United States patent law required inventors to submit scale models of their inventions, which were retained by the Patent Office and required housing.
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Once home to many early government departments, today the structure houses two museums of the Smithsonian Institution, the Smithsonian American Art Museum and the National Portrait Gallery.
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During the Civil War, the building was turned into military barracks, hospital, and morgue.
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The building houses two Smithsonian Institution museums: the National Portrait Gallery and the Smithsonian American Art Museum.
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In Pierre (Peter) Charles L'Enfant's plan for the capital city, the site of the Patent Office Building, halfway between the Capitol and the President's House, was set aside for a monumental structure.
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