Smithsonian Grounds Neglected

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Summary

The U.S. Congress appropriates no funds specifically for the continued improvement of the grounds which Secretary Joseph Henry describes as being in a "neglected condition." Andrew Jackson Downing's landscape plan has not been continued since his death.

Subject

  • Downing, A. J (Andrew Jackson) 1815-1852
  • Henry, Joseph 1797-1878
  • United States Congress

Category

Chronology of Smithsonian History

Notes

  • Photograph of Smithsonian Castle from the north was taken late 1850s. Smithsonian Institution Archives, negative number MAH-45934A.
  • Annual Report of the Smithsonian Institution for the year 1856, p. 23

Contact information

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

Date

August 18, 1856

Topic

  • Landscape architecture
  • Finance
  • Grounds

Place

Mall, The (Washington, D.C.)

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