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Henry Foxhall House, 3123 Dumbarton Street, Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Henry Foxhall House, 3123 Dumbarton Street, Northwest, Washington, Dis...

Significance: The Henry Foxhall (McKenny) House's primary significance is as an outstanding example of the late Federal period architecture in transition to early classical revival style. The gardens were desi... More

Glenmont, Llewellyn Park, West Orange, Essex County, NJ

Glenmont, Llewellyn Park, West Orange, Essex County, NJ

Significance: Glenmont is an excellent example of an upperclass suburban mansion of the 1880s. It was the home of Thomas Alva Edison from 1886-1931, and was designed in the Queen Anne. Unprocessed Field note ... More

Glenmont, Llewellyn Park, West Orange, Essex County, NJ

Glenmont, Llewellyn Park, West Orange, Essex County, NJ

Significance: Glenmont is an excellent example of an upperclass suburban mansion of the 1880s. It was the home of Thomas Alva Edison from 1886-1931, and was designed in the Queen Anne. Unprocessed Field note ... More

Glenmont, Llewellyn Park, West Orange, Essex County, NJ

Glenmont, Llewellyn Park, West Orange, Essex County, NJ

Significance: Glenmont is an excellent example of an upperclass suburban mansion of the 1880s. It was the home of Thomas Alva Edison from 1886-1931, and was designed in the Queen Anne. Unprocessed Field note ... More

Linden Farm, Lancaster Road, Warsaw, Richmond, Virginia

Linden Farm, Lancaster Road, Warsaw, Richmond, Virginia

Survey number: HABS VA-566 Public domain photograph of 1930s Poland, Second Polish Republic, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

King's Mill, U.S. Highway 60, Clifton Forge, Alleghany County, Virginia

King's Mill, U.S. Highway 60, Clifton Forge, Alleghany County, Virgini...

Survey number: HABS VA-1373 Public domain photograph of wood log building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Toddsbury, Outbuildings & Gardens, Vicinity of State Routes 622 & 3-14 Intersection, Nuttall, Gloucester County, Virginia

Toddsbury, Outbuildings & Gardens, Vicinity of State Routes 622 & 3-14...

Survey number: HABS VA-417-A National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 69000245

Woodlawn, 9000 Richmond Highway, Mount Vernon, Fairfax County, Virginia

Woodlawn, 9000 Richmond Highway, Mount Vernon, Fairfax County, Virgini...

Significance: Notable Georgian/Federal 5-part house, designed by William Thornton, architect of the United States Capitol. Woodlawn was built on part of the Mount Vernon estate for George Washington's adopted g... More

Woodlawn, 9000 Richmond Highway, Mount Vernon, Fairfax County, Virginia

Woodlawn, 9000 Richmond Highway, Mount Vernon, Fairfax County, Virgini...

Significance: Notable Georgian/Federal 5-part house, designed by William Thornton, architect of the United States Capitol. Woodlawn was built on part of the Mount Vernon estate for George Washington's adopted g... 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

Castle Pinckney, Charleston Harbor, Charleston, Charleston County, SC

Castle Pinckney, Charleston Harbor, Charleston, Charleston County, SC

Significance: The construction of Castle Pinckney began in 1809 on the site of the earlier fort. By 1811, it was ready for the installation of armaments. The design of Castle Pinckney is attributed to Jonathan ... More

Adams Mansion, 135 Adams Street, Quincy, Norfolk County, MA

Adams Mansion, 135 Adams Street, Quincy, Norfolk County, MA

2 Unnumbered cover drawing sheets. Significance: It shows the difference in size demanded by people of moderate wealth in 1731 and 1800. It shows an attempt in 1797 to fit the additions with the original 1731 ... More

Adams Mansion, 135 Adams Street, Quincy, Norfolk County, MA

Adams Mansion, 135 Adams Street, Quincy, Norfolk County, MA

2 Unnumbered cover drawing sheets. Significance: It shows the difference in size demanded by people of moderate wealth in 1731 and 1800. It shows an attempt in 1797 to fit the additions with the original 1731 ... More

