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Place
Important spaces on the mall (See the "Places" writeboard in basecamp.)
Type
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Ghost Sites
Government Offices
Physical Description
Text describing the appearance of the place and its situation on the Mall.
The building faced the department's gardens that stretched across the Mall to what is now Constitution Avenue. It had a Renaissance Style, made of brick with brownstone cornices.
Location
The location of the interview.
12th and 14th Streets, SW, Washington, DC.
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Title
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Original Department of Agriculture Building
Description
An account of the resource
The original building which housed the <a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/289">Department of Agriculture</a> was designed in 1867 by <a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/70">Adolf Cluss</a>, the same architect who designed the Smithsonian Arts and Industry Building. For decades, this building housed offices, research laboratories, and even a small museum. <a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/466">The building was razed in 1930 to fulfill the McMillan Commission's plan for the National Mall</a>.
Source
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National Archives at College Park. <a href="http://research.archives.gov/description/512817">View original</a>.
Creator
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Adolf Cluss
J. W. von Kammerhueber
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1868 (construction completed)
1930 (demolished)
Coverage
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1860-1889
ghost mall
work & play