The Treasury Building in Washington, D.C., is the third building that has housed the nation’s center of finance. (The previous two were lost in fires in 1814 and 1833.) While this building has remained standing, it has undergone a number of changes since it was first built, including a significant change to the colonnade that runs the length of the building. Completed in 1842, the third treasury building now forms the East wing of the present structure at 15th and Pennsylvania Ave. NW in Washington, D.C. The building was designed…
