The Egyptian Theatre

The Egyptian Revival style of architecture was favored for many years in Europe and popularized in the United States during the 1920s with the discovery of the tomb of King Tutankhamen. The style's potential for exotic, mysterious theatricality lent itself ...

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 ...

Haste-Crumpacker House

The Haste-Crumpacker House is a locally outstanding example of Late Victorian Eclectic architecture. The style and methods of construction reflect an era of prosperity for the city of Valparaiso as well as the advancement in construction technologies.

Built for George ...

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 ...

The California Club

The California Club in Los Angeles is considered one of the most important buildings of Robert D. Farquhar. After studying at the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris he became one of a small number of architects practicing in California ...

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 ...

Wentz Camp

With Romanesque "medieval style" cabins and other facilities designed for campers, Wentz Camp, built between 1928 and 1953, was associated with nationally recognized oilman and philanthropist Lewis/Louis Haines Wentz, who built the camp for the children of Ponca City, Oklahoma. ...

Big Lagoon State Park

Sitting on the northern shoreline of its namesake, Big Lagoon State Park's 655 upland acres separate the mainland from Perdido Key and the Gulf of Mexico. Natural communities, ranging from saltwater marshes to pine flatwoods, attract a wide variety of ...