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The flat boomers of Gotham / Albert Levering.

The flat boomers of Gotham / Albert Levering.

Illustration shows a crowd of people, many with belongings in tow, waiting for the rope to drop so they can dash for available apartments; in the background, apartment buildings are being constructed, all indic... More

The leveling of the hills to make Seattle [Denny Hill] / Asahel Curtis.

The leveling of the hills to make Seattle [Denny Hill] / Asahel Curtis...

No copyright renewal per LC Photoduplication Service. Information on name of hill provided by researcher, 3/21/2008.

[Bond Centre (now Lippo Centre), Hong Kong, China. Early scheme with bridges. Elevation]

[Bond Centre (now Lippo Centre), Hong Kong, China. Early scheme with b...

Forms part of: The Paul Rudolph Archive. Unprocessed in PR 13 CN 2001:126.

[Gatot Subroto office condominiums, Jakarta, Indonesia (project). East elevation]

[Gatot Subroto office condominiums, Jakarta, Indonesia (project). East...

Office condominium proposal for Dharmala Group. Forms part of: The Paul Rudolph Archive. Unprocessed in PR 13 CN 2001:126.

Block 509, Bounded by Louisiana Avenue & Danneel, Delachase, & Saratoga Streets, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, LA

Block 509, Bounded by Louisiana Avenue & Danneel, Delachase, & Saratog...

Significance: Block 509 is located within the boundaries of the Uptown New Orleans Historic District, a 750 block area listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985 for its state architectural sign... More

Monongahela Incline Plane, Connecting North side of Grandview Avenue at Wyoming Street with West Carson Street near Smithfield Street, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA

Monongahela Incline Plane, Connecting North side of Grandview Avenue a...

Significance: The first constructed and oldest passenger incline plane in Pittsburgh, this system retains the 1882 safety brake and bull wheel and 1935 electrical system including drive motors, operating brakes... More

William M. Andrews House, 22 Hussey Street, Nantucket, Nantucket County, MA

William M. Andrews House, 22 Hussey Street, Nantucket, Nantucket Count...

Significance: The house at Twenty-Two Hussey Street was the first residence on the island of Nantucket to be designed and constructed by William M. Andrews, and early carpenter and house wright. Finished in 18... More

Piedmont Way & the Berkeley Property Tract, East of College Avenue between Dwight Way & U.C. Memorial Stadium, Berkeley, Alameda County, CA

Piedmont Way & the Berkeley Property Tract, East of College Avenue bet...

Significance: The design of Piedmont Avenue and the adjacent University of California campus and residential tract are significant for several reasons. Olmsted was in California at a crucial time in his career... More

Piedmont Way & the Berkeley Property Tract, East of College Avenue between Dwight Way & U.C. Memorial Stadium, Berkeley, Alameda County, CA

Piedmont Way & the Berkeley Property Tract, East of College Avenue bet...

Significance: The design of Piedmont Avenue and the adjacent University of California campus and residential tract are significant for several reasons. Olmsted was in California at a crucial time in his career... More

Piedmont Way & the Berkeley Property Tract, East of College Avenue between Dwight Way & U.C. Memorial Stadium, Berkeley, Alameda County, CA

Piedmont Way & the Berkeley Property Tract, East of College Avenue bet...

Significance: The design of Piedmont Avenue and the adjacent University of California campus and residential tract are significant for several reasons. Olmsted was in California at a crucial time in his career... More

Piedmont Way & the Berkeley Property Tract, East of College Avenue between Dwight Way & U.C. Memorial Stadium, Berkeley, Alameda County, CA

Piedmont Way & the Berkeley Property Tract, East of College Avenue bet...

Significance: The design of Piedmont Avenue and the adjacent University of California campus and residential tract are significant for several reasons. Olmsted was in California at a crucial time in his career... More

Piedmont Way & the Berkeley Property Tract, East of College Avenue between Dwight Way & U.C. Memorial Stadium, Berkeley, Alameda County, CA

Piedmont Way & the Berkeley Property Tract, East of College Avenue bet...

