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Willie Whistler and "camarades" on their way to the chapel after putting on their canonicals

Willie Whistler and "camarades" on their way to the chapel after putti...

Three cadets in uniform, standing on a wall, calling down to four figures in caps and gowns who are walking towards chapel entrance. Also includes sketch at bottom of sheet: stick figure with goatee and feathe... More

U. S. Military Academy, Cullum Memorial Hall, West Point, Orange County, NY

U. S. Military Academy, Cullum Memorial Hall, West Point, Orange Count...

Significance: Cullum Hall is associated with with Brevet Major General George W. Cullum, its founder, and with McKim, Mead and White, its architects. The building represents a short lived period of American Ren... 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

U.S. Military Academy, Ice House, Mills Road at Howze Place, West Point, Orange County, NY

U.S. Military Academy, Ice House, Mills Road at Howze Place, West Poin...

Significance: The Ice House (Building 644) was one of the larger capacity icehouses in the region. The New York State Historic Preservation Office determined that it was a rare surviving building type since bul... More

U.S. Military Academy, Ice House, Mills Road at Howze Place, West Point, Orange County, NY

U.S. Military Academy, Ice House, Mills Road at Howze Place, West Poin...

Significance: The Ice House (Building 644) was one of the larger capacity icehouses in the region. The New York State Historic Preservation Office determined that it was a rare surviving building type since bul... More

U.S. Military Academy, Ice House, Mills Road at Howze Place, West Point, Orange County, NY

U.S. Military Academy, Ice House, Mills Road at Howze Place, West Poin...

Significance: The Ice House (Building 644) was one of the larger capacity icehouses in the region. The New York State Historic Preservation Office determined that it was a rare surviving building type since bul... More

U. S. Military Academy, Officer's Quarters, West Point, Orange County, NY

U. S. Military Academy, Officer's Quarters, West Point, Orange County,...

Significance: These quarters, together with those just south of them, are the oldest extant structures at the Academy. The house retains much of its original Federal Style details. The house is now traditionall... More

Birds-eye view of the camp of the army of occupation, commanded by Genl. Taylor, near Corpus Christi, Texas, (from the North) Oct. 1845 / D.P. Whiting, Capt. 7th Inf. del. ; on stone by C. Parsons.

Birds-eye view of the camp of the army of occupation, commanded by Gen...

279 U.S. Copyright Office. Publication date based on copyright statement on item. B&w copy Inscribed in ink at bottom: 279. Deposited in the Clerk's Office for the So. Dist. of New York July 23, 1847. Color co... More

U. S. Military Academy, Cavalry Barracks, West Point, Orange County, NY

U. S. Military Academy, Cavalry Barracks, West Point, Orange County, N...

Significance: The Cavalry Barracks is one one of a group of five Cram, Goodhue, and Ferguson buildings that define the western and southern edges of Buffalo Soldier Field. The neo-gothic character of the buildi... More

U. S. Military Academy, Cavalry Stables, West Point, Orange County, NY

U. S. Military Academy, Cavalry Stables, West Point, Orange County, NY

Significance: The Cavalry Stables is one of a group of five Cram, Goodhoue, and Ferguson buildings that define the western and southern edges of Buffalo Soldier Field. The neo-gothic character of the buildings ... More

[Cadet drill on parade ground, West Point, N.Y.]

[Cadet drill on parade ground, West Point, N.Y.]

Picryl description: Public domain image of military personnel, parade, conscription, group of people in uniform, armed forces, infantry, war activity, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Governors Island, Fort Columbus, New York Harbor, New York, New York County, NY

Governors Island, Fort Columbus, New York Harbor, New York, New York C...

Significance: Constructed on the site of an earlier defense work in the years 1806-1809, Fort Columbus, renamed Fort Jay in 1904, was one of the largest fortifications in the defense system that effectively def... More

Potts-Fitzhugh House, 607 Oronoco Street, Alexandria, Independent City, Virginia

Potts-Fitzhugh House, 607 Oronoco Street, Alexandria, Independent City...

Significance: This structure was built contemporaneously with its twin next door at 609 Oronoco, later known as Hallowell School. Together these chaste Georgian buildings confer distinction to the block, a qua... More

Potts-Fitzhugh House, 607 Oronoco Street, Alexandria, Independent City, Virginia

Potts-Fitzhugh House, 607 Oronoco Street, Alexandria, Independent City...