Adams Mansion, 135 Adams Street, Quincy, Norfolk County, MA

Adams Mansion, 135 Adams Street, Quincy, Norfolk County, MA

2 Unnumbered cover drawing sheets. Significance: It shows the difference in size demanded by people of moderate wealth in 1731 and 1800. It shows an attempt in 1797 to fit the additions with the original 1731 ... More

Adams Mansion, 135 Adams Street, Quincy, Norfolk County, MA

Adams Mansion, 135 Adams Street, Quincy, Norfolk County, MA

2 Unnumbered cover drawing sheets. Significance: It shows the difference in size demanded by people of moderate wealth in 1731 and 1800. It shows an attempt in 1797 to fit the additions with the original 1731 ... More

Adams Mansion, 135 Adams Street, Quincy, Norfolk County, MA

Adams Mansion, 135 Adams Street, Quincy, Norfolk County, MA

2 Unnumbered cover drawing sheets. Significance: It shows the difference in size demanded by people of moderate wealth in 1731 and 1800. It shows an attempt in 1797 to fit the additions with the original 1731 ... More

Adams Mansion, 135 Adams Street, Quincy, Norfolk County, MA

Adams Mansion, 135 Adams Street, Quincy, Norfolk County, MA

2 Unnumbered cover drawing sheets. Significance: It shows the difference in size demanded by people of moderate wealth in 1731 and 1800. It shows an attempt in 1797 to fit the additions with the original 1731 ... More

Adams Mansion, 135 Adams Street, Quincy, Norfolk County, MA

Adams Mansion, 135 Adams Street, Quincy, Norfolk County, MA

2 Unnumbered cover drawing sheets. Significance: It shows the difference in size demanded by people of moderate wealth in 1731 and 1800. It shows an attempt in 1797 to fit the additions with the original 1731 ... More

Thomas Gaddis House, 300 yards east of old U.S. Route 119 near intersection of Route 859, Uniontown, Fayette County, PA

Thomas Gaddis House, 300 yards east of old U.S. Route 119 near interse...

Significance: Fort Gaddis is the oldest known building in Fayette County and the second oldest log building in western Pennsylvania. It was built ca. 1769-74 by Thomas Gaddis who was in charge of the defense of... More

Sabine Hall, State Route 624 vicinity, Warsaw, Richmond, Virginia

Sabine Hall, State Route 624 vicinity, Warsaw, Richmond, Virginia

Significance: Sabine Hall was built in 1730 for Colonel Landon Carter by his father, Robert Carter, of Corotoman, whose extensive possessions in the Colony of Virginia caused him to be called "King" Carter by h... More

Sabine Hall, State Route 624 vicinity, Warsaw, Richmond, Virginia

Sabine Hall, State Route 624 vicinity, Warsaw, Richmond, Virginia

Significance: Sabine Hall was built in 1730 for Colonel Landon Carter by his father, Robert Carter, of Corotoman, whose extensive possessions in the Colony of Virginia caused him to be called "King" Carter by h... More

Elmore House, State Route 3, Warsaw, Richmond, Virginia

Elmore House, State Route 3, Warsaw, Richmond, Virginia

Survey number: HABS VA-63 Public domain photograph - historical image of Washington State, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

St. Luke's Church, State Route 10 vicinity, Smithfield, Isle of Wight County, Virginia

St. Luke's Church, State Route 10 vicinity, Smithfield, Isle of Wight ...

Significance: The congregation of St. Luke's dates to the 1630s and by the mid seventeenth century Col. Bridger of White Marsh influenced the fitting out of the interior and is traditionally credited with the c... More

Colonel John Black House, West Main Street (State Route 172), Ellsworth, Hancock County, ME

Colonel John Black House, West Main Street (State Route 172), Ellswort...

Significance: Interesting example of the Federal Style. Of exceptional quality for the area. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Interesting extant outbuildings are a Stables and Carriage House ... More

Cedarburg Mill, 215 East Columbia Avenue, Cedarburg, Ozaukee County, WI

Cedarburg Mill, 215 East Columbia Avenue, Cedarburg, Ozaukee County, W...