Significance: The design of Piedmont Avenue and the adjacent University of California campus and residential tract are significant for several reasons. Olmsted was in California at a crucial time in his career... More

Piedmont Way & the Berkeley Property Tract, East of College Avenue between Dwight Way & U.C. Memorial Stadium, Berkeley, Alameda County, CA

Piedmont Way & the Berkeley Property Tract, East of College Avenue bet...

Significance: The design of Piedmont Avenue and the adjacent University of California campus and residential tract are significant for several reasons. Olmsted was in California at a crucial time in his career... More

Piedmont Way & the Berkeley Property Tract, East of College Avenue between Dwight Way & U.C. Memorial Stadium, Berkeley, Alameda County, CA

Piedmont Way & the Berkeley Property Tract, East of College Avenue bet...

Significance: The design of Piedmont Avenue and the adjacent University of California campus and residential tract are significant for several reasons. Olmsted was in California at a crucial time in his career... More

Arlington Heights Citrus Landscape, Southwestern portion of city of Riverside, Riverside, Riverside County, CA

Arlington Heights Citrus Landscape, Southwestern portion of city of Ri...

See also HAER CA-118, CA-120 & CA-121 for additional information. Significance: Arlington Heights is the last vestige of the once-vast citrus culture of Riverside, California. Although other citrus groves in t... More

Arlington Heights Citrus Landscape, Southwestern portion of city of Riverside, Riverside, Riverside County, CA

Arlington Heights Citrus Landscape, Southwestern portion of city of Ri...

See also HAER CA-118, CA-120 & CA-121 for additional information. Significance: Arlington Heights is the last vestige of the once-vast citrus culture of Riverside, California. Although other citrus groves in t... More

22 Sherman Street (House), Montclair, Essex County, NJ

22 Sherman Street (House), Montclair, Essex County, NJ

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

Western Land & Improvement Company Rowhouses, South Fifth & Sixth Streets, Jeannette, Westmoreland County, PA

Western Land & Improvement Company Rowhouses, South Fifth & Sixth Stre...

Significance: A high concentration of window, tableware, bottle and specialty glass plants distinguished Jeannette as "The Glass City" early in its history. Significant housing stock consists of company-built r... More

Hacienda Mercedita Foundry, Sabanetas, Ponce Municipio, PR

Hacienda Mercedita Foundry, Sabanetas, Ponce Municipio, PR

Significance: A significant part of the Serralles family empire. Typical of the sugar cane plantations in Puerto Rico which underwent considerable technological change and became a full-mechanized producer of ... More

New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, Fort Point Channel Rolling Lift Bridge, Spanning Fort Point Channel, Boston, Suffolk County, MA

New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, Fort Point Channel Rolling Li...

Significance: The construction of South Station in 1896-98, involved the rerouting of several of the old lines from the west and south. The New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad constructed a six-track rollin... More

New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, Fort Point Channel Rolling Lift Bridge, Spanning Fort Point Channel, Boston, Suffolk County, MA

New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, Fort Point Channel Rolling Li...

Significance: The construction of South Station in 1896-98, involved the rerouting of several of the old lines from the west and south. The New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad constructed a six-track rollin... More

New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, Fort Point Channel Rolling Lift Bridge, Spanning Fort Point Channel, Boston, Suffolk County, MA

New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, Fort Point Channel Rolling Li...

Significance: The construction of South Station in 1896-98, involved the rerouting of several of the old lines from the west and south. The New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad constructed a six-track rollin... More

New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, Fort Point Channel Rolling Lift Bridge, Spanning Fort Point Channel, Boston, Suffolk County, MA

New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, Fort Point Channel Rolling Li...