Significance: This structure was built contemporaneously with its twin next door at 609 Oronoco, later known as Hallowell School. Together these chaste Georgian buildings confer distinction to the block, a qua... More

Potts-Fitzhugh House, 607 Oronoco Street, Alexandria, Independent City, Virginia

Potts-Fitzhugh House, 607 Oronoco Street, Alexandria, Independent City...

Significance: This structure was built contemporaneously with its twin next door at 609 Oronoco, later known as Hallowell School. Together these chaste Georgian buildings confer distinction to the block, a qua... More

U. S. Military Academy, Cadet Mess, Store & Drawing Academy, West Point, Orange County, NY

U. S. Military Academy, Cadet Mess, Store & Drawing Academy, West Poin...

Significance: The Cadet Mess occupies both a central function in the everyday life of the Academy and is a major building helping to define the boundaries of the Plain. Unprocessed Field note material exists ... More

U. S. Military Academy, Cadet Mess, Store & Drawing Academy, West Point, Orange County, NY

U. S. Military Academy, Cadet Mess, Store & Drawing Academy, West Poin...

Significance: The Cadet Mess occupies both a central function in the everyday life of the Academy and is a major building helping to define the boundaries of the Plain. Unprocessed Field note material exists ... More

U. S. Military Academy, Administration Building, West Point, Orange County, NY

U. S. Military Academy, Administration Building, West Point, Orange Co...

Significance: The Administration Building was designed by Cram, Goodhue, and Ferguson as the keystone of their 1903 competition plan. The great height of its load bearing tower and its salient position at the a... More

U. S. Military Academy, Administration Building, West Point, Orange County, NY

U. S. Military Academy, Administration Building, West Point, Orange Co...

Significance: The Administration Building was designed by Cram, Goodhue, and Ferguson as the keystone of their 1903 competition plan. The great height of its load bearing tower and its salient position at the a... More

U. S. Military Academy, Administration Building, West Point, Orange County, NY

U. S. Military Academy, Administration Building, West Point, Orange Co...

Significance: The Administration Building was designed by Cram, Goodhue, and Ferguson as the keystone of their 1903 competition plan. The great height of its load bearing tower and its salient position at the a... More

U. S. Military Academy, Administration Building, West Point, Orange County, NY

U. S. Military Academy, Administration Building, West Point, Orange Co...

Significance: The Administration Building was designed by Cram, Goodhue, and Ferguson as the keystone of their 1903 competition plan. The great height of its load bearing tower and its salient position at the a... More

U. S. Military Academy, Building No. 674, West Point, Orange County, NY

U. S. Military Academy, Building No. 674, West Point, Orange County, N...

Significance: The Hotel Thayer was built on the campus of the U.S. Military Academy in 1925-26 by a private firm to house visiting families of cadets, dignitaries, and tourists. The hotel was purchased by the f... More

U. S. Military Academy, Building No. 674, West Point, Orange County, NY

U. S. Military Academy, Building No. 674, West Point, Orange County, N...

Significance: The Hotel Thayer was built on the campus of the U.S. Military Academy in 1925-26 by a private firm to house visiting families of cadets, dignitaries, and tourists. The hotel was purchased by the f... More

U. S. Military Academy, Building No. 674, West Point, Orange County, NY

U. S. Military Academy, Building No. 674, West Point, Orange County, N...

Significance: The Hotel Thayer was built on the campus of the U.S. Military Academy in 1925-26 by a private firm to house visiting families of cadets, dignitaries, and tourists. The hotel was purchased by the f... More

U. S. Military Academy, Building No. 674, West Point, Orange County, NY

U. S. Military Academy, Building No. 674, West Point, Orange County, N...

Significance: The Hotel Thayer was built on the campus of the U.S. Military Academy in 1925-26 by a private firm to house visiting families of cadets, dignitaries, and tourists. The hotel was purchased by the f... More

U. S. Military Academy, Building No. 674, West Point, Orange County, NY

U. S. Military Academy, Building No. 674, West Point, Orange County, N...

Significance: The Hotel Thayer was built on the campus of the U.S. Military Academy in 1925-26 by a private firm to house visiting families of cadets, dignitaries, and tourists. The hotel was purchased by the f... More

Hacienda Azucarera La Esperanza, Steam Engine & Mill, 2.65 Mi. N of PR Rt. 2 Bridge over Manati River, Manati, Manati Municipio, PR

Hacienda Azucarera La Esperanza, Steam Engine & Mill, 2.65 Mi. N of PR...

