SI Building First Described As Castellated

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Summary

Secretary Joseph Henry and Chancellor Salmon P. Chase use the term castellated to describe the Smithsonian Building, but do not yet refer to it as the Castle.

Subject

  • Chase, Salmon Portland
  • Henry, Joseph 1797-1878
  • Smithsonian Institution Building (Washington, D.C.)

Category

Chronology of Smithsonian History

Notes

Annual Report of the Smithsonian Institution for the year 1867 (Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1868), 114.

Contact information

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

Date

December 1868

Topic

  • Architecture
  • Buildings

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