Prudential (Guaranty) Building Architect, Louis H. Sullivan, called the father of modern American architecture Early all-steel frame office bldg. with fine terra cotta veneer Built in 1895 — — Map (db m92846) HM
St. Stephen's Roman Catholic Church Complex served as an anchor in "The Valley" for over 125 years before closing in 2016. The parish was founded in 1875, following Bishop Ryan's appointment of Reverend Eugene McDermott to lead the congregation. . . . — — Map (db m224299) HM
These white marble pieces were excavated from this
site, and are remnants of the original Manufacturers
and Traders National Bank Building (later the Federal
Reserve Building). Once called "The Marble Temple"
the building sat at the intersection . . . — — Map (db m133553) HM
The Martin House is the result of an exceptional collaboration between Darwin D. Martin and Frank Lloyd Wright. Martin was a highly accomplished business and civic leader, while Wright was an architect who, at the time, was relatively unknown . . . — — Map (db m197465) HM
Frank Lloyd Wright’s Larkin Administration Building Frank Lloyd Wright was the Architect for this revolutionary building constructed in 1903. His skillful design incorporated modern technology developed early in the 20th century. Wright used . . . — — Map (db m131893) HM
Frank Lloyd Wright’s Larkin Administration Building Frank Lloyd Wright designed the administration building for the Larkin Company beginning in 1903. He was engaged to design the structure after Larkin officers William R. Heath and Darwin D. . . . — — Map (db m131902) HM
Parkside Candy A Neighborhood Landmark The Parkside Candy Company was founded in 1917 by the Kaiser Family. The business took its name from the residential neighborhood laid out by Frederick Law Olmsted in the 1870's and 1880's in North Buffalo . . . — — Map (db m145268) HM
Section Through Living Room. Glass walls make upper story float and lower story transparent. Terrace mimics cliff brink and makes sky part of the house. Stone extends through house. Stone sided esplanade connects house to cliff. 65' cliff . . . — — Map (db m105644) HM
The village of Hamburg has many historic buildings, both public and private. Some of the buildings are highlighted here. Follow the map below to see more of the village's historic buildings.
1) First Baptist Church 116 Main Street. . . . — — Map (db m82549) HM
Louis P.A. Eberhardt Home Kenmore's founder, Louis Phillip Adolph Eberhardt built this home in 1893-94 and occupied it until 1918 when it was acquired by the YWCA. This brownstone home and its twin, built by LPA's brother Fred, cost $150,000 . . . — — Map (db m97913) HM
Erected in 1857 by George Burt,
the Jay Covered Bridge is the
sole remaining wooden Howe Truss
Bridge in the Adirondack Park.
Restored to its original site in 2006. — — Map (db m236864) HM
Built on this site.
Early example of an
Adirondack settlers cabin
believed built by Samuel Adsit
ca. 1794 and rediscovered 1928. — — Map (db m194575) HM
From The Cure to Main Street Business The Evans cottage (seen above on the left) was just north of the Linwood. Shown from the front here, the Evans was built in the classic Adirondack style of the day with a wrap-around front porch . . . — — Map (db m147494) HM
The Adirondack Scenic Rail Road offers service between Saranac Lake and Lake Placid seasonally, reminiscent of early travel by train and stagecoach. Since the 1800s visitors and residents have arrived in the mountains by many means of transportation . . . — — Map (db m147526) HM
Built by Col. William Davis ca. 1839. Later the home of Dean Richmond, president NY Central RR, & wife Mary who built the Richmond Library. — — Map (db m172495) HM
Le Roy post office
has been placed on the
National Register of
Historic Places in 1989
by the United States
Department of the Interior — — Map (db m142119) HM
James Powers (1782-1868) was a life-long resident of the Village of Catskill, where he lived as a prosperous lawyer, land developer, and gentleman farmer. He served as eighth president of the village and as state senator (1836-39). His . . . — — Map (db m130578) HM
About This Barn
Why does this barn have thirteen sides? We do not know, but the building itself is one variation of a type of farm building usually known as a round barn. Round barns have as few as five sides to as many as twenty, while . . . — — Map (db m176708) HM
In 1895 George Boldt acquired Heart Island for the reputed sum of $20,000.00 and work on the Island began shortly thereafter. The first three projects undertaken were the design and construction of Alster Tower, the construction of a boat lagoon . . . — — Map (db m126692) HM
The most desirable orientation on the island has always been toward the main channel on the Southwest side and the Village of Alexandria Bay on the United States mainland. Taking their cue from the layout of the original Hart cottage, the Boldts . . . — — Map (db m126693) HM
Early Mormon meeting home built from native limestone circa 1820. Land bought from William Henderson in 1824. Possible Underground RR site.
