Smithsonian Institution Building (Washington, D.C.) Search this
Place:
Washington (D.C.)
Mall, The (Washington, D.C.)
Date:
May-December 1871
Category:
Chronology of Smithsonian History
Notes:
The Smithsonian Institution Building (SIB) seen from downtown Washington, D.C., from across The Mall, by Unknown, c. 1855. Smithsonian Institution Archives, negative number 2004-10647 and 18603.
Washburn, Wilcomb E. The Cosmos Club of Washington, A Centennial History 1878-1978. Washington: Cosmos Club, 1978, p. 100.
Summary:
The former canal along the present Constitution Avenue, Washington, D.C., is filled in. Previously, the canal had cut the Smithsonian Institution Building off from the downtown area.