Significance: The La Esperanza's decorated steam engine is the only West Point Foundry beam engine known to survive. It is also the only known 6-column beam engine by any American manufacturer. Additionally, i... More

Hacienda Azucarera La Esperanza, Steam Engine & Mill, 2.65 Mi. N of PR Rt. 2 Bridge over Manati River, Manati, Manati Municipio, PR

Hacienda Azucarera La Esperanza, Steam Engine & Mill, 2.65 Mi. N of PR...

Significance: The La Esperanza's decorated steam engine is the only West Point Foundry beam engine known to survive. It is also the only known 6-column beam engine by any American manufacturer. Additionally, i... More

U. S. Military Academy, West Point, Orange County, NY

U. S. Military Academy, West Point, Orange County, NY

Significance: It was established by an Act of Congress on March 16, 1802. Prior to that Act, West Point served as an important defensive fortification since the time of the Revolutionary War. A National Histori... More

U. S. Military Academy, West Point, Orange County, NY

U. S. Military Academy, West Point, Orange County, NY

Significance: It was established by an Act of Congress on March 16, 1802. Prior to that Act, West Point served as an important defensive fortification since the time of the Revolutionary War. A National Histori... More

U. S. Military Academy, West Point, Orange County, NY

U. S. Military Academy, West Point, Orange County, NY

Significance: It was established by an Act of Congress on March 16, 1802. Prior to that Act, West Point served as an important defensive fortification since the time of the Revolutionary War. A National Histori... More

U. S. Military Academy, West Point, Orange County, NY

U. S. Military Academy, West Point, Orange County, NY

Significance: It was established by an Act of Congress on March 16, 1802. Prior to that Act, West Point served as an important defensive fortification since the time of the Revolutionary War. A National Histori... More

U. S. Military Academy, West Point, Orange County, NY

U. S. Military Academy, West Point, Orange County, NY

Significance: It was established by an Act of Congress on March 16, 1802. Prior to that Act, West Point served as an important defensive fortification since the time of the Revolutionary War. A National Histori... More

U. S. Military Academy, West Point, Orange County, NY

U. S. Military Academy, West Point, Orange County, NY

Significance: It was established by an Act of Congress on March 16, 1802. Prior to that Act, West Point served as an important defensive fortification since the time of the Revolutionary War. A National Histori... More

U. S. Military Academy, West Point, Orange County, NY

U. S. Military Academy, West Point, Orange County, NY

Significance: It was established by an Act of Congress on March 16, 1802. Prior to that Act, West Point served as an important defensive fortification since the time of the Revolutionary War. A National Histori... More

U. S. Military Academy, West Point, Orange County, NY

U. S. Military Academy, West Point, Orange County, NY

Significance: It was established by an Act of Congress on March 16, 1802. Prior to that Act, West Point served as an important defensive fortification since the time of the Revolutionary War. A National Histori... More

Fort Putnam, West Point - Public domain book illustration

Fort Putnam, West Point - Public domain book illustration

Illus. in: The Portfolio, 1811, v. 5. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: NY West Point; Forts...; Rare Bk. Div.; Shelf.

U.S. steam frigate Mississippi passing Punta Tristao. N. west point of Madeira / Jas. Queen delt. ; P.S. Duval & Co's. lithy. Philada.

U.S. steam frigate Mississippi passing Punta Tristao. N. west point of...

Print shows the American side wheel steam frigate Mississippi on rough seas as it passes Tristram Point, Madeira. Plate from: Narrative of the expedition of an American squadron to the China Seas and Japan ...... More

North from West Point - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

North from West Point - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Picryl description: Public domain image of a landscape with water, mountains, and sky, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

West Point ferry, the Highlander

West Point ferry, the Highlander

Public domain photo of a monument, historic place, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Infantry drill on the plain, U.S. Military Academy

Infantry drill on the plain, U.S. Military Academy

Picryl description: Public domain image of a park, trees, outdoors, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[U.S. Military band, West Point, N.Y.]

[U.S. Military band, West Point, N.Y.]

Picryl description: Public domain image of military personnel, parade, conscription, group of people in uniform, armed forces, infantry, war activity, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Light artillery drill, horse battery, wheeling into line, West Point, N.Y.]

[Light artillery drill, horse battery, wheeling into line, West Point,...

