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Black and white photograph of the open front entrance of an abandoned 1850s church in a Southern ghost town established along the Mississippi River in the 1820s.

Keith Dotson Photography

Front Door of an Abandoned 1850s Church - Black and White Photograph (DSC05066)

from $108.00

Black and white architectural photograph of the entrance of historic Christ Church on Broadway in Nashville, Tennessee.

Keith Dotson Photography

Front Door of Christ Church on Broadway in Nashville (A0008973)

from $108.00

Black and white photograph of the historic front doors to the Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, where Martin Luther King was the Paster and gave historic sermons.

Keith Dotson Photography

Front Door to Historic Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta (RQ0A9005)

from $108.00

Black and white photograph of the front doors of a vacant old country feed store covered with the faded and rusting signs of agricultural product companies.

Keith Dotson Photography

Front Doors of an Old Country Feed Store - Black and White Photograph (B0000637X)

from $108.00

Black and white fine art photograph of the dramatic front doors to the Erastus Milo Cravath Memorial Library on the Fisk University campus in Nashville, Tennessee.

Keith Dotson Photography

Front Doors of Cravath Library at Fisk University (A0012434)

from $108.00

Black and white architectural photograph of the carved wooden front doors of the old Spanish Mission Espada, built in the 1500s, in San Antonio, Texas.

Keith Dotson Photography

Front Doors of Mission Espada in San Antonio, Texas (_1014005)

from $108.00

Black and white photograph of the historic old Farmers and Exchange Bank built in Moorish style in Charleston in 1853. The exterior doors and windows are covered with beautifully ornate old ironwork grills.

Keith Dotson Photography

Front Doors of Old Farmers and Exchange Bank in Charleston - Black and White Photograph (DSC02760)

from $42.00

Black and white photograph of the weathered front doors and broken beer sign on the historic Last Chance Bar, built 1903 in Clearview, Oklahoma. The building which was added to the National Register of Historic Places in December, 2023, originally housed the Abe Lincoln Trading Company, a grocery and building supply store.

Keith Dotson Photography

Front Doors of the Last Chance Bar in Clearview Oklahoma - Black and White Photograph (KD18255X)

from $108.00

Black and white photograph of the old stone gate at the Fort Negley Civil War site in Nashville, Tennessee. Fort Negley is a star-shaped structure built of limestone blocks on a hilltop south of the city, and was the largest inland fort built during the American Civil War. The fort was built by the Union army in 1862 as a defensive post after the Confederates lost control of Nashville in successive battles, but with fighting concentrated in other areas, the fort never saw action.

Keith Dotson Photography

Front Gate at Old Fort Negley, Nashville (A0007107)

from $108.00

Black and white photograph of rows of broken windows in a very large abandoned school building in Clarksdale, Mississippi.

Keith Dotson Photography

Front of a Big, Abandoned School in Clarksdale (A0012686)

from $108.00

Black and white photograph of the historic abandoned Abe Lincoln Trading Company, built 1903 in Clearview, Oklahoma. It's often called the Last Chance Bar or the Juke Joint, which occupied the building in later years. The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in December, 2023.

Keith Dotson Photography

Front of Abe Lincoln Trading Company in Clearview Oklahoma - Black and White Photograph (KD18240X)

from $108.00

Black and white photograph of the front of an abandoned historic mercantile store found along a back road in the deep south with a rusty tin awning, peeling paint, and screen doors.

Keith Dotson Photography

Front of an Abandoned Mercantile Store: Black and White Photograph (KD003090X)

from $108.00

Black and white photograph of the front of a crooked, old, wooden building that may have been a Mason Lodge, found in a ghost town in the deep South.

Keith Dotson Photography

Front of an Abandoned Wooden Building in Rodney Mississippi - Black and White Photograph (DSC05112)

from $108.00

Black and white photograph of the front of the historic Farmers and Exchange Bank built circa 1853 in Charleston.

Keith Dotson Photography

Front of Farmers and Exchange Bank in Charleston - Black and White Photograph (DSC02755)

from $108.00

Black and white photograph of the façade of the old Kress Department Store in downtown Anniston, Alabama. At the time it was photographed, the space was totally vacant.

