Lion House Built at NZP

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Summary

The Carnivora House, also called the Animal House or the Lion House, is constructed at the National Zoological Park. The first permanent structure in the Park, and constructed of locally quarried grey gneiss stone, it was designed by Boston architect William Ralph Emerson. The design is somewhat modified to suit the extingencies of the appropriation available, it being impracticable to erect more than a portion of the structure.

Subject

  • Emerson, William Ralph 1833-1917
  • National Zoological Park (U.S.) Carnivora House
  • National Zoological Park (U.S.) Lion House
  • National Zoological Park (U.S.)

Category

Chronology of Smithsonian History

Notes

  • The structure is razed in 1972 to make way for Lion and Tiger Hill.
  • Annual Report of the Smithsonian Institution for the year 1891, p. 49

Contact information

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

Date

1891

Topic

  • Firsts
  • Architecture
  • Buildings

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