Old Patent Office Building (now part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum and National Portrait Gallery)

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The Old Patent Office Building is a monumental 19th-century Greek Revival structure in Washington, D.C., now housing the Smithsonian American Art Museum and the National Portrait Gallery.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Greek Revival building
historic building
museum building
architect Robert Mills
Thomas U. Walter NERFINISHED
architecturalStyle Greek Revival
category Government buildings completed in the 19th century
Smithsonian Institution buildings
city Washington, D.C.
columnOrder Doric order
constructionEndDate 1867
constructionStartDate 1836
country United States of America
dateDesignatedNationalHistoricLandmark 1965
dateListedOnNRHP 1966
function art museum
portrait gallery
governingBody Smithsonian Institution
hasColonnade yes
hasCourtyard yes
hasPortico yes
heritageDesignation District of Columbia Inventory of Historic Sites
National Historic Landmark
listedOn National Register of Historic Places
locatedIn Washington, D.C.
locatedInDistrict Northwest Quadrant of Washington, D.C.
material marble
sandstone
near Capital One Arena
Gallery Place
neighborhood Penn Quarter
NRHPReferenceNumber 66000865
NRHPType National Historic Landmark
numberOfStories 3
occupant National Portrait Gallery (United States)
Smithsonian American Art Museum
originalFunction United States Patent Office headquarters
owner Smithsonian Institution
partOf National Portrait Gallery (United States)
Smithsonian American Art Museum
plan rectangular courtyard plan
roofType low-pitched roof
significantPeriod 19th century
streetAddress 8th and F Streets NW
usedFor art displays
federal offices
portrait displays
public exhibitions

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Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Robert Mills
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