Significance: This large waterpowered flour mill was built in 1855. Similar structures are fast disappearing in this area. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-31 Survey number: HABS... More

Indian Banks, State Route 606, Tidewater, Richmond, Virginia

Indian Banks, State Route 606, Tidewater, Richmond, Virginia

Survey number: HABS VA-74 Building/structure dates: ca. 1700 Initial Construction

Menokin, Menokin Bay, Warsaw, Richmond, Virginia

Menokin, Menokin Bay, Warsaw, Richmond, Virginia

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-110 Survey number: HABS VA-156 Building/structure dates: ca. 1769 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 69000276

Jan Mabie House, River Road (State Route 55), Rotterdam Junction, Schenectady County, NY

Jan Mabie House, River Road (State Route 55), Rotterdam Junction, Sche...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-137 Survey number: HABS NY-337 Building/structure dates: after 1670 Initial Construction

Jan Mabie House, River Road (State Route 55), Rotterdam Junction, Schenectady County, NY

Jan Mabie House, River Road (State Route 55), Rotterdam Junction, Sche...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-137 Survey number: HABS NY-337 Building/structure dates: after 1670 Initial Construction

Jan Mabie House, River Road (State Route 55), Rotterdam Junction, Schenectady County, NY

Jan Mabie House, River Road (State Route 55), Rotterdam Junction, Sche...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-137 Survey number: HABS NY-337 Building/structure dates: after 1670 Initial Construction

Jan Mabie House, River Road (State Route 55), Rotterdam Junction, Schenectady County, NY

Jan Mabie House, River Road (State Route 55), Rotterdam Junction, Sche...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-137 Survey number: HABS NY-337 Building/structure dates: after 1670 Initial Construction

Jan Mabie House, River Road (State Route 55), Rotterdam Junction, Schenectady County, NY

Jan Mabie House, River Road (State Route 55), Rotterdam Junction, Sche...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-137 Survey number: HABS NY-337 Building/structure dates: after 1670 Initial Construction

Fort Jefferson, Garden Key, Key West, Monroe County, FL

Fort Jefferson, Garden Key, Key West, Monroe County, FL

Fort Jefferson was part of Fort Jefferson National Monument from 1935 to 1992. Since then it has been part of Dry Tortugas National Park. The address for the survey has been updated to reflect this change. Sign... More

Wright Tavern, NC Route 65, Wentworth, Rockingham County, NC

Wright Tavern, NC Route 65, Wentworth, Rockingham County, NC

Survey number: HABS NC-161 Building/structure dates: 1820 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1969 Subsequent Work

Evermay, 1623 Twenty-eighth Street, Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Evermay, 1623 Twenty-eighth Street, Northwest, Washington, District of...

Significance: The formality and elegance Evermay's architecture and landscaping create an ensemble of unparalleled beauty. The estate reflects twentieth-century aesthetics, rooted in and continuing Evermay's e... More

Evermay, 1623 Twenty-eighth Street, Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Evermay, 1623 Twenty-eighth Street, Northwest, Washington, District of...

Significance: The formality and elegance Evermay's architecture and landscaping create an ensemble of unparalleled beauty. The estate reflects twentieth-century aesthetics, rooted in and continuing Evermay's e... More

Evermay, 1623 Twenty-eighth Street, Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Evermay, 1623 Twenty-eighth Street, Northwest, Washington, District of...

Significance: The formality and elegance Evermay's architecture and landscaping create an ensemble of unparalleled beauty. The estate reflects twentieth-century aesthetics, rooted in and continuing Evermay's e... More

Evermay, 1623 Twenty-eighth Street, Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Evermay, 1623 Twenty-eighth Street, Northwest, Washington, District of...

