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III. Thematic Representation:
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XVI. Architecture

A. Colonial (1600-1730)

     Acadian House, LA
     Alamo, TX
     Alexandria Historic District, VA
     Anza House, CA
     Eleazer Arnold House, RI
     Augustus Lutheran Church, PA
     Bacon's Castle, VA
     Barrio de Analco Historic District, NM
     John Bartram House PA
     Beacon Hill Historic District, MA
     Boardman House, MA
     Louis Bolduc House, MD
     Brick House Ruin, SC
     Bronck House, NY
     Buttolph-Williams House, CT
     Parson Capen House, MA
     Jose Castro House, CA
     Charleston Historic District, SC
     Church of the Holy Ascension, AK
     Church of the Holy Family, IL
     Jethro Coffin House, MA
     Commander's House, Fort Ross, CA
     Dutch Reformed Church, NY
     Dyckman House, NY
     Elfreth's Alley Historic District, PA
     Ephrata Cloister, PA
     Estudillo House, CA
     Fairbanks House, MA
     Fort Johnson, NY
     Fort Klock, NY
     Gonzalez House, CA
     Gonzalez-Alvarez House, FL
     Graeme Park, PA
     Harpswell Meeting House, ME
     Jean Hasbrouck House, NY
     Holy Assumption Orthodox Church, AK
     Holy Trinity (Old Swedes) Church, DE
     Homeplace, LA
     House on Ellicotts Hill, MS
     Hurley Historic District, NY
     Richard Jackson House, NH
     Larkin House, CA
     Las Flores Adobe, CA
     Llambas House, FL
     Lombardy Hall, DE
     Los Alamos Ranchhouse, CA
     Los Cerritos Ranchhouse, CA
     Madam John's Legacy, LA
     Massachusetts Hall, Harvard University, MA
     McIntire Garrison House, ME
     Pierre Menard House, IL
     Mission Concepcion, TX
     Mission House, MA
     Monterey Old Town Historic District, CA
     Mulberry Plantation, SC
     Nassau Hall, Princeton University, NJ
     Old Deerfield Village, MA
     Old House, NY
     Old North Church, Christ Church Episcopal, MA
     Old Quaker Meeting House, NY
     Old Ship Church, MA
     Old South Church, MA
     Old South Meeting House, MA
     Old York Gaol, ME
     Palace of the Governors, NM
     Palmer-Marsh House, NC
     Parlange Plantation House, LA
     Peirce-Nichols House, MA
     Petaluma Adobe, CA
     Philipsburg Manor, NY
     Moses Pierce-Hichborn House, MA
     Presbytere, LA
     Presidio Nuestra Senora de Loreto del la Bahia, TX
     Resurrection Manor, MD
     Paul Revere House, MA
     Royal Presidio Chapel, CA
     Saint Luke's Church, VA
     San Diego Mission Church, CA
     San Estevan del Rey Mission Church, NM
     San Francisco de Assisi Mission Church, CA
     San Jose de Gracia Church NM
     San Juan Bautista Plaza Historic District LA
     San Luis de Key Mission Church, CA
     Santa Barbara Mission, CA
     Santa Fe Plaza, NM
     San Xavier del Bac Mission, AZ
     Scotchtown, Patrick Henry Home, VA
     1704 House, PA
     Spanish Governor's Palace, TX
     Spencer-Pierce-Little House, MA
     Stanley-Whitman House, CT
     Star-Spangled Banner Flag House, MD
     Stiegel-Coleman House, PA
     Sunnyside Washington Irving Home, NY
     Adam Thoroughgood House, VA
     William Trent House, NJ
     Peter Tufts House, MA
     Ursuline Convent, LA
     Van Alen House, NY
     Van Cortlandt Manor, NY
     Voorlezer's House, NY
     John Ward House, MA
     Washington's Headquarters, NY
     West St. Mary's Manor, MD
     Whipple House, MA
     Williamsburg Historic District, VA
     Wyckoff-Bennett Homestead, NY
     Wyckoff House, NY
     Yeocomico Church, VA

