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Winchester Repeating Arms Company, Tract K Shooting Range, 125 Munson Street (rear section), New Haven, New Haven County, CT

Winchester Repeating Arms Company, Tract K Shooting Range, 125 Munson ...

Significance: Winchester, perhaps the world's largest sporting arms ammunition manufacturer by World War I with a sporting rifle product line, entered large-scale military production in 1914 with British, Belgi... More

General Dynamics Corporation Shipyard, McMyler Crane, 97 East Howard Street, Quincy, Norfolk County, MA

General Dynamics Corporation Shipyard, McMyler Crane, 97 East Howard S...

Significance: The McMyler Hammerhead Crane of 1916; 1929 is among the oldest and is the largest of the Quincy-Fore River Shipyard's outfitting cranes. It is significant as an excellent example of an extensivel... More

Rock Island Arsenal, Building No. 102, Rodman Avenue between Gillespie Avenue & First Street, Rock Island, Rock Island County, IL

Rock Island Arsenal, Building No. 102, Rodman Avenue between Gillespie...

Significance: After taking command of Rock Island Arsenal in 1865, General Thomas Jefferson Rodman devised a master plan for the installation calling for the construction of ten large, Greek Revival, manufactur... More

Rock Island Arsenal, Building No. 102, Rodman Avenue between Gillespie Avenue & First Street, Rock Island, Rock Island County, IL

Rock Island Arsenal, Building No. 102, Rodman Avenue between Gillespie...

Significance: After taking command of Rock Island Arsenal in 1865, General Thomas Jefferson Rodman devised a master plan for the installation calling for the construction of ten large, Greek Revival, manufactur... More

Fort McHenry National Monument & Historic Shrine, East Fort Avenue at Whetstone Point, Baltimore, Independent City, MD

Fort McHenry National Monument & Historic Shrine, East Fort Avenue at ...

Significance: The pentagonal fort is the most important, least changed, surviving feature of the historic bombardment of Fort McHenry, September 13-14, 1814. The sally port, casemates, and guard rooms were bui... More

Fort McHenry National Monument & Historic Shrine, East Fort Avenue at Whetstone Point, Baltimore, Independent City, MD

Fort McHenry National Monument & Historic Shrine, East Fort Avenue at ...

Significance: The pentagonal fort is the most important, least changed, surviving feature of the historic bombardment of Fort McHenry, September 13-14, 1814. The sally port, casemates, and guard rooms were bui... More

Watertown Arsenal, Building No. 312, Wooley Avenue, Watertown, Middlesex County, MA

Watertown Arsenal, Building No. 312, Wooley Avenue, Watertown, Middles...

Significance: Building No. 312, constructed to facilitate the erection of gun carriages, is significant for its industrial association with three adjacent buildings to the west, south, and north (312, HAER No. ... More

Watertown Arsenal, Building No. 312, Wooley Avenue, Watertown, Middlesex County, MA

Watertown Arsenal, Building No. 312, Wooley Avenue, Watertown, Middles...

Significance: Building No. 312, constructed to facilitate the erection of gun carriages, is significant for its industrial association with three adjacent buildings to the west, south, and north (312, HAER No. ... More

District of Columbia War Memorial, West Potomac Park, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

District of Columbia War Memorial, West Potomac Park, Washington, Dist...

Significance: The District of Columbia War Memorial was built to commemorate the citizens of the District of Columbia who served in World War I. Authorized by an Act of Congress in 1924, funds to construct the... More

District of Columbia War Memorial, West Potomac Park, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

District of Columbia War Memorial, West Potomac Park, Washington, Dist...

Significance: The District of Columbia War Memorial was built to commemorate the citizens of the District of Columbia who served in World War I. Authorized by an Act of Congress in 1924, funds to construct the... More

Rock Island Arsenal, Building No. 140, Second Street between Ramsey Street & South Avenue, Rock Island, Rock Island County, IL

Rock Island Arsenal, Building No. 140, Second Street between Ramsey St...

Significance: The Gun Stock Dry Kiln was one of a pair of almost identical buildings erected in 1917-1918 for seasoning lumber used in the arsenal's manufacturing program (see HAER No. IL-20W). The building wa... More

Rock Island Arsenal, Building No. 110, Rodman Avenue between Fourth Street & East Avenue, Rock Island, Rock Island County, IL

Rock Island Arsenal, Building No. 110, Rodman Avenue between Fourth St...

Significance: After taking command of Rock Island Arsenal in 1865, General Thomas Jefferson Rodman devised a master plan for the installation calling for the construction of ten large, Greek Revival, manufactur... More

Rock Island Arsenal, Building No. 106, Rodman Avenue between Second & Third Streets, Rock Island, Rock Island County, IL

Rock Island Arsenal, Building No. 106, Rodman Avenue between Second & ...