Significance: The formality and elegance Evermay's architecture and landscaping create an ensemble of unparalleled beauty. The estate reflects twentieth-century aesthetics, rooted in and continuing Evermay's e... More

Colonel John Black House, Stables & Carriage House, West Main Street (State Route 172), Ellsworth, Hancock County, ME
Grace Episcopal Church, South Prospect Street, Galena, Jo Daviess County, IL

Grace Episcopal Church, South Prospect Street, Galena, Jo Daviess Coun...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-50 Survey number: HABS IL-150 Building/structure dates: 1850 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: ca. 1894 Subsequent Work

Grace Episcopal Church, South Prospect Street, Galena, Jo Daviess County, IL

Grace Episcopal Church, South Prospect Street, Galena, Jo Daviess Coun...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-50 Survey number: HABS IL-150 Building/structure dates: 1850 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: ca. 1894 Subsequent Work

Grace Episcopal Church, South Prospect Street, Galena, Jo Daviess County, IL

Grace Episcopal Church, South Prospect Street, Galena, Jo Daviess Coun...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-50 Survey number: HABS IL-150 Building/structure dates: 1850 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: ca. 1894 Subsequent Work

Petrified Forest National Park Roads & Bridges, Holbrook, Navajo County, AZ

Petrified Forest National Park Roads & Bridges, Holbrook, Navajo Count...

Significance: The Petrified Forest National Park is so designated for its scientific and educational value, in addition to its natural scenic beauty. Intersecting, and at times, overlaying, prehistoric and his... More

Petrified Forest National Park Roads & Bridges, Holbrook, Navajo County, AZ

Petrified Forest National Park Roads & Bridges, Holbrook, Navajo Count...

Significance: The Petrified Forest National Park is so designated for its scientific and educational value, in addition to its natural scenic beauty. Intersecting, and at times, overlaying, prehistoric and his... More

Petrified Forest National Park Roads & Bridges, Holbrook, Navajo County, AZ

Petrified Forest National Park Roads & Bridges, Holbrook, Navajo Count...

Significance: The Petrified Forest National Park is so designated for its scientific and educational value, in addition to its natural scenic beauty. Intersecting, and at times, overlaying, prehistoric and his... More

Hammond-Harwood House, 19 Maryland Avenue & King George Street, Annapolis, Anne Arundel County, MD

Hammond-Harwood House, 19 Maryland Avenue & King George Street, Annapo...

Significance: One of the most impressive Georgian mansions in Annapolis. The house was designed by William Buckland. Survey number: HABS MD-251 Building/structure dates: after. 1774- before. 1777 Initial Cons... More

Cadillac Mountain Road, Between Park Loop Road & Cadillac Mountain Summit, Bar Harbor, Hancock County, ME

Cadillac Mountain Road, Between Park Loop Road & Cadillac Mountain Sum...

Significance: The Cadillac Mountain summit, chief peak of Acadia National Park, is the highest point on the Atlantic Coast between Labrador and Brazil. The Cadillac Mountain Road makes the summit accessible to... More

Cadillac Mountain Road, Between Park Loop Road & Cadillac Mountain Summit, Bar Harbor, Hancock County, ME

Cadillac Mountain Road, Between Park Loop Road & Cadillac Mountain Sum...

Significance: The Cadillac Mountain summit, chief peak of Acadia National Park, is the highest point on the Atlantic Coast between Labrador and Brazil. The Cadillac Mountain Road makes the summit accessible to... More

Langholff House & Barn, State Route 109, Watertown, Jefferson County, WI

Langholff House & Barn, State Route 109, Watertown, Jefferson County, ...

Significance: This building is an especially interesting example of a type of half-timber construction built by early German settlers in Wisconsin and known in Germany as Fachwerkbau. It is the only building o... More

Salem Boys School, Main & Academy Streets, Winston-Salem, Forsyth County, NC

Salem Boys School, Main & Academy Streets, Winston-Salem, Forsyth Coun...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-4 Survey number: HABS NC-12-C-1 Building/structure dates: 1794 Initial Construction

Mount Airy, State Route 646 vicinity, Warsaw, Richmond, Virginia

Mount Airy, State Route 646 vicinity, Warsaw, Richmond, Virginia

Significance: Mount Airy is the most outstanding 18th century stone house erected in Virginia and the earliest known full Palladian villa constructed in the American colonies. Survey number: HABS VA-72 Buildi... More

Mount Airy, State Route 646 vicinity, Warsaw, Richmond, Virginia

Mount Airy, State Route 646 vicinity, Warsaw, Richmond, Virginia

Significance: Mount Airy is the most outstanding 18th century stone house erected in Virginia and the earliest known full Palladian villa constructed in the American colonies. Survey number: HABS VA-72 Buildi... More

William F. Kuehneman House, 1135 South Main Street, Racine, Racine County, WI

William F. Kuehneman House, 1135 South Main Street, Racine, Racine Cou...

