The Smithsonian Building in Washington D.C., United States.

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The Smithsonian Building in Washington D.C., United States.
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This file appears in: Smithsonian Institution (Smithsonian Castle)

The Smithsonian Institution Building was designed by prominent New York architect James Renwick, Jr. and erected between 1847 and 1855 on the Mall. It was built to house the Smithsonian Institution, which had been chartered by Act of Congress in…