1877 U.S. Patent Office fire
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The Patent Office fire of 1877 was the second of two major fires of the U.S. Patent Office. It occurred in the 1864 Patent Office Building of Washington, D.C., on September 24, 1877. The building was
Patent Office 1877 fire
Repairing Patent Office burnt out parts
Patent Office northern wing after fire
Patent Office model room 1861–1865
1836 U.S. Patent Office fire
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The 1836 U.S. Patent Office fire was the first of two major fires the U.S. Patent Office has had in its history. It occurred in Blodget's Hotel building, Washington on December 15, 1836. An initial in
1877 U.S. Patent Office fire
…were not. About 80,000 models and 600,000 copy drawings were burned to some degree. No patents were completely lost, however (unlike the situation with the first Patent Office fire), and the Patent Office was soon reopened for recordings. On July 4, 1836, the Patent Office became its own organization within the Department of State…
Blodget's Hotel with stagecoach parked in front, in around 1800s—before 1836 Great Fire
New U. S. Patent Office building constructed after the 1836 Great Fire
The Patent Office, c. 1855