B. Georgian (1730-1780)

     Alexandria Historic District, VA
     American Philosophical Society Hall, PA
     Aspendale, DE
     Beacon Hill Historic District, MA
     Berkeley, VA
     Brandon, VA
     Miles Brewton House, SC
     Robert Brewton House, SC
     Brice House, MO
     Brick Marker, RI
     Bruton Pariah Church, VA
     Carpenter's Hall, PA
     Carter's Grove, VA
     Charleston Historic District, SC
     Chase-Lloyd House, MD
     Chestertown Historic District, MD
     Chew House (Cliveden), PA
     Chowan County Courthouse, NC
     Christ Church, MA
     Christ Church, PA
     Christ Church, Lancaster County, VA
     Christ Church, Alexandria, VA
     Corbit-Sharp House, DE
     Craigie-Longfellow House, MA
     Cupola House, NC
     John Dickinson Mansion, DE
     Drayton Hall, SC
     Elmwood, MA
     Elsing Green, VA
     Exchange and Provost, SC
     First Baptist Meeting House, RI
     Gadsby's Tavern, VA
     William Gibbes House, SC
     Gunston Hall, VA
     Jonathan Hamilton House, HE
     Hammond-Marwood House, MD
     Hampton Plantation, SC
     Hanover County Courthouse, VA
     Heywood-Washington House, SC
     His Lordship's Kindness, MD
     Hunter House, RI
     Johnson Hall, NY
     Kenmore, VA
     Kings Chapel, MA
     Lady Pepperrell House, ME
     Governor John Langdon Mansion, NH
     La Purisima Mission, CA
     Jeremiah Lee Mansion, MA
     Litchfield Historic District, CT
     James Logan Home (Stenton), PA
     London Town Publik House, MD
     MacPheadris-Warner House, NH
     Maryland State House, MD
     Middleburg Plantation, SC
     Moffatt-Ladd House NH
     Montpelier, MD
     Mount Airy, VA
     Mount Clair, MD
     Mount Pleasant, PA
     Mount Vernon, VA
     Mulberry Plantation, SC
     Mew Market, PA
     Old Deerfield Village, MA
     Old Merchant's House, NY
     Old Salem Historic District, NC
     Old Statehouse, MA
     Old Statehouse, RI
     William Paca House, MD
     Pennsylvania Hospital, PA
     Philipse Manor Hall, NY
     Franklin Pierce Homestead, NH
     Pompion Hill Chapel, SC
     Peyton Randolph House, VA
     Tapping Reeve House and Law School, CT
     Joseph Reynolds House, RI
     Reynolds-Morris House, PA
     Rising Sun Tavern, VA
     Isaac Royall House, MA
     Sabine Hall, VA
     St. James, Goose Creek (Episcopal Church), SC
     St. James, Santee (Episcopal Church), SC
     St. Michael's Episcopal Church, SC
     St. Paul's Chapel, NY
     Sr. Philip's Church (Episcopal), SC
     St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, SC
     Schuyler Mansion, NY
     James Semple House, VA
     Shirley, VA
     Shirley Eustis House, MA
     Stratford Hall, VA
     Colonel John Stuart House, SC
     George Tate House, ME
     Trinity Church, RI
     John Trumbull Birthplace, CT
     Tuckahoe Plantation House, VA
     Tulip Hill, MD
     University Hall, Brown University, RI
     Van Cortlandt House, NY
     Vernon House, RI
     Wanton-Lyman-Hazard House, RI
     Waterford Historic District, VA
     Webb House, CI
     Wentworth-Coolidge Mansion, NH
     Wentworth-Gardner House, NH
     Westover, VA
     Whitehall, MD
     Williamsburg Historic District, VA
     Woodford, PA
     Wren Buildings, VA
     Wythe House, VA

