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

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

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

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

Post Hdqrs. New Adm. Bldg., U. S. Military Academy, West Point, N. Y.

Post Hdqrs. New Adm. Bldg., U. S. Military Academy, West Point, N. Y.

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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

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

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

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

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

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

Significance: Quarters No. 48 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, 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

[Panoramic view of West Point, New York showing American encampments on the Hudson River]

[Panoramic view of West Point, New York showing American encampments o...

Pencilled on back: "Encampment of the Revolutionary Army on the Hudson River." Published in: The American Revolution in drawings and prints; a checklist of 1765-1790 graphics in the Library of Congress / Compi... More

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

U. S. Military Academy, Artillery Barracks, West Point, Orange County,...

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

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

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

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

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, Married Enlisted Men's Quarters, South of intersection of Washington & Lee Roads, West Point, Orange County, NY

U.S. Military Academy, Married Enlisted Men's Quarters, South of inter...

Significance: Quarters No. 352 is an example of mid-19th century housing to accommodate the enlisted men on the military post away from the cadets at the Academy. A number of similar, small duplex units were co... 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, 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, Power Plant, West Point, Orange County, NY

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

Significance: The Power Plant was the first of Cram, Goodhue, and Ferguson's ensemble of collegiate neo-gothic buildings in the Academic Area of the U.S. Military Academy. The Power Plant generated power to lig... More

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

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

Significance: The Power Plant was the first of Cram, Goodhue, and Ferguson's ensemble of collegiate neo-gothic buildings in the Academic Area of the U.S. Military Academy. The Power Plant generated power to lig... More

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

U. S. Military Academy, Non-Commissioned Officer's Quarters, West Poin...

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West Point, N.Y. and the Hudson River

West Point, N.Y. and the Hudson River

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

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

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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

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

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, West Point, Orange County, NY

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Fort Clinton, West Point [N.Y.], engraving, Library of Congress

Fort Clinton, West Point [N.Y.], engraving, Library of Congress

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

Battle of Brick House Point, West Point, King William County, Virginia

Battle of Brick House Point, West Point, King William County, Virginia

Significance: 1) When the Confederate army abandoned its defenses at Yorktown and withdrew up the Peninsula toward Richmond, Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan mounted an amphibious operation to disrupt his enemy's ... More

U.S. Grant / J. Keppler.. American Civil War 1861-1865.

U.S. Grant / J. Keppler.. American Civil War 1861-1865.

Illustration shows Ulysses S. Grant, bust portrait, facing slightly right, in oval with ribbon labeled with the places visited following his presidency; this portrait is surrounded by scenes showing Grant's bir... More

West Point Cadet Camp - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

West Point Cadet Camp - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a tent, military, or refugee camp, temporary settlement, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

General Chaffee and staff in Inaugural parade

General Chaffee and staff in Inaugural parade

Photograph showing Gen. Chaffee leading as West Point cadets and others on horseback follow in inauguration parade; mounted police line the street. H57301 U.S. Copyright Office.

U.S. Military Academy, West Point, N.Y.

U.S. Military Academy, West Point, N.Y.

Cadets with hands joined in physical training class. Photoprint copyrighted by Waldon Fawcett. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Universities and Colleges U.S. Milit... More

[Battalion passing in review, West Point, N.Y.]

[Battalion passing in review, West Point, N.Y.]

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

The pride of the nation - West Point cadets in martial array before the U.S. Capitol, Washington, D.C., March 4, 1905

The pride of the nation - West Point cadets in martial array before th...

H59275 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright by C.W. Wasson. The original U.S. Capitol building, known as the "Old Capitol," was a small brick building that was completed in 1800. It served as the Capitol building ... More

West Point cadets signalling - Drawing. Public domain image.

West Point cadets signalling - Drawing. Public domain image.

No. 1802-8. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Caption card tracings: Education, military; Univ & Colleges; Army, U.S. Art... More

[West Point: 3 cadets in tent]. Photo by Bain News Service collection

[West Point: 3 cadets in tent]. Photo by Bain News Service collection

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.

