Significant Events
- 1845: Congress appropriates $500 for the preparation of plans for a new U.S. Custom House and Construction begins.
- 1861: The start of the Civil War suspends construction of the U.S. Custom House and a temporary roof is put on the building.
- 1861-1865: During the war, the unfinished building is used to manufacture gun carriages for the Confederacy, as a Union headquarters, and as a Federal prison.
- 1871-1889: Under Supervising Architect of the Treasury Department Alfred B. Mullett, construction of the U.S. Custom House is completed.
- 1915-1916: The entire building is renovated.
- 1974: The U.S. Custom House is listed in the National Register of Historic Places and designated a National Historic Landmark.
- 1975-1976: Congress authorizes $6,732,000 for a major renovation, as a contribution to the country's Bicentennial.
- 1993: A GSA rehabilitation and vacant space recapture project restores rooms and other interior elements to their pre-1916 condition.
- 2008: became home to the Audubon Insectarium
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