1931 - United States Botanic Garden, Washington, D.C.
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The Snowdog
N 38° 53.296 W 077° 00.745
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The cornerstone of the United States Botanic Garden was laid in 1931.
Waymark Code: WM124AG
Location: District of Columbia, United States
Date Posted: 02/24/2020
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The United States Botanic Garden complex includes a large limestone building that faces the Mall, with lofty arches inspired by the seventeen-century orangery at Versailles near Paris. Completed in 1933, the cornerstone was laid in 1931. At the rear is a glass and aluminum greenhouse conceived in the glass house tradition first seen in the 1850s Crystal Palace in London.
You can read more about the Botanic Garden
here. This web site is also the source of the black-and-white photo of the laying of the cornerstone.
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