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Alfred Beckley's Private Memorandum Book, 1856-1865, including "Statem...

The son of John Beckley, the first clerk of the House of Representatives under George Washington, Alfred Beckley is widely recognized as the founder of Raleigh County. The man for whom the county seat of Beckle... More

Alfred Beckley's Private Memorandum Book, 1856-1865, including "Statem...

The son of John Beckley, the first clerk of the House of Representatives under George Washington, Alfred Beckley is widely recognized as the founder of Raleigh County. The man for whom the county seat of Beckle... More

Alfred Beckley's Private Memorandum Book, 1856-1865, including "Statem...

The son of John Beckley, the first clerk of the House of Representatives under George Washington, Alfred Beckley is widely recognized as the founder of Raleigh County. The man for whom the county seat of Beckle... More

Alfred Beckley's Private Memorandum Book, 1856-1865, including "Statem...

The son of John Beckley, the first clerk of the House of Representatives under George Washington, Alfred Beckley is widely recognized as the founder of Raleigh County. The man for whom the county seat of Beckle... More

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Public domain image related to President Abraham Lincoln, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Washington City Orphan Asylum, exterior view of building] / .

Public domain photograph of historic place in Washington DC, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Death of President Lincoln. - Public domain scan / engraving

Picryl description: Public domain image of a group of people, United States politics, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Rotogravure of Lincoln by Brady.], Mathew Brady Photograph, 1850s.

Based on Meserve no 66. A photograph by Matthew B. Brady in Washington, believed to have been made in 1862. "Proof" written in colored pencil. Cf Truesdale 66.5.

1861-1863; Proclamation of emancipation by the President of the United...

Assassination of the president Abraham Lincoln.

Public domain image related to President Abraham Lincoln, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Pennsylvania Railroad advertising material: "Pennsylvania Air Line, b...

View down track toward tunnel under street. Sepia photo copyrighted by W.P. Mange & Co., Phila. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Railroads Stations Pa.; Railro... More

[Frances Benjamin Johnston's house and photography studio, 1332 V. Str...

Photo shows roses and bloom and the skylight and ivy-covered wall of the photography studio. Title devised by Library staff with date provided by Sam Watters, 2012. Forms part of: Frances Benjamin Johnston Coll... More

George Fraser House, R & Twentieth Streets, Washington, District of Co...

Significance: Built for New York merchant George Fraser; purchased in 1901 by Miriam Scott Thropp. Survey number: HABS DC-318

St. Elizabeths Hospital, Fan House, 676-698 Redwood Drive, Southeast, ...

For an overview of the Systems and Infrastructure Buildings, see HABS DC-349-CD Significance: The Fan House (Building 71) is significant as a context structure that contributes to the broader historic character... More

709 D Street, Northwest (Commercial Building), Washington, District of...

Significance: 709 D Street was designed by I. Grenueller, architect, in 1903-1904 and built by W-F Basin, contractor. The building's greatest significance lies in the retention of ht originally intended functi... More

1005 E Street, Northwest (Commercial), Square 347, Washington, Distric...

Significance: Originally designed in 1906 as a printing establishment and store building by Henry J. Blauvelt for A. Zichtl & Co., the building housed printing-related concerns through the 1930s. The Crown Bar ... More

Lansburgh's Warehouse, 410 Eighth Street, Northwest, Washington, Distr...

Significance: As a representative of this specific building type, these Eight Street high-rise stables constitute a considerable documentary contribution to the history of both the Pennsylvania Avenue Developme... More

The Dresden Apartment Building, 2126 Connecticut Avenue, Washington, D...

Significance: This sweeping apartment building was built by the most prolific developer of apartment buildings, Harry Warden, and designed by his in-house architect, Albert H. Beers. Survey number: HABS DC-565... More

1910 Japanese Flowering Cherry Trees , East Potomac Golf Course, East ...

See also HABS DC-692 for related documentation. Significance: The Japanese flowering cherries (Prunus x yedoensis) planted in East Potomac Golf Course are significant because the available evidence strongly ind... More

Bates Warren Apartment Building, 2029 Connecticut Avenue Northwest, Wa...

