Sites tagged "Navy": 2
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State, War and Navy Building (Old Executive Office Building; Eisenhower Building)
The State, War, and Navy Building was built just west of the White House between 1871 and 1888, based on designs by architect Alfred B. Mullett. Like the Greek Revival Treasury Building to the east in ground plan, the Second Empire version of French…
Old Naval Observatory (National Observatory; Naval Museum of Hygiene; Naval Medical School)
The original National Observatory was authorized by President Tyler in 1842 and completed in 1844 according to plans prepared by Lieutenant James Melville Gilliss. The observatory was the site of notable advances in astronomy and mathematics, and is…