph - 1930s California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Homewood, Privy, North Charles & Thirty-Fourth Streets, Baltimore, Ind...
Significance: The Homewood Privy, built contemporaneously with the house (circa 1801), is a rectangular brick building with a pyramidal roof. In plan, the privy is divided in half, with separate rooms for men ... More
Camp Reynolds, Officer's Quarters, Angel Island State Park, Angel Isla...
Significance: Camp Reynolds was established on Angel Island in 1863 to enhance the coastal defenses of San Francisco Bay during the Civil War. In 1866 Camp Reynolds became the army's general depot for receivin... More
Bermuda Plantation (Prudhomme Family), Cane River, Bermuda, Natchitoch...
See also HABS No. LA-1192 (A-T) for additional documentation. Significance: The plantation and its buildings are used as an interpretive center for the park and the main house will serve as a house museum. How... More
Girard-Peterson House, 332 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia C...
Significance: No. 332 Spruce is one of a row of houses built by Stephen Girard around 1820; today it is home to Charles Peterson, one of the founders and early leaders of the Historic American Buildings Survey... More
Girard-Peterson House, 332 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia C...
Significance: No. 332 Spruce is one of a row of houses built by Stephen Girard around 1820; today it is home to Charles Peterson, one of the founders and early leaders of the Historic American Buildings Survey... More
Buard-Wells House, 607 Williams Avenue, Natchitoches, Natchitoches Par...
For additional documentation, see also HABS No. LA-2-8. 1996 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Honorable Mention Significance: Built in the late eighteenth century, this is Natchitoches's oldest, extant house. Origina... More
Buard-Wells House, 607 Williams Avenue, Natchitoches, Natchitoches Par...
For additional documentation, see also HABS No. LA-2-8. 1996 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Honorable Mention Significance: Built in the late eighteenth century, this is Natchitoches's oldest, extant house. Origina... More
Murray-Dick-Fawcett House, 517 Prince Street, Alexandria, Independent ...
Significance: The Fawcett House was constructed in three, separate building campaigns dating to 1772, 1784, and 1797 as confirmed by dendrochronological and historical analysis. It was added onto twice more, b... More
Isaac Fripp House, Off of County Road, Frogmore, Beaufort County, SC
Survey number: HABS SC-861 Public domain photograph - historical image of South Carolina, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Isaac Fripp House, Off of County Road, Frogmore, Beaufort County, SC
Survey number: HABS SC-861 Public domain photograph - historical image of South Carolina, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Curtis Tavern, State Route 57, Granville, Hampden County, MA
Significance: One of five structures built in the Granville area by a skilled craftsman; though his name is unrecorded, this structure attests to his impact on the built landscape of New England. Unprocessed F... More
Curtis Tavern, State Route 57, Granville, Hampden County, MA
Significance: One of five structures built in the Granville area by a skilled craftsman; though his name is unrecorded, this structure attests to his impact on the built landscape of New England. Unprocessed F... More
Fort Point, 25 Wentworth Road, New Castle, Rockingham County, NH
Historically a number of military installations occupied the area known as Fort Point today. Survey number: HABS NH-239
Fort Point, 25 Wentworth Road, New Castle, Rockingham County, NH
Historically a number of military installations occupied the area known as Fort Point today. Survey number: HABS NH-239
Blandair, Barn, 6651 Highway 175, Columbia, Howard County, MD
Survey number: HABS MD-1149-C Public domain photograph of a barn, farm, small home in Sweden, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Ormiston House, Reservoir Drive, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA
Significance: Erected by Edward Burd in 1798, Ormiston is a well-preserved part of the villa group that developed along Edgeley Point Lane in the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. Early documentation f... More
Blandair, 6651 Highway 175, Columbia, Howard County, MD
Significance: The Howard county property known today as Blandair dates to a land grant of 1087 acres, called Talbot's Resolution Manor, which was patented in 1714. The property, in various configurations, pass... More
Blandair, 6651 Highway 175, Columbia, Howard County, MD
Significance: The Howard county property known today as Blandair dates to a land grant of 1087 acres, called Talbot's Resolution Manor, which was patented in 1714. The property, in various configurations, pass... More
Blandair, 6651 Highway 175, Columbia, Howard County, MD
Significance: The Howard county property known today as Blandair dates to a land grant of 1087 acres, called Talbot's Resolution Manor, which was patented in 1714. The property, in various configurations, pass... More
Blandair, 6651 Highway 175, Columbia, Howard County, MD
Significance: The Howard county property known today as Blandair dates to a land grant of 1087 acres, called Talbot's Resolution Manor, which was patented in 1714. The property, in various configurations, pass... More
Weaverville Joss House, Oregon Street, Weaverville, Trinity County, CA
Significance: The Temple of the Forest and the Clouds, or as it is popularly known, the Chinese Joss House, is an important historical record of the Chinese culture that flourished in California beginning in th... More
Weaverville Joss House, Oregon Street, Weaverville, Trinity County, CA
Significance: The Temple of the Forest and the Clouds, or as it is popularly known, the Chinese Joss House, is an important historical record of the Chinese culture that flourished in California beginning in th... More
Weaverville Joss House, Oregon Street, Weaverville, Trinity County, CA
Significance: The Temple of the Forest and the Clouds, or as it is popularly known, the Chinese Joss House, is an important historical record of the Chinese culture that flourished in California beginning in th... More
