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Vassar College, The Frederick Ferris Thompson Memorial Library, Vassar College, 2007

The Frederick Ferris Thompson Memorial Library is the main library building at Vassar College, in Poughkeepsie, New York.
The Frederick Ferris…

Tags: Architecture, Frederick Ferris Thompson Memorial Library, Gothic Revival, NY, Public Architecture, Vassar College

Bain News Service, Albany State Education Building, Library of Congress, 1910

Photo shows the New York State Department of Education Building in Albany, which was dedicated on October 17, 1912. Architect of the building was…

Tags: Albany, Albany State Education Building, Architecture, NY, Public Architecture

Jet Lowe: East Photograph; Staff Artist, Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, Completing a Great Work - The Brooklyn Bridge, Library of Congress, 1982: East; 1883: In Progress

"There can be little doubt that in many ways the story of bridge building is the story of civilization. By it we can readily measure an important part…

Tags: Brooklyn Bridge, New York, NY, Public Architecture

Ansel Adams/U.S. National Archives and Records Administration: Photograph (Completed);, Hoover Dam, Library of Congress, 1941: Completed (Photograph)

"Engineering problems are under-defined, there are many solutions, good, bad and indifferent. The art is to arrive at a good solution. This is a…

Tags: Hoover Dam, Nevada, Public Architecture

Edward Sachse & Co., U.S. Patent Office, U.S. Patent Office, 1836

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (PTO or USPTO) is an agency in the United States Department of Commerce that issues patents to inventors…

Tags: Patent, Patent Office, Public Architecture, Virginia

National Archives, U.S. Post Office & Courthouse, U.S. Postal Service & Courthouse, 1901

The U.S. Post Office and Courthouse in Charleston, South Carolina, is located on the southwest corner of Meeting and Broad Streets in an area known as…

Tags: Courthouse, Historic Places, Post Office, Postal Service, Public Architecture, South Carolina

Master Lei Yixin, Stone of Hope - Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. National Monument, National Park Service, 2011

"Make a career of humanity. Commit yourself to the noble struggle for equal rights. You will make a greater person of yourself, a greater nation of…

Tags: Civil Rights, MLK, Public Architecture, Washington D.C.

John Plumbe, The White House, 1846, The White House, 1846

This image represents the earliest known photograph of the White House. It was taken by entrepreneurial photographer and gallerist John Plumbe in…

Tags: Public Architecture, Washington D.C., White House

Florida Department of State, Division of Historical Resources, Miami - U.S. Post Office and Courthouse, Florida Department of State, 1933

Located at 300 NE 1st Avenue in downtown Miami, FL. this U.S. Post Office and Courthouse three-story building was given a Mediterranean revival by…

Tags: Courthouse, Florida, Miami, Post Office, Public Architecture

Tom Shaefer, Miami Freedom Tower, National Parks Service, 2010

The Freedom Towers were designed by Schultze and Weaver. It hosted The Miami News newspaper headquarters and printing facility from 1925 to 1957. The…

Tags: Florida, Freedom Tower, Miami, Public Architecture

Beatrice M. Queral, View of the Old Capitol - Tallahassee, Florida, Florida Capitol: My Florida, 1845 originally; 2008 for new building

The Florida State Capitol is located in Tallahassee, Florida. The first capitol was originally built in 1826, but it was never completed. This…

Tags: Florida, Florida Capitol, Public Architecture, Tallahassee

Elijah E. Myers, Texas Capitol from the South Ground, Texas Legislature, 1888

The Texas Capitol is recognized as one of the most distinguished state capitols in the country. It's an excellent example of a late 19th century…

Tags: Public Architecture, Texas, Texas Capitol

Florida Department of State, Division of Historical Resources, Miami Beach Venetian Causeway, Florida Department of State, 1926

The Venetian Causeway crosses Biscayne Bay between Miami on the mainland and Miami Beach on abarrier island in south Florida. The man-made Venetian…

Tags: Florida, Miami, Public Architecture, Venetian Causeway

Henry Morrison Flagler, Florida East Coast Railway Advert, Lee Standiford, 1913

The Florida East Coast Railway (reporting mark FEC) is a Class II railroad operating in the U.S. state of Florida; in the past, it has been a Class I…

Tags: Florida, Florida East Coast Railway, Public Architecture

R.W. Johnston Studios, View of Arch "A" - Oberlin, Ohio, Library of Congress, c 1909

Photograph of the Oberlin College (View of the Arch) "Both the college and the town of Oberlin were founded in 1833 by a pair of Presbyterian…

Tags: Ohio, Public Architecture

James Womer: Poster;, James Hoban, Public Architect and Developer. Architect of the White House., The White House, 1981: Poster

"Do nothing- Or, take history into our own hands and like few generations are given the chance, bend it, bend it in the service of a better day."  -…

Tags: James Hoban, Public Architecture, Washington D.C., White House

Glenna Goodacre, First Memorial in the United States Capital Honoring Women's Military Service, US Library of Congress, November 11, 1993

This is the first memorial to be placed in the nation's capital in honor of the military service of women. It is on the grounds of the Vietnam…

Tags: Military Service, Public Architecture, Washington D.C., Women

Statue: Frederick Hart, The Three Soldiers, Vietnam Veterans War Memorial, Washington, D.C., US Library of Congress, Statue: 1984.

This heroic bronze statue entitled The Three Soldiers is one of the most visited monuments in Washington, D.C. It is situated in the Vietnam Veterans…

Tags: Public Architecture, Soldiers, Vietnam, Washington D.C.

Rudulph Evans: Statue; John Russell Pope: Memorial, Thomas Jefferson Memorial, Washington D.C., US Library of Congress, Statute and Memorial: 1943. Photograph taken in 1983.

The Thomas Jefferson Memorial is a presidential memorial in Washington, D.C. dedicated to Thomas Jefferson, an American Founding Father and the 3rd…

Tags: Jefferson, Public Architecture, Thomas Jefferson, Washington D.C.

Henry Bacon (Architect) & Daniel Chester French (Sculptor), The Lincoln Memorial, Washington, D.C., Lincoln Statue Unveiling: 1920.

The Lincoln Memorial was one outcome of the 1901 Senate Park Commission, which sought to reimagine Washington D.C.’s National Mall as a grand display…

Tags: Abraham Lincoln, Lincoln, Public Architecture, Washington D.C.

Architect - Alfred B. Mullet, Public Architecture - Political and Social Meaning, Eisenhower Executive Office Building, 1888

Note the Gallery Media section to the left for the following two articles. - Public Voices Volume III No. I. Public Architecture As A Political and…

Tags: Public Architecture, Washington D.C.