Significance: This building is one of the more elegant early apartment buildings in Washington. Survey number: HABS DC-559 Building/structure dates: 1916 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1977... More

1208-1214 E Street Northwest (Garage), Washington, District of Columbi...

Significance: This parking garage, built in 1918, marks the post-World War I invasion of the downtown by the automobile. Survey number: HABS DC-426 Building/structure dates: 1918 Initial Construction

St. Elizabeths Hospital, Mechanical and Electric Shops, 2700 Martin Lu...

For an overview of the Shops and Support Structures, see HABS DC-349-CC Significance: The Mechanical and Electrical Shops (Building 12) building is significant as a context structure that contributes to the bro... More

Arlington National Cemetery. Tablet showing plan of Washington City by...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a cemetery, memorial, monument, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Arlington National Cemetery. Tablet showing plan of Washington City by...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a cemetery, memorial, monument, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

St. Elizabeths Hospital, Comfort Station, 2700 Martin Luther King Jr. ...

For an overview of the Gateshouses and Comfort Stations, see HABS DC-349-BZ Significance: The Comfort Station (Building 77) is significant as a context structure that contributes to the broader historic charact... More

St. Elizabeths Hospital, Gatehouse No. 2, 2701 Martin Luther King Jr. ...

For an overview of the Gateshouses and Comfort Stations, see HABS DC-349-BZ Significance: Gatehouse No. 2 (Building 78) is significant as a context structure that contributes to the broader historic character o... More

501-511 Fourteenth Street Northwest (Commercial Building), Washington,...

Significance: This steel frame building with limestone facades is a good example of small scale commercial architecture of the 1920's. Survey number: HABS DC-356 Building/structure dates: 1927 Initial Constru... More

425 Seventh Street, Northwest (Commercial Building), Washington, Distr...

Survey number: HABS DC-605 Building/structure dates: 1927 Initial Construction

2101 Connecticut Avenue (Apartment Building), Washington, District of ...

Significance: This fanciful building is associated with two of the most important architects of apartment buildings between the wars. George T. Santmyers was the architect of record, but the design is attribut... More

Union Hardware Company, 711 D Street, Northwest, Washington, District ...

Significance: Occupying the western portion of lot 3 on Square 431 is the Union Hardware Company building, a modest two-story brick structure situated between the larger "DC Souvenirs" and "Decorator Center" es... More

National City Christian Church, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Survey number: HABS DC-852 Building/structure dates: 1930 Initial Construction

Engine Company Number Ten, Firehouse, 1341 Maryland Avenue Northeast, ...

Survey number: HABS DC-90 Building/structure dates: 1894 Initial Construction

Thorn Building, 417 Seventh Street Northwest, Washington, District of ...

Significance: This 4 story building, located in what was once Washington's primary business district, is an early example of commercial Washington architecture. It is a much simplified version of the Romano Tu... More

2919 M Street Northwest (House), Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Survey number: HABS DC-64 Public domain photograph of car, historic place, automobile, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

3615 O Street, Northwest (House), Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Survey number: HABS DC-752 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 67000025

Anthony Reintzel Building, 3258 M Street Northwest, Washington, Distri...

Significance: This building represents an early (c. 1810) Georgetown waterfront area two-and-a-half-story shop and dwelling type remodeled and raised to three full stories c. 1870-80. Survey number: HABS DC-1... More

507 Sixth Street Northwest (Apartment House), Washington, District of ...

Significance: This building of red pressed brick trimmed with limestone,is four stories high above the basement and covered with a flat roof. It faces west on a frontage of 42 feet, having a rich, highly devel... More

Engine Company Number Twenty-Two, Firehouse, 5760 Georgia Avenue North...

