architectural photographs

George Peabody and Edith Wetmore mansion ("Chateau-sur-Mer"), Newport,...

Photograph shows mansion designed by Seth C. Bradford before alterations by Richard Morris Hunt. Gift; American Institute of Architects / American Architectural Foundation; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:100) Forms part o... More

[Mrs. William F. (Elizabeth Underhill) Coles house, outbuilding, Belle...

Photograph shows view of outbuilding designed by Richard Morris Hunt. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support wit... More

Mrs. William F. (Elizabeth Underhill) Coles house, outbuilding, Bellev...

Photograph shows view of outbuilding designed by Richard Morris Hunt. Handwritten on verso: "[Mrs. Coles, Newport ... 12/4/76]." Gift; American Institute of Architects / American Architectural Foundation; 2010... More

[Richard Baker Jr. house, Westcliff, Ledge Road, Newport, Rhode Island...

Photograph shows view of mansion designed by Richard Morris Hunt. Handwritten on verso: "[Baker house, Newport ... CEP, 2/4/76]." Gift; American Institute of Architects / American Architectural Foundation; 201... More

[Mrs. William F. (Elizabeth Underhill) Coles house, Bellevue Avenue an...

Photograph shows view of mansion designed by Richard Morris Hunt. Handwritten on verso: "[Mrs. Coles, Newport ... CEP, 10/29/76]." Gift; American Institute of Architects / American Architectural Foundation; 20... More

[Richard Baker Jr. house, Westcliff, Ledge Road, Newport, Rhode Island...

Photograph shows view of mansion designed by Richard Morris Hunt. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a ... More

[Richard Baker Jr. house, Westcliff, Ledge Road, Newport, Rhode Island...

Photograph shows view of mansion designed by Richard Morris Hunt. Handwritten on verso: "[Baker house, Newport ... 2/4/76]." Gift; American Institute of Architects / American Architectural Foundation; 2010; (D... More

[Richard Baker Jr. house, Westcliff, Ledge Road, Newport, Rhode Island...

Photograph shows view of mansion designed by Richard Morris Hunt. Handwritten on verso: "[Baker house, Newport ... 2/4/76]." Gift; American Institute of Architects / American Architectural Foundation; 2010; (D... More

The library, Old Columbia College

Photograph shows exterior of library. Library designed by Charles Coolidge Haight. Photograph clipped from unidentified publication. Illus. in: Scrapbook HS M2 in the AIA/AAF Collection, page 122. Gift; Americ... More

William K. and Alva Vanderbilt mansion, 660 Fifth Avenue, New York Cit...

Photograph shows mansion designed by Richard Morris Hunt. Stamped on recto: "Return to Richard M. Hunt, architect." Gift; American Institute of Architects / American Architectural Foundation; 2010; (DLC/PP-201... More

Appleton house, Newport, R.I. / Frank H. Child, photographer, Newport,...

Photograph shows view of house designed by Richard Morris Hunt for Thomas Gold Appleton. Typed on label on verso: "Photographs of the work of Richard Morris Hunt. Residence of Thomas Appleton Esq. Newport, R.I... More

H.G. Marquand residence, Newport, R.I. / Frank H. Child, photographer,...

Photograph shows view of house designed by Richard Morris Hunt for Henry Gurdon Marquand. Typed on label on verso: "Photographs of the work of Richard Morris Hunt. Residence of H.G. Marquand Esq. Newport, R.I.... More

Appleton house, Newport, R.I. / Frank H. Child, photographer, Newport,...

Photograph shows view of house designed by Richard Morris Hunt for Thomas Gold Appleton.

H.G. Marquand residence, Newport, R.I. / Frank H. Child, photographer,...

Photograph shows view of house designed by Richard Morris Hunt for Henry Gurdon Marquand. Typed on label on verso: "Photographs of the work of Richard Morris Hunt. Residence of H.G. Marquand Esq. Newport, R.I.... More

The Public School Library, Dayton, Ohio

Photograph shows exterior of library. Library designed by Peters & Burns, architects. Photograph clipped from The Inland Architect and News Record, volume XIII, no. 4. Illus. in: Scrapbook HS M2 in the AIA/AAF... More

Marble House, William K. and Alva Vanderbilt mansion, Newport, Rhode I...

Photograph shows front of mansion designed by Richard Morris Hunt. Gift; American Institute of Architects / American Architectural Foundation; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:100) Forms part of: The AIA/AAF Collection (Lib... More

William Corcoran House with one-story wing and porte cochere, located ...

