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Aerial view from the United States Capitol of the five-year old Library of Congress in its new building, built 1890–1897, pictured in 1902, (since renamed in 1980) Thomas Jefferson Building for third President Thomas Jefferson, (1743–1826, served 1801–1809) Thomas Jefferson Building, built 1890–1897, the Library of Congress's main ...
Library of Congress building, c. 1902. Needing more room for its increasing collection, the Library of Congress under Librarian Ainsworth Rand Spofford suggested to the Congress that a new building be built specifically to serve as the American national library. Prior to this the Library existed in a wing of the Capitol Building.
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The Library of Congress was founded in 1800 and located in one room in the Capitol; as the collection grew, more and more space was required. This mural depicts the library in the Capitol in 1890, when it had grown to occupy almost the entire west central section of the building. Librarian of Congress Ainsworth Spofford is shown seated at the left.
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The John Adams Building of the Library of Congress. The John Adams Building is the second-oldest of the buildings of the Library of Congress of the United States.Built in the 1930s, it is named for John Adams, the second president, who signed the law creating the Library of Congress in 1800.
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