Smithsonian Institution Building, 1858

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Object Details

Author

Unknown

Subject

Smithsonian Institution Building (Washington, D.C.)

South Yard

Smithsonian Institution Building South Front

Notes

Published in "The Castle, an Illustrated History of the Smithsonian Building" by Cynthia R. Field, Richard E. Stamm and Heather P. Ewing, p. 17.

Summary

South facade of the Smithsonian Institution Building (SIB), the "Castle," after completion, c. 1858-1864, is dominated by a massive, square battlemented central tower with an attached octagonal stair tower rising well above it. Constructed in red sandstone quarried in Seneca, Maryland, the building was unique not only in style but in material. There is a fence around the building.

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 30, Folder: 7

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Date

1858

Standard number

36881or MAH-36881

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Type

Photographic print

Exterior

Physical description

Color: Black and White; Size: 10w x 8h; Type of Image: Exterior; Medium: Photographic print

Data Source

Smithsonian Archives - History Div

Topic

Fences

Metadata Usage

Usage conditions apply

Record ID

siris_sic_8275