. State Department, Washington, English: This building was constructed in 1865 and 1866, and was meant to be the building for the Washington City Orphan Asylum (see another photo here). Secretary of State Seward apparently made an urgent appeal for the building, and it was leased to the Department of State upon completion as their headquarters for 'a decade'. The 1865 State Department building seen in File:State Department Building, Washington, D. C., was torn down in 1866 to make room to finish the (current-day) Treasury Department building. A decade later, the orphanage did g
. State Department, Washington, English: This building was constructed in 1865 and 1866, and was meant to be the building for the Washington City Orphan Asylum (see another photo here). Secretary of State Seward apparently made an urgent appeal for the building, and it was leased to the Department of State upon completion as their headquarters for 'a decade'. The 1865 State Department building seen in File:State Department Building, Washington, D. C., was torn down in 1866 to make room to finish the (current-day) Treasury Department building. A decade later, the orphanage did get to move in. The building, located at the southeast corner of 14th and S streets NW, was torn down in 1963. The orphanage (today known as Hillcrest) had earlier moved to other buildings in the 1920s or 1930s. The architect was John C. Harkness. - (lightly edited from remarks by Carl Lindberg, originally made at User talk:Jmabel/Stereo cards of Washington, ) . Created: 1865-1900. Coverage: 1865-1900. Source Imprint: 1865?-1900?. Digital item published 1-25-2006; updated 2-12-2009. 282 State Department, Washington, , from Robert N. Dennis collection of stereoscopic views
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