Natural History Building Groundbreaking

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Summary

The ground is broken by Secretary Samuel P. Langley for the new United States National Museum building (now known as the Natural History Building) at Tenth Street, N.W. on the south side of what is now Constitution Avenue.

Subject

  • Langley, S. P (Samuel Pierpont) 1834-1906
  • National Museum of Natural History (U.S.)
  • Natural History Building
  • United States National Museum

Category

Chronology of Smithsonian History

Notes

  • Oehser, Paul H. The Smithsonian Institution. New York: Praeger Publishers, 1970, p. 191.
  • Annual Report of the Smithsonian Institution for the year 1904. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1905, p. 27.

Contact information

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

Date

June 15, 1904

Topic

  • Architecture
  • Groundbreaking
  • Secretaries
  • Buildings
  • Building

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