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The new Pension Bldg. – Historic Reproduction

The new Pension Bldg. — antique engraving
The new Pension Bldg.. Antique engraving from the Historic Print Archive collection.

(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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The new Pension Bldg. comes to life in this antique engraving, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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The Pension Building, which rose on Judiciary Square to house the offices that paid Civil War veterans and their families, was among the largest structures in Washington when this wood engraving appeared. It was made by Kilburn after a drawing by F. Myrick and published in Moore's *Picturesque Washington* in 1884, while construction was still underway. The brick building was designed under Montgomery C. Meigs and is known for its terra-cotta frieze of marching soldiers and sailors. Its enormous Great Hall later became a setting for inaugural balls.

Medium1 print : wood engraving.
Notes1884
SubjectsWood engraving by Kilburn after F. Myrick. Illus. in: Moore, Picturesque Washington, 1884, p. 212. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Arch. Colls.; BI--WORKS; Artists, Publ. I.; DC, Wash.--Bldgs., US Govt.; DC, Wash--Pension Bldg.; Shelf.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,011 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-135926

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