Significance: The house has been determined as, "as refined an example of the Greek manner as is to be found in the state" (Newcomb, The Architecture of the Old Northwest Territory,). Unprocessed Field note ma... More

Colonial Parkway, Yorktown to Jamestown Island, Yorktown, York County, Virginia

Colonial Parkway, Yorktown to Jamestown Island, Yorktown, York County,...

For additional documentation, see also HALS VA-74. Significance: The establishment of the Colonial Parkway in the 1930s made the historic sites at Jamestown, Williamsburg, and Yorktown more accessible to the ev... More

Colonial Parkway, Yorktown to Jamestown Island, Yorktown, York County, Virginia

Colonial Parkway, Yorktown to Jamestown Island, Yorktown, York County,...

For additional documentation, see also HALS VA-74. Significance: The establishment of the Colonial Parkway in the 1930s made the historic sites at Jamestown, Williamsburg, and Yorktown more accessible to the ev... More

Colonial Parkway, Yorktown to Jamestown Island, Yorktown, York County, Virginia

Colonial Parkway, Yorktown to Jamestown Island, Yorktown, York County,...

For additional documentation, see also HALS VA-74. Significance: The establishment of the Colonial Parkway in the 1930s made the historic sites at Jamestown, Williamsburg, and Yorktown more accessible to the ev... More

Colonial Parkway, Yorktown to Jamestown Island, Yorktown, York County, Virginia

Colonial Parkway, Yorktown to Jamestown Island, Yorktown, York County,...

For additional documentation, see also HALS VA-74. Significance: The establishment of the Colonial Parkway in the 1930s made the historic sites at Jamestown, Williamsburg, and Yorktown more accessible to the ev... More

Colonial Parkway, Yorktown to Jamestown Island, Yorktown, York County, Virginia

Colonial Parkway, Yorktown to Jamestown Island, Yorktown, York County,...

For additional documentation, see also HALS VA-74. Significance: The establishment of the Colonial Parkway in the 1930s made the historic sites at Jamestown, Williamsburg, and Yorktown more accessible to the ev... More

Colonial Parkway, Yorktown to Jamestown Island, Yorktown, York County, Virginia

Colonial Parkway, Yorktown to Jamestown Island, Yorktown, York County,...

For additional documentation, see also HALS VA-74. Significance: The establishment of the Colonial Parkway in the 1930s made the historic sites at Jamestown, Williamsburg, and Yorktown more accessible to the ev... More

Colonial Parkway, Yorktown to Jamestown Island, Yorktown, York County, Virginia

Colonial Parkway, Yorktown to Jamestown Island, Yorktown, York County,...

For additional documentation, see also HALS VA-74. Significance: The establishment of the Colonial Parkway in the 1930s made the historic sites at Jamestown, Williamsburg, and Yorktown more accessible to the ev... More

Colonial Parkway, Yorktown to Jamestown Island, Yorktown, York County, Virginia

Colonial Parkway, Yorktown to Jamestown Island, Yorktown, York County,...

For additional documentation, see also HALS VA-74. Significance: The establishment of the Colonial Parkway in the 1930s made the historic sites at Jamestown, Williamsburg, and Yorktown more accessible to the ev... More

Adams Mansion, Stone Library, 135 Adams Street, Quincy, Norfolk County, MA

Adams Mansion, Stone Library, 135 Adams Street, Quincy, Norfolk County...

