United States Dept. of Agriculture Building Search this
Physical description:
Number of Images: 1; Color: Sepia; Size: 10w x 8h; Type of Image: Architectural; Medium: Photographic print
Type:
Photographic print
Architecture
Place:
Mall, The (Washington, D.C.)
Washington (D.C.)
Date:
1870
Category:
Historic Images of the Smithsonian
Notes:
For further information on the old Agriculture Department Building, see James M. Goode's "Capital Losses: A Cultural History of Washington's Destroyed Buildings," pgs. 316-318.
Summary:
The United States Department of Agriculture's old brick building with Mansard roof as viewed from the Mall was completed in 1867 and torn down in 1930.
Contained within:
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 67A, Folder: 17