Main Entrance, Southern Building

ID: 5424 ~ Source: DC Preservation League Photo Archive ~ Creator: Fontana Micucci ~ Date: 14 April 2023
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Main Entrance, Southern Building

Photograph: the main entrance to the Southern Building is set back behind the main exterior façade, providing cover to the set of double doors. The entryway is adorned with an engraving of the building's name and additional stone ornamentation.

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Designed by architect Daniel H. Burnham, who also designed Union Station, and constructed from 1910 to 1912, the Southern Building was part of a larger building trend of banks and other financial institutions in downtown DC. One of many buildings…