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Photographer: Allen C. Browne
Taken: October 13, 2013
Caption: The Old Brick Capitol
Additional Description: After the British burned the Capitol building in August of 1814 the Congress met in this building, until 1819. During the Civil War it became the Old Capitol Prison and housed captured Confederates and spies like Rose O'Neil Greenhow. In 1921 Alva Belmont bought it for the National Woman's Party. It was razed in 1929 and replaced by the Supreme Court Building. Close-up of image on marker
Submitted: October 13, 2013, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland.
Database Locator Identification Number: p257110
File Size: 3.436 Megabytes

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