19th Century Drawing of Thomas Farm
Thomas Farm. The Thomas Farm property was also known as "Araby." The main brick house was probably built between 1770-1780.
Tail Races - National parks scenic trails
In the historic period, a canal was constructed as a power supply for the factory operations. A series of tail races were constructed from the canal leading to the Potomac River. Evidence uncovered during arche... More
Boundary of Araby Property - Public domain old map
Worthington Farm. Beginning in 1812, John McPherson, Jr. and his father, Colonel John McPherson, purchased and assembled adjacent tracts of land to create an approximately 1,111-acre tract that he called Araby.... More
National parks: CampHill_CivilWar_CLR104_crop - public domain image
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National parks: CampHill_Storer_CLR157_crop - public domain image
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Rolling Mill, National Parks gallery
During the Armory era, the former hydroelectric plant was known as the Rolling Mill. After that, it was the Harpers Ferry Paper Company. The structure, which sits on a foundation that originally dates to the 18... More
National parks: Kitchen - public domain image
Fort Vancouver. The kitchen, originally built in 1837-1838 and reconstructed in 1976, is located to the back of the Chief Factor's House. It is connected to the main house by a short, enclosed passageway, which... More
Chief Factor's House - National Parks Gallery
Fort Vancouver. The Chief Factor's House, originally built in 1837-1838, was reconstructed in 1976. Located near the north entrance inside the stockade, the house is a one and one-half story structure. There ar... More
Wash House, Fort Vancouver national historic site
Fort Vancouver. The original wash house was built around 1840, and the building was reconstructed in 1976. the The board-covered roof has exposed rafters and a false brick chimney. Three wood plank doors are po... More
Indian Trade Store - National Parks Gallery
Fort Vancouver. The original Indian Trade Shop and Dispensary was built during the years 1836-1841. The reconstruction was completed in 1981. It is a one and one-half story building of post-on-still constructio... More
Blacksmith Shop, Fort Vancouver national historic site
Fort Vancouver. The blacksmith shop was built between 1836 and 1841, and the current building was reconstructed in 1981. The exterior walls are constructed of chinked, horizontal infill timbers placed between v... More
National parks: Jail - public domain image
Fort Vancouver. The original jail was built between 1841 and 1844; this reconstruction dates to 2001. The gable roof has wood shingles and exposed rafters. Instead of windows, there are two square openings that... More
Fur Store, Fort Vancouver national historic site
Fort Vancouver. The fur warehouse was reconstructed in 1992-1994, based on the original warehouse built in 1841. It is the largest reconstructed building in the fort stockade and represents one of the four simi... More
Bakehouse and Two Privies - Public Domain image, National Parks Galler...
Fort Vancouver. The bakehouse, originally built in 1844, was reconstructed in 1974. The building is a one and one-half story, rectangular building with a gable roof and lean-to over back ovens. Wood shingles co... More
Carpenter's Shop, Fort Vancouver national historic site
Fort Vancouver. The carpenter shop was originally built in 1844-45. This reconstruction was built in 1997. It is a one-story building with a gable roof covered in boards. Exterior walls are constructed of chink... More
Bastion and Stockade Wall - Public Domain image, National Parks Galler...
Fort Vancouver. The full extent of the stockade was constructed prior to 1845, and it was reconstructed between 1966 and 1973. Its construction incorporates the use of ten to thirteen-inch diameter posts (calle... More
Restored Well and Reconstructed Well Sweep
Fort Vancouver. The well is the only original structure remaining in the Hudson's Bay Company stockade. Originally built around 1845, it was excavated in 1955 and rehabilitated in 1974. It was historically used... More
Counting House, Fort Vancouver national historic site
Fort Vancouver. The original counting house was built in 1845. This structure, reconstructed in 2003, is a one and one-half story building. The hip roof has wood shingles and exposed rafters. Exterior walls are... More
Lockwood House at Camp Hill - Public Domain image, National Parks Gall...
The Lockwood House, also known as the former armory paymaster's quarters, was built in 1848. Classes at Storer College began on October 2, 1867 with 19 students in this building.