Picryl description: Public domain image of horse riding, cavalry, military, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Siege battery drill, ready for loading, [United States Military Academy], West Point, N.Y.

Siege battery drill, ready for loading, [United States Military Academ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of military personnel, parade, conscription, group of people in uniform, armed forces, infantry, war activity, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

First division of inaugural parade headed by West Point cadets as it formed on Penna. Ave., Washington, D.C., March 4, 1905

First division of inaugural parade headed by West Point cadets as it f...

H57988 U.S. Copyright Office No. 6171. Sold by Universal View Co.

West Point - Public domain scan of drawing

West Point - Public domain scan of drawing

Public domain photo of drawing, 20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Cadets on Parade, West Point - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Cadets on Parade, West Point - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domai...

Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Cadets on Parade, West Point - Public domain portrait photograph

Cadets on Parade, West Point - Public domain portrait photograph

Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. General information about the George Grantha... More

[Cavalry drill, United States Military Academy, West Point, N.Y.]

[Cavalry drill, United States Military Academy, West Point, N.Y.]

Public domain photograph of military parade, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Dependent (able-bodied) Parents. Smith Family, West Point, Miss. Three girls (in front) work in the mill. This boy and others work up town. Came from an Alabama farm six months ago. Smallest spinner runs two sides. "Father just putters around. Don't work steady." "We all like the mill work better'n the hot sun on farm." House barren and run down.  Location: West Point, Mississippi.

Dependent (able-bodied) Parents. Smith Family, West Point, Miss. Three...

Picryl description: Public domain image of child labor, exploitation, children workers, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Army-Yale at West Point, 10/19/12

Army-Yale at West Point, 10/19/12

Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

J.P. Morgan, Viscount Haldane and Sir K.M. McKenzie

J.P. Morgan, Viscount Haldane and Sir K.M. McKenzie

Photo shows J.P. Morgan, Jr., Richard Burdon Sanderson Haldane, 1st Viscount Haldane (1856-1928) and Kenneth Muir Mackenzie (1845-1930) at the U.S. Military Academy, West Point, New York State, August 30, 1913.... More

St. John's Church, West Point vic., King William County, Virginia

St. John's Church, West Point vic., King William County, Virginia

Picryl description: Public domain photo of a church building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Looking toward Newburg from Battle Monument Military Academy, West Point, U.S.A.

Looking toward Newburg from Battle Monument Military Academy, West Poi...

Stereograph showing a couple walking on the grounds of the Military Academy; a portion of Battle Monument is seen in the foreground; in the background a boat on the water and surrounding mountains. H133 U.S. Co... More

West Point, from Phillipstown / painted and engraved by W.J. Bennett.

West Point, from Phillipstown / painted and engraved by W.J. Bennett.

Print shows boats on the Hudson river, two goats on hill in foreground, and mountains in background. Printed by J. & G. Neale. Copyright by Parker & Clover.

U.S. Military Academy, Gymnasium, West of DeRussy Loopy, South of Parke Road, West Point, Orange County, NY

U.S. Military Academy, Gymnasium, West of DeRussy Loopy, South of Park...

Significance: The Gymnasium is part of the Cram, Goodhue, and Ferguson ensemble of buildings in the Academy and along with its additions, it helps define the architectural character of the Academic Area. Unpr... More

U.S. Military Academy, Gymnasium, West of DeRussy Loopy, South of Parke Road, West Point, Orange County, NY

U.S. Military Academy, Gymnasium, West of DeRussy Loopy, South of Park...

Significance: The Gymnasium is part of the Cram, Goodhue, and Ferguson ensemble of buildings in the Academy and along with its additions, it helps define the architectural character of the Academic Area. Unpr... More

Benny Havens - Drawing. Public domain image.

Benny Havens - Drawing. Public domain image.

West Point cadets drinking. (DLC/PP-1934:0109). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "Old college songs," Century, 78:183 (June 1909). Exhibit loan 4193-L.