The William Corcoran House was located diagonally across from Decatur House and was built in 1828. It was remodeled in 1849 by James Renwick and razed in 1929 for the construction of the U.S. Chamber of Commerc... More

Reading-room, British Museum, London, Eng.

Photograph shows reading room interior. Reading room designed by Sydney Smirke. Print clipped from an unidentified publication. Illus. in: Scrapbook HS M2 in the AIA/AAF Collection, between pages 70 and 71, pr... More

Plain Dealing, fireplace wall, Charlottesville vicinity, Albermarle Co...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a chamber, cell, interior, underground vault architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Presidential library as living room, White House, Washington, D.C.

Photograph shows interior space in White House. Date from negative sleeve. Forms part of: Frances Benjamin Johnston collection (Library of Congress).

Unidentified house with one-story wing and porte cochere

Photograph shows exterior of unidentified house probably in Washington, D.C. Same house is depicted in LC-J698-8833. Forms part of: Frances Benjamin Johnston collection (Library of Congress).

Library of Harvard University. 19th century, Library of Congress colle...

Photograph shows interior of Gore Hall, the library at Harvard University from 1838 to 1913. Photograph clipped from an unidentified publication. Figure 18 in the publication. Illus. in: Scrapbook HS M2 in the... More

[Belcourt, summer estate of Oliver H.P. Belmont, Newport, R.I.]

Photograph shows interior of stable at Belcourt, designed by Richard Morris Hunt for Oliver Hazard Perry Belmont. Gift; American Institute of Architects / American Architectural Foundation; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:... More

Spooner Library, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kan.

Photograph shows exterior of Spooner Library, built 1894, currently Museum of Anthropology. Library designed by Henry van Brunt. Photograph clipped from an unidentified publication. Illus. in: Scrapbook HS M2 ... More

Interior of the Howard Memorial Library, New Orleans, La. Shepley, Rut...

Print shows reading room desk and stacks. Print from The American architect and building news, February 17, 1894, no. 1498. Forms part of: [U.S. Treasury Department Office of the Supervising Architect and Gene... More

[Belcourt, summer estate of Oliver H.P. Belmont, Newport, R.I.]

Photograph shows house at Belcourt, designed by Richard Morris Hunt for Oliver Hazard Perry Belmont. Gift; American Institute of Architects / American Architectural Foundation; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:100) Forms pa... More

"Belcourt," residence of O.H.P. Belmont Esq., Newport, R.I., 1891, sec...

Photograph shows interior of Belcourt, designed by Richard Morris Hunt for Oliver Hazard Perry Belmont. Typed on label on verso: "Photographs of the work of Richard Morris Hunt. Residence of O.H.P. Belmont Esq... More

Mr. O.H.P. Belmont, Belcourt, Newport, R.I. Loggia / / Frank H. Child,...

Photograph shows loggia and courtyard at Belcourt, designed by Richard Morris Hunt for Oliver Hazard Perry Belmont. Typed on label on verso: "Photographs of the work of Richard Morris Hunt. Residence of O.H.P.... More

"Belcourt," residence of O.H.P. Belmont Esq., Newport, R.I., 1891, din...

Photograph shows interior of Belcourt, designed by Richard Morris Hunt for Oliver Hazard Perry Belmont. Typed on label on verso: "Photographs of the work of Richard Morris Hunt. Residence of O.H.P. Belmont Esq... More

Mr. O.H.P. Belmont, Belcourt, Newport, R.I. Stable / / Frank H. Child,...

Photograph shows horse stable at Belcourt, designed by Richard Morris Hunt for Oliver Hazard Perry Belmont. Typed on label on verso: "Photographs of the work of Richard Morris Hunt. Residence of O.H.P. Belmont... More

Mr. O.H.P. Belmont, Belcourt, Newport, R.I. / Frank H. Child, photogra...

Photograph shows view of house designed by Richard Morris Hunt for Oliver Hazard Perry Belmont. Typed on label on verso: "Photographs of the work of Richard Morris Hunt. Residence of O.H.P. Belmont Esq., Belco... More

"Belcourt," residence of O.H.P. Belmont Esq., Newport, R.I., 1891, Got...