Significance: The Stone Library was built by Charles Francis Adams in 1870. In the will of John Quincy Adams (Article 16, Dated: Jan. 18, 1847), he suggested a fireproof building where his books, manuscripts, &... More

Yorktown Battlefield Tour Roads, Yorktown, York County, Virginia

Yorktown Battlefield Tour Roads, Yorktown, York County, Virginia

For additional documentation, see also HALS VA-77. Significance: Following both existing roads and historic road traces, the nearly nine miles of battlefield tour roads provide for visitor access to significant... More

Yorktown Battlefield Tour Roads, Yorktown, York County, Virginia

Yorktown Battlefield Tour Roads, Yorktown, York County, Virginia

For additional documentation, see also HALS VA-77. Significance: Following both existing roads and historic road traces, the nearly nine miles of battlefield tour roads provide for visitor access to significant... More

Henry Foxhall House, 3123 Dumbarton Street, Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Henry Foxhall House, 3123 Dumbarton Street, Northwest, Washington, Dis...

Significance: The Henry Foxhall (McKenny) House's primary significance is as an outstanding example of the late Federal period architecture in transition to early classical revival style. The gardens were desi... More

Henry Foxhall House, 3123 Dumbarton Street, Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Henry Foxhall House, 3123 Dumbarton Street, Northwest, Washington, Dis...

Significance: The Henry Foxhall (McKenny) House's primary significance is as an outstanding example of the late Federal period architecture in transition to early classical revival style. The gardens were desi... More

Henry Foxhall House, 3123 Dumbarton Street, Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Henry Foxhall House, 3123 Dumbarton Street, Northwest, Washington, Dis...

Significance: The Henry Foxhall (McKenny) House's primary significance is as an outstanding example of the late Federal period architecture in transition to early classical revival style. The gardens were desi... More

Glenmont, Llewellyn Park, West Orange, Essex County, NJ

Glenmont, Llewellyn Park, West Orange, Essex County, NJ

Significance: Glenmont is an excellent example of an upperclass suburban mansion of the 1880s. It was the home of Thomas Alva Edison from 1886-1931, and was designed in the Queen Anne. Unprocessed Field note ... More

Glenmont, Llewellyn Park, West Orange, Essex County, NJ

Glenmont, Llewellyn Park, West Orange, Essex County, NJ

Significance: Glenmont is an excellent example of an upperclass suburban mansion of the 1880s. It was the home of Thomas Alva Edison from 1886-1931, and was designed in the Queen Anne. Unprocessed Field note ... More

Glenmont, Llewellyn Park, West Orange, Essex County, NJ

Glenmont, Llewellyn Park, West Orange, Essex County, NJ

Significance: Glenmont is an excellent example of an upperclass suburban mansion of the 1880s. It was the home of Thomas Alva Edison from 1886-1931, and was designed in the Queen Anne. Unprocessed Field note ... More

Glenmont, Llewellyn Park, West Orange, Essex County, NJ

Glenmont, Llewellyn Park, West Orange, Essex County, NJ

Significance: Glenmont is an excellent example of an upperclass suburban mansion of the 1880s. It was the home of Thomas Alva Edison from 1886-1931, and was designed in the Queen Anne. Unprocessed Field note ... More

Glenmont, Llewellyn Park, West Orange, Essex County, NJ

Glenmont, Llewellyn Park, West Orange, Essex County, NJ

Significance: Glenmont is an excellent example of an upperclass suburban mansion of the 1880s. It was the home of Thomas Alva Edison from 1886-1931, and was designed in the Queen Anne. Unprocessed Field note ... More

Brick Barn, Saint Inigoes Shores, St. Mary's County, MD

Brick Barn, Saint Inigoes Shores, St. Mary's County, MD

Survey number: HABS MD-167 Building/structure dates: ca. 1800 Initial Construction

Woodlawn, 9000 Richmond Highway, Mount Vernon, Fairfax County, Virginia

Woodlawn, 9000 Richmond Highway, Mount Vernon, Fairfax County, Virgini...

