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 ...

Whitewater Hotel

Between its construction in 1894 and its general demise as a functioning hotel around 1952, the Whitewater Hotel was an important component in the commercial life of the city of Whitewater.

During this period, Whitewater's economy was almost entirely dependent ...

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 ...

USS Macon Airship Remains

When the USS Macon was christened on March 11, 1933, it was the most sophisticated of the Navy's lighter-than-air (LTA) fleet.

The Macon exhibited the highest expression of naval LTA technology during its short career. At 785 feet in length, ...

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 ...

Kent State Shootings Site

In 1970, student unrest was considered the major social problem in the United States. On May 4 of that year, Kent State University was placed in an international spotlight after a student protest against the Vietnam War and the presence ...

E.E. Haugen, House

The Haugen, E.E., Residence is an excellent local example of the Colonial Revival style of architecture used for homes built in the U.S. during the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries.

The residence is a local interpretation of a nationally advertised architect's ...