Home of T. O. Whitney — — Map (db m143149) HM
In the plaza adjacent to Borough Hall's imposing front steps, summer concerts, a year-round greenmarket and other civic events take place.
Brooklyn's Borough Hall, a downtown landmark since 1966, dates from the mid-19th century. Until . . . — — Map (db m183082) HM
Attributed to Harry Lowe
(American, dates unknown)
Four Pairs of Pegasus Figures, 1934
From the New York City Fire Service Pumping Station, Neptune Avenue at West 23rd Street, Coney Island, Brooklyn, designed by Irwin. S. Chanin . . . — — Map (db m109508) HM
"My birdhouse is based on my childhood home in the suburb of Pļavnieki in Riga, Latvia. The architectural style of the typical Soviet-era bloc housing I grew up in was embedded in my early imagination, and became a formative aesthetic in my art . . . — — Map (db m204072) HM
In the gardens of Japan, nature is rarefied, abstracted, and interpreted to reveal lessons about life and our own place in the larger scheme of things. Symbolic elements imbue the landscape with deeper meaning. Among the major features of the . . . — — Map (db m106162) HM
Built of brick laid in Flemish Bond, these three buildings, all listed in city directories prior to 1830, are among the best surviving examples of Federal Style row houses of the early nineteenth century. An underground tunnel, lighted by a skylight . . . — — Map (db m33730) HM
Notables from George Washington to writers and artists, gravitate to Brooklyn Heights.
Encouraged by Robert Fulton’s ferry from Manhattan in 1814, residents built handsome houses of wood, brick and brownstone in all the principal styles of the . . . — — Map (db m134834) HM
Brooklyn Heights
Notables, from George Washington to writers and artists, gravitate to Brooklyn Heights.
Encouraged by Robert Fulton's ferry from Manhattan in 1814, residents built handsome houses of wood, brick and brownstone in all . . . — — Map (db m181616) HM
Brooklyn Heights
Notables, from George Washington to writers and artists, gravitate to Brooklyn Heights.