Significance: Notable Georgian/Federal 5-part house, designed by William Thornton, architect of the United States Capitol. Woodlawn was built on part of the Mount Vernon estate for George Washington's adopted g... More

Woodlawn, 9000 Richmond Highway, Mount Vernon, Fairfax County, Virginia

Woodlawn, 9000 Richmond Highway, Mount Vernon, Fairfax County, Virgini...

Significance: Notable Georgian/Federal 5-part house, designed by William Thornton, architect of the United States Capitol. Woodlawn was built on part of the Mount Vernon estate for George Washington's adopted g... More

Woodlawn, 9000 Richmond Highway, Mount Vernon, Fairfax County, Virginia

Woodlawn, 9000 Richmond Highway, Mount Vernon, Fairfax County, Virgini...

Significance: Notable Georgian/Federal 5-part house, designed by William Thornton, architect of the United States Capitol. Woodlawn was built on part of the Mount Vernon estate for George Washington's adopted g... 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

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

Storer College, Anthony Hall, Camp Hill, Harpers Ferry, Jefferson County, WV

Storer College, Anthony Hall, Camp Hill, Harpers Ferry, Jefferson Coun...

Significance: From 1881 to 1955, Anthony Hall served as the main building for Harpers Ferry's Storer College, a historically black school founded in 1867 by missionaries of the Freewill Baptist Church. In addit... More

Storer College, Anthony Hall, Camp Hill, Harpers Ferry, Jefferson County, WV

Storer College, Anthony Hall, Camp Hill, Harpers Ferry, Jefferson Coun...

Significance: From 1881 to 1955, Anthony Hall served as the main building for Harpers Ferry's Storer College, a historically black school founded in 1867 by missionaries of the Freewill Baptist Church. In addit... More

Storer College, Anthony Hall, Camp Hill, Harpers Ferry, Jefferson County, WV

Storer College, Anthony Hall, Camp Hill, Harpers Ferry, Jefferson Coun...

Significance: From 1881 to 1955, Anthony Hall served as the main building for Harpers Ferry's Storer College, a historically black school founded in 1867 by missionaries of the Freewill Baptist Church. In addit... More

Storer College, Anthony Hall, Camp Hill, Harpers Ferry, Jefferson County, WV

Storer College, Anthony Hall, Camp Hill, Harpers Ferry, Jefferson Coun...

Significance: From 1881 to 1955, Anthony Hall served as the main building for Harpers Ferry's Storer College, a historically black school founded in 1867 by missionaries of the Freewill Baptist Church. In addit... More

Castle Pinckney, Charleston Harbor, Charleston, Charleston County, SC

Castle Pinckney, Charleston Harbor, Charleston, Charleston County, SC

Significance: The construction of Castle Pinckney began in 1809 on the site of the earlier fort. By 1811, it was ready for the installation of armaments. The design of Castle Pinckney is attributed to Jonathan ... More

Adams Mansion, 135 Adams Street, Quincy, Norfolk County, MA

Adams Mansion, 135 Adams Street, Quincy, Norfolk County, MA

2 Unnumbered cover drawing sheets. Significance: It shows the difference in size demanded by people of moderate wealth in 1731 and 1800. It shows an attempt in 1797 to fit the additions with the original 1731 ... More

Adams Mansion, 135 Adams Street, Quincy, Norfolk County, MA

Adams Mansion, 135 Adams Street, Quincy, Norfolk County, MA

2 Unnumbered cover drawing sheets. Significance: It shows the difference in size demanded by people of moderate wealth in 1731 and 1800. It shows an attempt in 1797 to fit the additions with the original 1731 ... More

Adams Mansion, 135 Adams Street, Quincy, Norfolk County, MA

Adams Mansion, 135 Adams Street, Quincy, Norfolk County, MA

2 Unnumbered cover drawing sheets. Significance: It shows the difference in size demanded by people of moderate wealth in 1731 and 1800. It shows an attempt in 1797 to fit the additions with the original 1731 ... More

Adams Mansion, 135 Adams Street, Quincy, Norfolk County, MA

Adams Mansion, 135 Adams Street, Quincy, Norfolk County, MA

2 Unnumbered cover drawing sheets. Significance: It shows the difference in size demanded by people of moderate wealth in 1731 and 1800. It shows an attempt in 1797 to fit the additions with the original 1731 ... More