Photograph shows interior of Belcourt, designed by Richard Morris Hunt for Oliver Hazard Perry Belmont, with vaulted ceiling, Gothic decorations, and suits of armor. Typed on label on verso: "Photographs of th... More

"Belcourt," residence of O.H.P. Belmont Esq., Newport, R.I., 1891, sta...

Photograph shows interior of Belcourt, designed by Richard Morris Hunt for Oliver Hazard Perry Belmont. Typed on label on verso: "Photographs of the work of Richard Morris Hunt. Residence of O.H.P. Belmont Esq... More

Mr. O.H.P. Belmont, stable, Belcourt, Newport, R.I. Coach house / / Fr...

Photograph shows room full of coaches at Belcourt, designed by Richard Morris Hunt for Oliver Hazard Perry Belmont. Typed on label on verso: "Photographs of the work of Richard Morris Hunt. Residence of O.H.P.... More

Mr. O.H.P. Belmont, Belcourt, Newport, R.I. / Frank H. Child, photogra...

Photograph shows view of house designed by Richard Morris Hunt for Oliver Hazard Perry Belmont. Typed on label on verso: "Photographs of the work of Richard Morris Hunt. Residence of O.H.P. Belmont Esq., Belco... More

Marble House, William K. and Alva Vanderbilt mansion, Newport, Rhode I...

Photograph shows back of mansion designed by Richard Morris Hunt. Gift; American Institute of Architects / American Architectural Foundation; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:100) Forms part of: The AIA/AAF Collection (Libr... More

Mr. O.H.P. Belmont, Belcourt, Newport, R.I. Loggia interior / / Frank ...

Photograph shows porch in courtyard at Belcourt, designed by Richard Morris Hunt for Oliver Hazard Perry Belmont. Typed on label on verso: "Photographs of the work of Richard Morris Hunt. Residence of O.H.P. B... More

Blackstone Library Branford, Conn.

Photograph shows exterior of James Blackstone Memorial Library. Library designed by Solon Spencer Beman. Photograph clipped from unidentified publication. Illus. in: Scrapbook HS M2 in the AIA/AAF Collection, ... More

Trustees room - library of Columbia University, New York, N.Y. McKim, ...

Print shows meeting room in library with conference table, decorated walls, mantlepiece, and paintings. Print from The American architect and building news, October 29, 1898. Forms part of: [U.S. Treasury Depa... More

Library for State Historical Society, Madison, Wis. Ferry & Clas, arch...

Print shows exterior of historical society. Print from The Inland architect and news record, vol. XXXVII, no. 6. Forms part of: [U.S. Treasury Department Office of the Supervising Architect and General Service... More

Sayles Memorial Library, Pawtucket, R.I. Cram, Goodhue & Ferguson, arc...

Photograph shows exterior of Deborah Cook Sayles Memorial Library, built 1899-1902. Photograph clipped from an unidentified publication. Illus. in: Scrapbook HS M2 in the AIA/AAF Collection, page 45, photo in ... More

Carnegie Library, San Jose, Cal. William Binder, architect / / John Pa...

Print shows exterior of library. Public domain photograph - historical image of California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Portico of the John Carter Brown Library, Brown University, Providence...

Print from The American architect, September 10, 1904, no. 1498. Forms part of: [U.S. Treasury Department Office of the Supervising Architect and General Services Administration resource volumes and scrapbooks... More

Library building, Hamline University, St. Paul, Minnesota Clarence H. ...

Print shows exterior of library. Public domain photograph - historical image of Minnesota, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Carnegie Library, Tufts College, Medford, Massachusetts Whitfield and ...

Print shows exterior of library. Print from The Western architect, June 1908. Forms part of: [U.S. Treasury Department Office of the Supervising Architect and General Services Administration resource volumes a... More

Public Library. El Paso, Texas postcard

Photograph shows view of Carnegie library in El Paso, Texas. Printed on recto: International Book & Stationery Co. Accession box no. PR 06 CN 037 c6

[Fireplace in children's room of the Detroit Public Library]

In album: Detroit Public Library, Interior 1921, leaf 25 verso, bottom. Forms part of: Sketches and architecture by Cass Gilbert], 1880-1935. Accession box no. DLC/PP-2012:111 Container 2 (J size)

Main public library building - Detroit

Photograph shows view of Carnegie library in Detroit, Michigan. Includes advertisement for Berry Brothers, varnishes and paint specialties. Library designed by Cass Gilbert. Accession box no. PR 06 CN 037 c2

[Main reading room of the Detroit Public Library]