Survey number: HABS DC-95 Building/structure dates: ca. 1897 Initial Construction

320 Eighth Street Northwest (Commercial Building), Washington, Distric...

Survey number: HABS DC-237 Building/structure dates: ca. 18h1 Initial Construction

Estes Mill (Ruins), Rock Creek Park, Washington, District of Columbia,...

Survey number: HABS DC-40 Public domain photograph - historical image of Washington DC, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

G Street, Northwest, 1200 Block (Commercial Buildings), No. 1204, Wash...

Survey number: HABS DC-333-B Public domain photograph of car, historic place, automobile, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Daniel Kane House, 1419 Thirty-sixth Street Northwest, Washington, Dis...

Significance: This post-Civil war row house is a good example of the type owned and resided in by artisans, laborers and small merchants during the mid-nineteenth century Georgetown. It was originally occupied... More

Golden Bull Restaurant, 308 Sixth Street Northwest, Washington, Distri...

Significance: This building is typical for 1920-30 small commercial/residential structures in eastern downtown area. While its date of construction has been impossible to verify, its similarity to its 1928-bui... More

431 & 433 Seventh Street, Northwest (Commercial Building), Washington,...

Significance: The building's original facade is hidden from view. As the building stands, it could be termed as a modern commercial style more typical of commercial strips along highways than of urban districts... More

Wood-Deming Houses, 2017-2019 Connecticut Avenue Northwest, Washington...

Significance: Designed by noted Washington architect Waddy Wood. Originally designed so that one house would be Wood's and the other would be William Demings's, Deming being Wood's partner. Was the first of th... More

Sixth & G Streets Southwest (House), Washington, District of Columbia,...

Survey number: HABS DC-54 Public domain photograph of a house, residential property, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Keep Building, 801-805 Market Space, Washington, District of Columbia,...

Significance: Interesting example of late 19th century commercial architecture. Survey number: HABS DC-320

Waffle Shop, 619 Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest, Washington, District o...

Significance: This building is significant as an example of the urban changes which occurred in the post-war period when appreciation of the 19th century architecture in this country was at its lowest point. I... More

Duncan Phillips House, 1600-1614 Twenty-first Street Northwest, Washin...

Significance: Originally designed as a private home, the building has served for over 50 years as exhibition area for the Phillips family collection of modern art. Survey number: HABS DC-447

Temperance Fountain, Pennsylvania Avenue & Seventh Street Northwest, W...

Survey number: HABS DC-240 Building/structure dates: ca. 1875 Initial Construction

1304 Thirty-Sixth Street, Northwest (House), Washington, District of C...

Survey number: HABS DC-721 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 67000025

28 Ninth Street, Northeast (House), Washington, District of Columbia, ...

1988 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Honorable Mention Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-90 Survey number: HABS DC-627 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 76002127

3132 O Street, Northwest (House), Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Survey number: HABS DC-749 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 67000025

2823 N Street, Northwest (House), Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Survey number: HABS DC-731 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 67000025

1248 Thirtieth Street, Northwest (House), Washington, District of Colu...

Survey number: HABS DC-767 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 67000025

Westory Building, 605 Fourteenth Street Northwest, Washington, Distric...

Significance: Interesting commercial/office design of the early 20th century, with noteworthy terra-cotta ornamentation. Survey number: HABS DC-329

Kentucky Avenue, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Significance: This Avenue was developed according to the L'Enfant and Ellicott plans. All reservations on the avenue have remained basically intact since their official recognition in 1894; one still contains f... More

Brodt's Hat Factory, 423 Eleventh Street, Washington, District of Colu...

Significance: Brodt's Hat Factory, although not in its original form, is important for its contribution to the block as an early Twentieth Century facade over the original face, carefully blended with surroundi... More

Engine Company Number Fifteen, Firehouse, 2100 Fourteenth Street South...