Significance: After taking command of Rock Island Arsenal in 1865, General Thomas Jefferson Rodman devised a master plan for the installation calling for the construction of ten large, Greek Revival, manufactur... More

Rock Island Arsenal, Building No. 131, South Avenue between Gillespie Avenue & Second Street, Rock Island, Rock Island County, IL

Rock Island Arsenal, Building No. 131, South Avenue between Gillespie ...

Significance: Located immediately south of Shop A, Storehouse A was completed in 1905 to replace an earlier structure of the same name that had burned two years earlier on the same site. Based on the plans of ... More

Union Iron Works Turbine Machine Shop, 2200 Webster Street, Alameda, Alameda County, CA

Union Iron Works Turbine Machine Shop, 2200 Webster Street, Alameda, A...

Significance: The Union Iron Works Turbine Machine Shop building is both historically and architecturally significant. As the nucleus of a major West Coast shipyard which made important contributions to ship b... More

Rock Island Arsenal, Building No. 220, Rodman Avenue between Flager & Gronen Streets, Rock Island, Rock Island County, IL

Rock Island Arsenal, Building No. 220, Rodman Avenue between Flager & ...

Significance: During and immediately after World War I, the Ordnance Department erected several buildings on Rodman Avenue, just west of the nineteenth-century, Greek Revival stone shops. To maintain the "gran... More

Christian Admiral Hotel, 1401 Beach Avenue, Cape May, Cape May County, NJ

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

Public Square (Buildings), North Walnut, West Montgomery, North Pike, & West Main Streets, Oakland, Coles County, IL

Public Square (Buildings), North Walnut, West Montgomery, North Pike, ...

Buildings delineated include 7, 15, 23 North Walnut Street, 2, 4, 10, 12, 16 North Pike Street, 2,4,8,10,12,22,24,26 West Main Street. 1984 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Honorable Mention Significance: Oakland, Il... More

U.S.D.A. Plant Quarantine Building, 209 River Street, Hoboken, Hudson County, NJ

U.S.D.A. Plant Quarantine Building, 209 River Street, Hoboken, Hudson ...

See also HAER No. NJ-63, Hoboken Piers Headhouse Significance: Constructed in 1940 to carry out the provisions of the National Plant Quarantine Act of 1912, the USDA Plant Quarantine Building is significant as ... More

U.S.D.A. Plant Quarantine Building, 209 River Street, Hoboken, Hudson County, NJ

U.S.D.A. Plant Quarantine Building, 209 River Street, Hoboken, Hudson ...

See also HAER No. NJ-63, Hoboken Piers Headhouse Significance: Constructed in 1940 to carry out the provisions of the National Plant Quarantine Act of 1912, the USDA Plant Quarantine Building is significant as ... More

U.S.D.A. Plant Quarantine Building, 209 River Street, Hoboken, Hudson County, NJ

U.S.D.A. Plant Quarantine Building, 209 River Street, Hoboken, Hudson ...

See also HAER No. NJ-63, Hoboken Piers Headhouse Significance: Constructed in 1940 to carry out the provisions of the National Plant Quarantine Act of 1912, the USDA Plant Quarantine Building is significant as ... More

Watertown Arsenal, Building No. 97, Wooley Avenue, Watertown, Middlesex County, MA

Watertown Arsenal, Building No. 97, Wooley Avenue, Watertown, Middlese...

Significance: The significance of Building No. 97 lies in the fact that its changing use from an industrial facility to a modern laboratory provides a physical illustration of the changing mission of Watertown ... More

Rock Island Arsenal, Building No. 66, Rodman Avenue between Third & Fourth Streets, Rock Island, Rock Island County, IL

Rock Island Arsenal, Building No. 66, Rodman Avenue between Third & Fo...

Significance: After taking command of Rock Island Arsenal in 1865, General Thomas Jefferson Rodman devised a master plan for the installation calling for the construction of ten large, Greek Revival, manufactur... More

Colonel Charles Young House, Columbia Pike between Clifton & Stevenson Roads, Wilberforce, Greene County, OH

Colonel Charles Young House, Columbia Pike between Clifton & Stevenson...

Significance: Colonel Charles Young (1864-1922), the third black man to graduate from the United States Military Academy at West Point, was the highest ranking black officer in World War I. He was also the firs... More

Rock Island Arsenal, Building No. 109, Rodman Avenue & Fourth Street, Rock Island, Rock Island County, IL

Rock Island Arsenal, Building No. 109, Rodman Avenue & Fourth Street, ...

