Seaman A. Knapp
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Seaman Asahel Knapp was an American physician, college instructor, and administrator.
Seaman A. Knapp
Memorial plaque dedicated to Knapp at the Agriculture Department building, where a pedestrian bridge was named after him
The boll weevil caused trouble for southern farmers after it entered the United States in 1892, creating an interest in farm demonstrations as a way to show farmers how to deal with the pest most effectively. This provided the foundations for formal Cooperative Extension work, which followed in 1914.
Jamie L. Whitten Building
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture Administration Building, also known as the Jamie L. Whitten Building, houses the administrative offices of the U.S. Department of Agriculture in Washington, D.C. The
Seaman A. Knapp
…and Arkansas. The movement also spread to neighboring Mississippi and Alabama. Knapp is commemorated in Washington, D.C., by a bridge linking the U.S. Department of Agriculture Administration Building to the U.S. Department of Agriculture South Building across Independence Avenue. Seaman A. Knapp died in 1911, aged 77, and is interred at Iowa State…
Jamie L. Whitten Building in 2012
The new Department of Agriculture building around 1910. The two wings were constructed before the central portion. The old headquarters building is to their right.
Façade of the building with Corinthian columns
A Department of Agriculture employee uses a mule-drawn tiller to plant a new lawn, 1931