Uncovering the Proposed Public Buildings Plan for Washington, D.C.

Published August 14, 2013Updated April 28, 20261 min readby ghostsofdc

The description on this image from Flickr says it’s a proposed plan for public buildings on the Mall near the Capitol.

Source: Flickr user medicalmuseum

1 thought on “Uncovering the Proposed Public Buildings Plan for Washington, D.C.”

Michael Rhode

August 14, 2013 at 4:32 pm

I put this online when I was the archivist of the National Museum of Health and Medicine. The proposal is for a combined Army Medical Museum and Library, replacing the Adolph Cluss-designed red brick building that was eventually knocked down for the Hirschhorn. The library half became the National Library of Medicine in Bethesda in the early 1960s. The Medical Museum moved to Silver Spring, MD two years ago.

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