Old Brick Capitol
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The Old Brick Capitol in Washington, D.C., served as the temporary meeting place of the Congress of the United States from 1815 to 1819, while the Capitol Building was rebuilt after the burning of Was
The 1865 execution of convicted Civil War war criminal Henry Wirz near the U.S. Capitol moments after the trap door was sprung.
The Supreme Court Building houses the Supreme Court of the United States, the highest court in the federal judiciary of the United States. The building serves as the official workplace of the chief ju
Old Brick Capitol
…school, a boarding house, and, during the American Civil War, a prison known as the Old Capitol Prison. It was demolished in 1929 to be replaced by the U.S. Supreme Court building. The site was located on Capitol Hill and was acquired from the Carroll family to accommodate the U.S. Capitol. Located at 1st and A streets NE in…
West Facade of the U.S. Supreme Court Building in 2011
The interior of the U.S. Supreme Court Building
The west façade and plaza
Entrance's ornate oversized bronze doors