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

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Greek Revival building historic building museum building

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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Label	Occurrences
Old Patent Office Building (now part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum and National Portrait Gallery) canonical	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Greek Revival building ⓘ historic building ⓘ museum building ⓘ
architect	Robert Mills ⓘ Thomas U. Walter ⓘ
architecturalStyle	Greek Revival architecture ⓘ surface form: 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 Washington, D.C. ⓘ surface form: 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 ⓘ surface form: National Portrait Gallery (United States) Smithsonian American Art Museum ⓘ
originalFunction	Patent Office Building (Washington, D.C.) ⓘ surface form: United States Patent Office headquarters
owner	Smithsonian Institution ⓘ
partOf	National Portrait Gallery ⓘ surface form: 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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Robert Mills → notableWork → Old Patent Office Building (now part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum and National Portrait Gallery) ⓘ