U. S. Military Academy, East Academic Building, West Point, Orange County, NY

U. S. Military Academy, East Academic Building, West Point, Orange Cou...

Significance: The East Academic building was the first 20th century classroom building at West Point. Designed by Cram, Goodhue, and Ferguson, with a later addition by Paul P. Cret, the building greatly increas... More

U. S. Military Academy, East Academic Building, West Point, Orange County, NY

U. S. Military Academy, East Academic Building, West Point, Orange Cou...

Significance: The East Academic building was the first 20th century classroom building at West Point. Designed by Cram, Goodhue, and Ferguson, with a later addition by Paul P. Cret, the building greatly increas... More

U. S. Military Academy, East Academic Building, West Point, Orange County, NY

U. S. Military Academy, East Academic Building, West Point, Orange Cou...

Significance: The East Academic building was the first 20th century classroom building at West Point. Designed by Cram, Goodhue, and Ferguson, with a later addition by Paul P. Cret, the building greatly increas... More

U. S. Military Academy, East Academic Building, West Point, Orange County, NY

U. S. Military Academy, East Academic Building, West Point, Orange Cou...

Significance: The East Academic building was the first 20th century classroom building at West Point. Designed by Cram, Goodhue, and Ferguson, with a later addition by Paul P. Cret, the building greatly increas... More

U.S. Military Academy, Riding Hall, East side of Cullum Road at East end of Brewerton Road, West Point, Orange County, NY

U.S. Military Academy, Riding Hall, East side of Cullum Road at East e...

Significance: The Riding Hall is one of the principal buildings by Cram, Goodhue, and Ferguson at West Point and is characteristic of their collegiate neo-gothic forms. Located on the site of the original ridin... More

U.S. Military Academy, Riding Hall, East side of Cullum Road at East end of Brewerton Road, West Point, Orange County, NY

U.S. Military Academy, Riding Hall, East side of Cullum Road at East e...

Significance: The Riding Hall is one of the principal buildings by Cram, Goodhue, and Ferguson at West Point and is characteristic of their collegiate neo-gothic forms. Located on the site of the original ridin... More

U. S. Military Academy, Officer's Quarters, West Point, Orange County, NY

U. S. Military Academy, Officer's Quarters, West Point, Orange County,...

Significance: Quarters No. 34 is an example of the highly successful officers' quarters designed for the U. S. Military Academy by the office of Cram, Goodhue, and Ferguson. Its character, neo-gothic reflects t... More

U.S. Military Academy, West Academic Building, Northwest corner of Brewerton Roads, West Point, Orange County, NY

U.S. Military Academy, West Academic Building, Northwest corner of Bre...

Significance: The West Academic Building is the largest surviving 19th century building at the Academy. It was the first of the modern academic buildings at the Academy and foreshadowed the great architectural ... More

West Point Centennial, gelatin silver print

West Point Centennial, gelatin silver print

Men in uniform and other men and women in civilian clothing gathered outside on lawn.

U. S. Military Academy, Central Barracks, West Point, Orange County, NY

U. S. Military Academy, Central Barracks, West Point, Orange County, N...

Significance: The Central Barracks is one of the two surviving structures at the Academy which were designed and erected under the guidance of Major Richard Delafield. These designs were an attempt to form a co... More

U. S. Military Academy, Warner House, Constitution Island, West Point, Orange County, NY

U. S. Military Academy, Warner House, Constitution Island, West Point,...

Public domain photograph of a room, home interior, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Waverley, Waverley Road, West Point, Clay County, MS

Waverley, Waverley Road, West Point, Clay County, MS

STORED OFF SITE AND ON SITE. mchr Significance: Begun in the 1840s and completed in 1852, Waverly is distinguished by the immense octagonal rotunda which projects through the roof as a cupola. This structure co... More

U. S. Military Academy, Officer's Quarters, West Point, Orange County, NY

U. S. Military Academy, Officer's Quarters, West Point, Orange County,...

Significance: Quarters No. 109 is a strong example of late 19th century vernacular architecture. As an example of an American building trend of the period, Quarters No. 109 represents the eclectic nature of the... More

U.S. Military Academy, Officer's Quarters, West side of Thayer Road, North of Mills Road, West Point, Orange County, NY

U.S. Military Academy, Officer's Quarters, West side of Thayer Road, N...