Significance: The construction of South Station in 1896-98, involved the rerouting of several of the old lines from the west and south. The New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad constructed a six-track rollin... More

Landers-Cain House, 915 Pleasant Hill Road, Lawrenceville, Gwinnett County, GA

Landers-Cain House, 915 Pleasant Hill Road, Lawrenceville, Gwinnett Co...

Significance: The Landers-Cain House is a representative example of an "I" house type with Greek Revival style architectural elements. The exact date of construction has not been determined, but archival and de... More

Landers-Cain House, 915 Pleasant Hill Road, Lawrenceville, Gwinnett County, GA

Landers-Cain House, 915 Pleasant Hill Road, Lawrenceville, Gwinnett Co...

Significance: The Landers-Cain House is a representative example of an "I" house type with Greek Revival style architectural elements. The exact date of construction has not been determined, but archival and de... 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

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

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

Significance: The Cape May Hotel was constructed in 1908 as the anchor for an ambitious real estate venture to create a new town in East Cape May to replace the aging center. The development was designed to rej... More

90 Summer Street (House), Pittsfield, Berkshire County, MA

90 Summer Street (House), Pittsfield, Berkshire County, MA

Significance: The area surrounding the house at 90 Summer Street is significant as a planned subdivision originally laid out on the Childs Farm between 1854 and 1862 and developed over the next half-century. T... More

Edgemont Neighborhood, Bounded by Elm, East Main, Lyon, & Walker Streets, Durham, Durham County, NC

Edgemont Neighborhood, Bounded by Elm, East Main, Lyon, & Walker Stree...

Public domain photograph - historical image of North Carolina, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

1805 North Central Avenue (House), Tampa, Hillsborough County, FL

1805 North Central Avenue (House), Tampa, Hillsborough County, FL

Significance: This building architectural and historical significance is derived from its contribution to the Tampa Heights National Register Historic District. This district is significant for its importance ... More

Warner Plaza, 28 Warner Plaza, Kansas City, Jackson County, MO

Warner Plaza, 28 Warner Plaza, Kansas City, Jackson County, MO

Survey number: HABS MO-1893-E Building/structure dates: 1926 Initial Construction

907-911 Dewey Street (House), Saint Joseph, Buchanan County, MO

907-911 Dewey Street (House), Saint Joseph, Buchanan County, MO

Significance: This triplex residence, 907-911 Dewey Street, is one of many multiple family structures built during the period of St. Joseph's greatest growth and expansion from about 1880 to 1920. Like others ... More

Church of the Covenant, Eighteenth & N Streets, Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Church of the Covenant, Eighteenth & N Streets, Northwest, Washington,...

Significance: Interesting of Romanesque Revival Style. Prior to demolition was one of Washington's most impressive churches form the Victorian era. Survey number: HABS DC-140

Patch Street Bridge, Spanning Kohanza Brook on Patch Street, Danbury, Fairfield County, CT

Patch Street Bridge, Spanning Kohanza Brook on Patch Street, Danbury, ...

Significance: The single arch stone Patch Street Bridge was a typical example of an increasingly rare class of municipally-built structure in Connecticut, and was the best preserved and perhaps most unusual suc... More

Broadway Bridge, Spanning Cherry Creek on Broadway at Speer Boulveard, Denver, Denver County, CO

Broadway Bridge, Spanning Cherry Creek on Broadway at Speer Boulveard,...

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

A start in life. A journey across America. Fruit farming in California.

A start in life. A journey across America. Fruit farming in California...

English businessman Charles Finch Dowsett (1835 or 1836-1915) travelled across America by rail in 1890 to become an agent for land sales in Merced County, California. A start in life (1891?) is a book-length pi... More

Kingsway Center Commercial Area, Bounded by Kings Highway, Doctor Martin Luther King Boulevard, Page Avenue, & Euclid Avenue, Saint Louis, Independent City, MO

Kingsway Center Commercial Area, Bounded by Kings Highway, Doctor Mart...

