Main Reading Room.

ID: 5174 ~ Source: Zachary Burt. ~ Date: June 2022.

This file appears in: Library of Congress (Jefferson Building): Established in 1800, the Library of Congress ranks as one of the largest and finest libraries in the world.

This file appears in: Library of Congress (Jefferson Building): Established in 1800, the Library of Congress ranks as one of the largest and finest libraries in the world.

Library of Congress (Jefferson Building): Established in 1800, the Library of Congress ranks as one of the largest and finest libraries in the world.

By The DC Historic Sites team

Founded in 1880, the original Library of Congress collection included 740 books and three maps. This collection lived in the Capitol until 1814, when invading British troops burned the Capitol and…