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United States Soldiers & Sailors of the Civil War frieze at the National Building Museum in Washington, D.C.
The National Building Museum is a museum in Washington, D.C. dedicated to "architecture, design, engineering, construction, and urban planning." It was created by an act of Congress in 1980, and is a private non-profit institution. It is housed in the former Pension Bureau building, a brick structure completed in 1887 and designed by Gen. Montgomery C. Meigs, the U.S. Army quartermaster general. The building is notable for several architectural features including the spectacular interior columns and a frieze sculpted by Caspar Buberl stretching around the exterior of the building depicting Civil War soldiers in scenes somewhat reminiscent of those on Trajan's Column in Rome as well as the Horsemen Frieze of the Parthenon in Athens. The vast interior, measuring 316 ft. (96 m) × 116 ft. (35 m), has been used to hold inauguration balls since the building's construction and a Presidential Seal is set into the floor near the south entrance. Source: WikipediaTerra-cotta by Casper Buberl (Sculptor), Montgomery C Meigs (Architect)
Address: Bounded by F, G, 4th & 5th Sts NW Nearest Metro: Judiciary Square (Red)
Smithsonian Art Inventories Catalog: Control number DC000220 (dcMem ID #405)
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Sources & Links:
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The Outdoor Sculpture of Washington D.C. (F10/p231)
National Building Museum website
Goethe Institute on the frieze
