Completed in 1833, the Staple Bend Tunnel was the first railroad tunnel, and the third tunnel of any kind, in the United States. Located about four miles east of Johnstown, PA, the tunnel is part of the Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site, run by...
Part of a large estate-owned by railroad tycoon George Jay Gould, the Georgian Court Bridge was constructed in 1899, during the Gilded Age, to carry travelers over a man-made lagoon which connected the estate to a nearby lake. Bruce Price, a noted architect of...
Built by the Rockefeller family in the 1930s, The Cloisters is located on four acres in Manhattan’s Fort Tryon Park, and houses the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s medieval art and architecture collection. The structure incorporates architectural elements from...
The Cork Factory is one of the most recognizable buildings in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania’s Strip District. Designed by the renowned Pittsburgh architect, Frederick Osterling, the imposing Richardson Romanesque-style structures comprise the 440,000-square-foot...
Built in 1935, this Federalist-style, 15-story building is listed in the National Historic Register. As is typical with Federalist architecture, it features distinctive limestone construction, granite base, decorative stonework eagles perched atop upper floor...