B&O Railroad Bridge Sketch, ca. 1896
Monocacy National Battlefield. The wooden railroad bridge across the Monocacy River was replaced by an iron bridge in the mid-1850s. The Union army placed their 24-pound howitzer to "defend the two bridges and ... More
Boxwood Gardens - National Parks Gallery
Montrose Park. It is unknown when the Boxwood Gardens were first planted. There is speculation that English landscape designer John Small first designed this feature in the 1850s. It seems that an intricate des... More
Troops on the Camp Hill Landscape, 1862
This 1862 photograph of Federal troops stationed at the armory superintendent's house shows the condition of the Camp Hill landscape during the 1860s. Note the generally bare, compacted, and eroded earth.
Location Map of Monocacy National Battlefield
Monocacy National Battlefield. The landscape boundary uses the current park boundary. It is defined primarily by the historic boundaries of the farm and mill properties that were in existence at the time of the... More
Train station Monocacy Junction, ca. 1872 - Public domain photograph.
Monocacy National Battlefield. This Monocacy Junction station building replaced the one that burned in 1864. Until 1873, all trains from the west heading to Baltimore or Washington, D.C. went via the Monocacy J... More
Aerial View of Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens
Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens. A 2008 aerial view of the aquatic gardens shows the arrangement of ponds. Walter B. Shaw began here in the early 1880s with three ponds, fed by an underwater spring. He gradually exp... More
Natural Features of the Ranch Landscape
McGraw Ranch. The natural features of the valley were recognized in the 1880s by homesteaders and cattle ranchers. Adequate water and low meadows with access to higher grazing pastures made the property an attr... More
Brinegar Tailwall - National Parks Gallery
Brinegar Cabin - Doughton Park. This stone tail wall (1942) to the south of the parkway is one of the features that dates to the period of Parkway development. The site was established as a farmstead in the lat... More
Phone Booth/Outhouse - National Parks Gallery
McGraw Ranch. The rustic outhouse reportedly dates to the early period of the ranch in the 1880s. It was converted to a phone booth for guests in the 1980s.
Soldiers' Monument, National Parks gallery
Big Hole National Battlefield Site. The monument was placed near the siege area in 1883, marking the end of the period of historical significance (1877-1883). It bears an inscription that honored the U.S. soldi... More
Barn and Corral Fence at McGraw Ranch
McGraw Ranch. The barn was built in 1884 and received two additions during the period of significance. The L-shaped building with stone foundation and board and batten siding was used for feeding horses. It is ... More
Rocky Mountains Irrigation Ditch
McGraw Ranch. Irrigation ditches were built on the ranch property in 1884. A lower ditch runs from the diversion point with Cow Creek in front of the cabins and then behind the main ranch house, where it meets ... More
Franklin D. Roosevelt home: Old Barn
Bellefield. When Thomas Newbold acquired the property in 1885, only the Mansion and the Old Barn existed. The barn was most likely built in the early 1800s. It was used to store hay and contained three horse s... More
Pond at McGraw Ranch - Public Domain image, National Parks Gallery
McGraw Ranch. The pond is visible beyond the guest cabins. The storage pond and irrigation ditch system were added in the early years of the ranch (1884-1887), supported by the nearby Cow Creek.
