Authorization for Fireproofing SI Building
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PrintUnited States Congress authorizes $3,000 to provide additional security against fire in the Smithsonian Building. It is the result of the report by a committee appointed to examine public buildings in regard to fire security, after a disastrous fire occurs at the Patent Office Building in the summer of 1877.
Chronology of Smithsonian History
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
March 3, 1879