Elevation of the Smithsonian Institution Building's East Wing

Summary

• This preliminary drawing shows the Romanesque east wing of the Smithsonian Institution Building as architect James Renwick, Jr., originally designed it. The small octagonal plan relates to the east wing as it was developed for Renwick's Gothic scheme. The drawing is made 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 East Wing
• Smithsonian Institution Building Competition

Category

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Notes

Published in C. R. Field, R. E. Stamm, and H. P. Ewing, The Castle: An Illustrated History of the Smithsonian Building, Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1993, pg.11.

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 92, Item 297

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
• Architecture, Gothic
• Buildings
• Architectural drawing
• Architecture--Design and plans
• Architectural design

Form/Genre

• Paper
• Drawing

ID Number

SIA2012-1151

Physical description

Number of Images: 1 Color: Color Size: 8.5w x 6.8h ; Type of Image: Architectural Drawing Medium: Paper

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