Object Details
- Subject
- Smithsonian Institution Building (Washington, D.C.)
- Category
- Chronology of Smithsonian History
- Engraving of Smithsonian Institution Building on the Mall, 1849. Smithsonian Institution Archives, negative number 76-4354.
- Goode, George Brown, ed. The Smithsonian Institution, 1846-1896, The History of Its First Half Century. Washington, D.C.: De Vinne Press, 1897, p. 834
- Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, volume 18, number 329. "Journals of the Proceedings of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution 1846-76, Reports of Committees, Statistics, Etc." ed. by William J. Rhees. Washington: Published by the Smithsonian Institution, 1879, p. 705
- Summary
- During 1851, the exterior of the Smithsonian Institution Building or "Castle," including the towers, is completed.
- Contact information
- Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
- December 31, 1851
- Smithsonian Archives - History Div
- Topic
- Buildings
- Major Events in Smithsonian History
- Record ID
- siris_sic_496
