Headquarters of Gen. M. D. Hardin, Washington, D.C., April, 1865

ID: 5741 ~ Source: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA ~ Date: photographed 1865, [printed between 1880 and 1889]

This file appears in: The Seven Buildings (1796 - 1960s): This block of Federal style buildings has largely been demolished and now houses, along with a modern addition, the Embassy of Mexico.

This image shows the Seven Buildings on Pennsylvania Ave taken in 1865.

This file appears in: The Seven Buildings (1796 - 1960s): This block of Federal style buildings has largely been demolished and now houses, along with a modern addition, the Embassy of Mexico.

The Seven Buildings (1796 - 1960s): This block of Federal style buildings has largely been demolished and now houses, along with a modern addition, the Embassy of Mexico.

By The DC Historic Sites team

The remnants of this row of Federal style buildings date back to the 1790s. The Seven Buildings, which sit just northwest of the White House along Pennsylvania Avenue, figure extensively into the…