Thomas Jefferson Building

The Thomas Jefferson Building, also known as the Main Library, is the oldest of the Library of Congress buildings in Washington, D.C. Built between 1890 and 1897, it was originally known as the Library of Congress Building and was renamed in 1980 in honor of Thomas Jefferson, a Founding Father, principal author of the Declaration of Independence and third president of the United States. The purchase of Jefferson's own book collection in 1815 had formed a core foundation of the library's holdings, and by the 1880s the library, which had grown to include the United States Copyright Office, needed a building of its own.

The Thomas Jefferson Building, also known as the Main Library, is the oldest of the Library of Congress buildings in Washington, D.C. Built between 1890 and 1897, it was initially known as the Library of Congress Building. In 1980, the building was named in honor of Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826), a Founding Father, the principal author of the Declaration of Independence, and the third U.S. presiden

The Thomas Jefferson Building, also known as the Main Library, is the oldest of the Library of Congress buildings in Washington, D.C. Built between 1890 and 1897, it was initially known as the Library of Congress Building. In 1980, the building was named in honor of Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826), a Founding Father, the principal author of the Declaration of Independence, and the third U.S. presiden

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The Thomas Jefferson Building, also known as the Main Library, is the oldest of the Library of Congress buildings in Washington, D.C.

The building is located on First Street, S.E. between Independence Avenue and East Capitol Street in the federal national capital city of Washington, D.C.

Built between 1890 and 1897, it was initially known as the Library of Congress Building.

The Thomas Jefferson Building in Washington, D.C. opened in 1897 as the first freestanding home of the Library of Congress, designed in an exuberant Beaux-Arts style by the architects John L. Smithmeyer and Paul J. Pelz and finished under the supervision of Edward Pearce Casey after years of dispute over cost and design. Its Great Hall and domed Main Reading Room are lavishly decorated with murals, mosaics and sculpture by dozens of American artists working under one coordinated iconographic program celebrating human learning and civilization. It was renamed in 1980 to honor Thomas Jefferson, whose personal library, sold to Congress in 1815 to replace the collection burned by British troops in 1814, formed the core of the library's rebuilt collection. The building is widely regarded as one of the most richly decorated interiors of any public building constructed in the United States.