Designs Submitted for National Gallery
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PrintFollowing the designation of a site on the Mall, architect Charles A. Platt presents his plans for the proposed National Gallery of Art building. Platt also designed the Freer Gallery of Art. The plans, however, were never carried out due to a shortage of funds.
Chronology of Smithsonian History
Kloss, William, Treasures from the National Museum of American Art. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1985, p. 12.
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