page_title: Smithsonian Institution Building
hierarchical_section_title: Smithsonian Institution Building
caption_attribution_description: English: Title: Smithsonian Institution building, Washington, D.C. Abstract/medium: 1 photograph&#160;: albumen print on card mount&#160;; mount 7 x 11 cm (carte de visite format)
context_page_description: The Smithsonian Institution Building, located near the National Mall in Washington, D.C. behind the National Museum of African Art and the Sackler Gallery, houses the Smithsonian Institution's administrative offices and information center. The building is constructed of Seneca red sandstone in the Norman Revival style and is nicknamed The Castle. It was completed in 1855 and designated a National Historic Landmark in 1965.
context_section_description: The Smithsonian Institution Building, located near the National Mall in Washington, D.C. behind the National Museum of African Art and the Sackler Gallery, houses the Smithsonian Institution's administrative offices and information center. The building is constructed of Seneca red sandstone in the Norman Revival style (a 12th-century combination of late Romanesque and early Gothic motifs; built in the Gothic and Romanesque revival styles) and is nicknamed The Castle. It was completed in 1855 and designated a National Historic Landmark in 1965.
caption: Smithsonian Institution building, Washington, D.C., 1864. From the Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress
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