C. Federal (1780-1820)

     Alexandria Historic District, VA
     Bartow-Pell Mansion, NY
     Baum-Taft House, OH
     Beacon Hill Historic District, MA
     Beaufort Historic District, SC
     Bethesda Presbyterian Church, SC
     William Blacklock House, SC
     William Blount Mansion, TN
     Bremo Historic District, VA
     Brooklyn Heights Historic District, NY
     John Brown House, RI
     James Buchanan Home (Wheatland), PA
     Burlington County Prison, NJ
     Cedar Creek Battlefield and Belle Grove, VA
     Charleston Historic District, SC
     City Hall, NY
     Corliss-Carrington House, RI
     Decatur House, DC
     Derby Summer House, MA
     Faneuil Hall, MA
     First Church of Christ, Lancaster, MA
     First Harrison Gray Otis House, MA
     Gardner-Pingree House, MA
     Gore Place, DC
     Hamilton Hall, MA
     Hayes Plantation, NC
     Homewood, MD
     Thomas P. Ives House, RI
     Lancaster County Jail, SC
     Liberty Hall, KY
     Louisiana State Bank Building, LA
     Joseph Manigault House, SC
     Marshlands, SC
     Massachusetts State House, MA
     Mayor Girod House, LA
     McLellan-Sweat House, ME
     Monticello, VA
     Morris-Jumel Mansion, NY
     Nickels-Sortwell House, ME
     Oak Hill, VA
     Oatlands, VA
     Octagon House, DC
     Old Queens, Rutgers University, NJ
     Old Statehouse, CT
     Old West Church, MA
     Old West (Dickinson College), PA
     Owens-Thomas House, GA
     Francis Parkman House, MA
     Philadelphia Contributionship, PA
     Poplar Forest, VA
     Quincy Market, MA
     Rotunda, University of Virginia, VA
     Nathaniel Russell House, SC
     St. John's Episcopal Church, DC
     David Sears House, MA
     Simmons-Edwards House, SC
     Tudor Place, DC
     Tupper-Barnett House, GA
     United States Capitol, DC
     University Hall, Harvard University, MA
     University of Virginia Historic District, VA
     The Vale, Theodore Lyman Estate, MA
     White House, DC
     Wickham-Valentine House, VA
     Woodlands, PA
     Wye House, MD
     Wynnewood, TN

D. Greek Revival (1820-1840)

     Alexandria Historic District, VA
     Andalusia, Nicholas Biddle's Estate, PA
     Arlington, MS
     Auburn, MS
     Barton Hall, AL
     Beacon Hill Historic District, MA
     Beaufort Historic District, SC
     Bellevue, GA
     Berry Hill, VA
     Brooklyn Heights Historic District, NY
     Carmichael House, GA
     City Hall (District Court House), DC
     College of Charleston, SC
     Commercial Bank and Bankers House, MS
     Confederate Capitol, VA
     Courthouse and Lawyers Row Historic District, LA
     Dunleith, MS
     Exchange, VA
     Fairmount Waterworks, PA
     Fireproof Building, SC
     First Unitarian Church, MD
     Founder's Hall, Girard College, PA
     Gaineswood, AL
     Gallier Hall, LA
     Governor's Mansion, GA
     Governor's Mansion, TX
     Oliver Hastings House, MA
     Herman-Grima House, LA
     Hermitage, TN
     Hibernian Hall, SC
     Hyde Hall, NY
     Lancaster County Courthouse, SC
     Louisville Water Company Pumping Station, KY
     Juliette Gordon Low Birthplace, GA
     Madewood Plantation House, LA
     Market Hall and Sheds, SC
     Massachusetts General Hospital, MA
     Melrose, MS
     Milford Plantation, SC
     Mills Building, South Carolina State Hospital, SC
     Robert Mills House, SC
     Minor Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, MD
     Mississippi Governor's Mansion, MS
     Monumental Church, VA
     Oak Alley Plantation, LA
     Oak Hill, VA
     Ohio State House, OH
     Old Bank of Louisville, KY
     Old Capitol, IA
     Old Patent Office, DC
     Old Salem Historic District, NC
     Old Statehouse, KY
     Old United States Mint, CA
     Parish House of Circular Congregational Church, SC
     Pioneer Courthouse, DR
     Playmakers Theater, NC
     Rattle and Snap, TN
     Redwood Library, RI
     Robert William Roper House, SC
     Rose Hill, NY
     Sailors Snug Harbor, NY
     St. Paul's Church, MA
     William Scarbrough House, GA
     Shadows-on-the-Teche, LA
     South Carolina Statehouse, SC
     Stanton Hall, MS
     State Capitol, NC
     Telfair Academy of Arts and Science, GA
     Tennessee State Capitol, TN
     United First Pariah Church, MA
     United States Capitol, DC
     United States Custom House, LA
     United States Custom House, MA
     United States Department of Treasury, DC
     United States Mint, LA
     United States Naval Academy, MD
     United States Naval Asylum, PA
     Vermont State House, VT
     Washington and Lee University Historic District, VA
     Waverly, MS
     White House of the Confederacy, VA
     Wynnewood, TN
     Yucca Plantation, LA

