1. In 1892 Construction beings and in 1899 Construction ends on the Old Post Office what if 1/4 of the construction is done in 1892-1893 what percentage is done in the remaining years?
2. It costs $ 15,000.00 to rent the Old Post Office but you have to pay an extra $7,500.00 for a security deposit is also required.  In order to reserve the proposed date you must have the security deposit in 30 days prior to the event.  If you plan to rent the Old Post Office on November 8, 2002 what date would you really be paying altogether?
3. While building the Old Post Office a 1,200 lb. clock crashed through two floors of the Old Post Office in 8.5 seconds so haw much time would it take to get to the bottom of the Old Post Office if I was 8 stories high?

   Answers to word problems

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1. How is Nancy Hank honored by Congress?
2. What year did the Congress Bells Ring?
3. When the Old Post Office was completed it was criticized as looking like what?
4. The 10 Congress Bells range from_____to______pounds?

1. What did the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 do?
2. How many stories high is the Old Post Office?
3. What is the Old Post Office's nickname?

1. What is the rental cost for the Old Post Office?
2. How many days do you have to get the security deposit in to reserve the Old Post Office?
3. How much does the security staff make per hour to work at the Old Post Office?

Answers to scavenger hunt

1. The Construction on the Old Post Office begin in 1899.
2. During 1975 Nancy Hanks testifies on behalf of the Old Post Offices restoration.
3. During 1954 the District Post Office moves from the old building to the Union Stations.

1. The nickname of the Old Post Office the "Old Building."
2. The Old Post Office survive only to face continued calls for its destruction in the 1960's.

     The Old Post Office Pavilion is located on Pennsylvania Avenue and 12^th Streets, North West, halfway between the White House and the United States Capitol. It is D.C.’s first modern skyscraper standing 12 stories high. The Old Post Office was completed in 1899. After it was built it was criticized as looking like a cross between a cathedral and a cotton mill. As a result of the criticism there was a seven-decade struggle to save the building. It was rededicated in 1983. Also at the completion of the building it stood out as a symbol of prestige for the U.S. Postal Service. It was one of the city’s first steel frame buildings with a granite skin covering the steel to fireproof the building.
      Inside the Old Post Office there is a tour of the tower. The tour provides visitors with the history of the building and a breathtaking vista from the 315-foot clock tower and a view of the Congress Bells.
     The Old Post Office provides the ideal setting for a lot of special events like lavish receptions, elegant balls, and cocktail parties to sit down dinners, dances and much more. 
 

1. 75%
2. You will really be paying $22,500.00 altogether.  The date you need to have the security deposit in would be on October 10, 2002
3. 34 Seconds 

Go to http://ns.kreative.net/cooper/TourOfDC/tours/OldPostOffice/

1. Congress honored her by naming the Old Post Office and its adjacent plazas the "Nancy Hanks Center."
2. 1983
3. Across between a cathedral and a cotton mill.
4. 581  2,953

Now leave that web site and go to http://oldpostofficedc.com/history.html

1. They saved the Old Post Office
2. 12
3. Old Tooth

Go to the web site called http://oldpostofficedc.com/events.html

1. $15,000.00
2. 30 days
3. $25.00

Go to: http://ns.kreative.net/cooper/TourOfDC/tours/OldPostOffice/ ;

1. Fiction,    correct answer is 1892
2. True
3. Fiction,    correct answer is 1914

Now go to: http://oldpostofficedc.com/history.html

1. Fiction,    correct answer is Old Tooth
2. True

Return to questions

Doceus, . "The Old Post Office Pavilion History." The Old Post
Office Pavilion History. April 20, 2001. Doceus. 2000, March 29
http://oldpostofficedc.com/history.html

General Manager, . "Special Events - The Old Post Office
 Pavilion." Special Events - The Old Post Office Pavilion.
 2001, April 20. General Manager. 29 March, 2002.
http://oldpostofficedc.com/events.html

Simpson, Jeanne. "Washington DC Unit." The Old Post Office
 (1992): 00.