. Roose's companion and guide to Washington and vicinity . , was commenced by Mr. Mills,who was succeeded, in 1851, by Edward Clark, then assistant tothe architect of the Capitol, by whom the building was com-pleted in 1864. The new portions are of Maryland marble onthe street extensions and granite on the interior building 191 rooms, and cost $2,700,000. Four halls on the second floor compass the whole building. In December, 1836, a fire consumed the building then occupiedby the Patent Office, situated where the General Post Office nowstands. The models accumulat
. Roose's companion and guide to Washington and vicinity . , was commenced by Mr. Mills,who was succeeded, in 1851, by Edward Clark, then assistant tothe architect of the Capitol, by whom the building was com-pleted in 1864. The new portions are of Maryland marble onthe street extensions and granite on the interior building 191 rooms, and cost $2,700,000. Four halls on the second floor compass the whole building. In December, 1836, a fire consumed the building then occupiedby the Patent Office, situated where the General Post Office nowstands. The models accumulated during 46 years were all de-stroyed. The patents to that date numbered 10,301. From July4, 1836, to July 4, 1876, there were issued 179,638 patents. Another fire occurred here September 24, 1877, in which manythousands of models were destroyed. The greater portion of theupper story of the whole building was mainly burned out. In this building is the office of the Secretary of the Interior,who has charge of affairs connected with patents, public lands,.
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