Survey number: HABS DC-92 Public domain photograph of theater building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Hammel's Restaurant, 416 Tenth Street, Washington, District of Columbi...

Significance: The early 20th Century facade of this building (not original) exhibits classical details which, combined with its scale and massing are harmonious with its 19th Century neighbors. Originally a dw... More

1219 Thirtieth Street, Northwest (House), Washington, District of Colu...

Survey number: HABS DC-766 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 67000025

618 Ninth Street Northwest (Commercial Building), Washington, District...

Survey number: HABS DC-231 Building/structure dates: 1890 Initial Construction

639 D Street, Northwest (Commercial Building), Washington, District of...

Survey number: HABS DC-603 Building/structure dates: ca. 1875 Initial Construction

421 Eleventh Street (Commercial Building), Washington, District of Col...

Significance: 421 Eleventh Street is an eclectic mixture of architectural elements seen in commercial facade redesign in the early 20th Century. The blend of elements into the overall Italianate facade is seen... More

Merchants & Mechanics Savings Bank, Seventh & G Streets Northwest, Was...

Survey number: HABS DC-239 Building/structure dates: ca. 1865 Initial Construction

700 Seventh Street Northwest (Commercial Building), Washington, Distri...

Survey number: HABS DC-443 Public domain photograph of shopping center, department store building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Wheat Row, 1321 Fourth Street Southwest, Washington, District of Colum...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-6 Survey number: HABS DC-10-B

Sullivan House, 3617 O Street Northwest, Washington, District of Colum...

Significance: This simple frame dwelling, built at the same time as 3615 O Street, is a fine example of the type of house resided in by Washington's laborers and small businessmen in the late nineteenth and ear... More

Potomac Electric Power Company Substation, 405 Eighth Street, Northwes...

Significance: As an isolated entity, the substation constitutes a pleasant example of small-scale industrial architecture popular in Washington at the turn of the century. The typical Queen Anne integration of... More

Capitol Hill Historic District, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

See HABS No. DC-550 for further documentation 1988 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Honorable Mention Survey number: HABS DC-621

Beall's Express Building, 1522 Wisconsin Avenue Northwest, Washington,...

Survey number: HABS DC-80 Public domain photograph of historic place in Washington DC, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

1406 Thirty-Fourth Street, Northwest (House), Washington, District of ...

Survey number: HABS DC-724 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 67000025

Capitol Hill Historic District, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

See HABS No. DC-621 for further documentation 1987 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Honorable Mention Significance: The Capitol Hill Historic District was placed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1976. ... More

Engine Company Number Four, Firehouse, 931 R Street Northwest, Washing...

Survey number: HABS DC-87 Public domain photograph of historic place in Washington DC, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

William J. Stone Building, 1345 E Street Northwest, Washington, Distri...

Survey number: HABS DC-430 Building/structure dates: 1899 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1926 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: 1979 Demolished

McCarthy-Sullivan House, 3623 O Street Northwest, Washington, District...

Significance: This nineteenth-century simple frame house forms part of the picturesque streetscape of the north side of O Street. Although altered for twentieth century living, its early exterior character has ... More

305 Ninth Street Northwest (Commercial Building), Square 408, Lot 815,...

Significance: Originally built as a commercial building. At different times it has served as a dwelling, an office, a produce market and a bank. The building is now dwarfed by the monumentality of its modern ... More

Washington Chapel, Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints, 28...

Significance: Washington Chapel is a 163-foot monumental steel and brick masonry structure with a unique Utah birdseye marble veneer. Built in the historic Meridian Hill neighborhood among embassies, churches, ... More

813-815 Market Space Northwest (Commercial Building), Square 408, Lots...

