Detroit Financial District

From the 1850s to the 1970s the Financial District in downtown Detroit was the economic heart of the city, and it stills retains an important banking and office presence today.

Banks began to locate along Jefferson Avenue in the Griswold ...

Captain Daniel S. and Fannie L. (Brooks) Lee House

The Lee house, built in 1867, is an excellent example of the Italianate Style of domestic architecture, popular in the United States from approximately 1840-1885.

Its simple cubical form, symmetrical proportions, belvedere, and extensive use of brackets are typical of ...

Central Diner

The 1947 Central Diner--Worcester Lunch Car Company Diner #806 is a rare and well-preserved example of a distinctive twentieth-century American building type.

The Central Diner, which is still in use, is a one-story, steel-framed prefabricated structure, measuring ten feet six ...

Mt. Van Hoevenberg Olympic Bobsled Run

Carved out of wilderness and surrounded by forested land on all sides, the one and one-half mile long Olympic Bobsled Run was constructed in 1930 and built specifically for the 1932 Winter Olympic Games.

The course was designed by Stanislaus ...

SMUD Headquarters Building

Designed by the architectural firm of Dreyfuss and Blackford in 1959, the Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD) Headquarters building remains a virtually pristine example of the International style of post-WWII Modernism in Sacramento.

It is an exceptional example of its ...

Sauganash Historic District

Between 1840 and 1880 Chicago's population multiplied 126 times over. As hundreds of thousands of people flocked to the city, they encountered congested streets, crowded tenements, and unsanitary living conditions. However, by the turn of 19th century, reliable and affordable ...

The Niagara Hudson Building

The Niagara Hudson Building in Syracuse is an outstanding example of Art Deco architecture and a symbol of the Age of Electricity.

Completed in 1932, the building became the headquarters for the nation's largest electric utility company and expressed the ...

Plum Island Life-Saving and Light Stations

Built in 1896, the Plum Island Life-Saving and Light Stations helped ships navigate the Porte des Morte (Death's Door) passage, a treacherous passage named for the high number of shipwrecks that occurred on its rocky shoals.

The Life-Saving and Light ...

Charles River Speedway Headquarters

Consisting of an ensemble of connected buildings built in the Shingle and Colonial styles, the Charles River Speedway Headquarters recalls the late 19th-early 20th century summer estates in seaside and rural areas.

Designed by William D. Austin, a prominent Boston ...

Cedar Grove Plantation

In it's heyday as a working plantation Cedar Grove, in southern Mecklenburg County, Virginia, was home to the Lewis family and about 100 slaves. John Taylor Lewis bought the original 1600 acres of Cedar Grove in 1782 for 80,000 pounds ...