GSA Photo Galleries : IRS History Gallery

Photo Gallery

Construction of the IRS building foundations. The Smithsonian Museum of Natural History is visible in the background.

Framing of the IRS building begins. The Old Post Office is visible in the background.

Historic photograph of the Great Hall.
IRS Building

Construction detail of the limestone facade and steel framing.
IRS Building

Interior corridor under construction, c. 1930.

Late twentieth century photograph of an office space inside the IRS building.

Construction of the Great Hall inside the IRS building, c. 1930.

Framing for the arcade, c. 1929.

The facade of the IRS building along 12th Street was left unfinished, as the building was to be extended when the Old Post Office was torn down. An addition was later added to the east of the post office, but the building was never demolished.

GSA Photo Galleries : IRS History Gallery

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