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The Thomas Jefferson Building, also known as the Main Library, is the oldest of the Library of Congress buildings in Washington, D.C. Built between 1890 and 1897, it was initially known as the Library of Congress Building.
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 ...
The Thomas Jefferson Building at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., the largest library in the United States and second-largest library in the world with over 167 million holdings, including 39 million books and other printed recordings, 14.8 million photographs, 5.5 million maps, 8.1 million pieces of sheet music, and 72 million manuscripts
The Library of Congress is so huge that it takes in three separate buildings on Capitol Hill; the Thomas Jefferson Building, the John Adams Building, and the James Madison Memorial Building. With ...
The fountain is located on the west side of the Thomas Jefferson Building, the main building for the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. The project took three years to complete. The granite semi-circular fountain includes multiple bronze sculptures, including Neptune, his Tritons, and naiads. The fountain has been cleaned and restored on ...
The Great Hall of the Thomas Jefferson Building of the Library of Congress depicts the ornate elements of Beaux-Arts architecture. Through the early- to mid-1800s, much of the city outside central Washington, D.C. remained heavily underdeveloped, but an increasing number of Federal -style houses and public buildings were being constructed ...
Built in the 1930s, it is named for John Adams, the second president, who signed the law creating the Library of Congress in 1800. The building is in the Capitol Hill district of Washington D.C. next to the library's main building (now known as the Thomas Jefferson Building) in the Capitol Complex. The Adams building opened to the public on ...
Thomas Jefferson Building, Library of Congress, initially with John L. Smithmeyer, Washington D.C., 1873 (winning competition entry), 1886-1892 (architectural design and construction) Beautification of the Wisconsin Avenue Reservoir built in 1859 by Montgomery C. Meigs , Washington D.C. , 1875; demolished in 1932