Zebu House Built at NZP

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Summary

A house is constructed for the zebus, East Indian cattle, at the National Zoological Park. Located on a hillside opposite the buffalo house, the building is made of concrete mixed with a large pebble aggregate, with a tiled pagoda-shaped roof.

Subject

National Zoological Park (U.S.)

Category

Chronology of Smithsonian History

Notes

  • A plate of the house can be found between pages 58 and 59 of the Annual Report for 1897.
  • Annual Report of the Smithsonian Institution for the year 1897, p. 57

Contact information

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

Date

1897

Topic

  • Zoos
  • Architecture
  • Buildings
  • Building

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