US Pension Bureau Building, Washington, D.C.
Collection: Washington, D. C. and region
Title
US Pension Bureau Building, Washington, D.C.
Subject
United States. Pension Bureau
Description
In Judiciary Square, near the corner of Fifth and F Streets, N. W., Washington, D. C., stands an imposing brick structure, in which the Pension Bureau of the United States is housed .
Additional information: This building, completed in 1887, served as the Pension Building, housing the United States Pension Bureau until 1926. It is now the National Building Museum, and was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1985. On July 21, 1930, President Herbert Hoover signed an executive order merging the Bureau of Pensions, Veterans' Bureau, and Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers into a single Veterans Administration. This ended the Bureau of Pensions' existence as a federal agency.
Creator
Ingersoll, T. W. (Truman Ward)
Source
Canton Township Carnegie Library, Canton KS, USA
Publisher
Canton Township Carnegie Library, Canton KS, USA
Date
1898
Rights
Format
image/jpeg
Language
English
Type
Stereographs
Identifier
293
Citation
Ingersoll, T. W. (Truman Ward), “US Pension Bureau Building, Washington, D.C.,” Digital Canton, accessed December 24, 2024, https://canton.digitalsckls.info/item/595.
Original Format
Stereograph
Physical Dimensions
7 x 3.5 inches
Title
US Pension Bureau Building, Washington, D.C.
Subject
United States. Pension Bureau
Description
In Judiciary Square, near the corner of Fifth and F Streets, N. W., Washington, D. C., stands an imposing brick structure, in which the Pension Bureau of the United States is housed .
Additional information: This building, completed in 1887, served as the Pension Building, housing the United States Pension Bureau until 1926. It is now the National Building Museum, and was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1985. On July 21, 1930, President Herbert Hoover signed an executive order merging the Bureau of Pensions, Veterans' Bureau, and Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers into a single Veterans Administration. This ended the Bureau of Pensions' existence as a federal agency.
Creator
Ingersoll, T. W. (Truman Ward)
Source
Canton Township Carnegie Library, Canton KS, USA
Publisher
Canton Township Carnegie Library, Canton KS, USA
Date
1898
Rights
Format
image/jpeg
Language
English
Type
Stereographs
Identifier
293
Citation
Ingersoll, T. W. (Truman Ward), “US Pension Bureau Building, Washington, D.C.,” Digital Canton, accessed December 24, 2024, https://canton.digitalsckls.info/item/595.Original Format
Stereograph
Physical Dimensions
7 x 3.5 inches