Significance: The targeted buildings in the Kingsway Center Area are locally significant for their architectural significance as an important representative illustration of neighborhood development and urban ve... More

St. Elmo Historic District, Saint Elmo (historical), Chaffee County, CO

St. Elmo Historic District, Saint Elmo (historical), Chaffee County, C...

Significance: St. Elmo is unique for its vernacular wood frame and log architecture and its high degree of architectural integrity as a late 19th century Rocky Mountain mining town. Through its extant architec... More

School Street-Monroe Street Neighborhood, Bounded on north by Quincy & Monroe Streets, on south by Jefferson Street, on west by Hope Avenue, & on east by Parker Avenue & site of Canal Street, Passaic, Passaic County, NJ

School Street-Monroe Street Neighborhood, Bounded on north by Quincy &...

Significance: The School Street-Monroe Street Neighborhood is centered on the School Street Apartments and St. Joseph's Polish Church and School. The School Street Apartments are a group of eleven matching bric... 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

Town of Guthrie, U.S. Route 77 & State Road 33, Guthrie, Logan County, OK

Town of Guthrie, U.S. Route 77 & State Road 33, Guthrie, Logan County,...

Significance: Guthrie is a town which sprang up literally overnight. On April 21, 1889, the site was occupied by numerous lot markets, several skulking "sooners" and two wooden buildings, the recently construct... More

Town of Guthrie, U.S. Route 77 & State Road 33, Guthrie, Logan County, OK

Town of Guthrie, U.S. Route 77 & State Road 33, Guthrie, Logan County,...

Significance: Guthrie is a town which sprang up literally overnight. On April 21, 1889, the site was occupied by numerous lot markets, several skulking "sooners" and two wooden buildings, the recently construct... More

Town of Guthrie, U.S. Route 77 & State Road 33, Guthrie, Logan County, OK

Town of Guthrie, U.S. Route 77 & State Road 33, Guthrie, Logan County,...

Significance: Guthrie is a town which sprang up literally overnight. On April 21, 1889, the site was occupied by numerous lot markets, several skulking "sooners" and two wooden buildings, the recently construct... More

Empire Building, 430 Sixteenth Street, South Corner of Sixteenth Street & Glenarm Place, Denver, Denver County, CO

Empire Building, 430 Sixteenth Street, South Corner of Sixteenth Stree...

Significance: Designed by Frank E. Edbrooke, the Empire Building is a significant example of the later works of one of Denver's most prominent architects, and represents early low-rise commercial construction i... More

Empire Building, 430 Sixteenth Street, South Corner of Sixteenth Street & Glenarm Place, Denver, Denver County, CO

Empire Building, 430 Sixteenth Street, South Corner of Sixteenth Stree...

Significance: Designed by Frank E. Edbrooke, the Empire Building is a significant example of the later works of one of Denver's most prominent architects, and represents early low-rise commercial construction i... More

San Francisco Cable Railway, Washington & Mason Streets, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

San Francisco Cable Railway, Washington & Mason Streets, San Francisco...

also CAL, 38-SANFRA-137-A- San Francisco Railway: Cable Car Powerhouse & Barn Significance: The last operating cable railroad in the world. Representative of an important type of urban transportation system in... More

San Francisco Cable Railway, Washington & Mason Streets, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

San Francisco Cable Railway, Washington & Mason Streets, San Francisco...

also CAL, 38-SANFRA-137-A- San Francisco Railway: Cable Car Powerhouse & Barn Significance: The last operating cable railroad in the world. Representative of an important type of urban transportation system in... More

San Francisco Cable Railway, Washington & Mason Streets, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

San Francisco Cable Railway, Washington & Mason Streets, San Francisco...

also CAL, 38-SANFRA-137-A- San Francisco Railway: Cable Car Powerhouse & Barn Significance: The last operating cable railroad in the world. Representative of an important type of urban transportation system in... More

San Francisco Cable Railway, Washington & Mason Streets, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

