Appropriation for Patent Office Building Renovation
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PrintDuring FY 1964, the United States Congress appropriates $5,465,000 for the renovation of the Old Patent Office Building to convert it to Smithsonian Institution use. It will house the National Collection of Fine Arts and National Portrait Gallery.
Chronology of Smithsonian History
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
1964