Significance: Quarters No. 32 is an example of the highly successful officers' quarters designed for the U. S. Military Academy by the office of Cram, Goodhue, and Ferguson. Its character, neo-gothic reflects t... More

U. S. Military Academy, Grant Hall & South Barracks, West Point, Orange County, NY

U. S. Military Academy, Grant Hall & South Barracks, West Point, Orang...

Significance: By its function and location, Grant Hill/South Barracks maintains an important site and density in the Academic Area of the Academy. It contributes through its neo-tudor gothic design to the archi... More

Cedar Oaks, Barton Ferry Road, West Point, Clay County, MS

Cedar Oaks, Barton Ferry Road, West Point, Clay County, MS

Significance: Cedar Oaks is probably the last remaining structure from the extinct river town of Barton. The finish details of the house show a late interpretation of the Greek Revival style found throughout M... More

Cedar Oaks, Barton Ferry Road, West Point, Clay County, MS

Cedar Oaks, Barton Ferry Road, West Point, Clay County, MS

Significance: Cedar Oaks is probably the last remaining structure from the extinct river town of Barton. The finish details of the house show a late interpretation of the Greek Revival style found throughout M... More

West Point from s.e. - stereoscopic view, public domain photorpaph

West Point from s.e. - stereoscopic view, public domain photorpaph

Penciled on front of mount: 470. Amateur Photographic Exchange Club label affixed to verso gives title, photographer, photographer's address (175 Second Avenue, New York), date, number (15), and negative (tanni... More

Langdale Cotton Mill, 5910 Nineteenth Avenue, Valley, Chambers County, AL

Langdale Cotton Mill, 5910 Nineteenth Avenue, Valley, Chambers County,...

Significance: The Langdale Cotton Mill is part of the Langdale Historic District. According to the National Register nomination, the mill consists of an "excellent group of mill buildings from the late-nineteet... More

U. S. Military Academy, Cullum Memorial Hall, West Point, Orange County, NY

U. S. Military Academy, Cullum Memorial Hall, West Point, Orange Count...

Significance: Cullum Hall is associated with with Brevet Major General George W. Cullum, its founder, and with McKim, Mead and White, its architects. The building represents a short lived period of American Ren... 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

U. S. Military Academy, West Shore Railroad Passenger Station, West Point, Orange County, NY

U. S. Military Academy, West Shore Railroad Passenger Station, West Po...

Significance: The West Shore Railroad Station is a neo-gothic structure which replaced an earlier nearby station. It represents a popular type of transportation to the Academy in the era between that of boats a... More

U. S. Military Academy, Officer's Quarters, West Point, Orange County, NY

U. S. Military Academy, Officer's Quarters, West Point, Orange County,...

Significance: Quarters No. 122 is an example of the highly successful officers' quarters designed for the U. S. Military Academy by the office of Cram, Goodhue, and Ferguson. Its character, neo-gothic reflects ... More

Governors Island, Castle Williams, New York Harbor near Hay & Andes Roads, New York, New York County, NY

Governors Island, Castle Williams, New York Harbor near Hay & Andes Ro...

Significance: Castle Williams, a three-tiered, circular, casemated fortification built between 1807 and 1810/11 served as a prototype for a new era of coastal fortification. Its massive masonry walls and design... More

Governors Island, Castle Williams, New York Harbor near Hay & Andes Roads, New York, New York County, NY

Governors Island, Castle Williams, New York Harbor near Hay & Andes Ro...

Significance: Castle Williams, a three-tiered, circular, casemated fortification built between 1807 and 1810/11 served as a prototype for a new era of coastal fortification. Its massive masonry walls and design... More

Governors Island, Castle Williams, New York Harbor near Hay & Andes Roads, New York, New York County, NY

Governors Island, Castle Williams, New York Harbor near Hay & Andes Ro...

Significance: Castle Williams, a three-tiered, circular, casemated fortification built between 1807 and 1810/11 served as a prototype for a new era of coastal fortification. Its massive masonry walls and design... More

Governors Island, Castle Williams, New York Harbor near Hay & Andes Roads, New York, New York County, NY

Governors Island, Castle Williams, New York Harbor near Hay & Andes Ro...

Significance: Castle Williams, a three-tiered, circular, casemated fortification built between 1807 and 1810/11 served as a prototype for a new era of coastal fortification. Its massive masonry walls and design... More

U. S. Military Academy, Cadet Chapel, West Point, Orange County, NY

U. S. Military Academy, Cadet Chapel, West Point, Orange County, NY

Significance: The Cadet Chapel is the most ambitious and spectacular of all the Cram, Goodhue and Ferguson buildings at West Point. Its site, above the Academic Area and Plain, make this the most visible symbol... More

U. S. Military Academy, Cadet Chapel, West Point, Orange County, NY

U. S. Military Academy, Cadet Chapel, West Point, Orange County, NY

Significance: The Cadet Chapel is the most ambitious and spectacular of all the Cram, Goodhue and Ferguson buildings at West Point. Its site, above the Academic Area and Plain, make this the most visible symbol... More

U.S. Military Academy, Ice House, Mills Road at Howze Place, West Point, Orange County, NY

U.S. Military Academy, Ice House, Mills Road at Howze Place, West Poin...

