What an odd karma I have indeed...the tall tower is the North tower.......where Pres Abe L.......watched troop movements during the US Civil War.

Smithsonian Institution Building (The Castle)
1000 Jefferson Drive, SW
Washington, DC

East Corridor

In 1863, artist Titian Ramsey Peale took a series of 8 photographs from the roof of the Castle’s tall north tower that form a panoramic view of Washington. A corresponding set of 8 images, taken from the exact same vantage points in 2012, shows a much changed city.