Arts and Industries Building: Constructed between 1879 and 1881, this is the nation’s best-preserved example of nineteenth-century world’s fair architecture.
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Designed by Cluss & Schulze and built to house the international exhibits left over from the Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition of 1876, the Smithsonian Institution's Arts and Industries Building reflects the three principal requirements of buildings constructed to house world's fairs and other 19th-century expositions: to enclose a very large area; to present a tasteful, dramatic, and pleasing exterior; and to employ inexpensive construction technology.
DC Inventory: November 8, 1964 (Joint Committee on Landmarks)
National Register: November 11, 1971
National Historic Landmark: November 11, 1971
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The Smithsonian Institution's Arts and Industries Building on the National Mall, Washington, D.C.
Source: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA | Date: 2011
National Museum, Washington, D.C.
Also known as Smithsonian Institution, Arts and Industries Building. | Source: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA | Date: between 1900 and 1906