San Francisco Cable Railway, Washington & Mason Streets, San Francisco...

also CAL, 38-SANFRA-137-A- San Francisco Railway: Cable Car Powerhouse & Barn Significance: The last operating cable railroad in the world. Representative of an important type of urban transportation system in... More

San Francisco Cable Railway, Washington & Mason Streets, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

San Francisco Cable Railway, Washington & Mason Streets, San Francisco...

also CAL, 38-SANFRA-137-A- San Francisco Railway: Cable Car Powerhouse & Barn Significance: The last operating cable railroad in the world. Representative of an important type of urban transportation system in... More

San Francisco Cable Railway, Washington & Mason Streets, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

San Francisco Cable Railway, Washington & Mason Streets, San Francisco...

also CAL, 38-SANFRA-137-A- San Francisco Railway: Cable Car Powerhouse & Barn Significance: The last operating cable railroad in the world. Representative of an important type of urban transportation system in... More

San Francisco Cable Railway, Washington & Mason Streets, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

San Francisco Cable Railway, Washington & Mason Streets, San Francisco...

also CAL, 38-SANFRA-137-A- San Francisco Railway: Cable Car Powerhouse & Barn Significance: The last operating cable railroad in the world. Representative of an important type of urban transportation system in... More

George Washington Memorial Parkway, Along Potomac River from McLean to Mount Vernon, Virginia, Mount Vernon, Fairfax County, Virginia

George Washington Memorial Parkway, Along Potomac River from McLean to...

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George Washington Memorial Parkway, Along Potomac River from McLean to Mount Vernon, Virginia, Mount Vernon, Fairfax County, Virginia

George Washington Memorial Parkway, Along Potomac River from McLean to...

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George Washington Memorial Parkway, Along Potomac River from McLean to Mount Vernon, Virginia, Mount Vernon, Fairfax County, Virginia

George Washington Memorial Parkway, Along Potomac River from McLean to...

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George Washington Memorial Parkway, Along Potomac River from McLean to Mount Vernon, Virginia, Mount Vernon, Fairfax County, Virginia

George Washington Memorial Parkway, Along Potomac River from McLean to...

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George Washington Memorial Parkway, Along Potomac River from McLean to Mount Vernon, Virginia, Mount Vernon, Fairfax County, Virginia

George Washington Memorial Parkway, Along Potomac River from McLean to...

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George Washington Memorial Parkway, Along Potomac River from McLean to Mount Vernon, Virginia, Mount Vernon, Fairfax County, Virginia

George Washington Memorial Parkway, Along Potomac River from McLean to...

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George Washington Memorial Parkway, Along Potomac River from McLean to Mount Vernon, Virginia, Mount Vernon, Fairfax County, Virginia

George Washington Memorial Parkway, Along Potomac River from McLean to...

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George Washington Memorial Parkway, Along Potomac River from McLean to Mount Vernon, Virginia, Mount Vernon, Fairfax County, Virginia

George Washington Memorial Parkway, Along Potomac River from McLean to...

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George Washington Memorial Parkway, Along Potomac River from McLean to Mount Vernon, Virginia, Mount Vernon, Fairfax County, Virginia

George Washington Memorial Parkway, Along Potomac River from McLean to...

Public domain image - Environmental protection federal program, the 1970s, color photographs, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions

Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, 19th centu...

Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, free to use, no copyright restrictions

Boott Cotton Mills, John Street at Merrimack River, Lowell, Middlesex County, MA

Boott Cotton Mills, John Street at Merrimack River, Lowell, Middlesex ...

Significance: Boott Cotton Mills is one of the oldest surviving large-scale textile mill complexes in the United States. Built as an original, and integral, part of the City of Lowell, the Boott Cotton Mills h... More

Boott Cotton Mills, John Street at Merrimack River, Lowell, Middlesex County, MA

Boott Cotton Mills, John Street at Merrimack River, Lowell, Middlesex ...

