Bethesda in Montgomery County, Maryland — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Sky Horizon

1986, Louise Nevelson

— Corten Steel —

Sky Horizon Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Michael Fischer, May 8, 2023

1. Sky Horizon Marker

Inscription.

A gift to NIH by
John, Peter and Susan Whitehead
The Family of Edwin C. "Jack" Whitehead

Displayed at NIH since 1987 to
commemorate the NIH Centennial
James B. Wyngaarden, M.D.
Director, NIH

Dedicated October 27, 2006
Elias A. Zerhouni, M.D.
Director, NIH

Erected 2006 by National Institutes of Health.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Arts, Letters, Music • Science & Medicine. A significant historical year for this entry is 1987.

Location. 39° 0.233′ N, 77° 6.269′ W. Marker is in Bethesda, Maryland, in Montgomery County. It can be reached from Center Drive. Marker and sculpture are on the traffic island at Center and West Drives, on the National Institutes of Health campus (Photo ID is required to enter the campus). Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Bethesda MD 20892, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the Washington Metropolitan Area.

It is also in the American Mid-Atlantic.

Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once one of the original Thirteen Colonies

and also the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Tree of Hippocrates (within shouting distance of this marker); At This Location (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); Claude Denson Pepper Building (approx. 0.2 miles away); President Franklin D. Roosevelt dedicated the NIH Bethesda campus on this site, October 31, 1940

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(approx. ¼ mile away); The Paul G. Rogers Plaza (approx. ¼ mile away); The Mary Woodard Lasker Center for Health Research and Education (approx. ¼ mile away); The Centennial Anchor (approx. 0.3 miles away); The Louis Stokes Laboratories (approx. 0.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Bethesda.

Sky Horizon and Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Michael Fischer, May 8, 2023

2. Sky Horizon and Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on October 22, 2023. It was originally submitted on October 22, 2023, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 215 times since then and 11 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on October 22, 2023, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.