Encouraged by Robert Fulton's ferry from Manhattan in 1814, residents built handsome houses of wood, brick and brownstone in all . . . — — Map (db m241423) HM
Brooklyn Heights, with its elegant promenade and dramatic view of Manhattan, is one of the most uniformly preserved 19th century residential districts in New York City. It was developed soon after 1814, when Robert Fulton's first steam-powered . . . — — Map (db m33085) HM
Brooklyn Heights, with its elegant promenade and dramatic view of Manhattan, is one of the most uniformly preserved 19th century residential districts in New York City. It was developed soon after 1814 when Robert Fulton's first steam powered ferry, . . . — — Map (db m209655) HM
McKenzie, Voorhees and Gmelin designed this structure in a modified Roman Eclectic style. The interior marble was quarried in Tennessee and Vermont, the granite for its base in Deer Island, Maine, and most of its limestone façade in Indiana. This . . . — — Map (db m149132) HM
This church, designed in gothic revival style by Minard Lafever, was dedicated in 1844. It is the home of the oldest Unitarian society in Brooklyn, organized in 1833. During the 1890's, new windows, the work of Louis C. Tiffany, were installed. — — Map (db m33726) HM
Located in the new Municipal Center, this handsome 19th century structure provides a reminder of Brooklyn’s past. Completed in 1891, the basement and first floors display handsome rock-faced granite, which contrasts with the smooth stone front of . . . — — Map (db m183122) HM
IN 1869.(sic) The building was constructed to be Brooklyn’s first safety deposit bank. The area’s only cast iron building was designed in a Palazzo style and erected in 1968-1869. One of the few remaining cast iron facades in term of detail, one of . . . — — Map (db m161467) HM
The Brooklyn
Historical Society
National Historic Landmark
This site possesses national significance in commemorating the history of the United States of America
Designed by architect George B. Post and opened in 1881, this museum . . . — — Map (db m181624) HM
The older section of this Romanesque Revival building was begun in 1885 and completed in 1892. The plans of Mifflin E. Bell, the original architect, were modified by William A. Freret, his successor as supervising architect of the Treasury . . . — — Map (db m134957) HM
Thomas Ustick Walter (1804-1887) is considered one of America's most important 19th-century architects. A founder and early President of the American Institute of Architects, he designed the cast-iron dome of the U.S. Capitol and served as Architect . . . — — Map (db m95831) HM
Clinton Avenue is a grand turn-of-the-century boulevard which has remained relatively intact. When it was developed, the Avenue was distinguished by five mansions of the Pratt Family, four of them built as weddings presents for the sons of Charles . . . — — Map (db m35114) HM
Clinton Avenue is a grand turn-of-the-century boulevard which has remained relatively intact. When it was developed, the Avenue was distinguished by five mansions of the Pratt Family, four of them built as weddings presents for the sons of Charles . . . — — Map (db m241407) HM
Clinton Avenue is a grand turn-of-the-century boulevard which has remained relatively intact. When it was developed, the Avenue was distinguished by five mansions of the Pratt Family, four of them built as weddings presents for the sons of Charles . . . — — Map (db m241409) HM
Clinton Avenue is a grand turn-of-the-century boulevard which has remained relatively intact. When it was developed, the Avenue was distinguished by five mansions of the Pratt Family, four of them built as weddings presents for the sons of Charles . . . — — Map (db m241410) HM
Clinton Avenue is a grand turn-of-the-century boulevard which has remained relatively intact. When it was developed, the Avenue was distinguished by five mansions of the Pratt Family, four of them built as weddings presents for the sons of Charles . . . — — Map (db m241411) HM
Settled by Dutch farmers in the 1640's, the rural character of Cobble Hill began to change after 1836, when the Atlantic Avenue Ferry to Manhattan went into operation. The earliest building date from that period and are fine examples of Greek . . . — — Map (db m183062) HM
Fulton Street
Urban department store shopping originated on Fulton Street—and the district continues to thrive today as a vibrant shopping destination. Renamed the Fulton Street Mall in 1985, Fulton Street offers an eclectic mix of national . . . — — Map (db m242760) HM
Fulton Street
