GDG- Completely OT

[Tom Ryan]

Doug,

That is the former Pension Building that has a magnificent frieze depicting
scenes of the CW.  Here is a description:

The National Building Museum is housed in the former Pension Bureau
building, a brick structure completed in 1887 and designed by Gen.
Montgomery C. Meigs, the U.S. Army quartermaster general. The building is
notable for several architectural features including the spectacular
interior columns and a frieze sculpted by Caspar Buberl stretching around
the exterior of the building depicting Civil War soldiers in scenes somewhat
reminiscent of those on Trajan's Column in Rome as well as the Horsemen
Frieze of the Parthenon in Athens. The vast interior, measuring 316 ft. (96
m) ? 116 ft. (35 m), has been used to hold inauguration balls since the
building's construction and a Presidential Seal is set into the floor near
the south entrance.

Tom Ryan







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Esteemed GDG Member Contributes:


When in DC, be sure to visit the National Building Museum
(http://www.nbm.org/Info/history.html).  It is the huge, impressive
brick building literally across the street from the Judiciary Square
(Red Line) Metro stop.  Admission is free, so take a few minutes and
walk into the magnificent Great Hall!   And it has what one source rates
as the best museum shop in DC.

BTW, there is an ACW link.  The building was designed by Montgomery
Meigs...

Doug

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