West Wing of Smithsonian Building Reconstructed

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Summary

The floor of the west wing of the Smithsonian Institution Building or "Castle" is reconstructed using fireproof materials and raised to provide basement laboratories and store rooms for natural history. The building had been badly damaged by a fire in January of 1865.

Subject

  • Smithsonian Institution Building (Washington, D.C.)
  • Smithsonian Institution Building West Wing

Category

Chronology of Smithsonian History

Notes

  • Field, Cynthia R., Richard E. Stamm, and Heather P. Ewing. The Castle: An Illustrated History of the Smithsonian Building. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1993, p. 104
  • Annual Report of the Smithsonian Institution for the year 1871, p. 37-38.

Contact information

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

Date

1871

Topic

  • Architecture
  • Laboratories
  • Fire
  • Repair and reconstruction
  • Buildings
  • Buildings--Repair and reconstruction
  • Fires

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