Keith Dotson Photography

Front of Kress Department Store in Anniston, Alabama: Black and White Photograph (DSC08274)

from $108.00

Black and white architectural photograph of the Beaux-arts exterior of Nashville's luxurious Hermitage Hotel, built in 1910. The hotel was host to elite clientele from presidents to entertainers, until it closed in 1977. It reopened in 1981, and has since been renovated to achieve its current high level of quality and service, making it the only AAA Five-Diamond hotel in Tennessee.

Keith Dotson Photography

Front of The Hermitage Hotel, Nashville (DSC01431)

from $108.00

Black and white architectural photograph of the Moorish-inspired Farmer's and Exchange Bank with its detailed old ironwork window screens built 1854 in Charleston, South Carolina.

Keith Dotson Photography

Front of the Old Farmers and Exchange Bank in Charleston - Black and White Photograph (DSC02787)

from $108.00

Black and white photograph of the old Robertson and Co. storefront in the abandoned downtown of tiny Adams, Tennessee. Adams is famous as the home of the Bell witch legend.

Keith Dotson Photography

Front of the Robertson and Co Building in Adams, Tennessee (DSC01556)

from $108.00

Black and white photograph of a chair on the front porch of the beautiful and historic Chantillon-DeMenil Mansion in St. Louis, Missouri.

Keith Dotson Photography

Front Porch of Chantillon-DeMenil Mansion (A0008479)

from $108.00

Black and white photograph of a wooden picket garden fence in Birmingham, Alabama.

Keith Dotson Photography

Garden Fence - Birmingham, Alabama (A0007361)

from $108.00

Black and white photograph of a beautiful old wall around the garden and property of one of Charleston's historic mansions.

Keith Dotson Photography

Garden Wall, Charleston (A0019111)

from $108.00

Black and white photograph of the famous St. Louis Gateway Arch, catching the final rays of the setting sun.

Keith Dotson Photography

Gateway Arch, St. Louis (A0008532)

from $108.00

Black and white photograph of the famous St. Louis Gateway Arch catching the last rays of light at sunset.

Keith Dotson Photography

Gateway Arch, St. Louis (A0008563)

from $108.00

black and white photograph of the abandoned Gem Theatre in Cairo Illinois

Keith Dotson Photography

Gem Theatre in Cairo, Illinois (DSC01582)

from $108.00

Black and white photograph of the vintage marquee sign of the long-abandoned Gem Theatre in Cairo, Illinois, which closed permanently in 1978.

Keith Dotson Photography

Gem Theatre Marquee in Cairo, Illinois - Black and White Photograph (KD007362X)

from $108.00

Black and white photograph of Mt. Vernon, George Washington's house in Virginia.

Keith Dotson Photography

George Washington's House at Mt. Vernon, Virginia (RQ0A9732)

from $108.00

Black and white architectural photograph of a historic limestone building with a distinctive onion dome, sitting on a corner in the downtown courthouse square of Georgetown, Texas. Behind and above the architecture is a huge storm cloud, exploding upward into the deep blue sky, which has been darkened here with use of a red filter.

Keith Dotson Photography

Georgetown, Texas - Onion Dome with Towering Cloud

from $108.00

Ghost of an Old White House Peeking Through a Grove of Trees - Black and White Photograph (DSC08877)

Keith Dotson Photography

Ghost of an Old White House Peeking Through a Grove of Trees - Black and White Photograph (DSC08877)

from $108.00

Black and white photograph of the Colossal Head, an Olmec head on display outside the National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C.

Keith Dotson Photography

Giant Stone Head of Olmec Man (RQ0A9568)

from $108.00

Black and white photograph of the giant white ferris wheel in downtown Atlanta, with the Tabernacle in the foreground.

Keith Dotson Photography

Giant White Ferris Wheel in Downtown, Atlanta (A0014963)

from $108.00

Black and white photograph of an abandoned and ruined motel on old Route 66 with a big gnarly tree in the yard.

Keith Dotson Photography

Gnarly Old Tree and Abandoned Motel - Black and White Photograph (KD008433X)

from $108.00

Black and white photograph of a mythological goat head man sculpted onto the exterior of a historic office building in downtown Pittsburgh.

Keith Dotson Photography

Goat Man Gargoyle on a Building in Downtown Pittsburgh - Black and White Photograph (KD15202X)

from $108.00

Black and white photograph of the carved stone face of Aeolus the God of the Winds on the old Bank of Milwaukee Building

Keith Dotson Photography

God of the Winds Architectural Detail, Milwaukee: Black and white photograph (P1309968)

from $108.00

Black and white photograph of a statue of a goddess cheekily placed by someone with a sense of humor into the second-floor window of an abandoned brick building.

