The Castle: An Illustrated History of the Smithsonian Building
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The Castle: An Illustrated History of the Smithsonian Building
Author: Cynthia R. Field
Publisher: Smithsonian
Copyright: 1993
Pages: 190
Cover Price: $ 16.95
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Using historical accounts, desk and personal diaries, and contemporary guidebooks,
The Castle weaves the
Smithsonian Building’s nearly 150-year architectural history with the lore and stories of the people who have worked and lived in this striking medieval revival structure. The book also discusses the design of the 19th-century building.
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The Smithsonian Institution was created by a bequest of an English citizen and is the premier scientific and technological museum in America.
