Old Patent Office Building, looking west along F Street, March 1982

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Old Patent Office Building, looking west along F Street, March 1982

Photo Credit: Barry Enright, D.C. Department of Housing and Community Development

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While it’s currently the National Portrait Gallery and the Smithsonian American Art Museum, the Old Patent Office reflects an era when scientific invention propelled the American economy and began to mold the national character. Although more than a…