Smithsonian Institution Building, 1858
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Date: 1858
Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 30, Folder: 7
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.
Historic Images of the Smithsonian
Published in "The Castle, an Illustrated History of the Smithsonian Building" by Cynthia R. Field, Richard E. Stamm and Heather P. Ewing, p. 17.
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 30, Folder: 7
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
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Color: Black and White; Size: 10w x 8h; Type of Image: Exterior; Medium: Photographic print