West Point graduation: Taft delivers diploma to graduate, Feb. 14, 1908

West Point graduation: Taft delivers diploma to graduate, Feb. 14, 190...

Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Caption card tracings: Educ., Military; Univ. & Colleges; Pres.; B.I.

West Point Cadets, Watching drills

West Point Cadets, Watching drills

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

Togo at West Point, leaving Cullom Mem'l

Togo at West Point, leaving Cullom Mem'l

Public domain image of a group of people, ceremony, event, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

West Point cadets coming on field

West Point cadets coming on field

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Coach Daly (Lieut. C.D. Daly) & Capt. Weyand

Coach Daly (Lieut. C.D. Daly) & Capt. Weyand

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

Spinners in West Point Cotton Mills.  Location: West Point, Mississippi.

Spinners in West Point Cotton Mills. Location: West Point, Mississipp...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an industrial building, factory, workshop, workers, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Ceremonies - Salutes and Parades - New York - West Point Cadets, the Guard of Honor during the 27th Division parade, in front of reviewing stand

Ceremonies - Salutes and Parades - New York - West Point Cadets, the G...

Date Taken: 3/24/1919 Photographer: Central News Photo Service Ceremonies - Salutes and Parades - New York

5703 Sixteenth Avenue (House), 5703 Sixteenth Avenue, Valley, Chambers County, AL

5703 Sixteenth Avenue (House), 5703 Sixteenth Avenue, Valley, Chambers...

Significance: As originally built ca. 1880, this "double-pen" textile mill workers' house provided three rooms for each dwelling. The interior walls and ceilings were finished with horizontally laid double-bea... More

New Commandant at West Point. Washington, D.C., March 30. The War Department today issued orders designating Lt. Col. Charles W. Byder, Inf. as Commandant of Cadets at the United States Military Academy at West Point, N.Y., effective June 30th, 1937. He succeeds Lt. Col. Dennis E. McCunniff, who has been ordered to the Army War College

New Commandant at West Point. Washington, D.C., March 30. The War Depa...

A black and white photo of a man in uniform. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Lafayette Lanier School, 6001 Twentieth Avenue, Valley, Chambers County, AL

Lafayette Lanier School, 6001 Twentieth Avenue, Valley, Chambers Count...

Significance: Designed by Atlanta architect R. Kennon Perry, the Colonial-Revival school was built in 1935 by West Point Manufacturing Company to serve the children in the mill village. It was named after Lafay... More

President Ronald Reagan Shaking Hands with Cadets at the United States Military Academy Commencement Ceremony in West Point, New York

President Ronald Reagan Shaking Hands with Cadets at the United States...

Reagan White House Photographs Public domain photograph of US government, White House, Office of President of the United States of America, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A high angle view looking down at members of the US Military Academy, West Point, NY, as they prepare to march in the 1997 Presidential Inaugural Parade

A high angle view looking down at members of the US Military Academy, ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: State: District Of Columbia (DC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Alexander R. Ray Release Status: Released to Publi... More

The Honorable Donald H. Rumsfeld, U.S. Secretary of Defense, speaks to a group of West Point cadets on combating terrorism, at the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., on Nov. 5, 2003. (DoD photo by TECH. SGT. Andy Dunaway) (Released)

The Honorable Donald H. Rumsfeld, U.S. Secretary of Defense, speaks to...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Pentagon State: District Of Columbia (DC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Andy Dunaway, USAF Release Status:... More

The Honorable Donald H. Rumsfeld, U.S. Secretary of Defense speaks to a group of U.S. Military Academy at West Point cadets at the Pentagon on combating terrorism.  (DoD photo by TECH. SGT. Andy Dunaway) (Released)

The Honorable Donald H. Rumsfeld, U.S. Secretary of Defense speaks to ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Pentagon State: District Of Columbia (DC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Andy Dunaway, USAF Release Status:... More

West Point Cadets, N.Y. Centennial, New York.

West Point Cadets, N.Y. Centennial, New York.