Significance: Although Rock Island Arsenal was designated an ordnance manufacturing installation during the Civil War, it was not until World War I that all of the stone Greek Revival shops on Rodman Avenue wer... More

General Dynamics Corporation Shipyard, XYZ Crane & Towers, 97 East Howard Street, Quincy, Norfolk County, MA

General Dynamics Corporation Shipyard, XYZ Crane & Towers, 97 East How...

Significance: The XYZ Crane & Towers is significant for its association with nearly 70 years of shipbuilding at the Quincy-Fore River shipyard, functioning as an assembly crane for early submarine construction ... More

Picatinny  Arsenal, State Route 15 near I-80, Dover, Morris County, NJ

Picatinny Arsenal, State Route 15 near I-80, Dover, Morris County, NJ

Significance: Originally built as a depot for the storage of powder and other armaments, in the 20th century Picatinny Arsenal became a leading facility for the research and development and production of muniti... More

Picatinny  Arsenal, State Route 15 near I-80, Dover, Morris County, NJ

Picatinny Arsenal, State Route 15 near I-80, Dover, Morris County, NJ

Significance: Originally built as a depot for the storage of powder and other armaments, in the 20th century Picatinny Arsenal became a leading facility for the research and development and production of muniti... More

Picatinny  Arsenal, State Route 15 near I-80, Dover, Morris County, NJ

Picatinny Arsenal, State Route 15 near I-80, Dover, Morris County, NJ

Significance: Originally built as a depot for the storage of powder and other armaments, in the 20th century Picatinny Arsenal became a leading facility for the research and development and production of muniti... More

Picatinny  Arsenal, State Route 15 near I-80, Dover, Morris County, NJ

Picatinny Arsenal, State Route 15 near I-80, Dover, Morris County, NJ

Significance: Originally built as a depot for the storage of powder and other armaments, in the 20th century Picatinny Arsenal became a leading facility for the research and development and production of muniti... More

Fort McClellan Ammunition Storage Area, Building No. 4404, Second Avenue (Magazine Road), Anniston, Calhoun County, AL

Fort McClellan Ammunition Storage Area, Building No. 4404, Second Aven...

Significance: The Ammunition Storage Area of Fort McClellan represents two eras of building design. Buildings 4403 and 4404 are standard field depot magazines built in 1917, while Buildings 4408, 4409, and 441... More

Rock Island Arsenal, Building No. 139, Second Street between Ramsey Street & South Avenue, Rock Island, Rock Island County, IL

Rock Island Arsenal, Building No. 139, Second Street between Ramsey St...

Significance: The Artillery Wheel Stock Dry Kiln was one of a pair of almost identical buildings erected in 1917-1918 for seasoning lumber used in the arsenal's manufacturing program (see HAER No. IL-20X). The... More

Rock Island Arsenal, Building No. 138, Second Avenue between South Avenue & Ramsey Street, Rock Island, Rock Island County, IL

Rock Island Arsenal, Building No. 138, Second Avenue between South Ave...

Significance: After taking command of Rock Island Arsenal in 1865, General Thomas Jefferson Rodman devised a master plan for the installation calling for the construction of ten large manufacturing shops, five ... More

Rock Island Arsenal, Building No. 138, Second Avenue between South Avenue & Ramsey Street, Rock Island, Rock Island County, IL

Rock Island Arsenal, Building No. 138, Second Avenue between South Ave...

Significance: After taking command of Rock Island Arsenal in 1865, General Thomas Jefferson Rodman devised a master plan for the installation calling for the construction of ten large manufacturing shops, five ... More

Liberty Memorial Bridge, Spanning Missouri River at I-94, Bismarck, Burleigh County, ND

Liberty Memorial Bridge, Spanning Missouri River at I-94, Bismarck, Bu...

Significance: The Liberty Memorial Bridge is a three-span, Warren-Turner through truss bridge, a variation of the Warren through truss designed by C.A.P. Turner. This was the first highway bridge over the Miss... More

Warner Plaza, Both sides of Warner Plaza between Main & Warwick, Kansas City, Jackson County, MO

Warner Plaza, Both sides of Warner Plaza between Main & Warwick, Kansa...

Significance: The Warner Plaza apartment development demonstrates an extensive, early innovative approach to multi-unit residential planning. It is a significant representation of the impact of the City Beautif... More

Midwest Steel & Iron Works Company, 25 Larimer Street, Denver, Denver County, CO

Midwest Steel & Iron Works Company, 25 Larimer Street, Denver, Denver ...

