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Adolph Cluss was born in 1825 at Heilbronn, Germany, at the age of eighteen migrated to the U. S.
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Army Medical Museum on the Mall
(1886-88)
1886-88
the Smithsonian Institute
(Completely rebuilt after a fire in 1857 destroyed the ori...)
Completely rebuilt after a fire in 1857 destroyed the original building designed by the late James Renwick of New York
ADOLPH CLUSS
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In 1853 he settled in Washington, and for several years was employed as draftsman in the Technical Division of the U. S. Army and War Departments. Following the close of the Civil War he joined Paul' Schulze in partnership, and for twenty years or longer carried on an active practice under the firm name.
Among the most important buildings in Washington of which Mr. Cluss was co-architect should be mentioned the old City Market opened in 1872 and long ago demolished; the National Museum, 1877-81, (won in a com¬petition); Army Medical Museum on the Mall, 1886-88; the Smithsonian Institute, completely rebuilt after a fire in 1857 destroyed the original building designed by the late James Renwick of New York; Annex to the Printing Office; the old Masonic Temple; Reconstruction of the Department of Interior Building; the old Agriculture Building, and repairs to the Patent Office after a fire in 1879. During later years, 1890-95, he served as Inspector of work on Federal buildings in Washington. In addition to public work Mr. Cluss designed a number of secular and ecclesiastical buildings in the capital city.
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