View of the Smithsonian Institution Building looking east up B Street (Independence Ave) towards the Capitol. Visible amidst the trees is the Magnetic Observatory, built in 1853. The grounds are landscaped following a plan laid out by Andrew Jackson Downing, 1863, by Brady & Company, photographic print, courtesy Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 67, Folder: 4, SIA2011-1448 or 32004 or 131133 or 2002-21691.
People are visible standing around watching the burning of the Smithsonian Institution Building, the "Castle," January 24, 1865, by Alexander Gardner, photographic print, courtesy Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 30, Folder: 9, 37082 or MAH-37082.
An engraving from Harper's Weekly of the burning of the Smithsonian Institution Building, January 24, 1865. In this view there are a number of men on horseback, 1865, by Unknown, photographic print, courtesy Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 30, Folder: 9, 2002-12222.
The Smithsonian Institution Building, the "Castle," after the fire of January 24, 1865. The roof on the Main Hall is missing. Within three days of the fire a temporary roof was installed over the Lower Main Hall to protect the collections. That roof remained in place until the spring of 1867 when it was replaced with an iron and slate roof designed by Adolf Cluss, 1865, by G. D. Wakeley, photographic print, courtesy Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 30, Folder: 10, 30792A or MAH-30792A.
A family stands beside a teepee which has been pitched along a roadway leading to the east door of the Smithsonian Institution Building. This was after the fire of 1865 and a number of the windows of the Smithsonian Institution Building's North Towers were bricked up after the fire, c. 1866, by Unknown, photographic print, courtesy Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 30, Folder: 11, 74-962.
Looking east of a newly decorated Lower Main Hall, or the Great Hall, of the Smithsonian Institution Building, visitors pose in the center. The second floor galleries are clearly visible. The delicate stencil work on the ceiling is by architect Adolf Cluss, who following the repair of water damage in the Lower Main Hall, used the opportunity to enhance the walls and ceiling, 1867, by Unknown, photographic print, courtesy Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 41, Folder: 15, 60144A or MAH-60144A.
Meeting of the National Academy of Sciences in the Mineral Hall, West Wing, Smithsonian Institution Building, "Castle," April 1874. Joseph Henry, the first Secretary of the Smithsonian (1846-1878) is seated at the head of the room behind a small table. The rest of the participants are seated around the room. Several maps are arranged around Henry and there are mineralogy specimens visible in their exhibit cases against the walls of the room. There are a total of 48 people present at the meeting. Although Mary Henry is the only woman identified at the meeting, there are five other women present as well. Those identified are as follows: 1. Joseph Henry, presiding, 2. Mary Henry, 3. William Jones Rhees, 4. Frank Wigglesworth Clarke, 5. J. S. Newberry, 6. J. C. Dalton, 7. J. E. Hilgard, 8. J. J. Woodward, 9. Peter Parker, 10. Alfred M. Mayer, 11. William Ferrel, 12. Benjamin Silliman, 13. C. E. Dutton, 14. Emil Bessels, 15. Arnold Guyot, 16. J. H. C. Coffin, 17. B. A. Gould, 18. Elias Loomis, 19. C. A. Schott, 20. George Engelmann, 21. Benjamin Pierce, 22. Simon Newcomb, 23. Lewis Henry Morgan, 24. A. A. Michelson, 25. J. S. Billings, 26. S. Wier Mitchell, 27. F. M. Endlich. Simon Newcomb (#22) has a full beard and is the gentleman sitting directly in front of Benjamin Silliman (#12), April 1874, by Unknown, photographic print, courtesy Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 28, Folder: 22, MAH10844.
Studio of Mary Henry, daughter of Joseph Henry, first Secretary of the Smithsonian (1846-1878), in the East Range, of the Smithsonian Institution Building, Castle, c. 1878. The room is filled with paintings, sculptures, easels, a spinning wheel, chairs and tables, 1878, by Thomas W. Smillie, stereo view, courtesy Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 31A, Folder: 18, 1237 or MAH-1237.
A second bedroom of the Henry apartments in the Smithsonian Institution Building, "Castle" was in the southwest corner of the East Wing. The first Secretary of the Smithsonian Joseph Henry (1846-1878) and his family lived in the Smithsonian Institution Building, c. 1878, by Thomas W. Smillie, stereo view, courtesy Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 31A, Folder: 18, 1238 or MAH-1238.
The dedication ceremony of the Joseph Henry statue with a large number of people gathered around the statue on the Mall with the skyline of Washington, DC, in the background. The photograph was taken from one of the towers in the Smithsonian Institution Building, 1883, by Unknown, photographic print, courtesy Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 56, F
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