Keith Dotson Photography

Goddess in the Window of an Abandoned Building - Black and White Photograph (KD009735X)

from $108.00

Black and white photograph of the Gold Medal grain silos in downtown Minneapolis.

Keith Dotson Photography

Gold Medal Grain Towers in Minneapolis (P5240859)

from $108.00

Black and white photograph of a historic gothic-style church window in Salem, Massachusetts, now used as a museum.

Keith Dotson Photography

Gothic Church Window: Black and White Photograph (DSC08035)

from $108.00

Black and white photograph of tree shadows across the exterior walls of a tall grain silo on a former dairy farm.

Keith Dotson Photography

Grain Silo with Tree Shadows - Black and White Photograph (KD19947X)

from $108.00

Black and white photograph of the historic Grand Avenue Water Tower, located on Grand Avenue at 20th Street in the College Hill neighborhood of St. Louis. Built in 1871 by George Barnett, the brick and iron tower was designed in the style of a Corinthian column, and is the oldest water tower in St. Louis.

Keith Dotson Photography

Grand Avenue Water Tower in the College Hill neighborhood of St. Louis, (A0008450)

from $108.00

Black and white photograph of the historic Grand Avenue Water Tower, located on Grand Avenue at 20th Street in the College Hill neighborhood of St. Louis. Built in 1871 by George Barnett, the brick and iron tower was designed in the style of a Corinthian column, and is the oldest water tower in St. Louis.

Keith Dotson Photography

Grand Avenue Water Tower, Built 1870s, North St. Louis (A0008405)

from $108.00

Black and white detail photograph of the design motif on a Greek Revival column in Nashville. Originally part of the Tennessee State Capitol building, these columns were removed during a renovation and have been scattered around Nashville as a reminder of its reputation as "the Athens of the South."

Keith Dotson Photography

Greek Revival Column Detail from the Old Tennessee Statehouse (IMG_1454)

from $108.00

Black and white detail photograph of a Greek Revival column fragment from the original Tennessee State Capitol building in Nashville, Tennessee. These pieces of stone columns have been scattered around Nashville as a reminder of its reputation as "the Athens of the South."

Keith Dotson Photography

Greek Revival Column Fragment Detail Photograph, Nashville (IMG_1468)

from $108.00

Black and white photograph of onions in cups in the window of a restaurant in Charleston's historic City Market

Keith Dotson Photography

Green Onions in a Charleston Restaurant Window - Black and White Photograph (DSC02797)

from $108.00

Black and white photograph of a tin industrial building with a grimy door set into a wall with strong vertical ridges.

Keith Dotson Photography

Grimy Industrial Door in a Wall with Ridges: Black and White Photograph (A0030409)

from $108.00

Black and white photograph of the historic H.H. Hooten Building in Greensboro, Alabama. Built in 1890, it served as a general store and later as a grocery store, and was photographed by Alabama native William Christenberry in 1961.

Keith Dotson Photography

H.H. Hooten Building in Greensboro, Alabama - Black and White Photograph (B0001183X)

from $108.00

Black and white photograph of an old sidewalk marker that reads "Hagler & Morris Sheffield Ala."

Keith Dotson Photography

Hagler and Morris Sheffield Alabama Sidewalk Plaque Black and White Photograph (A0030390)

from $108.00

Black and white photograph of the historic Hamilton-Lay General Store, built by Alexander Lafayette "Fate" Hamilton in 1840 at Hamilton Crossroads in the hills of Union County, Tennessee.

Keith Dotson Photography

Hamilton-Lay General Store (1840) - Black and White Photograph (KD17145X)

from $108.00

Black and white photograph of the historic Hamilton-Lay General Store, built by Alexander Lafayette "Fate" Hamilton (probably in 1875 although some sources claim 1840) at Hamilton Crossroads in the hills of Union County, Tennessee.

Keith Dotson Photography

Hamilton-Lay General Store - Black and White Photograph (KD17146X)

from $108.00

Black and white photograph of the beautiful and historic Hartwell Tavern in Lincoln Massachusetts built 1733. The big wooden house was built to be a home, but was operated as an inn and tavern from the 1750s until the 1780s, and then was a home again until the 1960s.