Concrete Marker to the Completion of Peter Lee's Road
Crater Rim Historic District. This concrete marker, inscribed "AUG 1887", may be a monument to the completion of Peter Lee's road. The 3-foot-high marker is located by the Crater Rim Drive across from the origi... More
Site Plan of the Cultural Landscape
Glen Echo Park-Clara Barton House. An overhead view shows the Glen Echo Park-Clara Barton House cultural landscape, including the surrounding lands and some of the large features and structures within the lands... More
Brinegar Granery - National Parks Gallery
Brinegar Cabin - Doughton Park. The granary (shed) is located to the southwest of the cabin. It was built between 1885 and 1890 when the farmstead was developed by Martin Brinegar and his wife Caroline. The sin... More
Chautauqua Plat - Public domain vintage map
Glen Echo Park-Clara Barton House. Henry B. Looker's 1891 Map of the Grounds of the National Chautauqua of Glen Echo. The cultural landscape site is at the left, with the circular Chautauqua Amphitheater laid o... More
Culvert in the Berm - Public Domain image, National Parks Gallery
A railroad berm was built in 1892. The rail line that once ran up the Potomac River on the water's edge now crossed the southern end of the Armory Grounds on the berm. Other landscape features are associated wi... More
Araby Mill, ca. 1893 - Public Domain image, National Parks Gallery
Monocacy National Battlefield. Between 1830 and 1835, John McPherson Jr. established a mill on this property. It was built at the same time as the B&O Railroad, probably to take advantage of the site's proximit... More
John Brown Obelisk - National Parks Gallery
The granite memorial obelisk for John Brown was placed on the railroad berm in 1895 by a group of African Americans, including Frederick Douglass. It was located above grade from where John Brown's fort was loc... More
Gravel Driveway at the Clara Barton House
Glen Echo Park-Clara Barton House. The circular graveled driveway at the Clara Barton National Historic Site existed during the historic period. The driveway was likely created in the spring or early summer of ... More
Glen Echo Park Map - Public Domain image, National Parks Gallery
Glen Echo Park-Clara Barton House. A site plan shows features and arrangement of the cultural landscape, ca. 1997. The unmarked structure at the right once housed the park's "Kiddieland" attraction, but it was ... More
Georgetown Pike, ca. 1900 - Public Domain image, National Parks Galler...
Monocacy National Battlefield. The Georgetown Pike, circa 1900. This road was the primary north-south highway between Fredrick County and Washington, D.C. Note the stone walls lining the road. Many of these wal... More
Contributing Site Furnishings - National Parks Gallery
Montrose Park. During early park development, seventeen "Newport" gas lamps were installed. Historic photographs show benches and tables of varying materials, positioned to offer a view. The gas lamps are the o... More
North elevation of Building 987, ca. 1907
North elevation of Building 987, ca. 1907
"Design for Grounds," the 1907 master plan for Glenmont Estate
This plan, called "Design for Grounds," shows the 1907 master plan for the Glenmont Estate by Ernest Bowditch.
Barn at the McGraw Ranch - Public Domain image, National Parks Gallery
McGraw Ranch. Many of the early structures were built between 1884 and 1887, while the PJ Pauley Cattle Company was managing the ranch. According to a ranch ledger book, the barn was built in the summer and fal... More
Current Picnic Grove - National Parks Gallery
Glen Echo Park-Clara Barton House. The large historic and specimen trees provide shade in the Picnic Grove section of Glen Echo Park. When the Baltzley brothers began to develop the land, the site was wooded. T... More
Hydraulic Dive - National Parks Gallery
Glen Echo Park-Clara Barton House. Left: A drawing from Lorenzo Shaw's 1907 patent application for the "Hydraulic Dive" from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office; Right: Visitors to the Glen Echo amusement park... More
Grave in Kennecott Cemetery - Public Domain image, National Parks Gall...
Kennecott Cemetery - Kennecott Mines National Historic Landmark. This view of a grave marker shows the landscape after overgrown vegetation had been cleared. The cemetery was used between 1908 and 1938, during ... More
Soldiers' Monument, National Parks gallery
Big Hole National Battlefield Site. The monument was placed in 1883, marking the end of the period of historical significance (1877-1883). After this period and in contrast to the War Department's narrow focus ... More
Bellefield Mansion from Main Entry Drive
Bellefield. The mansion was one of the structures existing on the property when Thomas Newbold gained ownership. It was originally built by Judge John Johnston as a Federal style house in 1795-96. It was renova... More
Storer College Postcard Series - Public Domain image, National Parks G...
Improvements at Storer College are captured in this series of circa 1910 postcards showing the campus and buildings. New Lincoln Hall is shown with John Brown's Fort to the south with an open ground plan with l... More
Musket Factory Retaining Wall - Public Domain image, National Parks Ga...