Significance: The Ice House (Building 644) was one of the larger capacity icehouses in the region. The New York State Historic Preservation Office determined that it was a rare surviving building type since bul... More

West Point, from above Washington Valley, looking down the river / painted by George Cooke ; engraved by W.J. Bennett.

West Point, from above Washington Valley, looking down the river / pai...

Print shows people on a hill overlooking sailboats on the Hudson River; U.S. Military Academy and mountains in background. Copyright by Parker & Clover.

U. S. Military Academy, Officer's Quarters, West Point, Orange County, NY

U. S. Military Academy, Officer's Quarters, West Point, Orange County,...

Significance: These quarters, together with those just south of them, are the oldest extant structures at the Academy. The house retains much of its original Federal Style details. The house is now traditionall... More

U. S. Military Academy, Officer's Quarters, West Point, Orange County, NY

U. S. Military Academy, Officer's Quarters, West Point, Orange County,...

Significance: These quarters, together with those just south of them, are the oldest extant structures at the Academy. The house retains much of its original Federal Style details. The house is now traditionall... More

The Hudson from West Point - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

The Hudson from West Point - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Public domain photograph of historic place, landmark, 19th-century, vintage travel, landscape, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Point of Rocks Stage Station, Stable, Rock Springs vicinity, Point of Rocks, Sweetwater County, WY

Point of Rocks Stage Station, Stable, Rock Springs vicinity, Point of ...

Significance: The Point of Rocks Stage Station is one of the few remains of the celebrated Overland Stage Route. Operated by Ben Hollday, the Overland Stage Company contributed to the settlement and developmen... More

Governors Island, Fort Columbus, New York Harbor, New York, New York County, NY

Governors Island, Fort Columbus, New York Harbor, New York, New York C...

Significance: Constructed on the site of an earlier defense work in the years 1806-1809, Fort Columbus, renamed Fort Jay in 1904, was one of the largest fortifications in the defense system that effectively def... More

Governors Island, Fort Columbus, New York Harbor, New York, New York County, NY

Governors Island, Fort Columbus, New York Harbor, New York, New York C...

Significance: Constructed on the site of an earlier defense work in the years 1806-1809, Fort Columbus, renamed Fort Jay in 1904, was one of the largest fortifications in the defense system that effectively def... More

Governors Island, Fort Columbus, New York Harbor, New York, New York County, NY

Governors Island, Fort Columbus, New York Harbor, New York, New York C...

Significance: Constructed on the site of an earlier defense work in the years 1806-1809, Fort Columbus, renamed Fort Jay in 1904, was one of the largest fortifications in the defense system that effectively def... More

Potts-Fitzhugh House, 607 Oronoco Street, Alexandria, Independent City, Virginia

Potts-Fitzhugh House, 607 Oronoco Street, Alexandria, Independent City...

Significance: This structure was built contemporaneously with its twin next door at 609 Oronoco, later known as Hallowell School. Together these chaste Georgian buildings confer distinction to the block, a qua... More

U. S. Military Academy, Cadet Mess, Store & Drawing Academy, West Point, Orange County, NY

U. S. Military Academy, Cadet Mess, Store & Drawing Academy, West Poin...

Significance: The Cadet Mess occupies both a central function in the everyday life of the Academy and is a major building helping to define the boundaries of the Plain. Unprocessed Field note material exists ... More

U. S. Military Academy, Cadet Mess, Store & Drawing Academy, West Point, Orange County, NY

U. S. Military Academy, Cadet Mess, Store & Drawing Academy, West Poin...

Significance: The Cadet Mess occupies both a central function in the everyday life of the Academy and is a major building helping to define the boundaries of the Plain. Unprocessed Field note material exists ... More

U. S. Military Academy, Cadet Mess, Store & Drawing Academy, West Point, Orange County, NY

U. S. Military Academy, Cadet Mess, Store & Drawing Academy, West Poin...

Significance: The Cadet Mess occupies both a central function in the everyday life of the Academy and is a major building helping to define the boundaries of the Plain. Unprocessed Field note material exists ... More

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