Significance: This mid-Twentieth Century bank is comprised of dynamically arranged horizontal and vertical planes. The massing and materials are unsympathetic to the predominant character of the square that is... More

616 Ninth Street Northwest (Commercial Building), Washington, District...

Survey number: HABS DC-234 Building/structure dates: ca. 1890 Initial Construction

519 Eleventh Street, Northwest (Commercial), Square 347, Washington, D...

Significance: 519 Eleventh Street, NW, constructed around 1875, is a much-altered three-bay, three-story brick building. Its uses over the years are typical of its downtown neighborhood and have included printi... More

U.S. Coast Guard Building, Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, District o...

Survey number: HABS DC-853 Public domain photograph of shopping center, department store building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Frederic Delano House, 2244 S Street Northwest, Washington, District o...

Significance: Designed by noted Washington architect Waddy Wood. Built for Frederic Delano, member of the Federal Reserve Board and uncle of Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Survey number: HABS DC-419

Jeremiah Sullivan Building, 1331 Thirty-fifth Street Northwest, Washin...

Significance: This is a highly ornamented, late nineteenth century, multipurpose, commercial structure. Its unusual facade has remained unaltered since its construction. Survey number: HABS DC-202 Building... More

F. W. Woolworth Company, 406-410 Seventh Street, Northwest, Washington...

Significance: The site at 406-410 Seventh Street was occupied by Woolworth's for several years prior to this building's construction in 1917 by James L. Parsons, Jr. Woolworth's continued to occupy the site unt... More

1780 Massachusetts Avenue Northwest (House), Washington, District of C...

Survey number: HABS DC-238 Public domain photograph of historic place in Washington DC, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Methodist Episcopal Church, South, 900 Massachusetts Avenue Northwest,...

Survey number: HABS DC-451 Public domain photograph of historic place in Washington DC, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

1124 East Capitol Street, Southeast (House), Washington, District of C...

1988 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Honorable Mention Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-89 Survey number: HABS DC-626 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 76002127

913 East Capitol Street, Southeast (House), Washington, District of Co...

1988 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Honorable Mention Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-86 Survey number: HABS DC-623 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 76002127

Penn Camera Exchange, 414 Tenth Street, Washington, District of Columb...

Significance: This commercial building features an unusual attic story with segmental-arched windows. It stands within a row of similar 19th Century structures and contributes to the predominant rhythm of the ... More

3111-3113 M Street Northwest (House), Washington, District of Columbia...

Survey number: HABS DC-32 Building/structure dates: 1940 Demolished Building/structure dates: ca. 1875- ca. 1899 Initial Construction

Tennessee Avenue, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Significance: The avenue remains largely faithful to its design on the L'Enfant and Ellicott city plans. All the reservations on the avenue remain basically intact since their official recognition in 1894, and ... More

317 East Capitol Street, Southeast (House), Washington, District of Co...

1988 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Honorable Mention Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-85 Survey number: HABS DC-622 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 76002127

3517 O Street, Northwest (House), Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Survey number: HABS DC-751 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 67000025

410-412 Tenth Street (Commercial Building), Washington, District of Co...

Significance: This simple commercial building is situated within a row of similary scaled 19th Century buildings. The two-story projecting bay, a later addition, provides interest to an otherwise simple facade.... More

3625 Prospect Street, Northwest (House), Washington, District of Colum...

Survey number: HABS DC-780 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 67000025

Square 459 (Commercial Building), Indiana Avenue between Sixth & Seven...

Significance: Squares 459 and 460 form the eastern boundary of Market Square. Trapezoidal in plan, Square 459, is bounded on the north by Indiana Avenue and on the south by C Street. Its eastern and western b... More

1312 U Street, Southeast (House), Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Survey number: HABS DC-408 Public domain photograph of historic place in Washington DC, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Mrs. Marshall Field House, 2600 Sixteenth Street Northwest, Washington...

Survey number: HABS DC-537 Public domain photograph of architectural diagram, building plan, section, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Embassy of Poland, 2640 Sixteenth Street Northwest, Washington, Distri...

Survey number: HABS DC-538 Public domain photograph of architecture design, diagram, drawing, building plan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description