Keith Dotson Photography

Hartwell Tavern in Lincoln Massachusetts Built 1733: Black and White Photograph (KD006131X)

from $108.00

Black and white panoramic photograph of a historic small-town Greyhound bus station that operated from 1938 until 2018.

Keith Dotson Photography

Historic 1938 Greyhound Bus Station: Black and White Panorama Photograph (DSC02222)

from $250.00

Black and white photograph of a 1950s-era Pontiac parked under the awning of an abandoned old service station in the American south.

Keith Dotson Photography

Historic 1950s Pontiac Parked at an Abandoned Service Station - Black and White Photograph (DSF7248X)

from $108.00

Black and white architectural detail photograph of a two numbered doors in a historic old building.

Keith Dotson Photography

Historic Arched Portals on an Old House: Black and White Photograph (DSC07652)

from $108.00

Black and white interior photograph of a bedroom inside Birmingham's historic Arlington House.

Keith Dotson Photography

Historic Bedroom Interior, Birmingham's Arlington House (A0007579)

from $108.00

Black and white photograph of the historic Boiling Springs Academy, built 1830. This one room schoolhouse in Brentwood, Tennessee has the unique distinction of being built on the site of an 800-year-old Native American mound site.

Keith Dotson Photography

Historic Boiling Springs Academy built 1830: Black and White Photograph (DSC088261)

from $108.00

Black and white photograph of beautiful but abandoned commercial building that's been sitting empty for many years in Cairo, Illinois.

Keith Dotson Photography

Historic Building in Decay (A0020666)

from $108.00

Black and white detail photograph of a historic wooden structure on the old Botany Bay farm near Charleston, South Carolina.

Keith Dotson Photography

Historic Building on Edisto Island South Carolina: Black and White Photograph (DSC02904)

from $108.00

Black and white photograph of two adjoined historic buildings in beautiful downtown Florence, Alabama. With one constructed of red brick, and the other of yellow, they make an interesting contrast.

Keith Dotson Photography

Historic Buildings Side-by-Side in Florence, Alabama (A0030173)

from $108.00

Black and white photograph of the historic house of Captain William Smith, built in 1692 on the old Lexington and Concord Road in Massachusetts.

Keith Dotson Photography

Historic Captain William Smith House: Black and White Photograph (KD006155X)

from $108.00

Black and white architectural photograph of the front elevation of the historic Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist in Lafayette, Louisiana. Built in 1918, this is the third church on the property since 1821.

Keith Dotson Photography

Historic Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist in Lafayette, Louisiana (A0011080)

from $108.00

Black and white detail photograph of the ornate ironwork window screens on the front of the historic Farmers and Exchange Bank in Charleston, built circa 1853.

Keith Dotson Photography

Historic Charleston Ironwork Detail - Black and White Photograph (DSC02776)

from $108.00

Black and white photograph of an antique name plate for Christopher & Simpson, a St. Louis-based company that manufactured cast iron storefronts that can still be seen on the main streets of many small towns across America. (Square format)

Keith Dotson Photography

Historic Christopher and Simpson Ironwork Name Plate - Black and White Photograph (Square Format) (DSC00411)

from $64.00

Black and white photograph of beautiful, textural historic architecture in one of Savannah's historic districts.

Keith Dotson Photography

Historic Clapboard Houses in Savannah, Georgia (IMG_7638)

from $108.00

Black and white photograph of the historic Peoples National Bank building -- originally the Cloud State Bank -- built 1882 in the small town of McLeansboro, Illinois.

Keith Dotson Photography

Historic Cloud State Bank Building in McLeansboro, Illinois - Black and White Photograph (KD002150)

from $108.00

Black and white photograph the historic Cragfont House in Castalian Springs, Tennessee. The house was built between 1798 and 1802, by General James Winchester, who became one of the founders of Memphis.

Keith Dotson Photography

Historic Cragfont House Completed 1802: Black and White Photograph (DSC02651)

from $108.00

Black and white photograph of a big vacant New Hampshire farmhouse built in 1868.

Keith Dotson Photography

Historic Farmhouse on Haverhill Road - Black and White Photograph (KD11149X)

from $108.00

Black and white photograph of a beautiful old church building in Salem, Massachusetts now the home of a popular museum.