E. Gothic Revival (1830-1915)

1. Early Gothic Revival
     Barracks, Virginia Military Institute, VA
     Church of the Holy Cross, SC
     Church of St. James the Less, PA
     Eastern State Penitentiary, PA
     Huguenot Church, SC
     Kirtland Temple, OH
     Lee Chapel, VA
     Market House, NC
     James Monroe Tomb, VA
     Justin S. Morrill Homestead, VT
     New St. Mary's Episcopal Church, NJ
     Old Marine Hospital, SC
     St. Andrew's Church, AL
     St. Hark's Episcopal Church, PA
     Saint Mary's Seminary Chapel, MD
     Springside, Matthew Vassar House, NY
     Sunnyside Washington Irving Home, NY
     Trinity Church and Graveyard, NY
     Unitarian Church, SC
     Virginia Military Institute Historic District, VA

2. High Victorian Gothic
     Jay Gould Estate (Lyndhurst), NY
     Grace Church, NY
     Green-Meldrim House, GA
     Hermitage, NJ
     Nott Memorial Hall, NY
     Old Louisiana State Capitol, LA
     St. Patrick's Cathedral, NY
     St. Patrick's Church, LA
     St. Peter's Episcopal Church, NY

3. Late Gothic Revival
     Biltmore Estate, NC
     Cincinnati Music Hall, OH
     Connecticut State Capitol, CT
     Dakota Apartments, NY
     Grey Towers (William Welsh Harrison House), PA
     Memorial Hall, MA
     Gifford Pincher Home, PA
     Seventh Regiment Armory, NY
     U.S. Military Academy, NY

F. Romanesque Revival (1840-1900)

1. Victorian Romanesque
     Philadelphia Masonic Temple, PA
     Sr. Mary's Assumption Church, LA
     Smithsonian Building, DC

2. Richardsonian
     Allegheny County Courthouse and Jail, PA
     Buffalo Psychiatric Center, NY
     Glessner House, IL
     New York State Capitol, NY
     Pioneer Building, WA
     Sever Hall, Harvard University, MA
     Clement Studebaker House, IN
     Trinity Church, MA
     Union Station MO

G. Renaissance Revival (1830-1920)

     Academy of Music, PA
     Athenaeum, PA
     Gallier House, LA
     General Post Office, DC
     Pontalba Buildings, LA
     Pension Building, DC

1. Italian Villa
     Ammadelle, MS
     Camden, VA
     City Hall, Mobile, AL
     Samuel Colt Home (Armsmear), CT
     Cooleemee, NC
     Coolmore, NC
     James C. Flood Mansion, CA
     P.L. Hay House, GA
     Edward King House, RI
     Lippitt House, RI
     Morse-Libby House, ME
     Asa Packer Mansion, PA
     Springer Opera House, GA

2. American Bracketed Villa
     San Francisco Plantation House, LA

3. Cast Iron: Gothic, Romenesque, Renaissance
     Arcade, RI
     Cleveland Arcade, OH
     Skidmore-Old Town Historic District, OR
     SoHo Cast Iron Historic District, NY