By 1840, Harpers Ferry had established itself as one of the few industrial centers of the American South. During the historic period, the number of buildings and structures on the landscape increased in respons... More
Minnehaha Creek - National Parks Gallery
Glen Echo Park-Clara Barton House. The stream bed of Minnehaha Creek, viewed here from the west entrance to Glen Echo Park, has been restored to its natural condition and is a contributing feature of the histor... More
Historic Period Plan of Montrose Park, 1919
Montrose Park. The historic period plan from the Cultural Landscape Report shows how the landscape appeared in 1919. The Cultural Landscape Inventory proposes two periods of significance: 1804-1911, the years w... More
Beatrix Farrand Garden Paths - Public domain drawing
Bellefield. Circulation was a strong component of the design of Beatrix Farrand's Formal Garden. While her plan has not been found, photos show a rectilinear path system. The layout of the gardens and paths cre... More
Spatial Organization - National Parks Gallery
Montrose Park. A map from the Cultural Landscape Report show the spatial organization of the landscape. Historically, the southern portion of the estate property was organized in a formal layout with the Federa... More
Whitney Seismograph Vault - National Parks Gallery
Crater Rim Historic District. The Whitney seismograph vault, adjacent to the Volcano House, is an underground room of reinforced concrete walls, concrete floors, and concrete slab roof. The only indications of ... More
Clara Barton House - National Parks Gallery
Glen Echo Park-Clara Barton House. The Clara Barton House was built in 1891 and is a fine example of late 19th-century American vernacular architecture. Its wood-framed exterior walls are made of lumber salvage... More
Boxwood Garden Drawings - National Parks Gallery
Montrose Park. Above is Burnap's 1913 drawing of the Boxwood Gardens. Below, Payne's 1922 drawing of the "Revised Rose Garden." There is evidence that Payne prepared a simplified plan of the earlier boxwood lay... More
View of Storer College Campus at Camp Hill
Circa 1913 view of Storer College campus looking northeast, taken from 1913-14 Storer College Catalogue.
Lower Armory Grounds - National Parks Gallery
The landscape is described in sections: the Canalway, the Upper Armory Grounds, and the Lower Armory Grounds, shown here. The Lower Armory Grounds area stretches from the train station parking lot to the inters... More
Site Plan of the Monocacy National Battlefield Properties
Monocacy National Battlefield. The battlefield landscape is comprised of several properties, largely defined by the agricultural character and use that existed prior to the Civil War. This map shows: a) Hermit... More
Baker Farm seen from Hill Farm at Monocacy
Monocacy National Battlefield. Panoramic views of the battlefield and scenery of the valley are possible from several areas of the battlefield landscape, including the Hill Farm.
View from the Howitzer Site - Public Domain image, National Parks Gall...
Big Hole National Battlefield Site. Views from the trail near the howitzer capture site continue to convey the importance of this strategic location for the battle outcome. Colonel Gibbon gave instructions for ... More
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View from the Twin Trees Area toward the Encampment Site
Big Hole National Battlefield Site. Views into and within the siege area are filtered through the trunks of pine trees. The open character of this area influenced the battle outcome, allowing visibility and lin... More
Rocky Mountains Ranch Roads - Public Domain image, National Parks Gall...
McGraw Ranch. Ranch roads were constructed to follow the valley topography and to provide vehicle access to the locations where the ranch activities made it necessary. The ranch roads, like this access drive an... More
National parks: Sextant - public domain image
This instrument was used to measure the angular distance between the moon and sun or a star for determining longitude.
HardingIceCapWarmingHutSki-DooLine-up - National Parks Gallery
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North elevation porch columns removed for restoration
North elevation porch columns from Building 987 were removed for restoration.
A view of the Kilauea Crater - Public Domain image, National Parks Gal...
