Refurbishment of Renwick Exterior

Description

Featured in TORCH, January 1986

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.

Type

Image

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Source

Smithsonian Archives - History Div

Creator

Penland, Dane A

Keywords

Buildings--Conservation and restoration Cranes, derricks, etc Renovations

Notes

Category: Historic Images of the Smithsonian 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

Name

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

Identifier

Standard number: 85-10538-15A

Dates

Date: 1985

Physical Description

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

Additional Info

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