Keith Dotson Photography

Historic Gothic Church Architecture in Salem Massachusetts: Black and White Photograph (DSC08036)

from $108.00

Black and white photograph of a historic grain elevator with corrugated metal siding.

Keith Dotson Photography

Historic Grain Elevator: Black and White Photograph (KD0073181X)

from $108.00

Black and white photograph of a historic 1938 Greyhound bus station that operated until 2018.

Keith Dotson Photography

Historic Greyhound Bus Station Circa 1938: Black and White Photograph (DSC02223)

from $108.00

Black and white photograph of the historic Hamilton-Lay General Store, built by Alexander Lafayette "Fate" Hamilton near Washburn in the hills of Union County, Tennessee.

Keith Dotson Photography

Historic Hamilton-Lay General Store - Black and White Photograph (KD17150X)

from $108.00

Black and white photograph of a beautiful big old house on a quiet street in a small town in the American Midwest. This photograph was shot on medium format black and white film using a vintage Hasselblad camera. Film photography provides a different look than digital photography and prints will display a pleasing amount of film grain and may appear somewhat softer than modern digital images. Be sure to look at the cropped detail images before buying.

Keith Dotson Photography

Historic House in a Small Midwestern Town - Black and White Photograph (Square Format) (554731_0002X)

from $64.00

Black and white photograph of a beautiful curved iron work fence around a circa 1852 building near downtown Nashville, Tennessee.

Keith Dotson Photography

Historic Iron Work Fence in Nashville (A0021318)

from $108.00

Black and white photograph of a beautiful, ornate ironwork fence laced through with the tendrils of morning glory vines.

Keith Dotson Photography

Historic Ironwork Fence with Morning Glory Vines - Black and White Photograph (KD006509X)

from $108.00

Black and white architectural detail photograph of the historic and beautifully ornate Italianate style architecture in downtown Florence, Alabama.

Keith Dotson Photography

Historic Italianate Architecture in Downtown Florence, Alabama (A0030156)

from $108.00

Black and white photograph of the long-abandoned Lays Gap Schoolhouse found along a backroad in East Tennessee.

Keith Dotson Photography

Historic Lays Gap Schoolhouse - Black and White Photograph (KD17182X)

from $108.00

Black and white photograph of the historic Mail Pouch building in Jonesborough, Tennessee, nicknamed for the large hand-painted ghost sign wall ad on its side.

Keith Dotson Photography

Historic Mail Pouch Ghost Sign in Jonesborough - Black and White Photograph (KD003501X)

from $108.00

Black and white photograph of historic storefronts on Main Street in beautiful downtown Natchez, Mississippi.

Keith Dotson Photography

Historic Main Street in Natchez, Mississippi - Black and White Photograph (DSC05261)

from $108.00

Black and white photograph of a historic circa 1900 Nashville office building with a faded ghost sign for the long-gone Bradford Nichol Furniture, which was open for business by at least 1870 at 25 and 27 North College Street in Nashville, according to a listing in The Masonic Record, published that year.

Keith Dotson Photography

Historic Nashville Office Building with a Faded Ghost Sign - Shot on 35mm Film (000018350009)

from $108.00

Black and white photograph of a 1951 Nashville Banner newspaper pasted on the interior walls of an abandoned old farmhouse. The boldface headline says "Truman Rebukes MacArthur." The Nashville Banner was published from 1876 until 1998.

Keith Dotson Photography

Historic Newspaper Headline on the Wall of an Abandoned House: Black and White Photograph (DSC02238)

from $108.00

Historic Oaklands House - Black and White Photograph (370456_0008)

Keith Dotson Photography

Historic Oaklands House - Black and White Photograph (370456_0008)

from $108.00

Black and white photograph of the big historic abandoned bank in Old Shawneetown, Illinois. Built between 1839 -1841, it's the oldest bank building in the state, and legend says the bank once declined to buy the first bonds issued by the city of Chicago, thinking the city had no future.

Keith Dotson Photography

Historic Old Shawneetown Bank in Southern Illinois - Black and White Photograph (KD002212)

from $108.00

Historic Old Stone Wall on the Collins Farm - Black and White Photograph (KD10124X)

Keith Dotson Photography

Historic Old Stone Wall on the Collins Farm - Black and White Photograph (KD10124X)

from $108.00