Taunton Post Office
This 1893 architectural drawing of a post office in Taunton, Massachusetts, bears the name of Jeremiah O’Rourke, who was the head of the Office of the Supervising...
The Birdman of Alcatraz roosted here
Robert Stroud, more familiarly known as the Birdman of Alcatraz, served 11 of his 17 years in the prison hospital in this 1940 architectural plan. Situated on an...
Under the East River for a penny
Richard Foley and Edwin Ferguson designed this tunnel under the East River in 1867. This drawing shows the interior arrangements of the tunnel that would have...
U.S. Treasury goes north
This 1880 drawing of the U.S. Treasury Building on remote St. Paul Island illustrates the farthest reaches of U.S. sovereignty. The island is part of the Pribilof...