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        Refurbishment of Renwick Exterior

        Source

        Smithsonian Institution Archives

        OBJECT TYPE

        Exterior views Photographs

        PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION

        Color: Black and White; Size: 10w x 8h; Type of Image: Exterior; Architectural; Medium: Photographic print

        CATEGORY

        Historic Images of the Smithsonian

        NOTES

        Featured in TORCH, January 1986

        SUMMARY

        The Renwick Gallery, part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, with the sandstone trim stripped away for this 1985 restoration. The building, designed by James Renwick, Jr., was built between 1859 and 1861 to house the Corcoran Gallery of Art. The Corcoran Gallery moved to its present building in 1899. The building was then occupied by the U.S. Court of Claims until 1964. On June 23, 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson approved the use of the building as a Smithsonian gallery of arts, crafts, and design. The building is located at 17th and Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.

        CONTAINED WITHIN

        Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 371, Box 5, Folder: January 1986

        CONTACT INFORMATION

        Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

        NAMES

        Smithsonian American Art Museum National Collection of Fine Arts Smithsonian Gallery of Art Renwick Gallery Penland, Dane A National Museum of American Art (U.S.)
        Author : Penland, Dane A
        Subject : National Museum of American Art (U.S.)
        Subject : Renwick Gallery
        Subject : Smithsonian American Art Museum
        Subject : Smithsonian Gallery of Art
        Subject : National Collection of Fine Arts

        Keywords

        Cranes, derricks, etc Conservation and restoration Architecture Renovations

        DATES

        1980s
        Date : 1985


        Additional Resource Information
        Record Link : https://siris-sihistory.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?&profile=all&source=~!sichronology&uri=full=3100001~!8965~!0#focus Record Id : siris_sic_8965
        Standard number : 85-10538-15A


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