H. Exotic Revivals (1830-1860)

1. Octagons
     Armour-Stiner House, NY
     Lapham-Patterson House, GA
     Longwood, MS
     Octagon House, GA

2. Egyptian
     Egyptian Building, VA

3. Moorish
     Central Synagogue, NY
     Farmers and Exchange Bank, SC
     Fox Theater, GA
     Plum Street Temple, OH
     Tampa Bay Hotel, FL

I. Second Empire (1850-1890)

     John Ballantine House, NJ
     Canfield Casino and Congress Park, NY
     Deady & Villard Halls, OR
     Furness Library, School of Fine Arts, PA
     Gallaudet College Historic District, DC
     Iolani Palace, HI
     Jubilee Hall, Fisk University, IN
     Library of Congress, DC
     Lockwood-Matthews Mansion, CT
     Mount Washington Hotel, NH
     Old City Hall, MA
     Old City Hall, VA
     Old Main, Vassar College, NY
     Philadelphia City Hall, PA
     Plaza Hotel, NY
     Renwick Gallery, DC
     State, War and Navy Building, DC
     The Strand Historic District, TX
     Surrogate's Court, NY
     United States Custom House and Post Office, MO
     United States Custom House, NY

J. Stick Style (1860-1890)

     William Watts Sherman House, RI

K. Queen Anne-Eastlake (1880-1900)

     Arts & Industries Building, DC
     Merion Cricket Club, PA
     Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, PA
     Sheppard and Enoch Pratt Hospital, MD
     Mark Twain Home, CT

L. Shingle Style (1880-1900)

     Newport Casino, RI

M. Period Revivals (1870-1940)

1. Georgian (1870-1920)
     Henry Clay Home (Ashland), KY
     Germantown (Manheim) Cricket Club, PA
     Milton S. Hersey Mansion, PA
     Jekyll Island Historic District, GA

2. Spanish (Mission) (1890-1940)
     Balboa Park, CA
     Cathedral of St. Augustine, FL
     Hearst San Simeon Estate, CA
     Jekyll Island Historic District, GA
     Lou Henry and Herbert Hoover House, CA
     Mar-A-Lago, FL
     Mission Inn, CA
     Ohio Theater, OH

3. Tudor (1890-1940)
     Boat House Row, PA
     Lawrenceville School, NJ

4. Jacobean (1890-1915)
     Jekyll Island Historic District, GA
     Third Judicial District Courthouse, NY

5. Neo-Classical (1890-1915)
     Buffalo and Erie County Historical Society Building, NY
     Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY
     State Capitol Building, GA
     Texas State Capitol, TX
     Tiffany and Company Building, NY

6. Beaux Arts (1890-1915)
     Georgian Court, NJ
     Grand Central Terminal, NY
     Memorial Hall, PA
     J. Pierpont Morgan Library, NY
     New York Chamber of Commerce Building, NY
     New York Public Library, NY
     Shadow Lawn, NJ

7. Renaissance (1890-1915)
     Boston Public Library, MA
     Main Street Station and Trainshed, VA
     Samuel J. Tilden House, NY

N. Commercial (1890-1915)

     Bradbury Building, CA
     Leiter II Building, IL
     Marquette Building, IL
     Reliance Building, IL
     Rookery Building, IL
     South Dearborn Street Printing House Row Historic District, IL
     Woolworth Building, NY

O. Sullivanesque (1890-1915)

     Auditorium Building, IL
     Bayard-Condict Building, NY
     Bradley-Sigma Phi House, WI
     Carson, Pirie, Scott and Company Buildings, IL
     Farmers and Merchants Union Bank, WI
     Merchants National Hank, IA
     National Farmer's Bank, MN
     People's Federal Savings and Loan Association, OH
     Prudential Building, NY
     Van allen Department Store, IA
     Wainwright Building, MO

P. Prairie (1890-1915)

Q. Bungalow (1890-1940)

R. Craftsman (1890-1915)

     Asilomar Conference Grounds, CA
     First Church of Christ, Scientist, CA
     Foothill, Mercer Museum, Moravian Pottery and Tile Works, PA
     David B. Gamble House, CA
     Hotel Del Coronado, CA
     Lake Mohonk Mountain House, NY
     Roycroft Campus, NY
     Timberline Lodge, OR