Significance: The company is one of Denver's oldest and largest metal fabricators. Since the late 19th century Midwest had produced structural and ornamental components for buildings and engineering structures ... More

Fort MacArthur, Raw Salt Storage & Processing Buildings, Pacific Avenue, San Pedro, Los Angeles County, CA

Fort MacArthur, Raw Salt Storage & Processing Buildings, Pacific Avenu...

Significance: The Trona Plant (Building 425) at Fort MacArthur is one of the largest remaining wood timber buildings in southern California. As such, it represents an impressive example of an early west coast ... More

Pacific Coast Torpedo Station, Keyport Industrial District, Both sides of Second Street, between Dedrick Drive and Liberty Bay and one building west of Dedrick Drive and south of Second Street, Keyport, Kitsap County, WA

Pacific Coast Torpedo Station, Keyport Industrial District, Both sides...

Significance: The district exhibits the qualities and character of a naval torpedo facility of the period from 1914-1948. This association with military activities and the development of undersea warfare techno... More

Rock Island Arsenal, Building No. 67, Rodman Avenue & Fourth Street, Rock Island, Rock Island County, IL

Rock Island Arsenal, Building No. 67, Rodman Avenue & Fourth Street, R...

Significance: Although Rock Island was designated an ordnance manufacturing installation during the Civil War, it was not until World War I that all of the stone Greek Revival shops on Rodman Avenue were fully ... More

Fort Hamilton, Rose Island, Newport, Newport County, RI

Fort Hamilton, Rose Island, Newport, Newport County, RI

Significance: Fort Hamilton contains a mixture of military fortification buildings from the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, as well as twentieth century storage facilities and torpedo warhead ar... More

Fort Hamilton, Rose Island, Newport, Newport County, RI

Fort Hamilton, Rose Island, Newport, Newport County, RI

Significance: Fort Hamilton contains a mixture of military fortification buildings from the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, as well as twentieth century storage facilities and torpedo warhead ar... More

Fort Hamilton, Rose Island, Newport, Newport County, RI

Fort Hamilton, Rose Island, Newport, Newport County, RI

Significance: Fort Hamilton contains a mixture of military fortification buildings from the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, as well as twentieth century storage facilities and torpedo warhead ar... More

Fort Delaware, Pea Patch Island, Delaware City, New Castle County, DE

Fort Delaware, Pea Patch Island, Delaware City, New Castle County, DE

Significance: In 1847, Congress appropriated one million dollars to build the fort as the largest fort in the country to protect Philadelphia and the harbor. It was first occupied in 1861 during Civil War & us... More

Fort Delaware, Pea Patch Island, Delaware City, New Castle County, DE

Fort Delaware, Pea Patch Island, Delaware City, New Castle County, DE

Significance: In 1847, Congress appropriated one million dollars to build the fort as the largest fort in the country to protect Philadelphia and the harbor. It was first occupied in 1861 during Civil War & us... More

Bibb Company (Columbus Plant), Thirty-eighth Street & First Avenue (Columbus vicinity), Columbus, Muscogee County, GA

Bibb Company (Columbus Plant), Thirty-eighth Street & First Avenue (Co...

Significance: The main building of this operating textile mill extends a remarkable 1010 feet east from a bluff overlooking the Chattahoochee River. Until 1954 an American system of rope drive, turned directly... More

Delaware County Electric Company, Chester Station, Delaware River at South end of Ward Street, Chester, Delaware County, PA

Delaware County Electric Company, Chester Station, Delaware River at S...

Significance: It is a monument to the production and marketing of electricity in early 20th-century America. Wartime demand for light and power led Philadelphia Electric to commission the plant for the company'... More

Delaware County Electric Company, Chester Station, Delaware River at South end of Ward Street, Chester, Delaware County, PA

Delaware County Electric Company, Chester Station, Delaware River at S...

Significance: It is a monument to the production and marketing of electricity in early 20th-century America. Wartime demand for light and power led Philadelphia Electric to commission the plant for the company'... More

Delaware County Electric Company, Chester Station, Delaware River at South end of Ward Street, Chester, Delaware County, PA

Delaware County Electric Company, Chester Station, Delaware River at S...

Significance: It is a monument to the production and marketing of electricity in early 20th-century America. Wartime demand for light and power led Philadelphia Electric to commission the plant for the company'... More

Delaware County Electric Company, Chester Station, Delaware River at South end of Ward Street, Chester, Delaware County, PA

Delaware County Electric Company, Chester Station, Delaware River at S...

Significance: It is a monument to the production and marketing of electricity in early 20th-century America. Wartime demand for light and power led Philadelphia Electric to commission the plant for the company'... More

Delaware County Electric Company, Chester Station, Delaware River at South end of Ward Street, Chester, Delaware County, PA

Delaware County Electric Company, Chester Station, Delaware River at S...

