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Merit its own reward, or, The best man leads off the squad

Merit its own reward, or, The best man leads off the squad

Satirical drawing showing a cadet lining up three men in civilian clothes. Drawn when Whistler was a cadet at West Point. Probably from the Alexander Webb album. Signed: J.W. On front, in pencil, lower right, ... More

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

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

Significance: The Gun Shed at the Buffalo Soldier Field is one of five Cram, Goodhue, and Ferguson buildings that define the western and southern edges of Buffalo Soldier Field. The neo-gothic character of the ... 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: This set if quarters is the oldest extant building at the Academy. The house retains much of its original Federal style details and has been the quarters of the academy superintendent since its 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: This set if quarters is the oldest extant building at the Academy. The house retains much of its original Federal style details and has been the quarters of the academy superintendent since its 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: This set if quarters is the oldest extant building at the Academy. The house retains much of its original Federal style details and has been the quarters of the academy superintendent since its 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. 116 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

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

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

Picryl description: Public domain image of a basement, underground, lobby, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

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

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

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, Bachelor Enlisted Men's Quarters, West Point, Orange County, NY

U. S. Military Academy, Bachelor Enlisted Men's Quarters, West Point, ...

Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

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

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

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

Picryl description: Public domain image of a residential building, house, 19th-20th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

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

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

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

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

West Point Rice Mill, Ashley River, Near Calhoun Street, Charleston, Charleston County, SC

West Point Rice Mill, Ashley River, Near Calhoun Street, Charleston, C...

Survey number: HABS SC-214 Public domain photograph - historical image of South Carolina, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Grant from West Point to Appomattox / Thulstrup.

Grant from West Point to Appomattox / Thulstrup.

Ulysses Grant, half-length portrait, facing left; surrounded by nine scenes of his career from West Point graduation in 1843 to Lee's surrender in 1865, including artillery crew in the Tower of Chapultepec, Mex... 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

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, Cadet Chapel, West Point, Orange County, NY

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

Significance: The Cadet Chapel is one of the oldest surviving structures at West Point. It is an excellent example of a Greek Revival building in that phase f the Academy's physical development. Unprocessed F... 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, Queensboro Furnace, West Point, Orange County, NY

U. S. Military Academy, Queensboro Furnace, West Point, Orange County,...

Picryl description: Public domain image of ruins, historic place, landmark, classical architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

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. 105 are among the earliest surviving quarters for professors at West Point. As part of a group of three structures making up "Professors Row," these early 19th century stone duplex qu... 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

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

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

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

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

Approaching West Point, going down the Hudson, July 24, 1846

Approaching West Point, going down the Hudson, July 24, 1846

Drawing showing a boat traveling on the Hudson River and a view of the United States Military Academy at West Point in the distance. Purchase; William Reese Company; 2000; (DLC/PP-2000:086). No. "5". Exhibited... More

The Hudson, from Cozzen's Hotel, West Point after Eglau

The Hudson, from Cozzen's Hotel, West Point after Eglau

Print shows a landscape view with Cozzen's Hotel at West Point, on a bluff, overlooking the Hudson River, New York, with a man and a woman sitting on rocks on the left below the hotel and sailboats and steamboa... More

Ferry and West Point - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Ferry and West Point - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a dock, harbor, boats, water, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

West Point. Road to South Dock. 19th century, Library of Congress collection

West Point. Road to South Dock. 19th century, Library of Congress coll...

Photoprint copyrighted by S.R. Stoddard, Glens Falls, N.Y. No. 101. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Roads; Geogr.

North from West Point - Public domain image of a steam boat

North from West Point - Public domain image of a steam boat

Public domain historical photo, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

West Shore station, West Point - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

West Shore station, West Point - Public domain image. Dry plate negati...

Public domain photograph of train station, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

West Point Cadet Camp - Public domain portrait photograph

West Point Cadet Camp - Public domain portrait photograph

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

"Trophy Point" - part of revolutionary chain thrown across Hudson River - military academy, West Point, U. S. A

"Trophy Point" - part of revolutionary chain thrown across Hudson Rive...

Public domain photograph of New York, stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[West Point: Cadets on practice march, Aug. 22, 1907]

[West Point: Cadets on practice march, Aug. 22, 1907]

No. 1671-11. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Caption card tracings: Military Training; Education, military; Univ. & Colleges.

Coach Daly (Lt. C.D. Daly) R. Brown & Capt. Weyand, West Point

Coach Daly (Lt. C.D. Daly) R. Brown & Capt. Weyand, West Point

Photograph shows Charles Dudley Daly (1880-1959), head coach of the Army football team from 1913 to 1916 and 1919 to 1922 and Alexander Mathias Weyand (1892-1982), tackle at West Point from 1911 to 1915. (Sourc... More

[West Point, N.Y., [United States Military Academy], Flirtation Walk]

[West Point, N.Y., [United States Military Academy], Flirtation Walk]

Public domain photograph - New York, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

West Point - Loading Mt. Gun - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

West Point - Loading Mt. Gun - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domai...

