Designed by Montgomery C. Meigs and completed in 1887, this building housed the government bureau that dispensed pensions to Union veterans of the Civil War. It is now the
National Building Museum and is located on the block between F, G, 4th, and 5th Streets NW at Judiciary Square. Here are some postcard views of the building from the first two decades of the 20th century.
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| This view is from the southwest. Like many cards produced by Raphael Tuck & Sons, this one includes a variety of nattily-attired pedestrians who may or may not have actually been in the original photo. |
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| This interior view shows the Pension Building richly festooned with decorations, including broad streamers across the ceiling. These decorations were for William McKinley's 1901 Inaugural Ball. |
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