Significance: It is a monument to the production and marketing of electricity in early 20th-century America. Wartime demand for light and power led Philadelphia Electric to commission the plant for the company'... More

Delaware County Electric Company, Chester Station, Delaware River at South end of Ward Street, Chester, Delaware County, PA

Delaware County Electric Company, Chester Station, Delaware River at S...

Significance: It is a monument to the production and marketing of electricity in early 20th-century America. Wartime demand for light and power led Philadelphia Electric to commission the plant for the company'... More

Delaware County Electric Company, Chester Station, Delaware River at South end of Ward Street, Chester, Delaware County, PA

Delaware County Electric Company, Chester Station, Delaware River at S...

Significance: It is a monument to the production and marketing of electricity in early 20th-century America. Wartime demand for light and power led Philadelphia Electric to commission the plant for the company'... More

Delaware County Electric Company, Chester Station, Delaware River at South end of Ward Street, Chester, Delaware County, PA

Delaware County Electric Company, Chester Station, Delaware River at S...

Significance: It is a monument to the production and marketing of electricity in early 20th-century America. Wartime demand for light and power led Philadelphia Electric to commission the plant for the company'... More

Delaware County Electric Company, Chester Station, Delaware River at South end of Ward Street, Chester, Delaware County, PA

Delaware County Electric Company, Chester Station, Delaware River at S...

Significance: It is a monument to the production and marketing of electricity in early 20th-century America. Wartime demand for light and power led Philadelphia Electric to commission the plant for the company'... More

Delaware County Electric Company, Chester Station, Delaware River at South end of Ward Street, Chester, Delaware County, PA

Delaware County Electric Company, Chester Station, Delaware River at S...

Significance: It is a monument to the production and marketing of electricity in early 20th-century America. Wartime demand for light and power led Philadelphia Electric to commission the plant for the company'... More

Ferry EUREKA, Hyde Street Pier, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

Ferry EUREKA, Hyde Street Pier, San Francisco, San Francisco County, C...

See HAER CA-364 for documentation of the Eureka's Lifeboat No. 3. Significance: EUREKA, considered to be the only extant vessel of its type in the United States, symbolizes an era of travel that has all but van... More

Ferry EUREKA, Hyde Street Pier, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

Ferry EUREKA, Hyde Street Pier, San Francisco, San Francisco County, C...

See HAER CA-364 for documentation of the Eureka's Lifeboat No. 3. Significance: EUREKA, considered to be the only extant vessel of its type in the United States, symbolizes an era of travel that has all but van... More

Fitzsimons General Hospital, Bounded by East Colfax to south, Peoria Street to west, Denver City/County & Adams County Line to north,  & U.S. Route 255 to east, Aurora, Adams County, CO

Fitzsimons General Hospital, Bounded by East Colfax to south, Peoria S...

Survey number: HABS CO-172 Building/structure dates: 1918-1984 Initial Construction

John P. King Manufacturing Company, 1701 Goodrich Street, Augusta Canal, Augusta, Richmond County, GA

John P. King Manufacturing Company, 1701 Goodrich Street, Augusta Cana...

Significance: The John P. King Mfg. Co. was built as part of Augusta's campaign to become the "Lowell of the South." The mill has always used the water power of the Augusta Canal and now generates hydroelectri... More

John P. King Manufacturing Company, 1701 Goodrich Street, Augusta Canal, Augusta, Richmond County, GA

John P. King Manufacturing Company, 1701 Goodrich Street, Augusta Cana...

Significance: The John P. King Mfg. Co. was built as part of Augusta's campaign to become the "Lowell of the South." The mill has always used the water power of the Augusta Canal and now generates hydroelectri... More

Liberty Memorial, 100 West Twenty-sixth Street, Kansas City, Jackson County, MO

Liberty Memorial, 100 West Twenty-sixth Street, Kansas City, Jackson C...

Significance: Liberty Memorial vividly exemplifies the fulfillment of city planning concepts, combining monumentally scaled Beaux Arts Classicism envisioned by some of the nations most notable and diverse delin... More

Liberty Memorial, 100 West Twenty-sixth Street, Kansas City, Jackson County, MO

Liberty Memorial, 100 West Twenty-sixth Street, Kansas City, Jackson C...

Significance: Liberty Memorial vividly exemplifies the fulfillment of city planning concepts, combining monumentally scaled Beaux Arts Classicism envisioned by some of the nations most notable and diverse delin... More

Liberty Memorial, 100 West Twenty-sixth Street, Kansas City, Jackson County, MO

Liberty Memorial, 100 West Twenty-sixth Street, Kansas City, Jackson C...