In album: Detroit Public Library, Interior 1921, leaf 13. Forms part of: Sketches and architecture by Cass Gilbert], 1880-1935. Accession box no. DLC/PP-2012:111 Container 2 (J size)

[Children's room of the Detroit Public Library]

In album: Detroit Public Library, Interior 1921, leaf 25 verso, top. Forms part of: Sketches and architecture by Cass Gilbert], 1880-1935. Accession box no. DLC/PP-2012:111 Container 2 (J size)

[Main reading room of the Detroit Public Library]

Public domain image of a large historic building, city hall, urban architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

The Shelton

Louis Isadore Kahn, Salk Institute, La Jolla, Ca., 1954-65

Architectural photograph shows the exterior of the Salk Institute, La Jolla, San Diego, California which was designed by Louis Isadore Kahn. Title and date from information on negative sleeve. Negative no. 37... More

Mies Van der Rohe, Crown Hall, ITT, Chicago

Architectural photograph shows the exterior of S. R. Crown Hall, a building designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe as the location of the College of Architecture at the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago... More

Lillian C. Schmitt Elem. School, Harry Weese, 1957

Architectural photograph shows students in a classrooom at the Lillian C. Schmitt Elementary School which was designed by Harry Weese in Columbus, Indiana. Title from information on negative sleeve. Forms part ... More

YWCA Building, Redford Township, Detroit, Michigan

Architectural photograph shows exterior of YWCA building designed by Minoru Yamasaki. Forms part of: Balthazar Korab photographic archive (Library of Congress). Accession box no. DLC/PP-2011:125 c29

Northminster Presbyterian Church, Troy, Michigan

Architectural photograph shows exterior of church building designed by Minoru Yamasaki. Forms part of: Balthazar Korab photographic archive (Library of Congress). Accession box no. DLC/PP-2011:125 c29

Mies van der Rohe, Bacardi, Mexico

Architectural photograph shows the exterior of the Bacardi Office Building, Mexio City, Mexico which was designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. Title from information on negative sleeve. Forms part of: Balthazar... More

Mies: Bacardi, Mexico - safety film negatives, Library of Congress

Architectural photograph shows the exterior of the Bacardi Office Building, Mexio City, Mexico which was designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. Title from information on negative sleeve. Forms part of: Balthazar... More

Mies Van der Rohe, Bacardi Office bldg., Mexico City

Architectural photograph shows the interior of the Bacardi Office Building, Mexio City, Mexico which was designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. Title and date from information on negative sleeve. Negative no. 96... More

Kessler, Olivet - safety film negatives, Library of Congress

Architectural photograph shows the exterior of the Olivet College Collegiate Center (Lester K. Kirk Collegiate Center), in Olivet, Michigan which was designed by William Kessler and opened in 1963. Title from i... More

Glide Memorial United Methodist Church, renovation, San Francisco, CA

Photograph shows view from south of the office building connected to back of church. Beverly Willis provided design services for renovations within the office building. Client: Glide Memorial United Methodist ... More

1968, Mies van de Rohe, Berlin Museum

Architectural photograph shows the interior of the Neue Nationalgalerie (New National Gallery), a museum for modern art in Berlin, Germany which was designed by Mies van der Rohe. Title and date from informatio... More

Mies: Berlin - A black and white photo of a sculpture in front of a bu...

Architectural photograph shows the exterior of the Neue Nationalgalerie (New National Gallery), a museum for modern art in Berlin, Germany which was designed by Mies van der Rohe. Title from information on nega... More

1968, Nationalgalerie, Berlin, Mies van der Rohe

Architectural photograph shows the exterior of the Neue Nationalgalerie (New National Gallery) at the Kulturforum, a museum for modern art in Berlin, Germany which was designed by Mies van der Rohe. Title and d... More

Interior of the Neue Nationalgalerie (New National Gallery), Berlin, G...