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

Togo reviews cadets. West Point

Togo reviews cadets. West Point

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

Bill Duncan (See label 2132).  Location: West Point, Mississippi.

Bill Duncan (See label 2132). Location: West Point, Mississippi.

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

Army-Yale at West Point, 101912

Army-Yale at West Point, 101912

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

West Point Cadets & Culver Cadets at Capitol

West Point Cadets & Culver Cadets at Capitol

Photo shows lines of cadets on foot and horseback at the United States Capitol, Washington, D.C., for the first inauguration of President Woodrow Wilson, March 4, 1913. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2008)

McReynolds, Miss Haldane, Haldane

McReynolds, Miss Haldane, Haldane

Photo shows (left to right) U. S. Attorney General James Clark McReynolds, Sir Kenneth Augustus Muir Mackenzie (1845-1930), 1st Baron Muir-Mackenzie; Miss Elizabeth Haldane (1862-1937), Richard Burdon Sanderso... More

Grant Parade, West Point boys, 4/27/22

Grant Parade, West Point boys, 4/27/22

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

Langdale Auditorium, 6001 Twentieth Avenue, Valley, Chambers County, AL

Langdale Auditorium, 6001 Twentieth Avenue, Valley, Chambers County, A...

Significance: West Point Manufacturing Company hired Atlanta architect R. Kennon Perry to design an auditorium for its workers ca. 1937. The 750-seat auditorium was used as a movie house and for events held by ... More

Monterey, as seen from a house-top in the main Plaza, [to the west.] October, 1846

Monterey, as seen from a house-top in the main Plaza, [to the west.] O...

Prints show a cityscape view from a rooftop, looking west, of the main plaza of Monterrey, Mexico, with soldiers and artillery stationed around the plaza, and with mountains in the background. Printed on lower... 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

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, Officer's Quarters, West Point, Orange County, NY

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

Significance: These quarters are a classic example of the Gothic Revival cottage as advocated and popularized by Andrew Jackson Downing and Alexander Jackson Davis. It is one of the earliest remaining sets of q... 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 are a classic example of the Gothic Revival cottage as advocated and popularized by Andrew Jackson Downing and Alexander Jackson Davis. It is one of the earliest remaining sets of q... 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 are a classic example of the Gothic Revival cottage as advocated and popularized by Andrew Jackson Downing and Alexander Jackson Davis. It is one of the earliest remaining sets of q... More

Merit its own reward, or, The best man leads off the squad

Merit its own reward, or, The best man leads off the squad

Satirical drawing showing a cadet lining up three men in civilian clothes. Drawn when Whistler was a cadet at West Point. Probably from the Alexander Webb album. Signed: J.W. On front, in pencil, lower right, ... 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 on the Hudson - Drawing. Public domain image.

West Point on the Hudson - Drawing. Public domain image.

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist and PAGA catalog cards. Entered 1874 by H. Schile. Associated name on shelflist card: Schile, H. PAGA card tracings: New York. West Point; New York. Hudso... More

Isaiah Garrett Law Office, 520 South Grand, Monroe, Ouachita Parish, LA

Isaiah Garrett Law Office, 520 South Grand, Monroe, Ouachita Parish, L...

1995 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: The Isaiah Garrett Law Office is situated on the site of a Spanish land grant awarded to Don Juan Filhoil, a French colonizer, in 1785. Filhoil sold the prop... 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: This set if quarters is the oldest extant building at the Academy. The house retains much of its original Federal style details and has been the quarters of the academy superintendent since its 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: This set if quarters is the oldest extant building at the Academy. The house retains much of its original Federal style details and has been the quarters of the academy superintendent since its co... More

The Capture of Andre 1780 - A painting of three men standing next to a horse

The Capture of Andre 1780 - A painting of three men standing next to a...

The Capture of Major John Andre. By John Paulding, David Williams and Isaac Van Wart, at Tarrytown, N.Y., Sept. 23rd, 1780. He is removing negotiation papers, intended for Benedict Arnold for betrayal of West P... More

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, 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 - city, downtown, New York, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The tomb of Kosciusko: West Point

The tomb of Kosciusko: West Point

Public domain photo of a monument, historic place, 19th century, 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

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

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, Hospital Steward's Quarters, West Point, Orange County, NY

U. S. Military Academy, Hospital Steward's Quarters, West Point, Orang...

Significance: The Hospital Steward's Quarters is representative of a late 19th century standard Quartermaster plan which was reproduced on many army posts for enlisted mens' family housing. The building retains... More

U.S. Military Academy, Officer's Quarters, West & North of intersection of Wilson & Kinsley Hill Roads, West Point, Orange County, NY

U.S. Military Academy, Officer's Quarters, West & North of intersectio...

Significance: Quarters No. 21 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, 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

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

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