Free to Use and Reuse: Historic Sites

You can visit many historic sites virtually through architectural drawings in the Historic American Buildings Survey, the Historic American Engineering Record, and the Historic American Landscapes Survey Collection. (HABS/HAER/HALS). The drawings provide fascinating perspectives on how a site was designed and can reveal parts of a building not easily visible. The Heritage Documentation Programs at the National Park Service create the documentation, which is made available online and preserved at the Library of Congress through a partnership that dates back to the 1930s. This selection is the tip of an iceberg that represents more than 40,000 sites! Browse more content that is free to use and reuse

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  Beebe Windmill, Bridgehampton, New York. Prints & Photographs Division

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  Sixteenth Street Baptist Church, Birmingham, Alabama. Prints & Photographs Division

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  Town of Locke, California, a Chinese American heritage site. Prints & Photographs Division

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  San Xavier del Bac Mission, Tucson, Arizona. Prints & Photographs Division

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  Val-Kill Cottage, Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site, Hyde Park, New York. Prints & Photographs Division

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  Taos Pueblo, New Mexico. Prints & Photographs Division

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  Frederick Douglass House, Washington, DC. Prints & Photographs Division

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  Lincoln Memorial, Washington, DC. Prints & Photographs Division

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  Eisenhower Farm One, Bank Barn, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Prints & Photographs Division

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  Statue of Liberty, New York City. Prints & Photographs Division

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  Cape Hatteras Lighthouse, Buxton, North Carolina. Prints & Photographs Division

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  Balclutha sailing ship, San Francisco, California. Prints & Photographs Division

• Steam Tug Hercules, San Francisco, California. Prints & Photographs Division

• Space Orbiter Discovery, Houston, Texas (now at Smithsonian Air & Space: Udvar-Hazy Center in VA). Prints & Photographs Division

• Independence Hall, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Prints & Photographs Division

• Monticello, Charlottesville vicinity, Virginia. Prints & Photographs Division

• Pu'ukohola Heiau, Kawaihae, Hawaii. Prints & Photographs Division

• Washington Monument, Washington, DC. Prints & Photographs Division

• Tidal Basin Reservoir, Washington, DC. Prints & Photographs Division

• Temple Freda synagogue, Bryan, Texas. Prints & Photographs Division

• Buckminster and Anne Fuller Dome Home, Carbondale, Illinois. Prints & Photographs Division

• Mark Twain House, Hartford, Connecticut. Prints & Photographs Division

• Robie House, Art glass windows, Chicago, Illinois (Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright). Prints & Photographs Division

• Palmer-Epard Cabin, Beatrice, Nebraska (National Homestead Site). Prints & Photographs Division

• Coffee Mill at Hacienda Buena Vista, Magueyes, Puerto Rico. Prints & Photographs Division

• Miraflores Entry Gate, San Antonio, Texas. Prints & Photographs Division

• Muscogee (Creek) National Council Oak, Tulsa, Oklahoma. Prints & Photographs Division

• Akron Civic Theatre (Loew’s movie palace), Akron, Ohio. Prints & Photographs Division

• Vizcaya, Casino, Miami, Florida. Prints & Photographs Division

• Carousel, Glen Echo Park, Maryland. Prints & Photographs Division

• Pine Bluff Covered Bridge, Bainbridge, Indiana. Prints & Photographs Division

• Willamette River Bridges, Portland, Oregon. Prints & Photographs Division

• Willamsburg Tunnel, Yorktown, Virginia. Prints & Photographs Division

• Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary, San Francisco, California. Prints & Photographs Division

• Ellis Island, Baggage & Dormitory Building, New York, New York. Prints & Photographs Division