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The National Academy of Sciences Building, Washington, D.C. 1924
The National Academy of Sciences Building was the last building completed during its architect, Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue’s lifetime. It is believed that Hartley Burr Alexander may have coached Lawrie on the themes of the sculpture, and which of the Greats of science that were to be the subjects of the building’s statuary and bronze panels.
![Cobra on the cheneau, or crest of the building](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/653834ee354ada3bc4dad94a/2c77a545-6d4a-4282-af14-6a531ba64cfc/Cobra+IMG_8398.jpg)
Cobra on the cheneau, or crest of the building
![The Seal of the National Academy of Sciences.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/653834ee354ada3bc4dad94a/2fd41cfe-f660-4143-a1c3-634e0e4e3041/NAS+Seal+IMG_8426.jpg)
The Seal of the National Academy of Sciences.
![Library Fireplace, National Academy of Sciences, Wahshington, D.C..](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/653834ee354ada3bc4dad94a/3c380594-c15c-4a9b-8ee1-943585cef127/Fireplace%2C+Hi+Def.+IMG_8275.jpg)
Library Fireplace, National Academy of Sciences, Wahshington, D.C..
![Female Figure](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/653834ee354ada3bc4dad94a/bfc91efc-062b-4844-9ea6-995c06680dc9/NAS+Lady+FIgure+IMG_8254.jpg)
Female Figure
![Lawrie's Lockset with Owl Key](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/653834ee354ada3bc4dad94a/4ae88ad0-a2c5-49c3-ae91-787c9656065c/Lockset+IMG_8436.jpg)
Lawrie's Lockset with Owl Key
![Doors featuring History's Greatest Scientists.
https://trevorowens.org/2009/01/10/scientists-in-action-front-door-iconography-at-the-national-academy-of-sciences/](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/653834ee354ada3bc4dad94a/a7aeb2b5-fa4c-4d10-b64e-40ee84d2eb61/expanded+South+Doors+IMG_8506.png)
Doors featuring History's Greatest Scientists. https://trevorowens.org/2009/01/10/scientists-in-action-front-door-iconography-at-the-national-academy-of-sciences/
![Detail: South Door Bison](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/653834ee354ada3bc4dad94a/c9cc6856-6bcf-47f3-b531-d46aba263821/NAS+Door+Bison+IMG_8527.png)
Detail: South Door Bison
![Aristotle](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/653834ee354ada3bc4dad94a/10c4ba2b-b327-49aa-a8a0-783a0320471a/Aristotle++IMG_5065.png)
Aristotle
![Egyptian Figure.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/653834ee354ada3bc4dad94a/1717354980195-KTFKWU80151GFANM7ZDN/IMG_8024.jpg)
Egyptian Figure.
![Cheneau with Owl and Cobra](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/653834ee354ada3bc4dad94a/1717355005834-H3DND2N60T2LGDSK55SN/Cheneau%2BSnake%2BIMG_7969.jpg)
Cheneau with Owl and Cobra
![Angel with a lamp.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/653834ee354ada3bc4dad94a/963c7603-7796-42c6-a4ce-6e2541f56ef2/Angel+with+LampIMG_8012.png)
Angel with a lamp.
![Humbolt, Dalton, Lamar, Watt, Franklin, and Huygeny](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/653834ee354ada3bc4dad94a/6c8f3933-b928-4347-948f-0f2b63a6ec56/Humbolt+IMG_7977.jpg)
Humbolt, Dalton, Lamar, Watt, Franklin, and Huygeny
![Galton IMG_7975.jpg](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/653834ee354ada3bc4dad94a/a1b172e5-ed83-47ce-959e-80aea9421e58/Galton+IMG_7975.jpg)
![Descarte, Newton, Linneus, Lavorsier, Laplace, Culver and Gauss](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/653834ee354ada3bc4dad94a/1717618338790-7WLMZBJ0GSRL10ZEREKK/Descartes%2BIMG_7986.jpg)
Descarte, Newton, Linneus, Lavorsier, Laplace, Culver and Gauss
![Scientists from History. Hippocrates, Aristotle, Archimedes, Copernicus, Vesalius Harvey](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/653834ee354ada3bc4dad94a/9a513655-be16-4f3b-b7a8-edfae57bf448/Hippocrates+IMG_7984.jpg)
Scientists from History. Hippocrates, Aristotle, Archimedes, Copernicus, Vesalius Harvey