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AHACHMEHT TO MR. FICCA-S PREPARED CTATEMEHT 



BUILDING HISTORY OF THE NIH 



1930 The RansdeD Act redesignated the Hygienic Laboratory, located 



in Washington, D.C., as the National Institute of Health. 



1935 Mr. and Mrs. Luke Wilson made the first of several land gifts 



that now form the nucleus of the present 320-acre Bethesda res- 

 ervation. 



1930s - 1940s The original buildings, constructed in the late 1930's to 



mid-1940's, consisted of a cluster of laboratories surrounding 

 Building 1 (known as the James A. Shannon Building), which 

 served as both a main administration center and power plant. 



1950's The massive Clinical Center had been added, along with a new 



power plant, a warehouse, shops and laundry facilities, an exten- 

 sive animal center, and other support structures. 



1960's Several additional laboratory facilities were constructed for the 



NIH Institutes as well as for the Food and Drug Administration. 

 In addition to these research buddings, a large office building, 

 the National Library of Medicine, a computer center, and a sur- 

 gical complex associated with the Clinical Center were added. A 

 refrigeration plan was added in 1967 and expanded in 1971 to 

 satisfy utility demands associated with these new facilities. 



1970's Dynamic changes in research and clinical care have resulted in 



an ambitious program of new construction and renovation on 

 the NIH campus since the mid-1970's, including: 



• Expansion of the Computer Center in 1979 



• The addition of the Lister Hill Center for Biomedical Commu- 

 nications in 1980 



• Construction of the Ambulatory Care Research Facility 

 (ACRF) as an addition to the Clinical Center in 1981 



• A program for Clinical Center Modernization, begun in 1979 



• A program to rehabilitate the oldest of NEH's laboratory build- 

 ings, begun in 1981 



• Construction of a consolidated Child Health and Neuro- 

 sciences facility, completed in 1993 



• A program to upgrade NIH animal facilities initiated in 1986 



• A multi-story addition to the A-wing of the Clinical Center for 

 AIDS research, completed in 1992 



• Construction of Phase I of the William H. Natcher Building, 

 currently in progress 



