Other details include original brick columns and arched moldings, Sapele wood floors, and 13-foot ceilings. There is also three-zoned central air-conditioning. Built in 1875, this landmark building ...

"Every old building has something you can showcase that people can appreciate," said Houwman, who specifically admires the building's arch windows, the multiple types of brick used the the ...

A few of those buildings remain, with three arched windows in front under a sloping tile roof as tell-tale signs. Here’s where to look for them.

The 140-year-old Bldg.17, known as the Africa Center for Strategic Studies Annex located on the Fort McNair portion of Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall, will undergo a renovation this year.

The museum sold its three buildings in 2013 for $13 million, along with a covenant to house its expanded ground-floor space in the new building, rent free, with a distinct Mulberry Street entrance.