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National Academy of Sciences Building

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NRHP Reference #
  
74002168

Architectural style
  
Neoclassical architecture

Architect
  
Bertram Goodhue

Area
  
2 ha

Added to NRHP
  
15 March 1974

National Academy of Sciences Building

Location
  
2101 Constitution Ave., NW. Washington, D.C.

Similar
  
Albert Einstein Memorial, Marian Koshland Science, National Academy of Sciences, National Mall, Lincoln Memorial

The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) Building houses the executive offices of the National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, and the National Academy of Medicine. It is located at 2101 Constitution Avenue, N.W., in Washington, D.C. Designed by Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue, the building’s architecture combines elements of Classicism and irregular forms into a new “Alexandrian” style. President Calvin Coolidge gave the principal address at the building dedication ceremony on April 28, 1924, referring to the building as a "Temple of Science."

References

National Academy of Sciences Building Wikipedia