Army Medical Museum
Armed Forces Institute of Pathology Building, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, 13th St. and Fern Pl., Washington, District of Columbia
Description
Specially designed building, intended as the fireproof, permanent home of the Army Medical Museum, which was founded in 162. Housed collection of surgical and medical specimens and a medical library.
-- Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS DC-306)
National Register information
- Status
- Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on October 15, 1966
- Reference number
- 66000854
- Areas of significance
- Health/Medicine; Science
- Level of significance
- National
- Evaluation criteria
- A - Event
- Property type
- Building
- Historic function
- Museum
- Current function
- Museum
- Periods of significance
- 1875-1899; 1850-1874