Significance: Liberty Memorial vividly exemplifies the fulfillment of city planning concepts, combining monumentally scaled Beaux Arts Classicism envisioned by some of the nations most notable and diverse delin... More

Liberty Memorial, 100 West Twenty-sixth Street, Kansas City, Jackson County, MO

Liberty Memorial, 100 West Twenty-sixth Street, Kansas City, Jackson C...

Significance: Liberty Memorial vividly exemplifies the fulfillment of city planning concepts, combining monumentally scaled Beaux Arts Classicism envisioned by some of the nations most notable and diverse delin... More

General Dynamics Corporation Shipyard, McMyler Crane, 97 East Howard Street, Quincy, Norfolk County, MA

General Dynamics Corporation Shipyard, McMyler Crane, 97 East Howard S...

Significance: The McMyler Hammerhead Crane of 1916; 1929 is among the oldest and is the largest of the Quincy-Fore River Shipyard's outfitting cranes. It is significant as an excellent example of an extensivel... More

Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery & Memorial, Chapel, Rue du General Pershing, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Departement de la Meuse (France), FR

Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery & Memorial, Chapel, Rue du General Per...

Significance: Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery & Memorial is one of eight overseas World War I cemeteries redesigned and administered by the American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC), a federal agency created ... More

Fitzsimons General Hospital, Memorial Tablet, West McAfee, South of Building No. 524, Aurora, Adams County, CO

Fitzsimons General Hospital, Memorial Tablet, West McAfee, South of Bu...

Survey number: HABS CO-172-CB Building/structure dates: 1917-1918 Initial Construction

Peter Schoenhofen Brewery, West Eighteenth Street & Canalport Avenue, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Peter Schoenhofen Brewery, West Eighteenth Street & Canalport Avenue, ...

See Written Historical & Desriptive Data pages for reduced copies of drawings. Significance: The Schoenhofen Brewery has historic significance as the only major pre-Prohibition brewery in Chicago to have its st... More

Fort McHenry National Monument & Historic Shrine, East Fort Avenue at Whetstone Point, Baltimore, Independent City, MD

Fort McHenry National Monument & Historic Shrine, East Fort Avenue at ...

Significance: The pentagonal fort is the most important, least changed, surviving feature of the historic bombardment of Fort McHenry, September 13-14, 1814. The sally port, casemates, and guard rooms were bui... More

Fort McHenry National Monument & Historic Shrine, East Fort Avenue at Whetstone Point, Baltimore, Independent City, MD

Fort McHenry National Monument & Historic Shrine, East Fort Avenue at ...

Significance: The pentagonal fort is the most important, least changed, surviving feature of the historic bombardment of Fort McHenry, September 13-14, 1814. The sally port, casemates, and guard rooms were bui... More

Watertown Arsenal, Building No. 312, Wooley Avenue, Watertown, Middlesex County, MA

Watertown Arsenal, Building No. 312, Wooley Avenue, Watertown, Middles...

Significance: Building No. 312, constructed to facilitate the erection of gun carriages, is significant for its industrial association with three adjacent buildings to the west, south, and north (312, HAER No. ... More

District of Columbia War Memorial, West Potomac Park, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

District of Columbia War Memorial, West Potomac Park, Washington, Dist...

Significance: The District of Columbia War Memorial was built to commemorate the citizens of the District of Columbia who served in World War I. Authorized by an Act of Congress in 1924, funds to construct the... More

District of Columbia War Memorial, West Potomac Park, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

District of Columbia War Memorial, West Potomac Park, Washington, Dist...

Significance: The District of Columbia War Memorial was built to commemorate the citizens of the District of Columbia who served in World War I. Authorized by an Act of Congress in 1924, funds to construct the... More

Rock Island Arsenal, Building No. 280, Sylvan Drive, Rock Island, Rock Island County, IL

Rock Island Arsenal, Building No. 280, Sylvan Drive, Rock Island, Rock...

Significance: After taking command of Rock Island Arsenal in 1865, General Thomas Jefferson Rodman devised a master plan for the installation calling for the construction of ten large manufacturing shops, five ... More

Rock Island Arsenal, Building No. 110, Rodman Avenue between Fourth Street & East Avenue, Rock Island, Rock Island County, IL

Rock Island Arsenal, Building No. 110, Rodman Avenue between Fourth St...

Significance: After taking command of Rock Island Arsenal in 1865, General Thomas Jefferson Rodman devised a master plan for the installation calling for the construction of ten large, Greek Revival, manufactur... More

Raritan Arsenal, 2890 Woodbridge Avenue, Bonhamtown, Middlesex County, NJ

Raritan Arsenal, 2890 Woodbridge Avenue, Bonhamtown, Middlesex County,...

