Exterior of Smithsonian Building Completed

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Object Details

Subject

Smithsonian Institution Building (Washington, D.C.)

Notes

Engraving of Smithsonian Institution Building on the Mall, 1849. Smithsonian Institution Archives, negative number 76-4354.

Goode, George Brown, ed. The Smithsonian Institution, 1846-1896, The History of Its First Half Century. Washington, D.C.: De Vinne Press, 1897, p. 834

Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, volume 18, number 329. "Journals of the Proceedings of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution 1846-76, Reports of Committees, Statistics, Etc." ed. by William J. Rhees. Washington: Published by the Smithsonian Institution, 1879, p. 705

Summary

During 1851, the exterior of the Smithsonian Institution Building or "Castle," including the towers, is completed.

Contact information

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

Date

December 31, 1851

Data Source

Smithsonian Archives - History Div

Topic

Buildings

Major Events in Smithsonian History

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Record ID

siris_sic_496