Public Lectures Discontinued After SIB Fire

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Summary

Since the January 24, 1865 fire, which burned the upper story of the Smithsonian Institution Building in which the lecture room was situated, the public lectures have been discontinued.

Subject

Smithsonian Institution Building (Washington, D.C.)

Category

Chronology of Smithsonian History

Notes

Annual Report of the Smithsonian Institution for the year 1866. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1867, p. 31.

Contact information

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

Date

1865

Topic

  • Architecture
  • Lectures and lecturing
  • Fire
  • Public programs
  • Buildings
  • Fires

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