Marble and Tile Floor for A & I Bldg

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Summary

United States Congress appropriates $26,000 additional funding for the installation of a marble and encaustic tile floor for the new United States National Museum Building, feeling that a concrete floor is not in keeping with the dignity of the building.

Subject

  • Arts and Industries Building)
  • United States National Museum
  • United States Congress

Category

Chronology of Smithsonian History

Notes

Rhees, William Jones. The Smithsonian Institution: Documents Relative to Its Origin and History: 1835-1899, Vol. 1, 1835-1887. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1901, p. 830-834.

Contact information

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

Date

1881

Topic

  • Architecture
  • Expenditures, Public
  • Buildings
  • Building

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