Weaverville Joss House, Oregon Street, Weaverville, Trinity County, CA
Significance: The Temple of the Forest and the Clouds, or as it is popularly known, the Chinese Joss House, is an important historical record of the Chinese culture that flourished in California beginning in th... More
Weaverville Joss House, Oregon Street, Weaverville, Trinity County, CA
Significance: The Temple of the Forest and the Clouds, or as it is popularly known, the Chinese Joss House, is an important historical record of the Chinese culture that flourished in California beginning in th... More
Weaverville Joss House, Oregon Street, Weaverville, Trinity County, CA
Significance: The Temple of the Forest and the Clouds, or as it is popularly known, the Chinese Joss House, is an important historical record of the Chinese culture that flourished in California beginning in th... More
Weaverville Joss House, Oregon Street, Weaverville, Trinity County, CA
Significance: The Temple of the Forest and the Clouds, or as it is popularly known, the Chinese Joss House, is an important historical record of the Chinese culture that flourished in California beginning in th... More
Weaverville Joss House, Oregon Street, Weaverville, Trinity County, CA
Significance: The Temple of the Forest and the Clouds, or as it is popularly known, the Chinese Joss House, is an important historical record of the Chinese culture that flourished in California beginning in th... More
Weaverville Joss House, Oregon Street, Weaverville, Trinity County, CA
Significance: The Temple of the Forest and the Clouds, or as it is popularly known, the Chinese Joss House, is an important historical record of the Chinese culture that flourished in California beginning in th... More
Weaverville Joss House, Oregon Street, Weaverville, Trinity County, CA
Significance: The Temple of the Forest and the Clouds, or as it is popularly known, the Chinese Joss House, is an important historical record of the Chinese culture that flourished in California beginning in th... More
Weaverville Joss House, Oregon Street, Weaverville, Trinity County, CA
Significance: The Temple of the Forest and the Clouds, or as it is popularly known, the Chinese Joss House, is an important historical record of the Chinese culture that flourished in California beginning in th... More
Weaverville Joss House, Oregon Street, Weaverville, Trinity County, CA
Significance: The Temple of the Forest and the Clouds, or as it is popularly known, the Chinese Joss House, is an important historical record of the Chinese culture that flourished in California beginning in th... More
Herman-Christophe House, 1728 Louisiana State Highway 484, Natchez, Na...
Survey number: HABS LA-1342 Public domain photograph - historical image of Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Matheson House, 528 Southeast First Avenue, Gainesville, Alachua Count...
These drawings were donated to the H/H collection by the University of Florida's College of Architecture; the drawings were produced by architecture students at the University of Florida who chose to participat... More
Bubba's Juke Joint, 3410 Louisiana State Highway 484, Natchez, Natchit...
Survey number: HABS LA-1344 Public domain photograph - historical image of Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
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
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
Southampton Friends Meeting House, 710 Gravel Hill Road, Southampton, ...
Significance: Built between 1969 and 1970, Southampton is among the most recently constructed Friends' meeting houses in the Delaware Valley. Its ultra-modern design reflects a break in tradition with regard to... More
Wallace Mill Bridge, Spanning Little Calfpasture River at State Route ...
Significance: The Wallace Mill Bridge is a representative example of a pin- connected low Pratt leg truss typical of late nineteenth and early twentieth century factory-manufactured bridges. Survey number: HAE... More
Wallace Mill Bridge, Spanning Little Calfpasture River at State Route ...
Significance: The Wallace Mill Bridge is a representative example of a pin- connected low Pratt leg truss typical of late nineteenth and early twentieth century factory-manufactured bridges. Survey number: HAE... More
Wallace Mill Bridge, Spanning Little Calfpasture River at State Route ...
Significance: The Wallace Mill Bridge is a representative example of a pin- connected low Pratt leg truss typical of late nineteenth and early twentieth century factory-manufactured bridges. Survey number: HAE... More
Middletown Preparative Friends Meeting House, Middletown Road, 1 mile ...
Significance: In 1888, the Middletown Preparative Meeting House was significantly altered for the second time in order to conform to changing patterns of meeting house development. Middletown Meeting House was... More
Middletown Preparative Friends Meeting House, Middletown Road, 1 mile ...
Significance: In 1888, the Middletown Preparative Meeting House was significantly altered for the second time in order to conform to changing patterns of meeting house development. Middletown Meeting House was... More
Middletown Preparative Friends Meeting House, Middletown Road, 1 mile ...
Significance: In 1888, the Middletown Preparative Meeting House was significantly altered for the second time in order to conform to changing patterns of meeting house development. Middletown Meeting House was... More
Middletown Preparative Friends Meeting House, Middletown Road, 1 mile ...
Significance: In 1888, the Middletown Preparative Meeting House was significantly altered for the second time in order to conform to changing patterns of meeting house development. Middletown Meeting House was... More
Middletown Preparative Friends Meeting House, Middletown Road, 1 mile ...
Significance: In 1888, the Middletown Preparative Meeting House was significantly altered for the second time in order to conform to changing patterns of meeting house development. Middletown Meeting House was... More
Masonic Building & Courthouse, Uxbridge, Worcester County, MA
Significance: An early example of public-private partnership, the citizens of Uxbridge and the Solomon's Temple of the Freemasons joined forces to build a two story brick edifice on the north end of the town co... More