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Town of Boyce

Boyce was established in 1880 at the intersection of the newly constructed Shenandoah Valley Railroad (now Norfolk Southern) and the road between the Shenandoah River and Winchester (formerly the Winchester and Berry's Ferry Turnpike).

First known as Boyceville, the village ...

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R.J. Hill Building

Built in 1910, the R.J. Hill Building is one of the oldest commercial buildings in the town of Palacios.

The two-story Richardsonian Romanesque building, constructed of cast concrete blocks, retains most of its original historic fabric and design features including ...

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The Anderson Building

The Anderson Building, constructed in 1924, is a mixed-use three-story brick and terra-cotta Sullivanesque building located among other two to three story multiple bay/multiple lot commercial and apartment buildings on the Southwest fringe of downtown Omaha.

The Sullivanesque style of ...

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Orchard Beach State Park

Orchard Beach State Park, on the shore of Lake Michigan, is one of the most intact examples of a Michigan state park developed in the 1930s and 1940s under National Park Service guidelines.

Most of the park's buildings were designed ...

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KwikCurb Diner

Embodying the distinctive characteristics of 1950s drive-in restaurant architecture, the KwikCurb Diner in Mountain Home, Elmore County, Idaho, is a living reminder of the advent of American car culture and its impact on roadside eateries.

While there were various types ...

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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 ...

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Bovill Opera House

Believed to have been built in the first decade of the 20th century, the Bovill Opera House served for five decades as the entertainment and social center for the town of Bovill and its surrounding communities.

Although used primarily as ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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Citizens Bank Tower

The Citizens Bank Tower is an architecturally significant building in Oklahoma City with its hexagonal plan, slender profile, unusual sunscreens and rigorously sculpted crown.

It was among the first tall office buildings to be erected outside of downtown Oklahoma City, ...

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