Bulfinch Gate House - Washington, DC
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DougK
N 38° 53.542 W 077° 02.029
18S E 323613 N 4306798
This is one of two gate houses, built in 1828, that guarded the the U.S. Capitol grounds until 1874.
Waymark Code: WMBAJZ
Location: District of Columbia, United States
Date Posted: 04/26/2011
Views: 8
This is one of two gate houses, built in 1828, that guarded the the U.S. Capitol grounds until 1874. in 1889 these gate houses were reconstructed at the current location. The poor-quality Aquia Creek sandstone that was used in the Capitol gate houses shows how rapidly the stone decays when exposed to weather, floods and acid rain. At the lower corner of the building front are two lines cut in the sandstone showing where
flood waters reached in 1877 and 1881.
A plaque on the front of the building reads:
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Bulfinch Gate House
Erected about 1828
under direction of
Charles Bulfinch,
Architect of the Capitol, this gate
house stood until 1874 with another
(now at 17th and Constitution Avenue)
at the west entrance
to the Capitol Grounds.
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National Capital Sesquicentenial Commission
1950
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Group that erected the marker: National Capital Sesquicentennial Commission
URL of a web site with more information about the history mentioned on the sign: [Web Link]
Address of where the marker is located. Approximate if necessary:
NW corner, 15th Street & Constitution Avenue
Washington, DC USA
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