Urban department store shopping originated on Fulton Street—and the district continues to thrive today as a vibrant shopping destination. Renamed the Fulton Street Mall in 1985, Fulton Street offers an eclectic mix of national . . . — — Map (db m242770) HM
Emily Warren Roebling
1843 - 1903
Born in 1843, Emily Warren Roebling played a key role in the construction of the Brooklyn Bridge. A graduate of Georgetown Visitation Convent in Washington, D.C., Emily was a well-educated . . . — — Map (db m228765) HM
Jane's Carousel was created by the Philadelphia Toboggan Company (P.T.C.) in 1922, the heyday of the American Carousel Designated as P.T.C. No 61, it was originally installed in Idora Park in Youngstown, Ohio, then a prosperous . . . — — Map (db m183113) HM
Constructed on historic ground near the site of the Revolutionary War Battle of Long Island of 1776, this building was designed by architect, John Y. Culyer, in 1875, it served as the Police Headquarters and seat of the 7th District Magistrates' . . . — — Map (db m162552) HM
BAM is proud to name this building in honor of Peter Jay Sharp (1930-1992) in recognition of the visionary endowment and operating support of the Peter Jay Sharp Foundation and its directors: Norman L. Peck, President; Edmund C. Duffy; Dan W . . . — — Map (db m242868) HM
Famed landscape architects Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux may have introduced these two cannon into Fort Greene Park in the 1870's as a part of the saluting battery included in their original design for the park. The "RD" markings . . . — — Map (db m239502) HM
The landmarked Offerman Building at 503 Fulton St, designed by architect Peter J. Lauritzen, was originally built to house the S. Wechsler & Bros. department store. — — Map (db m242733) HM
The dimes atop columns inside the historic Dime Savings Bank building at 9 DeKalb Ave. are "Mercury" dimes, which were in circulation at the time the building opened in 1908. — — Map (db m242866) HM
This property has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior circa 1888. — — Map (db m181662) HM
Fort Greene
After George Washington evacuated his army to Manhattan in 1776, the British imprisoned captured patriots aboard 11 decrepit ships in Wallabout Bay, adjacent to the present Brooklyn Navy Yard Industrial Park. The horrific . . . — — Map (db m239485) HM
Fort Greene is a neighborhood with unusually consistent 19th century domestic architecture developed principally in the short span between 1855 and 1875. Fort Greene Park was created in 1848 at the instigation of poet Walt Whitman who was then the . . . — — Map (db m184307) HM
Fulton Street
Urban department store shopping originated on Fulton Street—and the district continues to thrive today as a vibrant shopping destination. Renamed the Fulton Street Mall in 1985, Fulton Street offers an eclectic mix of national . . . — — Map (db m242730) HM
This impressive monument, consisting of a 100-foot-wide granite staircase and a central Doric column 149 feet in height, was designed by renowned architect Stanford White (1853-1906). The monument marks the site of a crypt for more than 11,500 . . . — — Map (db m239490) HM
Who is this monument dedicated to?
This impressive monument, consisting of a 100-foot-wide granite staircase and a central Doric column 149 feet in height, was designed by renowned architect Stanford White (1853-1906) and marks the site of a . . . — — Map (db m239495) HM
The Carroll Street Bridge over the Gowanus Canal, built in 1888-89, is one of the oldest bridges in New York City and the oldest known extant American bridge of the “retractile” type. This rare and unusual retractable bridge functions . . . — — Map (db m146159) HM
Dedicates this building as a Peace Site April 17, 1983 Official New York City Landmark Building within the Park Slope Historic District This mansion is now used as a meeting house by the Brooklyn Society for Ethical Culture. It is considered one of . . . — — Map (db m30966) HM
The dimes atop columns inside the historic Dime Savings Bank building at 9 DeKalb Ave. are "Mercury" dimes, which were in circulation at the time the building opened in 1908. — — Map (db m242723) HM
Prospect Park - Building Nature into the City (c. 1850-1890)
What you see is not what was. Except for a small forest, a rocky ridge and a low plain left by the glacier 10,000 years ago. Prospect Park was . . . — — Map (db m203878) HM
This building, known as a Finnish co-op, is one of more than thirty cooperative apartment buildings surrounding Sunset Park that were either built or converted to co-ops by Finnish immigrants in the early 1900s. These building were among the . . . — — Map (db m228624) HM
