The Society for the Preservation of Historic Cements, Inc.

Washington, DC has a rich history of natural cement use. The following is a partial listing of buildings and structrures built with natural cement in the Nation’s Capitol. Links, photos and reference links are added, where available.

On Thursday, March 30, 2006, the 2nd American Natural Cement Conference will visit many of these sites.

Boundary sewer
No further information available.

Bureau of Engraving & Printing
Currently the Yates Building, part of the USDA complex; houses the US Forest Service
 

CabinJohnBridge
1857 bridge still carries traffic and City of Washington water supply; http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/a mpage?collI d=hhphoto&action=browse&fil eName=md /md0200/md0255/photos/brows e.db&rec Num=0&title2=Cabin+John+Aq ueduct+Br idge,+MacArthur+Boulevard,+s panning+C abin+John+Creek+at+,+Cabin+J ohn,+Mo ntgomery+County,+MD and http://www.bridgemeister.com/p ic.php?pid =177

Corcoran Gallery of Art

Library of Congress

LongBridge Over the Potomac
Replaced with modern bridges.
http://www.sonoftheso uth.net/leefou ndation/civil-war/1861/may/pot omac-long- bridge.htm

National Museum (Smithsonian Arts & Industry Building) http://www.si.edu/ai/

Navy, State & WarDepartmentBuilding
Former Old Executive Office Building; Currently rededicated as the Eisenhower Executive Office Building; History:
http://www.whitehouse.gov/his tory/eeobtou r/timeline.html and http://www.whitehouse.gov/his tory/eeobtou r/

Old U. S. Patent Office
Currently the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery and American Art Museum;
http://www.civilwar.si.edu/smith sonian_pob .html
http://americanart.si.edu/museum_info/renovation/timeline.cfm

Old Pension Bureau
Currently the National Building Museum
http://www.nbm.org/Info/history.html

Old U. S. Post Office

U. S.Capitol Building
http://www.aoc.gov/cc/capitol/c apitol_cons truction.cfm

U. S.TreasuryBuilding
http://www.treas.gov/offices/ma nagement/c urator/ and http://web6727a.ntx.net/

White House
19th century additions and modifications

Washington Monument (Base & Lower Section)
http://www.nps.gov/wamo/hist ory/contents. htm and http://www.nps.gov/wamo/hist ory/appa.htm

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