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[[preprinted]] SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 798 [[/preprinted]] [[preprinted left margin]] MADE BY BAKER-VAWTER CO. [[/preprinted left margin]] buildings. The first will occupy the space between Ninth Street and Seventh Street and will be approximately 460 x 220 feet, in external dimensions, rising to a height of four stories. When this is completed the exhibits in arts and industries will be moved into it from the Old National Museum building which will then be razed as Ninth Street extended will cut through its eastern portion. On the resulting space there will be erected a second structure also for arts and industries extending from Ninth Street west to the present roadway between the Old Museum building and the Smithsonian, being approximately 306 x 220, and rising to a height of four stories. The two buildings indicated will be connected by a sub-basement extending between them beneath Ninth Street giving room for presentation in proper setting below ground of mines and mining apparatus. If Ninth Street does not go through, the two buildings will be merged in one. As an alternate site, preferable to the one above indicated, it is suggested that the triangle south of B Street S.W., extending from Twelfth Street to Seventh Street be acquired, and that the same type of building above described be erected to extend from Tenth Street To Seventh Street. The remaining section, which is the point of the triangle, would remain as open park space. Whether this construction would be in one building or two would again depend upon the decision as to the extension of Ninth Street. The second plan is preferable as it allows space in our present park for subsequent growth in the Institution. The space provided in either of these plans provides for approximately 400,000 feet of floor space. [[underlined]]Additions to the Natural History Building.[[/underlined]] Addition to the present Natural History Building stands second in importance of present need. The Natural History Building is now so crowded that the storage and exhibit collections have reached the limit of possible expansion with material of great value that must be accepted pouring in on us in ever increasing volume. Removal of Art and Historical collections now housed there temporarily will not ameliorate the condition since exhibits in Natural History have been retired to make room for these other matters and will naturally be replaced when the temporary materials are removed. There are required two additions at either end of the present building. To provide required space in proper form these should not be separate [[initialed in left margin]] CGA [[/initialed]]
