Library of Congress. Annex [John Adams Bldg.]. Plans – Antique Print
![Library of Congress. Annex [John Adams Bldg.]. Plans, [no date recorded on caption card] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/31/31ec88096046-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Library of Congress. Annex [John Adams Bldg.]. Plans comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Library of Congress. Annex [John Adams Bldg.]. Plans
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Floor plans of the Library of Congress Annex, now known as the John Adams Building, survive here as a reproduction of a drawing by David Lynn, who served as Architect of the Capitol in the early twentieth century. The Annex was built on Capitol Hill to ease crowding in the main library, which had outgrown its quarters in the Capitol, and it opened in 1897 after construction began in 1889. The caption's date and details are unverified, so the sheet is best read as a record of the building's layout rather than a dated survey. It shows how the structure's spaces were organized to serve the library's growing collections.
| Created / published | [no date recorded on caption card] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Notes | Repro. of drawing by David Lynn, Architect of the Capitol. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Geogr.; Libraries; Publ. Ind. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 6,274 × 5,080 px · prints to 21 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-147845 |
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