Smithsonian South Shed
Item
Title
Smithsonian South Shed
Description
The South Shed, also called the Annex, was used to prepare specimen for exhibition. Built in 1898 and demolished in 1975 to make way for the Victorian Garden, the South Shed at various times housed the Smithsonian's model and taxidermy shop, the bug house, and astrophysicist Samuel P. Landley's Aerodrome shop.
Source
Smithsonian Institution Archives, View Original.
Date
1898 (built)
1975 (demolished)
Coverage
1890-1919
1950-1979
Spatial Coverage
Between Jefferson Drive and Independence Avenue, SW in what is now the Enid A. Haupt Garden.
topic
design & monuments
ghost mall