National Capitol Columns, Present Day
The National Capitol Columns located at the United States National Arboretum in Washington, D.C. The columns originally supported the old East Portico of the United States Capitol (1828). They were removed during expansion of the Capitol in 1958 and placed in the National Arboretum during the 1980s.
National Arboretum Historic District: The National Arboretum celebrates the diverse plant life of the United States with a 446-acre center for nature research and preservation in the nation’s capital.
Although Congress passed a law authorizing the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a national arboretum in DC in 1927, more than three decades passed before the U.S. National Arboretum was open to…