Hi Everyone -
Please join us for the next in our regular monthly series of free
Department of the Interior Library Park Ranger Speaker Series lectures,
entitled "The Old Post Office Building and Tower," on Wednesday, August
18th from 1:00 - 1:45 pm in the Department of the Interior Library.
Built between 1892 and 1899, the Old Post Office on Pennsylvania Avenue is
one of the few remaining examples of Richardsonian Romanesque Architecture
left in the United States. The building’s 315 foot tower contains an
observation deck and is home to the Bells of Congress, which were a present
from England on our Bicentennial. From the observation deck, located 270
feet above the street level, visitors can get a spectacular view of our
nation’s capital. Because of these attributes, the building is considered
by many to be one of the city’s “hidden treasures.”
Please join Park Ranger Shunda Yates for a presentation about the Old Post
Office Building & Tower. Learn about its colorful history and the efforts
through the years to preserve one of Washington’s most visible but least
known about landmarks.
All that are interested are invited. The DOI Library is located in the
Main Interior Building, located at 1849 C Street, NW, Room 1151 in
Washington. Space is limited so please contact the Library by phone at
(202) 208-5815 or by e-mail at [log in to unmask] to let us know you will be
coming. For more information about future DOI Library Park Ranger
Speaker Series programs, we encourage you to visit our Park Ranger Speaker
Series website at http://library.doi.gov/programs/speaker/index.html .
We hope to see you here on August 18th!
George Franchois
Director
U.S. Dept. of the Interior Library
1849 C Street, NW, MS 1151
Washington, DC 20240
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Phone: (202) 208-3796
Fax: (202) 208-6773
URL: http://library.doi.gov
(See attached file: Old Post Office.ppt)
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