This building, known as a Finnish co-op, is one of more than thirty cooperative apartment buildings surrounding Sunset Park that were either built or converted to co-ops by Finnish immigrants in the early 1900s. These buildings were among the . . . — — Map (db m228626) HM
This Edwardian Baroque building with a Beaux Arts style canopy is one of more than thirty cooperative apartment buildings in Sunset Park. It was designed and built by the architects Eisenia and Carlson in 1914. These grand buildings were . . . — — Map (db m228652) HM
This building is one of more than thirty cooperative apartment buildings surrounding Sunset Park that were either built or converted to co-ops by Finnish immigrants in the early 1900s. It was designed and built by the architects Eisenla and . . . — — Map (db m228649) HM
This building is one of more than 30 cooperative apartment buildings surrounding Sunset Park, that were either built or converted to co-ops by Finnish immigrants in the early 20th century. The neighborhood was known as Finntown into the 1980s. . . . — — Map (db m228632) HM
This Edwardian Baroque building with a Beaux Arts style canopy is one of more than thirty cooperative apartment buildings in Sunset Park. It was designed and built by the architects Eisenia and Carlson in 1914. These grand buildings were . . . — — Map (db m228651) HM
One of the earliest examples of not-for-profit housing cooperatives in the United States, Riverview Homes was established and constructed by Finnish immigrants who settled in the neighborhood surrounding Sunset Park, creating what became . . . — — Map (db m228630) HM
The first parcel of land was acquired in 1891 by the City of Brooklyn for the purposes of a park. By 1905 Sunset Park had been expanded to its present size. Rustic retaining walls, an artificial pond, a six-hole golf course, a neo-classical . . . — — Map (db m228646) HM
What was here before?
The dramatic bluff at Sunset Park is part of a massive rock outcropping and ridge across Brooklyn and Queens created through glacial deposits during the last Ice Age. Facing west towards New York harbor and beyond, the . . . — — Map (db m228638) HM
These two brick structures were built for Kirkman & Son, a major American manufacturer of soap products during the 19th and early 20th centuries. Arthur G. Stone designed 43 Bridge Street, a glycerin factory with Neo-Classical details, in 1911. Four . . . — — Map (db m183116) HM
At this spot over 10,000 years ago a sheet of ice, as thick as the World Trade Center is tall, started melting. [Unreadble]
Upon this landscape, Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux created their greatest masterpiece, Prospect Park. . . . — — Map (db m207561) HM
The wonder of Prospect Park is that it was designed and constructed over 130 years ago to appear to be natural. Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux envisioned a public park as a rural retreat for the citizens of the bustling city of Brooklyn. . . . — — Map (db m207557) HM
Dalton RR Depot
Established here ca. 1852 as Nunda Station.
Changed to Dalton in 1880. Closed in 1959 and razed in 1966.
Part of the Erie Railroad. — — Map (db m151153) HM
Elias H. Geiger
1819-1895. Built this home
in 1871. Orphaned at age 7.
Became a carpenter, farmer,
owner of steam sawmills
and large tracts of land. — — Map (db m151739) HM
of Luther Bisbee II and his
wife, Eliza West. Descendants
of Thomas Besbidge and
Francis West, freemen of
Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts
1637-1670 — — Map (db m158649) HM
Built in 1830, the Livingston County Bank was the first bank in Livingston County.
Allen Ayrault of Big Tree Lodge was President until 1855.
From 1887 to 1983 the building served as the Geneseo Post Office.
Erected 1995 — — Map (db m158751) HM
Historic Lima, Settled 1788 History and Architecture The earliest settlers began coming in 1788 to carve out homesteads, after having seen and admired the beautiful “Genesee Country” during the Sullivan campaign against the . . . — — Map (db m116968) HM
Ancestral land of the Seneca, J. R. Murray built mansion on hill ca. 1839. NYS TB Hospital built 1936. County acquired site for gov't offices 1971. — — Map (db m181999) HM
Built in the late 1920's gambrel roofed barn post and beam multi purpose barn, restoration partially funded by the Town of Ossian Historical Society 2014. — — Map (db m224002) HM
The area on which you are standing was an Oneida Indian village active as early as the mid to late 1400's. Directly in front of you is an area that was excavated in the 1950's. The excavation revealed evidence of a section of palisade wall . . . — — Map (db m144350) HM