Significance: The Raritan Arsenal, originally known as the Raritan River Ordnance Base, was established in 1917 in preparation for the United States' entry into World War I. The Arsenal, initially a 2,150 acre ... More

Rock Island Arsenal, Building No. 131, South Avenue between Gillespie Avenue & Second Street, Rock Island, Rock Island County, IL

Rock Island Arsenal, Building No. 131, South Avenue between Gillespie ...

Significance: Located immediately south of Shop A, Storehouse A was completed in 1905 to replace an earlier structure of the same name that had burned two years earlier on the same site. Based on the plans of ... More

Rock Island Arsenal, Building No. 56, North Avenue & East Avenue, Rock Island, Rock Island County, IL

Rock Island Arsenal, Building No. 56, North Avenue & East Avenue, Rock...

Significance: After taking command of Rock Island Arsenal in 1865, General Thomas Jefferson Rodman devised a master plan for the installation calling for the construction of ten, stone Greek Revival manufacturi... More

Rock Island Arsenal, Building No. 56, North Avenue & East Avenue, Rock Island, Rock Island County, IL

Rock Island Arsenal, Building No. 56, North Avenue & East Avenue, Rock...

Significance: After taking command of Rock Island Arsenal in 1865, General Thomas Jefferson Rodman devised a master plan for the installation calling for the construction of ten, stone Greek Revival manufacturi... More

Rock Island Arsenal, Building No. 56, North Avenue & East Avenue, Rock Island, Rock Island County, IL

Rock Island Arsenal, Building No. 56, North Avenue & East Avenue, Rock...

Significance: After taking command of Rock Island Arsenal in 1865, General Thomas Jefferson Rodman devised a master plan for the installation calling for the construction of ten, stone Greek Revival manufacturi... More

Union Iron Works Turbine Machine Shop, 2200 Webster Street, Alameda, Alameda County, CA

Union Iron Works Turbine Machine Shop, 2200 Webster Street, Alameda, A...

Significance: The Union Iron Works Turbine Machine Shop building is both historically and architecturally significant. As the nucleus of a major West Coast shipyard which made important contributions to ship b... More

Union Iron Works Turbine Machine Shop, 2200 Webster Street, Alameda, Alameda County, CA

Union Iron Works Turbine Machine Shop, 2200 Webster Street, Alameda, A...

Significance: The Union Iron Works Turbine Machine Shop building is both historically and architecturally significant. As the nucleus of a major West Coast shipyard which made important contributions to ship b... More

Fort McClellan Ammunition Storage Area, Building No. 4403, Second Avenue (Magazine Road), Anniston, Calhoun County, AL

Fort McClellan Ammunition Storage Area, Building No. 4403, Second Aven...

This building was demolished. Significance: The Ammunition Storage Area of Fort McClellan represents two eras of building design. Buildings 4403 and 4404 are standard field depot magazines built in 1917, while... More

Public Square (Buildings), North Walnut, West Montgomery, North Pike, & West Main Streets, Oakland, Coles County, IL

Public Square (Buildings), North Walnut, West Montgomery, North Pike, ...

Buildings delineated include 7, 15, 23 North Walnut Street, 2, 4, 10, 12, 16 North Pike Street, 2,4,8,10,12,22,24,26 West Main Street. 1984 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Honorable Mention Significance: Oakland, Il... More

Public Square (Buildings), North Walnut, West Montgomery, North Pike, & West Main Streets, Oakland, Coles County, IL

Public Square (Buildings), North Walnut, West Montgomery, North Pike, ...

Buildings delineated include 7, 15, 23 North Walnut Street, 2, 4, 10, 12, 16 North Pike Street, 2,4,8,10,12,22,24,26 West Main Street. 1984 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Honorable Mention Significance: Oakland, Il... More

Public Square (Buildings), North Walnut, West Montgomery, North Pike, & West Main Streets, Oakland, Coles County, IL

Public Square (Buildings), North Walnut, West Montgomery, North Pike, ...

Buildings delineated include 7, 15, 23 North Walnut Street, 2, 4, 10, 12, 16 North Pike Street, 2,4,8,10,12,22,24,26 West Main Street. 1984 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Honorable Mention Significance: Oakland, Il... More

Rock Island Arsenal, Building No. 133, Gillespie Avenue between South Avenue & Ramsey Street, Rock Island, Rock Island County, IL

Rock Island Arsenal, Building No. 133, Gillespie Avenue between South ...