Crater Rim Historic District. Views of the crater from behind the Volcano House are framed by ferns and low vegetation. This view of the crater rim is the first that many visitors get of Kilauea. The view is ob... More
Fort Vancouver Cultural Landscape - Public domain map
Fort Vancouver. A closer look at the boundary of the Fort Vancouver component landscape identifies some of the reconstructed features that suggest the historic landscape, including the fort stockade, garden, or... More
A View into the Historic Landscape of Montrose Park
Montrose Park. The Ropewalk, Osage orange trees, and the edge of the boxwood garden help to connect the features of the landscape and connect its identity as an estate with its use as a public park. The Ropewal... More
Topography around the McGraw Ranch
McGraw Ranch. This region of the Rocky Mountains is characterized by mountain slopes and ridges, cut with streams and drainage routes. At the McGraw Ranch site, the Cow Creek valley is fairly open and gentle wi... More
National Park Service and The Nature Conservancy logos
National Park Service and The Nature Conservancy logos
Front Entrance Path - National Parks Gallery
Fort Vancouver. The entrance path to the fort is considered a compatible feature of the historic landscape. The north entrance to the fort was historically accessed by a wagon road, about 12-15 feet wide and pr... More
Vegetation on the Jordan Pond House Landscape
A low, shrubby thicket of blueberries covers the historic tea lawn area in front of the Jordan Pond House.
Kiska Battlefield Today - National Parks Gallery
Evidence of war is ever present, ranging from roads and the revetments for barracks and tents, to bomb craters, major pieces of military equipment, and the distinctive Japanese guns.
National parks: Hucks - public domain image
Close-up picture of a huckleberry bush.
View of the Walker Visitor & Education Center from Bellefield Mansion
Bellefield. The historic view from the rear of Bellefield was significantly diminished with the addition of the Wallace Visitor & Education Center and parking lot in 2000. Located in the southwest corner of the... More
11 Sextant, National Parks gallery
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View from the Howitzer Capture site
Big Hole National Battlefield Site. When Colonel Gibbon moved his men on the night before battle, he gave instruction that the howitzer team follow with the gun at daybreak. This would allow for the surprise at... More
Worthington Farm Landscape at Monocacy
Worthington Farm. The entry lane leads to the main house of Worthington Farm. This view, looking west, captures the agricultural fields, forest edges, and circulation systems beyond the house. The house is the ... More
08 Telescope, National Parks gallery
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Guard Wall - Hawaii free images
Crater Rim Historic District. The stone guard wall at Puu Puai parking lot was once along the Crater Rim Drive alignment. The metal guard rail behind was installed after the period of significance. This is one ... More
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Stone Gutter, Blue Ridge parkway
Brinegar Cabin - Doughton Park. The stone gutter near the parking lot is one of the features that dates to the Parkway site development. It contributes to the Brinegar Cabin roadside interpretive exhibit, and i... More
Guard Walls and the Park Road System
Crater Rim Historic District. All of the guard walls constructed along Crater Rim Drive conformed to the specifications for the Type 2 guard wall developed by the NPS landscape department. The plan for the loop... More
Wilson's Creek national battlefield - Grazing Deer
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Map of Place Names, Telaquana Corridor
Knowledge and communication of place names was an important part of the traditional culture of the Inland Dena'ina. The names given to natural features along the Corridor designate wayfinding points or traditio... More
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Nanny Highline, National Parks gallery
A female mountain goat peers over a cliff.
Access Drive near the Ranch Barn
McGraw Ranch. The main circulation patterns on the ranch are mostly the same today as they were during the historic period. Ranch roads provided access to areas around the property where a vehicle would be need... More
Restored porch columns - National Parks Gallery
In this photo, the columns from the Building 987 porch have had their previous layers of paint removed, and are set upright to be re-painted.
Spruce Trees around the Guest Cabins
McGraw Ranch. Spruce trees were planted at various locations in the landscape, including 18 near the driveway and others adjacent to the guest cabins. They grew along the walkway and created a separation betwee... More
Entry Drive to McGraw Ranch - Public Domain image, National Parks Gall...
McGraw Ranch. The main circulation patterns that existed historically on the ranch have remained largely the same and are still evident. This main drive approaches down a hill to the entry and passes over a woo... More
Deer Licking Nose - National Parks Gallery
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