. Rand, McNally Washington guide to the city and environs. has charge of, care,preservation, repairing, warming, ventilating, lighting, andcleaning of the building, grounds and approaches, and dis-burses the special appropriations for this purpose; he has chargeof all the employes of the building proper, and appoints them bydirection of the Secretaries. Department of the Treasury, 15th St. and Pennsylvania Ave. The financial department and the actual treasury of theGovernment are housed in the imposing but somewhat gloomybuilding which closes the vista up Pennsylvania Ave. froin theCapitol, an
. Rand, McNally Washington guide to the city and environs. has charge of, care,preservation, repairing, warming, ventilating, lighting, andcleaning of the building, grounds and approaches, and dis-burses the special appropriations for this purpose; he has chargeof all the employes of the building proper, and appoints them bydirection of the Secretaries. Department of the Treasury, 15th St. and Pennsylvania Ave. The financial department and the actual treasury of theGovernment are housed in the imposing but somewhat gloomybuilding which closes the vista up Pennsylvania Ave. froin theCapitol, and which nearly adjoins the White House park onthe east. This structure is of the Ionic-Greek order of archi-tecture modified to suit local requirements. The main building,with its long pillared front on 15th St., was completed in years later, the building was greatly enlarged, the mag-nificent granite porticos at each end added. The whole build-ing, completed in 1869, is 466 ft. long, and 264 ft. wide exclusive RAND McNALLY WASHINGTON GUIDE 187. Department of Treasury15th Street and Pennsylvania Ave. of the porticos, incloses two courts, and has cost about $10,000,-000. The act of July 4, 1836, provided that the Presidentcause a site to be selected. It was the purpose of those incharge to locate the building in such a position as to admitof an uninterrupted view along Pennsylvania Ave. from theCapitol to the White House. As the story goes, however,President Jackson, becoming impatient at the delay in theselection of the site, walked over the ground one morning, andplanting his cane in the northeast corner, said: Here, righthere, I want the corner stone laid. Robert Mills, the archi-tect, before a committee of Congress in 1838, stated that theprecise position of the building has been determined by thepositive directions of the late President. The Treasury is a place every stranger visits. The buildingis open from g till 2; and between 11 and 12 and i and 2 oclock,perso
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