Search results 1 - 7 of 7 for the tag Government Buildings

A home for the Court
The neoclassical U.S. Supreme Court Building in Washington, D.C., was designed by architects Cass Gilbert, Jr., and John R. Rockart. Although a coequal branch of the...

Building a better bank
Construction crews move a pillar into place in 1861 during construction of the west wing of the oldest Federal departmental building in Washington, D.C. In 1836,...

EPA in New Hampshire
In April 1971, a photographer for the Documerica project took this picture of a construction site in New Hampshire where the Environmental Protection...

Erecting the Capitol dome
Although President George Washington laid the cornerstone of the U.S. Capitol in 1793, construction of current dome did not begin until 1856. The dome, which replaced...

Guarding the War Department
Military guards around the world were on alert after the Japanese attacked U.S. military facilities on December 7, 1941. Here they stand watch in front of the War...

Salt Lake City aerial view
This aerial photograph shows Salt Lake City, Utah, on June 12, 1952. Built on a grid, Salt Lake City became the state capital when Utah achieved statehood in 1896....

U.S. Treasury goes north
This 1880 drawing of the U.S. Treasury Building on remote St. Paul Island illustrates the farthest reaches of U.S. sovereignty. The island is part of the Pribilof...
Search results 1 - 7 of 7 for the tag Government Buildings