Significance: Boott Cotton Mills is one of the oldest surviving large-scale textile mill complexes in the United States. Built as an original, and integral, part of the City of Lowell, the Boott Cotton Mills h... More

Boott Cotton Mills, John Street at Merrimack River, Lowell, Middlesex County, MA

Boott Cotton Mills, John Street at Merrimack River, Lowell, Middlesex ...

Significance: Boott Cotton Mills is one of the oldest surviving large-scale textile mill complexes in the United States. Built as an original, and integral, part of the City of Lowell, the Boott Cotton Mills h... More

Boott Cotton Mills, John Street at Merrimack River, Lowell, Middlesex County, MA

Boott Cotton Mills, John Street at Merrimack River, Lowell, Middlesex ...

Significance: Boott Cotton Mills is one of the oldest surviving large-scale textile mill complexes in the United States. Built as an original, and integral, part of the City of Lowell, the Boott Cotton Mills h... More

Boott Cotton Mills, John Street at Merrimack River, Lowell, Middlesex County, MA

Boott Cotton Mills, John Street at Merrimack River, Lowell, Middlesex ...

Significance: Boott Cotton Mills is one of the oldest surviving large-scale textile mill complexes in the United States. Built as an original, and integral, part of the City of Lowell, the Boott Cotton Mills h... More

Boott Cotton Mills, John Street at Merrimack River, Lowell, Middlesex County, MA

Boott Cotton Mills, John Street at Merrimack River, Lowell, Middlesex ...

Significance: Boott Cotton Mills is one of the oldest surviving large-scale textile mill complexes in the United States. Built as an original, and integral, part of the City of Lowell, the Boott Cotton Mills h... More

Boott Cotton Mills, John Street at Merrimack River, Lowell, Middlesex County, MA

Boott Cotton Mills, John Street at Merrimack River, Lowell, Middlesex ...

Significance: Boott Cotton Mills is one of the oldest surviving large-scale textile mill complexes in the United States. Built as an original, and integral, part of the City of Lowell, the Boott Cotton Mills h... More

Boott Cotton Mills, John Street at Merrimack River, Lowell, Middlesex County, MA

Boott Cotton Mills, John Street at Merrimack River, Lowell, Middlesex ...

Significance: Boott Cotton Mills is one of the oldest surviving large-scale textile mill complexes in the United States. Built as an original, and integral, part of the City of Lowell, the Boott Cotton Mills h... More

Boott Cotton Mills, John Street at Merrimack River, Lowell, Middlesex County, MA

Boott Cotton Mills, John Street at Merrimack River, Lowell, Middlesex ...

Significance: Boott Cotton Mills is one of the oldest surviving large-scale textile mill complexes in the United States. Built as an original, and integral, part of the City of Lowell, the Boott Cotton Mills h... More

Boott Cotton Mills, John Street at Merrimack River, Lowell, Middlesex County, MA

Boott Cotton Mills, John Street at Merrimack River, Lowell, Middlesex ...

Significance: Boott Cotton Mills is one of the oldest surviving large-scale textile mill complexes in the United States. Built as an original, and integral, part of the City of Lowell, the Boott Cotton Mills h... More

Harvard Bridge, Spanning Charles River at Massachusetts Avenue, Boston, Suffolk County, MA

Harvard Bridge, Spanning Charles River at Massachusetts Avenue, Boston...

Significance: The Harvard Bridge is located in the Charles River Basin Historic District. Survey number: HAER MA-53 Building/structure dates: 1887- 1891 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1898... More

Harvard Bridge, Spanning Charles River at Massachusetts Avenue, Boston, Suffolk County, MA

Harvard Bridge, Spanning Charles River at Massachusetts Avenue, Boston...

Significance: The Harvard Bridge is located in the Charles River Basin Historic District. Survey number: HAER MA-53 Building/structure dates: 1887- 1891 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1898... More

Harvard Bridge, Spanning Charles River at Massachusetts Avenue, Boston, Suffolk County, MA

Harvard Bridge, Spanning Charles River at Massachusetts Avenue, Boston...

