Preliminary Study of the Smithsonian Institution Building's South Tower

ID: SIA2012-1149

Creator: Renwick, James 1818-1895

Form/Genre: Paper

Date: 1846

Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 92, Item 296

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Summary

  • This drawing, drafted by architect James Renwick, Jr., depicts his Romanesque scheme of the Smithsonian Institution Building. It is an alternative design of the south entrance and shows an octagonal tower without an attached corner tower. In the sketch the architect is playing with style and decoration. It was done in pencil on paper.
  • James Renwick, Jr., began his design of the Smithsonian Institution Building with a Gothic castle and eventually reworked it into a Romanesque castle. This later scheme won him the competition in 1846 to appoint an architect for the design of the Smithsonian's first building.

Subject

  • Renwick, James 1818-1895
  • Smithsonian Institution Building (Washington, D.C.)
  • Smithsonian Institution Building South Towers

Category

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 92, Item 296

Contact information

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

Date

1846

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Topic

  • Design
  • Architecture
  • Architecture, Romanesque
  • Drawings
  • Buildings
  • Architectural drawing
  • Architecture--Design and plans
  • Architectural design

Form/Genre

  • Paper
  • Drawing

ID Number

SIA2012-1149

Physical description

Number of Images: 1 Color: Color Size: 7w x 10.5h ; Type of Image: Architectural Drawing ; Medium: Paper

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