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The Folger Shakespeare Library is a monumental block-long structure clad in white Georgia marble that rises on the south side of East Capitol Street, between 2nd and 3rd Streets SE, in close proximity to the equally monumental buildings of the Library of Congress, the Supreme Court, and the U.S. Capitol. With its main entrance grandly raised on a marble plinth and quotes and scenes from Shakespeare plays carved on its East Capitol Street façade, the building is a memorial for the ages to the greatest literary artist of the English language and a major contribution to the monumental architecture of the Nation’s Capital. The original building was designed by Paul Philippe Cret (1876-1945) in consultation with Alexander B. Trowbridge (1868-1950) and completed in 1932. Come see the newly restored site with DCPL and EHT Traceries Inc.