S. Wrightian (1887-present)

     Administration Building-Research Tower, Johnson Wax Company, WI
     Avery Coonley House, IL
     Susan Lawrence Dana House, IL
     Fallingwater, PA
     Darwin Martin House, NY
     Robie House, IL
     Taliesin East, WI
     Taliesin West, AZ
     Unity Temple, IL
     Frank Lloyd Wright Home and Studio, IL

T. Moderne-Art Deco (1920-1945)

     Chrysler Building, NY
     Cincinnati Union Terminal, OH
     Empire State Building, NY
     Louisiana State Capitol, LA
     Nebraska State Capitol, NE
     Paramount Theater, CA
     Playland Amusement Park, NY

U. International (1915-1945)

     Philadelphia Saving Fund Society Building, PA

V. Historic District (multiple styles and dates)

     Cape May Historic District, NJ (Italian Revival to Second Empire)
     College Hill Historic District, RI (Georgian through Greek Revival)
     Colonial Annapolis Historic District, MD (Colonial through Federal)
     Colonial Germantown Historic District, PA (Colonial through Federal)
     East End Historic District, TX (Greek Revival, Romanesque Revival, Renaissance Revival, Exotic Revival, and Queen Anne)
     Garden District, LA (Greek Revival through Second Empire)
     Georgetown Historic District, DC (Colonial through Renaissance Revival)
     Georgetown-Silver Plume Historic District, CO (Renaissance Revival through Second Empire)
     Glendale Historic District, OH (Greek Revival through Second Empire)
     Lafayette Square Historic District, DC (Federal to 20th Century)
     Mount Vernon Place Historic District, MD (Greek Revival through Renaissance Revival)
     Nantucket Historic District, MA (Colonial through Period Revivals)
     Natchitoches Historic District, LA (Colonial through Greek Revival)
     New Bedford Historic District, MA (Colonial through Greek Revival)
     New Castle Historic District, DE (Colonial through Federal)
     New Haven Green Historic District, CT (Georgian through Gothic Revival)
     Newport Historic District, RI (Colonial through Greek Revival)
     Ocean Drive Historic District, RI (Renaissance Revival through Period Revival)
     Port Townsend Historic District, WA (Federal through Queen Anne-Eastlake)
     Pullman Historic District, IL (Second Empire through Queen Anne-Eastlake)
     Riverside Historic District, IL (Gothic Revival through Queen Anne-Eastlake)
     Savannah Historic District, GA (Colonial through Exotic Revivals)
     Washington University Hilltop Campus Historic District, MD (Late gothic Revival and Renaissance Revival)

W. Regional and Urban Planning

1. Urban Areas
     New Haven Green Historic District, CT
     Pullman Historic District, IL
     Sr. Augustine Town Plan, FL
     San Francisco Civic Center, CA
     Savannah Historic District, GA

2. Suburban Areas
     Riverside Historic District, IL

3. Parks
     Central Park, NY

4. Cemeteries

5. Regional Planning

X. Vernacular Architecture

     Bellevue Avenue Historic District, RI
     Bishop Hill Colony Historic District, IL
     Chappelle Administration Building, SC
     El Santuario de Chimayo, NM
     Guajome Ranch House, CA
     Hancock Shaker Village, MA
     Harrisville Historic District, NH
     Jacksonville Historic District, OR
     Jerome Historic District, AZ
     Lafitte's Blacksmith Shop, LA
     Leadville Historic District, CO
     Lucy, the Margate Elephant, NJ
     Mount Lebanon Shaker Society, NY
     Natchitoches Historic District, LA
     Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village, ME
     Salem Tavern, NC
     Shakertown at Pleasant Hill, KY
     Silverton Historic District, CO
     Single Brother's House, NC
     Telluride, CO
     Temple Square, UT
     Virginia City Historic District, MT
     Virginia City Historic District, NV
     Wyckoff House, NY
     Yucca Plantation, LA

Y. Rustic

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