Significance: Situated in a manufacturing area southwest of the Greek Revival stone shops on Rodman Avenue, the Incinerator Buildings was constructed in 1917-1918 as part of an artillery shell production comple... More

U.S.D.A. Plant Quarantine Building, 209 River Street, Hoboken, Hudson County, NJ

U.S.D.A. Plant Quarantine Building, 209 River Street, Hoboken, Hudson ...

See also HAER No. NJ-63, Hoboken Piers Headhouse Significance: Constructed in 1940 to carry out the provisions of the National Plant Quarantine Act of 1912, the USDA Plant Quarantine Building is significant as ... More

U.S.D.A. Plant Quarantine Building, 209 River Street, Hoboken, Hudson County, NJ

U.S.D.A. Plant Quarantine Building, 209 River Street, Hoboken, Hudson ...

See also HAER No. NJ-63, Hoboken Piers Headhouse Significance: Constructed in 1940 to carry out the provisions of the National Plant Quarantine Act of 1912, the USDA Plant Quarantine Building is significant as ... More

U.S.D.A. Plant Quarantine Building, 209 River Street, Hoboken, Hudson County, NJ

U.S.D.A. Plant Quarantine Building, 209 River Street, Hoboken, Hudson ...

See also HAER No. NJ-63, Hoboken Piers Headhouse Significance: Constructed in 1940 to carry out the provisions of the National Plant Quarantine Act of 1912, the USDA Plant Quarantine Building is significant as ... More

Colonel Charles Young House, Columbia Pike between Clifton & Stevenson Roads, Wilberforce, Greene County, OH

Colonel Charles Young House, Columbia Pike between Clifton & Stevenson...

Significance: Colonel Charles Young (1864-1922), the third black man to graduate from the United States Military Academy at West Point, was the highest ranking black officer in World War I. He was also the firs... More

Picatinny  Arsenal, State Route 15 near I-80, Dover, Morris County, NJ

Picatinny Arsenal, State Route 15 near I-80, Dover, Morris County, NJ

Significance: Originally built as a depot for the storage of powder and other armaments, in the 20th century Picatinny Arsenal became a leading facility for the research and development and production of muniti... More

Picatinny  Arsenal, State Route 15 near I-80, Dover, Morris County, NJ

Picatinny Arsenal, State Route 15 near I-80, Dover, Morris County, NJ

Significance: Originally built as a depot for the storage of powder and other armaments, in the 20th century Picatinny Arsenal became a leading facility for the research and development and production of muniti... More

Picatinny  Arsenal, State Route 15 near I-80, Dover, Morris County, NJ

Picatinny Arsenal, State Route 15 near I-80, Dover, Morris County, NJ

Significance: Originally built as a depot for the storage of powder and other armaments, in the 20th century Picatinny Arsenal became a leading facility for the research and development and production of muniti... More

Picatinny  Arsenal, State Route 15 near I-80, Dover, Morris County, NJ

Picatinny Arsenal, State Route 15 near I-80, Dover, Morris County, NJ

Significance: Originally built as a depot for the storage of powder and other armaments, in the 20th century Picatinny Arsenal became a leading facility for the research and development and production of muniti... More

Picatinny  Arsenal, State Route 15 near I-80, Dover, Morris County, NJ

Picatinny Arsenal, State Route 15 near I-80, Dover, Morris County, NJ

Significance: Originally built as a depot for the storage of powder and other armaments, in the 20th century Picatinny Arsenal became a leading facility for the research and development and production of muniti... More

Rock Island Arsenal, Building No. 64, Rodman Avenue between Second & Third Streets, Rock Island, Rock Island County, IL

Rock Island Arsenal, Building No. 64, Rodman Avenue between Second & T...

Significance: After taking command of Rock Island Arsenal in 1865, General Thomas Jefferson Rodman devised a master plan for the installation calling for the construction of ten large, Greek Revival, manufactur... More

Rock Island Arsenal, Building No. 64, Rodman Avenue between Second & Third Streets, Rock Island, Rock Island County, IL

Rock Island Arsenal, Building No. 64, Rodman Avenue between Second & T...

Significance: After taking command of Rock Island Arsenal in 1865, General Thomas Jefferson Rodman devised a master plan for the installation calling for the construction of ten large, Greek Revival, manufactur... More

Fort McClellan Ammunition Storage Area, Building No. 4404, Second Avenue (Magazine Road), Anniston, Calhoun County, AL

Fort McClellan Ammunition Storage Area, Building No. 4404, Second Aven...

Significance: The Ammunition Storage Area of Fort McClellan represents two eras of building design. Buildings 4403 and 4404 are standard field depot magazines built in 1917, while Buildings 4408, 4409, and 441... More

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