Thomas Jefferson Building
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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. Built between 1890 and 1897, it was initially known as the Library
The Thomas Jefferson Building at the Library of Congress in April 2007
The Main Reading Room
View of the Thomas Jefferson Building's west façade
The Great Hall and a view of the building's first and second floors, featuring Minerva mosaic
Beaux-Arts architecture
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Beaux-Arts architecture was the academic architectural style taught at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris, particularly from the 1830s to the end of the 19th century. It drew upon the principles of Fre
Thomas Jefferson Building
…Second Street, and the James Madison Memorial Building (built in the 1970s) across Independence Avenue to the south. The building is designed in the Beaux-Arts and elaborate decorative version of Classical Revival styles of architecture, and is known for its classicizing façade and elaborately decorated interior…
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