Significance: The Harvard Bridge is located in the Charles River Basin Historic District. Survey number: HAER MA-53 Building/structure dates: 1887- 1891 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1898... More

Halcyon House, 3400 Prospect Street, Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Halcyon House, 3400 Prospect Street, Northwest, Washington, District o...

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[Graphic Arts Center (project), New York City. Site plan on map of lower Manhattan]

[Graphic Arts Center (project), New York City. Site plan on map of low...

Public domain scan of a vintage map, city plan, atlas, cartoghraphy, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

Monongahela Incline Plane, Connecting North side of Grandview Avenue at Wyoming Street with West Carson Street near Smithfield Street, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA

Monongahela Incline Plane, Connecting North side of Grandview Avenue a...

Significance: The first constructed and oldest passenger incline plane in Pittsburgh, this system retains the 1882 safety brake and bull wheel and 1935 electrical system including drive motors, operating brakes... More

Piedmont Way & the Berkeley Property Tract, East of College Avenue between Dwight Way & U.C. Memorial Stadium, Berkeley, Alameda County, CA

Piedmont Way & the Berkeley Property Tract, East of College Avenue bet...

Significance: The design of Piedmont Avenue and the adjacent University of California campus and residential tract are significant for several reasons. Olmsted was in California at a crucial time in his career... More

Piedmont Way & the Berkeley Property Tract, East of College Avenue between Dwight Way & U.C. Memorial Stadium, Berkeley, Alameda County, CA

Piedmont Way & the Berkeley Property Tract, East of College Avenue bet...

Significance: The design of Piedmont Avenue and the adjacent University of California campus and residential tract are significant for several reasons. Olmsted was in California at a crucial time in his career... More

Arlington Heights Citrus Landscape, Southwestern portion of city of Riverside, Riverside, Riverside County, CA

Arlington Heights Citrus Landscape, Southwestern portion of city of Ri...

See also HAER CA-118, CA-120 & CA-121 for additional information. Significance: Arlington Heights is the last vestige of the once-vast citrus culture of Riverside, California. Although other citrus groves in t... More

Arlington Heights Citrus Landscape, Southwestern portion of city of Riverside, Riverside, Riverside County, CA

Arlington Heights Citrus Landscape, Southwestern portion of city of Ri...

See also HAER CA-118, CA-120 & CA-121 for additional information. Significance: Arlington Heights is the last vestige of the once-vast citrus culture of Riverside, California. Although other citrus groves in t... More

Arlington Heights Citrus Landscape, Southwestern portion of city of Riverside, Riverside, Riverside County, CA

Arlington Heights Citrus Landscape, Southwestern portion of city of Ri...

See also HAER CA-118, CA-120 & CA-121 for additional information. Significance: Arlington Heights is the last vestige of the once-vast citrus culture of Riverside, California. Although other citrus groves in t... More

Western Land & Improvement Company Double Houses, South Fifth & Sixth Streets, Jeannette, Westmoreland County, PA

Western Land & Improvement Company Double Houses, South Fifth & Sixth ...

Significance: A high concentration of window, tableware, bottle and specialty glass plants distinguished Jeannette as "The Glass City" early in its history. Significant housing stock consists of company-built r... More

414 South Sixth Street (Rowhouse), Jeannette, Westmoreland County, PA

414 South Sixth Street (Rowhouse), Jeannette, Westmoreland County, PA

Significance: A high concentration of window, tableware, bottle and specialty glass plants distinguished Jeannette as "The Glass City" early in its history. Significant housing stock consists of company-built r... More

Victor Block, 202 West Harrison Avenue, Guthrie, Logan County, OK

Victor Block, 202 West Harrison Avenue, Guthrie, Logan County, OK

Significance: The Victor was among the most handsome and celebrated business blocks of early Guthrie, as well as the largest. Erected for one of the most successful developers of the commercial district, the b... More