Adams Mansion, 135 Adams Street, Quincy, Norfolk County, MA

Adams Mansion, 135 Adams Street, Quincy, Norfolk County, MA

2 Unnumbered cover drawing sheets. Significance: It shows the difference in size demanded by people of moderate wealth in 1731 and 1800. It shows an attempt in 1797 to fit the additions with the original 1731 ... More

Colonial Parkway, Navy Mine Depot, Spanning Naval Weapons Road, Yorktown, York County, Virginia

Colonial Parkway, Navy Mine Depot, Spanning Naval Weapons Road, Yorkto...

Significance: As one of the first two completed structures on the Colonial Parkway, the Navy Mine Depot Overpass employed the characteristic colonial brickwork and reinforced concrete arch design indicative of ... More

Sabine Hall, State Route 624 vicinity, Warsaw, Richmond, Virginia

Sabine Hall, State Route 624 vicinity, Warsaw, Richmond, Virginia

Significance: Sabine Hall was built in 1730 for Colonel Landon Carter by his father, Robert Carter, of Corotoman, whose extensive possessions in the Colony of Virginia caused him to be called "King" Carter by h... More

Sabine Hall, State Route 624 vicinity, Warsaw, Richmond, Virginia

Sabine Hall, State Route 624 vicinity, Warsaw, Richmond, Virginia

Significance: Sabine Hall was built in 1730 for Colonel Landon Carter by his father, Robert Carter, of Corotoman, whose extensive possessions in the Colony of Virginia caused him to be called "King" Carter by h... More

Sabine Hall, State Route 624 vicinity, Warsaw, Richmond, Virginia

Sabine Hall, State Route 624 vicinity, Warsaw, Richmond, Virginia

Significance: Sabine Hall was built in 1730 for Colonel Landon Carter by his father, Robert Carter, of Corotoman, whose extensive possessions in the Colony of Virginia caused him to be called "King" Carter by h... More

Elmore House, State Route 3, Warsaw, Richmond, Virginia

Elmore House, State Route 3, Warsaw, Richmond, Virginia

Survey number: HABS VA-63 Public domain photograph - historical image of Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Elmore House, State Route 3, Warsaw, Richmond, Virginia

Elmore House, State Route 3, Warsaw, Richmond, Virginia

Survey number: HABS VA-63 Public domain photograph - historical image of Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Wall & Fence, West Church & North Broad Streets, Edenton, Chowan County, NC

St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Wall & Fence, West Church & North Broad S...

See also HABS No. NC-12-G-2 for additional documentation. Survey number: HABS NC-12-G-2 Building/structure dates: 1736 Initial Construction

St. Luke's Church, State Route 10 vicinity, Smithfield, Isle of Wight County, Virginia

St. Luke's Church, State Route 10 vicinity, Smithfield, Isle of Wight ...

Significance: The congregation of St. Luke's dates to the 1630s and by the mid seventeenth century Col. Bridger of White Marsh influenced the fitting out of the interior and is traditionally credited with the c... More

Colonel John Black House, West Main Street (State Route 172), Ellsworth, Hancock County, ME

Colonel John Black House, West Main Street (State Route 172), Ellswort...

Significance: Interesting example of the Federal Style. Of exceptional quality for the area. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Interesting extant outbuildings are a Stables and Carriage House ... More

Colonel John Black House, West Main Street (State Route 172), Ellsworth, Hancock County, ME

Colonel John Black House, West Main Street (State Route 172), Ellswort...

Significance: Interesting example of the Federal Style. Of exceptional quality for the area. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Interesting extant outbuildings are a Stables and Carriage House ... More

Cedarburg Mill, 215 East Columbia Avenue, Cedarburg, Ozaukee County, WI

Cedarburg Mill, 215 East Columbia Avenue, Cedarburg, Ozaukee County, W...

Significance: This large waterpowered flour mill was built in 1855. Similar structures are fast disappearing in this area. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-31 Survey number: HABS... More

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