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

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

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

Leon William Johnson (1904–1997) at West Point in 1926

Leon William Johnson (1904–1997) at West Point in 1926

Portrait of Leon William Johnson (1904–1997) at West Point in 1926 from The Howitzer: The Yearbook of the United States Corps of Cadets, 1926, page 109

Senior Annual, Mooresville High School, 1909 - 22 - Athletics

Senior Annual, Mooresville High School, 1909 - 22 - Athletics

Image from the Mooresville High School 1909 Senior Annual

Geoffrey Keyes (1888–1967) at West Point in 1913

Geoffrey Keyes (1888–1967) at West Point in 1913

Portrait of Geoffrey Keyes (1888–1967) at West Point in 1913 from The Howitzer: The Yearbook of the United States Corps of Cadets, 1913, page 92

Group photo of the 1919 West Point baseball team

Group photo of the 1919 West Point baseball team

Group photo of the 1919 West Point baseball team from The Howitzer: The Yearbook of the United States Corps of Cadets, 1920, page 333

Guy Stanley Meloy Jr. (1903–1968) at West Point in 1927

Guy Stanley Meloy Jr. (1903–1968) at West Point in 1927

Portrait of Guy Stanley Meloy Jr. (1903–1968) at West Point in 1927 from The Howitzer: The Yearbook of the United States Corps of Cadets, 1927, page 241

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

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

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

Benny Havens - Drawing. Public domain image.

Benny Havens - Drawing. Public domain image.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

U. S. Military Academy, Ordnance Compound Workshop-Storehouse, West Point, Orange County, NY

U. S. Military Academy, Ordnance Compound Workshop-Storehouse, West Po...

Significance: The Ordnance Compound is the earliest extant Gothic Revival design at West Point and is considered to be one of three buildings from the 1830s-40s which became stylistic prototypes for subsequent ... 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

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

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

Survey number: HABS NY-5708-55 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000562

The mountain spring: near cozzen's dock, West Point

The mountain spring: near cozzen's dock, West Point

Artist: Frances F. Palmer. Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 4611

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, 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,...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a small palace, chateau, villa, residential historic building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

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

107 DeGroat Street (House), 107 DeGroat Street, La Grange, Troup County, GA

107 DeGroat Street (House), 107 DeGroat Street, La Grange, Troup Count...

Significance: This wooden one-story minimal bungalow was built to house operatives for the nearby Dixie Mill, which began production ca. 1895 as LaGrange's first textile mill. While this home could accommodate... More

U. S. Military Academy, Married Enlisted Men's Quarters, West Point, Orange County, NY

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

Significance: Quarters No. 344 is an example of late 19th century housing to accommodate the expansion at the military post at West Point. Numerous similar structures were built at the time in the area north of... More

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

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

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

Knox Battery, U. S. Millirary Academy

Knox Battery, U. S. Millirary Academy

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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, 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

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. 42 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, Artillery Barracks, West Point, Orange County, NY

U. S. Military Academy, Artillery Barracks, West Point, Orange County,...

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

Valley towards Saltillo, from near the base of "Palace Hill," at Monterey (sic) (looking to the S. West) / D.P. Whiting del., Capt. 7th Inf. ; on stone by C. Parsons ; G. & W. Endicott lith., N.Y.

Valley towards Saltillo, from near the base of "Palace Hill," at Monte...

Publication date based on copyright statement on item. Printed on lower right corner: [No. 3]. The plates in this series, as numbered, are in reverse chronological order. Includes a key with numbers printed on... More

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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, Married Enlisted Men's Quarters, South of intersection of Washington & Lee Roads, West Point, Orange County, NY

U.S. Military Academy, Married Enlisted Men's Quarters, South of inter...

Significance: Quarters No. 352 is an example of mid-19th century housing to accommodate the enlisted men on the military post away from the cadets at the Academy. A number of similar, small duplex units were co... More

Capture of Major John Andre by John Paulding, David Williams and Issac Vanwart

Capture of Major John Andre by John Paulding, David Williams and Issac...

Print shows British Major John André being captured by members of the New York militia. The men are examining papers concerning the capture of West Point which André had hidden in his boot. Reference copy in L... More

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