Victor Block, 202 West Harrison Avenue, Guthrie, Logan County, OK

Victor Block, 202 West Harrison Avenue, Guthrie, Logan County, OK

Significance: The Victor was among the most handsome and celebrated business blocks of early Guthrie, as well as the largest. Erected for one of the most successful developers of the commercial district, the b... More

Hacienda Mercedita Foundry, Sabanetas, Ponce Municipio, PR

Hacienda Mercedita Foundry, Sabanetas, Ponce Municipio, PR

Significance: A significant part of the Serralles family empire. Typical of the sugar cane plantations in Puerto Rico which underwent considerable technological change and became a full-mechanized producer of ... More

Hacienda Mercedita Foundry, Sabanetas, Ponce Municipio, PR

Hacienda Mercedita Foundry, Sabanetas, Ponce Municipio, PR

Significance: A significant part of the Serralles family empire. Typical of the sugar cane plantations in Puerto Rico which underwent considerable technological change and became a full-mechanized producer of ... More

First Ward Neighborhood, Altoona, Blair County, PA

First Ward Neighborhood, Altoona, Blair County, PA

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New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, Fort Point Channel Rolling Lift Bridge, Spanning Fort Point Channel, Boston, Suffolk County, MA

New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, Fort Point Channel Rolling Li...

Significance: The construction of South Station in 1896-98, involved the rerouting of several of the old lines from the west and south. The New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad constructed a six-track rollin... More

Landers-Cain House, 915 Pleasant Hill Road, Lawrenceville, Gwinnett County, GA

Landers-Cain House, 915 Pleasant Hill Road, Lawrenceville, Gwinnett Co...

Significance: The Landers-Cain House is a representative example of an "I" house type with Greek Revival style architectural elements. The exact date of construction has not been determined, but archival and de... More

Landers-Cain House, 915 Pleasant Hill Road, Lawrenceville, Gwinnett County, GA

Landers-Cain House, 915 Pleasant Hill Road, Lawrenceville, Gwinnett Co...

Significance: The Landers-Cain House is a representative example of an "I" house type with Greek Revival style architectural elements. The exact date of construction has not been determined, but archival and de... 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

1924 West Laurel Street (House), Tampa, Hillsborough County, FL

1924 West Laurel Street (House), Tampa, Hillsborough County, FL

Significance: This building's architectural and historical significance is derived from its contribution to the West Tampa National Register Historic District. It is a relatively unaltered example of the frame... More

O'Dea House, 5804 Ruatan Street, Berwyn Heights, Prince George's County, MD

O'Dea House, 5804 Ruatan Street, Berwyn Heights, Prince George's Count...

Significance: The Shoppell Design #216 house, currently referred to as the O'Dea House, is representative of the early suburban development of Prince George's County, an important aspect of its late 19th-centur... More

Leonard Mackall House, 1686 Thirty-Fourth Street, Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Leonard Mackall House, 1686 Thirty-Fourth Street, Northwest, Washingto...

Significance: The Leonard Mackall House derives its primary significance as a prominently sited Second Empire-style house incorporating a smaller characteristic tension in Georgetown houses between the main nor... More

Leonard Mackall House, 1686 Thirty-Fourth Street, Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Leonard Mackall House, 1686 Thirty-Fourth Street, Northwest, Washingto...

Significance: The Leonard Mackall House derives its primary significance as a prominently sited Second Empire-style house incorporating a smaller characteristic tension in Georgetown houses between the main nor... More

Roads Building II, South side, Gunnison Avenue, Saint Elmo (historical), Chaffee County, CO

Roads Building II, South side, Gunnison Avenue, Saint Elmo (historical...

Significance: One of two commercial buildings surviving from secondary business district of 1880's on Gunnison Avenue. The applied moldings and careful remodeling of facade to create pediment show the refineme... More

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