Architectural photograph shows the interior of the Neue Nationalgalerie (New National Gallery) at the Kulturforum, a museum for modern art in Berlin, Germany which was designed by Mies van der Rohe. Title from ... More

Kahn, Kimbell - safety film negatives, Library of Congress

Architectural photograph shows the exterior of the Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, Texas, which was designed by Louis I. Kahn and opened in 1972. Title from information on negative sleeve. Forms part of: Baltha... More

Columbus Occup. Health Assoc., Hardy Holzman Pfeiffer, 1973

Architectural photograph shows exterior view of the Columbus Occupational Health Association building in Columbus, Indiana, designed by Hardy Holzman Pfeiffer Associates in 1973. Title from information on negat... More

Toronto-Dominion Center, Toronto, Canada

Architectural photograph shows pavillion and two completed towers and one under construction of office buildings and bank designed by Mies van der Rohe. Forms part of: Balthazar Korab photographic archive (Lib... More

Edgar County court house

Photograph shows courthouse exterior. Public domain photograph - historical image of Illinois, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Aliamanu Valley Community for military family housing, Honolulu, HI

Photograph shows drawing with view of buildings nestled on the crater floor. Building façade is finished in wood. Client: US Government, Corps of Engineers. Title, date, and creator based on information provid... More

Vine Terrace Apartments (now the Nob Hill Court Condominiums), San Fra...

Photograph shows a two-story entry lobby with sweeping circular stair from the parking garage to lobby, and first floor with its private courtyard. Client: Dorothy "Dolly" Fritz-Cope, Fritz Properties. Title, d... More

Designs for the World Trade Center, New York

Contact sheet of 4 frames from 4 x 5 inch film shows models of World Trade Center designs by Minoru Yamasaki. Notation on verso: "#32." Forms part of: Balthazar Korab photographic archive (Library of Congress)... More

Margaret S. Hayward Park Building, children's playground, San Francisc...

Photograph shows a close-up view of the building and stairs with a smiling young boy holding a basketball. Client: San Francisco Park and Recreation Department. Title, date, and creator based on information pro... More

San Francisco Ballet Building Civic Center, San Francisco, CA

Photograph shows the glass and polish chrome entry is located at the corner of the building facing the design axis of the Civic Center whose focal center is the large Neo-Renaissance styled City Hall. Client: ... More

[Colonnade Condominium, Grange Road and Orchard Road, Singapore. View ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a commercial or residential multi-story building, condominium, 20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

1935, FLW i.e. Frank Lloyd Wright, Edgar J. Kaufmann, Bear Run, Pa

Architectural photograph shows the exterior of Fallingwater, a house designed in 1935 by Frank Lloyd Wright over Bear Run stream in Stewart Township, Pennsylvania, for businessman Edgar J. Kaufmann. Title from ... More

Sidney Opera House, Sydney, Australia

Architectural photograph shows entranceway to opera house designed by Jørn Utzon. Forms part of: Balthazar Korab photographic archive (Library of Congress). Accession box no. PR 13 CN 2011:125 c21

[Vanderbilt mausoleum, Moravian Cemetery, Staten Island, New York, und...

Photograph shows mausoleum designed by Richard Morris Hunt for William Henry Vanderbilt and family. Stamped on recto: "Richard M. Hunt, architect, Tribune Building, New York." Gift; American Institute of Archi... More

The Great Temple at Paestum, Italy

Picryl description: Public domain image of a classical or neoclassical building, architecture design, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

The Shelton

The Shelton

The Shelton

The Shelton

The Shelton

The Shelton - Public domain drawing

Public domain scan of technical drawing, 19th-20th-century, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The Shelton

The Shelton

The Shelton

[President's house (i.e. White House), Washington, D.C., showing south...

Purchase; 1972; (DLC/PP-1972:R01.2). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Exhibit loan 4105-L.

[President's house (i.e. White House), Washington, D.C., showing south...

Purchase; 1972; (DLC/PP-1972:R01.2). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Exhibit loan 4105-L.

[United States Patent Office, Washington, D.C., showing F Street facad...

Purchase; 1972; (DLC/PP-1972:R01.1). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress).

[United States Patent Office, Washington, D.C., showing F Street facad...

Purchase; 1972; (DLC/PP-1972:R01.1). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress).

[United States Patent Office, Washington, D.C., showing F Street facad...

Purchase; 1972; (DLC/PP-1972:R01.1). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress).

Residence for John S. Rogers, Esq., 53 East 79th Street, New York

Picryl description: Public domain image of a church, crypt, chamber, underground vault architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

The Shelton

A new service for those about to build

Public domain scan of a plan, map, architecture drawing, or diagram, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

The Shelton - Public domain map

Public domain photograph of a tall building, skyscraper, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The Maison Carrée--Nîmes, Italy

Public domain photo of a monument, historic place, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The granite temple at Gizeh - Egypt

Public domain image of Egyptian art, free to use, no copyright restrictions photo - Picryl description